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Have you tried to see how solid the existing cast iron flange is?
It may be that it is very solid, and if so, slap a wax ring on it and drop a bowl down.
The gray "tin", is a lead poured joint.
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to replace bathroom floor tile and toilet. after old toilet removed. I found the flange is not level. the front side is higher than back (wall) side about 1/4". The problem is the flange is cast iron and soldered by tin on the metal pipe. Hard to replace and no any screw/hole on top (only two notches for toilet holding screws). the flange is not touch the concrete floor only holding by 4" metal pipe under.
Should I:
a. Do not change anything, the flange was designed that way (?). just clean and put a new wax ring on it to install the new toilet.
b. use construction epoxy resin to fill the gap between the flange and floor to add extra support. let wax ring to handle the 1/4" uneven level gap
c. use a steel flange repair ring has extra screw holes outside of the flange area (because the old flange has no screw hole on it, so the standard screw holes on any extender/rings cannot go through). screw and force the front of the flange going down 1/4". Make it back to level evenly. (will this way broken the pipe?)
d. use something like Fernco wax free seal. don't touch the old flange.
Please help
Have you tried to see how solid the existing cast iron flange is?
It may be that it is very solid, and if so, slap a wax ring on it and drop a bowl down.
The gray "tin", is a lead poured joint.
Hi Terry,
Thanks for prompt help.
I google a picture that show the same model of flange as the one in my house.
The flange is remains 85~90% good after all rust removed. Since the flange is soldered on the pipe, it will not move around with normal touch. But the concrete foundation has 1/4" to 1/2" gap around the metal pipe. It will move a little be (flange and pipe move together) if I force it.
The bottom of flange is now above the concrete floor surface 1/4". After new tile installed. the top of the flange will be 1/8" above new tile floor.(but the back side will be a little lower than front side, about same as new tile floor surface.) I got a "Push-Tite™ Gasketed Closet Flange" from local hardware store. Should I use it to extend 1/4" high and it will also cover the inner of the old flange? (the old cast iron flange was surround at outer of the 4" metal pipe.)
Another thing worry me is the wax-less seal ring is really better than traditional waxring in my case? is there any side effect if use wax-less seal ring? (I also bought this: )
Thanks again!!!
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The Alma Powell Branch had the awesome privilege of seeing a Krump performance by the Kzoo Street KonQuerors. On Tuesday June 14 Chestin Grays and Darion Powell with the help of their krumping crew demonstrated what krumping is. As Chestin "Gully KonQueror", Darion "Gully Shinobi", Tashyah "Miss Gully Madness" and Jason "Gully Tactic" were all doing their routines it made me think of an urban tap dance. The krimping, stomping and agile foot work had me comparing names and clothing and thinking that styles might have changed but the basics remain the same.
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Combating Widespread Currency Manipulation
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Widespread currency manipulation, mainly in developing and newly industrialized economies, is the most important development of the past decade in international financial markets. In an attempt to hold down the values of their currencies, governments are distorting capital flows by around $1.5 trillion per year. The result is a net drain on aggregate demand in the United States and the euro area by an amount roughly equal to the large output gaps in the two economies. In other words, millions more Americans and Europeans would be employed if other countries did not manipulate their currencies and instead achieved sustainable growth through higher domestic demand. Gagnon identifies the 20 most egregious currency manipulators over the past 11 years. Four groups of countries stand out: (1) longstanding advanced economies such as Japan and Switzerland; (2) newly industrialized economies such as Israel, Singapore, and Taiwan; (3) developing Asian economies such as China, Malaysia, and Thailand; and (4) oil exporters such as Algeria, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.
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In the remote westernmost corner of Rajasthan, JAISALMER is the quintessential desert town, its golden, sand-coloured ramparts rising out of the arid Thar like a scene from the Arabian Nights. Rampant commercialism may have dampened the romantic vision somewhat, but even with all the touts and tour buses, the town deservedly remains one of India's most popular destinations. Villagers dressed in voluminous red and orange turbans still outnumber foreigners in the bazaar, while the exquisite sandstone architecture of the "Golden City" is quite unlike anything else in India.
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Rawal Jaisal of the Bhati clan founded Jaisalmer in 1156 as a replacement for his less easily defensible capital at Lodurva. Constant wars with Jodhpur and Bikaner followed, as did conflict with the sultans of Delhi. In 1298, a seven-year siege of the fort by the forces of Ala-ud-Din Khalji ended when the men of the city rode out to their deaths while the women committed johar – although the Bhatis soon resumed their rule. The city was again besieged by Sultanate forces in 1326, resulting in another desperate act of johar, but Gharsi Bhati managed to negotiate the return of his kingdom as a vassal state of Delhi, after which it remained in Bhati hands.
In 1570 the ruler of Jaisalmer married one of his daughters to Akbar's son, cementing an alliance between Jaisalmer and the Mughal Empire. Its position on the overland route between Delhi and Central Asia made it an important entrepôt for goods such as silk, opium and spices, and the city grew rich on the proceeds, as the magnificent havelis of its merchants bear witness. However, the emergence of Bombay and Surat as major ports meant that overland trade diminished, and with it Jaisalmer's wealth. The death-blow came with Partition, when Jaisalmer's life-line trade route was severed by the new, highly sensitive Pakistani border. The city took on renewed strategic importance during the Indo-Pakistani wars of 1965 and 1971, and it is now a major military outpost, with jet aircraft regularly roaring past the ramparts.Read More
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Camel safaris from Jaisalmer
Few visitors who make it as far as Jaisalmer pass up the opportunity to go on a camel trek, which provides an irresistibly romantic chance to cross the barren sands and sleep under one of the starriest skies in the world. Sandstorms, sore backsides and camel farts aside, the safaris are usually great fun. Treks normally last from one to four days, with prices varying from Rs600 to Rs1500 per night. The highlight is spending a night under the desert stars, and most travellers find that an overnight trip, departing around 3pm one day and returning the next at noon, is sufficient. Unfortunately, the price you pay is not an adequate gauge of the quality of services you get, and it pays to shop around and ask other travellers for recommendations. Make sure you'll be provided with your own camel, an adequate supply of blankets (it can get very cold at night), food cooked with mineral water, and a campfire. You should also make sure that your operator is committed to either burning or removing all rubbish (including plastic bottles).
