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In 2003, Allen West was facing a possible court martial hearing that could have put him in prison.
Responsible for over six hundred men as a Lieutenant-Colonel in Iraq, West conducted a harsh interrogation in which he fired gun shots near the head of an Iraqi police officer he suspected of withholding information about a plot to kill him and some of the soldiers under his command. At a hearing over the incident, West defiantly declared that "if it's about the life of my men, I'd go through hell with a gasoline can." And though he said he may not have used the right methods, "if he had to err," he declared, "I would err on the side of not losing my soldiers."
Taking into account mitigating factors, the Army opted not to pursue a full court martial, though it did fine West and relieve him of his command, effectively ending his highly decorated 20-plus year Army career.
Six years later the only person the retired Army warrior threatens is Democratic Congressman Ron Klein of Florida's 22nd Congressional District.
The second term congressman won his seat in the picturesque South Florida district by unseating 13-term Republican representative Clay Shaw in 2006, a disastrous year for Republican incumbents. West, who worked as a high-school history teacher and then a civilian adviser to the U.S. military in Afghanistan after his retirement from the Army, first decided to take a shot at Klein's congressional seat in 2008.
Despite the lack of support by the national party, a near 8 to 1 fundraising disadvantage, and a year in which a popular Democratic presidential nominee was on the ballot, West was able mount a strong showing against Klein, garnering 45% of the vote. Spurred by this better than expected performance, West, 48, is back for a rematch in 2010.
"No matter what you achieve in 22 years in the military, coming into politics is a brand new game," West told me during a recent interview at a Starbucks in Plantation, Florida. "So the party at the state and the national level wasn't too happy with me because I didn't come with millions of dollars in my pocket. But I did come with what I think a lot of people are looking for which is honor, integrity, and character."
Over the course of the hour-long interview, it became abundantly clear that while West may be running for political office, he wasn't an ordinary politician.
"There are three words I hate to hear used. I hate big-tent. I hate inclusiveness. And I hate outreach. I think you stand on the principles that make you great, which transcend everybody in America, and people will come to it," West said, outlining the uncompromising way he approaches politics.
Growing up lower-middle class and black in Atlanta's inner city, West views America as a place where you can achieve anything if you work hard and stand on principle. His father raised him to believe education is important and West heeded the lesson en route to obtaining two master's degrees in addition to his undergraduate degree.
"An empty wagon makes a lot of noise so you should always fill yourself with knowledge so you don't go out and you aren't just sounding and clanging like a symbol," West says--a lesson his father preached to him as a boy. "Education was heavily stressed, and I think that is what you see in my life."
Having spent 22 years as an officer in the military, West has strong opinions on foreign policy. He said that American leaders need a better understanding of the "Islamic terrorist enemy that we are up against."
"If we continue to show this enemy that we do not have the resolve and the resilience to stand and fight them, they are going to continue to press the attack," West said.
As for the threat of a nuclear armed Iran, West believes that if the mullahs who rule the Islamic Republic "get a nuclear devise, they are going to use it" to hasten their apocalyptic vision. And since West does not see how another sanctions regime could possibly dissuade the Islamic Republic from pursuing their quest for nuclear weapons, he sees as the only option a targeted strike on Iran's nuclear installations not too dissimilar from the air raid Israel conducted against Syria's suspected nuclear program in 2007.
"Sooner or later we are going to have to do the exact same thing [in Iran]," West explained. "Either Israel is going to do it and we are going to back their call. Or we are going to have to do it.... You cannot continue to give concessions to a mad man."
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Jake Irving looks excited. Sitting at a table in a noisy Washington, D.C., bistro, he pulls a chart out of a briefcase with a flourish. The numbers are simple: Canada’s untapped, undammed rivers have enough potential to make a serious difference in North America’s energy needs while helping the economy on both sides of the border..
Hydropower is cheap and reliable. Only coal has the potential to be cheaper, and ongoing Obama administration regulations seem sure to make coal plants far more expensive—if they continue to exist at all. Places in North America like Quebec, Manitoba, and Idaho, where almost all power already comes from hydroelectricity, pay between six and seven cents per kilowatt hour, while areas like New York, California, and Ontario that have pursued “all of the above” energy strategies sock customers with bills ranging from 14 to 17 cents per kilowatt hour. Furthermore, existing power transmission lines make it surprisingly easy to send power to the United States from Canada. Manitoba, for -example, has high-capacity lines that connect it to Minnesota to its south, but not to Ontario to its east.
While not environmentally harmless—no form of energy is—hydropower is among the most -earth-friendly energy sources around. It doesn’t require digging anything out of the ground and produces no emissions of particulates or greenhouse gases in the course of actual power generation. Building dams, it’s true, interrupts rivers, disturbs wildlife habitat, floods significant areas, and releases greenhouse gases when vegetation dies. Placing dams in Canada interrupts rivers, of course, but the areas likely to be flooded are very sparsely inhabited, have little rare wildlife, and will release far fewer greenhouse gases than would less icy areas.
Hydropower’s track record is also by far the longest of any renewable power source. Water-powered mills existed in antiquity, and water has generated electricity since the 1870s. (Most large U.S. utilities can trace their histories back to hydro-power companies.) Unique among significant sources of power, hydro plants can also be turned on and off in minutes when demand spikes or plummets.
In short, untapped hydropower in Canada is vastly more promising than any other form of emissions-free energy. The 25,000 megawatts of new hydropower already under construction or advanced planning in Canada, none of it requiring direct subsidies, is greater than the 21,000 megawatts of wind power that the United States has built (largely with funds from the stimulus bill and other efforts) since 2008. In addition, Canada’s untapped hydropower is enough to more than replace the 255,000 megawatts of coal-generating capacity that the United States has taken offline since 2008 because of obsolescence, new environmental regulations, and low natural gas prices.. | http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/articles/rivers-quebec_663842.html?nopager=1 | 2013-05-18T10:24:16 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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No. 10 on the list is the January 17th game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angelos Lakers at the Staples Center. Average ticket price: $287...AVERAGE price, I don't even want to think about closer lower level or courtside seats. Coming in at number one on the list is, not surprisingly, the blockbuster Christmas Day match between the Lakers and the Heat. The average ticket for that game runs at a cool $893!
Stern says contraction is an option | Yahoo! Sports
The negotiations continue between the player's union and the league about the new Collective Bargaining Agreement. David Stern is willing to cut out a few teams if necessary, which is scary news for Memphis and Sacramento, generally regarded as the most likely markets to lose out, should the league contract. Hopefully that would be the absolute last resort.
CBSSports.com first reported Thursday that the league would "continue to be open to contraction," after Stern said he wanted player costs reduced by $700-800 million.. | http://www.welcometoloudcity.com/2010/10/25/1772506/loud-links-10-25-10 | 2013-05-18T11:02:45 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Beavers great for dragonflies and damselflies!
The effect of the Eurasian Beaver on Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata)
by Sara Schloemer, Lutz Dalbeck and Andreé Hamm. Institute of crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES).
Introduction area.
Methodaver. activities.
Conclusion modified habitat (the usual habitat these species are found within is shown underneath):
Libellula depressa
Still waters, small, sunny and bare
Libellula quadrimaculata
Still waters with well developed vegetation
Cordulia aenea
Standing waters
Anax imperator
Standing waters, well-vegetated
Somatochlora metallica
Standing and slow-flowing waters
Aeshna cyanea
Preferring small and shaded ponds
Aeshna juncea
Acidic heathy lakes and bogs
Aeshna mixta
Still and slowflowing waters
Orthethrum coerulescens
mainly runnels in boggy areas
Orthethrum brunneum
Small streams, preferring scantily vegetated sites
Cordulegaster boltonii
Streams, in forests, open moors and heaths
Gomphus pulchellus
All kinds of slow-flowing and standing waters
Sympetrum striolatum
Pioneer of newly created ponds
Sympetrum danae
Mostly acidic waters, bogs, moorland and heathy lakes
Leucorrhinia rubicund
Acidic, oligotrophic lakes, tarns and bogs, also richly vegetated habitats
Leucorrhinia pectoralis
Less acidic, mesotrophic bogs, forest lakes, marshy ditches and oxbows
Brachyton pretense
Reedy canals, marshes, oxbows
Calopteryx splendens
Running waters, avoiding shade
Calopteryx virgo
Running water, classic habitat forest streams
Coenagrion puella
Running and standing water, favours the presence of aquatic vegetation
Ischnura elegans
Running and especially standing waters
Ischnura pumilio
Small or temporary ponds
Platycnemis pennipes
Running and still water
Enallagma cyathigerum
Lestes sponsa
Any standing water, numerous at recent shallow or acidic sites
Lestes virens
Heath and bog lakes with peatmoss
Lestes viridis
Standing or slow flowing water with bordering trees and bushes
Ceriagrion tenellum
Small streams, bogs and heathy lakes with peatmoss
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Well-vegetated standing and running waters | http://www.welshbeaverproject.org/beavers-are-great-for-dragonflies/ | 2013-05-18T11:02:57 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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VIDEO: March Weplays of the MonthBy Candice Coots in Weplays of the Month
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The Navy SEAL who received a double lung transplant and participated in the half-marathon run over the weekend at Walt Disney World met the mother of the teen who saved his life.
“I wanted to meet his family and say 'Thank you for making the decision to share his organs.' His name is Jarred McKinley Carter,” Justin Legg said.
Legg underwent a double lung transplant in 2010 because of complications from leukemia.
Legg ran 13.1 miles at the theme park’s Disney Wine and Dine Half-Marathon on Saturday.
At the finish line, he met Carter’s mother and thanked her, saying the Central Florida teen saved his life.
Legg has raised $50,000 with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and now plans to name a research project after Carter.
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Date: 09-02-10
Full Name: Rev. Steven J. Boyle
Spouse: Sofi S. Boyle
Address: 815 SW Viewmont Dr.
City: Portland
State: OR
Zipcode: 97225
Phone: 503-292-1081
Position: Pastor
Time: Friday, September 3, 2006 at 00:31:11
Education:
1971 - B.Sc. Anthropology, U of O, Eugene, Oregon.
1975 - Diploma, 1 year Torchbearers Bible School, Carnforth, England; Friedrickshafen-Fischbach, Germany
1975 - 1 month Guest/Student at L'Abri Fellowship: Huemoz, Switzerland/Thollon, France.
1975-76 - M.A. Biblical History & Geography, The Institute of Holy Land Studies (now known as Jerusalem University College), Jerusalem, Israel.
1981 - M. Div., Western Conservative Baptist Seminary (now known as Western Seminary), Portland, Oregon.
1981-82 - 1 yr. Pastoral Internship at Cedar Mill Bible Church, (under pastor - Rev. Al Wollen), Portland, Oregon.
1987 - Th. M., Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, Portland, Oregon.
1985 - Ordained Minister of the Gospel, Astoria, Oregon.
1995 - 2010 - Licensed with The C&MA.
1997 - Ordaination sustained by The C&MA.
Ministry Experience:
1972-74, 76-82 - Worked with youth and college age groups and taught all ages in C.E. dept. at Cedar Mill Bible Church, Portland, Oregon.
1978-90 - Taught Part-time in the Evening School at Multnomah School of the Bible (now known as Multnomah University), Portland, Oregon. Taught books of the Bible and Historical Geography.
1977-1982 - Preached at Portland Rescue Ministry with my home church - Cedar Mill Bible Church.
1978-1984, 1986-1990 - Pulpit Supply for various churches through Multnomah School of the Bible; Western Conservative Baptist Seminary; and American Missionary Fellowship.
1981, May to June - Personal Assistant to the world evangelist Luis Palau in Glasgow, Scotland. Preached evangelistic sermons in Scottish churches; did research on a book for Dr. Palau, "Scottish Fires;" and accompanied and assisted Dr. Palau in the many meetings and interviews held for him during the 5 week evangelistic crusade.
1981-82 - Pastoral Intern at Cedar Mill Bible Church.
1984-1986 - Pastor of Lewis & Clark Bible Church, Astoria, Oregon. Rekindled a youth ministry; started a one-of-a-kind singles minsitry that drew singles from all along the northern coast of Oregon; introduced Edler-rule NT Church leadership style; Held Friday evening outreach Bible study to young adults in Astoria area.
1985, 1989-90, Taught part-time at Portland Community College in the Community Education to do creative evangelistic outreach. Taught Steelhead Fishing; Fly Fishing; Fly Tying; Geography of the Holy Land.
1990-1991 - Interim Pastor - Rose of Sharon Lutheran Brethren Church, Portland, Oregon. Did home visitation, outreach, and discipleship, and started a Sunday Evening Fellowship after Evenin; Service. Saw people come back to the church after many had left following the resignation of their pastor, whom they had problems. Faithfully served the congregation until a new pastor from their denomination was called to the pastorate.
1991-94 - Pulpit Supply for 3 Armenian Nazarene Churches while they sought new pators.
1994 - Pulpit Supply at Emanuel Bible Church, in Pasadena, California, after Western Seminary grad - Jack Stambaugh resigned pastoral position.
1995-2009 - Sr. Pastor of Pasadena Alliance Church in Pasadena, California - oversaw 22 ministries and efforts of a dwindling congregation to rekindle their outreach efforts. Started many different outreach efforts and children's ministry, and community Bible Studies for 13 years with Special disability adults. Started and continued for 12 years a monthly pastoral prayer luncheon with C&MA pastors from west L.A. to San Bernadino, California.
2010 - for 6 months helped remnant of Pasadena Alliance Church congregation move out of the church building into homes to continue worshipping and serving the Lord. Led church in pastoral search until new pastor was called the 1st of July, 2010. | http://www.westernseminary.edu/Placement/PlacementRegistrations/boyle_s.htm | 2013-05-18T10:31:32 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
County prepares for Remembrance Day (From Western Telegraph)
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Remembrance Day services in St Davids, Fishguard, Haverfordwest, Pembroke Dock and Goodwick
1:44pm Thursday 8th November 2012 in News
Services will be held across the county on Sunday to mark Remembrance Day.
The Haverfordwest Remembrance Service will be conducted at the Cenotaph in Salutation Square at 10.55am.
The annual Service of Remembrance in Neyland will be held at the War Memorial in Riverside Avenue.
The procession will assemble at the Council Offices in High Street at 2pm and will move off promptly at 2.15pm.
If it rains the service will take place in Bethesda Baptist Church.
In Milford Haven the parade will assemble outside the town hall at 10.45am. The procession will then march down to the cenotaph in Hamilton Terrace for the service which will be conducted by Port Chaplain Steve Trayner and Father Paul Davies.
The ATC band will lead the parade from Pembroke Dock Community School at 2.45pm arriving at St John’s Church for the service at 3pm and in Pembroke the parade will meet at East End at 10.45am, arriving at the Cenotaph for 11am. The service will be conducted by Canon Roger Jones.
In St Davids those taking part in the parade will be assembling at Oriel y Parc at 10.25am, before heading to the Cross Square and continuing to the Cathedral for a Service of Remembrance at 11.15am.
The Fishguard service will be held at St Mary’s Church at 10am, conducted by Rev Don Macgregor and in Goodwick the service will take place at St Peters Church at 3pm.
Pembrokeshire Motorcycle Action Group is planning a ride of respect to Herbrandston to mark Remembrance Day.
The group will gather at the Criterion Way car park in Pembroke Dock at about 9.30am and any donations received will be sent to the Combat Stress Veteran’s Charity.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Sustainability at Westminster College's Field Station will be the focus of the Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center.
Dr. Ann Throckmorton, Westminster College professor of biology; Dr. Helen Boylan, associate professor of chemistry; and Dr. Doug Armstead, assistant professor of physics, will review how the Field Station supports the mission of the College and how it has evolved into a site for interdisciplinary academic activity. The professors will emphasize the collaborative research on alternative solar and wind energy currently taking place. Additionally, they will touch on the uses of the Field Station and invite faculty and students to consider using this space.
Throckmorton, who joined the faculty in 1990, earned undergraduate degrees from Hastings College, master's degree from Fort Hays State University, and Ph.D. from Florida State University.
Boylan, a Westminster graduate who joined the faculty in 2001, earned a Ph.D. from Duquesne University.
Armstead, who joined the faculty in 2007, earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland (College Park). Throckmorton at (724) 946-7209. | http://www.westminster.edu/news/releases/release.cfm?id=4169 | 2013-05-18T11:02:28 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Months before he and Horn were introduced, Perry had ordered and received two books from Paladin Press, Hit Man and How to Make a Disposable Silencer, Vol. 2. He paid for the manuals with a personal check. It bounced. also offer relevant reading material, available by mail order.
--Excerpt from Hit Man
Panther Publications was founded in the early 1960s by Robert K. Brown, a former Green Beret. Brown believed--and time would prove him right--that there were plenty of armchair soldiers in the world who represented a ready market for military manuals and action/adventure books.
In 1970 Brown took on as his partner Peder Lund, another Special Forces veteran and self-proclaimed "adventurer." The men tossed aside the name Panther (to avoid inadvertent identification with the Black Panther movement, according to a Paladin promotional insert) and rechristened their venture "Paladin Press" after the twelve knights who served Charlemagne.
The pair specialized in reprinting military manuals and publishing books that, as Brown brags in a three-page biography distributed by Soldier of Fortune, "outraged liberals." But by 1974, political provocation was not enough to satisfy Brown's appetite for risk-taking. He wanted to be where the action was, and he dreamed of starting a magazine featuring reports on mercenaries and revolutions--what he called "hairy-chested journalism."
