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An affiliate of Escondido, Calif.-based Realty Income Corp. has paid $16.6 million for the Herbalife International of America Inc. distribution center at 5025 Crumpler Road in Hickory Hill.
Terraza 2 LLC bought the 131,672-square foot facility in a Dec. 20 special warranty deed from Memphis Herb GP, an affiliate of Sherman Oaks, Calif.-based Cardinal Industrial.
Built in 2006, the Class A distribution center sits on 15.92 acres on the west side of Crumpler Road, between East Shelby Drive and East Holmes Road. The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2012 appraisal was $4.6 million.
The building's tenant, Herbalife – a nutrition-focused multilevel-marketing company – announced last August plans to expand the distribution center when it filed a $4.8 million building permit application for the property.
The scope of the application filed with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement included site grading, footing and foundation, sewer relocation, new office and warehouse space, upgraded electrical service and other site improvements.
Kajima Building & Design Group, an Atlanta-based company with a satellite office in Memphis, was listed as the project's general contractor.
This marked Realty Income's second Memphis purchase in recent weeks. In December it paid $1.1 million for the Advance Auto Parts store at 9811 U.S. 64 in Arlington.
Operating as Realty Income Properties 18 LLC, the company bought the 6,708-square-foot retail store in a Dec. 7 special warranty deed from Advance Stores Co. Inc. of Roanoke, Va.
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An experimental GTx Inc. treatment for muscle wasting in patients with a form of lung cancer will be reviewed under the Food and Drug Administration's fast-track program.
The Memphis company said Tuesday that the drug, enobosarm, is being studied in a couple late-stage trials involving patients with advanced forms of non-small cell lung cancer.
The FDA's fast-track program is designed to speed up the approval of drugs that treat serious or life-threatening diseases for which there are few other therapies. Those that receive fast-track status receive extra meetings and correspondence with regulators throughout the review process.
The status also raises the possibility of a faster, priority review from the FDA once the drug developer seeks approval.
GTx focuses on developing treatments for cancer and other serious medical conditions. Enobosarm is the most advanced product in the company's drug development pipeline.
GTx shares rose 60 cents, or 12.6 percent, to $5.35 in premarket trading. Its shares have traded in a 52-week range of $2.62 to $6.55 per share.
– The Associated Press
International Paper Co. declared a quarterly dividend Tuesday, Jan. 8, of 30 cents per share for the period from Jan. 1 to March 31, 2013. The dividend on common stock in the Memphis-based company is payable on March 15 to holders of record as of the close of business Feb. 15.
The company also announced a regular quarterly dividend of $1 per share for the same period, payable on the same date under the same terms on its cumulative $4 preferred stock.
International Paper executives are scheduled to release their fourth quarter and year-end earnings information Jan. 29 in a conference call with investors and analysts.
– Bill Dries
This year, more than 86,500 bows were sold during Malco Theatres' five-week holiday campaign "Wrapped with Love."
The annual campaign benefits St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The program is in its 14th year, and this year it saw an increase of more than 6,000 bows sold compared to 2011.
The bows are hand-made from actual film and sold for $1 each. The material and volunteer production hours for the bows were donated, and a formal check presentation at the hospital is being planned for early spring.
Since 1999, Malco has raised more than $500,000 for St. Jude through its annual "Wrapped with Love" and "Kids Summer Film Fest" campaigns.
– Andy Meek
Commercial real estate veteran Will Barden has joined Colliers International Memphis as vice president of office services, effective Jan. 2.
Barden brings a wealth of experience in office tenant and user representation and will be teaming with Frazier Baker to help further expand Colliers' presence in office real estate.
A graduate of the University of Memphis, Barden previously was the principal broker for his own commercial real estate practice, Barden Commercial Realty LLC, for 11 years. Prior to that, he was director of brokerage services group with Trammel Crow Co. for five years.
Before Barden's real estate career, he worked in finance and accounting positions for 23 years, culminating in his position as chief financial officer for Langston Cos. Inc., a privately held industrial packaging concern based in Memphis.
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D'Aurio's goal 18 seconds in propels Western women's soccer team to LEC tournament win
DANBURY -- Western Connecticut State women's soccer coach Joe Mingachos wasn't sure what to expect post-Sandy, his team's practice time all but wiped out this week in advance of a Little East Conference tournament first-round matchup with sixth-seeded Southern Maine.
He certainly wasn't expecting this: a few blinks after kick-off Thursday night, junior forward Ariana D'Aurio found herself alone in the 18-yard box, collected a crisp through ball from Cecilia Dias and promptly buried the game-winner in an eventual 2-0 triumph over a testy opponent.
Eighteen seconds in, the defending champs were on their way.
"It caught me off guard," said D'Aurio. "We definitely started off with a lot of rust on our legs, but I think we picked it up (as the game went on)."
The third-seeded Colonials added to their lead less than five minutes into the second half when a foul that occurred just outside the box resulted in a direct kick. Tracy Sales booted a humming strike that cleared a human wall and ricocheted down off the upper-right corner of the crossbar and bounced over the goal line.
"(The quick start) was what I was hoping would happen," said Mingachos. "This was not easy. I haven't seen these girls since Saturday. We haven't been able to train. This was the first time we got them back on campus this morning and we had a light walkaround. I did not know what to expect."
As the second half wore on and Southern Maine scoring chances remained scarce, frustration set in for the tournament's No. 6 seed.
There were two on-field moments to illustrate this, the lesser of which was carded. When D'Aurio swung at a bouncing ball in air-space too close to Katie Cobb for the Southern Maine goalkeeper's liking. Cobb reacted with a blatant shove of D'Aurio but went unbooked.
Then, with 6:10 left in regulation, Cathy Wise received a yellow card for berating an official. Huskies assistant coach Andy Halligan was subsequently given a red card -- an automatic ejection -- for continuing to argue from the sideline.
"We did what we needed to do to get through," Mingachos said. "At this point in the season, it's win and move on. ... Playoff soccer, no one wants to finish their season. They don't want to get on the bus for four hours (after a loss). We were quiet, we didn't get anyone hurt. We won, we move on, we'll see what happens."
Goalkeepers Jamie Thayer and Caitlin Avery logged a half each to share the shutout. Western advances to play at second-seeded Eastern Connecticut State Saturday at 11 a.m. In the teams' only regular season meeting, Eastern won 1-0 in overtime.
Goals: WC -- Ariana D'Aurio, Tracy Sales. Assists: WC -- Cecelia Dias. Goalies: SM -- Katie Cobb (4 saves); WC -- Jamie Trayer (1 save), Caitlin Avery (1 save).

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A Parenting and Self-Care Intervention for HIV Infected Mothers (IMAGE)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01586988
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 27, 2012
Last Update Posted : November 28, 2016
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|A Parenting Intervention for HIV+ Moms: The IMAGE Program
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mothers are provided the IMAGE Parenting and Self-Care intervention
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Mothers in the intervention will receive four individual intervention sessions with a facilitator. The sessions will cover parenting and self care skills.
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- Targeted Behaviors, Practices, and Skills and Maternal and Child Health [ Time Frame: 3-months, 6-months, and 12-months ]Specific targets of the intervention, including parenting practices, parenting behaviors, and self care skills, will be evaluated. In addition, the mother's physical and mental health and the child's mental health and behavioral adjustment will be evaluated.
- Parenting Self-efficacy [ Time Frame: 3-months, 6-months, and 12-months ]Perceptions of effectiveness in the parental role and general parenting self-efficacy will be assessed.
