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DATE ISSUED: June 18, 2010
The tax rate used by contractors who manufacture and use asphalt during fiscal year July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011, is 66 cents per ton.
Manufactured asphalt used in public works projects of the federal government, and state and local governments is subject to a 40 percent reduction to the new tax rate. Contractors using manufactured asphalt under public works contracts owe 40 cents per ton on asphalt used in those projects.
The indexed tax is adjusted on July 1 of each year, using a producer price index published by the United State Department of Labor, Bureau of Statistics.
To calculate use tax on asphalt manufactured by a contractor for his or her use:
If tax is paid to a third party on the cost or transportation of materials (see (a) or (b) above), do not include those costs to calculate the total tax due. Tax is due in the month asphalt is manufactured for use by the contractor, and must be paid using the Sales and Use Tax Return (Form DR-15).
Reference: Section 212.06(1)(c), Florida Statutes
This document is intended to alert you to the requirements contained in Florida laws and administrative rules. It does not by its own effect create rights or require compliance.
For forms and other information, visit our website at www.floridarevenue.com or call Taxpayer Services at 800-352-3671, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays).
For a detailed written response to your questions, write the Florida Department of Revenue, Taxpayer Services, MS 3-2000, 5050 West Tennessee Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0112.


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Re: Starting SBRT Thursday, 5/2
Mary, this is big and you are exhausted who wouldn't be tired and emotionally down.
I am glad you felt better after your walk but you really need to try and eat. Just water is not good as I recently found out. You need nutrition. Try some soups like Chicken Noodle. I am sure you don't want to cook but Lipton's Chicken Noodle soup is very good. When I make it, it calls for 2 Cups water, I only use a little over 1 1/2 Cups, really good. Graze all day more than sitting down to a meal. Are you on anything for Nausea yet? Can someone go to the store for you? I was wondering earlier how you were doing. Do you think the side effects could also be from Jaundice? Sorry for all the questions. Thinking of you and wishing for the best!
Any suggestion I offer is intended as friendly advice based solely on my own experience. Please consult your doctor for professional guidance.

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Dear Mr. Dad: My wife has recently begun to worry that our kids spend too much time in front of the TV, computer, and video games. While I agree that it's too much, I remember watching loads of television as a kid, and I turned out okay. Is all the hype about "screen time" really something to be concerned about?
A: This topic reminds me of the pickle so many baby boomer parents are in when talking about premarital sex or smoking marijuana—how can I tell my kids not to do the things I did when I was their age? My parents weren't big TV watchers, but I could hardly wait for them to go out for the evening so I could settle into a comfortable evening of Batman, Superman, The Three Stooges, and a lot more. So why worry about our kids doing the same? Well, there are two issues here: content and time.
Since children's television was deregulated in 1982, violence and sexuality have skyrocketed. Air time for war cartoons on broadcast TV has increased from 1.5 hours per week in the early 80s to over 40 hours today. And that's not counting cable. In 1982, children's programs featured an average of 18 violent acts per hour. Now we're up to 27. And study after study shows a direct correlation between witnessed violence and aggressive behavior and reduced empathy. According to an American Psychological Association task force report on television, by the time the average child leaves elementary school, he or she will have witnessed at least 8,000 murders and over 100,000 other assorted acts of violence on television.
Add violent video games and questionable Internet content – neither of which we had as kids – and you have a genuinely troubling issue of influences. Content screening software and V-chips aren't enough; we have to spend the time and effort checking ratings, reading parent reviews, and finding out what's getting to our kids. It matters. One great source of information is Common Sense Media, www.commonsensemedia.org .
Screen time is relatively passive, scripted time. It's less creative and less actively engaged than a host of other activities. That makes it ideal for a little downtime but a real problem if it becomes the main event.
Kids spend about 33 hours per week in school. But although TV time hasn't actually increased much since we were kids, when you add computers and video games into the mix, today's kids spend 45 hours in front of one kind of screen or another—that's a whopping 85 percent of their free time! This, even more than content, is a tragedy. That's time they are not developing social skills, interacting with family, reading, being physically active, or engaging in imaginative play.
So what to do?
- Set limits and enforce them. Most child development experts suggest keeping total screen time under two hours a day. Have kids select a few favorite shows or online activities and avoid surfing around to "see what's on."
