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Report Taxes
How Much Do Taxes Matter?
December 11, 2006In this background paper prepared for a panel discussion "How Much Do Taxes Matter? New York City's Tax Burden and Economic Competitiveness," which was convened by CBC on December 11, 2006, Elizabeth Roistacher, professor of economics at CUNY Queens College, summarizes the econometric literature that tries to model the relationship between tax levels and economic growth.
Report City Budget
Managing for Results in New York City Government
November 30, 2006In this report, CBC highlights two major weaknesses in the City's management accountability framework: 1) Money and performance are not connected in the budget; and 2) The City is not focused on achieving results the public desires in every service area. To address these weaknesses, the report makes five recommendations.
Report City Budget
Giving Taxpayers More Bang for the Buck
November 01, 2006In this report summary, CBC highlights two major weaknesses in the City's management accountability framework: 1) Money and performance are not connected in the budget; and 2) The City is not focused on achieving results the public desires in every service area. To address these weaknesses, the report makes five recommendations.
Report Education
Striking a Balance
November 01, 2006Following up on its previous research on the issues surrounding the State Court's decision in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case, CBC hosted two expert panel discussions focusing on key issues in education finance reform. This brief recounts the proceedings from the second of those discussions, which took place on April 27, 2006. The discussion focused on responsibly generating revenues to fund the Court's mandate, thinking about other changes needed to accomplish reform, and developing the role of the business community in seeing reform across the finish line.
Report State Budget
The Armonk Agenda
October 01, 2006On April 7–8, 2006, CBC convened a conference in Armonk, New York with the goal of identifying widely supported, high-priority measures for fiscal reform in New York State. This report highlights the realignment of state and local fiscal responsibilities in order to lower local government's tax burdens, changes in debt management in order to lower the State's debt burden and make more effective use of borrowing, and improvements in the annual budget process in order to make it more accountable, timely and transparent.
Report Education
Approaches to School Finance Reform for New York State
September 28, 2006The report discusses the background of the 2003 New York State Court of Appeals decision in the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case, an overview of the issue, explains what is wrong with the current system, provides possible sources of revenue, and provides a discussion framework.
Report Transportation
How To Balance the MTA's Budget
June 27, 2006In order for New York to maintain a strong and vibrant economy, its transportation system has to be kept up to par and expanded to meet future needs. This report examines the two problems and suggests alternative financing policies for the MTA that would balance its operating budget and provide sufficient capital to accelerate the pace at which its facilities are brought to a state of good repair.
Report State Budget
Public Authorities in New York State
April 03, 2006New York State's extensive reliance on authorities has given rise to four significant problems: 1) Misuse of the power to incur debt; 2) Insufficient oversight and coordination of project revenue backed and private conduit borrowing; 3) Insufficient reporting to support accountability; and 4) Insufficient independence in governance. Each problem is explained more fully in this report, along with five strategies to address them.
Report Pensions & Benefits
Old Assumptions, New Realities
March 31, 2006This report summarizes a more detailed study prepared by CBC, "The Case for Redesigning Retirement Benefits for New York's Public Employees," released in 2005. For decades the popular image of government employment has involved the tradeoff of lower wages for job security and relatively generous retirement benefits. That image, while still widespread, is no longer the reality.
Report Public Workforce
The Citizens' Stakes in Collective Bargaining
December 12, 2000Report presenting recommendations for contracts to be negotiated with municipal employees that would help reduce the cost of public services, improve the quality of those services, and enhance the income and working conditions of New York's civil servants.
Report Capital Spending
An Affordable Debt Policy for New York State and New York City
October 17, 2000Presents a new approach for determining how much the State and City should borrow, including criteria for deciding how much state and local debt is affordable.
Using Collective Bargaining to Improve Public Education: Recommendations for the 2000 Negotiations With the United Federation of Teachers
August 30, 2000This report on the contract between the Board of Education and the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) provides suggestions for how to improve public schools through collective bargaining.


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For technology watchers, looking for upcoming trends, it's always of interest to see where the venture capital sector is investing. Of course, not every business that attracts VC investment succeeds. But it's an indicator of where attention is focussed.
MIT's Technology Review carries an article which reviews this area of IT. With a report from the recent Venture Summit East conference (that's East as in US East Coast – in Boston), it provides three useful insights.
First – start-ups are beginning to recover from the downturn. It's been a dry six months for public offerings but a few are starting to come through again.
Second – what the angels are investing in now is new technologies that can assist the oldest of commercial imperatives: saving money. In particular, reducing the cost of infrastructure. The article cites two, perhaps surprising, examples.
Virtualisation is today's hotspot; but opportunities exist to update the "outdated" technology behind it. And there's still a need to reduce the cost of storing and managing data which is an order of magnitude (or more) greater than the cost of acquiring it.
And third – that while VC priorities are still informative, the emergence of so much cheap and scaleable cloud infrastructure means that some startups with really viable ideas don't need venture funding. In fact, they may be damaged by it with a push to go too far too soon. Technology watchers, take note!
• What VCs Are Investing In, Technology Review, 26 May 2009

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Here's the petition to open up the PSX's RSX under Linux. This is why you should sign it: You see, when Sony announced that it was going to allow people to install Linux on their PS3s without going through backdoors, everyone rejoiced at all the possibilities of playing back DivX and using it as a DVR under Linux. But if you've gone through the process of installing Yellow Dog Linux onto your PS3, you'll note that something's missing. Namely, hardware support.
You see, right now the Linux on PS3s have no access to the RSX (the graphics processor), which means playing back DivX or using any kind of meaningful graphical app is out of the question. Not to mention emulation (SNES, NES) gaming or real gaming under Linux. So go over and sign that petition so we can actually use Linux for something useful.
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How To Talk To Your Farmer
I talk to a lot of people who are intimidated by farmer's markets. They feel like they don't quite know what questions to ask, who to buy from and end up getting totally overwhelmed by the process.
First thing to note is: it's up to you to get the conversation going. Most farmers are incredibly intelligent, have copious amounts of information about their crops and could talk ad nauseum about them…if you show a little interest.
They are so entrenched in what they do that they assume you know what they know. Like, if someone asks about your job, you're not going to immediately offer detailed information. People need to ask for it.
Here is your simple guide to get the convo going with your local farmer. Remember, there is no such thing as a stupid question!
The Basics
- Do you use any pesticides or herbicides in your field? (just because a farm is not certified organic doesn't mean they don't follow organic standards. It's always best to just ask!)
- What's the freshest today?
- What is the most ripe? (especially if you're talking about fruit)
- What items do you recommend?
A little more in-depth
- When was this harvested? (harvested=picked)
- How can I prepare this? (let them give you some ideas, they are happy to share!)
- How should I store this? (Importanté!)
- How much longer will this be in season? (that's an advanced level question)
Your farmer is not some serious, socially inept weird-o. They want to chat with you! But they don't want to assume that you know nothing, so it's on you to engage them. Also, a lot of people who choose to work on their own tend to be introverts. So it might be on you to start the conversation, don't be afraid to engage them. Be interested, be curious, be whoever you are.
Like anyone, people like to talk about themselves. Feel free to ask questions like:
- How long have you been farming?
- What got you into it?
Of course if they are super busy you don't want to barrage them with small talk. But these are people who have dedicated their entire lives to this. Farming isn't a 9-5 "job". It's a lifestyle, a labor or love, and the people who devote their lives to this are proud and passionate about what they do.
Any other questions you think are pertinent? Please add to the list in the comments below. I'd love to hear from you!