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- mother has confirmed diagnosis of HIV
- well (HIV-) child, 6 to 14 years of age
- mother is English or Spanish speaking
- child is English speaking
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- low cognitive/intellectual functioning (<75) in mother or child
- psychosis in mother or child
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01586988
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|November 28, 2016
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Former Nickelodeon star Matthew Underwood -- who played Logan Reese on "Zoey 101" -- has learned the hard way ... weed and underage women are a bad combination.
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Underwood was arrested on possession of the sticky icky ... as well as contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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|Hostages and the Value of Life
The objective of these operations is to kill the hostage-takers, and end the embarrassment and threat they pose to the government. Once the hostages fall into the hands of the crazies, they are written off. The thinking is brutal and simple, "I don't care about the hostages you have. You have no bargaining chip. I am going to kill you."
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|#6 that's it. They are killers. They start with the Americans and proceed thru the rest of the Christians. Those people were dead the minute they were taken.
|Posted by: Frank G 2013-01-21 19:40
|#5 Â…it is a perfectly accurate description of the attitude most of the world has towards hostages and hostage-takers.
They're not hostage-takers. This illustrates the folly of calling them bombers sometimes and gunmen at other times. Hell, a couple of months ago you might just as well called 'em limb loppers. Their motives are clear. They're Islamic Terrorists! Every action against them should start and end with that base line.
|Posted by: DepotGuy 2013-01-21 19:27
|#4 Stopping for a moment this morning to remember a few heroes.
|Posted by: Beoseker 2013-01-21 08:30
|#3 Also it sends the message..
"Don't get taken hostage" which is the most successful anti-hostage strategy.
|Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-01-21 08:25
|#2 "I don't care about the hostages you have. You have no bargaining chip. I am going to kill you."
Want to do it again?
|Posted by: Threater Flusoper9823 2013-01-21 06:17
|#1 The question that must be asked is "Which strategy results in less loss of life in the long run?"
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Shares of Pep Boys (NYSE:PBY) tumbled 10% Tuesday morning after the auto-care retailer posted worse-than-feared sales.
Reporting after Monday's closing bell, Pep Boys said it earned $964,000, or 2 cents a share, last quarter, compared with a loss of $6.8 million, or 13 cents a share, a year earlier. Last quarter's results included asset impairment and severance charges.
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It's unclear if the EPS of 2 cents is directly comparable to projections from analysts, who had called for earnings of 13 cents a share.
Revenue dipped 0.5% to $507 million, trailing the Street's view of $522 million. Same-store sales dropped 2.8% and comparable retail sales were off 3.6%.
Pep Boys CEO Mike Odell said tire sales have improved thanks to colder weather, but he noted that "competitive pressures" continue to "challenge" sales of lower priced tires.
Shares of Philadelphia-based Pep Boys dropped 9.96% to $12.08 Tuesday morning, trimming their 2013 gain to 23%.


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Failing to persuade striking employees to return to work, Hostess Brands disclosed plans on Friday to liquidate its assets and lay off most of its 18,500 workers, bringing the 82-year-old maker of Wonder Bread and Twinkies to the end of its line.
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The painful decision to wind down the Irving, Texas.-based private company follows a nationwide strike that Hostess said severely constrained its operations.
Hostess said delivery of its products, which include Ding Dongs and CupCakes, will continue and its retail stores will keep their lights on for several days to sell already-baked products.
"We deeply regret the necessity of today's decision, but we do not have the financial resources to weather an extended nationwide strike," Hostess CEO Gregory Rayburn said in a statement.
As a result of the liquidation, Hostess said it will "move promptly" to lay off "most" of its 18,500 employees and focus on "selling its assets to the highest bidders."
The company will now be forced to close its 33 bakeries, 565 distribution centers, 5,500 delivery routes and 570 bakery outlet stores throughout the U.S.
The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union pushed back against the Rayburn blaming the liquidation on the unions.
"The truth is that Hostess workers and their Union have absolutely no responsibility for the failure of this company. That responsibility rests squarely on the shoulders of the company's decision makers," Frank Hurt, BCTGM International Union President, said in a separate statement released on Wednesday.
Founded in 1930, Hostess owns a slew of well-known brands, including Drakes, Dolly Madison, Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Ho Ho's and Wonder.
It's not clear what, if any, company or companies will step in to scoop up those brands, but it seems likely potential bidders will at least inquire.
Hostess said its lenders have agreed to provide the company with access to the $75 million financing facility to fund the sale and wind down process.
After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January, BCTGM rejected a final offer in September from Hostess aimed at slashing costs and allowing the company to emerge from bankruptcy.
While the bankruptcy court gave Hostess the power to unilaterally change the BCTGM's collective bargaining agreements in early October, the work stoppage forced the company to shutter three plants on November 12.
A company-set deadline for enough employees to return to the work came and went on 5 p.m. ET Thursday, paving the way for Hostess to decide to liquidate pending approval from the court.
"A sufficient number of the Debtors' baking facilities have become inoperable, and the Debtors are no longer able to fulfill customer orders or sell product at their retail stores," Hostess said in its 65-page bankruptcy filing.
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By mid-April, creeks, rivers and bottomlands were flooded across the Tar Heel state, making fieldwork difficult.
Corn planting is behind schedule. Wet conditions have prevented fumigation of tobacco acres and some greenhouse transplants are yellowing due to lack of sunlight.
Statewide, 87 percent of the soil is registering a surplus of moisture. No area of the state is short on soil moisture.
In Aurora, rainfall is about 7 inches above normal. Lincolnton is 9 inches above its normal rainfall so far this year. Roanoke Rapids is a little more than 4 inches above normal. Rocky Mount is almost 4 inches above normal, as is Williamston. Laurinburg is about an inch ahead of its normal rainfall. Lexington is about a half an inch above normal. Eden is more than 5 inches above normal and Elizabeth City is almost 6 inches above normal. North Wilkesboro is more than 4 inches above its normal rainfall for the year. Kinston is 3.41 inches above normal. Oxford is almost 6 inches above normal and Charlotte is almost 5.5 inches above normal.
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Rhoost Child-Proofing Products
Safety definitely trumps style, but why not go for both? We wrote about Rhoost once before, but it was great to see and touch their products for myself at ABC Kids. Not to mention meet the delightful co-founders Vianka Perez Belyea and Tavinder Phull who ensure that their products do the job and look good doing it.
Rhoost has four products: the blind cord winder, the Decoy outlet cover, the Edge furniture corner cover and the Sling cabinet lock. They're designed to be attractive and to respect your home and furnishings. You won't find a single screw or tacky adhesive. Instead they "tap into the natural adhesive qualities of our materials and good ole' fashioned tension to create the grip needed."
Are you wondering what those materials might be? Rhoost uses something called thermoplastic elastomer or TPE which is recyclable. Even their packaging is earth-friendly and good looking:
You can find a list of online and brick-and-mortar retailers on the Rhoost site or order from them directly.
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US Chamber Of Commerce Launches Ad Campaign For Son Of SOPA
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In other words: get ready for "son of SOPA."
The powerful business lobby, perhaps the biggest supporter of controversial legislation intended to stem online piracy, is at it again. The group is up with a billboard advertisement in Manhattan's Times Square and an online video series urging Congress to "protect America's IP rights."The Chamber is claiming that "this is an awareness campaign.... not political," but no one believes that. They've also set up a "website" at DangerousFakes.com, which includes a silly video and more debunked stats.