Offer alternatives. Give your kids options beyond the screens. Families that encourage music, reading, creative play, sports, and nature activities will find that screens naturally play less central roles in their kids' lives.
Get the TV out of your child's room. In one recent study, researchers found that 70 percent of students who had their own TV scored "significantly and consistently" lower on math, reading, and language-arts tests. Other studies have linked a TV in the child's room to an increase in obesity, increased risk of becoming a smoker, and a disruption of sleeping patterns.
As with all family policy issues, the earlier you begin, the better, but it's never too late to reap the benefits of setting clear and reasonable limits. And never forget the importance of explaining the reasons behind the policy. Kids who are given the reasons for the rules will be better able to establish their own rules and regulate their own behavior later in life.


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See them with your own eyes - fascinating living reptiles from around the world!
Looking for some close encounters of the scaly kind? Then head to the Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly exhibit at the Museum.
See live snakes, colorful lizards, bizarre turtles, attentive alligators, and secretive crocodiles exhibited in naturalistic habitats. Most of the reptiles in the exhibit cannot be found in Mississippi.
Some of the reptiles in the exhibit include:
The exhibition is loaded with cool facts about reptiles and plenty of hands-on action. A push of a button and "venom" drips from the tip of a model rattlesnake's fang. Open and close a model viper skull to expose the long fangs. And did you know crocodiles and alligators talk to one another? You can learn to talk croc, too! At other stations, you can flip boards and push buttons to learn about these cold-blooded creatures. For example:
Reptiles: The Beautiful and the Deadly comes to Jackson from Clyde Peeling's Reptiland in Allenwood, Pennsylvania.
Shop for unique reptile related gifts in the Museum's Dragonfly Shoppe.
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The Royal New Zealand Ballet are making a significant splash in the Auckland Arts Festival dance programme, with their triple bill Made to Move showcasing three world premiere pieces.
Former wild-child choreographer Javier de Frutos, of Milagros fame, presents The Anatomy of a Passing Cloud, his fourth work for the company.
Former company dancer Andrew Simmons, now based in Dresden, contributes another lyrical abstract work, Of Days. Simmons rocked New Zealand - and Britain and France on tour in 2011 - with his first RNZB commission, A Song in the Dark.
And artistic director Ethan Stiefel shows off his first choreography for the company in a more classically costumed and structured but fantastically zany work, entitled Bier Halle, initially inspired by the polka bands of Wisconsin but imaginatively expanded to encompass far more.
The company's studios, dancers, teachers, technical staff and wardrobe department are all abuzz with the work the creation of three brand-new pieces brings.
But it is their 60th anniversary year, and with a celebratory season of Russell Kerr's Swan Lake scheduled for July and the road ritual of Tutus on Tour in the last three months of the year, Stiefel is making a strong statement with Made to Move.
"It is important to look back at our finest traditions," he says. "But we are also dedicated to innovation, to the future, to moving forward."
For a relatively small company to be able to present a programme encompassing the neo-classical and contemporary, the modern and classical forms, is extraordinary. "Other companies can do it," says de Frutos, who returns to New Zealand to make new works because he knows the dancers are up to it - and on to it, "but those companies might have 70 dancers, not just 32."
Come mid-morning, after class, and the majority of the company are in the studio with Stiefel as Bier Halle's first cast couple, guest artist Gillian Murphy and Qi Huan, work on one of the piece's quieter moments, a tender duet. Intense concentration contrasts with dynamic movement.
The finest nuance is tried again - and again. Behind them, another three-and-a-half couples - one of the boys seems to be missing - ghost their movements. Several others are actively "watching", also learning the parts.
For the choreographers, this moving backdrop is hardly a blank canvas on which to create, but a necessary one. Simmons often turns his back on the action and observes the mirror image as he works, to give himself some distance and a different perspective. Another sweaty hour later, Stiefel stops and briefly claps. Rehearsal is over for now.
"Almost!" he proclaims.
A short time later and a very different rhythm, hot from the Cook Islands, rocks the studio space with an outburst of wild drumming, then some intentional recorded static and a few sung phrases from A Polynesian Love Song, evoking a community radio station.
De Frutos' new work has a Polynesian theme though the man himself has shed his morning ensemble of black-and-white island floral board shorts and T-shirt for that most conservative of a dancer's working wardrobe: stretchy grey trackies. But there is nothing too conventional with what follows.