Lund wasn't interested, and he bought out his partner's share in Paladin. The following year, Brown took the money and established Soldier of Fortune magazine, which as recently as 1992 claimed a circulation of 90,000.
Paladin's success was equally impressive. According to a self-congratulatory article in the Twentieth Anniversary catalogue Paladin published in 1990, "From the late 1970s on, Paladin's titles and sales doubled almost yearly, and today the company has established itself as the unquestioned leader in the 'action' book market, with a list of more than 350 titles, generating sales of hundreds of thousands of books and making Paladin a multi-million dollar enterprise."
Lund accomplished that by expanding beyond military subjects to "topics he felt were right for the times." And what times they proved to be.
For a small price (most of the books in Paladin's catalogue range from $10 to $30), readers can own a copy of such offerings as The Poor Man's Sniper Rifle; 21 Techniques of Silent Killing; Be Your Own Undertaker: How to Dispose of a Dead Body; 101 Sucker Punches; Head Butts, Eye Gouging and Hair Pulling: A Scientific Approach to Dirty Fighting; The Ancient Art of Strangulation; Fun, Games and Big Bangs: The Home and Recreational Use of High Explosives; and Kill Without Joy: The Complete How-to-Kill Book.
Paladin's do-it-yourself manuals teach readers how to convert semi-automatic weapons to fully automatic, how to pick locks and circumvent security alarms, how to destroy bridges, how to convert model rockets into explosive missiles, and how and where to sell bodily organs to the highest bidder. Customers can learn how to make grenade launchers, bazookas, flamethrowers, silencers, claymore mines, 9mm submachine guns, nitroglycerin and plastic explosives.
Lund declined to speak with Westword about either the lawsuit or his company's publications. But he has conceded in the past--without apology--that Paladin peddles "forbidden fruit."
"Many of the books dealt with--but did not advocate using--potentially illegal activities or devices," reads the Twentieth Anniversary catalogue. "These generated a lot of controversy--and sales. Even die-hard advocates of free speech found themselves second-guessing their opposition to censorship when it applied to books like the How to Kill series by John Minnery or the bomb books by various authors." (At least two Paladin titles, Kill Without Joy and How to Kill, have been banned in Canada.)
Paladin first published Hit Man in 1983 and has since sold about 15,000 copies, says Tom Kelley, a Denver First Amendment lawyer who is representing Paladin in the Horn suit. The book was written under the pseudonym Rex Feral, which, loosely translated, means "king of the animals" or "king of the wild."
According to the author's biography on the book jacket, "Feral is a hit man. Some consider him a criminal. Others think him a hero. In truth, he is a lethal weapon aimed at the enemy of the one who pays him. He is the last resource in these times when laws are so twisted that justice goes unserved. He is a man who controls his destiny through his private code of ethics, who feels no twinge of guilt at doing his job. He is a professional killer."
In truth, all of that is hogwash.
Rex Feral is actually a woman, contends Kelley. And she's not a contract killer. Nor, says Kelley, whose other clients include the Denver Post, is the book intended to be taken seriously. "Most people might call this an outlaw fantasy," he says.
But the book doesn't exactly go out of its way to drive home that distinction. "A woman recently asked how I could, in good conscience, write an instruction book on murder," "Feral" muses in the preface. "'How can you live with yourself if someone uses what you write to go out and take a human life?' she whined.
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Breezy Porticos
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Judging by the lyric sheet included with their latest CD, Andy Falconetti, Jeff Almond and Eric Van Leuven of Breezy Porticos didn't cut many classes during their scholastic careers. The title of the first song -- "Gee, Your Math Looks Terrific" -- is funny in a professorial sort of way; while "Trick of the Light" puts geometric principles to metaphorical ends via lyrics such as "Parallel lives never come together/And parallel lines never grow apart." Yet an advanced degree in quantum physics isn't required to enjoy the tunes as a whole, because the players pair their clever words with music as catchy as it is appealing.
The band's pedigree can be traced back to Sissy Fuzz, a '90s ensemble loosely affiliated with Dressy Bessy and the Apples in Stereo. No surprise, then, that the Elephant 6 influence can be heard on tracks such as "Breezy Porticos," which features vocal doot-doots, strummy guitar and a melody that should get listeners nodding like bobbleheads. Rather than tricking up the arrangements and spit-shining the sound, however, Falconetti and company keep things ultra-simple, and the approach pays off in accessibility. To paraphrase Morrissey, it's all but impossible to dislike this charming band (). -- Michael Roberts
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Blue Ribbon Buzz
(Big Bender Records)
Taking Americana and y'allternative to fresh heights, Front Range-bred Buckskin Stallion blends a sweet mash of twanging lap steel, accordion, fiddle, acoustic bass and sundry other organic sounds into a first outing as smooth as barley soda. Steered by tunesmith Troy Schoenfelder, a transplant from the farm country of South Dakota, Stallion keeps the buzz earthy and friendly with a strong collection of ditties that burble as pleasantly as a mountain creek, and a couple of well-chosen covers of traditional nuggets. And the disc prominently features guest spots by local roots standouts like Sally Van Meter, Christian Teele, Vince Herman and Danny Shafer. Ultimately, Blue Ribbon Buzz grips your attention like a half-clad hillbilly in an inner tube (). -- Nick Hutchinson
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Cellar Wine Bar - CLOSED
2556 15th St.
Denver, CO 80211
303-455-9463
Denver is overflowing with wine bars — but when Cellar Wine Bar opened last year, it proved that there's always room for one more. If it's as good as this place, at least. Cellar Wine Bar, tucked into a cool, minimalist space in a triangle-shaped building at the edge of LoHi, has the feel of a favorite New York City enoteca. But you'll soon remember that you're in Denver, thanks to CWB's relaxed, welcoming vibe. Sommelier Evan Williams greets you with near-giddy excitement; he's quick to offer both a generous tasting pour and thoughtful recommendations. The bar serves up a mouth-watering 52 wines by the glass, along with particularly intriguing flights; oenophiles will swoon for sips from lesser-known producers. And in keeping it real with true wine bar credo, CWB's menu is minimal — designed with the perfect assortment of meats, tapas and artisan cheeses to keep you just sober enough to drink more wine.
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(Sports Network) - Indiana spent more time at the top of the polls than any other team in the country and now the Hoosiers are the top seed in the East region.
Although, the Hoosiers (27-6) were probably hoping for the No. 1 overall seed and a spot in the Midwest region that runs through Indianapolis.
But Indiana slipped a bit near the end of the season after dropping three of its final six games, including a semifinal loss to Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament.
The Hoosiers' first test? A second-round matchup between the winner of a first-round game between NEC champion LIU-Brooklyn and CAA champion James Madison.
Miami-Florida received the No. 2 seed after defeating North Carolina in the ACC Tournament championship game. The Hurricanes open against 15th-seeded Pacific, which won the Big West.
The Hurricanes became the first ACC team to not get a top seed after winning both the regular season and conference tournament.
Marquette earned the No. 3 seed and after a trip to the Big East title game, Syracuse was rewarded with a No. 4 seed. The Golden Eagles will play Southern Conference champion Davidson, while the Orange will take on Big Sky champion Montana.
The other East Region games pit fifth-seeded UNLV against 12-seeded California, sixth-seeded Butler vs Patriot League champion and No. 11 seed Bucknell, seventh-seeded Illinois against 10th-seeded Colorado and No. 8 seed NC State versus ninth-seeded Temple.
The South's Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games will be played at the Verizon Center in Washington on March 28 and 30. | http://www.wetmtv.com/sports/story/Indiana-claims-top-seed-in-East/Wd0A8ehSSUS5ywFqvAlI_A.cspx?rss=132 | 2013-05-18T10:43:03 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Happy 50th Birthday, Paula Abdul! See the Singer Then and Now
Former American Idol judge Paula Abdul turns 50 today, and we can hardly believe it!
The singer and choreographer looks great, if not better, than she did in her heyday. Although the fashion of the late 1980’s didn’t do favors for anyone, Paula still looked radiant clad in this ruffled and bejeweled black number at the American Music Awards in 1988.
Fast forward 23 years, and Paula is still looking fab at the 2011 premiere of The X Factor, for which she did judging duties for one season. We can only hope to rock a mini dress like that when we’re about to hit the big 5-0!
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Glee Stars: Then and Now! Who’s Changed the Most Since Season 1?
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MOST: Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray
From youthful blond cheerleader to bona fide Hollywood fashionista, Glee’s Dianna Agron (Quinn) has grown up quite a bit over these past few years, too! Just 23 when Glee began back in 2009, Dianna’s cute braids and big green eyes made her appear even younger than that. Now, at 26, she’s sporting a sassy shorter ‘do, plenty of glam makeup and the most enviable of designer duds. | http://www.wetpaint.com/glee/gallery/glee-stars-then-and-now-whos-changed-the-most-since-season-1/photo/most-dianna-agron-as-quinn-fabray | 2013-05-18T10:40:15 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Kris Jenner on Kim Kardashian’s Acting Career: Stick to Reality Television — Report
One indication that Kris Jenner is fulfilling her momager duties to the fullest? She knows when to say no!
According to Hollywood Life, Kris has reportedly been steering Kim Kardashian away from branching outside of her reality TV roots. Kim has already had bit parts in films like The Marriage Counselor and recently completed a guest role on Lifetime’s Drop Dead Diva.
But Kris reportedly thinks her daughter’s voice is the biggest thing holding her back.
“Her voice is too whiney, so Kris thinks she should work with a vocal coach and an acting coach,” a source close to the family said.
And how does boyfriend Kanye West feel about all of this?
“He is very supportive of everything she does,” the insider said, adding that Yeezy encourages her to pursue all of her career goals. “Kanye wants Kim to be happy.”
Do you think Kim should pursue acting full time?
Source: Hollywood Life
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Emma Watson's Nip Slip: Oh, the Perks of Being a Wallflower (PHOTOS)
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Emma Watson's Nip Slip: Oh, the Perks of Being a Wallflower (PHOTOS)
What would a movie premiere be without a little nip-slip action?
Accidentally spicing things up on the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of The Perks of Being a Wallflower yesterday (September 10), Emma Watson experienced a pretty noticeable wardrobe malfunction with her otherwise beautiful dress. Click to the next slide to see what happened. | http://www.wetpaint.com/network/gallery/emma-watsons-nip-slip-oh-the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-photos | 2013-05-18T10:33:33 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) - Even on an unusually rainy, chilly day in Arizona, it was sunny and 80 degrees in Nick Swisher's world.
Swisher, who signed a 4-year, $56 million contract - the largest free in Cleveland history - this winter, has brought his endless energy and enthusiasm to the Indians, a club needing an infusion of something following a 94-loss season. While there's some question whether he's putting on an act, the 32-year-old Swisher says he's just being himself and hopes his passion is contagious.
Swisher spent the past four years with the Yankees. He was a complimentary player in New York, but he'll be 1 of the stars in Cleveland.
Manager Terry Francona said he has spoken with Swisher about trying to do too much. Francona said Swisher "doesn't have to carry the team on his shoulders."
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LONDON, February 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
John Lewis reports that 'Mod' style is staging a sartorial comeback, with pioneers including Alexa Chung and Bradley Wiggins helping to boost the sales of Mod-inspired fashion at the department store.
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Mod-style has noticed a resurgence on the New York catwalks with razor sharp tailoring, cable knit sweaters and statement pea coats proving to be staples for autumn winter at Marc by Marc Jacobs and Victoria Beckham. At London Collections: Men, Tom Ford's AW13 menswear line also harked back to the sixties, drawing on Mod sub-culture with a strong anglophile undercurrent.
John Lewis has experienced a rise in the popularity of women's quilted jackets and the new midi heel, reminiscent of Twiggy. With the androgynous trend swinging back into full force for 2013, women's own brand trousers are up +600% on the year and the John Lewis Collection Weekend sixties style ankle crop chino in navy is currently the best-selling style. LK Bennet is one of many brands at John Lewis exhibiting some fresh mod inspired designs through their latest trench coat and shoe ranges. Menswear is also witnessing a revival of the trend with classic Mod brand Ben Sherman seeing an impressive sales uplift of +145% for spring summer 2013 compared to last year. Fred Perry has also proved exceptionally popular so far this season with an increase of +385% on last year.
Matt McCormack, Director of Buying, at John Lewis says, "Originally inspired by the American Ivy League look and European fashions, Mod style has experienced several reincarnations over the years. This season, we're seeing our customers tap into the trend whilst putting their own contemporary spin on the style. For example, our customers are taking a classic Mod item, such as the KIN by John Lewis Clark Delave linen double breasted jacket, and teaming it with dark, slim fitting jeans and Monk shoes, or pairing a pair of midi heel John Lewis Collection women's toe cap slingbacks with a pair of capri pants."
Matt McCormack continues, "Joe Casely-Hayford's recent collection for John Lewis also attracted the attention of customers looking for a modern update. Influenced by counter culture of the 1950s such as early English Rock and Roll, the Ace Café and The 59 Club, the collection took mid-20th century influences and translated them for a 21st century audience. The heat sealed Orde Ventile Mac, along with the Gloverall Duffle coat, provides the perfect injection of Mod into any man's wardrobe."
From women's pea coats and Chung-style shifts to men's Desert boots and knitted ties - the 'true Brit look' is set to become the zeitgeist of 2013. The dapper style is also attracting a younger male and female fan base - with pop sensations Harry Styles and Pixie Lott often seen sporting Mod staples such as parka jackets and Chelsea boots.
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Recipe from Maria Alfaro of Russellville, Ala.
Total Time: 30 min
1 large can of tomatoes
bag of tortilla chips
salt, pepper
1/2 green bell pepper
1 onion
garlic clove
2 tbs butter
1lb shredded mozarella cheese
left over cooked chicken or beef (chunks or shredded)
toppings ie sour cream, shredded lettuce, mexican cheese, jalapenos
1. Place can of tomatoes, salt, pepper, green bell pepper, onion and garlic in blender, blend very well.
2. Cook in butter until it's boiling. Lower heat, slowly add bag of tortilla strips and mix until all tortillas are moist. Do not mix too much or it will be mushy.
3. Add mozarella cheese and chicken or beef. Cover for a few minutes until cheese melts. Serve and add your choice of toppings.
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A family was forced to leave its home in Northampton County on Sunday after a gaping sinkhole swallowed part of the property. The pit is now making life uncertain for folks who live nearby.
Crews think a break in a sewer line in the area of 2nd Street and Wilson Avenue in Bethlehem Township may be to blame for the sinkhole.
Officials estimated it's 100 feet wide and more than 10 feet deep, but there really won't be any answers until Monday when Geotechnical Engineers can get on site and analyze the area.
"I was walking my dogs and when I came around the corner I seen the big hole and then I seen my lawn that it's going to go more."
For homeowner Doris Jenkins a peaceful Sunday morning quickly turned into a nightmare.
"The side of the house is sinking in too, it's shifting," explained Jenkins. "And we have cracks in the walls and stuff."
The large sinkhole opened up right under her property, forcing her, her daughter and granddaughter to pack up their things and evacuate. Caution tape and barricades surrounded the house and hole.
"Of course I'm concerned about the house," shared Jenkins.
For most of the day, crews worked to dig up a 16-inch sewer line that runs down the block. They had been here earlier in the week.
"Last Tuesday they had a force-main issue that broke," said Asst. Chief Ron Ford, Bethlehem Twp. Fire Co. "Temporarily patched it, repaired that."
Officials now worry more breaks on the force-main could be the reason for the sudden sinkhole. They tell us two smaller sinkholes opened up nearby Friday and Saturday. Right now no services are disrupted to neighboring homes and no one else has been forced out yet. Folks who live nearby are on edge.
"Yeah I'm worried," added neighbor Dave Thoder. "You think well maybe it's going to happen other places."
Officials say repairs will take several days, but it will be several weeks before its back to normal. Crews plan to replace part of the sewer line and investigate just how big the sinkhole is underground. It's unclear when Jenkins and her family will be allowed back inside their home.
"We just have to wait and see," she said.
Sinkholes are fairly common in Pennsylvania. A scientist with the DaVinci Science Center in Allentown tells 69 News the entire Lehigh Valley could be at risk for a major collapse. David Smith explains that underneath the soil is a limestone bedrock. It's extremely difficult to predict when or where a sinkhole will happen.
"A sink hole is an area of the ground that's collapsed, usually because the material underneath has been dissolved away, in Pennsylvania it's because we have limestone being dissolved away," Smith explained. "Ultimately the soil above the limestone collapsing into that cavern."
Most homeowner's insurance does not cover a sinkhole collapse. | http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-regional-lehighvalley/Large-sinkhole-found-in-Bethlehem-Township-home-evacuated/-/132502/19257176/-/13eo5u3/-/index.html | 2013-05-18T10:14:37 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
(WASHINGTON) -- The White House says that a short-term resolution may be the only workable option to avoid triggering the sweeping package of federal budget cuts known as “the sequester,” unless Congress can reach a broader deficit-reduction agreement.
Lawmakers have a legally mandated deadline of March 1 to select $85 billion in cuts from the nation’s $3.8 trillion budget. But with little indication of progress and Congress in recess this week, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday that the chances of an agreement were slim.
“There is no way to do this — $85 billion over that short window of time?” he said at a press briefing. “There is no way, if you follow the law written by Congress, that implementation of these cuts would not have the draconian, drastic effects that the president talked about today and that everybody has written about, that has talked about or everybody who’s spoken about this has made clear will happen.”
The comment came the same day President Obama assailed the lack of progress in coming up with a resolution to avoid the cuts, which he said would take a “meat cleaver” approach to the country’s fiscal issues.
