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At least once every year (usually in April or May), SCAG convenes the General Assembly to bring together the official representatives of SCAG's membership and help set the agency's course for the coming year.
The General Assembly is a forum where policy matters can be identified and addressed. Any city or county representative may propose a subject for study by the Association, provided that the representative has notified the President of the proposal 45 days in advance of the General Assembly meeting. Such a proposal should be submitted in the form of a resolution to the SCAG Regional Council. The President then appoints a Resolutions Committee to consider each resolution and make recommendations for action to the Regional Council, which is then forwarded to the General Assembly for consideration. If a resolution is presented directly to the General Assembly, a two-thirds vote is required for its consideration. Amendments to SCAG's Bylaws may also be considered at the General Assembly. A Bylaws Committee is appointed by the President to review amendments. Recommendations are forwarded to the Regional Council for approval. The Regional Council will then forward their recommendations to the General Assembly for consideration. A quorum of the General Assembly consists of official representation from one-third of the member cities and one-third of the member counties.
Delegates and alternatives from each member city are selected by the mayor, except that one of the official representatives of the City of Los Angeles is always the mayor. Counties are represented by either the chair or member of the county board of supervisors from each member county. Any official representative may call for special meetings of the General Assembly upon written request of 15 member cities and three member counties. Each member county and each member city has one official representative and one alternate in the General Assembly, except the City of Los Angeles, which has three official representatives and three alternates due to its population size. Member cities and counties must communicate the names of their official representatives and alternates to SCAG within 45 days before the annual meeting of the General Assembly.
In addition, members of the General Assembly also consider for adoption SCAG's General Fund budget for the next fiscal year. Finally SCAG's new President, Vice President and Second Vice President are announced for the coming year.
SCAG's policy direction is guided by the 86-member official governing board known as the Regional Council. The Regional Council is composed of 67 Districts that include an elected representative of one or more cities of approximately equal population levels that have a geographic community of interest (except the City of Long Beach, which has two representatives). Additionally, membership in SCAG's Regional Council includes one representative from each county Board of Supervisors (except the County of Los Angeles, which has two representatives). SCAG's Regional Council also includes one representative of the Southern California Native American Tribal Governments. Finally, all members of the Los Angeles City Council are each considered members of the SCAG Regional Council, and the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, serves as the Los Angeles City At-Large Representative.
The Regional Council established the Executive Administration Committee to deal with matters pertaining to human resources, budgets, finance, operations, communications and any other matter referred by the Regional Council. Membership on the Executive Administration Committee includes SCAG officers, policy committee chairs and vice chairs, and one Tribal Government representative if that person is not in a committee leadership role. Additional Regional Councilmembers are appointed by the President to make sure that every subregion has at least one member on the committee.
The Executive Administration Committee is responsible for developing policy recommendations to the Regional Council on administration, human resources, budgets, finance, operations, communications, or any other matter specifically referred to the Committee by the Regional Council.
As a Regional Councilmember, you will have a voting seat on one of SCAG's three major policy committees:
Members of the Regional Council are appointed to one of the policy committees for two-year terms. Most of the discussion and debate on the "nuts and bolts" of a policy issue occurs in the committees. Issues to be considered by the Regional Council must come through one or more of the committees. As opposed to Regional Councilmembers, members of policy committees do not have to be elected officials.


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Chloe Kim Wins Gold In Snowboard Halfpipe At Winter Olympics
By Bill Galluccio
February 13, 2018
The kids are taking over the Winter Olympics. Just a few days after 17-year-old Red Gerard won the gold medal in slopestyle for the U.S. Chloe Kim, who is also just 17-years-old, continued her domination of the halfpipe, winning the gold medal in the women's snowboard halfpipe final at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. She threw down a 98.25 in her final run to earn the top spot on the podium.
After a dominating first run, Kim slipped up in her second run but didn't let them affect her as she got ready for her final try.
"I knew I wasn't going to be completely satisfied taking home the gold and knowing I could have done better," she said. "The third run was just for me, to show myself that I could do it and put down the best run I could do."
By the time Kim was ready for her final run she already had the gold locked up, so with no pressure, she showed why she is the best in the sport earning a near-perfect score of 98.25.
"My first goal was to land all of my runs here," Kim said, "but I kind of messed that up on my second run today, so I'm kind of annoyed. But I got redemption on the third and I'm so excited."
China's Liu Jiayu won the silver medal while Kim's teammate Arielle Gold took home the bronze.
Fellow Americans Kelly Clark and Maddie Mastro finished fourth and 12th respectively.
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Long-Term Jobless Left Out of the Recovery
Despite Improving Economy, Prospects Are Bleak for Millions of Unemployed
For those left behind by the long, slow economic recovery, time is running out.
More than four years after the recession officially ended, 11.5 million Americans are unemployed, many of them for years. Millions more have abandoned their job searches, hiding from the economic storm in school or turning to government programs for support. A growing body of economic research suggests that the longer they remain on the sidelines, the less likely they will be to work again; for many, it may already be too...
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Friday, February 5, 2010
Quotable patients
12 comments:
- Albinoblackbear said...
Another satisfied customer then! :)
- February 5, 2010 at 5:10 PM
- Theresa said...
I prefer pills that make me dizzy. Haha!!
- February 5, 2010 at 5:58 PM
So now they're making pharmaceutical ads with Mason Reese?
- February 5, 2010 at 6:17 PM
- Dragonfly said...
Undizzy is good.
- February 5, 2010 at 6:28 PM
- Doctor D said...
Good to see this patient has a solid grasp on the goals of therapy.
- February 5, 2010 at 9:17 PM
and i'll be an idiot forevermore
- February 5, 2010 at 11:16 PM
- kath8562 said...
Tramiest- I think you meant Jackie Mason (grin)-Mason Reese was a very round child actor in the late 60's/early 70's.
(oh my....the verification is oickyalt- it sounds yiddish!)
- February 5, 2010 at 11:43 PM
- Sam said...
ha ha - I like undizzy!
- February 6, 2010 at 8:52 AM
kath8562- No, I meant Mason Reese. The "It tastes like a borgasmord" kid from all those early 70s commercials for Underwood Deviled Ham and Dunkin Donut Munchkins and Thick and Frosty Shakes and other such khazerai. Specifically, I'm imagining a TV commercial for pharmaceuticals, where a cute gnome-like little kid with a high voice and a slight lisp says something adorable like "These pills make me feel undizzy" while the crawl text mentions all the potential side effects. "So ask youw doctow if hewoin is wight fow you!!!"
- February 6, 2010 at 11:27 AM
- Nurse K said...
Excellent example of Orwellian Newspeak.
- February 6, 2010 at 3:16 PM
We had a good patient quote in the pharmacy today...."Will the vasoline I put on my lips as chapstick make me test positive for Meth on my drug test?" Asked with a straight face, and hopefulness....
- February 6, 2010 at 5:49 PM
Nope, you're just as dizzy as ever..