De Frutos labels one section of the work as "dance verbatim". A recorded Maori voice reads from the biblical Genesis. Lead couple Lucy Balfour and Dimitri Kleioris, again shadowed by several other dancers, posture and whirl to the spoken words, those words broken into syllables, the syllables in phrases of eight to 10, those phrases becoming the dancers' counts.
"It takes them away from a metric system," de Frutos says. "But something more interesting also happens as brains make associations, beyond the intellectual, with the spoken sounds."
The Anatomy of a Passing Cloud is not a Polynesian ballet, he insists: "I leave that to Polynesian choreographers."
In his vividly costumed and physical exploration of the Polynesian diaspora, music is his primary inspiration as he celebrates all its complexity and hugely various rhythms.
There has been no conscious referencing of any Polynesian dance vocabulary - but the music brings out something recognisable in spirit.
"The music is like a strong perfume, permeating the whole. So I make homage to Pacific culture and interpret aspects of it - but I don't copy."
Auckland Arts Festival
What: Made to Move, with the Royal New Zealand Ballet
Where and when: Aotea Centre, March 8-10; Bruce Mason Theatre, Takapuna, March 13-14
Win tickets to Made to Move
Courtesy of the Royal New Zealand Ballet, we have two double-passes for the opening night of triple-bill Made to Move at the Aotea Centre on Friday, March 8. To enter, write the name of the choreographer of one of the works, The Anatomy of a Passing Cloud, on the back of an envelope with your name, address and contact phone number, and send it to:
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Arts section
NZ Herald
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When working with APEX, you also need a number of tools to improve the efficiency of your work. It isn't enough to just have the APEX IDE at your disposal. Besides the APEX IDE for the application development, you may use a bunch of other tools. This is what I mean by the APEX ECO-System.
For the PL/SQL development and creation of the objects, such as tables, views, synonyms, sequences, … you may use SQL Developer. The DML scripts with the code for creating those objects may be generated by SQL Datamodeler. This tool is used to design the data model, which offers a graphical representation of the relationships between tables and offers the possibility to generate database objects automatically on our database. Both tools are part of the Oracle Database Development tools, just like APEX.
Once the objects are modeled and generated on the database, you can start with the development of the application in APEX. After some time, when a first version of the application is ready, it can be deployed on a test environment. Without the aid of an external tool, it's necessary to make a script of each package, trigger, sequence, synonym, table, view,… in order to create them on the test environment. And when you start with change requests and enhancements, it becomes even more complex!
After the end-user has tested the application and given his feedback, you normally will have to change your packages, tables,… or you will have to add some new functionalities, or you'll have to change the existing ones. Without the aid of an external tool, you'll have to make a script of each change you make, in order to deploy the changes on test as well. This is very time consuming and the risk of making mistakes is very big.
In the past, in my personal experience, it took me lots of hours to make a script for each column definition, table, relationship, package, trigger, view,… which has changed during the development cycle. It was very annoying and especially when you forgot one… It's very time-consuming to find differences between the development and test environment.
But, since I got in touch with Red Gate, all those problems are gone!
Red Gate's Deployment Suite for Oracle contains a tool that allows you to deploy schema objects and compare schema's (Schema Compare for Oracle). But that's not all. Unlike other tools such as SQL Developer, which only gives the possibility to compare schema's in a limited way, the Red Gate Deployment Suite allows you to deploy Data from one schema to another as well (Data Compare for Oracle). And last but not least, since the 12th of March, Red Gate extended their product portfolio. They also provide a tool for Source Control (=Version Control) of your database code! This is done by Source Control for Oracle!
A small overview…
Schema Compare for Oracle, allows you to make a full installation script of your database objects. This is very useful because you don't have to worry about the question if all modifications are scripted, neither about the possible dependencies between the different objects. You are sure that everything on your development environment is scripted in a good way and, when you choose to deploy everything on the test environment, you are sure that it is executed in the right sequence. Everything which has to do with the deployment of the schema objects is handled with the Red Gate Schema Compare tool, which is included in the Deployment Suite.