World-wide cross border trade in physical counterfeits alone costs the global economy $250 billion a year.This number is so bogus that it's been debunked through and through over and over again through the years. As we have explained, the real number may be closer to about $5 billion (still decently large, but nowhere near $250 billion) and that $250 billion is based on a single unsourced claim in an article in Forbes from 20 years ago. In other words: bogus.
96% of all online pharmacies are operating illegally, many out of compliance with international IP laws that protect the public health and safety.Of course, this depends on how you define "illegally." Many are merely gray market re-importers, helping people get more affordable, and perfectly legitimate drugs. But the big pharma companies (USCoC members, of course) don't like the competition and efforts to drive down their insane margins.
In the United States, the domestic value of counterfeit pharmaceutical seizures in FY 2011 rose by more than $11 million, an increase of almost 200%.And, again, how much of that was gray market, legitimate drugs that were just being re-imported? And how much of it were true "fakes"? Also, if the problem is really $250 billion, doesn't it seem to highlight how small a problem fake drugs are if the US seized just
Counterfeits also have the potential to put our military at risk and jeopardize our national security missions, according to two recent reports by the Department of Commerce and the Government Accountability Office.More fear mongering. And of course, if the military is buying counterfeit parts, shouldn't the focus be on the military's procurement process? Why is the military buying from shady equipment dealers in the first place?
The thing is, there is a risk from fake drugs and military equipment, but it's a really, really, really small problem. Barely noticeable. That's why the Chamber likes to lump those in with other things, like copyright infringement, because then they can pretend that the "risk" is really big. But it's not. I'm all for focusing in on stopping those who actually sell truly fake drugs and fake military parts, but there really aren't that many of those out there, and they can be targeted specifically, rather than passing broad legislation with massive consequences for the rest of the internet.
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Craft beer's popularity has kept beer distributors busy reorganizing shelves to accommodate what is a seemingly never-ending selection from microbrewers.
Now distributors have even more work to do but they're not complaining.
Thanks to a recent change in the law, beer distributors across the state can stock shelves with hops, barley, pre-made kits, grain mills, how-to books, bottles and other beer-making apparatus.


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Just steps from EpiCentre and Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Omni Charlotte Hotel is a great choice if you want to stay in Charlotte Center City. This business-friendly hotel is also within a short walk of Discovery Place. Charlotte Transportation Center Station is 0.1 mi away for added convenience.
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Relax in one of the 374 inviting rooms, all of which come with minibars, 24-hour room service and WiFi. Premium bedding, rainfall showers and MP3 docks are also available for your convenience.
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Providing a perfect base for exploring Charlotte, this hotel offers WiFi in public areas, an outdoor pool and limo/town car service. Take it easy with a drink at the rooftop bar or grab a bite at Trade, which serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. A fitness center, a 24-hour business center and conference space are other features.
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Hotel Amenities
This 16-story hotel in Uptown Charlotte is connected to the Epicentre Entertainment District and sits just 1 block away from the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center and the Spectrum Arena; it is also 3 blocks from the convention center. Guests at the Omni Charlotte Hotel enter a lobby with a high ceiling and appointed with an atrium, marble flooring by the registration desk, and stylish vases holding single flowers. A second-floor escalator provides access to adjacent restaurants, shops, lounges, and a health club. Interior walkways connect the hotel to Charlotte attractions such as the Bank of America headquarters and the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.
The Omni Charlotte Hotel provides discounted passes to an 18,000-sq-foot (1,672-sq-meter) health club in the lobby. A complimentary onsite fitness room is also available and guests can borrow complimentary "Get Fit Kits" for in-room exercise. Children receive a gift bag of games at check-in. The hotel has 14,400 sq feet (1,338 sq meters) of meeting space that includes 19 meeting and conference rooms. A 24-hour business center includes computer station and secretarial services. Located in the business district, the property is in close range to a medical center and university. Tours and ticket assistance is provided and luggage storage is available. Valet parking is available for a surcharge. WiFi is available (surcharge). The Omni Charlotte Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Bar/lounge
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- Poolside bar
- Conference space
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Meeting rooms
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Self parking (surcharge)
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Outdoor pool
- Computer station
- Smoke-free property
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 1486
- Number of meeting rooms - 19
- Luggage storage
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- ATM/banking
- 24-hour business center
- Concierge services
- Conference space size (feet) - 16000
- Shopping on site
- Ballroom
- Total number of rooms - 374
- Television in common areas
- Number of floors - 15
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( USD 9.95 per day )
Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( USD 9.95 per 24-hour period )
Languages Spoken
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Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Room service (24 hours)
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Shower/tub combination
- Rainfall showerhead
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Premium bedding
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- MP3 docking station
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- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Digital TV service
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Trade Restaurant and Bar - offers traditional southern comfort cuisine and serves 3 meals daily. The restaurant is open Monday-Friday for breakfast from 6 a.m. until 11 a.m., for lunch from 11.30 a.m. until 2 p.m., and for dinner from 5.30 p.m. until 10 p.m. It is also open on Saturday and Sunday for breakfast from 7 a.m. until 11.30 a.m., for lunch from 12 p.m. until 2 p.m., and for dinner from 5.30 p.m. until 10 p.m. The bar hours are from 3 p.m. until midnight.
Nearby Things to Do
Guests can enjoy the expansive rooftop terrace and pool area to soak up some sun, or watch their favorite sports team on the giant poolside TV.
The hotel offers a fitness center with two treadmills and a Universal machine. Complimentary "Get Fit Kits" for in-room workouts include bands, light weights, and floor mats. Discounted passes are available to an 18,000-square-foot health club in the lobby.
Freedom Park, three miles from the hotel, provides plenty of outdoor fun, with hiking and bicycling trails, tennis and basketball courts, playgrounds, picnic shelters, and in-line skating around the lake. The Olde Sycamore Golf Club, 12 miles from the hotel, has a top-ranked 18-hole, par 72 course.
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With the nation's 238th birthday around the corner, I figured it necessary to grab a La-Z-Boy, heat up a bacon-injected apple pie, and challenge all of you red-blooded patriots to browse the internet (invented by America, by the way) for the best cars that were forged in the land of the free.
Here are the rules:
- Cars must be American (kit cars, trucks, and military/commercial vehicles included)
- Cars must have a selling price of under $5000
- It can be an auction, but it has to realistically end under $5000 (No Ford GTs with $5k starting bids!)
- Completed and sold listings can be included.
- You can add modifications, as long as it doesn't go over the total budget.
- Write a short reason why your car is the best American car $5000 (and under) can buy.
Now go find a car that would make Uncle Sam proud!
I'll arrange the best choices so we can reflect how far we've come in our short-yet-glorious history on our nation's birthday.
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Rick Perry on Friday declared a brief cease fire on Mitt Romney and instead drew a bead on President Barack Obama.
"We've got a president … who's mortgaging the future of our children," the Texas governor told about 80 people at the Squat 'n' Gobble restaurant.
Perry is is hoping for a good showing in the South Carolina primary Saturday to keep alive his hopes as a contender for the Republican presidential nomination.
In Bluffton, he made no reference to Romney, the frontrunner in national polls, or the former Massachusetts governor's leadership of his former firm, Bain Capital.
In recent days, Perry has slammed Romney's role in what he said was the private equity firm's layoffs of workers in South Carolina.
On Thursday, that cost him the support of key Palmetto State political fundraiser Barry Wynn, who threw his support to Romney.
Instead of targeting Romney, Perry on Friday lashed out at Obama for big spending programs and for proposing to slash military outlays.
"We need a president," he said, "who has the courage to stand up and say we're going to support our military, who has the courage to cut some domestic programs."