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2013 UCI Road World Championships: Press Conference after the Elite Women Road Race
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Until November 11, Pam had an average life. A devoted caregiver for a disabled Vietnam Veteran, she was also a busy mother of her five adult sons. They went places, did things—life was just going along.
November 11 changed all that. Pam's youngest son, John Mangan, 23, was struck and killed by a 2000 or 2001 metallic dark blue Dodge Dakota pickup truck. John was at approximately 8700 W. Camelback Road in Glendale Arizona at 3:20 am. This is a picture of the memorial his family and friends have placed at the site:
Thus far, no witnesses have come forward. The suspected vehicle probably has a fair amount of damage to the front driver's side lights and grill. That's where the truck struck John.
As this video shows, Pam and her family are devastated by their loss :
But despite the crushing weight of his death, his family is channeling their grief into efforts to find the person who so callously took John's life. They are working closely with the police to locate the truck that hit him. Pam, her friends and sons are blanketing the Phoenix/Glendale Arizona area with Silent Witness fliers asking for any information which might lead to the identity of person behind the wheel of that truck on that fateful night.
Their ray of hope? Any information related to this incident should be reported to Silent Witness, a non-profit organization which enables anyone to leave an anonymous tip about the crime and possibly receive an award up to $1,000.
How it works
When citizens provide tips, they are given a confidential number. They are then advised to contact Silent Witness within certain timeframes if they have more information or want to check the status of their tip. Anytime they call, they use their confidential number -- not their name.
Calls are received at the local Silent Witness tip line phone at 480-WITNESS
(480-948-6377). This phone is a stand alone instrument which does not provide caller ID, and conversations are not recorded. Text and web tips are just as secure and anonymous because they are received using encryption technology.
Rewards are distributed in a private, anonymous manner to the callers through a third-party.
If you have any information regarding this case, CASE #2012-1523, please contact Silent Witness at W-I-T-N-E-S-S (480-948-6377), or toll-free at
1-800-T-I-P-S. You can also leave a tip at the Silent Witness website at silentwitness.org.
By guaranteeing a caller's anonymity, Silent Witness allows the caller to give information in a positive atmosphere without the prospect of retribution. By offering cash rewards for information leading to indictment or arrests, the program encourages otherwise reluctant callers to provide information.
Silent Witness is a non-profit program created to give citizens the opportunity to assist law enforcement in solving crimes. Citizens remain completely anonymous and are paid cash rewards of up to $1,000 when the information they provide leads to an arrest or indictment. Established in 1979, Silent Witness works in partnership with the community, media and law enforcement, and is a member of both Crime Stoppers USA and Crime Stoppers International.
Victims like Pam and her family are the reason Silent Witness is so important; and the list of victims is endless. Without the information citizens provide, law enforcement might not be able to piece together all the evidence that ultimately leads to an arrest...and a victim's case being solved.
Thanks to www.azfamily.com, and silentwitness.org
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The bird population on the University of California, Berkeley, campus has remained surprisingly diverse over the past 100 years, showing that it's possible to create a green wildlife haven within a dense urban area, researchers say.
The good news comes from a survey conducted over a six-month period covering the winter of 2006-07, newly published in the May 2012 issue of the journal The Condor. The study, conducted during the non-breeding season, identified 48 separate bird species in an 84-acre portion of the 178-acre central campus. That's a greater number of species than the 44 and 46 recorded during surveys conducted in 1913-18 and 1938-39, respectively.
"The presumption going in was that we would see a steady decline in the number of species because the campus, like any urban environment, has been heavily modified, with more buildings and 15 times more students," said Rauri Bowie, UC Berkeley professor of integrative biology. "But despite everything that has happened on campus in the past century, we find absolutely no evidence for that."
Nevertheless, "the composition which birds were around actually changed pretty substantially over the past 93 years, conforming fairly well to the campus landscape at the time," said Allison Shultz, a former UC Berkeley student who conducted the survey for her honors thesis.
In 1913, the campus was an oak woodland that was interspersed with grassland and shrubby chaparral and dissected by Strawberry Creek and its forks. Song, White-Crowned and Golden-Crowned Sparrows, as well as Wrentits, were common in the brush, as were grassland species like the Western Meadowlark.
Today, these birds are rare. While the oaks have been preserved and Strawberry Creek restored to a native riparian habitat, the tall grasses and chaparral have been replaced by lawns and ornamental shrubs, an environment favored by species such as the Lesser Goldfinch, Nuttall's Woodpecker and the Chestnut-Backed Chickadee.
Crows and ravens have also increased greatly, as they have across the nation, Shultz said. She saw a similar increase in other species that adapt well to human habitats: the Ring-Billed Gull, hawks and Mourning Doves, for example. A pair of Cooper's Hawks has nested in the campus's eucalyptus grove for nearly 10 years, while Red-Shouldered and Red-Tailed Hawks are common.
"These birds are really good at exploiting the refuse associated with humanity; they're very adaptable and smart, quickly learning the routines people develop, and they're good at surviving in a wide variety of environments," Bowie said.
Overall, the findings make Bowie and Shultz optimistic about the ability of urban green spaces, and college campuses in particular, to serve as islands of diversity.
"It is time for urban green spaces to be thought of not only as hospices for diversity, but also as potential nurseries," the researchers wrote in their paper.
Campus landscape architect Jim Horner was pleased to hear about the healthy bird population, but noted that he can't take the credit.
"It's fun to see that birds are still flocking to campus despite all we've built here over time, but it's a happy accident," he said. "Long-term efforts to keep the campus vegetatively diverse, including setting aside natural areas and open space, benefit all populations."
Dusty files turn out to be gold mine
Shultz had only a passing interest in birds until, as a junior, she took a legendary course, the Natural History of Vertebrates, which has been taught since 1901 and set many a student on a career path in biology. With 13 field trips, the class is intensive, but Shultz said "it definitely changed my life." She graduated with a bachelor's in integrative biology in 2007 and is now a graduate student in evolutionary biology at Harvard University, having recently returned from a bird survey trip to Mongolia.
During her junior and senior years, Shultz participated in the Grinnell Resurvey of California wildlife conducted by the campus's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, dug up the two previous bird surveys and decided to repeat them.
One survey was conducted by a museum researcher and one of the campus's earliest female scientists, Margaret Wythe, over a five-year period between 1913 and 1918. The other study was conducted by two graduate students, Thomas L. Rodgers and Charles G. Sibley, from 1938 to 1939, and was later published in The Condor. Sibley went on to become one of the country's most prominent ornithologists. He co-authored Phylogeny and Classification of the Birds and Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World, considered the bibles of bird classification, and was among the first to use DNA to establish avian relationships, Bowie said.
Shultz adopted Sibley and Rodgers' study design and laid out three similar routes through the western part of the campus, which she traversed 10 times per month between October and March, randomly choosing a route in the morning, at noon and in the evening. She spent about three hours per day for 60 days surveying campus birds.
"I definitely got some strange looks, standing there with my binoculars, rangefinder and clipboard, recording things, but I think Berkeley people are used to seeing weird stuff around the campus," Shultz said.
With data covering a 93-year period, Shultz and Bowie were able to make comparisons across time that are rare, Bowie said, since few researchers nearly a century ago took sufficiently detailed notes. The notes from both surveys were so specific that Shultz and Bowie were able to perfectly replicate the routes covered on campus. That was a legacy of zoologist Joseph Grinnell, museum director and field biologist extraordinaire, whose method of precise observation and annotation, the Grinnellian System, was adopted by Wythe, Rodgers, Sibley and many of today's field biologists.
"With studies like these, the data often don't survive," Bowie said. "But Wythe's data were squirreled away in the dusty drawers of the campus's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, and we were able to pull it out. We need more people to look for old and dusty data files; they can tell us a lot."
The pluses of restoring native habitat
Bowie said that biologists expect urbanization to either decrease the diversity of species; homogenize species, such that the same bird species are found in cities regardless of location; or lead to community turnover, so that a diverse but different group of species comes in more suited to a different habitat.
"We found evidence that if you still have a lot of open space, as in the suburbs or on campus, you tend to get community turnover," Bowie said. "Very sensitive species disappear, but other species come in to fill similar functional roles. You get different seed eaters and different fruit eaters, for example, with no decrease in net diversity."
Because the earlier studies looked only at the presence or absence of species, the recent study only analyzed changes in the number of bird species. But Shultz also counted the relative abundance of different bird species, filing her data for some future undergraduate who will be able to write her honor's thesis on how the numbers as well as variety of birds on campus have changed with time.
|Contact: Robert Sanders
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Husband & Wife Obits
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"Jeremiah Smith died at his residence May 13th, 1894, in Pike Co., Miss. He was born April 30th, 1821, aged 73 years. He joined Silver Creek church on Sept. 17th, 1837, and was dismissed by letter Feb. 22nd, 1873, and assisted in the constitution of Bogue Chitto Church on Mar. 29th, 1873. He was married to Pernesa Smith on July 15th, 1841. He leaves 3 children, 20 grandchildren, and 9 great-grandchildren. While passing through time, he had 2 sons to die in the late Civil War. His last illness was severe, but of short duration. His funeral service was ably conducted by Rev. Will J. Fortenberry. He was buried in the family cemetery."
"Pernesa Smith was born Sept. 26, 1820; was married to Jeremiah Smith July 15, 1841; died April 4, 1887; aged 66 years, 6 mo. And 109 days. She joined the Silver Creek Church Aug. 23, 1852; drew her letter and placed it in Bogue Chitto Church in 1873 where she remained a consistent member of the same until her death. She leaves 14 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren, a husband and 3 children. She was, while living made to mourn the death of several of her children. Two of her sons died while in the Army. Her funeral services were conducted by Elder E. M. Shilling."
Obituaries from: Williams, E. Russ. Abstracts of Obituaries from the Minutes of the Magee's Creek Baptist Association (Mississippi and Louisiana), 1882 - 1924. Monroe, Louisiana: Privately printed, 1978, page 1. From the Louisiana Archives, Baton Rouge, LA.
1 Jeremiah Smith b: 30 Apr 1821 Pike, MS, d: 31 May 1894 MS
... + Pernecia Smith b: 26 Sep 1820, m: 15 Jul 1841, d: 4 Apr 1887
......2 William George Smith b: 04 Dec 1842, d: 10 Jun 1862
......2 Ancil Green Smith b: 14 Mar 1845, d: 18 Jun 1862
......2 Clara J. Smith b: Abt. 1855 MS
......2 Janet Smith b: Abt. 1857 MS
......2 Jarratt Cylmon Smith d: 22 Dec 1894
...... + Eliza Jane Brock b: Jul 1858 Pike, MS, m: 3 Oct 1878, d: 21 Jun 1899 MS
.........3 Jeptha O. Smith d: 28 Sep 1885
......2 Samantha A. Smith b: Abt. 1859 MS
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Is mediocrity the last taboo?
The question came to mind a while back when I spied a column by Thomas Friedman, who suggested that in our global economy where work gets done cheaper overseas and where, here at home, technology is eating jobs in a rapidly accelerating pace, only the strong will survive. His overall point? Average is officially over.
Your pulse just started racing, right?
Whether or not we happen to be gainfully employed, it's a message that pushes a button for so many women: We're convinced that mediocre is never going to cut it, that "average" is something barely north of failure. And in fact, that was the subtext of what many of the women we interviewed for Undecided told us about their struggles with career and life decisions, with second guesses about the road not taken, and with the pervasive belief that today's women can/should/will have it all: great career, hot sex, well-behaved children, and granite in the kitchen.
Ever wonder how we got to this place?
1. The Treadmill. It starts early and stays late. We've written before about young girls building their resumes at their mama's knee — always with an eye on five years down the road: the right high school, the best soccer team, the prestigious college. It's a bad habit to break. But what's worse is that when young girls especially are trained to keep their eye on the prize — we have to take advantage of all those doors that have suddenly flown open, right? — what happens early on is that they become afraid to take risks, to rule things out, for fear that they could fail. Is this future-thinking why I see students who get an assignment back with a "B-plus" on the top — and dissolve into tears? Why "good enough" — never is?
2. We aim to please. Why? We were raised that way — from the days when we were Daddy's little girl. We talked to an admissions director/counselor at a prestigious girls high school in an affluent area of California, and that's what she told us she sees in many of the over-achievers in her school. When she talks to students these days, a lot of the chat revolves around serious stress. They admit that a lot is self-induced, but when she asks them, "Well, do you really need to take six honors courses?" the answer will be "But I want to." What they really want, she suspects, is to please. "Studies show girls have so many more problems than boys— depression, eating disorders, migraines—because girls will stick with the craziness a lot longer than boys will," she said. "Girls are hard-wired to please, which makes the pressure even bigger. They won't give up, because to do so would be a failure. And they don't want anybody to feel they're a failure, because then they'd be letting people down."
3. Social Media. Ah, yes. It's become our own private echo chambers that keeps us comparing and contrasting, the alternate reality where only perfect will do. After all, what else do we see in our news feeds? When was the last time you saw an ugly baby on Facebook? Heard your friend got fired — as opposed to hired? I've heard of college girls who have their make-up done before they head out on Friday nights because they want to look good in the pictures that will inevitably appear on Facebook the next day. No joke. And let's get real: When was the last time you posted anything that was less than, well, cute and witty. Sure, we all know our own online personnas are carefully crafted, that we use them to brand ourselves, but that doesn't prevent us from looking at all those others out there and believing in the surreality of it all, with the nagging feeling that those folks out there are doing it better, faster, cuter — and having lots more fun.
4. The judge. It's become a cliche that we tend to judge each other by our choices: Defending what we've chosen for our lives—and what we've chosen to leave behind. Judging our friends' choices. Interpreting the fact that our friend has chosen something different as her judgment (and rejection) of what we've chosen for ourselves. But what we often forget is that the worst judge of all is often the one in the mirror, holding us to impossible standards and feeding our self doubt. (Be honest here: how many of you sat glued to the tube during the summer Olympics when you were a child, watching those preternaturally small gymnasts — and feeling like you yourself had failed because at the ripe old age of 10 or 12 you had never nailed a vault — and most likely never would?) When we're deep in the throes of a "Which way should I go," part of the angst is often the knowledge that no matter what we choose, we will be judged. In all sorts of ways. In ways that men aren't, and in ways that are often contradictory. And the damnedest truth of all: We often do it to ourselves.
5. The Great Expectations. Especially those that go hand in hand with the mantras with which we've been raised: You can do anything! You can do everything! And it will all be amazing! No wonder that the thought of mediocrity sucks our soul. One of our sources who is herself far from mediocre said it best: "I wonder if some of our frustration is about the fact that it's virtually impossible to excel at everything—wife, writer, teacher, runner, in my case—and so we're always worried about the area in which we're not measuring up to our own expectations."
Sigh. All of which could be the ultimate buzzkill if it weren't for a bit of wisdom we heard from Swarthmore psychologist Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice, who told us about a recent study that found that starting at age 50, people actually get happier. Why? "What you learn from experience," he told us, "is exactly that good enough is good enough, and once you learn that, you stop torturing yourself looking for the best, and life gets a lot simpler."
And, we might add, far from mediocre.