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Wed, 23 Apr 2014
A cell tower climber, a lab worker, a chef, a school superintendent, truck drivers, mechanics, firefighters, loggers, farm workers — these are among the 65 people who will be honored this year at the 2014 Worker Memorial Day ceremony April 29.
Tue, 15 Apr 2014
A Seattle cab driver who defrauded Washington state of workers' compensation benefits must pay back the state and spend 20 days in confinement.
Mon, 14 Apr 2014
The job of construction worker remains one of the toughest, and getting the right safety training and equipment can make all the difference. The Seventh Annual Construction Safety Day, April 23, offers construction employers, supervisors and workers the opportunity to get just the right safety training.
Wed, 9 Apr 2014
Truckers, movers, and police and firefighters are likeliest to be obese. Doctors, scientists and teachers are the healthiest. Those are the results of a first-of-its-type study the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries sponsored connecting what you do for work with obesity.
Tue, 8 Apr 2014
In the year since the tragic death on a King County Metro escalator, more than 60 people have been injured on escalators, according to the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I).
Mon, 31 Mar 2014
A 41-year-old Bremerton man has been sentenced to 26 months in prison for defrauding hospitals to get painkillers.
Fri, 28 Mar 2014
A Stanwood business owner must spend a year in prison for a scam that defrauded state and federal disability programs and his union, U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan announced Thursday.
Tue, 18 Mar 2014
Two Mount Vernon-area interpreters, who were the Department of Labor & Industries' top billers for mileage, face felony theft charges alleging they overbilled the state by thousands of dollars.
Mon, 17 Mar 2014
A 38-year-old East Wenatchee man faces an April 24 trial on a charge of defrauding the state of workers' compensation benefits in a case that goes back years.
Tue, 11 Mar 2014
Bayley Construction in Mercer Island has been recognized with a safety and health award from the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) for its exemplary safety and health prevention program at two worksites.
Fri, 7 Mar 2014
A Bothell landscaper who claimed he was suffering from an on-the-job injury has admitted to stealing state workers' compensation benefits.
Fri, 21 Feb 2014
A Pierce County landscaper has been charged with failing to pay workers' compensation insurance after one of his employees was injured on the job.
Thu, 6 Feb 2014
A program that encourages employers to provide injured workers with light-duty jobs has paid off with $19.6 million for the business community.
Mon, 3 Feb 2014
An asphalt paver who went door to door in Snohomish County offering customers "a really good deal" now faces upset homeowners and criminal charges of failing to register as a contractor.
Fri, 31 Jan 2014
Registration is now open for the 10th Annual Agriculture Safety Day, which will be held on Feb. 19, 2014, at the Yakima Convention Center.
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
Home shows are like candy stores to home renovators hungry for remodeling ideas and hunting for good contractors. To get the most out of your home show visit, go in with a plan, says the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I).
Mon, 13 Jan 2014
If a winter storm trashes your house, don't let the repair job add to your woes. Take time to choose a well-qualified, registered contractor.
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Employers are required to provide safe and healthy worksites and protect their workers from hazards. They must meet certain requirements, including having an accident prevention plan tailored to the hazards of a particular worksite. In addition, certain high-hazard industries, such as construction, agriculture and logging, have industry-specific standards that must be met.
These requirements are in the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act, or WISHA.
The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is the state equivalent of the federal OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration). By law, the DOSH state program must meet or exceed all OSHA requirements. All workplace consultations and inspections are done by L&I staff.
L&I conducts about 5,000 workplace safety and health inspections annually.
By law, DOSH must investigate all work-related deaths and all catastrophic incidents (any time a worker is hospitalized) in workplaces where employees are present. Employers must notify L&I within eight hours of this type of accident.
An investigation also may be triggered by an employee complaint, a referral from another agency, or when otherwise brought to our attention, such as a breaking news story involving a workplace accident.
The primary focus of a DOSH investigation is to determine whether the employer was protecting its workers properly at the time the accident happened. The investigator will look at what happened - and why - in making this determination.
An employer may be found to have one or more of the following levels of violations:
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Tune into the tales @ your library!
Tuesday, April 29, animated storyteller and spirited player, Erin Dunn Yeaman will be performing at your hometown Shawnee Public Library, at 10 a.m. The program is designed for children up to age 5 in the company of a parent or caregiver.
Yeaman has worked with and performed for all ages in libraries and preschools across the Midwest and New England. She skillfully crafts each performance to match the age and learning styles of her audience. Whether she is telling Where the Wild Things Are or The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Yeaman uses the cello to add richness and to evoke images that inspire the imagination of each little listener.
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In women, the breasts are made up of milk-producing glands (lobules), milk ducts, and connective tissue (stroma). Milk is produced by cells in the lobules and moves through the mammary ducts and finally to the nipple. Most breast cancers originate in mammary ducts.