Most of the rest of his remarks recycled themes he has echoed throughout the campaign.
He called for a part-time Congress, abolition of the U.S. Department of Education, lower taxes and less government regulation of business.
On his first day as president, he said, he would sign an executive order to "repeal as much as I can" of Obama's national health care program.
Perry declined an invitation to pose for a picture with the restaurant's iconic mannequin but said he'd slap a campaign sticker on it on the way out.
At one point — as he took questions from the audience — he acknowledged the statuesque figure, from which an arm and a raised palm extend into the air.
"I thought that lady had a hand up over there," he said, drawing laughter.
Perry ran fifth in the seven-way Iowa caucuses on Jan 3. and skipped campaigning in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary so he could focus on South Carolina.
So far, he has little to show here. A new poll shows his support at just 6 percent and higher than that of only former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman.
On Thursday, he sought to counter widespread speculation that he has little chance of winning.
"South Carolina picks presidents," he said. "Don't let anybody tell you who is going to win. Don't let anyone tell you who can win. Don't let anyone tell you who can't win.
"The people of South Carolina are smart enough to figure out on their own what they want in the president."
Perry went on to suggest they want someone like himself, who has extensive executive experience and has shown he can "create jobs."
People in the audience praised his comments.
Bob Heisey, who lives in Sun City Hilton Head and described himself as undecided, said he approved of Perry's message on economic policy and his call to seal the Mexican border.
"I like what he's saying," Heisey said. "I would like to hear more on how he would implement it."
Lynn Draugelis of Bluffton gave Perry high marks.
"He was right on the mark with everything I feel is going on in this country," Draugelis said. "He would definitely make a good president."


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In search of the 28th amendment to the Constitution
In search of the 28th amendment to the Constitution
National Constitution CenterBy Scott Bomboy | National Constitution Center
A Tennessee congressman has raised eyebrows in a controversial speech to add a 28th amendment to the Constitution. The effort is the latest attempt to change a document that almost seems unchangeable.
poll tax amendment signedRepresentative Jim Cooper, a Democrat from Nashville, shocked an audience during a 20-minute speech on Wednesday when he told the Nashville Bar Association he wanted an amendment to bar states from passing restrictive voter identification laws.
That in itself wasnt shocking. But to prove his point about the need for equality in the voting booth, the newspaper The Tennessean says Cooper rattled off a list of slurs against blacks, gays, the disabled, and ethnic groups to show how harmful the words were.
The newspaper says some in the audience were apparently disappointed in Coopers illustrative use of the slurs to prove a point they already agreed with.
Cooper also told the audience that his father, a former governor, was racist.
Of course, he did not think of himself that wayno respectable person does, Cooper said.
Cooper was also blunt about the prospects of an amendment passing, saying a national scandal like more Florida elections would be needed for a voting rights amendment to be ratified.
The controversial outcome of the 2000 presidential election, which was decided by Floridas electoral votes, didnt cause a public rush to pass a 28th amendment barring the Electoral College.
Since the Bill of Rights and the first 10 amendments passed in 1791, only 17 amendments have run the gauntlet. And the 18th Amendment, which established Prohibition, was repealed.
The last amendment passed was the 27th Amendment, which was ratified in 1992. It bars Congress from giving itself a pay raise during its current session.
To become part of the Constitution, an amendment must be proposed by two-thirds of the House and Senate, or by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures. It is up to the states to approve a new amendment, with three-quarters of the states voting to ratifying it.
Every year, lots of ideas are floated out about adding a 28th amendment. One recent chain letter on the Internet demanded an amendment that forced senators and House members to be held accountable to the same laws as U.S. citizens.
The urban legend website Snopes.com debunked that letters claims (perhaps in record time), saying that Congress members didnt avoid Social Security and get other financial preferences.
Another recent effort was to introduce an amendment to overturn the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision.
On average, about 200 amendments are proposed in a typical two-year Congress term, and in recent years, the numbers have been lower.
In all, more than 11,000 amendments have been proposed in congressional history, according to the Senates historian. Only 92 were proposed in the previous Congress, compared with 153 in the 1991 1992 Congress.
Just 34 proposed amendments have been approved by Congress for submission to the states.
Some of the more interesting ones that never made it out of Congress were amendments to get rid of the Senate; to establish a Roman-like three-person council to replace the president; to abolish millionaires; and to change the countrys name to United States of the Earth.
And there are some history buffs, as weve documented several times, who believe we currently have 28 amendments. One of the 34 amendments that Congress approved for the states to consider was the Titles of Nobility Amendment. It came very close to becoming ratified in 1812, so close that legal books listed it as an approved amendment for decades.
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"Madness is rare in individuals, but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Sheriff Wants Doctors to Have Patients Sign Away Rights
"Like many law enforcement agencies, prescription drug abuse was a problem in need of a solution, and rather than go through the onerous burden of awaiting people to engage in crime, it dawned on them that they could just sneak in through the back door of the physician's office and slip in another seemingly innocuous form, a blob of mumbo-jumbo and was essentially guaranteed no one would ever read, and get it signed."
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The most disturbing thing about this article is the number of seemingly literate people who believe that "the police won't bother the doctors," that they're just "after the addicts." Can people with access to the Internet actually be this ignorant? Stupid, I get. But ignorant?
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Heat Lamp Bulbs
Smooth glass and pressed glass infrared bulbs that can be used in heat lamps.
Sold in packages of 2.
Why are our bulbs better than the cheaper versions?
- "Never-loose" base!—See details below.
- Guaranteed to provide 6 months of non-stop life
Surprisingly strong glass. Their heft (and performance) have given us confidence in their warming ability on cold winter nights.
- "Never-loose" base (See PDF file above for a side-by-side comparison.)
- Red or clear glass
- 175 watt. Sold/priced in packages of 2.
Smooth Glass Infrared Bulbs
- "Never-loose" base
- Red or clear glass
- 175 watt (Premier's choice) or 250 watt. Sold/priced in packages of 2.
Conventional infrared lamps are cheap—but they usually fail within a month or two. Why?
- The base breaks away from the glass bulb because the high temperature causes the cheap adhesive to degrade.
- Both glass and filament are so fragile that minimal impact shatters them.
"Never-loose" base—they don't use cement adhesive. Instead, the base screws into the bulb. A weld of solder holds the base onto the threads. If a never-loose base ever becomes loose, we will replace at no cost!
Other bulbs—attached with cement adhesive. Heat causes the cement to lose its adhesive property. The base then breaks away from the bulb.
Why do we show you this? Because we included this photo on p. 60 of our 2011 "Equipment That Works!" catalog and p. 16 on our Poultry flyer—and we regret doing so. To prevent any incident (there has been none to our knowledge) we felt we should show you this as a cautionary note.
- Do not use bulbs rated higher that 250w.
- Use quality bulbs as some low quality bulbs have broken off leaving the metal filament in the ceramic fixture.
Please read this note regarding purchase of items #557034 or #557035.
A customer has reported problems screwing PAR (pressed glass) heat lamp bulbs into our orange heat lamp fixtures—so we've studied this in detail.
We have concluded that, because the PAR bulbs feel so sturdy and unbreakable in the hand (which they are), some users (including myself) are inclined to screw them in with more hand strength than they use for normal heat lamp bulbs (which are fragile and feel that way).
Using too much strength to tighten the bulbs doesn't damage the bulbs—but it does deform the brass colored metal inside the ceramic fixtures of our heat lamps.