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Senate Republicans, Democrats Empty Wallets On Campaign
Senate Republicans and Democrats went all-in for control of the state Senate, emptying their massive war chests in an expensive bid for control of the chamber, campaign-finance records show.
Senate Republicans burned through a whopping $2.8 million in the final days before Election Day, spending heavily on key races across the state. Senate Democrats spent $1.1 million, records filed this week with the state Board of Elections show.
Republicans had $274,469 left in their campaign account; Democrats had a mere $1,405 and still had a $1.4 million debt to pay off from two years ago.
Democrats may actually have won the Senate majority on Election Day. Two undecided seats are likely to go to Democratic candidates, giving them on paper a 33-30 seat majority.
But a deal brokered Tuesday between Senate Republicans and the five-member Independent Democratic Conference will mean they will run a coalition government and split power, leaving Democrats again in the minority. Republicans currently hold a 33-29 seat majority; Democrats held a majority in 2009 and 2010.
Records show that Republicans spent the most on two races they lost: $730,426 on Republican Bob Cohen in Westchester County and $677,432 on Republican Sean Hanna in Monroe County.
Democrats also spent heavily on those races. The Democratic Senate Campaign Committee spent $676,530 on Democrat Ted O'Brien, who defeated Hanna, and $608,730 on Democrat George Latimer, who defeated Cohen.
Republicans were aided in the final days by $871,525 in transfers from individual senators' accounts to the party's committee, including $100,000 from Sen. Stephen Saland, R-Poughkeepsie, who is trailing by about 1,300 votes to Democrat Terry Gipson in his re-election bid.
They also took in $530,039 from corporations and unions, including $50,000 from the Healthcare Association of New York State and $50,000 from 1199 SEIU.