Should the deadline pass without a solution, the sequester would cut $1.2 trillion over 10 years to the budget, equally divided among defense and non-defense spending. Last week, Senate Democrats proposed delaying the measures using a combination of spending cuts and tax hikes that would push the deadline into 2014.
On Sunday, newly-appointed White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said finding the cuts necessary to avoid the trigger was “not impossible.” But in his interview with Chief White House Correspondent Jon Karl, he continued to stress the Democratic party’s position on what they call a “balanced” approach, pairing spending cuts with closing tax loopholes on the wealthy.
“The question isn’t whether we’re going to insist on some position because that’s the ideologically right position,” he said on ABC News’ This Week. “This should not be a social science experiment. This should be a question where we ask ourselves, what is most important to the economy, what is most important to the middle-class families of this country, and that’s the way the president is going to do this.”
Republicans have drawn a line in the sand over this question of tax reform, which they purport would be a tax increase in all but name. Stating that the president already achieved enough in new revenue during the recent “fiscal cliff” budget ordeal, some party members have publicly said they would rather see the mandatory spending cuts take effect than budge again. | http://www.wfnc640am.com/common/more.php?m=58&ts=1368873117&article=CF8F4DEA7B0E11E2B66BFEFDADE6840A&mode=2 | 2013-05-18T10:31:59 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
WFP aims to strengthen the resilience of the chronically vulnerable and at risk communities by enhancing human capital development (nutrition and education) and supporting increased local production through land regeneration and irrigation activities, all the while ensuring a critical food and nutrition safety net during seasonal periods of constrained access to food.
Under a Protracted Relief and Rehabilitation Operation (PRRO), WFP implements: Food for Assets activities promoting land regeneration and water harvesting/irrigation activities towards increased local production; year-round Targeted Supplementary Feeding for moderately acute malnourished children 6-59 months and pregnant/nursing mothers.
Activities are carried out under the leadership of the government and through strengthened partnerships with FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, and UN Women, as well as international and national NGOs and microfinance institutions.
The PRRO also allows for a flexible targeted food/cash and nutrition safety net during seasonal periods of constrained access to food.
In addition, a five-year development project is being implemented with three components: education, rural development, and support to people living with HIV/AIDS.
Under a regional Emergency Operation (EMOP), WFP is responding to the food and nutrition needs of households displaced by the conflict in Mali, with a special focus on children 6-59 months.
The UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) continues to support humanitarian activities in Niger and the subregions by providing safe, efficient and cost-effective air transportation, and guarantees medical and security evacuations as necessary. | http://www.wfp.org/countries/niger/operations | 2013-05-18T10:44:01 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The New Haven Police Department is looking for the men responsible for injuring a 61-year-old woman while they stole her purse Saturday night.
Police said the woman was walking in the area of Goodfella's Restaurant near the intersection of State and Trumbull streets around 8:30 p.m.
Two men approached the woman and grabbed her purse, police said. The woman fought with the suspects who eventually knocked her to the ground and ran off with her purse.
The woman suffered a cut to her arm and a head injury after she was pushed into a parked car, police said.
No arrests have been made at this time and anyone with any information is asked to call police at 203-946-6304 or 203-946-6316.
I first saw the headline early Tuesday on Real Clear Politics, a political news site where I generally start my morning. It's not where I expect to see a story on breast cancer. | http://www.wfsb.com/story/20914804/woman-injured-after-men-steal-her-purse-in-new-haven | 2013-05-18T10:41:04 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Just because your dog has fur doesn't mean it is immune to the diseases of the skin, such as cancer. To get the latest information on this pervasive disease, we contacted three top veterinarians who specialize in canine cancer. Here are their answers to your most pressing questions.
The Dog Daily: How common is skin cancer in dogs?
Expert Insight: Skin cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer found in dogs, says Kevin A. Hahn, DVM, PhD, director of oncology services at Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists in Houston, Texas. In fact, nearly one-third of all dogs diagnosed with cancer have a tumor that originated on the skin or from the tissues of the skin.
The Dog Daily: What are the most common forms of skin cancer?
Expert Insight: Dogs tend to be diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma or mast cell tumors, says Dr. Hahn. Squamous cells are the cells that make up most of the skin, so squamous cell carcinoma refers to an abnormal growth of these cells. Basal cells line the deepest layer of the skin, so that's what is affected with basal cell carcinoma. Mast cells are a bit different because they can be found in other parts of the body. They are specialized cells involved with your dog's immune system.
The Dog Daily: If a dog spends a lot of time in the sun, is it more vulnerable to skin cancer?
Expert Insight: Of all the skin cancers, squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma are often due to sun exposure. Mast cell tumors usually tend to occur in specific breeds, says Dr. Hahn.
The Dog Daily: So it's true that certain breeds get skin cancer more than others?
Expert Insight: Yes. Skin cancer is one of the most common tumors in dogs with shorter hair, says Gregory K. Ogilvie, DVM, who specializes in internal medicine and oncology at California Veterinary Specialists Angel Care Cancer Center in San Marcos, California. In addition, dogs with thin hair and fair skin are at greater risk for squamous cell carcinomas. Boxers, Boston terriers and pugs seem to be more susceptible to mast cell tumors of the skin, while poodles, cocker spaniels and other breeds can suffer from different types of skin cancer.
The Dog Daily: What's the best thing an owner can do to protect a dog from skin cancer?
Expert Insight: Pay attention, says Michael R. Moyer, DVM, director of shelter animal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in Philadelphia. Routinely check your dog's skin everywhere, and not just in the areas you usually pet. This means under the dog's belly, on the bottom of its paws, in between the foot pads, and so on.
The Dog Daily: What should you do if you've found a lump that might be suspicious?
Expert Insight: Take your dog to a veterinarian right away for an evaluation, suggests Dr. Moyer. Not all lumps are cancerous, but your doctor might suggest medical procedures such as a fine needle aspirate (a type of minimally invasive biopsy), a biopsy sample or a complete removal to be safe. Additionally, learning whether the tumor might have spread is vital in cases where a malignancy is suspected. This means that X-rays, blood tests and ultrasound procedures might be recommended.
The Dog Daily: Are there any tips for figuring out which lumps are benign and which are more serious?
Expert Insight: Any lump or bump should be considered suspect, says Dr. Hahn. Sometimes cancer goes undetected because it can resemble other less-serious skin ailments. It may look round, smooth and be slow-growing, like a wart. Or it could occur rapidly, compromising the health of the skin and looking like a nasty bug bite or wound. That's why many veterinarians will say "when in doubt, check it out." The best approach is the active approach. If the cyst or mass is changing in size or character (such as soft to hard), begins to bleed or is painful to the pet, then your doctor will probably suggest surgery as a course of action for treatment. | http://www.wfsb.com/story/7069038/canine-skin-cancer-overview | 2013-05-18T11:03:03 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Red Cross Volunteer Training Program
The Disaster Overview Class, sponsored by the American Red Cross, will be held at the Crescent City Community Center on Saturday, February 9th from 10am to 1pm for anyone interested in becoming a Red Cross volunteer. Those interested can attend the class in Iroquois County and receive the necessary training to be a certified Red Cross volunteer. For more info or to register, contact Sondra at 309-662-0500, ext 7246 or sondra.hayes@redcross.org.
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Sheriff Gets Report on Jail and Mental Illness BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) -- A consultant says the McLean County Jail in Bloomington is ahead of other jails in its approach to housing inmates with severe mentally illnesses. The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reports that consultant Ken Ray was brought in by Sheriff Mike Emery, who wants to develop a plan to end the practice to keeping the most troubled inmates in the jail's booking area. The sheriff says the criminal justice system needs help from community agencies to address the needs of people with mental illnesses. With the elimination of psychiatric hospital beds, jails and emergency rooms have been overwhelmed with people who need treatment. The sheriff says the jail will address one suggestion quickly: Inmates will be provided with medications before they leave the jail. Now prescriptions are called in to pharmacies. 12 09 12 by Newsroom News management powered by Xpression News | http://www.wgil.com/xnews/news.php?xnewsaction=fullnews&newsarch=122012&newsid=72 | 2013-05-18T10:53:45 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Be careful with buying smoked salmon, it can be high in salt content.
Serves: 4
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
6 egg whites
Salt & Pepper
Nonstick spray coating
2 ounces herb Neufchatel cream cheese, cut up
4 ounces thinly sliced smoked salmon
2 tablespoons snipped fresh parsley
½ Avocado
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix egg whites, salt and pepper thoroughly. Add avocado to egg mix.
3. Add salmon into heated pan. Cook 3 to 5 minutes or until bottom of egg mixture is set.
4. Carefully place skillet in hot oven. Bake for about 3 minutes or until nearly dry, checking regularly. (I served it as an open faced omelet in the video)
5. Sprinkle with Neufchatel cream cheese, smoked salmon, and parsley. Bake again for another minute more, or until cheese is melted.
6. Remove from oven and fold in half, serve hot. | http://www.wgrz.com/life/programming/healthyzone/article/187949/400/Smoked-Salmon-Omelet-with-Avocado-Recipe | 2013-05-18T10:32:06 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
(WHAS11) -- Justin Bieber is without a doubt one of the biggest stars in the world right now. On Friday he will be performing at the KFC Yum! Center and we decided to pull off what seemed like the impossible. One lucky Henryville girl actually gets to meet him in person before the show.
Like many young girls, nine-year-old Mia Gilles is a huge Justin Bieber fan. Before the Henryville tornadoes destroyed her home, her room was a Bieber shrine.
"Everywhere you looked it was Justin Bieber posters," said Gilles.
She is slowly decorating her new room. But beneath that smile there is still hurt, so we decided to do something special.
Mia is lucky to be alive after the tornadoes in March.
"I was scared cause I didn't really know what to do," said Mia.
On March 2 her family hey held hands and prayed as the tornado picked up their house.
"It just lifted like you were in an elevator and we were going extremely fast . It just lifted us straight up and we started to spin and that's when I lost their hands, " said Trish Gilles.
Trish remembers her last words to her children.
"I told them you might lose mommy's hands but it's gonna be ok cause God is gonna be with us," said Trish.
The Gilles family literally was tossed out of the tornado and dropped to the ground. Trish had a shattered pelvis, punctured lung and broken ribs, Mia had a severed liver, went into a seizure then a coma. When she woke up, remarkably her family was all alive.
"I feel safe now that we have a basement but I get worried with all the storms going on," said Mia.
She still has flashbacks but desperately wants to get back to feeling like a happy child again. So we thought surprise might help. That's where Jonathan Shuford from 98.9 comes in.
Mia was stunned to silence when she was handed two tickets to the Justin Bieber concert. When Mia and her mother Trish go to the concert tomorrow, they will go in style too, a friend is sending them to the show in a limo.
Click on the video player above to see their reaction to the big surprise.
Visit our Kentuckiana Tornado section for a look back at the devastation caused by the storms on March 2 that blew through Kentuckiana. | http://www.whas11.com/community/Justin-Bieber-fan-from-Henryville-gets-surprise-176827101.html | 2013-05-18T11:05:30 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- Over the last few years gift cards have become one of the most popular presents given over the holidays. Monday, a new survey was released rating those gift cards. Good Morning Kentuckiana's Andy Treinen breaks it down, just click the video player above.
A couple of years ago federal rules were put into place to protect consumers from gift card fraud. This latest survey from bankrate.com seems to indicate they're working. Those rules require cards to stay open for at least 5 years and now 95 percent of cards surveyed don't even have expiration dates.
Here are other key findings of the survey:
-- Store branded gift cards charge fewer fees Than the all purpose versions issued by banks and credit card companies.
-- In fact 75 percent of cards offered by banks and credit card companies charge maintenance fees or dormancy charges. Those come if the card isn't used for 12 or more months. Only 2 percent of store branded cards charge those fees.
-- If it's re-loadable cards you're interested in shop around. Only half of retailers currently offer that option.
And if you have a store based card to a retailer where you'll never shop, consider trading those cards in for a percentage of the value. There are several gift card exchanges available on line.
If you have a consumer issue you’d like us to look into send an e-mail to: consumerwatch@whas11.com | http://www.whas11.com/news/consumer/Consumer-Watch-Gift-card-fraud-178956691.html?ref=prev | 2013-05-18T10:15:18 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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What's the strangest subject for a song?
I've currently got my iTunes collection playing on random as background listening. Eclectic (oh OK, then - cheesy) library that it is, it's just thrown up the Sweet song Alexander Graham Bell.
Now what an oddity that is - 1970s glam-rock band sings the praises of the man who invented the telephone.
Got me thinking, what's the strangest subject (person, thing, or place) that's been immortalised in song? Any other gems out there?
David Bowie: The Laughing Gnome. In no way influenced by the spirit of the times. Oh no.
I never understood what the hell Beck was talking about in "Loser"...
More on the subject of the post though (well slightly), when I was younger, I always thought A-ha's "The Sun Always Shines on TV" was about the glare when you were watching television and how annoying it was!!
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm naive me, but happy.
First thing that springs to mind is Warren Zevon's 'Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner'
A story on the grand scale, of an Norwegian mercenary who goes to fight in Biafra and has his head blown off by goons in the employ of the CIA. Roland's headless corpse then walks the Earth to wreak revenge on 'the man who done him in'. The song ends with Patty Hearst buying Roland's Thompson gun.
He was a moralist, was Warren. A hedonist, but a moralist too.
See also large quantities of The Beatles White Album. Take your pick - Savoy Truffle; Bungalow Bill; Piggies...
Or...
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - 'Abominable Snowman in the Supermarket'
Title says it all, really.
Tribe of Toffs' John Kettley Is A Weatherman
Jocky Wilson by Dexy's?
(according to TOTP, anyway)
Always good to sing about dart players.
See also large quantities of The Beatles White Album. Take your pick - Savoy Truffle; Bungalow Bill; Piggies...
Happiness is a warm gun.
Rocky Racoon
See also large quantities of The Beatles White Album. Take your pick - Savoy Truffle; Bungalow Bill; Piggies...
Had to put the first disc on to listen to. Brilliant stuff. Not been on for sometime so its all nice and fresh again.
Sorry for drifting off topic
Um...Err...Norman Greenbaum - The Eggplant that ate Cincinatti
every track from Back in the D.H.S.S. by Half Man Half Biscuit.
1. "God Gave Us Life"
2. "F*****' 'Ell,It's Fred Titmus"
3. "Sealclubbing"
4. "99% Of Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd"
5. "Time Flies By (When You're The Driver Of A Train)"
6. "I Hate Nerys Hughes-From the Heart"
7. "The Len Ganley Stance"
8. "Venus In Flares"
9. "I Love You Because (You Look Like Jim Reeves)"
10. "Reflections In A Flat"
Might just give it a spin just now.
Arnold Layne by Pink Floyd. All about a knicker stealing transvestite - not as wierd as some of the mentioneed songs on here but still pretty nutty.
Panama - Van Halen.
Chemical Warfare: Dead Kennedys. Always seemed a distinctive choice to me.
I'm sure Mr Lucas will bring many, many more to the party once he spots this thread.
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[12623] 25 August 1862: Thomas Winans to Baring Brothers and Co. (Letter)
Maryland Historical Society Library, Manuscripts Division, Baltimore, MD, MS 916, Box 2, folder 40
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Glasgow University Library, MS Whistler C196
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Mystery of Kildale air crash re-lived
FOUR airmen killed on the moors near Kildale during the Second World War have finally been honoured with a service to commemorate the disaster.
But, mystery still surrounds the events of that fateful night, as extensive research by parish councillor Malcolm Bisby reveals.
Folklore has it inhabitants of the village of Kildale, in the North York Moors, weren’t aware a Hudson bomber came down during the early hours of Sunday 11 January, 1941.
The bodies of pilot B L Fox aged 26 from New South Wales, navigator Sgt K B Files (27), wireless operator Sgt W R Martin (25) and airgunner Macdonald Scot Wylie (21) were found some time after the crash and had died from the effects of exposure rather than crash injuries.
By daybreak they would have assumed they were stuck on desolate moorland and the only chance of someone finding them was a farmer out checking his sheep.
This is how the story has been told until Malcolm Bisby, who moved to the area in 1984, started his own research.
There are various accounts as to who actually made the grisly discovery but all accounts feature deep snow on the moor.
As a 12 year-old living at Park Farm, Walter Dowy remembers hearing low-flying aircraft, a muffled thud and then silence. He alerted the rest of the house who ventured out into the snow and freezing fog but couldn’t hear anything and discounted his story.
According to Malcom’s book “Joseph Wedgwood’s Memories of Kildale”, Walter “maintained that had he been taken more seriously the survivors of the crash might have been discovered in time to prevent their deaths from exposure.”
Malcolm says there was no reason to discount Walter’s account but his research has thrown new light on the situation.
It appears a resident from one of the four Little Kildale Cottages was woken at 4am by an aircraft approaching from the Guisborough direction, after it passed over there was immediate silence.
He reported there was no snow or fog. The next day a parishioner saw what looked like a gun sticking up from the moor but when he mentioned it in the pub that night he was quickly reprimanded by an army officer for “careless talk”.
A check of the flying accident card reveals the aircraft was on a ‘night special task’ but there is no mention of what that was. It is noted it took off from RAF Leuchars at 01.17 hours in a south easterly direction.
The plane turned north in a possible attempt to check the accuracy of its navigation and crashed. But why the low altitude and no suggestion of engine trouble?
Malcolm concedes: “It may be that all the evidence points to pilot error and the relative inexperience of the pilot in night flying may have been a significant factor in the accident.