Mild deformation due to over tightening makes it difficult to screw bulbs in and out of the fixture. Major deformation due to over tightening can flatten the metal so much that the bulb can actually fall out.
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I purchased 6 of the heat lamps (2 with stands), and pressed glass red bulbs five years ago when we first got chickens. We have used them with chicks, and for our adults, in the bitter, sub-zero winters we hang one lamp in each of our two coops (turned on and off remotely), and 4 lamps in the cage area. We leave the lamps on all day, only turning them off when the chickens go in to roost at night. This is the first time in 5 years that we have had a bulb burn out. These bulbs are long-life, and made very well. The heat lamps themselves are fabulous with a ceramic base the bulbs screw into that won't overheat and start a fire. The lamp is sturdy construction and we like the fact that the bulb itself is recessed in the dome cover, with the added protection of the grille. These lamps and bulbs have withstood the test of time in extreme cold, and chickens flying into them. They are extremely safe (if suspended securely and proper electrical wiring) and we never worry about fire. The heat lamps and bulbs are fantastic products and well worth the money not only for long lasting durability, but safety for your animals.
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Feb. 5, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Senior Xing Yuan, junior Saad Zaheer and freshman John Kucharczyk each earned come-from-behind five-game victories to help MIT's squash team defeat Boston College, 7-2, on Saturday afternoon in the Zesiger Center. The triumph was the second of the season for the Engineers, who moved to 2-7.
Sophomore Andrew Yoon led the Cardinal and Gray out of the No. 1 spot with a 9-4, 9-3, 9-4 sweep over BC's Peter Gallagher. Senior David Baumgartner (9-6, 9-5, 9-7) and freshman Michael Zomnir (9-0, 9-5, 9-0) also won in the minimum three games from the No. 4 and 5 positions, respectively.
No. 2 Zaheer needed an amazing comeback to earn the victory in his match, as he fell in the first two games, 9-5, 10-8. However, he regrouped to take the next two games, 9-5, 9-5, before winning a remarkable fifth game, 10-8. No. 6 Yuan (9-4, 5-9, 3-9, 9-7, 9-5) and No. 7 Kucharczyk (4-9, 9-4, 7-9, 9-6, 9-6) also erased deficits to provide the Engineers with crucial victories.
Senior Jonathan Schechter earned MIT's seventh victory from the No. 9 position by default, while fellow senior Pawan Deedwaniya swept an exhibition match.
The Engineers will return to action on Thursday, Feb. 7, when they will travel to Wesleyan University for a 4:30 p.m. contest.


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Alternate Names
Surgical incision care; Open wound care
What to Expect at Home
An incision is a cut through the skin that is made during surgery. It is also called a surgical wound. Some incisions are small and others are long. The size of the incision depends on the kind of surgery you had.
Do not wear tight clothing that rubs against the incision while it is healing.
Sometimes, an incision breaks open. This may happen along the entire cut or just part of it. Your doctor may decide not to close it again with sutures (stitches).
If your doctor does not close your wound again with sutures, you need to care for it at home, since it may take time to heal. The wound will heal from the bottom to the top. A dressing helps absorb drainage and keep the skin from closing before the wound underneath fills in.
Proper Handwashing
It is important to clean your hands before you change your dressing. You may use an alcohol-based cleanser. Or you may wash your hands using these steps:
- Take all jewelry off your hands.
- Wet your hands, pointing them downward under warm running water.
- Add soap and wash your hands for 15 to 30 seconds (sing "Happy Birthday" or the "Alphabet Song" one time through). Clean under your nails also.
- Rinse well.
- Dry with a clean towel.
Removing the Old Dressing
Your doctor or nurse will tell you how often to
- Clean your hands before touching the dressing.
- Make sure you have all the supplies handy.
- Have a clean work surface.
Remove the old dressing:
- Carefully loosen the tape from your skin.
- Use a clean (not sterile) medical glove to grab the old dressing and pull it off.
- If the dressing sticks to the wound, wet it and try again, unless your doctor instructed you to pull it off dry.
- Put the old dressing in a plastic bag and set it aside.
- Clean your hands again after you take off the old dressing.
Caring for the Wound
You may use a gauze pad or soft cloth to clean the skin around your wound:
- Use a normal saline solution (salt water) or mild soapy water.
- Soak the gauze or cloth in the saline solution or soapy water, and gently dab or wipe the skin with it.
- Try to remove all drainage and any dried blood or other matter that may have built up on the skin.
- Do not use skin cleansers, alcohol, peroxide, iodine, or soap with antibacterial chemicals. These can damage the wound tissue and slow healing.
Your doctor may also ask you to irrigate, or wash out, your wound:
- Fill a syringe with salt water or soapy water, whichever your doctor recommends.
- Hold the syringe 1 to 6 inches away from the wound. Spray hard enough into the wound to wash away drainage and discharge.
- Use a soft, dry cloth or piece of gauze to carefully pat the wound dry.
Do not put any lotion, cream, or herbal remedies on or around your wound without asking your doctor first.
Putting on the New Dressing
Place the clean dressing on the wound as your doctor or nurse taught you to. You may be using a wet-to-dry dressing.
Clean your hands when you are finished.
Throw away the old dressing and other used supplies in a waterproof plastic bag. Close it tightly, then double it before putting it in the trash.
Wash any soiled laundry from the dressing change separately from other laundry. Ask your doctor if you need to add bleach to the wash water.
Use a dressing only once. Never reuse it.
When to Call the Doctor
Call your doctor if any of these changes occur around the incision:
- More redness
- More pain
- Swelling
- Bleeding
- The wound is larger or deeper
- The wound looks dried out or dark
- The drainage coming from or around the incision increases or becomes thick, tan, green, or yellow, or smells bad (which indicates pus)
- Your temperature is above 100 F for more than 4 hours
Lynn PB. Cleaning a wound and applying a dry, sterile dressing. In: Lynn PB. Taylor?s Handbook of Nursing Skills. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Wolters Kluwers. 2011.
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Backstreet Boys on What They Think of Justin Bieber
Three members of the BackStreet Boys candidly discuss their feelings about pop sensation Justin Bieber and all of the success he's had, in this excerpt of an interview about the band's comeback with WSJ's Lee Hawkins.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Better-Than-Expected Jobs Report Sinks Gold and Silver
On Friday, gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) futures for December — the most active contract — dropped $23.90 to close at $1,284.60 per ounce, while silver (NYSEARCA:SLV) futures fell 34 cents lower to finish at $21.32. Major exchange-traded funds, like the SPDR Gold Trust and iShares Silver Trust, also closed in negative territory.
Gold and silver both declined as the latest jobs report from the Department of Labor revealed the economy added a net 204,000 jobs in October, easily beating expectations of only 120,000 jobs. Even more encouragingly, the September gain was upwardly revised to 163,000 from 148,000, and August's payroll additions were upwardly revised to 238,000 from 193,000. The improved employment situation has once again ignited speculation that the Federal Reserve could dial down its bond purchases before the end of this year.
"Markets are taking the news as a sign that the Federal Reserve will begin to taper QE3 sooner than later — perhaps December given labor conditions bucking expectations," explained Christopher Vecchio, currency analyst at DailyFX. "U.S. Treasury yields have surged on the day, and are acting in a manner indicative of rising taper expectations: the middle or "belly" of the yield curve is seeing yields increase the fastest."
However, the unemployment rate edged higher to 7.3 percent in October from 7.2 percent in September. Currently, the Federal Reserve would like to see the unemployment rate fall to at least 6.5 percent before reversing its zero interest rate policy. The U-6 unemployment rate, which includes everyone in the headline rate, plus people who are either employed part-time but prefer a full-time position, or want work but have stopped looking, increased from 13.6 percent to 13.8 percent — its highest level since July.