While Schema Compare for Oracle is used for objects, Data Compare for Oracle will take care of all your data. This is very useful when you have a test environment with a lot of reference data, which is entered by the Business. Don't you recognize the situation where your end users have entered data while testing the application in a test environment assuming that this data would also be available in the production environment? This tool allows you to compare data on different schemas, and to deploy changes from the one to the other.
Very recently, Red Gate added an extra tool to his portfolio: Source control for Oracle. It all started with a live lab at KScope12 where every attendee could contribute to the first prototypes. Read more about it here. Less than a year later, a first version is downloadable. Since it is completely new, there is not yet that much experience with it.
Since iAdvise is an official partner of Red Gate, we've had the opportunity to test the tool before its official release. After a few months of testing, we can tell you that this is the first mature tool which really helps developers to manage their database code!
The whole idea is to give developers a tool to put schema objects on an SVN repository from the database and to pull those objects from the SVN repository, back to another database. If you ever tried doing this manually, you know that this can take up a lot of your valuable time. Source Control for Oracle will take the manual labor out of the picture and put the files on the SVN for you. While doing this, Source Control for Oracle will notice if an object already exists on SVN and the tool will ask the user what he needs to do with it. This will decrease the chances of anyone overwriting your work. You can also add a comment when you push something to the SVN. You can always read back and see what was changed, why it was changed, when it was changed, and by whom it was changed. In this way, Source Control for Oracle provides a whole version control system for database code.
One of the nice features of the tool is that when you define all your schemas in a SVN repository, Source control for Oracle will compare your schemas in the database automatically with the definitions in SVN, when you start the tool.
As you can read, the Deployment Suite for Oracle isn't just the first database tool you meet; it's a lot more than that! At iAdvise, we're convinced about the added value and we believe this tool will help a lot of people in their needs. If you aren't yet convinced about the tools, then take a minute to look at the website of Red Gate and check out the videos and testimonials of other users, I'm sure you'll change of thoughts!
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3.1: Atoms to Molecules
What is your brain made of?
Everything you can see, touch, smell, feel, and taste is made of atoms. Atoms are the basic building-block of all matter (including you and me, and everyone else you'll ever meet), so if we want to know about what Earth is made of, then we have to know a few things about these incredibly small objects.
Everyday experience should convince you that matter is found in myriad forms, yet all the matter you have ever seen is made of atoms, or atoms stuck together in configurations of dizzying complexity. A chemical element is a substance that cannot be made into a simpler form by ordinary chemical means. The smallest unit of a chemical element is an atom, and all atoms of a particular element are identical.
Parts of an Atom
There are two parts to an atom (Figure below):
- At the center of an atom is a nucleus made up of two types of particles called protons and neutrons.
- Electrons, much smaller than protons or neutrons, have a negative electrical charge, move at nearly the speed of light, and orbit the nucleus at exact distances, depending on their energy.
An introduction to the atom is seen on this Khan Academy video: http://www.khanacademy.org/video/introduction-to-the-atom.
Major parts of an atom. What chemical element is this? (Hint: 3 protons, 3 electrons)
Atomic Mass
Because electrons are minuscule compared with protons and neutrons, the number of protons plus neutrons gives the atom its atomic mass. All atoms of a given element always have the same number of protons, but may differ in the number of neutrons found in the nucleus.
Atoms of an element with differing numbers of neutrons are called isotopes. For example, carbon always has 6 protons but may have 6, 7, or 8 neutrons. This means there are three isotopes of carbon: carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14, however, carbon-12 is by far the most abundant.
Atoms are stable when they have a full outermost electron energy level. To fill its outermost shell, an atom will give, take, or share electrons. When an atom either gains or loses electrons, this creates an ion. Ions have either a positive or a negative electrical charge. What is the charge of an ion if the atom loses an electron? An atom with the same number of protons and electrons has no overall charge, so if an atom loses the negatively charged electron, it has a positive charge. What is the charge of an ion if the atom gains an electron? If the atom gains an electron, it has a negative charge.
In the previous section we said that many atoms are more stable when they have a net charge: they are more stable as ions. When a cation gets close to an anion, they link up because of their different net charges — positive charges attract negative charges and vice versa. When two or more atoms link up, they create a molecule. A molecule of water is made of two atoms of hydrogen (H) and one atom of oxygen (O). The molecular mass is the sum of the masses of all the atoms in the molecule. A collection of molecules is called a compound.