“Perhaps in a peacetime situation this accident would have received a much more in depth investigative effort but one has to understand the war-time situation.”
One fact does remain clear. The people of Kildale never forgot these airmen and with a new monument commemorated earlier this month on the 72nd anniversary, they never will. | http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/local/mystery-of-kildale-air-crash-re-lived-1-5350128 | 2013-05-18T10:21:26 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Meanwhile, down on the waterfront
Marc Weber
The Province
Friday, April 11, 2008
The Whitecaps might as well get used to standing up and being counted at Swangard because plans for a waterfront stadium appear no closer to fruition.
The Whitecaps might as well get used to standing up and being counted at Swangard because plans for a waterfront stadium appear no closer to fruition.
Sitting in his window office in The Landing, overlooking the proposed waterfront stadium location, Vancouver Whitecaps president Bob Lenarduzzi says he has a beautiful, yet cruel, view.
"When we first moved in," he said, "a fairly common occurrence was visualizing what it would look like and it's still something you do when you look out at the mountains and the water -- it would be a fantastic backdrop for a stadium.
"I guess I've got the point ... I still have the vision, but I don't have it as regularly as when I first moved in."
Lenarduzzi remains optimistic but his waning window gazing is a good indication of how frustrated he's been negotiating with the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.
The Whitecaps have been in talks with the VFPA for about 18 months since city council unanimously approved the proposal.
Owner Greg Kerfoot is committed to building the $75-million facility, and the Whitecaps have been negotiating a land exchange with the VFPA that would see Whitecaps-owned land over rail yards along Waterfront Road swapped for vacant port land close to the Helijet terminal.
Anne McMullin, a spokeswoman for the VFPA, did not return phone calls Thursday, but past comments indicate that the sticking point could be comparable land value -- an independent appraiser was assessing the plots -- or it could be potential land use.
Neither side is willing to get into the details. "We're inclined to keep that between the port and ourselves," said Lenarduzzi.
While the Whitecaps try to swap their rail yards land, Major League Soccer is moving full steam ahead with expansion.
San Jose is in this season, Seattle will be the 15th franchise starting in 2009, and Philadelphia joins in 2010. MLS commissioner Don Garber spoke highly of Vancouver in August, calling it a "fantastic market," but a new stadium is essential for the franchise to be considered.
Various media reports have MLS capping the league at 18 teams by 2011, and several potential franchises are already lined up.
The Montreal Impact -- the Whitecaps season-opening opponents Saturday -- are one of them, set to open their $15-million, 13,000-seat Saputo Stadium this season, paid for by the Saputo family.
And when Montreal's home opener rolls around on May 19, guess who the visiting team will be?
"It will be a very vivid reminder," Lenarduzzi said of christening the Impact's new home. "In both cases [Saputo Stadium and Toronto FC's BMO Field], our process started much, much earlier."
In a cheeky but poignant Saputo-sponsored halftime contest at Swangard on Saturday, three contestants will express why they want to cheer on the Whitecaps at a new waterfront stadium. The winner receives four tickets to fly to Montreal for the May 19 match at Saputo Stadium.
"The minute [Toronto FC] got the new building and the new league, interest just catapulted and Montreal is going to be the same," Lenarduzzi said.
In Philadelphia, stakeholders came together on a $414-million waterfront development that will include an 18,500-seat stadium.
The Delaware River Port Authority chipped in $10 million.
"It's significant that they're investing in it," Lenarduzzi said of the DRPA. "It's a very comparable situation in that they're building on the waterfront as well. And they negotiated with the port. And the port wrote a cheque for $10 million.
"What we want to do is strike the best deal for them and the best deal for us. We've been trying to achieve that.
"We're still communicating. It could be worse." | http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2008/04/meanwhile-down-waterfront?quicktabs_mls_standings_quicktabs=western | 2013-05-18T10:36:10 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
By: Amanda Kanaan - WhiteCoat Designs
Article originally featured in Med Monthly Magazine
Seven Seconds. That's all the time your website has to make a good impression on a potential patient. And if it doesn’t, “click” and the patient is on to your competitor’s website. Regardless of the number of visitors coming to your website, your efforts are futile without effective medical website design that ultimately converts those visitors in to actual patients.
Five Elements of Highly Effective Medical Website Design
1. Polish Your Image
Patients will make assumptions about your practice, and even the decision to seek your care, based on the quality of your website. If your website is outdated, patients will assume your care is as well. Regardless of how accurate their sentiments are, perception is reality in this case.
While it’s important to present patients with a professional image, be careful not to go overboard with the use of unnecessary flash, graphics and music. Causing sensory overload is just as harmful as a poorly designed website to your practice’s image. In fact, most mobile devices such as iphones and ipads cannot even register flash on a website and instead displays a blank box on the screen. According to a 2011 study by comScore, almost 17 million Americans a month access health information on their mobile devices. Therefore, it is best to keep the design clean, simple and mobile friendly.
Online videos and virtual tours are a great way to make patients feel welcome at your practice before they ever step foot in your office. Thirty second videos of your providers delivering a welcome message or talking about education related topics will help patients make an instant connection with your practice. Virtual tours are also helpful in relieving the anxiety of what to expect when patients visit your office.
Another small piece of advice that will make a big difference is to use professional photography for the providers’ headshots. One of the main reasons patients visit your website is to get an impression of your doctors. An unflattering headshot taken with a staff member’s digital camera in the office may not put your doctors in the best light. A professional headshot with proper lighting can make all the difference in properly branding your provider’s image.
2. Send the Right Message
The message you send is just as important as the image you portray. Whether you want to be known as the solo doc with friendly, personal care or a large practice that offers the convenience of multiple specialties under one roof, you can send strategic messaging through the writing style of the website’s content. Consider hiring a medical marketing professional to help you craft a message that differentiates your practice in the community. Your messaging should ultimately answer the question, “Why should I choose you?”
Evaluate what truly makes your practice unique before answering this question. Touting that you offer experienced care is not a differentiator. That is a generic statement that I bet most of your competitors boast. Examples of true differentiators would be “delivered the most babies in Atlanta” or “first robotic surgery performed in the state” or “Seattle’s only ‘green’ dental practice”. These are tangible statements that will set your practice a part and establish a brand that is unique to you.
3. Focus on Functionality
Sometimes practices build beautiful websites with flashing images and elaborate intros that are pretty to look at but aren’t very functional for the user. Patients often visit your website for a very specific reason – to get directions or read about your doctors for instance. If you don’t make it easy for patients to instantly locate what they need, then it’s either one more phone call your staff has to answer or one more potential patient you just lost.
Ask your staff about reoccurring questions they receive from patients to better understand how to organize your website’s layout. One of the most popular pages on any medical website is the “meet the doctors” page. More than ever patients are researching and comparing their providers to determine who is the best fit to manage their treatment. Instead of burying this page in the submenu of the “about us” section, feature a button right on the homepage so patients are just one click away from reading about your providers.
When it comes to the navigation menu itself, website visitors are now used to a particular format with the menu either on the left side of the page or across the top. Do not attempt to be “cutting edge” by featuring your menu on the right side of the page. This will only confuse visitors. Just like the design itself, keep the functionality simple and clean.
4. Provide Meaningful Content
According to a 2010 study by the Pew Research Center, 80 percent of all internet users, or 61 percent of all adults, search online for health information. When it comes to the source of this information, ideally patients should look to their health care provider, not websites like WebMD. By providing meaningful content on your website beyond a list of services and directions to your office, you’ll not only drive more traffic to your site but you will also fulfill a growing demand of patients seeking information online.
Blogs are the best way to provide ongoing medical education to your patients. Although physicians are sometimes overwhelmed by the idea of keeping up with a blog, a preset plan of blog topics will help relieve some of this anxiety. Plan your blogs 30 days, 60 days or even 90 days in advance with a schedule of topics to cover once a week. Blogs that are 350-400 words in length are ideal and take very little time to write.
These days you can hire marketing agencies to write your blogs for you or can use a Content Management System (CMS) to do it yourself. A CMS is a software program that allows you to easily manage the content on your website and blog without knowing html (computer language).
Using a free CMS, such as Wordpress, can result in a savings of both time and costs for your practice. As easy as editing a word document, staff can make simple updates to the website without incurring additional costs from a web designer or waiting several days for the change to be completed. This includes adding a bio and picture for a new doctor to your website or writing a weekly blog. The CMS will also allow you to tag your blog entries with corresponding keywords so the article can be found by the search engines.
5. Call Patients to Action
Websites should be more than just an online brochure. Yes, they provide valuable information about your practice but their first priority should be to convert visitors into new patients. Just like making a sale in the business world, sometimes it’s as simple as asking the visitor to take action.
Whether you prompt the patient to request an appointment, fill out a contact form, sign up for your newsletter, or simply follow you on Facebook, asking them to take some form of action will yield a much higher new patient conversion rate. Your website should feature a call to action on every page. For instance, include your phone number at the top of the website header that says “call us to schedule an appointment” or a link at the bottom of each page that directs them to the “contact us” page.
For those practices that already have a website, using these tips to tweak your design will help take your website to the next level. For those practices in need of a brand new website, be cautious of do-it-yourself web design companies that claim to give you complete control of your website. Often these templated websites end up being poorly designed, may contrast with your practice’s current branding and don’t deliver the new patient volume you were hoping for. Shop around to find a professional medical website design agency that can provide a custom website that is both within your budget and delivers the results you seek.
Amanda Kanaan is the owner/founder of WhiteCoat Designs – an online medical marketing agency committed to growing doctors’ practices and healthcare organizations through cost-effective and powerful online marketing solutions. Some of WhiteCoat Designs’ services include medical website design, websites for doctors, medical marketing, search engine optimization, social media management, and online reputation monitoring.
Headquarted in Raleigh, North Carolina, Kanaan and her team serve physician practices across the country. Amanda regularly speaks at medical association meetings and conventions and is a published expert in the field of medical marketing. To learn more or for a free website evaluation, contact her at Amanda@whitecoat-designs.com or.
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President Obama Speaks on Getting Our Veterans Back to Work
November 07, 2011 | 11:59 | Public Domain
President Obama introduces new resources to help connect veterans with jobs when they transition back to civilian life and explains how tax credits in the American Jobs Act will encourage businesses to hire returning service members.
Remarks by the President on Tax Credits Included in the American Jobs Act and New Executive Actions that Will Help Get Veterans Back to Work
Rose Garden
12:04 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, everybody. Please be seated. This week, we commemorate Veterans Day. We honor the service and the sacrifice of all who have worn the uniform of the United States of America with honor and distinction. And above all, we commit ourselves to serving them as well as they have served us. That’s why we’re here today.
Today’s 9/11 generation of veterans has already earned a special place in our history. Over a difficult decade, they’ve performed heroically in some of the world’s most dangerous places. They’ve done everything that we’ve asked of them. And I’m honored to have some of these extraordinary Americans here at the White House with us this morning.
I’m also proud to be joined by some of America’s leading veterans service organizations -- the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America -- as well as members of Congress who have historically been extraordinarily supportive of our veterans. And we’re here today to try to take some steps to better serve today’s veterans in a rough economy.
Over the past decade, nearly 3 million servicemembers have transitioned back to civilian life, joining the millions who have served through the decades..
This is exactly the kind of leadership and responsibility that every American business should be competing to attract. This is the kind of talent we need to compete for the jobs and industries of the future. These are the kinds of Americans that every company should want to hire.
And yet, while our economy has added more than 350,000 private sector jobs just over the past three months, more than 850,000 veterans remain unemployed. Too many can’t find a job worthy of their tremendous talents. Too many military spouses have a hard time finding work after moving from base to base to base. And even though the overall unemployment rate ticked down last month, unemployment among veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan continued to rise. That’s not right. It doesn’t make sense -- not for our veterans, not for our families, not for America -- and we’re determined to change that.
I’ve told the story before of a soldier in the 82nd Airborne who served as a combat medic in Afghanistan, and he saved lives over there. He earned a Bronze Star for his actions. But when he returned home, he couldn’t even get a job as a first responder. He had to take classes through the Post-9/11 GI Bill -- classes that he probably could have taught -- just so he could qualify for the same duties at home that he was doing every single day at war.
You know what? If you can save a life on the battlefield, then you can save a life in an ambulance. If you can oversee a convoy or millions of dollars of assets in Iraq, you can help a business back home manage their supply chain or balance their books. If you can juggle the demands of raising a family while a loved one is at war, you can juggle the demands of almost any job in America.
We ask our men and women in uniform to leave their families and their jobs and risk their lives to fight for our country, and the last thing they should have to do is fight for a job when they come home. And that’s why we’re here today -- to do everything in our power to see to it that America’s veterans have the opportunities that they deserve and that they have earned.
Now, I’ve already directed the federal government to lead by example and to hire more veterans. And it has hired more than 120,000 so far. A couple of months ago I also challenged private companies to hire or train 100,000 post-9/11 veterans or their spouses by the end of 2013. And already companies have hired more than 12,000 and committed to train or hire 25,000 more over the next two years.
And I want to thank the extraordinary work of my wife, the First Lady, as well as Dr. Jill Biden for leading this Joining Forces effort to support our military families and our veterans.
Nearly two months ago, I sent Congress the American Jobs Act. It was the only jobs plan independent economists said would boost our economy and put Americans back to work right now, and it was full of the kinds of ideas that have historically been supported by both parties. It was paid for.
And it included two proposals that would have made a big difference for our veterans –- the Returning Heroes Tax Credit, which would give businesses a tax break for each unemployed veteran that they hire; and the Wounded Warriors Tax Credit, which would give businesses a even larger tax break for hiring an unemployed veteran with a disability related to their service in uniform. And these veterans service organizations are here today because they fully support these ideas.
Unfortunately, we have not yet seen progress in Congress. Senate Republicans have so far chosen to block these bills and these proposals. Since then, they’ve also blocked a jobs bill that would keep teachers in the classroom and first responders on the street, and blocked a jobs bill last week that would have put hundreds of thousands of construction workers back to work rebuilding America. Despite the fact that more than 70 percent of Americans supported the ideas in this bill, not one has yet stepped up on the other side of the aisle to say this is the right thing to do. So they’ve had three chances to do the right thing. Three times, they’ve said no.
I believe it’s time they said yes to taking action that would boost the economy overall, because the overall economy has an impact on veterans. It’s a lot easier for veterans to find jobs if the economy is growing rapidly and unemployment is dropping. And I think it’s important for all of us to remember that we’re all in this together. It’s time we started acting like it. Bold action from Congress ultimately is the only way we’re going to put hundreds of thousands of Americans back to work right now and rebuild an economy where everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead. So I’m going to keep pushing these senators to vote on common-sense, paid-for ways to create jobs that members of both parties have supported before.
But what I’ve also said is that I’m going to do everything in my power, as the head of the executive branch, to act on behalf of the American people –- with or without Congress. We can’t simply wait for Congress to do its job. As Commander-in-Chief, I won’t wait, nor will I let politics get in the way of making sure that veterans share in the opportunity that they defend. If Congress won’t act, I will.
And that’s why, two weeks ago, I announced a new initiative to help trained veterans get jobs in the medical community. And today, we’re announcing three new initiatives to help America’s returning heroes get jobs that meet their talents.
First, we’re delivering on the expanded job search services that I promised our post-9/11 veterans three months ago. Starting today, post-9/11 veterans looking for work can download what we’re calling the Veterans “tag” jobs postings for veterans using a simple approach designed by major search engines. And already, more than 500,000 job openings have been tagged thanks to a company called Simply Hired, and companies like Monster and LinkedIn are helping more employers participate.
So all these three initiatives are up and running right now. Just visit whitehouse.gov/vets to find each one. And I’m asking these veterans service organizations to spread the word.
Connecting our veterans to the jobs they deserve isn’t just the right thing to do for our veterans, it’s the right thing to do for America. But there’s still more that we can do to encourage businesses to hire veterans. And this week, Congress will have another chance to do the right thing. They’ll get to vote on those tax breaks that I proposed back in September for businesses to hire veterans. Members of Congress will get to say whether or not they think it’s a good idea to give companies an incentive -- an additional incentive -- to hire the men and women who have risked their lives for our country.
And when I first proposed this idea -- some of you remember this was a joint session of Congress -- people stood and applauded on both sides of the aisle when I announced this bill. That was one of the few times both sides stood up. (Laughter.) So when these ideas come up for a vote this week, when the TV cameras aren’t necessarily on each of them, I expect both sides of the aisle to stand up for our veterans and vote in the affirmative.
There’s no good reason to oppose this bill. Not one. Our veterans did their jobs. It’s time for Congress to do theirs. It’s time for them to put country before party, put our veterans back to work, and pass this element of the jobs package that benefits our veterans and gives businesses an incentive to hire veterans.
Standing up for our veterans is not a Democratic responsibility or a Republican responsibility, it is a American responsibility. It’s an obligation of every citizen who enjoys the freedom that these heroes defend. And it is time for us to meet those obligations right now.. In other words, we’re going to keep on fighting, just as you did, to show the world why the United States of America is still the greatest nation on Earth.
Thank you very much, everybody. God bless you. God bless the United States of America. (Applause.)
END
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February 22, 2013 | 53:23 | Public Domain
White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing.
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, 2/22/2013
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
11:34 A.M. EST
MR. CARNEY: I just want to say that it is my pleasure, and clearly yours, to have with me today the Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, who is here to speak with you about the impacts of sequester, if it comes to pass, on the American travel industry.