- February 7, 2010 at 5:07 AM


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80 Fun Questions to Ask Friends
I have offered the fun questions to ask friends to anyone who's looking for something to talk about. I've categorized them into 8 different categories. Pick and choose the questions you like, and avoid the questions which might be too intimate or uncomfortable for you.
Fun Questions About Movies to Ask Friends
Everyone watches movies these days, so here are some fun questions to ask you friends about the movies.
- What's your favorite movie of all time and why?
- What was the best movie you saw this last year and why?
- Who's your favorite director and why?
- Do you like black and white movies? Why or why not?
- Do you read movie reviews? If so, which reviewers do you enjoy? If not, why?
- Who's your favorite actor and why?
- Do you cry at movies? If so, which movies make you cry?
- What's the funniest movie you've ever seen?
- Would you rather see a movie at the theater or at home on DVD? Why?
Fun Questions to Ask Friends About TV
Even more people watch TV than go to the movies. So here are some fun questions to ask your friends about TV.
- What's your favorite TV show of all time and why?
- How many hours a week do you spend watching TV?
- What's your favorite TV station and why?
- What was your favorite TV show when you were growing up?
- Who's your favorite actor on television and why?
- Would you rather watch a sitcom, a reality show, a police drama, a legal drama, or a medical drama? Or something else? Why?
- Has a television show ever moved you to tears? If yes, which one and when?
- Do you watch the news on TV? How often?
- Have you ever been on TV?
- If you were a character on a TV show, which one would you be?
Fun Questions to Ask Friends About Books
This one is a little tougher, because a lot of people don't read books anymore (unfortunately). But here are 10 fun questions to ask friends about books anyway:
- Has reading a book ever changed your life? Which one and why, if yes?
- Do you prefer to read fiction or nonfiction? Explain your choice.
- If you could be a character in any novel you've ever read, who would you be and why?
- Has reading a book ever made you cry? Which one and why?
- How many books do you read each year?
- Have you ever written (or started to write) a book?
- Name one book you had to read but hated, and explain why you hated it.
- If someone wrote a book about your life, what would they title it?
- If you could pick a book you've read to make into a movie, which one would you choose?
- What was your favorite book as a child and why?
10 Sexy Questions to Ask Your Friends
Depending on your relationship with your friends, you might or might not be comfortable asking them sexy questions. If so, just skip past this list of 10 sexy questions:
- Have you ever been involved in a threesome? Would you consider doing so in the future?
- At what age did you lose your virginity?
- What's your favorite sexual position?
- What's your favorite foreplay activity?
- Have you ever faked an orgasm?
- Have you ever had a one night stand?
- Which 3 celebrities would you most like to have sex with?
- What's the kinkiest kind of sex you've ever had?
- Do you own any sexy underwear? How often do you wear it?
- How often do you have sex each week?
Fun Questions to Ask Friends About Money
Money is a less sensitive issues than sex with some people, but others might find it even more personal. Here are 10 lighthearted and fun questions about money you can ask a friend:
- What would you do if you had a million dollars?
- Are you a spender or a saver?
- How much money do you save on a regular basis? (As a percentage of your income?)
- Do you have a personal written budget?
- When you go to a meal dutch, would you prefer to itemize the receipt or just split it in half?
- When you're on a date, do you think the man should pay or not?
- What's the most expensive gift you've ever given someone?
- What's the most expensive gift you've ever received from someone?
- If someone offered you a million dollars for a night of sex, would you do it? Would it matter if the person were good looking or not?
- Do you invest in the stock market? What kind of investing strategy do you use if you do?
Fun Questions to Ask Friends About Music
Almost everyone listens to music. Here are a few fun questions about music you can ask your friends:
- What's your favorite kind of music?
- Who's your favorite singer or band?
- What's your favorite album?
- What's your favorite song?
- Do you like to sing karaoke?
- Are you a good dancer?
- Do you like musicals? (movies or theater)
- Has a song ever made you cry?
- If your life was a song, what would the title be?
- If you could be a particular singer or musician, who would you be?
Fun Questions to Ask About Games
All of us played games of some kind growing up, and some of us still play games now. Here are some fun questions on the subject:
- What was your favorite game to play as a child?
- Do you play video games now?
- What's your favorite gambling game?
- Do you prefer card games or board games?
- Do you ever play drinking games?
- Are you good at Chess?
- Have you ever played Dungeons & Dragons? Did you like it/
- Do you ever play solitaire when you're bored?
- Are you good at Trivial Pursuit?
- Have you ever been on a game show? Which one?
Dilemmas are questions you have to think about. Thinking aloud about your answers with your friends can be a lot of fun, and it can shed a lot of light on why your friends are the way they are.
- Would you rather be rich or healthy?
- Would you rather be good looking or rich?
- Do you believe in the death penalty? Why or why not?
- Have you seen Sophie's Choice, and if so, do you think she made the right choice or the wrong choice?
- Would you like to know the day you're going to die ahead of time? Why or why not?
- Would you rather have super strength or super intelligence?
- Would you rather have the power to be invisible or the power to read minds?
- Would you rather spend the rest of your life without a significant other, or would you rather have a partner who is extremely difficult?
- Would you rather spend life in prison or be executed?
- Should marijuana be legalized? Why or why not?
And that's that. 80 fun questions to ask friends. Hope these break the ice at your next party or first date. For more creative questions we recommend the The Complete Book of Questions: 1001 Conversation Starters for Any Occasion book.
See also:
- Fun Questions to Ask Anyone
- Questions to Ask Your Boyfriend
- Good Speed Dating Questions
- Falling in Love with a Friend
- Questions to Ask a Guy
- How to Handle a Jealous Girlfriend


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The long-in-the-works drama about Jackie Kennedy is heating back up again. The project, titled Jackie, was previously set to be directed by Darren Aronofsky with his then-wife Rachel Weisz poised to star as the First Lady, but both dropped out following their divorce. Now Deadline reports that Fox Searchlight is courting Natalie Portman to take on the role. The story, written by Noah Oppenheim, takes place in the immediate aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, so the role is quite a tall order for any actress to tackle.
Portman is said to be keen on the script, but her participation depends on the director. Aronofsky directed Portman to a Best Actress Oscar with Black Swan so it's feasible that he could possibly come back to the project. A few years ago it attracted the interest of Steven Spielberg, so it's safe to assume that a talented filmmaker will sign on sooner or later. Portman is next set to star opposite Michael Fassbender in the incredibly promising western Jane Got a Gun, from We Need to Talk About Kevin director Lynne Ramsay.


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November 20, 2012 | By Tom Surber
Two Indy cars raced by iconic drivers from the 1970s are on display at the Indianapolis International Airport as part of an exhibit that will greet visitors through October 2013.
The Sugaripe Prune Eagle/Offy driven by 1973 Indianapolis 500 runner-up Bill Vukovich Jr. at selected events from 1972-74 and the backup Norton Spirit Penske/Cosworth driven in practice by three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser before the 1979 Indianapolis 500 will be showcased at the airport through April 2013, courtesy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.
Vukovich's car is located on Concourse B near the exit to Civic Plaza, while Unser's car appears in the corresponding position on Concourse A. Two other historic race cars will replace those cars from April 2013 through October 2013.
