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Study finds potential key to immune suppression in cancer
In a study investigating immune response in cancer, researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and the University of South Florida have found that interaction between the immune system's antigen-specific CD4 T cells and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) cells that play a major role in cancer-related immune suppression dramatically change the nature of MDSC-mediated suppression. By contrast, the same effect was not observed when MDSCs interacted with the immune system's CD8 T cells.
Their study appeared in a recent issue of Cancer Research, published by the American Association for Cancer Research.
According to the authors, it has been established that inadequate immune response in cancer is a critical element in tumor escape, and that myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) cells that which normally keep the immune system in check and prevent it from attacking otherwise healthy tissue can suppress the anti-tumor response and play a major role in tumor associated immune abnormalities.
In addition, research has shown that MDSCs block other immune system cells (such as CD 8 "killer" T cells) from binding with proteins that identify foreign antigens on the surface of unhealthy cancer cells and, in doing so, mark them as targets.
"To better understand the biology of immune defects in cancer, our study investigated the antigen-specific nature of MDSCs and their ability to cause antigen specific CD4 T cell tolerance," said study corresponding author Dmitry Gabrilovich, M.D., Ph.D., who holds the Robert Rothman Endowed Chair in Cancer Research at Moffitt and whose research focus is on immunology. "We found that antigen specific CD4 T cells were able to dramatically enhance the immune suppressive activity of MDSC by converting them into powerful non-specific suppressors. But, to our surprise, we did not see the same response from CD8 T cells."
The researchers initially investigated several tumors modeled in mice but focused on two models of particular interest.
They reported that major histocompatability complex (MHC) class II molecules found only on a few specialized cell types played a role in this conversion to MDSC-mediated suppression when MHC class II and MDSC "cross-linked" through cell-to-cell contact. The effect, however, was dependent on the expression of MHC class II.
"This study showed for the first time that activated antigen-specific T-cells can potentiate the immune suppressive activity of MDSC by converting these cells to non-specific suppressors and, thus, limit the ability of the host to mount a potent immune response," concluded the authors.
The researchers suggested that their study might shed light on a mechanism that may act as a "negative feedback loop" aimed at controlling immune responses that become "dysregulated" in cancer.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- In volatile markets, it's easy to lose your cool and stray from your investment goals. One tool that can help you stay the course is a dividend reinvestment plan, or DRIP. They give shareholders the option of reinvesting their dividends in company stock rather than taking a cash payout.
From the Motley Fool.com, here are three advantages of DRIPs:
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Fall Out Boy frontman Pete Wentz's pregnant girlfriend Meagan Camper took his son Bronx, 5, out grocery shopping at Gelson's Market in Studio City, CA on Saturday (February 22). Bronx's mom is actress Ashlee Simpson.
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Simon Cowell and Lauren Silverman take newborn son Eric to the beach
Simon Cowell and Lauren Silverman were seen with their 11-day-old son Eric at the beach in Miami, Florida on Monday (February 24). Eric was born this Valentine's day.
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The pace of China's economic expansion has slowed to its lowest rate since the first six months of 2009, according to one official's estimate, and another says the country may loosen rules that govern overseas investment for its people.
Bloomberg reported Tuesday that Zhang Xiaoqiang, vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRZ), said the Chinese economy may have expanded by about 8.4%. The official data will not be released for another 10 days.
During a panel discussion at the Boao Forum for Asia, Zhang cited "relevant China research institutes' initial figures" for his estimate, and also said that consumer prices would likely rise about 3.5%. The forum is a gathering of government and business leaders and is being held on China's tropical island of Hainan.
At the same conference, central bank head Zhou Xiaochuan said that the government could relax rules governing overseas investments. The news came less than a week after pilot financial reforms were given the green light in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou.
He did not specify whether the investment policy would be restricted to Wenzhou or could be expanded, saying only, "There may be further deregulation to allow Chinese enterprises and residents more convenience in [making] overseas investment."
Last week China's State Council said it would study the possibility of permitting direct overseas investments by Wenzhou residents as part of a "general financial reform zone" experiment. Wenzhou, in the province of Zhejiang, has a reputation in China for private entrepreneurship and gray-market lending. The latter attracts private businesses that lack the clout to win loans at official rates from state-owned banks, which leaves the door open for interest rate abuses. On some of those gray-market loans, those rates can hit an annualized 100%.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Visa and job questions for Lima-Please help! Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Visa and job questions for Lima-Please help! Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Peru View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message AnnitaSudAmericaJoined: 08 Jun 2008Posts: 8Location: Yellow Springs, Ohio (por ahora/for right now...until Dec.) Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:24 am Post subject: Visa and job questions for Lima-Please help! Hello all, To introduce myself, my name is Anna. I have been trying to find information about living and working in LIMA, Peru. I have searched the internet up and down, seen the Ultimate Peru List, the LA Job List and I have joined various forums that deal with finding employment in Peru. I will be buying a plane ticket and moving there in December (2008) and I will be staying for at least three years. I have been looking online for jobs on www.expatperu.com, www.livinginperu.com, among others, and have received various postings from NatureGirl (THANKS SO MUCH!!!). I was hoping to find a position as a full-time English teacher either in an institute, school or university (from what I gather the institutes and universities are the best). I would even consider working for an international company that needs bilingual/international individuals. I have my BA, and TEFL Certificate and I have been teaching English to adults and children (of all ages) for the past year. I am also fully bilingual (Spanish and English). I didn't really know how to officially begin this job hunt, so, I signed up on this forum. Before heading out in December I would like to secure a job and receive a visa allowing me to stay legally for at least a year, however, from the info that I have read, this seems to be very difficult (plus, the internet is not the best way to find jobs in Peru). I was wondering if simply applying for a tourist visa would be the best bet? It would give me a chance to personally make an appearance at different teaching locations. From what I have read I can renue my tourist visa as many as 3 times? I was also thinking there might be a higher probability I would get hired more quickly because of the length of time I am able and willing to stay (?). Hopefully I could receive a visa from my employer, however, that all depends on the employer! In all, I prefer to be legal while living in Peru. I know there are certain programs such as TEFLJobPlacement.com that could help me, however, they also charge a fee. Would this be a good idea? What's more, they seem to only offer job placement in Cuzco...where I will probably not be living. I have never traveled to Peru before, but I do have contacts currently living there who would like to help me, however, they are not familiar with the English teaching world and I am not sure how much they would be able to help me with in the end. So, if ANYONE has any kind of advice, it would be so greatly appreciated! I'm sure many of you have gone through the whole process and possibly had the same questions. In advance, thanks so much for taking the time to read this,I appreciate it! I know it's a long post... Back to top naturegirl321Joined: 04 May 2003Posts: 9041Location: home sweet home Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject: For visas, try UDEP in Piura, FLEMING in Trujillo, and most schools in Lima. The Peru Job Bulletin has the latest jobs. For Lima, you could try schools. Working under the table is done by many people, perhaps not the best way to go, but doable. 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Barney Bush, W's dog, passes away
Barney Bush, the black-furred Scottish terrier who was the nation's first dog from 2001 to 2009, died Friday of lymphoma. He was 12 years old.