Blood and lymphatic vessels are found within the stroma surrounding the lobules and ducts:
Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
Normally the mammary ducts are hollow so that fluid can pass through them. With DCIS, excess cells that are very similar to invasive cancer cells grow inside the ducts. DCIS is not invasive cancer, but is considered a precancerous condition that has the potential to develop into invasive cancer eventually.
Lobular Carcinoma In Situ (LCIS)
Like the milk ducts, the lobules of the breast tissue have open space inside them. When large numbers of abnormal cells grow in the lobules, the condition is called LCIS. LCIS is not invasive cancer, and it is not a direct cancer precursor, that is, the abnormal cells found inside the lobules will not turn into cancer later on. LCIS is, however, a risk factor for invasive cancer. And, as with other risk factors for the disease, women who have LCIS are more likely to develop invasive cancer in either breast. Increasingly, providers refer to LCIS as "lobular neoplasia in situ," believing this title to be a more accurate depiction of the condition.
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Fan anger rising with NHL on road to brand suicide
By Stu Hackel
I usually don't publish emails that I receive, but this one from Tuesday about a fan's reaction to the NHL's ongoing lockout should be shared:
I just wonder how many fans will take a stand and not show up when and if this does get resolved. Nothing would please me more as a disheartened fan than on opening night of whatever season is next the arenas are empty. Sadly for me this lockout is personal in that my 13- and 15-year-old daughters were becoming die-hard Penguins and hockey in general fans. It was great family time to get in front of the TV with Center Ice and cheer the Pens on in full jersey garb as we have the last two seasons. They couldn't wait for the start of this season. We have lost that time together and a sports bond that I cherish to this day that I had with my father. The NHL has lost them. They have no desire to watch hockey anymore, they don't understand the issues and could care less. They just loved watching hockey with their dad. They don't like football or any other sport so that is something I will never get back once they sort this out.
Curtis M.
Now, there's nothing earthshaking here. It's just one father's story about how the lockout impacts his family. Maybe it struck me as worth sharing because I'm a father, too, and I know about the bond Curtis says he had with his father and the one he shared with his daughters.
We often reference the amount of money that owners and players have lost by postponing this season, and we've also discussed the plight of arena workers and others whose shrinking incomes depend on fans coming to games. You can't attach a dollar sign to what Curtis believes he has lost.
But if the lockout has turned off too many people, there will be dollar signs attached to that for the NHL. Curtis doesn't seem like an angry guy, but you can't mistake his sentiment when he says he hopes fans boycott the NHL's opening night, whenever that happens to be. There's no doubt that anger among the fans is growing.
Not long after I got Curtis' email, I read this on Sam Carchidi's blog for The Philadelphia Inquirer: "A Flyers season-ticket holder wants fans to boycott the home opener if the NHL ever returns from its labor war. 'Whether it's this year or next year, the first game back should be in an empty Wells Fargo Center,' said Bill O'Toole.
"He said it would serve as 'a protest to what the league and the players have put us through. It would be a national story and a fitting 'final word' put on the debacle by the fans, the ones who write the checks for the billions of dollars these two sides can't seem to divide.'
"O'Toole claimed he has received lots of support from other season-ticket holders on his idea, and he is hopeful it spreads around the league."
O'Toole's idea isn't new. There were calls even before the season started, and not just for boycotting games but reducing spending on all sorts of NHL-related products, from tickets to the Center Ice Package to NHL merchandise. An "Un-follow" campaign came and went in September. The idea continues to surface (Greg Wyshynski published a couple of passionate boycott emails from fans earlier this month on his Yahoo Puck Daddy blog and he remarked, "We don't think a coordinated boycott will work. But it's the thought that counts."
If it doesn't work, perhaps it's because effective boycotts require an active, dedicated organization and that's lacking. A letter or a website, a Facebook or Tumblr page alone won't do it. An NHL Fans Association has been around for a number of years — here's their website — and I recall it having some prominence in 2004. It claims over 30,000 members but hasn't had much to say publicly about this lockout since August.
"We're still very active," said Jim Boone, NHLFA's founder, in an email, "but not doing as much publicly this time around." He's been "lobbying the NHL and NHLPA behind the scenes….at first, was encouraging them to adopt the fans solution (1 percent drop in players' share of revenue each year for six years) and lately have been insisting that both parties do some significant things for the fans upon completion of the new CBA."
Boone believes, "This has a better effect on the outcome than jumping up and down." He's not in favor of a boycott, saying he doesn't think it would work.
Still, people continue to try to harness the fan acrimony. The most recent is another attempt at a rally in front of the NHL offices and the NHL Store in Manhattan at 1 PM on Saturday. A similar one was staged on Sept. 15 in New York city and attempted elsewhere (the turnouts, as we wrote, were sparse to non-existent).
In Wednesday's Washington Post, Katie Carrera informed readers there have been very few cancellations of Capitals season tickets so far. But she also reported that the league's image is taking a beating and her source for that is Ed O'Hara, senior partner of New York-based SME Branding, which helped devise the league's successful rebound strategy coming out of the last lockout and still counts the NHL as one of its clients.
"The league has become known for lying to its fans, to its sponsors," said O'Hara."I don't know how you come back from a prolonged stoppage a second time because it is unprecedented. Brands are built on promises. In this case, the promised experiences of seeing the greatest athletes in the world. That's all gone now."
O'Hara told Carrera that winning back fans this time will have to involve more than painting "Thank You Fans" on the ice. "There will have to be financial incentive for fans to come back, whether free tickets, events, products," he said. "However they do it, it's got to be authentic, real, and hit the wallet of the ticket buyer."
Carrera also spoke with Tony Knopp, the CEO of Spotlight TMS, which helps a few thousand companies manage their corporate ticket purchases, and he had a very guarded assessment of how companies viewed the lockout. "Business continues, whether it does for the NHL or not. Competition among corporations continues, and so no company is sitting around, waiting to entertain customers until the NHL comes back," Knopp said.