The Sugaripe Prune Eagle driven by Vukovich was powered by a 161 cubic-inch, turbocharged Offenhauser engine.
A turbocharged Cosworth V8 powered Unser's Penske PC7 backup chassis in 1979. He finished fifth in the virtually identical primary Norton Spirit car that year in the Indianapolis 500. He led 89 of the 200 laps and appeared to have the race won until the loss of top gear in the final stages forced him to drop from the lead.
The 97th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for Sunday, May 26, 2013.
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Fans can buy tickets any time at www.imstix.com, by calling (800) 822-INDY or (317) 492-6700 between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (ET) Monday through Friday or by visiting the IMS Ticket Office at the IMS Administration Building at the corner of Georgetown Road and 16th Street between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (ET) Monday through Friday.
Tickets for groups of 20 or more also are available. Contact the IMS Group Sales Department at (866) 221-8775 for more information.
Information on parking and camping at IMS events is available at www.imstix.com.


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Fan interference: Breaking down the Big Ten tourney teams
If you believe the hype, the biggest story of the NBA's 2012-2013 season – outside of the Milwaukee Bucks still being over .500 in late March – is the Miami Heat's colossal win streak.
While undoubtedly impressive, the win streak – which stands at 24 as of this writing, second only to the Lakers' 33-game streak back in 1971-1972 – to me completely strips away whatever little drama there was to be had in this NBA season.
Barring a series of unfortunate injuries, who is going to beat the Heat in the playoffs?
I'll tell you who: Nobody. We'll be lucky if either the Eastern Conference Finals or NBA Finals aren't four-game sweeps.
Even after downing a couple Mountain Dew Kickstarts, I'm getting drowsy just thinking about the rest of the NBA season.
But I don't need a delicious combination of Mountain Dew, real fruit juice, and the just right amount of kick to be engrossed in the 2013 men's NCAA basketball tournament.
The way I see it, you could make a not-entirely-ridiculous argument for about 20 teams' chances to cut down the nets on Monday, April 8, in Atlanta.
And that includes a handful of Big Ten teams.
In fact, the most interesting topic to be explored during this year's tournament – particularly in the rounds of 64 and 32 – is how dominant the invited Big Ten teams will be.
All season long, college basketball fans have been inundated with the opinion that the Big Ten is far and away the country's best basketball conference.
Analysts have indicated that Bo Ryan, Thad Matta, Tom Izzo, et al – not to mention their players – will be ecstatic to play teams from other, less talented, less athletic – less good – conferences.
It's as if playing the likes of South Dakota State and Mississippi is akin to hooping it up with the Flint Tropics or Washington Generals.
I expect the Big Ten teams to rise to the challenge of these heightened expectations.
Sort of.
Let's look at each of the tourney's seven Big Ten teams and how far they are each likely to take their dreams of a national championship.
Minnesota (No. 11 seed, South Region). No Big Ten team has been as unpredictable as the Golden Rodents. After starting the season at 15-1 with an who-can-blame-them loss to Duke being its only setback, Goldy went into a vicious tailspin, losing eleven of its final sixteen games. But two of the late-season wins came against then-No. 1 Indiana and the nasty Wisconsin Badgers, showing that Minnesota is capable of beating just about anyone. Well, anyone at home. The Gophers haven't won away from the friendly confines since January 9. Since they won't be playing any tournament games at Williams Arena, their championship prospects look bleak at best. But their initial opponent, Pac-12 regular season champ UCLA, is young and injury-riddled. The Gophers will upset the Bruins before being sent back to the still-frigid Twin Cities by the Florida Gators.
Illinois (No. 7 seed, East Region). Unlike the Gophers, the Fighting Illini have largely righted their season since a putrid 1-6 stretch early in conference play. But John Groce's team did finish the season in a 2-4 slump, and only one of their players, guard Brandon Paul, has been a consistently reliable offensive threat throughout the year. If any Big Ten team is going to go down in the first – sorry, second; can't forget about those thrilling "first four" games – it looks to be Illinois going up against the deeper Buffaloes of Colorado.
Wisconsin (No. 5 seed, West Region). Of all the Big Ten teams invited to the tournament, the Badgers have the most to complain about. They go to the championship game of supposedly the nation's toughest conference and end up with a lower seed than either of the teams they vanquished along the way? And they're rewarded with playing a real tough No. 12 seed – the Rebels of Mississippi – who just won the SEC tournament? Look, we all know that the Badgers can go colder than the ratings for NBC's Smash, and when that happens, they can lose to anybody. But the play of Ryan Evans in the Big Ten tournament was revelatory, Jared Berggren and Ben Brust continue to hit timely shots, and their defense is as tenacious as my daughter refusing to settle for anything less than the entire bag of neon sour gummy worms. I like Bo Ryan's team to reach their third-straight Sweet Sixteen before succumbing – barely – to the top-seeded Gonzaga Bulldogs.
Michigan (No. 4 seed, South Region). The Wolverines have been nothing short of awesome most of the year, but their shocking loss to Penn State on February 27 is a cold reminder of the anyone-can-beat-anyone-at-any-time one-and-done finality of the NCAA tournament. Still, Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway, Jr., are one of the best guard combos in the country, and the rest of their starting rotation is young but solid. And it doesn't hurt that they're starting tournament play at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich. The Wolverines will join Wisconsin in the Sweet Sixteen before losing to Kansas.
Michigan State (No. 3 seed, Midwest Region). Like the Wolverines, the Michigan State Spartans get to start tournament play close to home in Auburn Hills. But unlike the favorable seeding given to the Wolverines, the selection committee placed Tom Izzo's team in the tournament's toughest bracket. But if any team is up to the challenge, it's Sparty, who seem to play their best basketball in March as routinely as the post-Weekend Update sketches on Saturday Night Live stink. Look for Michigan State to be one of the Elite Eight teams, a prediction I'd feel better about if not for that surprising three-game dive the Spartans took about a month ago.
Ohio State (No. 2 seed, West Region). There's not a team in college basketball I've been more impressed with lately than the Buckeyes. They're able to play any style of ball their opponents try to throw at them – I was particularly struck by how they beat the Badgers in the Big Ten conference tourney final by being more physical, more suffocating on defense, and more deliberate on offense than Bucky. But they'll have to be just the opposite against Iona, a team that puts up the second-most points in the nation. If they get past the running Gaels of Iona – and are you willing to bet they won't? – I love Ohio State's chances of landing in their second straight Final Four.
Indiana (No. 1 seed, East Region). What is it about Indiana that leaves me not as impressed as everybody else? Their fans include President Obama, who has picked the Hoosiers to win this year's championship. I guess it's because I look at them through Badger red-colored glasses, which – given that Bucky has beaten them 12 straight times – means they are extremely fallible. But no one can deny that Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo are awesome ballers or that Tom Crean has done a tremendous job rebuilding this historic program in a breathtakingly short time. I just don't see this Hoosier story ending on the same upbeat note as the classic Gene Hackman film. Besides, "Bracket" Obama hasn't picked the correct national champion since 2009. I say Indiana falls to Miami (FL) in the Elite Eight.
