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Energy Globe Award 2009 – the countdown begins
The Energy Globe Award, the world's most important environmental prize, will be held for the tenth time this year – the registration deadline is 15th June 2009.
In 1999, Upper Austrian Wolfgang Neumann brought the " World ENERGY GLOBE Award for Sustainability" to life. Today this award is among the world's most important and acclaimed environmental prizes. The award goes to projects from all over the world that use resources efficiently and sustainably as well as and those that use renewable energies.
The aim is to present successful, sustainable projects to a broader public. Around 800 companies and initiatives compete for the award every year in the following categories:
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The ENERGY GLOBE is awarded ever year in a major television gala watched by three billion households worldwide. In the past, the gala has been held in Japan, Canada and the plenary hall of the European Parliament in Brussels. Speakers have included Mikhail Gorbachev, "Columbo" Peter Falk, Robin Gibb, Martin Sheen and Nigel Kennedy. The closing date for registrations for ENERGY GLOBE 2009 is 15th June 2009.
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Whoever said baby showers were boring and only for the girls was wrong… at least this time!
This is a once in a lifetime chance to witness the fusing of two great events! ALL are Welcome!
1) Mike and Eliza's baby shower
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Paradise Bound
The desert meets the ocean at Hotel San Cristobal in Baja California Sur.
You have a cover-up closet instead of a coat closet and a sun hat for every day of the week.
Take your summer-loving self on a paradise-perfect vacay to Hotel San Cristobal near Cabo San Lucas, the new property from Liz Lambert, the hotelier behind beloved Texas getaways like El Cosmico, Hotel San Jose, Hotel Havana and Hotel St. Cecilia. Each of the 32 rooms at the Marfa-meets-Mexico hotel has an incredible view and the beach on the property is anti-touristy and uber-private. Watch local fishermen bring in fresh catches for fresh-from-the-sea meals served near the pool bar (where the Yes Way Rosé girls recently sipped). Tidbits tip: Day trip to nearby Palm Beach in Todos Santos where wild horses roam the beach, then dine at Hierbabuena.
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While the International Criminal Court (ICC) is an independent judicial institution, the United Nations has played a key role in the establishment of the Court. Indeed, the idea of an international criminal court was presented for consideration by Trinidad and Tobago at the 44th session of the General Assembly in 1989. Less than two decades later, the Court is now a functioning judicial institution.
The Rome Statute recognizes specific roles for the United Nations and the Security Council. In addition, both the General Assembly and the Security Council regularly discuss issues and themes relevant to the mandate and activities of the Court.
Effective cooperation with the United Nations is particularly important to the Court. The Relationship Agreement, concluded on 4 October 2004 by the President of the Court and the Secretary-General of the United Nations on behalf of their respective institutions, affirms the independence of the Court while establishing a framework for cooperation.
This section covers the many aspects of the UN ICC relationship:
General Assembly includes information, organized by yearly session, about issues and themes of relevance to the ICC discussed within the framework of the General Assembly. It includes General Assembly resolutions, government statements and NGO reports, papers and statements.
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Report on Federal Activities Under the Rehabilitation Act
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (the Act), provides the legislative basis for programs and activities that assist individuals with disabilities in the pursuit of gainful employment, independence, self-sufficiency and full integration into community life.
This report is intended to provide a description of accomplishments and progress made under the Act during fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (October 1997 through September 1998 and October 1998 through September 1999, respectively). To that end, the report identifies major activities that occurred during those two fiscal years, and the status of those activities during that specific time period.
The report provides a description of the activities of the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), a component of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, U.S. Department of Education. RSA is the principal agency for carrying out Titles I, III, VI, and VII, as well as specified portions of Title V of the Act. RSA is responsible for preparing and submitting this report to the President and Congress under Section 13 of the Act.
The Act also authorizes research activities that are administered by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDDR) and the work of the National Council on Disability, and includes a variety of provisions focused on rights, advocacy and protections for individuals with disabilities. A description of those activities is also provided in this report.


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Exclusion – Drive-Other-Car – Stacking Window
Belding v. Demoulin, 2014 WI 8 (filed 7 Feb. 2014)
HOLDING: Under statutes controlling at the time of an accident, an insurer could not use a "drive-other-car" exclusion to block the stacking of uninsured motorist (UM) coverage for two separately insured vehicles.
SUMMARY: Belding was injured in a collision after an uninsured driver ran a red light. The Beldings had two separate State Farm policies, both of which carried UM coverage. State Farm paid the UM limits for the car Belding drove at the time of the collision but balked at providing additional UM coverage from the second policy. The circuit court agreed that State Farm's drive-other-car exclusion in the second policy foreclosed coverage.
edu daniel.blinka marquette Prof. Daniel D. Blinka, U.W. 1978, is a professor of law at Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee.
edu thomas.hammer marquette Prof. Thomas J. Hammer, Marquette 1975, is a law professor and Director of Clinical Education at Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee.
In a published decision, the court of appeals reversed; it used Wis. Stat. section 632.32(5)(e) to "harmonize" the drive-other-car exclusion with the prohibition of antistacking clauses in the second policy (see ¶ 11). See Belding v. Demoulin, 2013 WI App 26.
The supreme court affirmed the court of appeals in a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Bradley. "The dispute is over whether an automobile insurance policy could prohibit stacking the coverage limits for uninsured motorist coverage during the time period when both Wis. Stat. § 632.32(5)(j) (permitting drive-other-car exclusions) and Wis. Stat. § 632.32(6)(d) (prohibiting anti-stacking clauses) were in effect" (¶ 14).
The opinion features a brief history of the tangled legislation on exclusions and antistacking provisions because "[t]his case arose during the time period when both Wis. Stat. § 632.32(5)(j) (permitting drive-other-car exclusions) and Wis. Stat. § 632.32(6)(d) (prohibiting anti-stacking clauses) were in place" (¶ 23).
To resolve the conflict between statutory language, the court looked to the test laid out in Wis. Stat. section 632.32(5)(e). "First, we look to see if the exclusion is prohibited under subsection (6). If a prohibition applies, the exclusion is barred. Second, if no prohibition in subsection (6) applies, then we look to see if any other law bars the exclusion. If neither prevents the exclusion, it is permissible" (¶ 42).
The court's inquiry here stopped at the first step because section 632.32(6)(d) provides that no policy may prohibit the stacking of the uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage on up to three vehicles. Thus, State Farm could not use its drive-other-car exclusion to block the Beldings from stacking their UM coverage on their other vehicle (see ¶ 43).
Real Estate Taxes – Challenge to Classification of Property
Sausen v. Town of Black Creek Bd. of Review, 2014 WI 9 (filed 19 Feb. 2014)
HOLDING: A taxpayer who objects to a property assessment on the basis of the classification to which the assessor has assigned the property has the burden of proving that the classification is erroneous.
SUMMARY: The town assessor valued the plaintiff's property at $27,500, classified the property as "productive forest land," and assessed the property at $27,500. The plaintiff did not challenge the assessor's valuation. Rather, he challenged the assessment on the ground that the assessor's classification was erroneous.
The assessor's classification of the property directly affected the assessment in the present case: property classified as productive forest land under Wis. Stat. section 70.32(2)(a) and (c)2. is assessed at full value; property classified as "undeveloped land" is assessed at 50 percent of its full value. The taxpayer claimed that the town board of review should change the classification of the property to "undeveloped land" under Wis. Stat. section 70.32(2)(c)4. and that the property, properly classified as undeveloped land, should be assessed at $13,750, that is, at 50 percent of the full value of $27,500.
The board of review declined to change the classification of the plaintiff's property. On certiorari review, the circuit court affirmed the board's assessment. The court of appeals summarily affirmed the circuit court. In a majority decision authored by Justice Bradley, the supreme court affirmed the court of appeals.
The crucial issue in this case involved the allocation of burdens of proof when a taxpayer challenges the classification of property for tax purposes before the local board of review. The statutes do not directly address the issue. However, after considering the general rule of law regarding burdens of proof as well as various statutory and case law resources, the supreme court concluded that "a taxpayer who objects to an assessment on the basis of the classification of the property has the burden of proving that the classification is erroneous" (¶ 37). On the facts of this case, the court concluded that the taxpayer failed to meet this burden, and that the board of review's determination to maintain the assessment was supported by a reasonable view of the evidence (see ¶ 10).
Justice Prosser and Justice Roggensack filed separate concurring opinions.