"The overall amount being spent hasn't changed, according to our data, they're just spending it elsewhere," added Knopp, whose company also works directly with eight NHL teams to help manage corporate sales. "The league is playing Russian roulette with this, because who's to say those companies will be there when hockey comes back?"
Last week, Sabres goalie Ryan Miller called what was happening to the NHL "brand suicide." It seems everyone understands this except the people who are killing their businesses. Despite some efforts to stop it, most of us are left in sad quietude.
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Yakin sets first target
Basle coach Murat Yakin is unwilling to look beyond finishing in third place in Champions League Group E ahead of Tuesday's clash with Steaua Bucharest.
Basle flew to Romania on Monday still well in contention in the pool following their shock 2-1 win at Chelsea first time out and an unlucky 1-0 loss at home to Schalke.
But Yakin believes the English and German teams are in pole position take the top two spots.
"We can take a step towards third place with a win," he said prior to his side's departure.
"With a bit of luck we can aim for second, but unfortunately, after the setback against Schalke, we need to aim to win so that we can look for third place."
Basle should have plenty of confidence, though, having confidently beaten Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and pushed Schalke all the way.
"If you look at recent results then of course we are favourites," said Yakin, who is nevertheless wary of Basle's recent struggles against Romanian clubs.
Cluj denied Basle a place in the group stage a year ago with a 3-1 aggregate victory in the play-offs, while the Swiss side have only won once in Romania, against Otelul Galati on their way to qualification two seasons ago.
They have, however, won their last five away games and are unbeaten on their travels this season, spanning 11 games in all competitions.
"Basle are favourites to win this game because we've conceded seven and not scored while they beat Chelsea in London," said Steaua coach Laurentiu Reghecampf.
"We've conceded too many goals in our first two games and we want to pay our fans back."
For Steaua, a third straight group defeat would effectively end their hopes of qualifying, leaving them with a battle on their hands to take a place in the Europa League.
"It's a very important match for us," said Reghecampf. "It's probably our last chance. We've got to win to stay in the race for second or third."


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This modern, seven-story inn houses 108 guest rooms and suites furnished with the basics. You'll find in-room refrigerators and microwaves, but not much more. Laundry service is available and complimentary coffee is served 24-hours a day. The free continental breakfast almost makes up for the lack of swimming pool and fitness center. This isn't your typical pastry spread: Homemade waffles and fresh fruit headline the morning menu.
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DHAKA: Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli smashed centuries as India set a huge target of 305 runs for Sri Lanka in the second match of the Asia Cup one-day tournament here at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday.
After Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and put India into bat in the day-night match, India lost their star batsman Sachin Tendulkar when they were 19 runs.
Tendulkar, chasing an elusive 100th international century, could make only six runs before pushing a Suranga Lakmal full-toss straight to Jayawardene in the covers.
Then Kohli joined Gambhir and both batted steadily to take India to a formidable position as India piled up a huge 304 for three in 50 overs.
Kohli scored a solid 120-ball 108 and left-handed opener Gambhir a 118-ball 100, each hitting seven boundaries.
Interestingly, each of them completed his tenth hundred in one-day international cricket.
It was Kohli's second successive hundred against Sri Lanka, having made an unbeaten 133 at Hobart in a recent triangular one-day series in Australia.
The pair added 205 runs which was a new Asia Cup record for the second wicket partnership. The previous record was 198, set by Virender Sehwag and Suraish Raina, also from India, against Pakistan at Karachi in 2008.
Both reached their centuries in the 42nd over before both falling in the next over off seamer Farveez Maharoof as they bid to step up the run-rate.
Gambhir, dropped on 36 by Dinesh Chandimal at long-on off, made the most of the chance and hit seven fours, while Kohli also struck the same number of boundaries.
Later, captain Mahinder Singh Dhoni and Suraish Raina plundered 78 runs off the last 7.1 overs, with Dhoni smashing a 26-ball 46 not out and Suresh Raina an unbeaten 30 off just 17 balls.
Pacemen Maharoof and Suranga Lakmal were the only wicket-takers for Bangladesh, with two for 57 and one for 67.-UNS


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John Kasich was one of Newt Gingrich's young turks in the '90s, when he earned some bipartisan respect for originality, consistency and reasonableness. Now he's the Republican governor of Ohio, and he just did an end run on his Republican-controlled legislature in order to extend Medicaid to 275,000 low-income Ohioans. He has a message for his national party:
I'm concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor, that if you're poor, somehow you're shiftless and lazy. You know what? The very people who complain ought to ask their grandparents if they worked at the W.P.A.


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AUSTIN -- Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for KLBJ radio reporter Barbara McCarley.
McCarley covered the news in Austin for nearly fifteen years. She died in a traffic accident last week.
Family and friends filled the Austin Christian Fellowship Church to pay their respects and celebrate her life.
During the service Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo, coworkers, and lifelong friends remembered McCarley as a woman who lived life to the fullest and loved her family more than anything.
McCarley leaves behind a husband of 18 years and two children.


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Many e-tailers provide a discount on your next purchase as a thank-you gift. These discount coupons or dollars-off coupons can often be used online or offline via telephone or when visiting the local store.
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I had the opportunity to meet U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin for the first time just recently. I found him very likable and an excellent politician. I was quite surprised, when he was speaking here in Charles Town, at how often I was agreeing with what Sen. Manchin was saying and I am not a supporter of his. The problem I was having, was trying to match what I was hearing from Sen. Manchin with his votes on those very same issues. I came prepared and I had a printed record of his votes on several keys issues with me. I found what Sen. Manchin was saying not only differed from his voting record, but also sounded very similar to his opponent, John Raese's positions on these same issues.