My Final Four: Duke, Ohio State, Kansas, Miami (FL)
My Championship Game: Duke vs. Kansas.
My Champion: Kansas. It surprises me too.


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Bank of England (BoE) official Andrew Haldane pointed out areas in which regulators should consider imposing limits and restrictions, among them the question of how much in assets a bank should be allowed to pledge to investors.
Bloomberg reported Friday that Haldane, executive director for financial stability at BoE, raised the issues during an April 14 speech that will be published by the bank on April 24. Regarding limits on bank asset pledges, he said that investors worried about safety have caused an increased demand for secured finance.
With more investors looking for collateral, he said, "The unsecured market has found itself squeezed. It results in banks' balance sheets progressively becoming more encumbered."
Euro area banks must refinance approximately $1.1 trillion in 2012, he said, and most of that amount is unsecured. So far, he added, the portion of that money that has been refinanced in the unsecured market "has been minuscule"; in addition, "a good chunk of it" was done through the long-term loans extended by the European Central Bank (ECB)—its so-called Longer Term Refinancing Operations (LTROs).
"They are signing away their assets to an increasing number of investors," Haldane said. "Those assets cannot be signed away indefinitely."
He also criticized the practice of quote stuffing, in which traders submit and then quickly cancel orders before they can be executed. Quote stuffing both ties up bandwidth and creates an appearance of greater market liquidity than actually exists.
Regulators should address this practice, he said, suggesting that they might need to consider restricting order cancellations and creating "circut breakers that sit across the system as a whole. We might require traders in financial markets to commit to provide liquidity, trade continuity, price continuity."


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During the game's development, Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto had this crazy idea: How about a Zelda game where players cannot see Link?
In the latest Iwata Asks on Nintendo.com, Yoshiaki Koizumi recalled, "First, I talked with Miyamoto-san about how we should make The Legend of Zelda for the Nintendo 64 system, and he asked, 'How about making it so that Link will not show up?'"
According to Koizumi, Miyamoto wanted to make a "first-person game"—something that Nintendo president Satoru Iwata clarified as an FPS.
"In the beginning," Koizumi continued, "he [Miyamoto] had the image that you are at first walking around in first-person, and when an enemy appeared, the screen would switch, Link would appear, and the battle would unfold from a side perspective."
Part of this idea appears to be grounded in the difficulty it was to render characters and backgrounds in 3D on the Nintendo 64. Ultimately, the game was developed and released, featuring Link from a third person point-of-view.
"I was making the model for Link, so I couldn't stand to see my Link not appear," said Koizumi. "Link is cool, so I wanted to always be able to see him."
Nintendo did create FPS tests for internal demos, but abandoned the P.O.V. after deciding it wasn't visually interesting.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D : The Game that Changed Destinies [Iwata Asks via MTV]


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New Rules for Independent Contractor Status Considered by States and Feds - (April 1, 2010)
Orchestras that classify musicians or staff as independent contractors should be aware of newly-emerging federal and state efforts to enforce and revise worker classification requirements. In an effort to increase payroll tax revenue (by as much as $7 billion over ten years), President Obama and Congressional leaders are proposing new rules that could effectively re-classify some current independent contractors as employees.
President Obama's FY11 budget request for the IRS and Department of Labor would add 100 new staff positions dedicated to enforcing worker classification rules, and would create competitive grants to states to address misclassification. In addition to requesting funding from Congress, the Administration is proposing legislation that would enable the IRS to write new rules and regulations regarding classifying workers, and would change the 1978 tax law to:
- shift the burden of proof to employers to demonstrate that their employees are classified correctly, with added reporting requirements;
- revise the "safe harbor" provisions that currently protect organizations that classify workers as independent contractors from fines and penalties; and,
- make misclassification a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, with accompanying steeper penalties.
Implementing these changes would require legislative action by Congress. Similar proposals have been introduced in the U.S. House and Senate, but have not yet been taken up for consideration. Given the Administration's focus on this - and the attractiveness of revenue-raisers in the context of the national budget deficit - the issue could gain traction this year. Meanwhile, the IRS and several states (including Maryland, Delaware, and Colorado) are stepping up audit and enforcement efforts under the current rules.
The League will keep you informed as the policy discussion moves ahead. In the meantime, any orchestra with questions regarding how to classify workers can consult the IRS website for guidance regarding the current rules. Note that businesses and the IRS alike agree that the current guidance for classifying workers is murky, at best. As such, any specific questions regarding classification should be addressed to qualified legal counsel.
The League is a member of the Performing Arts Alliance, a coalition of national performing arts service organizations dedicated to advocating for national policies that recognize, enhance, and foster the contributions the performing arts make to America


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Mobile tickets purchased on the GoPass app change colors to indicate the status of the ticket.
Dallas area transit riders no longer have to purchase paper tickets for bus, train, commuter rail and express railway, thanks to a new mobile ticketing app launched on September 16.
The free app GoPass, available for iPhones and Androids, serves three Dallas transit agencies: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), the Fort Worth Transportation Authority and the Denton County Transportation Authority, which cover Dallas and surrounding cities. Developed by the Denmark-based firm Unwire, the app's deployment is the first time it's been used in the U.S., according to a joint announcement from the three agencies.
After downloading the app, transit riders can register a cellphone number and credit card information to purchase tickets for same-day use or pre-purchase tickets up to 60 days in advance. When riders travel in a group, the app can be used to purchase multiple tickets in a single transaction.
To plan a trip, riders can use the integrated trip planning tool. According to the GoPass tutorial video, entering a destination prompts the app to map out the best route and provide multiple options to get there using transit.
According to Morgan Lyons, a DART spokesman, the mobile ticket is color coded to show its current status. The ticket appears gray on a phone's screen when riders are in the process of purchasing it, then flashes yellow for two minutes upon activation and after that, changes to green.
If a fare enforcement or bus operator needs to view the ticket, they can verify the status by checking its color, according to the tutorial. Once the ticket expires, the color changes to red. Since launching last month, GoPass has had roughly 30,000 downloads and so far about 25,000 tickets have been purchased through the new platform. Lyons said despite the popularity of the new fare payment method, transit agencies have not seen a decrease in purchases from their ticket vending machines.
"It's hard to tell if this is a trend, but it is if nothing else, it's interesting to us that we have not seen a change," Lyons said.
He said that because there's been no decrease in vending machine ticket purchases, it could indicate that the app is converting the agencies' cash customers to mobile users or that the app is possibly attracting new customers. But it's too soon to know for sure.
Dallas commuters have already given feedback to DART about the perks of going cashless with mobile ticketing. One commuter, Dan F. from Dallas wrote to DART that GoPass has made his commute easier.
"I bought a ticket Tuesday morning as I was walking to the bus," he wrote. "This was nice as I had no cash. That would normally have prevented me from riding that day or made it more complicated."
Outside of the Dallas area, other U.S. transit agencies have seen similar success with mobile ticketing apps. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority launched an app similar to GoPass in November 2012 and since its deployment has made more than $10 million in ticket sales.