And as we’ve talked about a lot, the indiscriminate, deep cuts will affect everyone, really, in America, and industries. And Secretary LaHood is here to discuss one aspect of that with you and to take some questions. And afterwards, I’ll be here to take questions on other issues.
I just want to remind you that we’re on a slightly constrained time schedule. We have the President’s meeting with national governors -- Democratic governors, and then also the pool spray with the Prime Minister of Japan.
With that, I turn it over to Secretary LaHood.
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Sequester will be a very -- will have a very serious impact on the transportation services that are critical to the traveling public and to the nation’s economy. At DOT, we will need to cut nearly a billion dollars, which will affect dozens of our programs. serious impacts of sequester. Here is what these automatic cuts are going to mean for the traveling public.
Obviously, as always, safety is our top priority, and we will never allow the amount of air travel we can handle safely to.
So we are beginning today discussions with our unions to likely close more than 100 air traffic control towers at airports with fewer than 150,000 flight operations per year. And we’re talking about places like Boca Raton, Florida; Joplin, Missouri; Hilton Head, South Carolina; and San Marcos, Texas. The list of the towers -- the list of potential towers that are to be closed, or elimination of midnight shifts, is posted on our website as I’m speaking now. So you can see the entire list there.
We’re also beginning discussions with unions to eliminate midnight shifts in over 60 towers across the country. The closures will impact services for commercial, general aviation, and military aircraft. This will delay travelers and delay the critical goods and services that communities across the country need.
These are harmful cuts with real-world consequences that will cost jobs and hurt our economy. The President has put forward a solution to avoid these cuts. And as a former member of Congress of 14 years, I urge my former colleagues to address this issue when they get back next Monday, and to work on a long-term, balanced solution to our deficit challenges.
And with that, I’ll be happy to answer some questions.
Q Mr. Secretary, these cuts and these cutbacks that you’re talking about, are these the type of things that the public will start seeing on March 2nd? Or is this going to be a longer rollout?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: We think the rollout will take from March 1st to April 1st, and they’ll begin to see the activity in the layoffs and the delays probably beginning around April 1st.
Q Are there any other ways to avoid the cuts other than those you have outlined? There are some Republicans who say you could mitigate these effects by doing other things in your budget system.
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Look, the sequester doesn’t allow for moving money around. It just does not. And it’s very clear. And the idea that we can move money from one pot, say like AIP, which is the Airport Improvement fund -- which in most places has a pretty good chunk of money -- sequester doesn’t allow that.
Look, this is very painful for us because it involves our employees, but it’s going to be very painful for the flying public. As a former member of Congress, I heard complaints all the time from my constituents when their flights were delayed or when their flights were cancelled, and this is going to have an enormous impact.
Q Could you clarify why the flights will be delayed? Is it a matter of mileage between flights?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Because we’re going to reduce the number of controllers, which will reduce their ability to guide planes in and out of airports.
Q So more distance between planes -- landing distance --
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Well, it’s going to reduce the number of controllers, which will reduce their opportunity to guide the same number of planes that they would ordinarily do at full capacity.
Q How about TSA implications?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: TSA is under Homeland Security. We’re not -- that’s a different lane.
Q Your total budget at DOT is, what, $70-some billion?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: $70 billion, in round numbers, yes -- 55,000 employees.
Q So help the public understand -- a billion dollars cut. You’ve got a big budget. Can’t you find some other way to cut that without telling air traffic controllers to stay home?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Well, we’re doing that. We’re looking at every contract, and we’re going -- our lawyers are looking at every contract to see what penalties we would have to pay as we begin to cut or adjust contracts. We’re looking at everything possible; and everything possible that’s legal, we will do. But.
Q But let’s be clear -- it’s less than 2 percent of your budget.
SECRETARY LAHOOD: It’s a lot of money, Jonathan. And where I come from, which is central Illinois, a billion dollars is a lot of money. And it’s very difficult when you have this kind of -- the number of employees that we have guiding planes in and out of airports to do anything except look at everything, and that’s what we’ve done.
Q Are you just basically throwing out whatever sounds like the most severe consequence in order to ratchet up pressure? And are you having discussions with some of your former colleagues up on the Hill to warn them of what’s coming?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: The answer is, yes, we are having discussions with members of Congress. We have briefed staff people on the respective committees -- commerce committee in the Senate; T&I committee in the House. And they know the impact and they know why we’re doing this. They know a lot about these numbers we’re dealing with because we work with them on a regular basis. And the idea that we’re just doing this to create some kind of a horrific scare tactic is nonsense. We are required to cut a billion dollars, and if more than half of our employees are at the FAA, the FAA -- there has to be some impact. That’s the reason we’re announcing what we’re announcing.
Q Mr. Secretary, what sort of impact will these delays have on the airline industries and their financials, specifically? Do you have any forecast for what that will do?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Well, we’re talking to the airline industry today -- A4A, which represents all of the airlines, we’re talking to them. We’ll be probably talking to individual airlines. We’re making this announcement today, and obviously we have to work through with them what impact this will have. But there’s no question they’re going to have to restrict some of the flights that they currently -- are on their books to fly in the next -- within the next 30 days.
Q Will they be required to compensate passengers for delays?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: You’ll have to talk to them about that.
Q I mean, isn’t that part of U.S. law that they have to do that? Where does this figure into that?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: You’ll have to talk to the airlines about that.
Yes.
Q Just to be clear, have the airlines specifically said they will definitely have to choose --
SECRETARY LAHOOD: You know, we just started to talk to the airlines today. They’re hearing about this. We’re on the phone -- our folks are on the phone with them right now. We’re on the phone with the airlines, we’re on the phone with our unions. We’re sending an email to all of our employees so everybody gets the same information at the same time.
Q So they have said it’s a possibility this is one of the things that --
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Well, we believe that it’s not possible to continue the same schedules with less people.
Q And then on the issue of safety, how can you guarantee that safety standards will be met if you’re scaling back?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Because that's what we’re in the business of. That's what we do every day. Our people get up every day and think about safety, and we think about it in a way that maybe nobody else thinks about it -- certainly common, ordinary citizens. I’ve said many, many times people -- thousands of people today boarded planes, buses, got in their cars, and the thing they didn't think about was safety. We do.
And we’re not -- we will never take a back seat when it comes to safety. We just absolutely will not. And that's the reason, back to Jonathan’s question, we’re looking at everything. We’re not just looking at furlough days. We’re looking at every contract. Our lawyers are looking at every contract to see what impact it has for us to try and find some savings in those areas.
Q Mr. Secretary, why is the alarm being raised now? Why not three, four months ago? Why now?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Because we’re within 30 days of sequester. I mean, sequester really begins March 1st, but we have a 30-day window here to prepare people. And we’ve been working with our colleagues here at the White House and OMB for a number of months on what impact this is going to have. And now is the time to do it.
Q Mr. Secretary --
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Jim.
Q Yesterday, at the Airlines for America briefing, the airline lobby actually said that there would be no effect, that they suspected there would be no significant impact on the air travel system. Where is the disconnect between what you’re saying and what the airlines are saying?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: I don't think they have the information we’re presenting to them today. I don't know what they used for that, Jim. But it’s -- I think when they see the kind of cutbacks that are going to be made at some of these towers, they're going to have no choice but to really look at the fact that there are going to be delays, and there are going to have to be some cutbacks on some of these flights.
Q Let me follow up on safety, if I could. What is going to be the effect on FAA inspectors? Are you also going to furlough some of them that are doing the -- who are reviewing the safety of these planes?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Everything will be impacted in terms of the controllers and contracts. When it comes to our safety programs, there will be no compromise.
And those are things that we’re looking at, but we want to make sure that those people that are, for example, doing the work on the 787, doing the work on inspecting planes, no compromise when it comes to safety.
Q Mr. Secretary -- thank you, sir. Mr. Secretary, as far as international carriers are concerned, are you in touch with international carriers, if international passengers are going to be affected from this? Because whatever happens in Washington, whole world is affected, people around the globe.
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Yes, we’ll be in touch with all of the airlines.
Q Mr. Secretary, you said you’ve been talking with the unions about this. Are they going along wholeheartedly with your proposal? Or are they --
SECRETARY LAHOOD: We just started our talks today. Our FAA Administrator, Michael Huerta, has been talking to Paul Rinaldi, the head of the controllers union. But the call today will be with the entire leadership of the controller’s union.
Q Are you concerned that they could object to the kinds of cuts you are proposing?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Well, we’ll find out. I mean, look, the discussions are beginning now. I’m sure that they’ve never been bashful about expressing their point of view.
Yes, sir.
Q Mr. Secretary, does this in any way affect Amtrak all that much?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: No, sir.
Q No.
SECRETARY LAHOOD: No, sir, it does not.
Yes.
Q Mr. Secretary, we went through this rodeo once before two months ago, the last time we came to the sequester deadline. Did any of these conversations happen at the end of December last year with the unions and with the airlines?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Of course. When we thought that there was going to be a sequester, of course we -- we’re in continual discussions with these folks. We have a great partnership with them. And the answer is yes, of course.
Bill.
Q Mr. Secretary, if the sequester goes through and these cuts kick in, how quickly can you turn off the switch and put things back to normal?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Look, all of our planning and all of our discussions and all of our work are about getting to where we’re at today, with this announcement, with our discussions, and we’ll see where it takes us. And planning for a restart is -- we haven’t had a lot of discussion about that at this point.
Q Is there any requirement under the sequester that once it kicks in it has to last three months or four months or five months?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: No, not that I know of.
Q What are you telling Republicans in Congress, Mr. Secretary?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: That this is going to have a huge impact on their constituents. Look, and I can tell you --
Q When you break it down politically for them, what are you saying?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: That your phones are going to start ringing off the hook when these people are delayed at airports, and their flights are delayed 90 minutes, or their flights are cancelled, or their air tower is closed.
Look, you all know I was in Congress 14 years. I represented central Illinois, which included Peoria and Springfield, both with air towers. Any time there was even a threat of a closing of an air tower in Peoria/Springfield, our phones started ringing off the hook from controllers, but also from people who use the airport.
So it’s not only the impact on the passengers, it’s the impact that it has on airports, control towers, people who work there, airports. And their phones are going to start ringing. Why does this have to happen?.
Q But to Jonathan’s question, you’re going to scrub everything to make sure the priority is safety and usability, right?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Number one is safety. Always has been, always will be. We never take a back seat when it comes to safety. We will never compromise safety -- ever. Never have and never will.
Yes, sir.
Q Do you agree with the administration’s position that this is a manufactured crisis, one manufactured by your former House colleagues?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: I think Republicans need to step up here. I served for 14 years. During those 14 years, I was -- 12 of those years I was in the majority party. Speaker Gingrich was the Speaker. He worked with then-President Bill Clinton. We balanced the budget five of those fourteen years. It meant that there was compromise..
Yes, ma’am.
Q Yes, have your phones been ringing from members of the public? And if so, what are they saying?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: I’m sorry have --
Q Have your phones been ringing from members of the public yet?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: No, but look, this is the announcement today. We’ve been doing a lot of this background work, and so I have no doubt my phones will ring from members of Congress -- why is my control tower being closed?
Q Mr. Secretary, where were these warnings two weeks ago, a week ago? I mean, speaking of movie references, this might be called an acting performance, because you are -- you’re going to be scaring the public today. This is going to be scaring the public about their travel plans.
SECRETARY LAHOOD:.
And we want to get it right, so we’ve spent the last few weeks putting all of this information together so we do have it right. So that we are not just taking a meat axe to one part of FAA, that we’re looking at the full breadth of the entire agency.
Q Mr. Secretary, you said that you want these guys to wake up. Have you awakened them by using a phone? Have you called any Republicans recently?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Yes, I just said I’ve been talking to Republicans and their staff on the T&I committee and on the Senate Commerce --
Q Can you tell us who you spoke with and what the nature of those interactions were? And what are they saying to you in terms of their own leadership?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: I doubt if you really want a list of the members of Congress I’ve been talking to, okay? But take --
Q How many? Enumerate.
SECRETARY LAHOOD: A half a dozen.
Q And what are they telling you about what they think about their own leadership?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: I didn't talk to them about their leadership. I talked to them about the impact on air travel and air traffic control towers.
Q What was their reaction?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: It’s not good. They get it.
In the back.
Q The Republicans would say -- and they have been saying this -- that the Democrats in the Senate should act on two bills that they passed in the summertime. Why aren’t you calling the Democrats in the Senate and saying, pick up -- act on the Republican bills and avoid sequester that way? What’s wrong with that approach?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: I’ve been working on trying to figure out how we’re going to get to a billion dollars.
Yes, sir.
Q Mr. Secretary, in all the discussion about the sequester, you’re the first Cabinet Secretary that’s been brought into a White House briefing to talk about this for us recently. So, I mean, do you and the President think that the impatience of the American people at the airports is the strongest leverage point to press with the Republicans?
SECRETARY LAHOOD: I would describe my presence here with one word: Republican. They’re hoping that maybe I can influence some of the people in my own party.
Look, this is a big deal. It’s a big deal because a lot of people -- common, ordinary citizens fly. A lot of people use airports. And this is going to have a real impact.
Q The Department of Transportation is taking part of this hundred-city tour called the Connecting Your Community to talk about proposals in the President’s State of the Union address. Will you end your participation in that tour as a way to cut some savings right now? Sending DOT employees out to --
SECRETARY LAHOOD: Well, I was supposed to be in Orlando and South Carolina today, so I guess I have ended it.
Q Is it not going to happen? Is there going to be a bridge -- Tom Coburn is asking for an explanation of why it’s being held in light of the sequester potential? The hundred-city tour.
SECRETARY LAHOOD: You’ll have to ask Jay about that.
MR. CARNEY: I’ll take that one.
Q Mr. Secretary, let’s say -- I’m finally traveling to India in the next two weeks, should I be worried? (Laughter.)
SECRETARY LAHOOD: You’re going to be delayed. (Laughter.)
Yes, ma’am. Last one.
Q You said you’re telling Republicans to come to the table. Are you telling them to raise taxes? I mean, are you telling them to --
SECRETARY LAHOOD: No, I’m telling them to come to the table and start talking to Democrats about how we solve this. They’ll figure out the solution, just like they figured out the solution on the fiscal cliff.
Q So you’re not telling them that they shouldn’t --
SECRETARY LAHOOD: I have not told them the specifics about how to solve it. Come together, talk to one another. Figure it out. That’s the way we’ve always done things around here.
Have a great weekend, everybody.
MR. CARNEY: I want to thank Secretary LaHood with whom it is always a pleasure to share this podium. (Laughter.) No, I mean that seriously. And he’ll be missed by me and everyone else here at the White House.
If I could just -- in answer to the question in the back, we’ll just go straight to the issue here. The way to avert sequester is to pass a bill that can be agreed to by Democrats and Republicans that either buys down the sequester or, when there was time to do this, that achieves the $4-trillion goal by reducing the deficit further along the lines of the big deal that President Obama and Speaker Boehner were talking about during the fiscal cliff negotiations. There’s the offer the President made is still on the table -- spending cuts, entitlement savings, and revenues through tax reform.
In this process, if you accept the premise that for Democrats it is hard to go along with spending cuts -- or harder to go along with spending cuts and hard to go along with entitlement savings, that they might prefer to do revenues over that. So the tough sell to Democrats is to go along with spending cuts and entitlement savings, and that the tough sell, as we all know, because we hear it all the time, for Republicans is to go along with revenue increases; and that leadership is represented in part, certainly in the discourse here in Washington, by a willingness by the leaders of one party to convince their members to go along with tough choices.
And I would then ask you to look at the proposals that we put up, that I had on the screen here yesterday, the offer that we made to Speaker Boehner, the President’s budget, the President’s submission to the super committee, which was specifically designed to eliminate the sequester. And in every single one, he has put forward balance. He has put forward spending cuts and savings from entitlement reforms. And as all of you know who have covered Washington, some of that savings is a hard sell to Democrats. But this President has been leading on the issue.
Unfortunately, we have not seen any commensurate action by Republican leaders. Their answer always is: spending cuts only, no revenues, entitlement savings only, no revenues, burden borne by seniors or FAA employees or border security guards or children with disabilities, but not the wealthiest, not corporations who enjoy tax breaks, not oil and gas companies who get subsidies. That is always their answer.
So you can’t -- it is hard to find a compromise solution with a side that says the only available solution from our view is if you come 100 percent to us. And that, unfortunately, has been the narrative that you have been dealing with -- and certainly we have been dealing with -- now for -- really since the beginning of 2011.
The President supports the proposals that the Senate Democrats have put forward and the House Democrats have put forward that would buy down the sequester and give Congress time to work on a bigger deal to reach that $4-trillion target in deficit reduction. The President has signed into law, as you know, already $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction -- two-thirds of which is comprised of spending cuts and savings from entitlements. So only a third of that has been from revenues.
We want balance. The American public wants balance. There was, I think, a public poll that was published in USA Today -- I don’t see a representative from that fine newspaper here today -- but yesterday that I think cited 76 percent of the American people support a balanced approach to this challenge. Something like 19 percent supported a “my way or the highway” spending cuts-only approach.
Yes.
Q Since we’re a week away from the deadline, is it the White House expectation at this point that the sequester will take effect next Friday?
MR. CARNEY: We remain hopeful that Congress will act, that the proposals Democrats have been working on in both Houses will be taken up and passed, that Republicans will -- having heard some of the information about what the impacts will be on real people out there, and the macro impact on the economy -- will come to the conclusion that it is better simply to do what they did in December and allow this manufactured deadline to be postponed so that they can get back to the work of doing what Secretary LaHood was just talking about, which is coming together and finding a reasonable, bipartisan compromise, a balanced compromise, to complete this job of achieving $4 trillion-plus in deficit reduction over 10 years.