- An atom has negatively-charged electrons in orbit around its nucleus, which is composed of positively-charged protons and neutrons, which have no charge.
- Isotopes of an element must have a given number of protons but may have variety of numbers of neutrons.
- An atom that gains or loses electrons is an ion.
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
Basic Atomic Structure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP57gEWcisY
1. What is found at the center of an atom?
2. What makes up the nucleus?
3. What is the charge on the nucleus?
4. What is equal in neutral atoms?
5. List the parts of an atom and identify the charge of each.
Review the basic chemistry with these matching games at:
1. http://www.neok12.com/quiz/ATOM0001
2. http://www.neok12.com/quiz/ATOM0002
3. http://www.neok12.com/quiz/ATOM0003
1. If an atom has 8 protons, 8 neutrons, and 8 electrons and then loses an electron, what is it? If it loses a neutron, what is it?
2. What charge(s) does an ion have, positive, negative, or neutral?
3. What is a molecule made of and what is its molecular mass?
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The main functions of this room are an office, and sewing sanctuary (yes, the hubby is allowed in here to use the computer, but I've definately claimed this room as mine). One must have, when we were house hunting, was a space for me to quilt and create. I am soooo thrilled with this huge bonus room above our garage. It's just perfect! I feel so lucky to have a room like this!
Here is my cutting island:
I created it with two dressers and two desk tops from Ikea. It was done for less than $150. The center area will be a shelf type unit (built by my hubby) to store my wrapping supplies. The dressers hold my quilting supplies on one side, and wrapping supplies on the other.
This bank of simple desks (again from Ikea), is where my sewing machine is located, and a large work surface for general crafting (for both myself and the girls).
We put 4 dressers together along this wall to hold crafting/sewing supplies, and all our office supplies (such as file folders and stationery). We have a lot of office supplies, and even more craft supplies, so a large amount of storage was needed!
Finally, we used one desk and drawer combo for the computer, printer etc. I was originally looking for an antique table, or something with at least more character. However, after all the rest of the space was put together, I realized that just a simple Ikea desk would look more in keeping with the rest of the space.
I did manage to place a few antique and collected pieces around the room to add character and charm. This nook is perfect for reading or sewing. The fabric cabinet is from a garage sale, and is awaiting it's coat of Chalk paint (in a deep red colour). The wingback and side table were given to me by my Grandmother. The wingback is awaiting a slipcover, and I've already stripped and painted the sidetable once (yeeeeeaars ago), but I think it's going to get another makeover soon.
I bought this funky old jam cupboard at an antique store, and it holds many a crafting goodness.
I also have my Grandma's sewing cabinet tucked under the eaves in this little alcove. I found the child's old chair at a second hand store. I have a most amazing embroidered pillow project that I need to finish to adorn the chair.
There's also a bathroom up here. It's still awaiting some special touches before I show it off =)
There you have it; my second most favorite space in our home (other than our sunroom). I just love coming up here with a cup of tea in hand, and having a space to create in, or even just to sit and read, and daydream about all the projects ahead =)
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New vintage figures at TRU in Frederick today. I got the last snowtrooper, a bossk and an IG-88. SOmeone had stashed a luke bespin in a bin above, so I unstashed it. Plenty of leia, han, the one luke, another IG-88 and a bossk left.
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Let them show up at my door and see how much noise I can make. You know the movie line " you can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead hand."
Let them show up at my door and see how much noise I can make. You know the movie line " you can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead hand."
what uncle bill and rk are trying to tell you is your cold dead hands(or your hot dead hands for that matter....as in waco, tx) mean nothing to these oppressors. this is reality, it is coming and it will be welcomed by all but a "radical minority".(funny to call it that since it will be us white boys) this minority will be dealt with as an unfortunate circumstance to this legislative movement.
you may resist, you may be a hero to some who know what really happened but all that will be left of you in the end is a greasy spot. as a working and affluent white man no one stands with you on who takes your money, much less who is gonna take your guns. hell, white women don't even stand with you in this war!(as predicted by menmon and agreed upon by me proir to the last election) it may get a little ugly, but the feds got "patriotic agents who deal with that"!
but to the op, as a matter of priority.....if the second dont matter, the fourth certainly dont matter!
john mccallie
Is anyone else as out raged as I am, that our Government is trying to take "guns" away from legal law abiding citizens and at the same time giving (not even selling)Abrams "Tanks" and F16 "fighter jets" to Egypt. Which is run by Terrorist,,, AKA the Muslim Brotherhood. Washington needs to get its priorities straight.