President George W. Bush, Barney's owner, announced the dog's death with a statement to the Dallas Morning News on Friday.
"Laura and I are sad to announce that our Scottish Terrier, Barney, has passed away," Bush said, in a statement that was also posted on Bush's Facebook wall. "The little fellow had been suffering from lymphoma and after twelve and a half years of life, his body could not fight off the illness."
Bush shared memories of Barney's from the White House and from their post-presidential life in Dallas.
"Barney and I enjoyed the outdoors," Bush said said in his statement. "He loved to accompany me when I fished for bass at the ranch. He was a fierce armadillo hunter. At Camp David, his favorite activity was chasing golf balls on the chipping green. Barney guarded the South Lawn entrance of the White House as if he were a Secret Service agent. He wandered the halls of the West Wing looking for treats from his many friends. He starred in Barney Cam and gave the American people Christmas tours of the White House. Barney greeted Queens, Heads of State, and Prime Ministers."
Bush added that his wife Laura and he will miss their "pal".
"He was always polite and never jumped in their laps. Barney was by my side during our eight years in the White House. He never discussed politics and was always a faithful friend."
In his post-White House life, Barney was also the subject of oil paintings made by the former president, according to an October report in New York Magazine.
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Benton County Canine Shelter is always in need of food & supplies for our shelter dogs. Your contribution is so much appreciated! Be assured that your donations will directly affect the welfare of our animals! From dog food to laundry detergent, the facility and animals appreciate your help!
Donations can be dropped off at our facility, located at 1116 N. Grant Place, Kennewick, WA 99336 during our regular business hours:
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Monetary donations to Benton County Canine Shelter are greatly needed and appreciated as well. Persons wishing to make a monetary donation can do so by check, money order, or cashiers check made out to:
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Fantasizing In Fiction
Whether you're a Dean fan or a Sammy girl, there's one thing we can all agree on…the Winchesters are first rate heroes. They're gorgeous, courageous, funny, sensitive, damaged, loyal and they kick ass. They're fuel for fantasies and when you're a writer sometimes that fantasy takes place right in your fiction. I'm not talking fanfic here, that's a whole other creature. I'm talking about visualizing the boys as the heroes in our own books.
In my first YA book, SLEEPLESS, I referenced Jensen Ackles and the Winchester Boys. It was a nod to my fave show, an inside joke to my fam and friends. Then I went a step further. My newest YA book HOLLYWEIRD, which is coming out with Flux in the Spring of 2010 under the name Tess Clark, was inspired by my daydreaming about visiting the set of Supernatural. Seriously, how freakin' cool would that be? But what if I learned that things were just as paranormal on set, in real life, as the stories they tell on the show? It was that little bit of fantasizing that led to my new book. HOLLYWEIRD is about two girls who win a trip to L.A. to meet the star of their favorite show, Supernatural Seekers, only to learn the show's hunky hero is actually the son of Satan and the only person who can save them is a fallen angel working undercover as the actor's personal assistant. (Side note: weirdly I sold this before season 4 and the whole angel arc.) BTW, I know Supernatural is filmed in Canada, but Hollywood was more commercial and suited my purposes better.
Here's how Jensen and Jared came into play. This is where the girls first encounter Jameson Dagon, fallen angel:
My vision narrowed to a bubble of focus on his gorgeous, stubbled face, sound faded away to a buzzing hum and my cheeks grew prickly hot, while my tummy did the Macarena.
He had trim light brown hair with sideburns and just a tease of spikes on top. His chiseled cheek bones and piercing olive eyes made my hands tremble, but it was his voluptuous lips and adorable cleft chin that made my body turn to molten lava.
Suddenly his gaze caught mine. He tilted his head and gave me an appraising look. Still I couldn't move. When his lips lifted in the barest of smiles, I heard myself give a soft sigh.
And this introduces Dakota Danvers, the son of Satan:
Dakota Danvers had the kind of charisma that made skirts hit the floor and machismo men question their sexuality. Brown curls swept the back of his neck and he had this endearing way of flicking his head to the side to get his wave of bangs out of his eyes. And those eyes…mocha brown and deeply soulful. He was known as the brooding, sensitive brother on the show and he did most of his acting with those incredible eyes. But on the rare occasion when his character was allowed to crack a smile it was if Heaven opened up and shone its every ray of sunshine. Hokey sounding, sure, but his boyish grin would actually elicit a matching smile from anyone watching.
Hopefully, you can figure out which character was inspired by Jensen and which was Jared. Admittedly I played up Dakota's charms so it's quickly understood that while he's sexy as hell, and has the disarming charm of the boy next door, he's really the antithesis of both.
I can't tell you how excited I am to finish this book and pour all my Supernatural geek love into it. But I KNOW I'm not the only one who's used the Winchesters as models.
Trish has already said that Jared was the inspiration for her hero in her 2007 YA Golden Heart winner, Coven, and Kathryn Smith (another Supernatural fan and writer) made Jensen a vampire in her short story 'The Wedding Knight' in the Weddings From Hell anthology with Maggie Shayne, Jeaniene Frost and Terri Garey. She's also working on a YA project tentatively titled, Harming Prince Charming, with Jared as the hero.
With inspiration like J2, we can fantasize and reinvent all we want. What about you? Have you fictionalized the Winchesters?


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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Wednesday that former presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin were emblematic of an "idiot trying to make a name" with calls for the execution of whoever leaked secret U.S. documents to his organization. He said people calling for violence against him should be prosecuted for incitement to murder.
Assange also told msnbc cable television that the world was facing "a new type of digital McCarthyism that is being pushed from Washington" in an attempt to quash his organization's reporting, and he called an Army soldier suspected of helping WikiLeaks a "political prisoner."
Answering allegations by Vice President Joe Biden and others that WikiLeaks was a terrorist organization, Assange said that no one has "ever been physically harmed" by WikiLeaks' release of secret documents.
Castaway's parents thought they would never see him again
The father of Pacific castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga said he was told his long-lost son vanished on a fishing trip but he didn't have the heart to break the news to his ailing wife.
- Scotland legalizes same-sex marriage
- Weapons deal strengthened Assad: US intel chief
- Outcry over the fate of Sochi's stray dogs
- Olympic construction leaves Sochi residents in the cold
- Castaway's parents thought they would never see him again
"Whoever the terrorists are here, it's not us," Assange told msnbc.
Assange said there had been calls by politicians and "shock jocks" on TV for his assassination and the kidnapping of his staff. He called it "the threat of violence in order to achieve a political end ... and that is the definition of terrorism."
Asked by msnbc's Cenk Uygur how he would respond to comments by Huckabee and Palin about his organization, Assange said: "It's just another idiot trying to make a name for himself."