Q But what are the realistic prospects of that happening over the next week?
MR. CARNEY: I’ve never done very well in Vegas or Atlantic City, so I’m not going to make odds for you. We obviously are discouraged by the line that Republican leaders have taken, which is that the book is closed on revenue, despite the 76 percent of the American people who believe that balance is the right approach; that the only way to do this is the way they propose, which is not supported, obviously, in the Senate and not supported by the American people, and not supported by the President.
But we remain hopeful, and we will continue to engage with Congress. We will continue to make our case around the country about why we need to avoid the sequester, what the damage of that would be to the economy and to average folks out there who -- some of whom are working today but will not be working 30 days from now if the sequester takes effect.
This is incredibly important. It’s about the broader enterprise here that everyone is engaged in -- those who are elected and sent to Washington -- and that is taking steps to try to improve our economy, help it grow, and help the middle class. This does not help the middle class. It does the opposite. And it’s bad policy, by design, so we should not let it take place.
Jackie.
Q Jay, could you tell us about what the President’s message was to the Democratic governors this morning about this subject?
MR. CARNEY: I confess I was in other meetings so I wasn’t present. I know that the President intended to speak with governors about the issues that are of concern to them. And I think what we all know about governors is that the issues that are of concern to them tend to be issues that aren’t broken down by party affiliation. And that’s the need for actions to be taken that help job creation, the need for investments in infrastructure; issues involving implementation of the Affordable Care Act, I’m sure, immigration reform -- many of the issues that we are discussing here in Washington. But that’s not a readout, that’s just my understanding of what those conversations were likely to look like.
Q Is he intending to talk to them about encouraging them to go public with their concerns about the real-world impact of this in their states?
MR. CARNEY: Well, I don’t think you get elected governor in any state in this country if you are not out there talking about the issues that affect your constituents. And I don’t -- so I guess my answer to that is I don’t think he would have to tell governors of either party to be concerned about it or to communicate with their constituents about it. I expect that that’s going to happen across the country. And Democrats and Republicans are going to have to explain what implementation of the sequester will mean in terms of job loss, furloughs, reduced economic growth, closure of airport towers, or reduced hours for air traffic controllers at their airport. These are just a handful of the impacts that we would see if the sequester goes into effect.
Q Jay, the Secretary said sequester doesn’t allow for moving money around. Is that completely true? Does OMB have any discretion? Do the agencies have any discretion?
MR. CARNEY: I can’t remember if you were in the chair when I had Danny Werfel here to talk about this from OMB about how the law dictates what must happen in terms of the cuts. And I think Secretary LaHood reflected the -- in layman’s terms -- the facts, which is there is very little flexibility in terms of how to make those cuts happen.
Within that limited flexibility, Secretary LaHood made clear that he will -- he and I’m sure other Secretaries are doing this -- are doing everything they can to deal with these cuts and absorb them, prepare for them in a way that allows them to achieve their mission. And in the case of the Department of Transportation and the FAA, top priority is safety.
So as he said at the top, that would mean -- because the FAA is such a big chunk of the Department of Transportation and unavoidably would be affected by furloughs -- that you would have only the number of takeoffs and landings that the system could bear with a reduced staff. And that means -- and still maintain the levels of safety that the FAA does. So that means reducing the number of flights, or delaying flights, with all that means for travelers.
Q And I wasn’t just referring to the transportation, but broadly, the answer is that the flexibility is very limited?
MR. CARNEY: That’s correct. And again, I would point you to the briefing that was done I believe last week in which Danny Werfel addressed this.
Q And just one follow-up. Generally, can you give us any sort of a hint about what other plans you guys have for next week? We know the President is traveling on Tuesday, but otherwise how you intend to keep pushing this message up until the Friday deadline?
MR. CARNEY: Well, I don’t have any other events or travel to announce. He will be going to Newport News, Virginia next week, as you know, to highlight the negative consequences of sequester and how they will be felt in that town, in that state.
The fact is we have a full agenda, but it is certainly going to be the case next week that sequester and the impending deadline will I think consume a lot of people’s attention here -- both on this side of the podium and your side. And I think that our activities will include engaging, as they have in the past, engaging with Congress, hoping that we can find resolution here, hoping we can find an agreement. We’re not -- the smaller agreement, just as was the case at the end of last year, is not asking of either side, because of its size, to make all of the hard decisions.
A lot of that work would still be saved for completing the job of hitting the $4 trillion-plus target a broader deficit-reduction deal. But as the Senate proposal shows and other proposals have shown, you can do this as they did in December, in a way that is balanced but should not be that difficult.
So we’re hoping -- we remain hopeful that that will happen.
Q One of the interesting things that you’re seeing in some of these polls -- and I know you mentioned some polling in your conversation with Brendan Buck, with the Speaker’s office last night --
MR. CARNEY: Good friend, Brendan. (Laughter.)
Q -- is that there’s a large number --
MR. CARNEY: I mean that seriously.
Q There’s a large percentage of Americans who are unaware of what’s going to happen with this sequester, don't even know what the sequester is, whether it should be called sequestration or sequester.
MR. CARNEY: We’re all still struggling with that one, I think.
Q Why are these warnings, like Secretary LaHood’s warnings, coming so late in the game? I mean we’re hearing about FAA delays one week before the --
MR. CARNEY: I refrained from interjecting because he’s a Cabinet Secretary, but I wanted to say -- I wanted to leap to the podium and point that we put out, as mandated by law, a report on the implementation of sequester, I believe last September, because the deadline at that time was January 1st. And the fact is we have been talking about this and answering question, and making clear that the planning was in effect in the lead-up to the potential deadline at the end of last year.
And it was only -- remember, we’re now, what, seven weeks since the 1st of the year, so it was only -- it hadn’t been that long since the last deadline passed, but it was pushed back by the fiscal cliff deal. There was a lot of concern, obviously, late last year; in fact, a great deal of concern on the part of Republicans about the potential for sequester taking effect. They seem to have had a change of heart about that. But at the time there was great concern expressed by Republicans about that.
What was also the case is we were engaged -- because of the other deadlines, the fiscal cliff, the fact that there was the potential that taxes would go up on middle-class Americans around the country -- we were in engaged in negotiations with the Speaker of the House in an effort to try to achieve a bigger deal that would have both dealt with averting those tax hikes and further deficit reduction. Unfortunately, the Speaker walked away from that deal.
But the environment was different. Now we’re not seeing any flexibility from -- it was different then than it is now. We’re not seeing much interest at this point from Republican leaders in even engaging in a discussion about how we can move forward with a balanced package. The line they keep drawing in the sand is, I don't care what the public says, I don't care who is hurt by it; our position -- the Republican position -- is cuts only, burden borne only by senior citizens, children with disabilities.
Q Is that a fair read of the substance of the conversations that went on between the President and Republican leaders?
MR. CARNEY: I’m not going to read out those conversations. And I think you’ve seen that the leaders themselves who have had those conversations with the President aren’t reading them out.
We continue to, as a broad matter -- not specific to any one conversation -- to make the case that compromise is available here; that compromise is represented by taking a balanced approach. I mean, again, it really is important to me -- you can't -- the sort of pox on both their houses, false equivalence business that a lot of -- some commentators engage in where everybody is to blame equally here for how we got to this problem because nobody will compromise, but it is just factually incorrect.
Again, going back to that basic premise that it’s harder for Democrats to go along with spending cuts and entitlement savings and harder for Republicans to go with revenue increases -- so who has made the hard choices here? Who has made the tough proposals?
Q But to that point, Democrats like to say Republicans only control one-half of one-third of government. So shouldn’t they just have one-half of one-third of the blame?
MR. CARNEY: The fact of the matter is that we can't get anything done without a bill passing the House of Representatives, and the Democratic Party and the President of the United States do not control the House of Representatives.
We are confident that there is in excess of a majority in the Senate that would support the balanced approach that the President has put forward, that the Senate Democrats have put forward. And we know, because your polling outfits tell the public this, that the public supports the balanced approach that the President has put forward. We also know it’s the best economic policy.
I was asked yesterday, I think, why can't -- doesn't the President have some power to just make the sequester go away on his own? And, of course, he would enjoy having that power, but the law of the land does not give it to him.
Jon.
Q Jay, even before we heard from Secretary LaHood, we’ve heard some dire warnings coming from the administration. Just to tick through a few, we’ve heard about more wildfires, more workplace deaths, higher risk of terrorism, criminals set free. Is there any exaggeration going on here?
MR. CARNEY: I think all of those things come from reduced numbers of people fighting fires, reduced numbers of people doing inspections of our food, reduced numbers of people engaging in air traffic control. I mean, those are just the facts, Jon.
Q No other way to squeeze 3 percent out of the federal budget?
MR. CARNEY: I think we had this colloquy yesterday. The fact of the matter is that you are talking about a 13 percent cut in our defense budget and 9 percent cut in our nondefense discretionary budget this year. And there is no way to do that, based on the way the law is written, without having hugely negative impacts on individuals and families. Furloughs would have to happen. Layoffs would have to happen. That is a fact.
And it’s not just us saying this. You don't believe us, maybe you believe the CBO. Maybe you believe Macroeconomics Advisers or Moody’s. They have projected fully a half a percentage point reduction in GDP growth. And you know, because you cover this stuff, what that means economically. They have projected three-quarters of a million people will lose their jobs if the sequester takes effect and stays in effect.
Those are real-world consequences. These are real people. It’s not political leverage. It’s a fact. And we’re out there making clear that this is an important issue to deal with because of the real-world implications. The reason why the President continues to put forward and we made clear again on paper what we have been making clear all along, the President’s very reasonable offer remains on the table because he wants to avoid this.
Let’s just, again, go back to my basic point.. And what we haven’t seen from Republicans is anything equivalent. And we’re just looking for a negotiating partner here. We’re just looking for somebody to meet us halfway.
Q Is this hundred-city tour going to be cancelled?
MR. CARNEY: You know what, I saw somebody -- a reporter sent me this right before I came out here. I haven't had a chance to ask anybody about it. But we'll get back to you on it.
Q But this would be the kind of thing, right? I mean, you wouldn't -- specific Cabinet members all around the country --
MR. CARNEY: I appreciate that a Republican member has sent this around. I just don't have an answer for it, but I'll look into it.
Q But the broader question, Jay, would be to prioritize those things out of a sequester matrix, wouldn't it? For this President to say, we can do without those things?
MR. CARNEY: -- the sequester matrix, so I'm not sure what that means, but it sounds cool.
Q You understand what I'm saying. The President would prioritize these things out of the budget and not label them a priority against meat and poultry inspections, against FAA air traffic controllers, against wildfire fighters. I mean, wouldn't he?
MR. CARNEY: Again, I would urge you to look at the law and look at what --
Q I have.
MR. CARNEY: -- the flexibility there is in the law, and it is extremely limited. And even if it weren't --
Q Yes, it's extremely limited, but the dollars and cents can be applied at agency discretion. If there's a hundred-city tour, it can be decided --
MR. CARNEY: I appreciate the talking point based on a letter that a Republican just sent moments ago. I haven't seen it. I don't have an answer for it at this time, but I will look into it. You can find an individual thing and say that this could be cut -- and maybe it should be, whatever it is -- but it represents a drop in the bucket to an $85 billion cut, a 13 percent cut to our defense budget, and a 9 percent cut to our nondefense discretionary budget this year, this fiscal year. This is not spread out over 10 years.
Q I understand that.
MR. CARNEY: This is not something you can backload. This happens now and it affects real people. And, again, don't take our word for it. Look at what Republicans used to say about it until I guess some consultant told them to say something else. Look at what CBO and Macroeconomics Advisers and Moody's have been saying. These are just the facts of the matter.
One of the reasons why we're here, one of the reasons why we had the fiscal cliff fight and why we're discussing this is that everybody recognizes that these kind of indiscriminate, across-the-board cuts aren't good for the economy, aren't good for our defense, and they're not the way to sensibly reduce our deficit.
Q I understand that. I'm just saying this President, as all Presidents before him, took pride in prioritizing. And I'm just asking, as a priority for the President, the signal to the agencies would be prioritize your core functions --
MR. CARNEY: Absolutely.
Q -- over non-essential functions like this or something like it.
MR. CARNEY: Again, I appreciate on the item that you mentioned and I'm sure that somebody will get back to you with an answer on that.
The fact of the matter is you just had a Cabinet Secretary with enormous responsibility for an agency that affects everybody who travels in our skies tell you exactly that -- that that's what he is doing on the instructions of the President. Within the law, he's looking at every available mechanism to lessen the impact of these cuts on the core mission of the Department of Transportation, the core mission of FAA. So I think the answer is to you, yes.
Q This may be self-evident, but is it your position from the podium today to instruct or ask the Senate Democratic leadership to with all due speed next week pass their alternative to the sequester and send it to the House?
MR. CARNEY: We would absolutely like to see the Senate take up and pass legislation that would avert the sequester in a balanced way, and the House to do that as well, yes.
Q And within that context, it's $85 billion over the next nine months remaining in our fiscal year. Does the deal that the White House envisions have to be $85 billion, or would it be smaller than that?
MR. CARNEY: The buy-down --
Q Would be $85 billion --
MR. CARNEY: The buy-down could be -- look, it was two months on January 1st, December 31st -- it could be that. But the bill that has been put forward by Democrats in the Senate I believe takes it to the end of the year. The sequester, as you know, the $1.2 trillion is stretched over 10, yes.
Q Right, but that’s over the next -- all those fiscal years. But just $85 billion is the contours of what you want, and you roughly have -- portion that half revenue and half spending cuts. So the federal budget could live with --
MR. CARNEY: Well, I would point -- whatever the ratio is in the bill, I would point you to the President's overall approach to this, which has been two dollars in spending cuts to one in revenue.
Q Jay, we've heard over the last couple of years from Secretary Geithner, from Lael Brainard, from Mike Froman, their concerns that countries in the eurozone were cutting too much, too quickly. To what extent does the President's experience in watching that inform his philosophy going into these negotiations?
MR. CARNEY: Obviously, every country has dealt with the global economic crisis that befell us in 2007, 2008 in different ways. We believe, and the President believes, that the approach that was taken here in Washington was the right one, and that as a result -- even though we suffered a calamitous recession, the worst of our lifetimes that took millions and millions of jobs -- we have been able through hard work and tough decisions, and the grit and determination of the American people, to come to a position where the economy has been growing steadily. And it has been creating jobs -- over 6 million private-sector jobs. That work is not done.
So the focus that the President has had was one that prioritized in the beginning the need to stop the bleeding, the need to avert a depression. And the actions that he took with Congress in 2009 are widely viewed to have done that. And then to, as things began to stabilize, to go about the business of getting our fiscal house in order in a reasonable, balanced, common-sense way. And we have been doing that.
As you know, it hasn't always been pretty, but over the past year and a half the President has signed into law now $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction; a significant portion of that has been spending cuts. But it's been done in a way that has allowed the economy to continue to grow and create jobs -- not fast enough, not enough jobs, but it's been positive growth and positive job creation.
I mean, I think -- I don't have the graph I had yesterday here, today, but the one that showed the dramatic decrease in the deficit in the last several years, the sharpest decrease in the deficit since World War II. And then, what would happen based on our projections if the President's proposal to Speaker Boehner were implemented in terms of bringing that deficit down even further and stabilizing it below 3 percent of GDP. That's the approach we believe is right, because it's the best for sustained economic growth.
Q To what extent was that, though, a powerful negative example for him? People's outlooks change from their experiences in the presidency. I have heard that it was a big spur for him to take this particular position.
MR. CARNEY: Well, I don't want to characterize the President's thinking on what other countries have been doing. He's focused on what he believed was the right course for the United States, and believes that while we have significant work to do to continue to grow our economy and have it create jobs, that we made the right choices. And the results have borne that out.
Again, very much like the fact that we need to continue to focus on growing our economy, expanding the middle class, helping people who aspire to the middle class enter the middle class. And that's why that's his number-one priority. It’s been the focus of his State of the Union address. And it's why the debate we're having over this crazy thing called sequester or sequestration is so important, because the last thing we should be doing in Washington is throwing a wrench in an economy that has been moving in the right direction.
Q Jay, two questions. First, just one month ago, Secretary Clinton said that the U.S. opposes any unilateral action seeking to undermine Japan's administration --
MR. CARNEY: I'm sorry, who said that?
Q Secretary Clinton.
MR. CARNEY: Hillary Clinton is no longer Secretary.
Q Yes, former Secretary.
MR. CARNEY: Oh, I see.
Q Yes, she said the U.S. will oppose any unilateral actions seeking to undermine Japan's administration over Diaoyu Islands. And I just want to know, is that the firm position that the President will address?
MR. CARNEY: I haven't seen those comments. I would simply say that the President's meeting with the Prime Minister in just a little while here, and there will be a pool spray, and I think they both will have statements. So I don't want to get ahead of that.
Q And also, on North Korea. Russia and China today -- they say they oppose any military intervention in North Korea. What's the position of the White House?
MR. CARNEY: Again, I would urge you to hear what the President has to say today. I think we got to go, because --
Q Can I do just one quickly?
MR. CARNEY: Yes, one more, Kristen.
Q Can you comment on or confirm the reports that the United States is preparing to establish a drone base in Northwest Africa?
MR. CARNEY: I think those reports are fairly old, but I have no comment on that. Thanks.