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Hop to It!
Hopping and jumping is not only fun, but it can also be a great way to exercise and keep you in shape for games or sports that require you to make similar movements. Here are some hopping and jumping exercises to try:
The Bunny Hop: Place both feet together and slightly bend your body over and forward, with your hands at your side or in back of you. Crouch your body a bit and then jump forward, with your knees pulled up towards your chest when your body is in the air hopping. Continue hopping for at least a minute.
Single-Leg Hops: Stand on one leg, and then push off with the standing leg, jumping forward and landing on that same leg, while using the other leg to keep your balance and to gain forward motion. Each time you jump, try to jump a little higher. Jump 10 times, then switch legs and hop again for 10 times. Repeat.
Side-to-Side Jumps: Place an object on the floor or create a stripe on the floor out of tape so that you can see where to land in your side jumping. Jump to one side, using both legs and making sure that you clear the object or stripe on the floor. Then jump to the other side, again making sure you get past the object or stripe. Keep your legs relatively straight, flexing them only while your body is in the air. Continue jumping from side to side for about a minute.
Low Hurdle Jumping: Get some low hurdles or other objects suitable for jumping over, and set them up in a row—adequately spaced apart for this exercise. Stand on both of your feet and then jump forward with both knees together, clearing the first hurdle, immediately followed by jumping over the next and following hurdles or objects. Use both of your arms for balance and to increase your vertical leap. Repeat.
Tuck Jumps: While standing straight, jump up and grab both of your knees to your chest before your feet hit the ground again, making sure you land on the balls of your feet when your feet land again. Then quickly jump back up in a quick upward motion, grabbing your knees to your chest. Repeat until you've jumped 10 times, trying to go higher each time.
So, what are you waiting for? Hop to it!
In order to avoid risk of injury, please seek advice directly from your physician, especially if you have existing medical issues, before beginning any exercise or nutritional program. Also, be sure to stretch after exercise to avoid muscle and joint tightness.


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Researcher Dave Clarke's persistance has paid off, in what looks like the unlocking of British UFO files (declassifiation), hidden away by the MOD….. The files (around 7000) cover over 30 years of data on ufo's. This will be as significant as the opening up of files from the French government recently…..i can hardly wait…
please see Nick Redfern's article on this, and also from David Clarke .
This will be a real breakthrough if it happens as promised; they will add electronic information on ufo's on their website later this year. Link to defence internet FOI .
I would like to thank all those involved in achieving this….. 🙂