By the end of the trading day, shares of the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:GLD) dropped 1.5 percent, while the iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA:SLV) declined 0.70 percent. However, gold miners (NYSEARCA:GDX) Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) and Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) both managed modest gains of 0.20 percent and 0.80 percent, respectively. Shares of First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) jumped 1.5 percent.
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When Trevin Wax wrote in Baptist Press News back in July 2011 that "the pro-life movement is winning," he likely had no idea that Time magazine would one day agree with him. With the cover of its current issue declaring that "40 Years Ago, Abortion Rights Activists Won an Epic Victory with Roe v. Wade, They've Been Losing Ever Since," Kate Pickert backs up the claim by noting that 24 states have adopted more than 90 new restrictions on abortions just since 2010, and then adds,
These laws make it harder every year to exercise a right heralded as a crowning achievement of the 20th century women's movement. In addition to North Dakota, three other states — South Dakota, Mississippi and Arkansas — have just one surgical-abortion clinic in operation. The number of abortion providers nationwide shrank from 2,908 in 1982 to 1,793 in 2008, the latest year for which data is available.
Getting an abortion in America is, in some places, harder today than at any point since it became a constitutionally protected right 40 years ago this month.
She laments the success of pro-life activists in getting parental notification laws adopted along with waiting periods and counseling before an abortion can be performed. Funding of abortion under Medicaid has been eliminated in 30 states, and the shift in sentiment from pro-choice to pro-life among citizens is accelerating. She notes a study by Gallup that shows just 41 percent of Americans now consider themselves to be pro-choice while 50 percent call themselves pro-life. This is a tectonic shift from just eight years ago when those numbers were reversed. She also noted that pro-life activists are now young, white, female, and persuasive. As Lisa Miller wrote at The Washington Post, there is a "new vitality [in] the anti-abortion [pro-life] movement … the most visible, entrepreneurial and passionate advocates for the rights of the unborn … are women. More to the point: They are youngish Christian working mothers with children at home."
She contrasts them with the older generation of pro-life activists who have faded from the scene:
These women represent a major strategic shift in the abortion war, and not just because they are generally more likable than the old, white fathers of the antiabortion movement: Jerry Falwell, Henry Hyde, Jesse Helms and Pat Robertson...
Their approach to working and mothering — "I'm just doing the best I can, like you" — also reverses decades of harsh judgments from such female leaders on the right as Beverly LaHaye and Phyllis Schlafly.
It's a much softer sell, and it's working. Miller interviewed Marjorie Dannenfelser who heads up the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List), a political action group dedicated to eliminating abortion in the United States. With 365,000 members, her message is winsome and relatable. When Miller asked her how she manages her five children along with the responsibilities at SBA List, Dannenfelser responded, "It's not a very neat exercise … child care is, you know … I get someone to help when I have to."
Miller also noted that the new leaders in the pro-life movement are well-educated. Dannenfelser received a degree from Duke University while Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life, earned a Ph.D. in politics at the University of Virginia. What unites Dannenfelser and Yoest and other leaders in the movement such as Shannon Royce of Chosen Families, Kristan Hawkins of Students for Life, and Penny Nance, head of Concerned Women for America is, to Miller's surprise, that each of them are Christians.
This, says Miller, touches the abortion issue at its core: the belief that abortion is morally wrong. And more and more Americans agree. According to Gallup, 51 percent of those polled think abortion is morally wrong. But more importantly, when those between 18 and 34 — the Millennials — were asked if they considered abortion morally wrong, 53 percent said yes, and 24 percent said they considered abortion to be "illegal in all circumstances," significantly higher than the older cohorts Gallup quizzed.
Pickert, in her article in Time, also interviewed Frances Kissling, an ardent abortion advocate, about the shift in attitudes about abortion. Said Kissling, "When people hear us say abortion is just another medical procedure, they react with shock. Abortion is not like having your tooth pulled or having your appendix out. It involves the termination of an early form of human life. That deserves some gravitas."
That gravitas is being helped along by technology. As Fred Barnes noted in The Weekly Standard, "pro-lifers have captured the high moral ground, chiefly thanks to advances in the quality of sonograms. Once fuzzy, sonograms now provide a high-resolution picture of the unborn child in the womb. Fetuses have become babies."
And this is impacting the youngest generation in ways that Gallup has yet to measure. When pictures of an unborn sibling are pasted on the refrigerator, brothers and sisters are much less likely to consider aborting the fetus as a "medical procedure" and much more as the taking of a human life. That's going to be increasingly difficult for the pro-choice crowd to overcome.
Gary Bauer, head of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families, says that pro-choice advocates "will have a difficult time claiming any kind of victory" since Roe v. Wade in 1973. The reason? Writes Bauer,
An important reason why "pro-life" is winning is the mounting evidence revealing the humanity of the unborn child. Taken together, developments in science belie the pro-choice assertion that an unborn child is nothing more than a clump of cells.
There's the study from Pacific Lutheran University that revealed that babies can learn individual speech sounds while still in the womb. McGill University has found that babies in the womb can "wake up" in response to certain sounds, including their mother's voice. And other studies, says Bauer, show that unborn babies can remember musical rhythms after they are born.
Perhaps the most astonishing discovery is that unborn babies can feel pain as early as 20 weeks into pregnancy, which has resulted in nine states adopting "pain awareness" laws with many more states considering them.
Trevin Wax must be pleased that his prediction from nearly two years ago is coming true. He concluded,
Those who continue to ignore or deny the humanity of the unborn are increasingly on the defensive because new technologies are opening the window into the womb. What we find there are not tissues to be discarded, but human lives worth protecting.
All of this — the moral reawakening of Americans, the persuasive evidence from science that an unborn child is not just a "clump of cells" that the mother can conveniently discard, the influence of people of faith in the battle — is showing up in increasing legislation designed to protect the unborn from harm. Forty-three pro-life laws were enacted in 2011, second only to the 92 pro-life laws enacted the year before.
And that reawakening is having a direct effect on the number of abortions. As Randy O'Bannon, director of research for the National Right To Life Committee, said,
Over the past twenty years … we have seen that pro-life efforts can make a difference, as the number of abortions performed in the U.S. has declined from 1.6 million to 1.2 million a year.
We've still got a long way to go, obviously, but we see that pro-life legislation, education, and outreach can save and has saved hundreds of thousands of lives. Our task is great, but our cause is just.
That's worth celebrating as the war that was started by the Supreme Court's grievously-flawed decision, Roe v. Wade, enters its 41st year.
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Verizon may not block the usage of third-party tethering apps that turn Android devices into mobile hotspots, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled today. Nor may Verizon charge a $20 tethering fee for users on either tiered data plans or unlimited plans.
Verizon has agreed to pay a $1.25 million settlement fee to the U.S. Treasury to resolve the matter.
The FCC's decision relies on the fact that Verizon purchased 700MHz spectrum from the U.S. government in 2008. As part of the deal, Verizon had to guarantee that it would not restrict the types of devices or applications used on that spectrum.
"Today's action demonstrates that compliance with FCC obligations is not optional. The open device and application obligations were core conditions when Verizon purchased the C-block spectrum," said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in a statement. "The massive innovation and investment fueled by the Internet have been driven by consumer choice in both devices and applications. The steps taken today will not only protect consumer choice, but defend certainty for innovators to continue to deliver new services and apps without fear of being blocked."