The Consitution was writen to limit Government, not limit the citizens.
Washington needs to get it's collective head out of it's ...! A litttle common sense would go a long way...... but then we're talking politicians here!
Can't remember which state it was ... but a gun law has been proposed that if you owned a certain type of gun, you could be subjected to an annual inspection, without notice, to see that the gun was properly secured safely. So, basically an unannounced search of your home. Don't think that could past Constitutional muster.
This would mean that not only did they know you owned said gun, they also knew exactly where you kept it.
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
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Veterans may be denied ownership of guns ... mmm
How would you feel if you received a letter from the U.S. Government informing you that because of a physical or mental condition that the government says you have it is proposing to rule that you are incompetent to handle your own financial affairs? Suppose that letter also stated that the government is going to appoint a stranger to handle your affairs for you at your expense? That would certainly be scary enough but it gets worse.
What if that letter also stated: "A determination of incompetency will prohibit you from purchasing, possessing, receiving, or transporting a firearm or ammunition. If you knowingly violate any of these prohibitions, you may be fined, imprisoned, or both pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, Pub.L.No. 103-159, as implemented at 18, United States Code 924(a)(2)."?
That makes is sound like something right from a documentary on a tyrannical dictatorship somewhere in the world. Yet, as I write this I have a copy of such a letter right in front of me. It is being sent by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of America's heroes. In my capacity as Executive Director of the United States Justice Foundation (USJF) I have been contacted by some of these veterans and the stories I am getting are appalling.
The letter provides no specifics on the reasons for the proposed finding of incompetency; just that is based on a determination by someone in the VA. In every state in the United States no one can be declared incompetent to administer their own affairs without due process of law and that usually requires a judicial hearing with evidence being offered to prove to a judge that the person is indeed incompetent. This is a requirement of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that states that no person shall "… be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law…".
"Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none ever happened." -Libby Fudim
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So I made the columnist aware of other instances that those from the government believe they have the right to access private property without warrant or notice to carry on the government's oppression. No Reply, the columnist probably thinks I'm a nut . & as Bill pointed out, flown lately?
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I guess, but I think it'll need strong foundation to really work or it'll be trying to hit too many targets at once, whereas between ANH and ESB there's already a foundation in play. Also, the dark times can't really have any victories for the rebels, or ANH's crawl won't make sense, so that'll be difficult to make a show around.A show set between ANH and ESB would be cool for sure. I've just been interested in the between-trilogy period for quite a while, and after it seemed like Disney wanted to move completely away from the prequel storyline, this would be welcome news to me. And this would be a great way to occasionally tie up remaining TCW plot points where it makes sense - I would love, for instance, to check back up on Mandalore and see how things have changed under the Empire. They could also possibly reconfigure some of the lost scripts from TCW seasons six through eight.
Nah, the AOTC to ROTS crossover? Not really, it just felt more of the same from TCW to me, not a strong pull towards ROTS.Did you not like the crossover vibe from the final TCW season five arc? I thought it was handled very well there.
The TIE Fighter anime was pulled by its creator because it was supposed to be a work in progress shown to a few people. Someone else took the video and added sounds and music (see the link in the 2nd post): http://www.sirstevesguide.com/showth...rs-anime-video
Lucas had the money, he just didn't want to lose his own money on the series, he wanted someone else to pay for it so he wouldn't be carrying all the risk.The budget for the live-action show was the reason it stayed on the shelf for so long. Then again, it was mainly because Lucasfilm didn't have the budget and didn't want to have to compromise by working with another company - maybe Disney would have the cash? As I mentioned elsewhere, even though these series would take place in the same 19-year span, they seem like they would be dealing with different topics and characters. (Though if it follows TCW's lead, it will jump all over the place.)