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Judge reinstates NC county commissioner who was removed from office
A North Carolina judge has reinstated a New Hanover County commissioner who was removed from office earlier this year.
Superior Court Judge James Gale ruled Thursday that Brian Berger should be allowed to resume his place on the commission.
His fellow commissioners used something called an amotion proceeding to remove Berger in May by a 3-2 vote. It had been nearly a century since a North Carolina official was removed that way. The commissioners said Berger showed erratic behavior and threatened county workers.
The judge ruled the commissioners based their decision in part on personal experiences that were not properly entered as evidence.
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I have homework and I am completely lost. I am not fluent in java (or any other programming language). I am really struggling with these upper level java classes not knowing the basics of java. Long story on how that happened. Here is the assignment.
Write a program in Java that uses sockets to connect to a web server on port 80, requests a web page using GET of the HTTP protocol, and displays the resulting HTML
Ok i pretty much understand the socket thing, but i have been unable to find any info in the get of the http protocol. everything that shows up is relating to url connection, however, i don't think that is the assignment.
here is what i have for the socket so far which i got from a youtube tutorial so i don't have that great of a grasp on it.
Not looking for the assignment to be done for me. Just some help in the right direction please. and some links would be amazing.import java.io.*; import java.net.*; public class Server { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Server SERVER = new Server(); SERVER.run(); } public void run() throws Exception { ServerSocket one = new ServerSocket (80); Socket myskt = one.accept(); InputStreamReader IR = new InputStreamReader(myskt.getInputStream()); BufferedReader BR = new BufferedReader (IR); String message = BR.readLine(); System.out.println(message); if (message != null) { PrintStream PS = new PrintStream (System.out); PS.println ("Message Received"); } one.close(); } }


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Swine Flu Vaccine Scam and Alex Jones exposed!
An excellent report by medial journalist Jane Burgermeister exposing the pandemic Vaccine Scam and exposing Alex Jones. It was obvious the Swine Flu nonsense was a scam to sell billions of viles of vaccine for huge $$$$$$$$$$$$$$. She also exposes Alex Jone's part in the scam and predicts there's going to be another big pandemic scare to generated huge profits for Big Pharma. Murdoch Inc was also responsible for pushing the scaremongering over the Swine Flu
Also she postulates that a reason for the murder of the Polish government when it's plane was brought down was becuase the Polish minister responsible for health care refused to bite into the Big Pharma scam. Interesting stuff


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Geneva Historical Society's Spring Lecture Series "Women on Wheels: How Gilded Age Women Found Freedom through Bicycling, Fought Against People Who Tried to Stop Them, and Why It Matters Today" by Ellen Gruber Garvey Friday, April 7, 2017 at 7 p.m. Geneva History Museum 543 South Main Street, Geneva, NY 14456 315-789-5151 When women and girls first rode bicycles in large numbers in the 1890s, they celebrated their new freedom to move around in the world. Susan B. Anthony thought bicycling had "done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world." Is it surprising that conservatives panicked at visions of women riding alone, with other women, or with unsuitable men, and campaigned to stop them? Bicycling women did not want to give up their new mobility though critics tried to stop them. Although this controversy seems like something from the distant past, women are often still discouraged from physical activity and mobility in the US and in other countries. During this talk, Ellen Gruber Garvey will invite the audience to discuss ways they were encouraged to participate in physical activity or discouraged from it, and how they responded. We will consider how the automobile, which followed the bicycle as an agent of individual mobility, has reduced Americans' physical activity. This program, which is free and open to the public, is made possible through the support of the New York Council for the Humanities' Public Scholars program. For more information visit: http://genevahistoricalsociety.com/calendar-of-events/women-on-wheels-how-gilded-age-women-found-freedom-through-bicycling-fought-against-people-who-tried-to-stop-them-and-why-it-matters-today/?mc_id8.
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Choose your own adventure
As a kid, I always enjoyed the Choose Your Own Adventure books but never really knew why. Looking back on it, perhaps had something to do with the fact that in most books you read, someone else decided the outcome for you and in these rare cases, you got to be a part of the story. In fact, you even got to see how all your options turned out if you wanted to go back and do it again.
It was a concept that was well ahead of its time and it's probably also the reason why I was such an avid fan of Clue, the movie.
Well, maybe it's the same reason why I'm so excited about the opportunity for fans to vote this week on which uniform the team will wear for six games this year. You're not supposed to get to choose what uniform your favorite team gets to wear, but you can.
Check out dodgers.com/throwback if you haven't already and weigh in on the subject. And then come out for those games – all of which are midweek day games and feature half-price food and drinks at Dodger Stadium.
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Personally, I am not all that crazy about wearing road jerseys at home, let alone with Brooklyn etched across the front. We protray that it is the name on the front of the jersey not the one on the back. Brooklyn is part of our history and should be considered home as well.
I just vote Frank off the island.
I would like to see Frank on an island, perhaps with, shall I say " Jamie ". Left there until they can jointly decide on what is in baseballs best interest. In the meantime ( Judge Gordon can appoint a true trusty! ) Shouldn't take too long for them to have a whole new perspective on things, that is if someone actually returns to the island to ask them.
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I voted for the 1911 when it first got posted. I hope the players wear the pants up so the stirrups show up!
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I have to say that I'd rather see all 3 uniforms worn in those 6 games. I don't understand why the other two won't be worn.
They can play two games with each uniform. Why the vote?
Naturally I voted for the 1940 version because I'm more familiar with the script.
1911 could be worn in a centennial celebration.
Josh, I'm a bit confused. Why is the uniform choice the road uniform?
I take it that its much cheaper to use a gimmick like changing the uniforms to get a few extra butts in the seats than it is to put a good product on the field. [enter obligatory line here about putting lipstick on a pig.]
E, how do you like the half price food and drink promo for a bunch of mid-week day games?
Let's put it this way birk – it ain't gonna hurt Frank one bit. Attendance doesn't figure to be very high for a mid-week day game no matter what the uniform or giveaway. My guess is the food's vastly overpriced anyway, so even at half off they're still making a profit. And if this gimmick lures a thousand or so extra fans, that's more money in Frank's pocket for essentially nothing.
Half price makes for good PR, but its just more smoke and mirrors.
Anyone read Jon Wiseman's interview of Ned? All I got out of it was Ned knew the team was going to be crap last year. Doesn't explain why though that even though he knew it was going to founder, and it WAS foundering at the trade deadline, he still sent off more prospects for garbage to save nothing.
No matter if its Frank or Ned, its all smoke and mirrors.
And BS.
I'd like to see Frank in a prison uniform, that's the only uniform I'm interested in. I hate to say it but as long as that low life owns the team and refuses to improve it to what the Dodgers used to be and should be, my interest in the Dodgers is fading fast. Between him and his shill of a GM this organization is going nowhere.
I have a feeling that on the 1/2 price day games the starters will get their days of rest.
We have turned into the So-Cal A's. I understand the promotions thing. Most of the organizations do this. If we didn't have one of the worst owner/GM combination in sports history, I wouldn't be as critical of these things. However, as I see it, as long as Frank owns this team, we will never know if the money we spend is to benefit the team or pay for the divorce. I hate feeling this way. I love this team (the players), but Frank just needs to go………. pure and simple.
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Ellison, Ralph (Ralph Waldo Ellison), 1914–94, African-American author, b. Oklahoma City; studied Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee Univ.). Originally a trumpet player and aspiring composer, he moved (1936) to New York City, where he met Langston Hughes , who became his mentor, and became friends with Richard Wright , who radicalized his thinking. Ellison's earliest published writings were reviews and stories in the politically radical New Masses magazine. His literary reputation rests almost completely on one novel, Invisible Man (1952). A classic of American literature, it draws upon the author's experiences to detail the harrowing progress of a nameless young black man struggling to live in a hostile society. Ellison also published two collections of essays, Shadow and Act (1964) and Going to the Territory (1986). His collected essays were published in 1995, and a volume of stories appeared in 1996. For many years Ellison struggled with the writing of a second novel, sections of which appeared (1960–77) in magazines, but it was still uncompleted at his death. Condensing the sprawling mass of text and notes written over four decades, his literary executor assembled the novel Juneteenth, which was published in 1999.
See R. G. O'Meally, ed., Living with Music: Ralph Ellison's Jazz Writings (2001); biographies by L. Jackson (2002) and A. Rampersad (2007); studies by J. Hersey, ed. (1974), R. G. O'Meally (1980), A. Nadel (1988), M. Busby (1991), E. Schor (1993), J. G. Watts (1995), H, Bytkerm, ed., (2000), H. Bloom, ed. (2003), K. W. Warren (2003), S. C. Tracy, ed. (2004), J. S. Wright (2006), and A. Bradley (2010).
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Yeah, I think leather gloves are fashionable. In fact, I would like to buy a pair for myself. I would like a pair of Carolina Herrera's but I think they are slightly out of my budget!Mrs.TeddyBear wrote: With winter coming, I've been thinking about all the extra clothing I'm going to be needing to survive here in Finland... haha it's really not so bad, but mainly I wanted to pose a simple question here: gloves or mittens?
Last year I went with mittens, but I felt a bit childish doing so. They're very warm though, which is good, but I was thinking of maybe changing to leather gloves (probably brown?) this year. I think I would feel a bit more sophisticated and feminine with the leather gloves... not sure though, and my biggest problem is I don't know how warm they'll be. And are they even considered "fashionable" anymore?
I prefer gloves as opposed to mittens because I think that mittens constrain your hands too much. The lining of leather gloves depends partly on how warm they are. If you do decide to get some, make sure they are well-lined otherwise your hands will freeze. I used to wear leather gloves for horseback riding but they weren't lined and my hands got really cold in the winter months.