Q Week ahead, sir?
MR. CARNEY: I do have a week ahead.
Q Old but no comment?
MR. CARNEY: Well, I remember -- I don't know, is this a new report? There was a report that I --
Q Well, in light of --
MR. CARNEY: -- didn't comment on the other day or I had a comment on. I'm not sure this is a new report.
Q Do you have a timeframe on it?
MR. CARNEY: I'll have to get back to you, Kristen. I'm not sure what our --
Q -- that you’re aware of.
MR. CARNEY: Sure.
On Sunday, the President and First Lady will welcome the National Governors Association to the White House for the 2013 Governors Dinner. The Vice President and Dr. Biden will also attend.
On Monday, the President and the Vice President will deliver remarks to the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room. The First Lady and Dr. Biden will also deliver remarks.
On Tuesday, the President will travel, as you know, to Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries in Newport News, Virginia -- region of my forebears -- to highlight the devastating impact that the sequester will have on jobs and middle-class families if congressional Republicans fail to compromise to avert the sequester by March 1st. In just seven President will return to Washington, D.C. later in the day.
On Wednesday, the President will deliver remarks at the unveiling of a statue of Rosa Parks at the United States Capitol. In the evening, the President will deliver remarks at the Business Council Dinner here in Washington, D.C.
And on Thursday and Friday of next week, the President will attend meetings here at the White House.
Thank you all.
Q Jay, real quickly, have there been any furloughs in the White House? Has the Chief of Staff ordered any furloughs? Is your staff going to be affected?
MR. CARNEY: I took this question. As you know and has been reported, the EOP is affected by the sequester. And I'm sure that the OMB has been working on that as it has with every agency.
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The White Sox had to flying high on Tuesday. Coming off taking 3 of 4 from Oakland, and a rain out on Monday, the Sox needed two wins over the Minnesota Twins to get to the .500 mark for the first time since April 16th. But the Twins had different ideas, sweeping the Sox for [...]
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The FedEx driver had just dropped a large box on our front porch. It contained what was to be our Hanukkah/Christmas gift to 8-year old grandson, Jake.
The Erector Set was a dream come true. For George. We don't know how Jake will feel. In truth, we don't yet know if Jake will ever get it. This super-duper, too-many-pieces-to-count toy was something George had coveted as a child. Now, he could enjoy it with his grandson. Note carefully the word "with" in the previous sentence.
I was leaving for the market when George took in the box. When I returned a couple of hours later, he was at the breakfast room table, which was covered with all sorts of interestingly shaped parts. The box had not only been opened, but clearly a building project was under way.
"You opened Jake's present?" I asked. This was actually a statement because it was obvious that he had.
"This is for Grandpa," my husband replied a bit defiantly. "Jake and his sister can play with it when they visit."
His theory was that they would need supervision of the kind that only a lifelong-wanting-an-Erector-Set kind of guy could give.
"But it's Jake's toy," I protested. Reading the box, I saw that the age range said "8 to 88."
Eventually we had to move the set off the table so we could eat. It's now in George's home office. He is in the midst of building a "thing." I say this
We are at the point where I am shoving food through his partly opened door because Grandpa is too engrossed in his project to leave the office, even for meals.
The grandkids are coming for Hanukkah this weekend. We all know what Grandpa's gift is. I'll let you know how the children make out, but right now I'd have to say it's not looking good.
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University of Wisconsin research showed that wheel traffic damage from normal harvesting operations can cause alfalfa yield reductions as high as 80% (Undersander and Moutray, 2001). The amount of damage was related to the length of time regrowth occurred before driving on the alfalfa. More recent research from Wisconsin showed a 4-6% reduction in alfalfa yield when alfalfa was driven on after one day of mowing, whereas wheel traffic at 5 days had an average yield penalty of 20% (Undersander, 2008). The reduction in yield was attributed to damaged and/or broken crowns caused by tractor wheels (e.g., a100 HP tractor was driven over alfalfa four times). It is estimated that about 70% of a field’s area is driven over at each cutting, so avoiding unnecessary trips across the field is key to minimize wheel traffic damage.
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Counting children: comparing reporting for paediatric HIV and tuberculosis
Philipp du Cros a, Bern-Thomas Nyang’wa a, Marianne Gale b, Sarah Venis a & Nathan Ford a
a. Médecins Sans Frontières United Kingdom, 67–74 Saffron Hill, London, EC 1N 8QX, England.
b. Médecins Sans Frontières Australia, Glebe, Australia.
Correspondence to Philipp du Cros (e-mail: Philipp.duCros@london.msf.org).
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2011;89:855-855. doi: 10.2471/BLT.11.098582
“All women, men and children who need TB diagnosis and care have a right to it – no matter who they are or where they live – and they should be able to access TB services free of charge and in a manner that respects their dignity.”1
Although the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) latest report on tuberculosis2 provides welcome news on falling numbers of cases, children are still being neglected despite the fact that they represent approximately 15–20% of the global burden of tuberculosis.3,4 Indeed, the neglect of mothers and children in tuberculosis initiatives was the topic of a major symposium by WHO’s Stop TB department at the recent 42nd Union World Conference on Lung Health.5 The Global Plan to Stop TB 2011–20151 includes the objectives of early diagnosis and treatment of all cases including children. However, current reporting on tuberculosis in children falls far short of what is required to measure and pressure progress. As Director-General of WHO, Margaret Chan, said in her inaugural speech: “what gets measured gets done”.6
To assess efforts to track progress in scaling-up services for paediatric tuberculosis, we compared reporting against that for another global epidemic for which scaling-up paediatric services is a priority: HIV. We used three indicators – disease burden, treatment and prevention – to compare paediatric data in the tuberculosis report2 with those in the 2010 UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.7 This comparison is summarized at:.
There are many constraints to diagnosing and treating tuberculosis in children. Definitive, simple diagnostic tests do not exist, while treatment is complicated by a lack of appropriate fixed-dose combinations for children.8 In contrast with HIV, there is limited reporting of the burden of disease and treatment for paediatric tuberculosis. Globally, the only indicators for children aged less than 15 years are the number of children orphaned by tuberculosis and the notification of smear-positive cases. This latter indication is of limited value since, except for advanced disease, most tuberculosis in children is smear-negative.9 For 22 high-burden countries, 157 135 cases of tuberculosis in children were reported in 2010. These countries have an estimated total prevalence of 9.97 million cases, meaning that at conservative estimates we should expect the number of paediatric cases to range from 498 500 (5%) to 1.49 million (15%). Even at the lowest estimate of 5%, this means that at least 341 365 cases were not diagnosed or reported in these countries.
Within the 22 high-burden countries, the proportion of estimated paediatric cases varies considerably within the same region: in Asia from 0.1% (Viet Nam) to 9.6% (Indonesia) and in Africa from 1.4% (Nigeria) to 15% (South Africa). Other commentators have estimated higher proportions.10 Without specific paediatric disease estimates, it is hard to interpret whether programmes with low proportions of children are performing well (i.e. early infectious case-finding and treatment) or badly (not including children).
The drive to increase access to treatment and prevention for people living with HIV/AIDS has been supported by clear reporting of need. The “antiretroviral treatment gap” has been the foundation of global advocacy efforts directed at donors to increase funding and countries to increase commitments, both for adults and children,11 and has led to ambitious political commitments to eliminate paediatric HIV by 2015.12 By contrast, current tuberculosis reporting gives little indication of unmet need and thus there is no way of judging how far we have to go. Better reporting could provide the foundation for a much-needed drive to increase political commitment to tuberculosis funding mirroring the success of HIV activism.3
The need for special efforts to ensure that children are not neglected in global health efforts has long been recognized. It is essential to include children in outcome indicators of plans and strategies for scaling-up tuberculosis services so as to ensure that paediatric tuberculosis is no longer left behind.
References
- The global plan to stop TB 2011-2015. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2011. Available from: [accessed 4 November 2011].
- Global tuberculosis control 2011. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2011. Available from: [accessed 4 November 2011].
- Keshavjee S, Harrington M, Gonsalves G, Chesire L, Farmer PE. Time for zero deaths from tuberculosis. Lancet 2011; 378: 1449-50 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61521-3 pmid: 22018005.
- Marais BJ, Schaaf HS. Childhood tuberculosis: an emerging and previously neglected problem. Infect Dis Clin North Am 2010; 24: 727-49 doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2010.04.004 pmid: 20674801.
- Meeting the unmet needs of women and children for TB prevention, diagnosis and care: expanding our horizons (Stop TB Symposium). In: 42nd Union World Conference on Lung Health, Lille, 26-30 October 2011. Available from: [accessed 4 November 2011].
- Chan M. Address to WHO staff. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2007. Available from: [accessed 4 November 2011]
- Global report: UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic 2010. Geneva: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS;2010. Available from: [accessed 4 November 2011].
- Shingadia D, Novelli V. Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in children. Lancet Infect Dis 2003; 3: 624-32 doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(03)00771-0 pmid: 14522261.
- Marais BJ, Pai M. New approaches and emerging technologies in the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis. Paediatr Respir Rev 2007; 8: 124-33 doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2007.04.002 pmid: 17574156.
- Nelson LJ, Wells CD. Global epidemiology of childhood tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2004; 8: 636-47 pmid: 15137548.
- No time to quit: HIV/AIDS treatment gap widening in Africa. Brussels: Médecins Sans Frontières; 2010. Available from : [accessed 4 November 2011].
- PMTCT strategic vision 2010-2015. Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV to reach the UNGASS and Millennium Development Goals. Moving towards the elimination of paediatric HIV. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2010. Available from: [accessed 4 November 2011]. | http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/89/12/11-098582/en/index.html | 2013-05-18T10:46:03 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
My new Blog : TheSoccerPitch.com
I am happy to announce the launch of my new blog TheSoccerPitch.com. As the name suggests, this is a football blog and will contain my rants and views on football and my favourite club Manchester United.
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Hope it’s a success as this.
Good luck with your new soccer blog man.
When you get some more posts there, I’m gonna link to it from my soccer video blog.
Congrats on the new blog!
Cool! Congrats for your new blog. Make sure you have time to update it and this blog.
Good luck with your new blog.
Good work, a few of us reaching out with new blogs this year.
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Ivanka Trump Footwear
Ivanka Trump has proven herself to be quite the successful businesswoman over the last few years, tackling major real estate projects, writing a best-selling book, and stepping into the luxury world with her namesake high-end jewelry collection. Now, Trump's taking on another accessory essential--shoes!--and the results are quite impressive. She's teamed up with Marc Fisher Footwear to create an affordable line of shoes that not only reflect Trump's timeless and glamorous aesthetic, but they're also entirely wearable and include everything from red-carpet-ready heels to chic pumps to fabulous flats. Today we're spotlighting a few of our favorite styles, but be sure to check out the entire collection here! And if you're in the D.C. area on Thursday, March 24th, stop by the Nordstrom store in Tyson's Corner Center at 1p.m. to celebrate the launch of the new collection. The designer herself will be there to offer shopping tips, so you don't want to miss out!
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Now, we all have reason to complain about the speed of our Internet connection. Scientists announced yesterday that they have broken the Internet speed record by transferring data at 186 Gbps between two cities.
The scientists at Caltech collaborated with those at the University of Victoria, the University of Michigan, the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) and Florida International University to build an optical network between University of Victoria Computing Centre located in Victoria, British Columbia, and the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. The network achieved a speed that could transfer 100,000 full Blu-ray discs in a day. The network was able to transfer 98 Gbps in one direction and 88 Gbps in the other. The previous record, said Caltech, was set in 2009 with a speed of 119 Gbps.
Naturally, you're asking yourself, what's the use of broadband this wide?
In a press release Caltech explains:.
For a little perspective, the BBC reports that current fiber optic networks have a top speed of 1 Gbps. Verizon's FIOS, which boasts a blazing network, delivers a top speed of 150 Mbps.
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As we enter into an Older Year, 2012; the Numerical Number of the Year is 5, which makes it a Feminine Year.
It is within this Number that Love is made Perfect, Mother Nature. It is within this Love that all of Life Happiness will be realized and made Manifest.
It is this Love that gave I birth and taught I to speak my first two words "One Love" When this is made a Reality on Earth, the Year will become Truly New.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A loss for North Carolina is a gain for Kansas.
SKF USA announced plans Monday to transfer the manufacture of industrial seal products from Franklin, North Carolina to its production facility in Seneca.
The consolidation is expected to take 18 months. The company says the consolidation will improve facility use and improve customer service.
The Seneca plant currently employs 150 people. That number could go up slightly with the consolidation -- depending on demand. | http://www.wibw.com/13newsat4/headlines/Company-To-Consolidate-Bring-More-Jobs-To-Seneca-182873351.html?site=full | 2013-05-18T11:04:09 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
(CBS/AP) The new One World Trade Center - under construction on the site of the original World Trade Center, destroyed in the 9/11 terror attacks - has surpassed the height of the Empire State Building to become New York City's tallest building.
Workers erected steel columns that make the unfinished frame of the building a little more than 1,250 feet high - the level of the Empire State Building's highest observation deck.
The tower still isn't as high as the antenna that sits on the Empire State Building, but when complete will stand at 1,368 feet, beating out the midtown skyscraper that was for decades the world's tallest. When counting a 408-foot-tall antenna spire that will sit on its roof, the "Freedom Tower" will measures 1,776 feet.
Discounting the antenna, it will still be the second-highest building in the U.S., after the Willis Tower in Chicago. (Experts usually don't count antennas or flagpoles when measuring building height.)
Completed in 1931, the Empire State Building was the tallest free-standing structure in the world until 1967 (when Moscow's Ostankino Tower was completed), and lost its status as New York City's tallest building when the original World Trade Center (at 1,368 feet high, plus a 359-foot antenna) was completed in 1972.
Now it is being demoted again.
Experts and architects have long disagreed about where to stop measuring super-tall buildings outfitted with masts, spires and antennas that extend far above the roof.
If the Empire State Building were measured from the sidewalk to the tip of its needle-like antenna, it actually stands 1,454 feet high, well above One World Trade Center's elevation today.."
© 2012 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report. | http://www.wibw.com/home/nationalnews/headlines/World_Trade_Center_Tower_Surpasses_Empire_State_149578945.html?site=full | 2013-05-18T10:54:23 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Come join the Essex Base Ball Club and Lynn Live Oaks for vintage 19th century baseball action Fifth Annual History, Hot Dogs and Hits Come join the Essex Base Ball Club as they take on the Melrose Pondfeiders in the fifth annual History, Hot Dogs, and Hits on Monday June 26th, 6pm at Endicott Park in Danvers, MA. Come enjoy a fun filled night of 1861 baseball action, so bring a blanket or chair along with the whole family. For more information or directions check us out on the web at or contact Brian Sheehy at 978-790-5707 or email historyball@yahoo.com Cambridge Discovery Walk Celebration Join the Essex Base Ball Club of Danvers, MA and Cornish Game Hens of Providence, RI as they celebrate Cambridge Discovery Days and pay homage to Cambridge, Massachusettes' three Hall of Fame baseballists, Tim Keefe, Joe Kelley, and John Clarkson. The teams will play two vintage base ball game by 1861 and 1886 rules at St Peters Field (57 Sherman St) ,in Cambridge from 10AM-2PM on Saturday, July 1st. In addition, the clubs will present a full exhibit on the lives of these three Cambridge sporting legends. Come and see how the game was played, see the Hall of Famer's uniforms modeled by members of the clubs, and learn about Cambridge's rich base ball history. You'll even have the opportunity to take your best swings against "Clarkson" and "Keefe" or hurl against the mighty "Kelley" from 1PM to 2PM. The event is sponsored by the Historic Cambridge Collaborative. For more information on the game contact Brian Sheehy at 978-790-5707, email historyball@yahoo.com or check us out on the web at . For information on other tours and events during Cambridge Discovery Days, please call the Cambridge Historical Commission at 617 349 4683 or visit their website at. Open Practices Interested in playing vintage 19th century base ball? We are always looking for players, so come join the Essex Base Ball Club and the Lynn Live Oaks in July for our open practices, Wednesday July 5th, Thursday July 13th and Thursday July 27th. All will be welcome to participate with the club and learn the rules and customs of 1861 base ball. For more info contact Brian Sheehy at historyball@yahoo.com or call 978-790-5707,
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Cuse to face G'Town for third time this year in BIG EAST Semis
3/14/2013 (Updated 4:44:37 PM)
It was a strong first half for SU, with James Southerland hitting 5-5 from beyond the arc and finishing the frame with 17 points. The Orange took a 40-27 lead into halftime. The Pathers made adjustments and held Southerland to just three in the second half. As a team, the Cuse hit a season-high 12 three pointers.
CJ Fair, Michael Carter-Williams and Brandon Triche also scored in double figures for SU.
The Orange will face top-seeded Georgetown Friday night at 7 PM in hopes of getting their first win against a Hoya team that has already beaten them twice this season.
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Fire investigators continue to look for the cause of a fire that destroyed a vacant train depot on South Main Street Monday night. At this point crews believe all of the hot spots have been put out and have completed their initial investigation. At this time they're still not sure exactly what caused the blaze, but are calling it accidental.
After searching through the debris from the train depot fire investigators found few clues about what caused the fast moving blaze, but reports from witnesses indicate the fire was caused by homeless people staying the building.
"One person says he thought they may have had a barrel inside the building they were using to cook food, but we don't have anything concrete yet," says Chief Mark Marinaro.
Investigators believe four or five different groups of homeless people had been staying in the vacant one story building. As temperatures fall, these types of accidental fires become a greater concern for firefighters.