TriMet, the largest transit provider in Oregon, released an app that also allows riders to buy tickets with their smartphone, expecting to save millions in transaction costs and maintenance of ticket machines. Next year in Austin, Texas, riders on the city's MetroRapid bus line will also be given the option to pay their travel fare electronically on mobile devices, as previously reported by Government Technology.
Lyons said he hopes the ticketing offers for Dallas transit agencies can expand by bundling ticket purchases with other purchases for local events and offers.
"We think this will help us develop ridership because as we look at discretionary riders, those who are able to make a choice to use transit, we really have to look for opportunities to intersect their lifestyle," Lyons said. "And this gives us the ability to offer an incentive."
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Jan 13 (Reuters) - The top-seeded Atlanta Falcons needed a last-minute field goal to claim a nerve-jangling 30-28 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday despite squandering a 20-point lead in an exhilarating fourth quarter.
Atlanta will now host the San Francisco 49ers on Jan. 20 in the National Football Conference championship game with a berth in the Super Bowl on the line.
Matt Bryant's 49-yard field goal with eight seconds to play put Atlanta ahead after the visiting Seahawks turned the game around in astonishing fashion with three touchdowns in the final quarter, almost pulling off one of the greatest National Football League playoff comebacks.
After trailing 27-7 at the end of the third, Seattle grabbed a one-point lead with 31 seconds left in the game but Bryant's kick undid all that work.
"All in all it was an extraordinary game," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll told reporters.
The Falcons had lost their last three playoff games and the tension at the end was too much for Atlanta's veteran tight-end Tony Gonzalez in his 16th season in the league and having never won a playoff encounter.
"I was on the ground sobbing like a baby," said Gonzalez, who had insisted this would be his final attempt to reach the Super Bowl.
"I thought it was over. I've played 16 years and I thought 'here we go again,' especially with that big old lead, I guess it's just not meant to be," Gonzalez said.
It was a remarkable comeback attempt from Seattle, which would have been just the fourth time a team overcame a 20-point deficit in the post-season.
There was time for more drama as Atlanta botched the kickoff after Bryant's field goal, allowing Seattle possession on their 46 yard line but rookie quarterback Russell Wilson's Hail Mary throw to the end zone was intercepted as time expired.
There were brows being wiped around the Georgia Dome at the end of the battle, which gave Atlanta their first playoff win in the era of head coach Mike Smith and quarterback Matt Ryan.
In the previous three attempts, Atlanta had crashed out of the playoffs without a win but for three quarters of Sunday's game they looked like a team determined to end that run.
Ryan, who threw for three touchdowns and 250 yards, found Gonzalez at the back of the end zone to make it 10-0 in the first quarter and then after another Bryant field goal, Roddy White superbly caught a 47-yard touchdown pass at full-stretch to extend the advantage to 20-0.
Wilson found Golden Tate with a 29-yard pass in the third to keep Seattle in the contest but Atlanta responded well with a superbly constructed 14-play, 80-yard drive ending in a smart five-yard Ryan pass to Jason Snelling.
At 27-7 a Falcons victory looked certain, but Wilson, who threw for 385 yards, ran in a touchdown himself and then after Ryan threw an interception, Zach Miller scored on a three-yard pass and the lead was grabbed with a two-yard run into the end-zone from Marshawn Lynch.
But Ryan was able to deliver crucial completions to Harry Douglas (22 yards) and then to trusted target Gonzalez (19 yards) to set up the game-winning kick and wild celebrations tinged with a good amount of relief.
"I have been in some wild ones but (not) at this time of year," said Ryan who finally broke his playoff duck at the fourth attempt.
"Our goal isn't to win one playoff game and to stop answering that question. Our goal is still in front of us and we have two more games to go," he said. (Reporting by Simon Evans in Miami; Editing by Frank Pingue/Patrick Johnston)


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Oscar Mata Jr. came into the world on the floor of a 400-square-foot apartment in downtown Vancouver, home to his father, an undocumented worker from Mexico, and four other adults.
Registered midwife Marijke de Zwager set up a birthing pool on the floor of the cramped home, just as she does for other mothers who are unwilling or unable to deliver their babies in a hospital.
"In North America we don't expect people to live like that, but people are living like that here and I think it's important that we know," she said Friday, recalling the birth two and a half years ago.
The picture of crowded rooms and fearful families has come into focus after Oscar Mata Sr., was busted Wednesday along with seven other undocumented workers in the high-profile Canada Border Services raid that was filmed for a reality TV series.
CBSA agents found him hiding in a closet at an East Vancouver construction site, rattled by the ambush-style raid and the cameras. He was anxious to comply with authorities and signed every piece of paper that was put in front of him — including a deportation order and a release form for Border Security, the reality TV series.
"Really, I was so scared, I just signed," he said at his home Thursday evening, adding he knew his days in Canada were numbered. He is scheduled to be on a plane back to Mexico next week after working in Canada for five years as a house painter.
A mechanical engineer by training, he'd arrived in Vancouver from Guanajuato, Mexico on a six-month student visa in 2008 and ended up staying more by circumstance than a conscious decision. He met a girl, a fellow Mexican here on a tourist visa. Before long she was pregnant, and that's when the challenges of life as an illegal worker in Canada began to take their toll.
They decided to contact de Zwager, who speaks Spanish, and pay about $3,000 in cash instalments rather than risk incurring much higher hospital bills and making their presence known to a branch of the government. A handful of women in similar circumstances seek her out each year, she says, usually paying her the same fees she would bill the provincial health care system.
De Zwager works at Pomegranate Community Midwives in East Vancouver and is also part of an informal group of health care providers who are concerned about the limited services for migrants who are either waiting for official landed immigrant status or are in Canada without proper papers.
While people who are in Canada illegally may fear that going to a hospital would result in them being reported to authorities, that wouldn't happen unless there was a compelling reason such as a gunshot wound, according to health officials.
"No one who shows up at a hospital in B.C. is denied necessary medical care, with or without a Care Card or B.C. Services Card — and that certainly includes a woman in labour or childbirth," Shannon Hagerman, director of communications for the Ministry of Health, said in a statement.
"If a patient does not have MSP (medical services plan) coverage or another form of insurance, birthing costs would be their responsibility."
That could be about $2,800 for an uncomplicated vaginal delivery, but de Zwager says she's seen bills closer to $15,000 for a complex delivery by caesarean section.
"People are working here and when we have enough work for people, why can't they stay? Why can't we make it legal for them to be here? And if they're going to be here with their families why can't we make it easier for them to access better living arrangements and better access to health care?" she asked.
Mata's girlfriend returned to Mexico with Oscar Junior last year. Mata says providing for a child as an illegal immigrant without access to health care proved too difficult.
"It's hard here to have a family, to make money. The milk is expensive," he says.
"When you are illegal, you don't have too many options."
Mata is not just a reluctant participant in a reality TV show, he's one of an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 undocumented workers in the Metro and Fraser regions, according to outreach worker Byron Cruz.