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"Peace is not merely a distant goal we seek but a means by which we arrive at that goal." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
The present moment will never have all the conditions that are most conducive to peace and happiness. There will never be a day when there's absolutely no struggle, conflict, or confusion.
We can decide this makes it impossible to ever be fully peaceful, or we can consider that peace isn't about eliminating all challenges but rather accepting that life involves them. When you think about it, this is actually a gift. Through struggle we learn, evolve, innovate, and create. Without it, we'd grow stagnant.
Today if you find yourself feeling uncomfortable with the events in your professional or personal life, remind yourself there is no alternative to external conflict; but there is the possibility of finding a peace that both transcends it and turns it into something useful.
What could you do today to leverage your circumstances for your benefit, and what tension do you need to release to do that?
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It's easy to understand the appeal of the Volkswagen Jetta. Designed and engineered in Germany, the Jetta offers some of the same strengths and design values as much more expensive European luxury sedans yet its base price falls into what we used to call economy car territory.
For 2007, the Jetta's appeal should increase substantially. In addition to minor updates such as a new tire pressure monitoring system and an auxiliary audio input jack for iPods and the like, Volkswagen has dropped the price of its most popular car by $1,400. The new Jetta sedan starts at $16,490, without a significant reduction in standard equipment.
At that price, the Jetta is a compelling buy. Even the base model is well equipped, fun to drive and economical to operate. Its 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine is pleasantly robust, with a broad power curve and a raspy sound, and delivers an EPA-estimated 22/30 miles per gallon City/Highway. Inside, the Jetta is roomy and nicely finished, and its trunk is larger than many sedans costing $25,000 or more. Going up the model line, the Jetta only gets better.
The Jetta 2.0T starts about $4,500 higher, but its high-tech turbocharged engine is a blast to drive, with either the standard six-speed manual transmission or the trick Direct Shift Gearbox automatic. The 2.0T can be loaded with almost as many features as a luxury sedan, and the line-topping GLI is a sports sedan true to the German tradition. Of course, if you drive a loaded GLI away from your local Volkswagen dealership, you'll have paid close to double the base model's price, nearly $31,000 before tax.
Regardless of engine or equipment level, the Jetta is responsive around town and comfortable on long trips. It snicks through corners and carves through curves precisely, but rides quite comfortably.
The Jetta was redesigned and re-engineered from the ground up midway through the 2005 model year, and it still seems fresh. This one is larger than previous-generation models, and Volkswagen's attention to detail, particularly inside, is convincing. The driver enjoys excellent visibility and ease of operation, with logical controls and instruments, and even the base model offers a full array of safety features. Finish quality is good, inside and out. We find the styling more pleasant than exciting.
If you like the idea of a solid sedan with European flair, the Jetta is the best deal in town.
What's New for 2007: Volkswagen has lowered the price of the base Jetta by $1,400, without a significant decrease in standard equipment. A tire pressure monitoring system is now standard on all models. The TDI turbodiesel is not offered as a 2007 model.
The four-door Volkswagen Jetta sedan is available in four models distinguished by engine size and standard features. Jetta's price nearly doubles from base model to a loaded GLI.
The base Jetta ($16,490) and Jetta 2.5 ($17,990) are powered by a 2.5-liter inline five-cylinder engine generating 150 horsepower and 170 pound-feet of torque, with a five-speed manual transmission. Both the Jetta and Jetta 2.5 are available with VW's six-speed automatic transmission ($1,075), which includes a Tiptronic manual shift feature.
Standard equipment includes cloth upholstery, air conditioning, power windows, cruise control, a CD player, eight-way manually adjustable front seats, a manual tilt-and-telescope steering wheel, and power locks with remote. The Jetta 2.5 adds 16-inch steel wheels (compared to 15-inch), wider tires and standard Electronic Stability Program anti-skid electronics. And it can be equipped with a host of options.
Option Package One ($2,000) includes higher-power audio with an in-dash six-CD changer, leatherette (vinyl) upholstery, a fold-flat rear seat and alloy wheels. Package Two ($4,400) adds leather upholstery, front-seat position memory and dual-zone automatic climate control to the contents of Package One. Stand-alone options include heated seats ($175), alloy wheels ($400), the premium audio ($328), a power sunroof ($1,000), and DVD-based satellite navigation ($1,800).
The Jetta 2.0T ($21,990) and GLI ($23,990) are powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder with a six-speed manual transmission. This high-tech engine produces 200 horsepower and 207 pound-feet of torque. These models offer VW's Direct Shift Gearbox ($1075) as an option. This six-speed works like a manual transmission with an automatic clutch pedal, and can be shifted manually or left in full automatic mode.
The 2.0T adds the folding rear seat, a leather-wrapped steering-wheel with audio controls, remote trunk release, 17-inch alloy wheels, and other features beyond those included on the Jetta 2.5. The GLI adds sport seats, high-intensity bi-xenon headlights and sporty touches such as alloy pedals and a leather shift knob.
Option Package One ($1,900) for the turbocharged models includes the sunroof, heated seats and the premium audio. Package Two ($4,000) adds leather upholstery and dual-zone automatic climate control.
Safety features that come standard include front airbags, front passenger side-impact airbags for torso protection, and curtain-style airbags for head protection front and rear. Rear passenger side-impact airbags are optional ($350). All Jettas have anti-lock brakes with electronic brake-force distribution (EBD) and traction control (ASR). Electronic stability control (ESP) is standard on all but the base model, which offers this skid-management system as an option ($450).
Roadside assistance is included in the Jetta warranty package.
New for 2007: A spicy new paint color called Salsa Red.
The current Volkswagen Jetta is the largest ever, dimensionally as well as visually. Compared to the pre-2005 Jetta, it has a longer wheelbase and wider track. It has also put on a little weight, tipping the scales at over 3,200 pounds. That extra mass was put to good use, however, with greatly improved structural rigidity, a larger trunk and more interior room, particularly for rear seat passengers.
The eye is drawn at once to the Jetta's big, chrome-framed front grille. Like it or not, you'll have to get used to it, because Volkswagen calls this grille its new face. Chrome is also used in eyebrows atop the air inlets in the front bumper and, on the 2.5 model, for the side-window surrounds. GLI models are clearly differentiated by a black honeycomb mesh grille with a red surround strip, and foglamps integrated into the front bumper.
The next most striking design element is the aggressive thrust and slope of the hood and snout. Compared to other recent nose-forward designs, the composite headlights and various inlets and grilles are well integrated into the Jetta's raked rearward flow. A striking vee, created by the slant of the headlamps and sloping hood lines, is carried strongly toward the rear by the steeply raked windshield and character lines running along the flanks.
The tail is a departure from previous Jetta styling. Larger tail light clusters, now divided between the trunk and rear fender, help widen the proportion of the car's hindquarters in relation to its height, giving it a more substantial, less boxy-looking stern. The round tail lights and brake lights have been singled out as the new Jetta's most derivative design statement. Critics claim they give this Jetta a blander, more Japanese look than previous models.
What's New for 2007: All Jettas are equipped with an auxiliary audio input jack that allows MP3 players and other devices to be plugged into the stereo. As for the stereo itself, the buttons for 2007 are finished in silver rather than black.
Volkswagen and Audi interiors are often the benchmark for manufacturers because their designers accomplish more with less, combining expensive-looking materials with simple, attractive styling and excellent ergonomics. The result tends to be inviting cabins that are pleasant places to spend time. And this holds true in the Jetta.
The optional leather upholstery in a 2.5 we drove was well fitted and stitched around seat contours that provide a high degree of support. The Tamo ash wood trim is indeed trim, and not the great expanses of fake lumber sometimes used in a vain attempt to class up an interior.
The GLI interior is a bit dressier than the standard cabin thanks to touches of bright trim and a handsome, three-spoke leather-wrapped multi-function steering wheel. The sport seat fabric is a plaid-like material that harkens back to previous interior designs from VW, and it may not be to everyone's taste. The durable-feeling leather is really the way to go for a full upmarket experience.
The base seats are easy to adjust with manual controls, and the adjustable steering column and height-adjustable safety belt help drivers of all sizes get comfortable. The upgrade seats have power adjustment, including power lumbar support, with three memory buttons (which also adjusts the outside mirrors) and a key fob that can be programmed for each position.
The thick-rimmed three-spoke steering wheel frames a gauge cluster dominated by separate, large dials for the tachometer and speedometer, well shaded from ambient light by a curved cowl. In daylight the graphics read white on black, at night changing to white on soothing swimming-pool blue with lighted red pointers. In either case, the data are easy to comprehend at a glance. Within the tachometer and speedometer are warning lights and advisories about secondary functions, including one thoughtful warning that the fuel filler door was left opened after refueling. Optional steering wheel buttons can be used to operate a phone, mute the radio, or toggle between the various modes of the sound system.
A large electronic message pad sits dead center, just over the water temperature and fuel gauges. In addition to more warning and diagnostic symbols, its display includes trip computer read-outs. The red graphics on the pad are quite readable in the daylight but glow too brightly at night, even at the pad's dimmest setting.
The trip computer's data are accessed by one of three levers mounted on the steering column (or with the available multi-function steering wheel buttons). Jutting to the right, this lever operates the wiper/washer system. To the left are the levers for the turn signals/headlamp flashers and cruise control. Though easy to use, the levers feel flimsy and are one of the few interior elements that have a cheap, plasticky look. The headlight switch sits on the dash to the left of the steering wheel.
Stereo buttons, which surround the display screen, are in full view, a setup we prefer over hidden controls. Unfortunately, the display's graphics are not easily discernible in daylight. At night, though, the display reverts to the trademark VW blue backlighting and is easily read.
All Jettas come standard with Climatic, which automatically maintains a chosen temperature throughout the cabin. It features a rotary dial on the left for temperature, one in the middle for fan speed, and a third on the right for directing the air in the cabin. Upgrading to Climatronic provides separate temperature adjustments for the left and right side of the cockpit.
The switch for the outside mirrors and the power window switches are on the driver's door armrest, within easy reach and sight. The windows feature
New for 2007: A new cruise-control system intended to simplify operation and reduce driver distraction.
Turn the key in the Volkswagen Jetta 2.5 (or base model) and you're greeted by the raspy growl of a five-cylinder engine. It's definitely an in-your-ear sound that will find favor with those who appreciate mechanical Sturm und Drang. We like it, but it might be annoying to drivers who'd rather talk on the phone.
As soon as the Jetta pulls away from the curb, there's a feel of solidness and a sense of high quality. Volkswagen invested in structural rigidity and that work paid off in ride quality and handling.
The handling is rewarding, inspiring confidence on curving mountain roads. The Jetta carves through a corner with precision, and body lean is almost non-existent. Entering a corner too quickly is easily corrected with the excellent four-wheel disc brakes. ABS helps the driver maintain steering control while braking, while Brake Assist ensures maximum brake force during panic stops. The Jetta's high-tech traction aids provide a greater envelope of safety yet do little to diminish the driving experience.
This is the best-handling front-wheel-drive car Volkswagen has produced, benefits of the multi-link rear suspension and a carefully designed MacPherson strut front suspension. The Jetta is a well balanced car, with little or no sense that the front end is doing the work of both pulling and steering the car.
The steering is sharp. It not only adjusts to speed, providing more assist at low speeds and higher effort on the open road, but through electronic control of the steering column it automatically corrects the car's direction when such external forces as crosswinds threaten to move it off track. It's a bit disconcerting at first for the car to do something a driver expects he or she will have to do, but in short order the self-correction becomes a welcome improvement.
For slippery conditions, the Jetta comes with an electronic differential lock, or EDL, that varies power to either front wheel depending on which one has more traction. Anti-slip regulation, or ASR, reduces engine power to both front wheels if slip is detected. Both EDL and ASR are part of the electronic stability program, or ESP, which is standard on all but the base Jetta. ESP incorporates ABS to brake any of the car's four wheels individually and reduce the risk of skidding. Yes, we know these systems sound like alphabet soup, but all work together to help the driver maintain control of the car. Studies in Europe have shown how effective electronic stability systems are in helping avoid accidents. They should be considered a standard item on any driver's order list.
The five-cylinder engine features a raspy growl and was tuned for instant gratification. We like this engine. Throttle tip-in is aggressive, especially when the automatic transmission is in Sport mode. Upshifts and downshifts then occur at higher engine speeds. The engine does not provide any braking while driving downhill, however, and we'd prefer that it did for the control it provides.
The 2.5-liter never felt underpowered in a week of testing on freeways, over mountain passes and around town, nor did it seem like it was running out of breath at high rpm. The raspy engine note gets a bit strident when the accelerator is fully applied, but it's more a growl of power than a whine of discontent. The car will cruise all day long at 90 mph, and given an autobahn to explore will reach almost 130 mph at its top end. It's a very flexible engine, and it delivers power when needed, no matter the gear. Raw speed is not what this five-cylinder does best, however.
The six-speed automatic transmission with Tiptronic does just about everything an automatic should do. In full automatic mode, the transitions between gears are quick and slip-free. Slam the gas pedal down and downshifts are crisp, and the transmission holds the chosen
The Volkswagen Jetta blends German-bred engineering and technology, good materials and build quality and solid performance in a value-priced package. The base model comes well equipped, with a decent CD player and a host of safety features. Its 2.5-liter five cylinder was bred for American tastes, with lots of low-rev torque, and makes for both a snappy runabout and a comfortable long-distance cruiser. The turbocharged 2.0T can be equipped like a luxury sedan, while the GLI attains sports sedan status. Prices climb quickly, however. At the high-end, a loaded Jetta can nearly double the modest base price, and we're not sure there's twice as much value in the equation.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Greg Brown filed this report from Southern California and Santa Fe, New Mexico.