A member of our group of John Raese supporters asked Sen. Manchin why he was not at the Democratic Convention and he replied that he disagreed with National Democratic Party positions and that he preferred being here in Charles Town speaking with us. (As a senator, he has voted with his party 82 percent of the time, according to OpenCongress.Org.) Another member of our group asked him why, if he believed what he was saying, that he had not switched parties and his reply was that West Virginia Democrats were different and he walked away. Later in Sen. Manchin's walking/talking tour of Charles Town, Sen. Manchin proudly proclaimed that he is pro life, while the National Right to Life Committee scores him at only voting with them 25 percent of the time. Even worse, NARAL Pro Choice America ranks him as voting with them 100 percent of the time. Apparently, Sen. Manchin votes against his own beliefs.
As I see it, the difference between Sen. Manchin and his challenger, John Raese, is that Sen. Manchin is a politician and will say anything for your vote. Also, Sen. Manchin's fortunes are not tied directly to West Virginia. Sen. Manchin could leave West Virginia and use his contacts and experience and become a lobbyist or find some other position. On the other hand, John Raese owns numerous businesses, including many radio stations in West Virginia. The reason I mention radio stations over Mr. Raese's other businesses is that in order for a radio station to survive, there must be both a listening audience (human beings) and some local businesses who want to reach those human beings. In other words, the more people there are to listen to the radio stations and the more businesses there are to advertise on these radio stations, the better John Raese does.
The long and the short of this is that John Raese has serious skin in the game and he will benefit from West Virginia and the United States economies turning around, and he has the experience to help make it happen.


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More and more of our students, staff, and members of the community are becoming engaged in political activities such as collecting signatures for the recall of the governor and senators, the Occupy movement, and other protests. At the same time, we have seen the willingness on the part of the police across the nation to engage in the use of violence against protesters.
When we showed Little Town of Bethlehem, we had an audience member talk about how she didn't think she could stop herself from using violence if she saw someone (including security forces) attack someone she cared about. I think that is quite natural (or at least the norm in our culture); it is unnatural in America to respond to violence with NON-violence. We must learn how to do this. And we must have a reason for doing it; we must understand why it is important not to hit back.
So . . . in order to provide our community – our students and fellow teachers and parents and loved ones – with all the knowledge and tools available in order to be prepared in the case that they are protesting and someone decides to use violence against them, I thought it was important to have a knowledgeable and experienced teacher come and teach us. We are fortunate to have someone in our community who is able and willing to come and share with us both the reasons for engaging in non-violent action, and also the methodology.
It will be great to have very practical, nitty-gritty – "this is what to do when someone swings a baton at your head" kind of training, which will come after some discussion of the history and meaning or ideology of non-violence. I hope some of you will join us:
*Non-Violent Workshops*
Do you have a desire to change power relations and social structures and an attitude of respect for all humanity or all life?
Come learn techniques to effectively advocate for bringing about social change and meet others who are also passionate about it.
Thursday February 9th, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Saturday February 11th from 12:00 to 4:00 (Vegan/Organic Lunch is included!)
at the Mauthe Center (blue building across from the Kress Center)
To RSVP or questions contact: Abby Ledvina at firstname.lastname@example.com
Hope to see you there!
Women in Religion – February 16th at 7pm, Women from various faith backgrounds gather to discuss the impact they have on their respective religion.
February 23rd at 7pm – Movie Screening of "Pray the Devil Back to Hell". This film tells the story of the courageous Liberian women who came together to end a bloody civil war and bring peace to their shattered country.


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PLAINVIEW, Neb. — "Today's gonna be great. A rough-and-tumble day. This is the old man's first time in his hometown after many years, and his son's first time since he was a kid."
On a gray, chilly morning in tiny Plainview, film director Alexander Payne sets the scene and describes the filming day ahead.
Plainview, population 1,246, is the main stand-in for fictional Hawthorne, Neb., in the Omaha native's sixth feature, "Nebraska." It's the fourth movie he's filmed in his home state, his first in black-and-white.
Brimming with energy, Payne has a big smile on his face. Any day filming is a great day for Payne. Who cares that he's wearing a hooded parka over a jacket, and nylon pants over his jeans to ward off the chill.
"The old man," a boozy hardhead named Woody Grant, is the central character of this father-son road picture. Woody, played by Bruce Dern, is convinced he's won a $1 million sweepstakes prize. He's headed from Bozeman, Mont., to Lincoln to claim it. On the way, they land in Hawthorne.
His son, played by Will Forte, has a strained relationship with Woody but is more or less forced to join him on the trip to try to keep him out of trouble.
At 10 a.m. call time, having already commuted from their beds 35 miles away in Norfolk, about 90 crew members wolf down last-minute breakfasts from the movie caterer's incredible spread in Plainview's Legion Hall.
Steaming coffee in hand, they bundle up and stroll a couple blocks down the town's main drag, Locust Avenue, to set up the day's first shot.
Yesterday filming ended well after 10 p.m. with the aftermath of a bar fight involving Woody's old nemesis, played by Stacy Keach. A tavern in Hooper, Neb., played the bar's interior. Fat's Lounge in Plainview, renamed Blinker's for the movie, is the exterior.
Today begins with Woody and son strolling up Locust, taking in the town. A working rhythm sets in for a series of five shots that will follow the pair for two blocks.