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Hi! I'm Palak from Make It Handmade! My blog focuses on simplifying handmade projects and techniques with tutorials ranging from no sew projects to serger how to's. This little quilt is no exception!
This quilt is full of color and crinkles that babies will love. At the same time, it's a forgiving pattern that comes together in a few hours and doesn't require any precision piecing.
The finished quilt is is about 40 inches square– my favorite size baby quilt as both a mother and quilter. The size is perfect for covering a newborn or as a play mat for an infant, and doesn't take much room in the wash. For a toddler it's a great size for strollers and car seats, and is still large enough to be a lap quilt for a child or adult. As a quilter, I love that I don't have to piece the backing and it's easy to fit in the small throat of my home sewing machine.
Quilt Top:
1 Simply Color Layer Cake
1 Yard Focus Print (I chose White Aquatic Blue)
1.5 Yard (I chose White Sweet Tangerine Chevron)
1/2 Yard (I chose White Lime Aqua)
Cut List (for quilt top only):
- Cut your focus fabric into 5 5.5″ by WOF and set aside
- Next, pick 24 squares out of the layer cake and cut them in half to make 48 5″ by 10″ rectangles.
Piecing The Strips
Move to the ironing board and press all the seam allowances to one side away from end with the pin. Once you've done all four strips, you'll be ready to ruffle!
We are going to use the tension method to ruffle. This method is ideal for ruffling long strips that might need slight adjustments at the end. If you are having trouble with this method, try using another ruffling method.
Change your sewing machine to have a long stitch length and high tension.
We'll still need to add even more tension to get the fabric to ruffle enough to be the same size as the focus fabric strips. To do that, I hold the thread down with one finger while sewing.
Here's a close up of what I'm doing. You can also lightly pinch the thread through your fingers if that's easier. Just be sure to do this between the thread spool and tension disks as shown in the picture below.
While ruffling, make sure to pull out a long tail of both bobbin and top thread at either end of each strip. I normally use 10-12 inches to be on the safe side.
Starting with the pinned end of the strip, sew along one edge using a 1/4 inch seam allowance.You'll see your strip ruffle up along one edge.
Then, starting with the pinned edge again, sew along the opposite edge. This will mean you'll have to flip the strip over to the wrong side.
Do this until you have 4 strips ruffled down each side. Don't forget to change your sewing machine settings to normal.
Now, compare each strip with the focus fabric strips that we set aside. Pull on the top sewing thread to adjust the strip to be the same length as the focus fabric strips. I also like make sure the pieced sections look like squares instead of trapezoids .
Now for the most important step: Press the ruffled strips well and top stitch down each side of the ruffled using a quarter inch seam allowance and normal stitch length. This will stabilize your ruffled strip and keep it from shifting while you sew. Now you can remove those pins at the ends of your strips!
Using a 1/2 inch seam allowance, sew the strips together as normal, alternating a ruffled strip with a plain strip.
Your top is complete and ready to be quilted!
Finishing up
Quilt your Crinkle Quilt with any pattern you like. I recommend not quilting the ruffled strips– they poof up beautifully in the wash, and are so much fun for little fingers to play in. Trim, square and bind the quilt just as you would any other quilt.
40" by 44" quilt. Covers one sleepy child.
Thank you for having me over at the Moda Bakeshop! Stop by at Make it Handmade to see more about this quilt and other projects.
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You'd be forgiven for believing that I managed to knit and crochet myself into a coma this month, and whilst at times it was a close thing, it's really been procrastination that's kept me from blogging recently. That and food, oh god, so much food! Christmas dinner, Boxing Day lunch with the faaaaamily and then Turkey Soup Day after that (nephling no 1 is campaigning for for the latter to be made an official national holiday). Can you picture Jabba the Hutt with a lap full of crochet blanket and a cat sitting on each side like a pair of furry bookends? Because that is me right now.
Between all the eating, I did manage to exchange gifts with my nearest and dearest, which means I can now start to share pictures of the things I've been making.
Remember I teased you with this picture last month?
It was a sneak peek at my latest version of this beautiful pattern by Celeste Young, which is available for free on Ravelry. This is the fourth blanket I've made to this pattern (you can find my original version here, the Hulk inspired one here and the third one here), but as soon at the yarn arrived I just knew this was going to be my favourite version!
Is that not just beautiful? (The yarn, not my weird toes – pay attention!) As you can probably see from the photos, I took advantage of Stylecraft's new expanded palette for their Special Aran collection.
I chose: Lipstick, Pomegranate, Spice, Gold, Meadow, Khaki, Teal, Denim, Royal, Emperor, Plum and Magenta. I love the colours, but I wish they did a proper yellow because the Gold is a bit dull for rainbow purposes.
Want to see the finished blanket?
Oh, I know you do…
One more pic?
Well, okay then…
You can probably see why I found it very difficult to give this one away! But I was good and gave it to nieceling number 2 who immediately squealed and wrapped herself up in it, before spreading it one the floor to roll around on it like a puppy. She's normally very into fashion and make-up and is desperate to be a teenager, so it was lovely that something as simple as a blanket brought out the playful little girl we all know and love!
Her big brother tolerates her painting his nails every now and then, as long as it doesn't interfere with his ability to play with his Nintendo DS. In particular he loves all the Mario Brothers games, so that's where I looked for inspiration for his Christmas presents. There are some fantastic free amigurumi crochet patterns on Ravelry (are you sensing a theme here?) but I went with Yet Another Mario Mushroom Pattern by Ami Amour and Piranha Plant by Lupita Suarez.
It's been a while since I did much amigurumi from a pattern (as opposed to just winging it!) but I was really pleased with the results… which I will show you in my next post!
Yes, I really am going to drag these Christmas present posts out for a while. Because I'm evil like that. Also, I've gone back to working on some of my larger WIPs so it's probably going to be ages before I have anything else to show you!


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Animal Planet played a huge joke on its viewers, and it paid off in spades.
The creatures and critters channel aired "Mermaids: The New Evidence," a mockumentary, last Sunday and grabbed a network record 3.6 million viewers.
"Mermaids: The New Evidence" is a follow up to last year's "Mermaids: The Body Found," complete with scientists (played by actors, of course) and a related website that says it has been "seized" by the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice.
The only dead giveaway, other than, of course, that mermaids really don't exist, was a disclaimer in the closing credits.
(The previous record for most viewers at Animal Planet belonged to another fantasy creature: "Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real.)
But if Twitter traffic is to be believed, Animal Planet's joke nabbed more than a few new believers.
Best evidence ever doubters!!! Of #MERMAIDS picture from "the new evidence found" from the 19th century!! twitter.com/ImTheRealTito/…— Ricardo Mendoza (@ImTheRealTito) May 27, 2013
What else is the government hiding from us if they're hiding the fact that #mermaids are real...— Kari Delemarre Brand (@KariBrand) May 28, 2013
Yep. I'm convinced. #mermaids are real.— Caroline Richardson (@c_line23) May 30, 2013
So totally real #mermaids— Lexi Vicenzi ☺ (@lexvicenzi) May 30, 2013
What's so convincing is the consistency....in all of the images and videos we've seen they look the same #mermaids— Silent Bob (@C_Errrr) May 27, 2013


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I just got an email from someone who said, "The only way to learn stand up comedy is stage time." That's a common response, but is it really well thought out? I would have to say, "No." If the comedian is like a surgeon . . . → Read More: Is Stage Time the "Only Way" to Learn Comedy?


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Even Simon Cowell can still be shocked by contestants who land before him on reality talent shows.
On a recent episode of Britian's "X-Factor," a show similar in format to "American Idol," two teenage girls gave the crowd on hand four minutes for the ages, according to Time.
Abbey Johnson and Lisa Parker, singing under the name Ablisa, came on stage a bit nervous, but engaging.
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"We just wanna, like, wanna live the dream," Johnson said. "We just wanna get on the stage, be ourselves, show our personalities."
But before they could even start their performance, Johnson walked off stage and Parker told the crowd to shut up.
After getting through an off-tune rendition of Shayne Ward's "That's My Goal," Johnson told Cowell, who serves as a judge on the show, that his opinion didn't matter.
"You have the worst attitude of any contestants I have ever met on any of these shows," he shot back. "Seriously, seriously rude."
The girls then attacked singer Natalie Imbruglia, who contested that their singing "was not great."
"Who are you, may I ask?" retorted Parker.
Embarrassed, Johnson then punched Parker in the face and Parker flashed her middle finger at the crowd.
The YouTube video of the clip already has over 3 million views since first appearing online over Labor Day weekend.