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Not all movies about couples are movies for couples. For example, you wouldn't want to accidentally pick "The Deep Blue Sea" for a blind date.
Not all movies about couples are movies for couples. For example, you wouldn�t want to accidentally pick �The Deep Blue Sea� for a blind date.
Magnificently acted but suffering from a disconnected plot, this tale of sadness and obsession has the peaks and pitfalls you�d expect from something adapted from the stage.
Set in post-war London, we meet Hester Collyer (Rachel Weisz) on the day she attempts to commit suicide. (As I mentioned, maybe avoid the blind dates.)
In a mosaic of flashbacks, we learn she was married to a considerably older judge when she found herself in a tumbling and passionate affair with a dashing Royal Air Force pilot (Tom Hiddleston, Loki of �Avengers� fame).
�Deep Blue Sea� is more a tale of obsession than love, and Weisz throws herself headlong into the lead role. It�s an often bleak, always moving performance � perhaps the best ever from an underrated actress. Hiddleston also brings fire � in both passion and the clenched jaw of a relationship gone wrong.
But director Terence Davies ties the affair too closely to its source stage play. The narrative doesn�t so much flow as it does set up moments for great actors to stretch their limits.
It�s almost worth the price just for Weisz�s performance. Let�s hope she�s not forgotten by Oscar season.