Camera, sound and lighting setup come first. Even on a daylight exterior shot, large reflective canvases, smaller white-board rectangles and, in some cases, supplemental lights are used on this overcast day. Stand-ins move in place of the stars while the equipment is set.
"This is hideous," Payne teases his crew, smiling as he looks through his viewfinder. A pickup is blocking the view of Locust. It's quickly moved. A set dresser shakes leaves onto the curb from a black trash bag.
When all is ready, the actors materialize. A Jeep delivers Dern, who's wearing a black down coat that sweeps the ground to keep him warm between takes.
"I went home so happy," Payne says of yesterday's filming as he greets Dern with a handshake to start the day. "Thank you for last night."
Around 11, filming begins. The same audibles precede each take. "Rolling." "Speed." A clapboard snaps. "(Camera) A only, mark."
Finally, from Payne, "Action."
Dern and Forte walk away from the camera, wordlessly crossing the street. "Cut."
Back they come and do it again. And again. And again, as Payne asks for small adjustments. Walk slower. Try hands in your pockets. Look around.
When Payne and cinematographer Phedon Papamichael are satisfied, it's on to the second setup, a tracking shot on the sidewalk as the actors now walk toward the camera. People causing troublesome reflections of crew and bystanders in storefront windows are shooed away. For each take, a pickup is repositioned to roll by in the background.
Five takes later, a small parade of carts moves camera, sound equipment, electronics and more up the street again for a third shot, this time from behind a large farm implement in an alley, serving as foreground to the actors' stroll. The crew adjusts the camera level higher. More leaves are strewn about. More takes.
As the fourth shot is set up, Payne points out businesses across the street in the background.
"This is a mix of found objects and make believe," he explains. "That insurance office is real. So is the newspaper office, but we renamed it the Hawthorne Republican."
An empty building next door has a fresh-painted (but carefully aged) facade, turned into a tanning salon. In the window, a typical Payne joke in neon letters: "Farmer's Tan Special! $12.95."
A sign in front of a bank has a plastic panel broken out. Below the gaping frame, a lettering grid says, "See Us Fo Your Home Loan."
"That was just like that," Payne says of the missing R. Foreground and background for each shot involve a hundred little details like this — what to use, what to change.
Payne notices everything. When a cement truck pulls up at the gas station, he dispatches an aide to pay the trucker to stay put so it will be in the background of the next shot.
"We tried to avoid older towns that were too gussied up," explains production designer Dennis Washington. "We wanted it to look a little bit stopped in time, even though you know it's today. If we've done our work well, you won't notice what we've done. It keeps the same flavor of the town."
Payne is more direct on the town ambience he wants: "Kinda half dead, half alive."
At 12:30 p.m., after the 90-minute stroll that will take about a minute onscreen, everything shifts to a house four blocks away, on Plum Street. Peeling paint, an octagonal turret and a sagging wraparound porch distinguish the aged structure. A bit of rot is visible. A set dresser paints over the porch's white with a dirty wash. Payne explains that bright white doesn't film well.
In the movie, this is the home of Woody's brother, played by director Ron Howard's father, Rance.
Rance isn't needed today. Payne is shooting actors playing his character's two adult sons as they chat about cars with their cousin (Forte) on the porch. The humorous exchange makes Payne laugh aloud as he watches the film monitor.
Then a kid rides up on a bike and wants to get Woody's picture for the local paper.
In moviemaking terms, this turns into five setups, multiple takes of each shot, and three-plus hours of steady work. One setup, for example, is simply Woody facing the camera, posing for the newspaper photo.
Dern wants Woody to take off his glasses, but Payne says no.
"You'll look too much like handsome Bruce Dern," he says.
Payne likes to have choices when editing. His gentle coaching brings him a variety of shots.
"Try to work yourself into what Woody thinks is a proper smile," he tells Dern. One smile is too nice. Another too cadaverous. Another take has no smile at all. Too much, too dead, head straight, chin down.
A bit before 4 p.m., Payne is satisfied with the sequence at the house, and dinner break is called. Caterers have been circulating all day with cups of hot soup, bags of popcorn, sandwiches for those who need a pick-me-up. But this is the only meal break in a long day, and everyone heads to the warmth of the Legion Hall and the buffet line.
Payne knows it would be nice to use local caterers, but "they have to feed 110 people with a wide variety of courses very quickly. It takes specialists. An army marches on its ... ." He leaves stomach unsaid for you to think about.
Around any table, crew members are as likely to hail from New Orleans or Omaha as from California. Many, from producers to cinematographer, logistics to the set's still photographer, have worked with Payne before.
"This is one of those shoots you don't want to end," says one member of the props crew. The working atmosphere feels relaxed. Dern and his daughter — actress Laura Dern, who's visiting the set for the day — eat with everyone else, and people circulate among the tables chatting.
As darkness falls, the action returns to Blinker's tavern, where Woody and son will have a moment of crisis and connection over the course of four more camera setups, each with four or five takes. Payne loves the first take of a key exchange between them, but they shoot several more
The town fire whistle blows at 6 p.m., as it does every day, which gives sound boom operator Jonathan Fuh a chance to tease the head of the sound crew, Jose Antonio Garcia, who sits behind a control board with headphones on.
"Immigration!" Fuh cries in mock horror, as if the whistle signals a bust that his boss will get caught up in. Both burst out laughing before Garcia suddenly turns stone-faced. "Not funny!" he cries back in mock indignation. They've been working together on film sets for 23 years, including four Payne pictures.
Behind Garcia's chair, inside Four Corners Country Store, owner Carolyn Smith has a picture window on the action. She and husband Bob have a little pizza party with friends, pulling up chairs in the dark (no interior lights allowed) to watch Hollywood's show. They invite Forte into the warmth between takes. He's just getting over the flu, and he thanks them, shaking hands all around.