"If we are to have a civil society, you cannot have senior people making calls on national TV to go around the judiciary and illegally murder people," he said. "That is incitement to commit murder."Story: Assange warns of 'digital McCarthyism'
Assange, an Australian national, is under house arrest at a British mansion near London, facing a Swedish warrant seeking his extradition for questioning on charges of rape. Assange has denied the allegations.
WikiLeaks' release of secret diplomatic cables has caused a diplomatic crisis and laid bear some of the most sensitive U.S. dealings with governments around the world. It also has prompted an American effort to stifle WikiLeaks by pressuring financial institutions to cut off the flow of money to the organization. U.S. Attorney General Eric holder has said his department is also considering whether it can prosecute the release of information under the Espionage Act.
In other WikiLeaks developments Wednesday:
- Russia's leading opposition newspaper said it would publish new WikiLeaks disclosures unmasking corruption among Russia's "highest political echelons." Novaya Gazeta, a weekly known for its critical, anti-Kremlin investigative reporting, said by joining forces with Assange, it had gained unlimited access to new material linking Russia's political elite to organized crime. President Dmitry Medvedev angrily dismissed as irrelevant U.S. diplomatic cables published so far that cast Russia as corrupt.
- Anna Nicole Smith hit the Bahamas like a hurricane, spreading scandals that toppled a string of officials , according to leaked U.S. diplomatic cables. The government fell two months after the last cable was written. "Not since Category 4 Hurricane Betsy made landfall in 1965 has one woman done as much damage in Nassau," reads a colorful November 2006 document, apparently written by Deputy Chief of Mission D. Brent Hardt. It was released by WikiLeaks and published by the British newspaper The Guardian late Tuesday.
- The United Nations said it would look into the treatment of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, who is being held in solitary confinement on suspicions that he is the source for many of the classified documents released by WikiLeaks. The U.N. office for torture issues in Geneva said it received a complaint from one of Manning's supporters alleging that conditions at a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va., amount to torture. Visitors say he spends at least 23 hours a day alone in a cell. He's not allowed to exercise in his cell or have sheets or a pillow.
Assange told msnbc that WikiLeaks was unsure "if this young man is our source or not. Our technology is set up so that we don't know that."
"If we are to believe the allegations, then this man acted for political reasons. He is a political prisoner in the United States. ... Civil rights organizations should be investigating the conditions under which he is held."
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He called allegations that WikiLeaks had conspired with Manning "absolute nonsense."
"That's not how our technology works, that's not how our organization works," Assange said. "I never heard of the name of Bradley Manning before it appeared in the media."
But Assange offered a warning to other media that if a conspiracy charge could be levied against him, then it could be levied against any reporter who works confidential sources to get sensitive information.
"That's going to take out all of good government journalism as it occurs in the United States," he said.
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Republic of the Philippines
Province of Davao del Norte
Invitation to Bid for
Concreting of Road, Connecting National Highway to BJMP, Sitio Bucaran, Toril, Babak District, IGaCoS under P.R. No. 2018-03-1619
The Local Government Unit of the Island Garden City of Samal (LGU-IGaCoS), through the 20% DF (2018) intends to apply the sum of Two Million Eight Hundred Eighty Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Five Pesos and Seven Centavos Only (Php 2,887,905.07) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for Concreting of Road, Connecting National Highway to BJMP, Sitio Bucaran, Toril, Babak District, IGaCoS under PR No. 2018-03-1619. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.
The LGU-IGaCoS now invites bids for Concreting of Road, Connecting National Highway to BJMP, Sitio Bucaran, Toril, Babak District, IGaCoS under PR No. 2018-03-1619. Completion of the Works is required Ninety (90) Calendar Days. Bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II ITB.
Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the "Government Procurement Reform Act".
Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, partnerships, or organizations with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.
Interested bidders may obtain further information from BAC Secretariat, BAC Office, City Hall Compound, Peñaplata, IGaCoS and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from April 26, 2018 to May 15, 2018 during office hours.
A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Five Thousand Pesos (P5, 000.00).
The LGU-IGaCoS thru its Bids and Awards Committee will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on May 3, 2018 1:00PM at BAC Conference Room, BAC Office, City Hall Compound, Peñaplata, IGaCoS which shall be open to all interested parties who have purchased the Bidding Documents..
Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before 12:00 noon of May 15, 2018 at BAC Office, City Hall Compound, Peñaplata, IGaCoS. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB
Bids will be opened on May 15, 2018 at exactly 1:00p.m. in the presence of the bidders' representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.
The LGU-IGaCoS reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.
For further information, please refer to:
Engr Florante O. Enriquez
Head, BAC Secretariat
BAC Office, CGSO Bldg., City Hall Compound
Peñaplata, IGaCoS
Mobile No. 09173163158
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Nordic Bowl Ø32 / 109 eur
Designed by VE2
This low and wide bowl is all you need for a clean and stylish serving at the dinner table. Skagerak's Nordic collection is the quintessence of raw minimalism. It is crafted from pure and white porcelain with a glazed inside and matte outside. Nordic Bowl is oven, microwave and dishwasher-safe.
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- Porcelain / White
ØxH: 32x7 cm
Item no. S1600268
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- WxDxH: 34x33x8 cm
Weight: 2,15 kg
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Third Road Safety Week, 1 to 7 May 2000
In 1997 an estimated 164,677 persons were killed on the roads in the ECE region. An estimated 6,118,844 persons were seriously injured. Of those, a notable percentage were vulnerable road users, as is shown in the following table and diagrams:
Vulnerable road users are more exposed to the risk of accidents than other road users.
In 1997 an estimated 19% of persons involved in serious accidents (injured or killed) were vulnerable road users.
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Turkish Bagel with Spinach and...
(Ispanakli Simit ve Kasarli Simit)
1 simit (Turkish Bagel), cut into lengthwise
Spinach filling:
1 bunch spinach (cut off the roots), washed and drained
1 small onion, sliced
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 egg, lightly beaten
2-3 tbsp feta cheese, crumbled
2 tbsp Turkish kashar cheese or mozzarella cheese, grated
Red pepper, crushed
Saute the onion with olive oil in a pan. Then add the spinach and continue to cook over high heat until all the water evaporates. Put it aside and let it cool down. Then add the beaten egg, feta cheese, salt and pepper, mix. Place the mixture over the half of the simits.
Sprinkle some Mozzarella cheese and crushed red pepper. Place them on an oven tray.
Preheat the oven to 400 F (200 C) and bake until the top is light golden or for about 20 minutes. Serve while still hot with Turkish Tea as a branch or light lunch.
Turkish Bagel with Cheese
Cut the simit (Turkish bagel) in half, then cut and open into lengthwise, layer the Turkish Kashar Cheese or Asiago cheese. Place on Teflon pan and cover. Heat the simit until its crispy and cheese melted over low heat.
Place the Simit with Kashar cheese next to your favorite summer salad. Serve with Turkish Tea or Ayran as a breakfast or light lunch.
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Our Prayer to Thee
We pray to thee, our Heav'nly Father. With grateful hearts and fond emotion.