Because the FCC's ruling is based solely on this "C-Block" spectrum deal, the same rules do not apply to AT&T, Sprint, or T-Mobile, all of which charge users a fee for using wireless tethering apps.
Tethering, for those of you wondering what the heck this is all about, allows users to access the Internet from other devices, like laptops, via their smartphone or tablet's wireless signal.
Of course, users who pay for a usage-based data plan will still pay heavily for tethering their devices, since Verizon charges about $2 per megabyte over the initial allotted data (which starts at 1GB at a cost of $50 per month). Watch a video or two, and you're looking at a massive phone bill coming your way. If you're still on an unlimited plan, well, you win!
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W. Basketball and W. Swimming receive C-USA Sport Academic Award
Congratulations to the Women's Basketball and Women's Swimming teams for receiving the C-USA Sport Academic Award. This award is given to the team in each conference-sponsored sport with the highest GPA for the 2011-12 academic year. This is the first time the Women's Basketball team has received this honor.
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So here's a funny story. The Encinitas United School District in California started an in-school yoga program. You know, because it's fun and relaxing and helps kids focus and all that. But some families got their pants all up in a bunch over the whole idea -- because they think yoga is a religious practice, and what about separation of church and state, and now it's time to sue the school district. Yup, a family just filed a lawsuit to stop the yoga classes.
SIGH. I know this isn't the last time I'm going to say this, but here goes: Yoga is not a religion -- certainly not the way it's being practiced in the Encinitas schools, where it's taught as a physical fitness program. Don't these people have better things to do than sue over YOGA?!? Oh my god, this lawsuit is so freakin' stupid, I feel like ... I need to ... OMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Okay, I feel a little calmer now. Let's talk about yoga.
1. Yoga is meditation. Meditation is a vehicle. It can lead you to spiritual enlightenment, if that is your goal. Or it can help you focus and relax, if that is your goal. All depends on where you want to go. If you drive your car to church, does that make your car religious? No. It does not.
2. Some yoga is just exercise. This is a little controversial -- I have yoga teacher friends who say it shouldn't be treated as "just" exercise you do at the gym, but that's what it's become in the U.S. You stretch a lot, you breathe, and your body benefits from that. It's a limited use of yoga, but one a lot of people find very effective, physically.
3. You can be a Christian and do yoga. Millions of Christians who do yoga know this. They don't feel like they're worshipping Hindu gods when they do yoga, even if some poses refer to Hindu gods. I bet Jesus would have practiced yoga if he'd known about it.
4. Yoga's spiritual roots have sprung practical uses. True, yoga developed in ancient India as a spiritual practice. And for many practitioners, it still is a spiritual practice. But it's evolved into a multitude of different kinds of practices, many of them completely secular. Some people consider it a form of alternative preventative medicine!
I just think it takes a special kind of Grinch to sue a school district over a phys ed program that helps kids move their bodies, relax, and focus better in class. I'm sure Encinitas is teaching yoga in a completely secular, practical way. And they're going to continue teaching yoga. Kids with intolerant parents can opt out. What's the big deal?
Do you think yoga is a religious practice, or can it also just be exercise?
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Five Things Financial Advisers Won't Tell You
Consumer groups and financial industry representatives often tout how well they're protecting consumers' best interests. But sometimes they're not. MarketWatch's Jim Jelter discusses five things financial advisers won't tell you. (Photo: Getty Images)
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text: If you thought the tale of the California woman who pepper sprayed other Walmart shoppers during a Black Friday stampede was the most "only in America" story of the season, prepare yourself to feel a surge of patriotic pride. Now she's considering filing a lawsuit against the store. Authorities say 32-year-old Elizabeth Macias was using the pepper spray to keep people away from the Xbox games she had her eye on, but they've concluded there isn't enough evidence to indict her on felony charges. Now she claims, through her attorney, that she was protecting her teenage son and daughter, who were being punched and kicked by others, and Walmart is at fault for not providing more security. Macias says they were "traumatized," but it's unclear if they immediately left the store or held it together long enough to check out with the games.


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The ability to maximize the impact of product innovation has never been more important. And to accomplish this goal—getting desirable products to market faster and at the right price—businesses are spending more than ever on R&D. For some industries, like high tech and biotech, the outlay for R&D can top 20 percent of revenues, according to Accenture research.
Yet many companies still struggle to make the most of their R&D investments, which total a whopping $680 billion annually for the 2000 largest global public companies. We also found that only 30 percent of executives are "very satisfied" with their performance in converting ideas into market-ready products, services or business models. Just 21 percent believe they have an effective process for capturing ideas from outside their company. And 28 percent cite lateness to market as a key reason for product innovation failure.
That's scarcely surprising when you consider that many companies are still leveraging a linear, sequential model for PLM.
Such models, where the multiple processes and systems live in silos, inhibit the flow of relevant information needed to optimize product development. Engineers, for example, are often disconnected from the new-product introduction process. As a consequence, new-product launch teams don't always hear about critical last-minute design changes. And because vital insights are not shared, the solutions that eventually emerge from this fragmented system just aren't meeting customer expectations for innovation and relevance. Moreover, because of this linear approach, product launch is often delayed.
But our experience indicates that a digital model could significantly increase the efficiency and effectiveness of PLM processes—and thus deliver substantially higher ROI on R&D.
Top performers are taking PLM to another level. They have started to recognize that a digital approach can boost the effectiveness of the PLM process dramatically. These leaders understand that digital technologies—social, mobile, analytics and big data, and cloud—can drive significantly more rapid, scalable, intelligent and connected PLM by helping to link all functions and constituents in an efficient network. (see chart)


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As a consultant advising clients about how to prepare a cloud adoption strategy, Ahmar Abbas hears lots of positive and negative thoughts.
But mostly, the head of DISYS's IT outsourcing and cloud computing division hears about two big concerns:
Who's snooping on my data?
Revelations last year about international and domestic mass-surveillance by government agencies have put cloud users on edge. Customers want to know if their data can be snooped on by their provider or some government, and how to prevent that from happening.
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Abbas says there are steps users can take to alleviate these concerns. First, know what your providers' policies are related to accessing customer data and responding to government requests for user data. Most providers have standard responses to these questions because they get them a lot, Abbas says. Equally important though, he says, is to be sure that providers inform customers of any changes to these policies. There are a lot of moving pieces, which means vendors may tweak their policies. It's important that users be informed of any changes to their vendors' privacy policies as well.
How to control your cloud costs
Adopting a public Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud computing platform ushers in a new era of ease of access to resources. Now more than ever, developers and engineers can easily access virtual machines and storage through a portal like Amazon Web Services. That's great, but it can lead to over-use of the resources, users have found. Abbas calls it the "paradox of abundance."
"Once it becomes very easy to access infrastructure through point and click deployment, if you don't control it properly you can get system sprawl pretty quickly," he says. Companies are looking for tools to track and keep tabs on what infrastructure services are being used.
The good news is there are plenty of third-party tools on the market. Some track your usage, others can optimize your performance, and still others can provide forecasting of future use. Cloudamize, Cloudyn and VMTurbo are just some examples of companies providing such services. But a word of warning from Abbas: Using multiple services can add up to significant additional costs for the end user. One way to avoid this is to get usage data that vendors like AWS provide to users. By using APIs, DISYS helps users set up alerts to warn administrators when certain thresholds of spending or usage are being approached or exceeded.
Senior Writer Brandon Butler covers cloud computing for Network World and NetworkWorld.com. He can be reached at email@example.com and found on Twitter at @BButlerNWW. Read his Cloud Chronicles here.