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Having spent a small fortune on Carl Crawford, and with Adrian Gonzalez's new contract still looming, the Red Sox' owner found enough coin between the couch cushions to invest in the last film that Paul Newman had worked on.
The Henry family have thrown their muscle behind "Lucky Them," and indie film about a rock journalist who's assigned to find her ex-boyfriend, reported Variety. The film is being produced by Newman's widow, Joanne Woodward.
The film has Marisa Tomei, Thomas Haden Church, Allison Janney and Alec Baldwin attached, and a script from actress Emily Wachtel and Huck Botko, who most recently penned "The Last Exorcism" and "The Virginity Hit." That's a great cast, but the writing team is a wee suspect.
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Shooting for the film, production of which Woodward took over upon Newman's death 2008, is scheduled to begin in New York City this year.
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"It Started with just ONE well!"
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The film explores the devastation caused by hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in Queensland, Australia.
It shows the impact of more than seven thousand wells, which have been drilled and fracked over the past seven years, through the testimonies of farmers who have had their soil, air, rivers and livestock poisoned.
The full title of the film 'Voices from the Gasfields - it started with just one well' points to the relevance of the film to the UK, where only ONE well has been drilled and fracked to date (Preese Hall fracked by Cuadrilla in early 2011).
Ian R Crane says, "My aim is to let the victims of extreme energy production speak to the world. Those who have had their livelihoods destroyed are now dedicated to giving a direct warning to farmers and residents of rural areas like the East Riding, North Yorkshire and the Fylde in Lancashire. The UK coalition Government is desperate to prove that shale gas and coal bed methane can save the British economy regardless of the direct threat to water supplies and the environment. Thanks to opposition from Protection Camps and local residents companies like Rathlin are on the defensive. They know they do not have support, hence their recent request to postpone their latest Planning application for West Newton B until after the local elections to try to avoid difficulty for the ruling Conservatives in the East Riding. But make no mistake, once the election is over the oil industry will redouble its efforts to get drills into the ground to make profits at the expense of local water supplies and the residents and businesses that rely on them."
Ian R Crane is a former oilfield services industry executive who has devoted the last two and a half years to raising awareness of the irrefutable devastation caused by the unconventional gas industry, wherever it is able to become established.
Ian says, "The oil and gas industry refers to 'Sacrifice Zones', it is imperative for the well-being of this small island and all its inhabitants, that we learn from the experience of those who have the misfortune to live in areas of the world which have already fallen victim to the unconventional gas industry."


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Let's Expand Amanda Cohen's List of Kick-Ass Female Chefs in NYC
Last week, some food folks got talking on Twitter about the dearth of female chefs featured in New York food events—and the press's often inadequate coverage of female chefs' work. That got Dirt Candy chef and blogger Amanda Cohen on the case in a standout post last Friday. The claim: it's hard to find female chefs for events and stories in New York. Cohen's response: nuh uh!
In the time that it took her to "drink about 3/4 of a cup of lackluster coffee," she penned a powerhouse list of women who own or run kitchens in New York. Take women like April Bloomfield, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Einat Admony. Or Sue Torres of Suenos, Susan Povich of Red Hook Lobster Pound, and Jody Williams of Buvette. And plenty more, many behind great kitchens, all running the show.
Back on Twitter, more people chimed in with even more names. Gazala Halibi of Gazala Place. Wafa Chami of Wafa's. Rawia Bishara of Tanoreen. And Amanda kept adding them to her list. Here's where it stood as of Tuesday morning:
April Bloomfield - Spotted Pig, The Breslin, The John Dory Anita Lo - Annisa Alex Raij - El Quinto Pino, Txikito, La Vara Missy Robbins - A Voce (formerly) Gabrielle Hamilton - Prune Sue Torres - Suenos Einat Admony - Balaboosta Lynn Bound - all MOMA restaurants Sara Jenkins - Porsena, Porchetta, Porsena Bar Elizabeth Karmel - Hill Country Julie Taras Wallach - Tipsy Parson Barbara Sibley - La Palapa Ashley Merriman - Waverley Inn Elizabeth Falkner - Corvo Bianco Amanda Freitag - upcoming project in Empire Diner space Paola Marracino - Paola's Restaurant Zarela Martinez - Zarela (formerly) Jody Willliams - Buvette Jean Adamson - Vinegar Hill House, Hillside Rita Sodi - I Sodi Caroline Fidanza - Saltie Donatella Arpaia - Donatella, DBar, Kefi Lidia Bastianich - Felidia, Becco, Del Posto, Esca Rebecca Charles - Pearl Oyster Bar Alex Guarnaschelli - Butter Leah Cohen - Pig and Khao Zahra Tangorra - Brucie Grayson Schmitz - Willow Road Kristin Sollenne - Bocca Di Bacco Hong Thaimee - Ngam Akiko Thurnauer - Family Recipe Sawa Okochi - Shalom Japan Ivy Stark - Dos Caminos Sarah Buck - Pies n'Thighs Carolyn Bane-Pies n'Thighs Erika Williams - Pies n'Thighs Anna Klinger - Al Di La Sara Kramer - Glasserie Molly Nickerson - Sorella Susan Povich - Red Hook Lobster Pound Sohui Kim - The Good Fork Amy Scherber - Amy's Bread Heather Carlucci - Lassi (formerly) Mary Redding - Mary's Fish Camp Savannah Jordan - Brooklyn Fish Camp Ann Redding - Uncle Boons Meg Grace - The Redhead Sarah Simmons - City Grit Kitty Thammasat- Ayada Gazala Halabi - Gazala Place Sripraphai Tipmanee - Sripraphai Rawia Bishara - Tanoreen Katarzyna Ploszaj - Petit Oven Marny Conforti - Tuscany Grill Patti Jackson - I Trulli (formerly) Elise Kornack - Take Root Wafa Chami- Wafa's Francine Stephens - Franny's Shanna Pacifico - Back Forty West Katy Sparks - Tavern on the Green
See the full post on Cohen's blog.
Of course there are more. Ratchanee Sumpatboon of Larb Ubol. Melissa and Emily Elsen of Four & Twenty Blackbirds. Dorie Greenspan of Beurre and Sel. Allison Robicelli of Robicelli's. And then there's Cohen herself, who certainly deserves to be on that list. Plus a whole world of pastry chefs, amazingly talented sous chefs, kitchen managers, bartenders, and street vendors who've worked their way up through the ranks to high places in their fields. For further reading, do check out Charlotte Druckman's Skirt Steak, a book with stories from over 70 women in the food industry on what it's taken to get to where they are today.
We've been to our fair share of food events and we'll agree with the critics: you often see the same faces again and again, overwhelmingly male. New York's food media, for all its diversity, tends to call on the same names again and again—overwhelmingly male. Are awesome female chefs really that hard to find in New York, or are we just not looking hard enough? As Cohen demonstrated, it's not even that hard to look.
So let's expand this list even further. What names can you add? And as for us on SE:NY, we interview chefs all the time, and more of them can and should be women.* So who do you want to see featured on Serious Eats? Let loose in the comments.
* A disproportionate spread of subjects for which I'm at fault, not our excellent writers of those series.
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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has observed an incredible whip-like filament extending high above the sun's surface. Pictured below, the filament measures one half million miles long. To put that in perspective, the earth's circumference at the equator is approximately 25,000 miles.
A solar filament is tethered to the sun's photosphere and jets out towards the corona. It is a cooler material and thus the contrast can be observed. Below, you can see a video from NASA's SDO which shows the incredible phenomenon.
The Solar Dynamics Observatory was launched back in February of 2010. Since the time of its launch, the SDO has brought back stunning video and photos of never seen before views of our Sun. According to NASA the purpose of the SDO is as follows:
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) will be taking a closer look at the Sun, the source of all Space Weather. Space Weather affects not only our lives here on Earth, but the Earth itself, and everything outside its atmosphere (astronauts and satellites out in space and even the other planets).
Space weather is a serious issue for astronauts and satellite developers. Because we enjoy the benefits of being surrounded by Earth's atmosphere, we only have to worry about little things sunburns and using sunscreen. Outside the confines of our atmosphere though is a much larger danger. Extreme radiation coming from the Sun's surface can be perilous to our astronauts, so getting a better understanding of this is critical for their safety. Communications satellites are not exempt from solar related problems either.
For more information about the SDO mission, visit NASA's website at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/main/index.html.