We thank Thee for our great Exemplar – Thy beloved and atoning Son –
Who gave Himself as sacred ransom, That we could live again with Thee!
Our joy is full, our song so gladsome; Renew our faith and hope in Thee
We pray to Thee, our Heav'nly Father, With thankful Hearts and adoration.
We thank Thee for our loving Savior, Who redeemed us from death and sin;
He gave to us His truth to brighten our path, to help us walk His way.
To love and serve, to lift and lighten the lives of all who will obey.
We pray to Thee, our Heav'nly Father with gratitude and deep devotion
For loving faith and endless splendor – Eternal glory – bound as one!
We pray for mercy and forgiveness and hope to know Thy holy will.
We yearn for Thee, we plead in meekness, Thy trust in us may we fulfill.
Text: Russell M. Nelson
Music: Joseph Parry
Arranged By: Mack Wilberg
Artist: Nelson/Parry/Wilberg
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Just a whisper of ~ pink ~
That complex pale color you would find on the outer edges of a conch shell where the color fades just slightly from pink to buff.
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MIT's Daniel Smilkov, Deepak Jagdish, and César Hidalgo have created a great Gmail metadata visualization tool called Immersion. The first thing that Immersion does is map your email interaction networks in a nice interactive way. You can see networks emerge, strength of ties (via number of interactions), isolated mail bombers (usually listservs or alerts), and relationships easily and beautifully.
For me this is particularly nice as you can control the time periods that are mapped. So I mapped my email interactions for the three years before I quit email, then the two years after having stopped doing email, finally the past month of #noemail (this past month).


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CNN has obtained exclusive video of 33-year-old Christopher Jordan Dorner. He's a former LAPD officer who is suspected to have killed three people, including another officer.
The video shows Dorner when he was an LAPD training cadet and gives us a glimpse into who this man is.
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This lovely Pirate Fortune Teller is none other than Bobs wife, Christine. For a few pieces of gold she will surely shiver your timbers... with a ghastly reading of the future. Ü
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Note: Some of these tips are specific to the US expats but most will apply to all.
I have recently spent three years in London…. I think the challenges you will face are very different depending on your stage in life. If you have school age kids then you will have schooling etc issues. I didn't have school age kids so I can't provide much insight from that perspective. But here are some of the things you can expect and some tips on what to do before you start your assignment…
- Looking for housing can be very frustrating, expectations are key here. Do as much research before you get there so you will not be shocked by the differences between your home in the US and the house or apartment wherever you are going.
- Understand the culture…. I was responsible for 13 countries when I was there and visiting and listening is very important … Every country was different even though it was "one" company they all had their own customs and way of doing business. The one common theme was not trying to force anything but to get their buy in and understanding of the issues at hand. Being an American is not a hindrance; JUST don't be the UGLY American.
- Understand the TAX ramifications of your assignment, there are various ways ( tax status in the UK depends on length of assignment) that you can be assigned overseas which have different tax issues, find out the one which works best for you and work it out in advance of your move. Who is going to do your taxes, will the company pay for the tax service, (it can cost around $5k a year — remember you have to file local and US taxes), tax years are different so you may be back in the US and still have to file overseas.
- Have an exit strategy, what happens when your assignment ends…. Who pays for the move if you were assigned from a US firm do you have a position when you return… Be careful on this one, I know of many people who were assigned overseas from a job they had with a company in the US and when the assignment was up had no position to come home to.
- Spouse… getting a work VISA is difficult for a spouse…Volunteer work is an option.
- Fitting in, making friends..etc We were lucky because we were in an English speaking country, so we made friends at work and where we lived…Joining local EXPAT clubs is helpful and fun. You can find them on the web by searching on expat clubs. They had lots of events and it was nice to get together with people in the same situation as you.
- Trips home— they can be expensive, some companies will allow you to make x trips a year, get that worked out before you commit.
- You don't really need a car it's cheaper to use public transit or hire a car when you need to. If you do decide to get a car remember you will need to get an international driving license. You can get it in the US by showing your US license, filling out some forms and getting some passport pictures and paying a small fee ( I think it was around $15 – $25).
- Medical insurance… most countries in the EU have socialized medical care, but companies also offer private insurance. I would suggest getting the private insurance if you can. The local medical is not bad for normal well care but more likely will not be what you are used to here in the US. For any major issue you will need private insurance or come home for treatment.
- If you have a home in the US, do you sell it, rent it or have someone mind it for you while you are overseas. We kept our home because we knew we would be back in 2-3 years and a local company managed it for us… It is not expensive. Cost about $100 per month.
- On a fun side … ENJOY your time there, most holidays are on Fridays and Monday so you get many four day weekends and vacations are very liberal 35+ days….Take the time to see the sights…
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No Child Left Behind bill is showing improvement
WASHINGTON - October 17, 2011 -
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is currently finalizing its draft of a bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). In a statement released today, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel expressed appreciation for Chairman Tom Harkin's (D-Iowa) continuing work and flexibility in drafting this important legislation:
"The stakes are high for students, teachers and schools, so it is critical that lawmakers get this right. NEA is pleased to see improvements in the bill. We commend the leadership of Chairman Harkin and Ranking Member Enzi in conducting bipartisan negotiations around this legislation that will have a significant effect on the quality of education students receive in our nation's public schools. We appreciate the commitment Senator Harkin and Senator Enzi have made to continuing to improve this legislation as it proceeds, and we look forward to offering more suggestions from America's public school educators."
"NEA is committed to improving the quality of the workforce in our nation's public schools. We have offered a new framework that local school districts can use for teacher evaluations. As a result, we are pleased to see that the latest version of the bill recognizes that the federal government's role is limited in this arena. We will be working with our members at the state and local level to continue to promote policies that reflect our commitment to high standards for entry into the profession, for educators' obligation to continue to improve their practice while in the classroom, and for robust and meaningful ways to evaluate educators' performance."
"We also remain committed to advocating that school accountability systems contain true multiple measures of performance and embrace promising, locally-developed ideas to turn around struggling schools and allow educators to have a real voice in reform. We look forward to continuing these discussions with Senators Harkin, Enzi and the members of the committee as the legislation moves forward."
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UCONN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Kelly Faris, Huskies don't let home-court heartache happen again (video)
STORRS -- There was a familiar feeling overcoming the members of the UConn women's basketball team as they headed into their locker room at halftime of Monday's nationally televised top-five showdown.
Just 16 days earlier UConn was in an almost identical spot against Notre Dame, only to watch the Fighting Irish strut off the Gampel Pavilion court after yet another victory over the Huskies. Now No. 4 and undefeated Duke was within two of the third-ranked Huskies.
Kelly Faris, who announced with steely-eyed determination back on Jan. 5 that the Huskies needed to get tougher, made certain that was exactly what happened.
This time there would be no need for sophomore Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis to try to rescue the Huskies with a buzzer-beating jumper as UConn steamrolled the Blue Devils with a dominating second-half performance en route to a 79-49 victory.