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
The Clone Wars told a ton of varied stories, many of which didn't really have anything to do with the war itself, and I felt it was successful in doing so, so I'm not worried about that. This show can start out with showing Vader and the 501st continuing to hunt down and destroy the Jedi, there are lots of interesting ideas to explore there. They can show the criminal underworld growing stronger and more unruly, with characters from Jabba to Boba to Greedo to even Han and Chewie coming in to play. They could do more Droids-style adventures with R2-D2 and C-3PO. I assume they'll devote a good amount of time to showing how the various pockets of rebels formed, and they can explore many groups from all around the galaxy. And they can have skirmishes between the Rebels and Empire that don't go too well for the Rebels - they are the underdogs, after all, so I'd like to see them portrayed as such. I really don't think they'll have trouble coming up with stories for this time period, and it can all be tied around the idea of why the rebellion needed to be formed in the first place.Originally Posted by JediTricks
I was talking about how the final arc had designs heavily influenced by the Death Star, showing the Republic moving towards being an even more militaristic entity, so crossover from the PT to the OT.Originally Posted by JediTricks
Dave has said that he felt that the OT stormtroopers weren't clones, so you're probably correct that that's what we'll see. But even as the clones get older, I assume they'd at least be around for a while after ROTS, and I'd like to see what happens to them both as a whole and individually - particularly Rex, Cody, and Fives.Originally Posted by JediTricks
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I wouldn't be surprised if Disney took this opportunity to start retconning some of the plot points from the Prequels with the eventual goal of just pushing the Prequels out of the Star Wars continuity altogether.
Even if they don't go that far, I see them writing stories around the OT as if the Prequels had never happened.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split. - Robert E. Howard
I think, of all my beliefs in the Star Wars mythos, the one thing I figured would never happen was a rewrite of existing events in the films. Messing up stuff with odd choices, ones I wouldn't have made? Sure. But a full-on ret-con? That makes SW just another film franchise, not a modern, collective fairy tale. And that IS something terrible that'd happen.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
I don't think anything like that will happen in this show. Dave is a big fan and proponent of the prequels, so while obviously the show will eventually move towards ANH, it won't jettison the PT completely.
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Maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part.
Anyways, even if they don't try to push the Prequels out of continuity, of which I'm referring to Disney not Dave Filoni specifically, then I think they might at least downplay those films' significance as the years go by.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split. - Robert E. Howard
Yeah, like a From the Journal of the Wasn'ts... the PT was how Palpatine manipulated the history of the galaxy to report "that was how it happened," but in true Clue fashion, we get alternate endings until the real true one is revealed. There's your 12-film SW saga right there!
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.


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By Sun Herald, Biloxi/Gulfport
For a year and a half, the president and Congress have known if they did not join forces to prudently trim the federal budget, a mandatory across-the-board reduction would take place. They failed, and beginning today federal spending must be cut by $85 billion by the end of September, the close of the fiscal year.
Unless, of course, the madness and mindlessness of sequestration causes the president and Congress to act. The next "fiscal crisis" in Washington is scheduled for March 27. If Congress doesn't pass a funding bill by then, the government would be forced to shutdown March 28.
When will this staggering from one potential fiscal disaster to the next end?
President Obama and Congress must pull the nation away from "fiscal cliffs" and "debt ceilings" and get America's finances in order.
That cannot be done while the president parades himself and his Cabinet members in front of the cameras lamenting the consequences of budget cuts he and they have known since 2011 were coming.
It cannot it be accomplished by a divided Congress that will not unite to confront reality: We are $17 trillion in debt with ever-increasing entitlement obligations we cannot afford.
There isn't a responsible person in this county who could not trim less than 3 percent from their spending without significantly affecting their lifestyle.
Yet because the president and Congress have abandoned their duty to set priorities, these looming spending cuts may make both eating processed meat and flying commercial aircraft less safe.
That is both stupid and shameful.
Sequestration is a terrible step, because it slashes spending indiscriminately.
Sequestration is also a cop-out. Both Congress and the president have failed to perform their duties, and they're counting on a mathematical algorithm to do their work for them. That way they can blame the math, and not themselves, for our woes.
They – Congress and the president, Republicans and Democrats – need to be held accountable for this. If sequestration can help bring that about, then bring it on.
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National Historic Ships is a public body who advises the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on British historic ship conservation and funding possibilities. It also offers advice to the Heritage Lottery Fund and many public funding bodies on conservation opportunities and particular applications. It also acts as a centre point for consultation on aspects of the conservation of historic ships and maintains the National Register of Historic Vessels.
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Several socioeconomic factors point to the need for early intervention/early awareness programs and services.