"We're not sure about what the structure of the building is. Are there holes in the floor and other hazards especially under smoke and fire conditions," adds Marinaro.
Several shelters operate in Rockford, but research shows dozens of people still choose to live on the streets. Experts say homeless might choose vacant buildings over shelters for many reasons. They might suffer from mental illnesses or fear the system.
"Most are loners and many are survivors so they have the attitude of I can do it myself," says Randa Noble.
Tuesday at the scene of the blaze, there was no sign of any of the people who had been living inside this building. Investigators are still searching for anyone with information. | http://www.wifr.com/home/headlines/486932.html | 2013-05-18T10:22:19 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Jim Ryan and former Gov. Jim Edgar made a campaign stop in Rockford Monday.
Ryan announced that if he is elected governor, he plans to appoint Edgar to lead his transition team. The purpose of this position, Edgar says, is to give the next governor a head start in restoring stability and economic trust to state government. He says he knows from his days in Springfield how crucial this can be.
Jim Edgar served as Illinois governor from 1991 to 1996.
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Wilbow Group invests in companies that are both listed and unlisted where it sees potential for growth and the valuation does not recognise that potential. In making its investment choices, Wilbow places great importance on the ability of management in the company it is assessing to deliver on that growth potential. Where appropriate, Wilbow can support management to realise that potential.
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Title: Vine recommendations for Central Texas homes
Answered by: Brigid & Larry Larson
Wikipedia has a good article on vines and they discuss how vines attach themselves to whatever they climb. We can use this as a basis of choosing between different possible vines, Ones that climb by wrapping around protrusions or by twinned petioles [leaf stems] are likely OK while those that send roots into the wall or burrow under ‘bark” are not such a good choice.
We have eleven vines to choose from that are native to Central Texas. You can review the set by going to the Central Texas recommended species and narrowing the choices by choosing “vine” as the habit. You can then look for clues in the plant record. For instance, Campsis radicans (Trumpet creeper) climbs by means of aerial rootlets, which, like English Ivy, can damage wood, stone, and brick. Even though it can be quite attractive, I suspect this should not be on your list.
To me, these three look the gentlest to your wall:
Clematis pitcheri (Purple clematis) – climbs to about 10 ft by twining petioles
Clematis texensis (Scarlet clematis) - similar
Lonicera sempervirens (Coral honeysuckle) – 3-20 feet by twining
If you can tolerate tendrils, then these also become possible choices
Ibervillea lindheimeri (Lindheimer's globeberry) – climbs to 6-10 feet by tendrils
Passiflora tenuiloba (Bird wing passionflower)
Passiflora incarnata (Purple passionflower) to 25 feet
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) – to 40 feet
Vine for lanai in St. Augustine FL
August 16, 2009 - What vine can I grow to attach to a screened in lanai around my pool? Will it damage my screen?
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Dear Helen,
You make some very interesting points — many of them all wrong. Non-migrating Canada geese are descendents of flocks kept by commercial market hunters and waterfowl clubs for use as live decoys (instead of today’s plastic versions). Live decoys were outlawed in 1935, and tens of thousands of them were dispersed across the landscape. They were cheap. Farmers took some. Towns wanted some to augment the odd peacock. But they were mainly used to stock new wildlife refuges in hopes of re-populating migratory flocks in hopes they would take of the migration again. They didn’t. These included Giant Canada geese, a Midwest resident that never migrated very far and was thought to be extinct by the 1920s. These geese didn’t migrate to where they were born in the far north because for generations they weren’t born there. They were born and raised in farmed flocks locally. In other words, they were already “home.” These resident geese multiplied much better than migratory flocks because they lived in sprawl areas with plenty of food and no predators; on golf course, soccer fields, parks, corporate grounds which grew succulent young freshly-mowed food called grass and offered clear and comforting sight lines against potential predators. You can read all about this in my new book, Nature Wars, published by Crown in November. Jim Sterba
Perhaps had we taken the time to better understand Canada geese (or use common sense) the mistake would not have been made that assumed birds would “migrate” back to places they had never been.
It seems a case of blaming nature for our own errors, miscalculations and tendencies to both, destroy natural wildlife habitat and hunt almost to extinction.
Well you wouldn’t find an article like this in Canada. The drive to drive out nature and kill everything that is the slightest inconvenience to humans seems very American.
I’d like to see more culled to prevent tragedies. | http://www.willamettelive.com/2012/news/the-story-canada-geese-tell/ | 2013-05-18T11:01:50 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
On March 9th, and again on April 10th, A copy of the letter associated with this post regarding the initiation of new legislation regarding the "peer review" of medical professionals was sent to Senator Leland Yee -- who is a Ph.D, no less...
WRITE A LETTER! Officials will listen, especially if they are local
leaders. That's what I used to think --------
Here's the response (Click the image for full size!):
The "budget" is important, but in this case it is not why I wrote to Senator Leland Yee.
Five months of waiting and I get an erroneous response.
Dated September 11, 2009 no less.
Very disappointing to say the least!
I have to admit that when I first read this reply, I nearly choked laughing. But then it begins to fester doesn't it?
It seems that the tax dollar buys less and less every year.
Budget cuts, no reading glasses allowed in the Senate!
Too bad that suggested legislation was not in place years ago.
Will probably never happen with Leland. He's too busy NOT building offshore oil rigs to do any important legislation.
Another case why State Regulated Agencies are no good:
Case a dentist in San Jose was performing breast exams!
Quote: "The California Attorney General's Office has represented the Dental Board of California in its efforts to have the court temporarily suspend Lazar's license. In April, the dental board tried unsuccessfully to have Lazar's license suspended. Instead, the court imposed restrictions upon Lazar, requiring him to have a female chaperon present whenever he treated or examined a female patient."
So the agencies that are supposed to protect people think it's ok for a DENTIST to examine breasts as long as he has a chaperone!
Does anybody in government see a problem with this?
From Wiki Bio:
Allegations of shoplifting and prostitution
On December 19, 1992 Leland Yee was spotted walking out of a KTA Superstore in Hawaii County with a small bottle of "Tropical Blend Tan Magnifier oil" in his front short pocket.[5]
He was subsequently stopped by a store security officer who summoned the local police. Yee was booked on suspicion of petty misdemeanor shoplifting but the case was closed in 1993 without prejudice.
Yee has also been pulled over by SFPD three times under the suspicion that he was cruising for prostitutes in the Mission District of San Francisco. All three times, he was questioned by police and let go with no charges filed.[6] | http://www.williamayreswatch.blogspot.com/2009/10/is-senator-leland-yee-lemon.html | 2013-05-18T10:42:12 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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HURLEY, Va. - A search for the person or persons responsible for the shooting of a Pike County resident while on the job as a Locomotive Engineer for Norfolk Southern (NS) Railway continues, under the direction of the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department and NS detectives.
According to NS Spokesman Robin Chapman, Mark Jarrell, 41, of Canada, Ky., was shot in the chest area Thursday night by an unknown assailant at approximately 8:17 p.m., while separating three locomotives from a train in the Weller Railroad Yard near Hurley.
Chapman relayed that Jarrell was able to get back into the locomotive following the shooting and radioed for help.
“The bullet is lodged in Mr. Jarrell’s left shoulder and his doctors are waiting for a few days before running further tests to see if they can safely remove the bullet. They will make their decisions on what is best for the patient,” stated Chapman.
“Thankfully, the bullet did not strike any major arteries or major organs and Mr. Jarrell’s condition is stable at this time.”
The Buchanan Sheriff Deputies and NS detectives searched for the perpetrator throughout the night and over the weekend, and Sheriff Ray Foster is asking for any information from the public that may lead to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for this attack.
Jarrell was airlifted to the Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tenn., following the shooting. An extensive search of the immediate area was conducted but produced no positive results. The Hurley High School and the Hurley Middle and Elementary Schools were closed on Friday as a safety measure to protect the students while the manhunt was underway. No further information as to what is suspected to have been the motive behind their horrific incident is not being released as this time.
Attempts were made to contact Jarrell at his home in Canada, Ky., but the family declined comment at this time. | http://www.williamsondailynews.com/pages/home/push?x_page=88&class=&per_page=5&rel=prev | 2013-05-18T10:54:45 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
By Matthias Gafni
Contra Costa Times
BRENTWOOD -- School administrators and their attorney say they were unable to fire a teacher convicted of child abuse, but parents are crying foul.
A Brentwood Union School District attorney told parents at Wednesday night's heated school board meeting that special needs teacher Dina Holder could not be terminated simply for kicking one of her young students at Loma Vista Elementary because the education code tied their hands from pursuing dismissal.
But parents are unsatisfied with that explanation, and an attorney who works with many school districts said a misdemeanor conviction for child abuse is "sufficient grounds" for firing a tenured teacher. And it turns out that what may have prevented the district
"That is a real high hurdle to get over," he said.
A felony conviction is automatic grounds to start the dismissal process for a tenured teacher, but a misdemeanor is sufficient only if it involves "moral turpitude," according to the state education code. Henry, who represents school districts across the state, said a child abuse conviction committed on a teacher's own student
"It would not be an open-and-shut case. It would be an issue reasonable lawyers would argue," he said.
The missing evaluation is the latest revelation in the growing scandal over the Brentwood district's initial decision to transfer Holder to another teaching job at a different school rather than fire her. Two weeks ago, the district agreed to settle with the boy's family for $950,000 and remove Holder from the classroom.
At the first school board meeting since the settlement was announced, parents -- many of whom have special needs children who attended Holder's class -- hurled cat calls at board members, shouted at Superintendent Merrill Grant and called for all administrators to be fired.
Laurie Juengert, an attorney representing the Brentwood district, walked parents through a PowerPoint presentation illustrating the pitfalls of firing a tenured teacher. She encouraged angry parents to lobby for change in state tenure law, calling it "arcane."
She told parents the education code prevented the district from dismissing Holder, echoing Grant's earlier comments in which he apologized for the kicking incident and said the district's hands were tied by "legal limitations."
Grant did not speak Wednesday, even though parents bombarded him with questions. Juengert and board members periodically told parents they could not speak specifically about Holder's case, citing personnel confidentiality rules. That did little to quell the anger.
One parent asked Juengert why Holder was not simply handed a desk job once the kicking incident came to light. Juengert responded that Los Angeles and New York school districts have been "skewered" for their infamous "rubber rooms," district facilities where teachers remain, out of their classrooms, while being investigated for possible dismissal.
"They have the rooms where teachers are doing nothing all day long and getting paid for it year after year after year," she said. "That's not a solution."
Yolanda Jackson's daughter has Down Syndrome and was in Holder's class when the kicking incident happened but said she was never told about it. At one point that year, she said, her daughter was found by another parent wandering the school parking lot while under Holder's watch.
"Why didn't I get an opportunity or a chance to have my voice heard ... about my child being put at risk again by this teacher?" she said as her daughter tugged at her shirt. "I got no notification."
Not discussed Wednesday was deposition testimony that revealed the district failed to perform a 2010 performance review for Holder, who was supposed to have a review every two years.
"I just wondered why -- you know, why I never got evaluated and then ... it was brought up that they didn't know who was supposed to be evaluating me," Holder testified.
About a week after the young student was kicked in 2010, Assistant Superintendent Margaret Kruse gave Holder a Notice of Unprofessional Conduct and at the same time asked her to sign a form acknowledging she would be evaluated every five years, not every two. That longer interval is generally reserved for the best teachers, according to Brentwood school policy. District officials have not explained those actions.
Without mentioning the missed evaluation, Kruse testified that she believed the district did not have "sufficient documented grounds to succeed in a dismissal case."
New Brentwood trustee Jim Cushing said: "It is clear that we have a major problem that needs to be solved. I'm going to work as hard as I can with the board to get this fixed."
The board will hold a special meeting Tuesday at 4 p.m. and its next regular meeting is scheduled for Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.
Staff writer Paula King contributed to this report. Contact Matthias Gafni at 925-952-5026. Follow him at Twitter.com/mgafni. | http://www.willitsnews.com/ci_22449306/did-missed-teacher-evaluation-prevent-brentwood-from-firing | 2013-05-18T11:02:52 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Ukiah Daily Journal
The Colusa County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday identified the two Mendocino County men injured in an airplane crash last week in Colusa County as Ryan Sciuccetti, 24, of Willits, and Loinel Jahnke, 77, of Ukiah.
The men were flying a Lancair 360 -- a small, low-wing aircraft -- from Ukiah to Tahoe Feb. 12, according to the CCSO, when light smoke caused them to start descending. The smoke became heavy and a small fire broke out, forcing the plane to crash near an almond orchard west of Williams, the CCSO stated.
Jahnke was flown to Enloe Medical Center in Chico with major injuries, according to the CCSO. Sciuccetti was taken by ground ambulance to Colusa Regional Medical Center with minor injuries.
According to the CCSO, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were notified of the incident, and the FAA is investigating the cause of the fire.
Tiffany Revelle can be reached at udjtr@ukiahdj.com, on Twitter @TiffanyRevelle or at 468-3523. | http://www.willitsnews.com/ci_22625393/plane-was-its-way-tahoe-at-time-crash?source=most_viewed | 2013-05-18T10:53:27 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
PITCHING FUELS WILMINGTON SOFTBALL TO DOUBLEHEADER SWEEP OVER CROSSTOWN RIVAL GOLDEY-BEACOM
WILMINGTON, Del. - - The winning streak extended to six games for the Wilmington University softball team as they used two strong pitching performances to ease by Goldey-Beacom in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference action at the Jackson Athletic Complex on Tuesday afternoon.
Katie Warrington struck out nine batters in a five-inning complete game shutout, 8-0, in game one of the doubleheader before Chelsea Botsch struck out nine more batters in game two in a seven-inning complete game, 6-2, to pick up the sweep in the opening week of conference play for the ‘Cats.
Wilmington (10-15, 2-0 CACC) won its final four games during its two week trip to Claremont, Fla., but has not played since its last game on March 10. The layoff did not hurt the pitching staff, as they helped the Wildcats stretch the winning streak to six straight with the sweep.
The Wildcats struck early and often in game one, setting the tone for Warrington the rest of the way. Shelby Thompson led off the game with a single and moved to second on a throwing error by the shortstop. Two batters later, Christin Headley doubled into left field, scoring Thompson for the game’s first run. That would be all the run support Warrington would need on this day.
Wilmington added three more runs in the second as Thompson, Brooke Berger and Kinsley Parker all had hits in the inning. Parker smacked a triple to center field, scoring Berger from third for the innings’ final run.
Parker added two more RBI’s with a single in the fourth inning, scoring Headley and Berger to make it 6-0. Jillian Stafford followed Parker with a triple right field, easily scoring Parker from third for the 7-0 lead. The only thing missing from Parker’s line score in game one was a home run, as she completed the 8-0 mercy rule victory with an RBI double to center field, scoring Thompson from third. Parker went 4-for-4 with four RBI’s and a run scored in the first game of the doubleheader.
The only scare for Warrington was in the bottom of the first inning, as back-to-back singles by the Lightning (11-6, 2-2 CACC) loaded the bases with one out. But the junior picked up consecutive strikeouts to get out of the jam and keep the score at 1-0 at that point. She only gave up two hits the rest of the game.
Game two did not go as smoothly for the Wildcats, as they scored all six of their runs in the last three innings to ensure the sweep.
Botsch pitched another gem for the ‘Cats, but allowed Goldey-Beacom to get out in front early, giving up a solo home run to this week’s CACC Rookie of the Week Samantha Alonzo in the bottom of the first.
The freshman settled in from there, keeping the Lightning to the lone run though the fourth inning, allowing the offense to find its rhythm. Kristin Garvin lead off the top of the fifth with a single into centerfield, then the Wildcats used two errors by the home team to score two runs and take the lead. Garvin and Botsch scored the two runs, as Garvin was the lone Wildcat to pick up a hit in the inning.
Now with the game tied at 2-2 in the top of the sixth, Amanda Crockett stroked an RBI double to right center, scoring pinch runner Jessica Hassman with what would end up being the game winning run from third.
Botsch shut down the Lightning offense in the bottom half of the sixth, picking up to more strikeouts allowing the Wildcat offense to put the game away with three more runs in the seventh. Thompson picked up the only hit for the ‘Cats in the inning, but the visitors were able to cross the plate three times on three errors by Goldey-Beacom.
Botsch improved to 2-4 in her first collegiate campaign with the win, giving up seven hits on two runs with the nine strikeouts. The Wildcats were held to three hits in game two, but were helped out by five GBC errors. Thompson, Garvin and Crockett each tallied a hit in game two.
After 25 games on the road, the Wildcats finally return to Asbury Field this Saturday, as they welcome Felician College to New Castle for the Wildcats’ 2012 home opener. The CACC doubleheader is slated for a 1 p.m. start. | http://www.wilmu.edu/athletics/gamehighlight.aspx?GameID=22283 | 2013-05-18T10:52:58 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Year: Junior
Major: Studio Production/Journalism
Height: 5-3
Position:
High School: Buena
Hometown: Sierra Vista, Ariz.
Awards: 2012: All-CACC (4th) – has five siblings, Shelia, Kevin, Dann, Kristy and Brian – majoring in studio production with a concentration in journalism at Wilmington University with aspirations of working for a magazine or television station – from Sierra Vista, Ariz. | http://www.wilmu.edu/athletics/player.aspx?SportID=WXC&PlayerID=1451 | 2013-05-18T11:02:46 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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[1]: EAST: European ATM Crime Report 2010
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