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I know that I was excited beyond belief when I saw my very first astrophoto! Some of the feedback we have been getting lately has told us that there are a lot of you out there who want to share your excitement at getting your first real astrophotos "in the bag" but may feel a little "put off" by what some of your fellow beginners with a bit more experience are able to do. I would like to help you to overcome this by offering you a chance to post your very first astrophotos right here!
With that said - I'm also hoping that by posting your photos here, other "newbie" imagers can see what to expect from their initial attempts at astrophotography. This is very important - we need to show other "newbie" imagers that what they are getting as a brand new imager is very "normal" - the point here is not to be perfect, but instead to really show where you actually started from. In addition, I hope that you will use the images you post as a definitive "baseline" to measure your progress over time. You are only a "newbie" right now - at this point in time. With time and practice you will definitely improve. Show us your very first steps up the ladder!
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Town testing 'Smart' 911 system
System lets residents offer useful information about households
Most Milford police officers know there is an autistic boy who lives down the street from the station who likes to look at trucks. When his parents call to say he's missing, officers know he's probably heading toward a major road, the Milford Daily News reported.
Now, with the help of a new program called Smart 911, officers can have such information at their fingertips for every household in town, Milford Police Chief Tom O'Loughlin said.
Smart 911 allows residents to go onto a secure website and enter any information they feel is pertinent to emergency personnel, including particular medical conditions, information about their home and photographs of family members.
Milford is the first town in the state to use the service, the chief said. The system is a product offered by Rave Mobile Safety, a Framingham company.
"There is a lot of information people can put on there," O'Loughlin said. "It gives us much more information to work with."
O'Loughlin explained that when someone calls 911, their Smart 911 profile will automatically come up and then can be sent to the tablet computers in officers' cruisers.
Since dispatch covers the police, fire and EMS personnel, all three departments will benefit.
"The big benefit is for the people that live in the community," O'Loughlin said. "They will be able to provide the information they want to give to us so we can better help them."
The program will cost $15,000 this year, then $10,000 per year for the next five years.
"Because we're the first community in Massachusetts, (Rave Mobile Safety is) giving us a discount," said O'Loughlin. Rave Mobile Safety initiated the first contact with his department, he said.
O'Loughlin said the system will be up and running in about a month and, at that time, residents are encouraged to go onto www.smart911.com to create a profile and start sharing information.
A second program, called Smart Prepare, will also be implemented for use by emergency personnel. That program will allow public safety officials to see a certain need in neighborhoods and prioritize response by utilities and public works personnel.
"Particularly after the hurricane (Sandy) and the last blizzard, the fire chief and I thought this was something we ought to take a good, serious look at," O'Loughlin said.


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Since its inception in 1965, UMTRI has earned a significant national and international reputation for its motor-vehicle safety research related to injury biomechanics. UMTRI has since embraced a variety of disciplines and is now at the forefront of connected-vehicle research and testing, sustainable mobility systems, transportation data fusion and analysis, and the efficient movement of heavy freight, to name just a few.
The current staff of approximately 102 people includes full-time researchers, technical and administrative personnel, teaching faculty affiliated with the university academic departments, graduate students, and other support staff. UMTRI has carried out more than 1,000 short- and long-term research projects in broad areas involving accident data collection and traffic safety analysis, bioengineering, human factors, mechanical engineering, psychology, economics, and public policy. In addition, numerous multidisciplinary research programs are currently being conducted with other units of the university involving specialized areas of engineering, business, medicine, and public health. UMTRI research scientists collaborate with many academic, government, and industry partners to accomplish interdisciplinary research, generating new knowledge and providing student training. Some of UMTRI's key initiatives embody its commitment to safe and sustainable transportation:
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PALM (Phœnix dactylifera):(Redirected from DATE-PALM.)
An evergreen tree growing in tropical climates in a dry atmosphere. The term for it, common to the Aramaic, Ethiopic, and Hebrew, is "tamar" (
When the fruit begins to grow it has a green color, which gradually changes, through yellow and red, until it becomes quite dark; it hangs in bunches from the stalk. The date-palm relies for nourishment upon its roots, which strike downward and reach water under the soil; if this fails, irrigation must be resorted to. Especially interesting in this light are the Babylonian contract tablets. From these it is learned that trenches were dug around the palms, so as to supply water to the roots. From the tablets it is clear also that dates were used quite frequently in payment of rent and of all kinds of debts (see "Babylonian Expedition of University of Pennsylvania," ix.).
The tree was very plentiful in Palestine in ancient times, but now is found only at the Lake of Gennesaret, near Jericho, and around the Dead Sea (Nowack, "Lehrbuch der Hebräischen Archäologie," i. 62). At Elim (Ex. xv. 27; Num. xxxiii. 9) there were seventy palms growing around the springs. The date-palm was put to many uses. The fruit was used for food, and from it a drink was distilled. The leaves were used as a roof-covering; the stem, for building purposes and for fuel. Parts of the stalk were used to weave ropes. From the better quality of dates, according to Josephus ("B. J." iv. 8, § 3), a kind of honey was pressed: this was also known to the Talmudic writers (Löw, "Aramäische Pflanzennamen," p. 124).
The qualities of the date-palm are referred to quite frequently in a figurative sense in the poetical books of the Bible. Together with another evergreen tree, the cedar, it is used to typify the prosperity of the righteous man (Ps. xcii. 13). Its tall, slender, graceful, mobile stalk symbolizes the beautiful female figure (Cant. vii. 8, 9). In Joel (i. 12) the date-palm is spoken of as languishing.
In the Temple service, branches of the date-palm were used at the Feast of Booths (Lev. xxiii. 40; Neh. viii. 15). A palm design was used as a decoration in the Temple of Solomon (I Kings vi. 29)and in the plan of Ezekiel's Temple (Ezek. xl., passim). A coin struck by Jaddua has on it the figure of the date-palm (De Saulcy, "Numismatique Juive," plate 1, fig. 6). Several names in the Bible give evidence of the plentifulness of the palm. Jericho is called "the city of palm-trees" (Deut. xxxiv. 3; Judges i. 16, iii. 13; II Chron. xxviii. 15). "Tamar" occurs in Ezek. xlvii. 19; and two other place-names have the word as an element, viz., "Hazazon-tamar" (II Chron. xx. 2) and "Baaltamar" (Judges xx. 33); perhaps "Tadmor" (II Chron. viii. 4) also. Three women bear the name "Tamar" (Gen. xxxviii. 6; II Sam. xiii. 1, xiv. 27). Under a palm-tree Deborah sat and judged Israel; and on this account it was called "the palm-tree of Deborah" (Judges iv. 5; but see Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah). For the part this tree played in early Semitic civilization, see Barton, "Semitic Origins," Index, s.v. "Palm," 1901. The Mishnah (see Löw, l.c. pp. 109-125) mentions three kinds of dates.