"This is our home court and we've already (lost) once this year," Faris said. "It is a horrible feeling, so you are sitting in there at halftime saying, 'Dang, I am not coming into this locker room feeling like that again.'
"This is my senior year and I don't want to go through that again. I don't want to come through there with a loss, so yes, that is definitely in the back of your mind."
Faris had 11 points, eight rebounds, five assists and two steals in 16 second-half minutes in a performance that UConn coach Geno Auriemma said was "one for the ages."
Duke was within two points when Elizabeth Williams scored just 39 seconds into the second half. UConn promptly scored 22 of the next 27 points to pull away from the Blue Devils.
An emotionally charged Auriemma reminded his team how they failed to close the deal against Notre Dame the last time the Huskies were in a similar situation. Auriemma was hoping his players would use those painful memories as a springboard.
"I think anytime you lose a game at home it is a little bit troubling," Auriemma said. "Losing to a really good team at home, that is OK. Losing the way we lost at home, I think that left some of the players feeling that it was more than just a loss. At halftime we talked a lot about how in the second half of that particular game we were not trying to put them away. We had a stretch there in the second half...we went from down eight to up six and we just kind of never really put our foot down and (Monday) we did. We had them on their heels and we never let them back in. Kelly was at the center of it all, but everybody else played a huge part as well."
Faris, Mosqueda-Lewis and junior center Stefanie Dolson are among 20 midseason candidates for the Wooden Award.
UConn is the only team with three players on the list. They are now candidates for the Wooden All-American team, which will be announced around the time of the NCAA tournament regional finals. The Wooden Award will be announced on April 12.
Mosqueda-Lewis is the Huskies' leading scorer, averaging 17.3 points per game and has a team-leading 54 3-pointers. Dolson is averaging 13.3 points and 6.7 rebounds while Faris leads the 17-1 Huskies with 54 steals and 82 assists while averaging 10.6 points per game.


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Recipe from Chirs Carroll of Chicago, Ill.
Prep Time: 10 min
Total Time: 1 hour 10 min
1 pound Shredded Green Cabbage
1/2 cup Shredded Carrot
1/3 cup Grated White Onion
1/2 cup Chopped Parsley
1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
1/2 teaspoon Fresh Ground Pepper
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 1/2 cups Basil's Creamy Feta Dressing
1. Mix all ingredients and chill in the refrigerator for one hour.
2. For an added kick add 1/2 cup Sliced Black Olives.
Yield: Approx 6-8 servings
Comments: Best slaw I've ever had, and the dressing just made it to the Hy-Vee near me!
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Hi all. I was wondering if this is possible in Java. If i have a Client Java application, can I have a "mini" compiler in the application that can read JAVA code runtime (compile it?) and perform the actions in the code based on classes already defined in the application i am compiling this code in?
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Interesting facts about Ningbo
One of the busiest ports around the globe, Ningbo is a popular destination in Zhejiang Province. Locals sometimes refer to the city by its former name of Yong. Book your flights to Ningbo with Cathay Dragon, and enjoy further benefits when you join the Marco Polo Club.
Top things to do in Ningbo
Visit Qiantong, Cicheng, and Shipu to discover atmospheric old towns that contrast Ningbo's bustling modernity. Then enjoy a boat ride to the nearby island of Mount Putuo (Putuoshan). For local history and culture, visit Ayuwang Temple (Ashoka), Tianfeng Ta, and the Ningbo Museum of Art. The extensive Ningbo Youngor Zoo is popular with children. The whole family will enjoy visiting Ningbo Ocean World, Tiantong National Forest Park and Songlan Mountain Beach, and soaking in the nearby Nanxi Hot Spring. Take a break from the city with the waterfall and grand temple atop Mount Xuedou, and visit Xiangshan Film and TV City, one of the busiest and most visited film studios in the Chinese mainland. For more scenery and outdoor recreation, explore ZheDong Grand Canyon and Shanglin Lake.
When to visit Ningbo
Book your Ningbo flights with Cathay Dragon to enjoy a year-round destination. July and August are the hottest months, with June and September receiving the most rain, so conditions can be humid. The weather is pleasant during the cooler months of October to February, when temperatures rarely fall below freezing.


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NFL Legend Willie McGinest Defends Justin Bieber -- He's a Great Neighbor!!!
NFL Legend Defends Justin Bieber He's a Great Neighbor!!!
Justin Bieber is finally getting some support from the NFL world -- 3-time Super Bowl champ Willie McGinest tells TMZ, Bieber is a GREAT neighbor ... despite claims by other NFL legends that the singer has a serious speeding problem.
The former Patriots linebacker -- who lives across the street from Bieber in their gated Calabasas community -- was out and about Monday when we asked about the Biebs' notorious alleged acts of neighborhood terrorism ... including allegations by ex-NFL stars Keyshawn Johnson and Eric Dickerson that Bieber's Ferrari is a dangerous menace.
But McGinest -- who left USC in 1993 just one year before Keyshawn joined the team -- says the rumors are all hype, telling us, "[Bieber's] a good neighbor. My daughters love him."
It all sounds nice -- but the fact still remains ... McGinest is pretty much the ONLY person who says Bieber's even remotely tolerable to live next to. And numbers don't lie.
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First, the bad news: sales for Ford were 212,094 for December, down 9% from the previous December. Ford's total 2007 sales were 2.57 million, down 12% compared with 2006. But there's a silver lining on that blue cloud as Lincoln posted a 9% increase in sales in 2007 after a significant realignment of their product and the success of the MKX. Land Rover also realized a 3.7% increase in sales for 2007, though this fact is overshadowed by the 24.2% decrease for India-bound Jaguar. The Ford F-Series truck was also the best-selling truck in 2007 for the 31st consecutive year, a record Ford refuses to ever abandon. Full press release below the jump:
DEARBORN, Mich., Jan. 3, 2008 - Led by two new and three redesigned models, Ford, Lincoln and Mercury crossover utility vehicles paced the industry's fastest-growing segment with a gain of 62 percent in 2007, more than triple the industry-wide growth of 17 percent. In its first full year, Ford Edge sales were 130,125, exceeding Ford's original forecast by 30 percent. In December, Edge capped off the year with its best-ever retail sales month.
"Ford Edge is a great example of our plan to build products people really want to buy," said Jim Farley, Ford's group vice president, Marketing and Communications. "Demand is growing at a fast pace beyond the nation's heartland, our traditional region of strength."
Ford expects continued growth in crossovers in 2008 with the mid-year introduction of the Ford Flex.
Lincoln achieved full-year sales of 131,487, a 9 percent increase versus 2006. The Lincoln MKX crossover was the largest contributor to Lincoln's growth, but the MKZ sedan and Lincoln Navigator also helped spur Lincoln's momentum, which began in late 2006. The next new Lincoln was revealed at the Los Angeles Auto Show in November - the MKS sedan that will debut this summer.
Sales for the new Ford Focus were up 3 percent in December (9 percent at retail). Focus sales were up 18 percent in November, the first full month for the new model.