A member of Sanctuary Health, a non-profit network of health workers that provides health care for migrant and undocumented workers, Cruz says the real story of the migrant workers in our midst goes beyond border patrol busts. Many go without health care and other basic services, are exploited by their employers, and live in constant fear of deportation.
"Oscar had to go and talk to the (apartment) manager, 'Please don't call the police if you hear a woman screaming,'" he said.
Although this week's raid has shone a spotlight on the issue of illegal migrant workers, Cruz says stories like the birth of Oscar Junior are occurring under the radar. Workers, their families and children are at risk due to health complications — particularly during pregnancy.
He would like Vancouver to take steps as Toronto has to declare the city a sanctuary space.
Toronto city council voted last month to become the first Canadian city to join other "sanctuary cities" and states in the U.S. that have pledged to ensure that "undocumented residents can access services without fear."
The 36 American sanctuary cities include New York City, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Chicago.
Oregon, Maine and Vermont have also declared themselves sanctuary states for undocumented migrants.
In the Toronto vote, only the deputy mayor and two councillors opposed the motion.
The Toronto Star reported that Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong, a vocal critic of the motion, argued that undocumented migrants are in Canada illegally and therefore do not deserve government services.
"We shouldn't encourage them. We shouldn't help them. We should not facilitate them. They are an insult to every immigrant who plays by the rule to get into the country. They are an insult to every immigrant who is waiting to enter this country legally," said Minnan-Wong, as reported by The Star.
"It sends a message to the world that it is OK to break the law to come to Canada and it says that the City of Toronto is an accomplice to this law-breaking."
Vancouver immigration lawyer Richard Kurland calls such sanctuary designations meaningless.
"That was more about optics than anything else," he said Friday in an interview.
Canada is already a sanctuary in practical terms, he says, because it would cost hospitals more than it's worth to pursue the small number of women who aren't citizens, yet give birth here.
"Birthing services are not being denied, so where's the problem?
"They want you to make that leap that says, 'If we go to the emergency room, we're in jail or we're deported and we're denied medical services.' And that's bunk."
Vancouver city councillor Adriane Carr says she hasn't heard anyone talking about a sanctuary city here, but she can see how people without legal status in Canada may be afraid to go "above the radar."
"So many immigrants come from situations in which they have every right to fear authority because they've been subject to persecution or violence."
For Mata, Canada was a chance for a better life.
"I came because I wanted to study English," Mata says with a thick accent. "After that, Mexico started (to seem like) no good and I said, 'Oh I'm going to stay a little more time."
Getting work as a painter through word of mouth was easy. His bosses loved him because he worked hard and didn't complain. No one seemed to mind that he didn't have a work permit. In fact, he says, no one ever asked for one.
"All the big bosses are Canadian," he says. Although he didn't have much contact with the men at the top of the chain. Most of the time he was hired by subcontractors.
"Those guys, they don't ask too much questions."
He says his departure from Vancouver next week will be bittersweet. He will be reunited with Oscar Junior in Mexico, but he'll also be giving up the steady income he's been sending to support him. Still, he hopes to return to Canada one day — this time with proper documentation — and worries about the impression Canadians will get when they see him broadcast on reality TV long after he is back in Mexico.
"I know my (mistake). I know I didn't apply (for) my (immigration) status. But I'm not a bad person. I work hard."


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This is a position adopted by certain Sutras accepted by Chinese Buddhists but by few others.
Chinese and Indo-Tibetan Buddhists can co exist..but not when either group claim that theirs is the exclusive truth.
Chinese and Indo-Tibetan Buddhists can co-exist of course.
My stance is that there are so many Buddhist schools that it begs the question as to whom is in line with Lord Buddha Shakyamuni and the prior Buddhas to him.
Also, since a Buddha can manifest via the Sambhogakaya manifestation, I do believe that they can teach "further things" insofar as Dhamma/Dharma is concerned......The caveat being that they first need to line up with Lord Buddha Shakyamuni's teaching insofar as the fundamentals are concerned:
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15 Ice Cream and Sorbet Recipes That Are Perfect for Winter
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Come warmer weather, I find myself eating ice cream for dinner about once a week. But it's winter now, and we get it, you're not exactly churning up a storm and you might even be thinking about putting the ice cream machine away for the season.
Here are fifteen recipes to convince you otherwise: creamy cake-toppers, deeply spiced autumn and winter flavors, and plenty of refreshing citrus to keep the scurvy at bay. See them all in the slideshow above, or head straight to what looks tastiest below.
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- Malted Milk Chocolate Ice Cream
- Peanut Butter Honey Ice Cream
- Old Fashioned (Bourbon and Orange) Ice Cream
- Rocky Road Ice Cream
- Blood Orange Sherbet
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IT downtime costs businesses, collectively, more than 127 million person-hours per year-or an average of 545 person-hours per company-in employee productivity, according to an online survey of IT and business executives sponsored by CA Technologies and conducted by research firm Coleman Parkes in November 2010. This loss is equivalent to 63,500 people being unable to work for an entire year, according to CA. The survey of 2,000 organizations in North America and Europe also found that IT outages are frequent and lengthy, and can substantially damage company reputation, staff morale and customer loyalty. Despite this, a majority of organizations in North America don't have a formal and comprehensive disaster recovery policy. "There are a variety of practical and affordable steps organizations can take to protect themselves against the adverse business impact of IT outages," says Steve Fairbanks, vice president of product management, Data Management, at CA Technologies. "Given that these outages are a fact of life, and that some of the consequences of outages can be irreversible, investments in improved business continuity are extremely worthwhile."
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AbstractHave you ever had to take prescription medicine to get over an illness? To get better, it is important to take the medication in the proper manner and at the proper time. Wouldn't it be cool if there were a tool or piece of automated equipment that held your medicine and reminded you to take it? A tool that would know when you picked up the bottle and took your medicine? Building a smart medicine cabinet is what this science project is all about!
Making a new tool can be a daunting experience, but if you think about it in pieces, it becomes more manageable. For example, the medicine cabinet should contain some kind of sensor that senses when the medicine bottle has been picked up. It should have a microcontroller that monitors the "pickups," and a computer that takes input from the microcontroller and issues information and alerts.
This science project can be as simple or as involved as you'd like it to be. You could simply demonstrate a sensor that registers when a medicine bottle has been placed on it. Or add to the sensor by attaching a microcontroller, an Getting Started with Arduino would be a good choice, that interfaces with a computer. Then you could write a computer program that displays instructions to the user to remind him or her of the medication schedule. An interface would allow the user to input the medication schedule and signal to the user that it is time to take a medication. Finally, you could add LEDs (light emitting diodes) that act as indicators to the user.
Regardless of how complex you decide to make this science project, the first step is to build an electrical sensor that senses when a medicine bottle has been picked up or placed on it. This sensor should be based on a voltage divider. A voltage divider is a circuit that is used to supply a voltage that is different than the available battery or power supply. Figure 1, below, shows the sensor circuit in two modes. The red squares are conductive metal pads. Figure 1.a. shows the sensor when there is no bottle in place. Here, since there is no connection between the metal pads, current moves through the two resistors (the voltage divider). Figure 1.b. shows the sensor when a bottle is in place. In this case, the bottle bridges the gap and current flow is through the metal pads and the lesser of the two resistors. If you decide to stop with building the electrical sensor, then you will need a digital multimeter to monitor the voltage change (if you need help using a multimeter, check out the Science Buddies resource How to Use a Multimeter).