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Ten projects receive funding for the development of a Sustainable Living Lab
Ten consortia will now work on further expanding their consortium for a living lab and the possible submission of a proposal for a Sustainable Living Lab in the second phase. The living labs make research possible in practical situations within a defined environment such as in cities, ports and logistical nodes. The intended research must contribute insights for logistics in relation to energy and water & maritime. NWO expects to publish the call for the second phase this summer.


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There are various treatment choices for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Which one may work best for you? It depends on a number of factors. These include:
The phase of your CML
Results of your tests
Whether the CML is causing symptoms
Your age and overall health
What side effects you'll find acceptable
You may have questions and concerns about your treatment options. You may also want to know how you'll feel and function after treatment, and if you'll have to change your normal activities.
Your healthcare provider is the best person to answer your questions. He or she can tell you what your treatment choices are, how successful they're expected to be, and what the risks and side effects are. Your healthcare provider may suggest a specific treatment. Or he or she may offer more than one treatment option, and ask you to decide which one you'd like to use. It can be hard to make this decision. It is important to take the time you need to make the best decision for you.
Targeted therapy. These are medicines that take aim on abnormal proteins on the leukemia (cancer) cells, such as those caused by the Philadelphia chromosome.These medicines are most effective in treating early stages of CML. These are often the first treatment. The medicines include imatinib, dasatinib, nilotinib, bosutinib, and ponatinib. These are medicines called tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). They block the abnormal protein found in CML cells. The medicines can work for long periods of time. But they don't cure CML. They must be taken continuously.
Stem cell transplant. This treatment is sometimes used for CML, especially in younger people, because it offers the best chance for a cure. This is most often an option if other treatments such as targeted therapy are not working. Before the transplant, you get high doses of strong medicines called chemotherapy. And sometimes, you'll get radiation therapy. This is done to destroy almost all your bone marrow. Then stem cells from a healthy donor are used to replace your bone marrow. The cells from the donor may also help eliminate the disease.
Immunotherapy. This treatment uses medicine to help your immune system fight leukemia. Interferon is the most common type of immunotherapy medicine used to treat CML. It's used less often now than in the past. This is because targeted therapy is more common.
Chemotherapy. This treatment uses strong medicines to kill cancer cells.This is not a common treatment for CML. Its goal is to kill the cancer cells and put the cancer into remission. Remission means there are no signs of cancer in the body. The most common medicine used for CML is hydroxyurea. It can control the number of leukemia cells. But it can't cure the disease. Other medicines can be tried as well, such as omacetaxine mepesuccinate.
Radiation therapy. This type of therapy uses strong X-rays to kill cancer cells. It can be used to kill leukemia cells that have spread to an organ, such as your spleen. It's a less common treatment for CML.
Surgery. A splenectomy is surgery to take out your spleen. Your spleen may be removed to improve blood cell counts or to reduce pressure on other organs caused by a swollen spleen. Surgery is not often used for CML.
Researchers are always finding new ways to treat CML. These new methods are tested in clinical trials. Talk with your healthcare provider to find out if there are any clinical trials you should think about.
At first, thinking about treatment options may seem overwhelming. Talk with your healthcare team and loved ones. Make a list of questions. Look at the benefits and possible side effects of each option. Discuss your concerns with your healthcare providers before making a decision.
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Guest post: When imperfect feels perfect
I'm a med student with a baby. I get asked all the time how I "do" it. Some weeks, it's no big deal, it's not that bad, and I feel the balance works well for our little family. But when she is brings me her favorite book to read, pulls the charger out of the computer, and screams until I read to her, I think to myself that I don't know if I can "do" this, or even if I want to.
I have friends who have babies, too. One is a full time SAHM. Her instagram pictures of nature walks, arts and crafts, and "Sunday/Monday/EVERYDAY Funday" kill me a little bit inside. Another friend works from home and her pictures of "lunch with the little prince!" make me sigh/roll my eyes/shake my head (depending on the day, the most recent Histology quiz, or whether I got to see my baby before heading out in the morning).
I picked priorities. She was drinking formula at 3 months (end of summer vacation) but I made all my own baby food. Her grandma takes her to music class once a week since I can't, but I put her to sleep every night. We read books and play all day Saturday, but Sunday mornings I go out to study.
My husband is awesome and supportive and doesn't understand how I can love the field of medicine, love school (nerd, I know) and still feel so conflicted. I guess that's the imperfect side of living your dream- other dreams sometimes get put to the side for a bit.
But as imperfect as the balancing act seems, when my baby is teething and only wants her mommy- and, since it is 3am, I am home (and awake), or when I get that HUGE smile and kiss when I come home, it feels so perfect. I'm sure some researcher somewhere has proven that listing bones, ligaments, and muscle attachments as a bedtime story, and speaking in mnemonics for disease presentations helps kids go really far in life. And keeps them happy. Here's to hoping.
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Hey Boxes - great post. I did not have babies until residency - tough on its own but can't imagine what you must be going through! Having said that, one of my smartest mentors had her kids in med school and she still managed a wonderful career in academics, having been near the top of her class and now an international leading researcher in her field. Having kids at that time gives you drive and efficiency and perspective that many of your childless classmates cannot get.ReplyDelete
We cannot help but compare - I compare to my SAHM friends all the time. And my daughter, as she has gotten older and sees the difference in my job demands and those of my SAHM friends - brings it to the forefront of conversation occasionally. But when it is all laid out on the table I think she still respects me, ultimately, even though I am not as available on a day to day basis.
Sounds like you are doing a great job. Keep it up and keep us posted:)
Thanks, Gizabeth! I love reading your posts, too! C and J sound wonderful!ReplyDelete