Ford's F-Series truck was America's best-selling truck in 2007 - the 31st year in a row - with full year sales of 690,589. F-Series was also the best-selling vehicle, car or truck, for 26 years in a row.
Ford's full-year 2007 sales totaled 2.57 million, down 12 percent compared with a year ago. Retail sales were down 10 percent and fleet sales were down 18 percent (including a 32 percent reduction in daily rental sales). More than two thirds of Ford's sales decline reflected discontinued products.
Ford's December sales totaled 212,094, down 9 percent compared with a year ago. Retail sales were down 13 percent and fleet sales were down 1 percent.
2008 Outlook
Ford expects the economic environment to remain challenging in 2008. Ford has said it expects the first half U.S. auto sales rate to be in the range of 15.5 to 16.0 million in the first half (light vehicle sales in the range of 15.2 to 15.7 million).
"We are restructuring our business to be profitable at lower demand and changed mix and accelerating the development of new products people want to buy," Farley said. "We have more work to do to reach our ultimate goal - profitable growth for all. But we have made progress in a short amount of time in several key areas."
Note: The sales data included in this release and the accompanying tables are based largely on data reported by dealers representing their sales to retail and fleet customers.
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The news is out: our little VMC webcam on board Mars Express has achieved adulthood, of sorts! In a web article on 25 May, we announced that the VMC camera is being adopted as a professional science instrument.
The article reads, in part:
This spring, ESA began working with the Planetary Sciences Group of the University of the Basque Country, Spain, for an initial two years to develop software and conduct studies of images, effectively promoting the humble camera to the level of professional science instrument.
"The analysis will help us understand the global martian context of data acquired from other instruments, provide data on clouds, dust and atmospheric structures and enable surface features to be accurately characterised, for example, by tracking variations in the Mars polar ice cap," says Agustín Sánchez-Lavega, heading the group.
ESA's Mars Express Project Scientist Dmitri Titov is delighted that the camera is opening up a new range of investigations at Mars: "Cloud tracking and dust storm monitoring, for example, are significant topics in the planetary community, and it will allow us to extend Mars Express science 'into the atmosphere', filling a gap in the spacecraft's science portfolio.
The good news is that the transition to a science instrument won't interfere with the ongoing delivery of VMC images for immediate public viewing and for continued use in outreach, education and citizen science. You remain more than welcome (highly encouraged, in fact!) to access the image sets and use them for your own analysis, processing and sharing (details on CC licensing here).
Working on VMC outreach, education and PR has been one of the most interesting and satisfying projects I've been involved with here at ESOC in recent years. I have thoroughly enjoyed being in touch with, and working with, a lot of enthusiastic folks – some within ESA, many external – all of whom have been motivated by the love of science, interest in Mars, support for education and working with an active community.
While I thoroughly enjoyed seeing (and sharing) the many VMC submissions that people on several continents sent it over the years, the most enjoyable activity for me was definitely the 2015 VMC Imaging Campaign aimed at schools, astronomy clubs, science centres and other youth groups.
The level of participation was fabulous (25 groups from the US and Europe) and the resulting work was really well done. It was a genuine pleasure to work with the MEX flight control team here to host a series of Google Hangouts, issue the challenge, receive the imaging requests and then actually conduct the dedicated observations. This might have been the first-ever allocation of multiple orbits of an interplanetary craft to schools and young folks! And it was also a pleasure to see that some groups chose to submit artistic work based on the resulting images, in addition to those who sent in more traditional science projects.
It was also a pleasure working with pro-, semi-pro- and amateur (but v. enthusiastic) planetary science nuts located all over the place!
One of the most active supporters of VMC since the beginning has been Emily Lakdawalla – herself a planetary scientist – who blogs over at the Planetary Society. Emily has done an excellent job over many years highlighting numerous ESA missions, and she was a keen 'early adopter' when the VMC images first became available in 2007/08. She promoted and shared VMC images, and designed and hosted online tutorials to help those interested in working with the images learn some of the techniques, and she inspired many others to get involved.
I asked Emily for a few comments, and she sent in this:
The VMC demonstrates the power of a simple camera for exciting the public about the adventure of space exploration. Its images are not large but they are the only ones arriving from any Mars spacecraft that show us Mars as a round planet in all its changing phases and seasons – a view out the porthole of an interplanetary ship. I'd like to see simple, small, wide-angle cameras on all spacecraft to provide context to tell the story of robotic space exploration.
It's appropriate, however, to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has contributed to VMC since its recommissioning in 2007. People have contributed time, software, knowledge, support to outreach activities, organisational efforts and enthusiasm – and so much more – helping make the VMC outreach effort a real success!
To everyone here, in alphabetical order, a huge thanks!
- Stuart Atkinson
- Johannes Bauer
- Maria Bennett
- Jean-Pierre Bibring
- Michel Breitfellner
- Marcello Cappelletti
- Alejandro Cardesin
- Michel Denis
- Bill Dunford
- Doug Ellison
- Paolo Ferri
- James Godfrey
- Brigitte Gondet
- Hannes Griebel
- Andy Johnstone
- Michael Khan
- Rene Kloos
- Emily Lakdawalla
- Daniel Lakey
- Jocelyne Landeau-Constantin
- Luke Lucas
- Stefan Luders
- Mike Malaska
- Thomas Ormston
- Ted Stryk
- Gordan Ugarkovic
- Manfred Warhaut
- Simon Wood
If I inadvertently left someone's name off the thanks list, DO let me know!!!!
Last but by no means least, I'd like to thank everyone who has ever downloaded, tinkered with, mashed up, colour-processed, artistically rendered, analysed, processed, shared or in any other way had total fun messing with VMC images. You guys are an inspiring community and it has been your enthusiasm that has made the VMC project a success.
If you're looking for a nice, historical overview of VMC activities with many updates from the folks who did a lot of the work, there's no better place than the VMC thread over at UnmannedSpaceFlight.
PS: As Emily pointed out in a separate email, a couple of our VMC community members have since gone on to great things: Both Mike Malaska and Bill Dunford have been absorbed by NASA/JPL!


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Like Kathie Lee Gifford, Regis Philbin and Hoda Kotb are in mourning.
The "Today" correspondent and "Today" co-host paid tribute to their beloved colleague's late husband, Pro Football Hall of Famer and sports journalist Frank Gifford, who died of natural causes Sunday at age 84.
"My wife [Joy Philbin] and I just had dinner last Saturday night with Frank and Kathie Lee at their lovely home in Connecticut. He looked terrific. Handsome, smiling, laughing...it was a great night," Regis, 83, told E! News in a statement Sunday night. "I've spent most of my life watching Frank. From the time he brought his Southern Cal team into Notre Dame stadium in 1949, I watched him through all those pro football years with the New York Giants and, of course, heard him with Don Meredith and Howard Cosell in calling football games that could never be duplicated again. That's how good they were. Kathie Lee and I were working together on our 'LIVE' morning show when she started dating Frank. I always loved trying to get her to tell me about her new romance and it wasn't long before we were watching them take their vows in front of close friends in Southampton."