At about 8:30 p.m. three final setups commence around the corner in front of D&K Lanes. The restaurant side is full of rubberneckers, hoping to see somebody who's somebody. They're not disappointed, as Payne, Dern and Forte all duck inside for a bit of warmth while they wait on the crew.
Forte poses for photos with a waitress. A young man whose friend in Wahoo wants to make movies bends Payne's ear. Both give autographs.
As Dern walks in, a local asks loudly, "Who the hell is that?" A woman nearby whispers the answer as Dern smiles broadly.
"Maybe he'll tell me what he really thinks of me," Dern cracks.
By 9:15 p.m., they're all back outside. Cameras roll in a wide shot as Woody and his son search the ground for a lost item.
One last setup is ready just before 9:30 p.m., and for the first time all day, Payne is satisfied after just one take. "Great week, everyone," he says loudly, and applause breaks out. "Wrap, wrap, wrap," someone chants.
In less than a minute, the vans taking everyone back to Norfolk are warmed up and ready for passengers.
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In a soft economy, it is an understatement to say that there are easier ways to make a living than being an entrepreneur. Even in a field where uncertainty is the norm, a recent slowdown in start-up investment has made the environment for start-up businesses more challenging than ever.
But for a panel of experts convened at the Tepper School of Business, even when the sky is cloudy, that doesn't mean it's falling.
In a session titled "Launching and Building Entrepreneurial Ventures," a group of five Tepper School alumni who are veteran entrepreneurs and venture capitalists explained how innovation can prosper, even in stormy weather.
As moderator Art Boni put it, "Everybody wants to be a venture capitalist," although the rules for getting in the game are changing.
Citing a survival guide authored by Silicon Valley's much-admired Sequoia Capital, Professor Boni, the John R. Thorne Chair of Entrepreneurship; Associate Teaching Professor of Entrepreneurship; and Director, Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship, said entrepreneurs need must-have products, established revenue models, and a thorough understanding of the market uptake and a customer's ability to pay.
"If you ever do the math, you'll never get out of bed," joked panelist Doug Camplejohn, founder and CEO of Mi5 Networks and a 1988 graduate of what has since been named the Tepper School. "It's our form of gambling."
Ross Ahlgren, MSIA 1988, a first venture debt provider since the early 1980s, says people like him — who co-invest in risky companies with other top-tier venture capitalists — "see more deal flow now than we did before," adding, "it's a bit of a silver lining."
However, terms of venture debt are toughening up, the panel warned, as are the terms of venture capitalist-based initial public offerings.
"The IPO price, if you can get it done, is roughly $500 million," said Boni. "There are bigger expectations on the size of a company."
Bright spots exist in clean energy and biotechnology, thanks in part to higher natural resource prices and concerns about global warming. Medical devices and software also continue to see investment.
Per Lofberg, MSIA 1973, who just retired from an arm of Merck that invests in start-ups before co-founding PharmaCapitalVentures, believes health care is one segment that represents hope and requires change.
"It's huge, it's important, we can't live without it," he says. "There's no shortage of opportunity for innovation."
Mike Partsch, MSIA 1998 and co-founder of AcceleMed Management, Inc., recommends that entrepreneurs look to doctors as a possible source of ideas, because they may have a fresh perspective on possible medical devices or other technology that would be useful.
Bob Wetzel, MSIA 1988, whose late-stage venture capitalist firm Augury Capital Partners invests in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, said most funds are tied to financial services firms, and little private equity is available.
However, "There's a whole generation of VC-backed companies that provide outsourcing services," both for other start-ups and established firms, he said, adding that these companies are doing well.
"Currently we're fundraising in addition to putting capital to work," he said. "We just need to be patient."
The need for innovation remains constant, and panelists advised discipline and a conservative approach to allocating resources. Camplejohn suggested that would-be entrepreneurs ask themselves what problems they can solve, and focus there for innovation.
On the flip side, if any idea appears on someone's "hot list," "Those are things you should run away from," he said — because chances are, it's already too late.
He advised people who are looking to break into venture capitalism to follow a passion and identify talented people to serve as role models. Personally, he said he was recruited into a start-up, where he got the bug.
"Don't follow the money," Camplejohn said. "Go where you'll be exposed to the brightest people."
Partsch agreed, suggesting that one good strategy for demonstrating entrepreneurial ability would be to take a low-level job in a venture capitalist-backed start-up and help them become profitable.
But in such a volatile environment, Ahlgren said little is certain and forecasting is imperfect: "The honest answer to a lot of this stuff is in a tornado, even a turkey can fly."


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With the gaming industry, especially the First Person Shooter genre, heavily dominated by titles such as Call of Duty and Halo, it makes you wonder if there is room at the top for another big name title. Unfortunately, while Bodycount does think outside the box with its gameplay aspects, it just isn't going to hold a candle to the other big name titles on the market.
In Bodycount, you play as a nameless protagonist that works for a group called The Agency. Truth be told, that's about all that you learn in the game. You can draw your own conclusions as the game progresses as to why you are fighting your way through countless amounts of soldiers and rebel fighters, but the storyline itself is lacks any major substance. You are guided throughout a series of missions by a worker at The Agency that will give you tips and tidbits that will lead you from waypoint to waypoint as well as make plenty of obvious statements that will most likely annoy you. Granted, when we go back in time and compare it to past FPS titles that have used such an element (Halo certainly stands out with Cortana), we have received plenty of information about the storyline as the counterpart usually has a major piece of information depending on the situation as well as the point of the game you are at. The problem with Bodycount is that there is no conversation going on. The woman who is guiding you is just randomly commenting on the situation, and that does little to add to the depth of a game.