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If you ask Dr. Steven Spady, there are two important words missing from the nation's conversation about health reform: "personal responsibility."
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But Spady, a 54-year-old emergency physician in rural Kentucky, can't talk about the topic right now. He's too busy caring for people who he says don't take care of themselves.
"I just had to go take care of man that left our hospital this morning and now has gone and got drunk and will suck up more health care dollars," Spady wrote in a hurried e-mail late on a recent weeknight.
That same day, he cared for a 358-pound man with diabetes who didn't take his medication for two days and then stayed up all night playing poker, plus five different people who overdosed on prescription drugs.
"It just makes me very upset when I have to pay more and more taxes to support government health care programs and have to work longer and longer hours to help a lot of people that just don't seem to care," he wrote.
It's not that Spady lacks compassion. He's been on medical missions to Mexico and Haiti and has donated thousands of hours of free care in the Appalachian community where he's worked for nearly a quarter century.
Video: Health care fight scaring seniors? But Spady is part of a growing chorus of medical professionals, researchers and ordinary citizens who contend that the touchy topic of individual responsibility has been all but ignored in the debate about how to reform the nation's health care system — and how to pay for it.
"Seldom does anyone suggest how — or if — the individual's role should be reformed," argued Lisa Herrington, 46, a former health industry administrator who launched a discussion of the topic in May on the blog "Thoughts that Make You Think."
"Having health insurance coverage doesn't make a person healthy. It's what you do with that coverage and your personal choices that make the difference," she added.
Critics say members of Congress who've headed home for summer recess leaving no fewer than five Democratic health reform plans up in the air should be as concerned about encouraging individual accountability as they are with extending insurance coverage to 46 million Americans.
'It's simple fairness'
"If you talk about costs, there's something here and now that you can do," said John F. Banzhaf, director of the anti-smoking agency Action on Smoking and Health, which has pressured members of Congress to enact a $60 a month user fee to make smokers pay part of the health insurance costs of their habit.
"If you don't have a user fee on smokers, that forces everyone else to pay those health care costs," said Banzahf, who is also a professor of public interest law at George Washington University Law School. "One argument is that it's simple fairness."
But other experts caution that the conversation about personal responsibility is not so simple. For one thing, many Americans don't agree that smokers, the obese or others should pay higher costs for health care based on their unhealthy habits.
Only 37 percent of U.S. adults thought it was fair to charge people with unhealthy lifestyles more for their care in 2007, down from 53 percent just a year earlier, according to Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Healthcare polls.
Asked specifically about smoking versus obesity, they came down harder on the puffers, with 57 percent favoring higher insurance rates for smokers, but only 36 percent saying the same for those who are overweight. Humphrey Taylor, chairman of the Harris Poll, said that's not surprising in a country where two-thirds of adults are overweight and 20 percent still smoke.
In some ways, those with insurance are already helping to cover those without. Insured patients pay higher costs on hospital fees, for example, to help balance out the bills of those who don't have coverage.
Growing outrage over high health care costs racked up by others' excess isn't hard to find. Message boards on msnbc.com stories related to health and health reform are filled with frustrated posters.
"People need to get their lives together. If you can get down to a healthy weight, I suggest you do so," one commenter noted. "You will save yourself, and everybody else, a lot of stress and money."
"Make fat people pay more for health care, tax them where you can, just like smokers pay more for everything," wrote another. "Ride a motorcycle and pay more and so on. Tired of paying for everyone else's stupidity."
The catch is, not everyone can agree which health problems are the responsibility of the individual, and which are wider social concerns. Rob Gould, president of the Partnership for Prevention, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit agency aimed at decreasing disease, said he's all for individuals becoming invested in their own good health, but notes that the community must make it easier.
"We can't allow 'personal responsibility,' in quotes, to become a polite way of saying, 'You're on your own, Mac,'" Gould said. "When kids don't have a way to safely bike or walk to school because there are no sidewalks, that's not personal responsibility."
There's also the question of where to draw the line on personal responsibility. If smoking and obesity can be fined, and motorcycle riders need to pay higher insurance rates, it opens the door to penalizing other preventable risks. Could the same logic be applied to people who have unprotected sex and turn up with a disease? Those who eat their beef on the rare side despite warnings about E. coli contamination?
Obesity health costs: $147 billion a year
There's no doubt that the bulk of the nation's health care costs are self-inflicted. Smoking, high blood pressure and being overweight are the top risks for early death, accounting for more than 1 million premature deaths each year, with physical inactivity, high blood sugar and alcohol use not far behind, according to an April study by the Harvard School of Public Health.
The price tag for obesity has soared to $147 billion a year, new government studies show, and smoking costs about $193 billion in medical expenses and lost productivity.
"To have hundreds of thousands of premature deaths caused by these modifiable risk factors is shocking," noted Goodarz Danaei, a co-author of the Harvard risk study.
Forcing the issues?
Such results, Danaei said, should force public health officials to consider whether they're looking at the right ways to influence better behavior.
To date, the answer appears to be no, said Joan Alker, co-executive director Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center for Children and Families. One glaring failure is a 2006 West Virginia Medicaid experiment that aimed to increase personal responsibility by requiring patients to sign agreements promising to be healthy.
Under the plan, patients agreed to follow their doctors' advice and to generally aim to improve their health.
Those who signed up got enhanced health care including nutrition education and free stop-smoking and chemical dependency programs. Those who didn't sign up got limited basic services.
Even so more than 90 percent of the participants failed even to sign the health agreement, let alone follow the advice. The bottom line was that children, who made up 85 percent of those enrolled, were penalized because of the actions of their parents.
"I don't think it's good to impose a stick approach, particularly on children," said Alker, who analyzed the program two years later.
But some so-called "carrot" approaches, programs that offer incentives for healthful behaviors, don't seem to work any better. A Florida Medicaid program that offers drug store points that patients can accumulate for keeping doctor's appointments or getting their kids immunized has failed to motivate meaningful change, Alker said. How does your state rank?
Part of the problem is that many people may not be in a position to make healthful choices, Alker said. It can be cheaper to feed a family fast food than fresh vegetables, especially in areas where there are no supermarkets, for instance. A mother might miss a doctor's appointment if she's having transportation trouble. And everyone is subject to the pressures of a culture in which bad health behaviors are routinely glorified by advertisers.
"We just have to remind ourselves that individual choice is taking place in a social context," she added.
Obese people, in particular, struggle with that context, said James Zervios, a spokesman for the Obesity Action Coalition in Tampa, Fla. At the same time they're surrounded by lavish depictions of fattening food, overweight people are blamed for skyrocketing health care costs.
"As much as society and the media likes to say, 'Back away from the table, don't eat the doughnut,' it's a lot harder than that," said Zervios.
Any health care overhaul plan needs to provide not only education about prevention, but ample treatment options for people who are already overweight, he said.
Is personal responsibility simply inconvenient?
That may be true, but there's also something to be said for simply stepping up when it comes to one's own health, noted Lisa Herrington, the woman who raised the issue on the public blog.
During last year's campaign, President Barack Obama said the success of health reform hinged on individual actions. "Preventative care works only if Americans take responsibility for their health and make the right decisions for their own lives — if they eat the right foods, stay active and stop smoking," Obama said in a statement.
But Herrington said she hasn't heard such comments since. "Is personal responsibility an inconvenient topic in the health care reform debate?" she asked.
"I find that people don't think about the choices they're making and how they impact the costs of health care down the road," Herrington said. "Health care is never going to cost less until we control this other piece, until we get a hold on this personal responsibility piece."
That's a thought echoed by Steve Spady as he headed back into the emergency room where he sees 25 to 30 patients in a 12-hour shift.
"We should have compassion, and do have it, for the situation that many patients are in. The problem is what program is best to help them help themselves."
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INDIAN WELLS, Calif —Serena Williams' name is on the entry list for the Indian Wells tournament for the first time since she vowed in 2001 to never return.
The Williams sisters were scheduled to meet in the semifinals that year, but 20 minutes before the match, Venus withdrew and fans booed them. Serena went on to win her second title there, but she and Venus said they would not return, and they have skipped the last 12 events. Their father later said he heard racial slurs from the crowd during the final.
Tournament director Steve Simon said Wednesday that while it's too soon to know whether Serena Williams will play or not, officials are pleased to see her name on the entry list.
During the Australian Open, Williams said she considered a return to Indian Wells after watching a movie about the late South African President Nelson Mandela, inspired by his message of reconciliation.
Venus Williams' name was not on the list of entries released for the BNP Paribas Open from March 3-10.
Also entered on the women's side were No. 2 Victoria Azarenka; No. 3 Maria Sharapova; No. 8 Jelena Jankovic; No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki; Ana Ivanovic, who beat Serena Williams in the Australian Open this week; and Daniela Hantuchova.
Leading the men's entries were defending champion Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer and the rest of the top 10 players.