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"Frank had a great life and he and Kathie Lee raised two beautiful children, [Cody Gifford and Cassidy Gifford]," he added. "All of us will miss him terribly."
NEWS: Stars react to Frank Gifford's death
Hoda, meanwhile, shed a few tears on "Today" Monday.
"His life was a triumph."Hoda Kotb and the TODAY family took time to remember Frank Gifford this morning. http://on.today.com/1Uxu9BZPosted by Today Show on Monday, August 10, 2015
"I went to see her yesterday and she is remarkably strong," she told Willie Geist and Savannah Guthrie of Kathie Lee, her fourth hour co-host. "I am in awe of her."
Hoda also called Kathie Lee "such a strong woman."
VIDEO: Kathie Lee Gifford supports daughter Cassidy Gifford's acting dream
After showing a video tribute to Frank, Hoda explained that Kathie Lee is doing her best to stay positive. "It was funny. Kath said something to me yesterday. She said, 'This is not a tragedy.' She was holding my hands. She said, 'A 4-year-old girl having cancer is a tragedy...His life is a triumph." Since news of Frank's passing, Hoda said, "I've had five people stop me and say, 'My son met him and we'll never forget him.'"
Kathie Lee and her children released a statement to E! News, saying, "We rejoice in the extraordinary life he was privileged to live, and we feel grateful and blessed to have been loved by such an amazing human being. We ask that our privacy be respected at this difficult time and we thank you for your prayers."
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Global Economy
Brexit and decentralization are good things, but the unfortuante truth is that harmful post-Brexit policies are equally likely to be imposed by the UK's own government as by the European bureaucracy.
Booms and BustsBusiness Cycles
"Higher order" industries like manufacturing and mining are particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates. And it doesn't look like anything's different this time around.
Money and BanksMoney and Banking
The Labour Party wants the Bank of England to actively promote certain industries over others, not realizing that the Bank has already been doing this indirectly for decades.
Big GovernmentHealthLegal System
Ever since Plato, supporters of big government have sought to put government in charge of the lives of children
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NEWS- ZPG? Has Albemarle population maxed out?
No-growthers want the Albemarle Board of Supervisors to identify an optimal, sustainable population for the county, a request that has critics questioning the legality and benefits of such a plan in an area where housing costs already prevent many workers from living here.
Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population went before the supes September 13, the same night the board tabled two other highly touted growth tools– phasing and clustering– because of a 3-3 split.
ASAP was joined by the Sierra Club and Citizens for Albemarle– but not the other major enviro org, Piedmont Environmental Council– in making its proposal to amend the county's comprehensive plan and its plea that the county not change existing zonings in the meantime.
"Identification of an optimal population size isn't part of the planning process," says ASAP founder Jack Marshall, who scoffs at the notion that growth is inevitable, calling that an "oversimplified myth."
At a press conference flanked by ASAPers Francis Fife, a former Charlottesville mayor; Rich Collins, a UVA environmental prof; and Crozet activist Tom Loach, Marshall asked how big Albemarle wants to grow past its current 130K combined population with Charlottesville.
"Do we want 150,000, 200,000, 500,000?" he queried. "We think it's important to answer that question."
Marshall invited local groups "assumed, perhaps falsely, to favor growth"– the Chamber of Commerce, the Blue Ridge Homebuilders Association, and the Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development– to join in the discussion because, he says, those groups love Albemarle as much as ASAP does.
"We are opposed to it," says Jefferson Area Libertarian Chairman John Munchmeyer, who helped torpedo phasing and clustering laws with ads in the Daily Progress. "The true purpose of government is to protect our rights. Implementing this proposal would violate rights. And it is simply wrong to say, 'I live in this beautiful place, but no more can share it.'"
Munchmeyer adds, "The people who are advocating this should stop attempting to use government force to promote their agendas. That always results in having the opposite effect and/or developing unforeseen negative consequences. They should attempt to persuade instead of using government force."
"It's totally unrealistic," says pedestrian activist Kevin Cox. "The net impact is higher costs for those least able to afford them. Many people who work at the university can't afford to live here."
Cox is particularly peeved that the Sierra Club endorsed the ASAP proposal. "I don't understand the Sierra Club's reasons for supporting this," he says. "It's not helpful to push people farther out."
And Cox calls the whole notion of a sustainable population for Albemarle "preposterous," pointing out that the county currently is not sustainable. "We're part of Virginia, part of the United States– we're not independent little Switzerland," he says.
"Local governments do not have the ability to set population limits," notes Board of Supervisors Chair Dennis Rooker. "We can't keep people from moving here."
What the supervisors can do is control land use. "In broad strokes, you can establish population ranges through zoning," says Rooker. "It's a blunt tool, not a precise tool."
Rooker says he sympathizes with ASAP's request. "I personally feel the exercise would be an important one to go through to focus on population and its impact on the community," he says.
But with the board evenly split over requiring phasing and clustering, the ASAP proposal likely would remain an exercise.
Rooker admits disappointment that the two tools did not have the votes to become law, even though, he says, the board unanimously approved adding them to the comprehensive plan.
"They were the most important two strategies in the board's strategic plan adopted a year ago," Rooker says.
Supervisors Lindsay Dorrier, Ken Boyd and David Wyant were the no-phasing/clustering faction. "It's a loss of property rights," explains Wyant. "Most of my constituents are against it because it affects property rights."
What does that mean for the ASAP plan?
"I think it's a discussion we should have," says Wyant. "I do agree we ought to be controlling growth with the resources we have in the rural area, such as adequate water supply or septic system. Are the resources there to handle it?"
Collins predicts a "vigorous debate."
ASAP founder Jack Marshall wants Albemarle to hire outside consultants to determine the county's optimal population.
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The politicians and we, the voters, need to connect the dots on expansion...not the vestigial rationales and skewed hype, which only mislead and cost us.
The dots are ultimately linked to our pocketbooks and the choices we make with a limited amount of income. In terms of Charlottesville/Albemarle growth, all we need ask is 'what are the total costs of expansion'. The costs are not just this project or that, per se, but the associated costs of roads, water, sewage treatment, and quality of life.
Too often the benefits of expansion are pitched without cost per taxpayer accounting, i.e., taxes, fees, tariffs, licensing etc. that are socialized costs and socialized supports of development costs. In the few cases where a cost is mentioned, it is limited to the immediate figures--a de facto cover up of necessary associated costs [also from our pocketbooks] to support a developmnet.
We voters fail to connect the dots because these costs are often hidden. But...the costs surface and hit us in terms of paying more for everything than we did before but without any incremental benefit.
These socialized incremental develpment costs take away our earned income that could be used by each citizen elsewhere, whether it be the kids college fund, the vacation cruise, charity donations, paying off the bar bill, etc.