This magnetic sensor has 2 charged plates seperated by a small gap and connected with a high resistor. When an object, like a pill bottle, is placed on the sensor it bridges the gap between the plates and allows current to flow through so the sensor can know that an object is present. When there is no object to bridge the gap between plates the current has to travel through the resistor and that voltage drop will let the sensor know that there is no object present.
Figure 1. These diagrams illustrate one way the smart medicine cabinet sensors could function. (1.a.) The sensor without the bottle. (1.b.) The sensor with the bottle. (Courtesy of Arjun Balasingam and Wen Phan, 2010.)
If you would like to extend the science project with a microcontroller board, you can learn more about the Arduino Uno, a popular microcontroller, on the Science Buddies Getting Started with Arduino page. The tutorial will step you through how to buy and set up an Arduino.
Building a smart medicine cabinet might sound complicated, but remember, every big project can be broken down into smaller more manageable pieces! And this is a project that could certainly be a big help to you or to anyone you know who is taking medication.
- Wikipedia Contributors. (2010, October 4). Voltage Divider. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
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Voting, like everything else, is discovering the digital age.
No, online voting is not coming to Florida. The state that gave us six-hour waits at the polls obviously isn't ready for that.
What the state Legislature wants is for voters to give their email addresses to county elections offices so they can get sample ballots online, rather than by mail, and study their choices electronically.
If enough voters opt in, counties could save a lot on printing and postage costs.
Elections supervisors like the idea. But they want the law changed so that voters' email addresses would remain confidential.
That has brought protests from the First Amendment Foundation, an open government group backed by many of Florida's newspapers. The League of Women Voters isn't sure voters' email addresses should be a secret, either.
But elections officials and legislators say that if voters' email addresses were public, they would be hounded by political parties wanting money and candidates seeking support, not to mention retailers and others. They say that would discourage voters from giving out their email addresses.
Legislation to keep the information private — SB 1260 and HB 249 — is moving ahead with unanimous support from Republicans and Democrats.
The sponsors are Sen. Jeremy Ring, a Margate Democrat, and Rep. Bryan Nelson, R-Apopka, who said it would be wrong to make a voter's email address public information.
"It was just meant to get higher participation," Nelson said. "It's to give people more comfort that they won't be solicited."
First Amendment Foundation president Barbara Petersen says the secrecy is not needed. In a letter of opposition, she noted that a finding of legislative necessity, required for all public records exemptions, says secrecy would prevent voter fraud, "yet there is no factual evidence to support this assertion."
"Furthermore," Petersen went on, "there are no signs that voters are shying away from the polls because their email addresses are subject to disclosure."
Deirdre Macnab of the League of Women Voters said email addresses could be lost and voters wouldn't get their sample ballots. She also said people change their email addresses a lot.
"We support ways to cut costs and reduce the use of paper, but this idea should be approached with caution to see if the amount of work justifies the end product," Macnab said.
County elections supervisors are not secretive people. But they are in the customer service business and their customers are voters.
Citrus County's Susan Gill says people, fearful of identity theft, complain when they learn that their date of birth is public information (as are voters' party affiliations and how often they vote).
"Sometimes," Gill said, "the Sunshine Law can give us a sunburn."
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ABC pulls the plug on 'The Whole Truth' but will air all episodes
ABC's "The Whole Truth" joins three other freshmen series that failed to make the grade this fall.
The drama, starring Rob Morrow and Maura Tierney, will complete production on 13 episodes, according to co-executive producer Kristie Anne Reed, who tweeted Tuesday morning that ABC "gave us the word." ABC will air all 13 episodes, though the show will be preempted for two specials for the next two weeks.
Fox's "Lone Star," NBC's "Outlaw," which is airing remaining episodes on Saturdays, and ABC's "My Generation" have already been canceled. NBC's "Undercovers" and Fox's "Running Wilde" are on shaky ground and will probably also face elimination.
On Monday, ABC gave extra episode orders to the drama "Detroit 1-8-7," but the Michael Imperioli-led drama hasn't earned a full-season order.
The rest of the freshman class indeed has.
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Hangover Helper: Phở at Phở Ha, Philadelphia
Just what the doctor ordered.
The hungover stomach is demanding to say the least—prickly, unsettled, and usually very, very hungry. Depending on the scale of last night's, let's call it "fun", the hangover can turn even the most mild mannered morning after diners into impatient whiners come brunch-time. For times like these, a steaming bowl of phở is the answer.
Restorative, comforting, lightning fast, and incredibly cheap, a visit to Phở Ha in South Philadelphia is ideal for feeding a hangover. The place is buzzing on weekend mornings with tables full of folks bent over steaming bowls of phở ($4.80), slurping and saucing away their hangovers. Phở Ha's menu caters to adventurous and timid eaters alike with phở options ranging from familiar steak and brisket to tripe, tendon, and crunchy flank.
Particularly appealing to the hungover set is Phở Ha's drinks menu, a long list of iced coffees and teas, refreshing juices, sodas, and shakes, perfect for rehydrating.
Once you've placed your order with the incredibly efficient staff (they're at your table seconds after you've sat), your drinks and phở are delivered in a matter of minutes along with a plate of cool herbs, bean sprouts, and jalapeños.
The anise-rich broth is warming and beefy with a layer of glistening fat floating on the surface, slices of steak still pink, and perfectly elastic noodles. Like any great phở joint, the tables are full of condiments for you to customize your bowl—chile sauces, vinegars, fish sauce and hoisin.
There's something about hunching over that steaming bowl of broth that leaves you feeling detoxed, possibly the combination of the heat from the soup and the spicy elements that are added to it, or maybe it shares the same magical recuperative properties as chicken soup.
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Three hundred years ago France reached the height of authoritarian political power with Louis XIV famously saying, "L'Etat c'est moi:" what a US president would, much later, adapt as "the buck stops here." Actually the Sun King refined his political theory under one tagline, "un seul roi, une seule loi, une seule foi": One king (guess who), one law (his), one faith (who else's?).
Fast-forward to the 21st century and you could be excused if you wondered that so little has changed in the intervening centuries. The republican monarch presiding over the French acts as if neither time nor the little episode known as the French Revolution have occurred. Let's just mention three recent events.
First, after their disgraceful behavior at soccer's World Cup tournament in South Africa, the French team returned home last week to widely felt opprobrium. The President immediately summoned their captain to the Elysée Palace for a dressing down, and you could tell that, had we lived in earlier time, the firing squad would have been lined up. What made this even more shocking was that on that same day, France went through a crippling strike protesting the public pension reforms the Sarkozy administration had launched. With millions of protesters on the streets (I could hear the deafening noise from my apartment by the Bastille) doesn't the President, people wondered, have other more pressing matters to attend to than to admonish the national soccer team for a dreadful performance?