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Solicitation of Comments on Request for United States Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction; Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, 16867-16868 [2013-06280]Download as PDF
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 19, 2013)] [Notices] [Pages 16867-16868] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2013-06280] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [Docket No. OTJ 105] Solicitation of Comments on Request for United States Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction; Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe AGENCY: Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice solicits public comments on the Request for United States Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction recently submitted to the Office of Tribal Justice, [[Page 16868]] Department of Justice by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe pursuant to the provisions of 28 CFR 50.25. DATES: Written comments must be postmarked and electronic comments must be submitted on or before May 3, 2013. Comments received by mail will be considered timely if they are postmarked on or before that date. The electronic Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) will accept comments until Midnight Eastern Time at the end of that day. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Mail or Hand Delivery/Courier: Submit written comments via regular or express mail to Mr. Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Room 2310, Washington, DC 20530. Fax: Submit comments to the attention of Mr. Tracy Toulou, Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice, (202) 514-9078 (not a toll-free number). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact Mr. Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of Tribal Justice, Department of Justice, at (202) 514-8812 (not a toll-free number). To ensure proper handling of comments, please reference ``Docket No. OTJ 105'' on all electronic and written correspondence. The Department encourages all comments be submitted electronically through http://www.regulations.gov using the electronic comment form provided on that site. Paper comments that duplicate the electronic submission are not necessary as all comments submitted to http://www.regulations.gov will be posted for public review and are part of the official docket record. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Posting of Public Comments. Please note that all comments received are considered part of the public record and made available for public inspection online at http://www.regulations.gov. Such information includes personal identifying information (such as your name and address) voluntarily submitted by the commenter. You are not required to submit personal identifying information in order to comment on this rule. Nevertheless, if you want to submit personal identifying information (such as your name and address) as part of your comment, but do not want it to be posted online, you must include the phrase ``PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION'' in the first paragraph of your comment. You also must locate all the personal identifying information you do not want posted online in the first paragraph of your comment and identify what information you want redacted. If you want to submit confidential business information as part of your comment but do not want it to be posted online, you must include the phrase ``CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION'' in the first paragraph of your comment. You also must prominently identify confidential business information to be redacted within the comment. If a comment has so much confidential business information that it cannot be effectively redacted, all or part of that comment may not be posted on http://www.regulations.gov. Personal identifying information and confidential business information identified and located as set forth above will be placed in the agency's public docket file, but not posted online. If you wish to inspect the agency's public docket file in person by appointment, please see the paragraph above entitled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. Statutory Background For more than two centuries, the Federal Government has recognized Indian tribes as domestic sovereigns that have unique government-to- government relationships with the United States. Congress has broad authority to legislate with respect to Indian tribes, however, and has exercised this authority to establish a complex jurisdictional scheme for the prosecution of crimes committed in Indian country. (The term ``Indian country'' is defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151.) Criminal jurisdiction in Indian country typically depends on several factors, including the nature of the crime; whether the alleged offender, the victim, or both are Indian; and whether a treaty, Federal statute, executive order, or judicial decision has conferred jurisdiction on a particular government. The Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) was enacted on July 29, 2010, as Title II of Public Law 111-211. The purpose of the TLOA is to help the Federal Government and tribal governments better address the unique public-safety challenges that confront tribal communities. Section 221(b) of the new law, now codified at 18 U.S.C. 1162(d), permits an Indian tribe with Indian country subject to State criminal jurisdiction under Public Law 280, Public Law 83-280, 67 Stat. 588 (1953) to request that the United States accept concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute violations of the General Crimes Act and the Major Crimes Act within that tribe's Indian country. Department of Justice Regulation Implementing 18 U.S.C. 1162(d) On December 6, 2011, 76 FR 76037 the Department published final regulations that established the framework and procedures for a mandatory Public Law 280 tribe to request the assumption of concurrent Federal criminal jurisdiction within the Indian country of the tribe that is subject to Public Law 280. 28 CFR 50.25. Among other provisions, the regulations provide that upon receipt of a tribal request the Office of Tribal Justice shall publish a notice in the Federal Register seeking comments from the general public. Request by the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe By a request dated February 22, 2013, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe located in the State of Minnesota requested the United States to assume concurrent Federal jurisdiction to prosecute violations of 18 U.S.C. 1152 (the General Crimes, or Indian Country Crimes, Act) and 18 U.S.C. 1153 (the Major Crimes Act) within the Indian country of the tribe. This would allow the United States to assume concurrent criminal jurisdiction over offenses within the Indian country of the tribe without eliminating or affecting the State's existing criminal jurisdiction. Solicitation of Comments This notice solicits public comments on the above request. Dated: March 13, 2013. Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of Tribal Justice. [FR Doc. 2013-06280 Filed 3-18-13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-A5-P


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(CNN) -- Tom Hanks doesn't need to bring a present to a wedding. His dance moves are the gift that keeps on giving.
As caught on camera by Justin Bieber, Hanks was clearly one of the best parts of a star-filled wedding reception over the weekend, unabashedly grooving to Montell Jordan's 1995 hit, "This Is How We Do It."
Or, as Bieber put it on Instagram: "Tom Hanks singing 'This Is How we do it' dressed like a Rabbi lol #thatdancetho."
Bieber and Hanks, who turns 58 on Wednesday, were celebrating the nuptials of Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun.
Braun tied the knot with cancer prevention activist Yael Cohen in Canada on Sunday and picked his young talent to serenade the couple with the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" during the ceremony.
According to TMZ, other attendees included a "No Diggity"-singing Ed Sheeran; Sophia Bush; Hanks' wife, Rita Wilson; and Carly Rae Jepsen, who at one point joined Bieber in a rendition of "Call Me Maybe."


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Fort Wayne, Ind. A city of history. A land of opportunity. A people proud of their Harry Baals.
Fort Wayne's new government center, in the heart of downtown, needs a new name. So an online poll was set up at the city's website, FeedbackFortWayne.org, where people could vote on some possibilities.
There's "Chief Little Turtle Center," named after a Native-American chief. There's "Heritage Square." There's "Citizens Plaza."
But the namesake with the most votes is former Fort Wayne mayor Harry Baals.
Baals – which he pronounced "balls" but his descendants pronounce "bales" – served three years as mayor of Indiana's second-largest city, and died during his fourth term in 1954. He's a respected historical figure in Fort Wayne, though the street Harry Baals Drive has been renamed H. Baals Drive. Nevertheless, his name is unlikely to be picked for the new government center.
It's "probably not" going to happen, Deputy Mayor Beth Malloy told the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette on Wednesday.
"We love Fort Wayne, too," she told the newspaper. "We're not going to make any decisions that look bad."
But "Harry Baals Government Center" had more than 16,000 votes on the city's website Thursday morning. It seems the American public has now hijacked the poll; a day earlier, the Baals entry had fewer than 900 votes, according to the Journal Gazette. Thursday morning, "Thunder Dome" – an obvious joke – was in second place with more than 1,000 votes. "Chief Little Turtle Center" was in third with just over 600.
The poll gained national attention when TV host Jimmy Kimmel joked about it on "Late Night" Wednesday night.


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MAN RAZE, the rock outfit featuring Phil Collen of DEF LEPPARD, Simon Laffy from GIRL and Paul Cook of THE SEX PISTOLS, has posted a live recording of the track "Skin Crawl" from the group's November 29 performance at Oasis Leisure Center in Swindon, U.K. You can stream it using the audio player below.
MAN RAZE is currently on the road in the U.K. as the support for ALICE COOPER.
Remaining tour dates:
Dec. 01 - Civic Hall - Wolverhampton, UK
Dec. 02 - Pavillions - Plymouth, UK
Dec. 04 - Royal Center - Nottingham, UK
Dec. 05 - Brighton Center - Brighton, UK
Dec. 06 - Hammersmith Apollo - London, UK
MAN RAZE's debut album, "Surreal", was re-released on June 9 via VH1 Classic Records as a deluxe edition with five previously bonus tracks:
01. You're So Wrong
02. Low (live in Burbank '08)
03. Turn It Up (Deep Dub)
04. Runnin' Me Up (instrumental)
05. Can't Find My Own Way (live acoustic version from Gary Crowley Show)
"Surreal" came out in the U.K. on November 17, 2008 through Surrealist Records. The U.K. version of the CD came with a special European-edition bonus disc.
Mixing the raw energy of the PISTOLS mixed with the immaculate pop rock of DEF LEPPARD, MAN RAZE is a unique clash of '70s simplicity with '80s excess, punk clubs with stadium rock.
"The fun part about MAN RAZE is that musically we can go off in any direction from rock to alternative the next," Phil Collen previously said.
With regards to the band's sound, Collen — who also handles lead vocals — told Rolling Stone magazine, "It's a mix. We go from really hard rock, with obviously big guitars, to dub. I was always into the alternative stuff, a very big fan of THE POLICE. And this is edgy — a lot more aggressive than DEF LEPPARD."
Before joining DEF LEPPARD, London-born Phil Collen played in GIRL, who were one of the great unsung U.K. rock acts of the early '80s (singer Phil Lewis would later front L.A. GUNS — who were at the vanguard of the L.A. sleaze rock scene that eventually produced GUNS N' ROSES). While Phil went on to join DEF LEPPARD he maintained a strong friendship with Simon Laffy, GIRL's bassist. Reconnecting in 2004, and joined by SEX PISTOLS drummer Paul Cook, MAN RAZE was born. Eschewing their illustrious past, the band have spent the past two year getting back to basics, writing and recording — they also played a sold-out show at London's Spitz Club and released a limited-edition EP "Skin Crawl" in October 2005 on their own label, Surrealist Records, in the U.K.