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Beginning January 2013, Utah State University will offer a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree on-site at Brigham Young University-Idaho as part of a new agreement between the two universities.
Faculty members from the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business will teach the MBA courses on campus at BYU-Idaho. The program will offer the same curriculum taught at USU, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship, strategic thinking, decision-making skills, leadership and effective communication. Classes will be taught on selected Friday evenings and Saturday mornings.
"BYU-Idaho is pleased to collaborate with Utah State in a way that provides some exciting opportunities," said Fenton L. Broadhead, academic vice president at BYU-Idaho. "This new agreement allows for a graduate school experience here in Rexburg for students, employees and the local community."
Konrad S. Lee, faculty director of the MBA program, said the Huntsman School of Business welcomes the opportunity to offer a master's degree in Rexburg.
"The Huntsman School's focus on developing ethical and innovative business leaders who understand the global marketplace will mesh well with the direction and momentum of BYU-Idaho," he said.
Current BYU-Idaho students and employees, recent graduates and other interested individuals from local communities are eligible to apply. Tuition for the two-year, 36-credit program is approximately $25,000 and the application deadline for Winter Semester 2013 is Nov. 15, 2012. Admissions decisions will be made by USU under the same standards as for students applying for the Huntsman School's other professional MBA programs.
Those interested in learning more about the program, including admissions requirements, may visit HuntsmanMBA.com or phone (435) 797-2360.


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Barack Obama is in trouble with gays for asking anti-same-sex-marriage Pastor Rick Warren to give the invocation at the inauguration.
But many in the media have dubbed Barack Obama "The One" so who needs God anyway?
Rick Warren: Job with no purpose. The One has already agreed to arrive….by limo….
Barack Obama has been asked to "invoke" or call down God upon His January inauguration in an invokation. But the media believes Mr. Obama is The One so who needs the God?
The Boss will be there But the real thing is The One.
Don'e get mad at Reverend Warren: he has succeeded already in invoking The Master: we believe The One will be there….
The One Calls Down God to Washington
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 18, 2008; Page C01
Forget the millions on Metro, and the bus caravans inching in from beyond the Beltway. Barack Obama's inauguration is destined to create the greatest red-carpet gridlock in the history of the Federal City.
Oprah at the Kennedy Center. Yo-Yo Ma at the swearing-in. Sting at the Harman Center.
Consider all the stars circling The One: Aretha Franklin, Spike Lee, Melissa Etheridge, Lou Gossett Jr., Ashley Judd, Dick Gregory, LL Cool J and T.I., for starters. And the rumor mill is loudly buzzing that Bruce Springsteen (and his new album), Kanye West and Will.I.Am just might drop by.
Obama Picked Pastor Rick Warren Why? Not The "Wright" Choice for Obama….


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By Ray Fittipaldo / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Veteran safety Ryan Clark did not back down from comments he made on ESPN on the Steelers' bye week that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has to "tone down" his game if the Steelers are going to be successful.
Clark said Roethlisberger has a tendency to improvise too much at times and that style might have something to do with the team's first 0-4 start since 1968.
"We have to tone Ben down in a sense and say, 'Hey, right now, we're not a good enough football team for you to try to extend plays, for us to take sacks, for us to have turnovers,' " Clark said on ESPN.
Clark was asked Wednesday to clarify his remarks.
"When asked a question about Ben, I said, we need to protect Ben," Clark said. "And, when I say that, [I mean] defense, we need to make plays so he doesn't feel like he has to do everything. Offensively, we need to protect him so he can get the ball out on his fifth step; receivers need to get open, running backs need to run the ball.
"But, in that as well, I feel like he needs to understand that, as constructed right now, we aren't playing well enough right now as a team to where we can take sacks and have turnovers. So, as a team, that's a team solution.
"But the quarterback has to spearhead it. He's our guy, he's our leader, he makes the plays, he's the reason we have two Super Bowl wins and been to three. We have to find ways to help him not feel like he has to do that."
When told of Clark's comments, Roethlisberger said he is not going to change his style.
"I didn't hear about [that]," Roethlisberger said. "It is what it is. I'm just going to play the game the way that I play it and try not to turn it over."
When asked if he appreciated a teammate commenting on his play, Roethlisberger responded: "That's the great thing about this country we live in. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and allowed to say what they want. If Ryan feels that way, then that's fine."
It was the second consecutive week that there has been some back and forth between two of the team's captains. After the Steelers lost to the Minnesota Vikings to fall to 0-4, Roethlisberger said the Steelers might be the worst team in the league. Clark said Roethlisberger was being "dramatic" when he said that. Roethlisberger later clarified his comments and said he was viewing it strictly from a win-loss perspective.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/...#ixzz2hQNIe1fB


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EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today that Skyfall earned £37.2 million ($59.9M) in its opening week in the UK, overtaking Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (£35.7 million/$57.6 million) to secure the biggest 7-day gross of all time in UK box office history. The film also passed the $100 million mark globally on Thursday.
In response to the 7-day figures, producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said: "We are very grateful to the Bond fans and all UK cinema audiences for making 'Skyfall' the biggest opening week ever during our 50th anniversary year."
MGM chairman and CEO Gary Barber said: "The continued record-breaking success of this film is a true testament to all involved and the global power of this 50 year old franchise."
Jeff Blake, chairman of Sony Pictures Worldwide marketing and distribution, added: "We couldnt be more proud of the critical and commercial reaction 'Skyfall' has received."
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At an initial meeting, when there's likely to be just a handful of you, it may seem silly to worry about the group getting too big - but what if each of you invites a friend, and then they invite friends? Before you know it the group could be too big to be manageable - so you may wish to take a few moments up front to agree what the maximum optimal size for your group is and how new people can join (e.g. can somebody just bring a friend along, or do they have to consult the other group members first before proferring an invitation?)
A very small group is cozy but could fall apart if a couple of members drop out or can't make a meeting. A very large group can work but needs to be run on a more 'formal' basis in order to be sure that the conversation stays on track and everybody gets a chance to contribute.
Six to eight people is probably a good size to start with if you're mostly already friends - as it's a small enough number to fit inside somebody's home or around a table in a cafe, gives everybody a chance to voice their opinions, and if somebody can't make it to a meeting, or drops out altogether, there are still enough people left to form a good discussion.
As a general rule you're likely to see more drop out from a large group than a small (because people in a larger group will tend to feel that it doesn't matter as much if they don't turn up) - so there's something to be said for building a relatively small but cohesive group before expanding, and perhaps capping the total number in the group to about a dozen or so.
How many are in your book club?
What would you say is the 'right' number to aim for?
Does your group have policies on how many members and how new members can join?
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Chemicals play an important part in today's world and are used in many industries: agricultural operations, medicine, research and everyday products for consumers such as fuel, cleaning agents, products to improve health and preserve foods.
Hazardous materials are chemical substances that can be explosive, flammable or combustible, poisons or radioactive materials which may be released into the environment as the result of an industrial or transportation incident.
The Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986 is federal legislation that requires the establishment of Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPC) which are responsible for the development of plans to prepare for and respond to chemical emergencies (SARA Title III).
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Hazardous chemical emergency information – CDC
Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness – FEMA provides information on sheltering-in-place and evacuation procedures in the event of a hazardous materials spill. It also provides a guide for buying and storage of home chemicals.
Mercury management – NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
Mercury spills, disposal and site clean-up procedures – US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Rolex 116520 Daytona 116520 Black Dial SS (34164)
34164 Rolex 116520 Cosmograph Daytona, stainless steel on a stainless steel Oyster bracelet, automatic Rolex Caliber 4130 movement, chronograph, black dial with applied luminous hour markers, sapphire crystal, water resistant to 100 meters, diameter: 40mm, thickness: 12mm, like new with the original box and papers dated December of 2010.SOLD
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This is a stainless steel Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 116520. It has an integral Oysterlock bracelet with a stainless steel easylink clasp, and a scratch resistant sapphire crystal. The 40mm diameter solid three-body case, bracelet, screwed-down case-back, angled graduated rotating bezel, round chronograph buttons and the patented Rolex triplock winding-crown shielded by a protective guard are polished/brushed. The bezel has an engraved tachymeter graduation scale up to 400 units per hour. The dial is black with applied luminous inset white gold lozenge-shaped hour index markers, luminous baton hands, and a 1/5 second division outer track. The three sub dials have silver rings. There is a 12-hour register at 9 o'clock, a 30-minute dial at 3 o'clock, and a seconds sub dial at 6. It's water resistant to 100 meters/330 feet, and the 12mm case, dial, and movement are all signed.
This Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 116520 has a mechanical automatic self-winding Rolex Caliber 4130 movement. It's rhodium-plated, and it's constructed with 44 jewels, a shock absorber mechanism, and a straight-line lever escapement. It has a monometallic balance adjusted heat, cold, and 6 positions. Included is a self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, a hacking seconds mechanism, and microstella regulating screws. The mechanism oscillates at a frequency of 28,800 vph (4Hz).
The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 116520 was introduced in 2000 and it was produced until 2011.