Then, his only reaction was that those reforms were made even more necessary by the economic crisis and that people should accept a reduction in their incomes and purchasing power until the budget deficit was brought under control. Nothing wrong with that idea, except that it never crossed Sarko's mind that he could apply that maxim to himself: after all did he not increase his salary by 172% when he became president, one of the first decisions of his presidency? Of course not: as Louis XIV would have said, there are two sets of rules: one for me (summarized in that old principle that "the King can do no wrong") and another one for all other mortals.
Finally, when France's most prestigious newspaper, Le Monde (our response to The New York Times), announced it was up for sale and bids started coming in, Sarkozy thought nothing of summoning the publisher to tell him that he was dead against a triumvirate made up of Bergé (Yves St-Laurent's partner) and two other businessmen buying the paper. Some of the President's advisers must have reminded him that Le Monde was an independent paper operating in a country with nominal press freedom. He probably brushed their concerns away, convinced of his (God-given?) right to run the country like his personal possession.
Have we degenerated to such an extent that we have become a banana republic (without the bananas) run by the latest avatar of Idi Amin Dada or Saddam Hussein? I was delighted to hear yesterday that Le Monde's staff (who are entitled to choose the new owner) went straight for... exactly whom the President hated. There is hope after all. All it takes is a few courageous men to stand up to the bully-in-chief. A heartening message a few days before Bastille Day, I reflect looking at the column symbolizing the end of dictatorship on Place de la Bastille. We have doubtless come a long way - but there is still a long way to go.


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Gabrieli Tallit
Gabrieli Premium - Wool Tallit - Purples & Silver on Gray
Regular price $490.00
Hand woven in our studio in Israel by our experienced tapestry artisans, our Premium Collection consists of tallits with more intricate designs and patterns making each tallit a premium work of art. Each premium tallit comes standard with a hand embroidered blessing on the collar, double sided patterned corners, thick tzizit and a matching tefillin bag. As with all of our Gabrieli sets, the premium collection also includes a matching kippah and tallit bag.
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Trésor Omega Co‑Axial Master Chronometer 40 mm
Steel on leather strap
Includes Complimentary Watch Care Kit – Limited Time Only
Characterised by its thin and elegant case, the Trésor line was first launched by OMEGA in 1949 and housed the legendary 30mm calibre. More than half a century later, it continues to impress with one of today's most advanced mechanical movements.
This model has a 40 mm stainless steel case, which is presented on a black leather strap. The domed opaline silvery dial includes a date window at 6 o'clock as well as hands and indexes in 18K white gold.
Inside, this De Ville Trésor is powered by the OMEGA Co-Axial Master Chronometer Calibre 8910 and is certified at the industry's highest standard of precision, chronometric performance and magnetic resistance.
The movement is unaffected by exposure to strong magnetic fields, even those greater than 1.5 tesla (15,000 gauss).
Label given to a watch which has undergone precision tests and received a certificate from an official body (COSC).
The day of the month, displayed in a window on a watch dial typically at the 3 o'clock or 6 o'clock position.
Master Chronometer CertifiedGuaranteeing the Swiss industry's highest standard of precision, performance and magnetic-resistance, as set by the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology (METAS).
Transparent case backA transparent case back - frequently made of sapphire - makes it possible to see the movement inside the watch.
Technical Data
- Between lugs: 20 mm
- Bracelet: leather strap
- Case: Steel
- Case diameter: 40 mm
- Dial colour: Silver
- Crystal: Scratch‑resistant sapphire crystal with anti‑reflective treatment on both sides
- Water resistance: 3 bar (30 metres / 100 feet)
Swiss Made
OMEGA is proud to include the Swiss Made mark on all of its watches. This simple wording guarantees a standard of quality that has been established over many centuries and is today a world-renowned symbol of excellence.
Every part of an OMEGA watch is made in Switzerland, which goes far beyond the industry's required standard. This means that the manufacturing levels as well as the aesthetic and technical levels meet Switzerland's highest demands.
On top of OMEGA's own proven excellence, the Swiss Made mark provides customers with even more assurance and trust in the watch they wear on their wrist.
5-Year Warranty
All OMEGA watches are delivered with a 5-year warranty that covers the repair of any material or manufacturing defects. Please refer to the operating instructions for specific information about the warranty conditions and restrictions.
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Free UK Delivery
• Delivered in 2-5 working days (excludes weekend delivery).
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• Our UK delivery service is operated by DHL.
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• Within 14 days in original condition.
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• If you do not have an account, you can request and manage your return here.
For more information please see our Delivery & Returns Policy.
Movement CALIBRE OMEGA 8910
Manual-winding movement with Co-Axial escapement. Certified Master Chronometer, approved by METAS, resistant to magnetic fields reaching 15,000 gauss. Free-sprung balance with silicon balance spring. Rhodium plated finish with Geneva waves in arabesque.
- 72 hours Power reserve
- Manual-winding
Variations of TRÉSOR Omega Co‑Axial Master Chronometer 40 mm
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MALTA, Mont. –-(Ammoland.com)- On Saturday, Dec. 14 2013 Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) killed a mountain lion on Oral Zumwalt Way, just south of Missoula.
FWP believes the lion could be the same animal that was spotted multiple times this fall in the Miller Creek area, in the vicinity of Oral Zumwalt, Trails End and Rodeo Road.
"This lion was behaving unnaturally and posed a human safety risk to people at their residences," said FWP Regional Wildlife Manager, Mike Thompson.
FWP mountain lion specialist, Bob Wiesner, reported that the animal was an approximately 18-month-old, sub-adult male, weighing an estimated 110 pounds. Wiesner responded to a report from a homeowner at 9am on Saturday and found that the lion had killed a mule deer fawn among houses. FWP was able to track and remove the lion later that day.
FWP is hopeful that this control action will put an end to the lion encounters in the Miller Creek area, at least for the time being, but reminds residents that Missoula is surrounded by good mountain lion habitat and to follow proper precautions. For mountain lion safety tips, visit fwp.mt.gov and follow links to "Living with Wildlife."


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1887 Gold Sovereign - Victoria Young Head
This is a Queen Victoria Gold Sovereign from 1887 with the Young Head design by William Wyon. The reverse features the traditional George and Dragon design.
The sovereign is a 22ct gold coin of the United Kingdom, with 7.99 grams and a nominal value of one pound sterling. Struck from 1817 until the present time, it was originally a circulating coin accepted in Britain and elsewhere in the world; it is now a bullion coin and is sometimes mounted in jewellery. In most recent years, it has borne the well-known design of Saint George and the Dragon on the reverse—the initials (B P) of the designer, Benedetto Pistrucci, may be seen to the right of the date.
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|United Kingdom
|22ct / 916‰
|Thickness: 1,52 mm | Diameter: 22,05 mm
|Yellow gold
|N/A ou sintéticas
|Available for delivery


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Sony's PlayStation 3 has overcome an early hiccup to become a powerhouse of a console – but even though it's still going strong attention has turned to a successor.
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