text: Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge will be in Knoxville this week to announce the city as one of 71 recipients of the Small Communities Water Infrastructure I-JOBS Funds. As previously reported, Knoxville will receive $980,000 for the construction of a new water detention basin at the wastewater treatment plant. The expanded basin will be used to handle the additional inflow from the city's two relief sewer projects. The event featuring Lieutenant Governor Judge will be held in the meeting room on the second floor of the Knoxville Public library Thursday at 1:30pm.


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I Can't Believe It's Not Butter contacted me recently to ask if I'd like to visit a local farmers market to gather items for a lunch party with friends afterwards—created with recipes using ICBINB, or course. I turn down a lot of PR offers, but this sounded like fun, and I had a tub of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter in my fridge already, so I do actually use their product. I also tend to be a recluse, so I thought this would be a good way to force myself outside and see what Chapel Hill has to offer.
There are several farmers markets near me. The Carrboro Farmers Market seemed to be the most popular one, but I heard parking was a mess. So I decided to go to the South Estes Market instead since it's held in a mall parking lot with plenty of spaces. It was also on the way between my place […]
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Accident involving ATV, SUV causes severe head injury
Police in Port Arthur are currently investigating an accident that happened a little after 3 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, and left one person severely injured.
According to a press release from PAPD, the department received a call at about 3:14 a.m. regarding a major accident in the 2000 block of State Highway 73. Officers reported an ATV and SUV collided at that location, and one person received a "significant" head injury. The injured party was taken to St. Elizabeth's Hospital for treatment and was listed in critical condition.
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By Benjamin Kellogg Jul 11, 2012 0
County Fair Memories
During the July 4th holiday, I visited the county fair with my mom, a few of my aunts and uncles, and my cousin. I did not go on any rides (I am too big for most of them now), but I did visit many of the barns and stables which house local farm animals—one of the fair's most unique attractions. As I walked through the fair, a flood of memories of prior visits came rushing back to me. I had not been back to the fair in a long time; I never realized how much I missed it.
When I was much younger, I used to go to the county fair with my family every single year. It offered me a chance to see a lot of things I did not normally get to see. The fair was mainly divided into two parts. One section consisted of traditional carnival rides and games while the other section featured various farm animals and exhibits of products made in the county. Each part was expansive and seemed to get bigger every year I went. There always seemed to be something new that would grab my attention. Because I had a limited frame of reference as to what the rest of the world was like at the time, I felt like I was stepping into a completely different world. This feeling has not disappeared.
My favorite part of the fair this year was an exhibit of John Deere tractors from the past 70 years. Many of my family members with whom I went to the fair grew up on a farm where they regularly used a tractor. I found it interesting to note that the model of the main tractor line did not change much from year to year, but that models from a larger span of years apart looked very different from one another. Despite their vastly altered appearances, they could all still be recognized as John Deere tractors. The relative sameness of a symbol like this over such a long time greatly appealed to my desire for consistency in all areas of my life. It was also the only portion of my visit to the fair which seemed to follow a definite structure, as the rest of the trip was much more freeform.
The farm animals were also quite interesting. I saw cows, pigs, chickens, roosters, sheep, horses, rabbits, and many other creatures which I do not normally get to see in my area (apart from the horses and cows which are fairly common). The animals have always been a prominent part of the fair for my family. My mother's family that lived on the farm took care of many of the same types of animals that were at the fair. From the way my aunts and uncles were nearly gushing with awe toward every single animal, I assume they became very nostalgic as they went through each barn. I remembered when I used to pet most of the fair's animals. It was often an unusual experience for me because I was slightly afraid the animals might bite me or get saliva all over my hand—a thought that I was not at all comfortable with. I did not pet the animals this time either because I did not want to get fur all over my clothes, and because I still retained my primordial fears of the creatures' unknown behaviors after all these years, but I enjoyed seeing the animals again nonetheless.
I could see a lot of rides that I used to frequent as I walked by. There was a grouping of carousels in which younger children could ride on horses, in airplanes, and in cars. I had been on all of these carousels before and they were among my favorite rides because they did not involve a lot of jerking motions. In another corner of the fair was a roller coaster shaped like an alligator. It was mostly designed for younger people because it featured only two fairly small hills. It was never a particular favorite of mine because I liked to be closer to the ground. I met a friend of mine at the fair who enjoyed sliding down the giant slide; I used to like this one, but I always feared that I would somehow end up veering off the slide altogether and onto the ground.
I left the fair with my mother after a few hours had passed. I did not stay for the fireworks display the fair had that night as they make too much noise for me to tolerate. In years past, my parents did take me many times to see fireworks, and I did enjoy seeing the multicolored swirls and flowers that appeared in the sky. However, I would stay in the car with the windows up so that it would be less noisy for me.
Nonetheless, from my home at dusk, I could hear fireworks going off all throughout our neighborhood and even from further away. Each sudden explosion took my mind off of what I was doing and caused me to look out the nearest window to see where the noise was coming from. Even though they are loud, I think next year I will try to go to see a fireworks display and see if I can tolerate the noise. The enjoyment of seeing the display in the sky may be worth putting up with the noise they make.
Going to the fair was a very fun experience for me. It gave me an opportunity to learn more about my home county, take in some unique sights, and generally have a lot of fun with my family. I wonder what new sights will be waiting for me at next year's fair. Maybe the fireworks!!


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Skip to comments.Brooklyn Democrat Sides With GOP in State Senate
Posted on 11/14/2012 9:51:03 PM PST by Arthurio
By Laura Nahmias
Fresh off winning election to the state Senate as a Brooklyn Democrat, Simcha Felder said Tuesday he planned to caucus with Republicans in Albany, further complicating a struggle for control of the chamber.
Felders decision to vote with the GOP conference was first reported by political blog Capital Tonight and was confirmed by his campaign spokesman. Felder, who represents an Orthodox Jewish district in southern Brooklyn, will give the Republicans 31 seats in the Senate, where a party needs 32 votes to elect a majority leader.
The Senate Democrats currently hold 30 seats in the chamber and are leading in two upstate races where vote counts have yet to be finalized, pending the counting of absentee ballots this week.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.wsj.com ...
Hey! This is a BRILLIANT strategy!
Run as a Dem, spouting all the Dem lines, then turn and side with the Repubs!
This just may be a way to win the Senate back - and the White House!!!
Yep, I think one of the only ways, especially when we have 3 million "Republicans" who are "so pure" that they didn't turn out to vote for Romney because he's a "RINO" — I guess they think they taught us all a lesson — and they certainly did. Gave Obamao at least another two Supreme Court nominees in the process.
Time to let them stew in their self-righteousness and focus on going after conversion of the demonrats...
It's the way the Dems always have won. Good tables are being turned.
"Time to let them stew in their self-righteousness"
I don't think they care. They probably wanted the bennies all along but didn't want to admit it. Perfect cover.
"Time to let them stew in their self-righteousness"
The GOP Establishment has sandbagged genuine conservatives election after election, foisted upon us candidates who can "win the moderates" such as McCain, Romney, Arlen Specter, Chris Christie, and Scott Brown, and caved to Democrats in Washington time and time again!
The self-righteousness belongs to the GOP Establishment - not grassroots conservatives. The GOP can go the way of the Whigs.
The time has come for a new party - a genuine conservative party.
Guess they had to teach us a lesson again since we didn't get it when they taught us a lesson in '08.....the results weren't bad enough, so they think we will learn from disaster/total collapse....
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