text: Continuing the epic big-screen adventures started in "Iron Man," "The Incredible Hulk," "Iron Man 2," "Thor," and "Captain America: The First Avenger," "Marvel's The Avengers" is the super hero team up of a lifetime. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1963, "Marvel's The Avengers" brings together the mightiest super hero characters as they all assemble together on screen for the first time. The star studded cast of super heroes will be joined by Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill of S.H.I.E.L.D., as well as Tom Hiddleston and Stellan Skarsgård.


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Brown, Hallie Q.
Laura A. Brown was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1874. Her parents, Reverend and Mrs. Frank Penn were devoted christians who reared their daughter in a home of comfort and religious influence. At an early age she was united in marriage to Mr. George Brown of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in which city she made her home.
To this union was born a daughter. Mrs. Brown was a devoted wife and mother. She was not only a home maker but her life, both eventful and beneficial, led her into wide fields of usefulness.
She possessed a sweet voice and soon became the recognized leader of church choir.
Her activities extended into public life, and she became an earnest, devoted member of the Pennsylvania Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, working to foster its high ideals and principles. In this work she demonstrated a strict adherence to integrity and was never known to sacrifice right for expediency. During the World War she was in charge of the war savings stamp campaign and raised thousands of dollars for the relief of soldiers, in camp, at home and in France.
During the Harding Campaign she was appointed a member of the Executive Board of the Republican Women's Committee of Allegheny County under the Chairmanship of Mrs. Leonard Wood which position she held during her life. In 1922 she announced her candidacy for the legislature from the First District, Allegheny County, being
As organizer of the Woman's Christion Temperance Union in Pennsylvania she seemed to have found her happiest work. She gained religious fervor by studious application to the study of the Bible and carried its message of truth and love into every company she addressed. She traveled through the state winning many adherents to the cause of temperance, attending conventions and addressing large congregations. At a district convention she was decorated with the meritorious gold ribbon.
Her work in the State Federation of Colored Women's clubs attracted national attention and she was appointed, by the late Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, acting president of the National Association of Colored Women, as director of the Douglass Home at Anacostia, D. C. Through her splendid efforts in this movement she was made a member of the advisory board of the Home which place she held till her death.
She was an active member of the Warren M.E. Church of Pittsburgh, affiliated with the Red Cross, the Army and Navy Union of America, of the Frances E.W. Harper League, Pennsylvania State Federation of Clubs, National Association of Colored Women Advisory Board of Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, Republican Council of Women, City-County Federation of Allegheny.
She passed away at the home of her parents at Gettysburgh very near the spot where the martyred Lincoln delivered his memorable address and where on November 8, 1874, she first saw the light of day, where she first found joy, where she first knew sorrow.
"The world will little know, or long remember what she said here, but it cannot forget what she did here." A Co-laborer has written:-
"Laura A. Brown, a leader among women has passed
So will we remember her, as one who answered the call to public service, through the agencies of church, club, Red Cross and W.C.T.U. endeavors, giving unsparingly and unreservedly of her time and energy to the work of race advancement.
May the realization that another leader has fallen, causing an irreparable loss, strengthen us in the resolve to stand firmly, shoulder to shoulder and accept the greater responsibility, which is ours."


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TORONTO - One week after losing the Ontario election, Tim Hudak told his caucus Wednesday he will officially step down as Progressive Conservative leader July 2, the day the legislature returns under a Liberal majority government, The Canadian Press has learned.
The news agency obtained a copy of a letter Hudak sent Wednesday to surviving PC caucus members confirming he would resign as leader in two weeks "for the good of the party" and the good of his family.
"This will give the caucus an opportunity to select an interim leader as the legislative session begins," wrote Hudak.
The letter came just two days after a difficult post-election meeting Monday between Hudak and Conservatives who were re-elected and some who lost their seats, with a few saying he should be prepared to accept responsibility for losing another election and resign immediately.
"This was an anti-Tim Hudak election," Belleville-area MPP Todd Smith said Monday as he called on Hudak to resign.
However, a party insider speaking on background Wednesday evening, said a "significant portion" of the caucus wanted Hudak to stay on for up to a year or more while the Tories hold a leadership race and schedule a convention, but he didn't want to stick around that long.
"It is clear there is a lack of consensus in caucus as to the best way forward," Hudak said in the letter.
Hudak's chief of staff, Ian Robertson, said Wednesday that some in caucus want to modify the party's core campaign message about the urgent need for fiscal restraint because of a $12.5 billion deficit and record debt that eats up $11 billion a year in interest charges, but Hudak disagreed with that approach.
"Tim wanted to remain consistent," said Robertson.
Hudak expressed his frustration about attempts to water down the message he'd just spent six weeks telling Ontarians was vital to getting the province back on the right fiscal track.
"Some held the view that the urgent need to address Ontario's fiscal situation should be moderated, while others remain firmly committed in the belief that the course we laid out in the campaign will ultimately be proven right," he said in the letter.
"I am proud of what our party accomplished, the choices we laid out, and I am optimistic about our party's future."
Many Tory MPPs had complained they were not told about the proposal to cut 100,000 public sector jobs until hours before Hudak announced it in the first week of the campaign, grabbing headlines but arming public sector unions with ammunition for a series of attack ads that saturated TV and radio.
After he lost the election last Thursday, Hudak announced he would not lead the Conservatives into the next election, but would remain the MPP for Niagara West-Glanbrook.
Hudak knew he would not be able to stay on after the Liberals trounced the Tories so badly they won a majority after struggling for three years as a minority government, and after he also blew a big lead in public opinion polls heading into the 2011 election.
With the Liberals struggling under the weight of the $1.1 billion gas plants scandal and two police investigations - one into deleted gas plant documents and another into irregularities at the province's Ornge air ambulance service - many Conservatives felt Hudak should have talked less in the 2014 campaign about cutting the size of government and more about the Liberal record.
No one has openly admitted to preparing a leadership bid yet, but some of the more prominent names being talked about include deputy PC Leader Christine Elliott, the widow of former finance minister Jim Flaherty; finance critic Vic Fedeli, the former mayor of North Bay; Lisa MacLeod, the party's outspoken energy critic; as well as federal cabinet ministers Lisa Raitt and Tony Clement.
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text: Builder market to stay in the tank On The Editor's Desk By Martha Entwistle Updated Tue December 18, 2007 I've just posted January's Special Report on the state of the finance world for integrators and alarm dealers looking for loans. The verdict? Things aren't as bad as the mass media make things out to be, as long as you've got a tight, profitable business with sound metrics and management. Same as always. Should the economy fall into recession, causing interest rates to rise, then capital might get tight, but that hasn't happened yet and no one would tell me that was on the horizon. One section of the market that has been affected, however, is that portion of alarm dealers who rely on the new-build market, which is utterly and thoroughly in the tank. Lenders said any company that relies on the builder market for growth has always been a poor investment anyway, but now that company is really a no-go. With all that said, I think there was an undercurrent of sentiment going unsaid by those I interviewed that felt like: "Actually, we're going to be a bit more discriminating about to whom we lend money." But maybe I'm reading too much into their denials that it was business as usual.