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Hello everyone! I'm Screamernail and I'm joined this pfhorum to share my experience with other fans like me.
I'm a definite fan of Marathon and are aiming to make a scenario for it. (Maybe a series even) But for now I can't because I can't get a functional editor. I'm however not a too intelligent person and might not be able to get very far from here. But I can possibly differ it.
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Just a heads up... I've seen many, many bands perform live, and the Scorpions are by far the worst of all of them. Mind you, I don't dislike the Scorps at all. I think they have a bunch of real good songs. But they just suck live. I caught them in the late 80s on the Monsters of Rock tour, and then again a few years ago opening for Motley Crue. Just don't expect much and you won't be disappointed.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Wednesday imposed its biggest ever cartel fine of almost €1.47 billion ($1.96 billion) on seven companies for fixing the market of television and computer monitor tubes.
The EU's Commission ruled that, for a decade ending in 2006, the companies — including Philips, LG Electronics and Panasonic — artificially set prices, shared markets and restricted their output at the expense of millions of consumers.
EU antitrust Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said that the companies' actions "feature all the worst kinds of anticompetitive behavior that are strictly forbidden to companies doing business in Europe."
Tubes were the essential part of television screens and computer monitors before they were replaced by LCD and plasma flatscreens. The cathode ray tubes accounted for up to 70 percent of the cost of a screen, the Commission said.
Alumina added that the tubes' cost gave "an indication of the serious harm" the companies had caused. "There are victims: millions and millions of citizens."
Philips and LG Electronics, which acted jointly and separately, were fined a combined €999 million ($1.3 billion) with Panasonic punished with a €157 million ($205 million) fine, adding to more if combined fines and affiliates were included.
Despite its cooperation with the Commission probe, Philips said in a statement it planned to appeal the fine since it considered it "disproportionate and unjust."
"We regret that we are linked to this kind of behavior," said Philips CEO Frans van Houten.
LG Electronics said it would only react after studying the decision.
Other companies fined were Samsung SDI, Technicolor, MTPD and Toshiba. Chunghwa of Taiwan escaped fines as it was the first to reveal the cartel to the EU.
"It is the biggest fine for a cartel, ever," Almunia said. The fine exceeded the previous record of the 2008 fine of €1.38 billion ($1.8 billion) in a car glass cartel.
Almunia said the tubes cartel operated worldwide with the companies involved fully realizing they acted illegally.
One document seized by the Commission had a warning "Everybody is requested to keep it as secret as it would be serious damage if it is open to customers or European Commission".
Another documents said "Please dispose the following document after reading it".
Even when the tube market went into a decline with the advent of flatscreens, the cartel made sure profits through production controls.
"Instead of competing with each other to innovate and provide the best product at the best price, they chose to conspire to artificially maintain returns in a declining technology market," Almunia said. "This is why we fight cartels."
The Commission started its probe with an antitrust raid on the companies in November 2007. Almunia said U.S. authorities were currently investigating the case as well.
Mike Corder in The Hague and Sam Kim in Seoul contributed to this article.
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The upcoming Carolina Coast Choral Festival features world-class appearances by the conductor and soloist, along with an array of musical talent from the region.
The upcoming Carolina Coast Choral Festival features world-class appearances by the conductor and soloist, along with an array of musical talent from the region.
Schubert�s �Mass in B Flat� will be featured at the May 4 concert, under the direction of Robert A. Harris, Northwestern University professor and director of Choral Activities, emeritus.
The 7:30 p.m. concert is in Garber United Methodist Church�s Morris Hall, featuring 80 singers; the 26-member Trent River Chamber Player; Rachel Harmatuk Pino as concertmaster and Craven Brass.
Soprano soloist for the Mass is Louise Toppin, former East Carolina University faculty member and current Head of Voice at UNC. Toppin, finalist in the Munich International Competition and winner of the Metropolitan Opera regional auditions, has received critical acclaim for her operatic, orchestral and oratorio performances around the world.
Top New Bern soloists include: Susan Mabie, alto; John Charles Clark, an instructor of voice at ECU and tenor; and Lewis Moore, bass.
Six additional selections from a variety of musical periods and styles will be sung by the chorus, including the choral/orchestral �The Dream Isaiah Saw� and the spiritual �Rockin� Jerusalem.�
Harris is an internationally acclaimed choral educator, conductor and clinician, recently retired after 35 years at Northwestern. In addition to teaching and conducting throughout the U.S., and in Europe, Asia and South Africa, he recently led master classes in African-American spirituals in an international choral festival in Bogata, Columbia.
The Festival Chorus has been in rehearsals since the first of February and, according to Festival Coordinator Cheryl Kite, is comprised of some of the best singers from churches and communities in several counties.
�The singers have bitten off a significant amount of exceptionally fine music, and they�re proving equal to the task,� she said. Preparing the choir has been Penny Keene, Pat Rowlett, Barry Templeton, Finley Woolston and Kite.
Additional players are brass leader Dan Jones, a variety of local musicians, and some from ECU, the N.C. Symphony Orchestra and the Long Bay, S.C., Symphony.
The May 2-4 Festival is the culmination of planning by music directors and singers from several counties.
Tickets for performance are $20 and available at Fuller�s Music, 2310 Trent Road in New Bern; Mitchell Hardware, 210 Middle St.; Harris-Teeter; Craven Arts Council, temporarily located at 308 George St.; and at the door on May 4. Tickets can be reserved at will call at 244-3721.
For more information about the Festival, participation in any of its events or making a contribution, contact Kite, festival coordinator 717-5667 or email@example.com.