The gameplay itself is everywhere from above average to downright frustrating. There are plenty of little elements that make sense, such as the vast array of weapons that you can access via a weapons cache that will be accessible at the beginning of most every mission. It also makes perfect sense to only be able to carry two weapons at a time, and that is certainly the case here. The actual mechanics that are used to take on the enemies aren't really that bad. There will be a lot of run and gun type situations that you get yourself into, which I believe is the shining point of the gameplay. A good FPS needs to be judged on how easily you slip into the configuration of your weapons, and while it does take a little time to adjust to what Codemasters put together, you'll find yourself working the controls smoothly by the end of the first mission.
Where Bodycount starts to suffer is with just about every other aspect of the gameplay. Codemasters was thinking outside the box with the secondary aspects of the game, which I can appreciate, but it doesn't mean that the change itself is very good. For instance, when you go into a scoped view, you are not going to be able to strafe back and forth. The style that you have to deal with is that you will be in a standing position and moving the analog stick left or right will make your character lean that direction instead of strafing. While some may look at this and believe it is a bit more realistic, what I would have loved to see with this was a mixture of the two: Give gamers their strafing when you are standing up and make them lean side to side when you are kneeling. That is far more believable and you get the outside-the-box nod with a nice changeup in your gameplay.
The AI in Bodycount is also all over the place. There are times where you are going to notice that enemies will flat out not stop coming onto the screen. For example, a few missions in, you can take a high vantage point over an open area and notice that there is a firefight going on between the two rebel forces that are fighting each other. It's a great opportunity to take them both out and move on, or so it would seem. Taking cover behind a raised portion of a platform, I managed to scope and kill every single soldier involved in the fight for a total of seven kills. I exited the scoped move and went to move on, only to find that more soldiers had come to take their places and resume the firefight that had just been going on. Testing out the theory that soldiers were either immortal or infinite in number, I picked off the soldiers on just one side of the firefight. The other side practically stood their ground and waited for the soldiers to be replaced and just continue on. This kind of AI absolutely frustrates me. Instead of rewarding a player for having the ability to eliminate the threat before directly getting involved, you are punished because you are simply wasting your ammo. The only way to progress through that portion of the mission was to jump down into the area and run and gun through the enemies. The game is basically telling you that there is no reason for you to try and develop long distance elimination skills, and that is unacceptable.
Another frustrating portion of the gameplay was the dropping of ammunition by enemies and the process in which you collect it. Usually you have to run over a piece of ammo in order to add it to your inventory. This is a very simple idea and should be the way that all modern-style FPS games should follow. Bodycount, however, believes that your character has an invisible magnet in his body. Getting just close enough to ammo that you need is good enough, causing the ammo to actually slide over to you as if being pulled over by a magical force. A word of the wise to developers of future FPS games: Unless you actually state that your game is set in the far off future and the technology has been developed at that time where your gun can actually absorb the ammo, this is a very bad idea. It takes away from the difficulty of the game and frustrates people to no end. On top of this, not only is the ammo going to come to you, but it will have a very large icon above it to attempt to tell you what gun it goes to. However, I have no idea what any of them mean because there is no description of it anywhere. They are color coded with different shapes and that's about the end of the explanation.
Moving on to multi-player was possibly the hardest thing to do with Bodycount. I say that not because I enjoyed the campaign mode, but only because nobody was playing the multiplayer. For three consecutive nights, I logged onto Xbox Live via Bodycount in an effort to find an online match. Only on the third night did I manage to find a match, and even then it was only four people. I had to double check my settings to see if I had it on something that limited my search for specific styles of matches, but that wasn't the case. Simply put, there just aren't that many people playing this game online. That being said, my multi-player experience was average at best. Once inside the multiplayer map, which actually had a very good layout with plenty of places to hide and ambush your opponents, I found that reloading is possibly the worst thing you can do in this game. When you reload in an online match, your character will randomly shout out "CHANGING MAG!" or "RELOADING!" as he fumbles his way through the process of reloading the gun. I had hoped that the shouting was only heard on my end, but it didn't take long to figure out that everyone's character did this, and it was a dead giveaway as to the direction of where your competition was at. To be clear, this was not a team mode, but a free-for-all style match where it was every man for himself. I could make the argument that yelling out these pointless statements would be okay for a team deathmatch, letting your team members know that you aren't able to fight for roughly two to three seconds as you reload, but even then it doesn't make any sense. Are you really going to care if your teammate is reloading when you are playing? I didn't think so.
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Some tough questions on Capitol Hill from Texas' U.S. Senators for Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano--as the debate over an immigration reform plan goes on.
The bill crafted by the so-called "Gang of Eight" is some eight-hundred pages in length--and only reached most lawmakers in the early morning hours of April 17th.
"When did your office receive a copy of the bill as filed?" asked Senator Ted Cruz. Napolitano's response was about three in ther morning. The answer to the next question left Cruz surprised--after he Napolitano told him she hd read through the entire bill--even amid the investigation in to the Boston Marathon Bombing.
"Well...ok--then that has been a very busy weekend for you" Cruz said--to which Napolitano replied "Yes sir. Very busy."
For his part, Senator John Cornyn remains very concerned about how border security will be measured.
"We know the numerator becasue we know (the number of) people who are detained. But we don't know the people who actually attempt to get across and are successful unbeknownst to the Border Patrol do we?" Cornyn asked. He's also concerned over whether the feds can stay ahead of the Mexican drug cartels as officials look to take stronger security steps.
"We're much better able to predict ahead of time where we think some of that traffic is going to move" Napolitano said.