Education Achievement
Each year, 34 percent of Minnesota's graduating high school seniors decide not to continue on to college in the year following graduation. Add to that high dropout rates at the high school level, low college participation rates and low college graduation rates, and the outcome is Minnesota education institutions and communities are preparing only a fraction of all potential students of color for Minnesota's workforce. First-generation college students face additional challenges once they get to college. They are twice as likely to:
- require remedial courses during their college years than students whose parents have a bachelor's degree or higher, or
- leave college before completing a degree than students whose parents were college graduates.
Changing Demographics
Minnesota's population is becoming increasingly diverse with significant growth projected in minority and immigrant populations. The number of students of color in the state's K-12 system is expected to increase 40 percent through 2015, while enrollment of white students will decline 17 percent. If underrepresented student populations are unable to attain a college education, there will be too few skilled workers to take the place of those retiring.
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Too many students enter and graduate from high school with little college awareness or how education relates to careers and income. This can also impact which classes they choose to take in high school, leaving them unprepared academically to succeed in college. Many low-income, minority or first-generation students and families do not understand how the higher education system works or where they can go for help.
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Minnesota cannot effectively expand its economy without talented and skilled workers. While Minnesota continues to have a relatively educated workforce, the state has historically imported more college graduates than it produces, especially in science and technical fields. To meet this and future demands, Minnesota must educate more of its workforce or continue to rely on and compete for college graduates from other states or countries.
College Access Matters: The Opportunity for College Access Programs in Minnesota. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Minority Education Partnership, Inc.
Minnesota Measures: Report on Higher Education Performance. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Office of Higher Education.
Short-term Early College Awareness: Key Strategies for Successful Early Intervention and Early College Awareness Programs. Alexandria, VA: National Association for College Admissions Counseling.
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Hypocracy = rule by hypocrites.
I think ya nailed it there Steve.
Hypocracy = rule by hypocrites.
I think ya nailed it there Steve.
One cannot reason someone out of something they were not reasoned into. - Jonathan Swift
Thats OK, those on the left when confronted that their guy is caught lying they just change the subject. Just wanted to be clear but it proves a point.
"Communism only works in Heaven, where they don't need it, and in Hell, where they already have it" Ronald Reagan
Then let's discuss hypocrisy and strategy on getting bills through. Is there some hypocrisy here, sure. Kind of like when you see all these republican leaders proclaiming the virtues of CBO estimates all the while they are cherry picking the analysis (i.e. spin as pointed out by Jeff) while at the same time just a few years ago these exact same people when confronted with how much the war or other republican initiatives cost discounted anything the CBO reported.
The health care bill is getting tons of discussion and review, isn't it? The party of No is fulfilling its role to slow and water down the process. The administration is pressing the issue to get it done. The sausage is being made.
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Congrats Matt! Saw your video on FB and that dog can MOVE.
Congrats Matt! Saw your video on FB and that dog can MOVE.
Life is Good . . . Do what you like - Like what you do.
Congrats & great job!!
There you go! He's 60# of GO! I wish the video was of the entire series...He went on to line both blinds of the Double Blind! Dang technology!!
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Great job Matt & Timber! Watched You and Your dogs run a couple times and am always impressed.
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What a nice dog!! HUGE congrats!!
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That is a very funny looking gun you were shooting.
Very Nice Matt, we knew the two of you were a very good team when we watched you at the Jamboree. You had some other nice dogs as well.
Congrats! Did they have black eyes and forked tongues?
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State champs Aquinas welcomed home
LA CROSSE, Wis. - Hundreds of people packed the gym at Aquinas High School to welcome back the boys basketball team, who won the Div. 3 State Title Saturday in Madison.
This is the Blugolds' second title in three seasons. It was an exciting day not just for students, but for the entire community, as well.
"I have young children and we went to the games down in Madison so they could see really good teams play, but also it's inspirational for them," Aquinas fan Erin Flottmeyer said. "We anticipate they'll go to Aquinas someday, so who knows? Maybe in seven or eight years, our kids will be on the court as well."
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Upper Columbia Steelhead FYI
The following is courtesy of the Columbia Basin Bulletin and provides some insight into the management of some of the Upper Columbia Steelhead stocks.
By Barry Espenson
Negotiations focused on steelhead recovery among two Mid-Columbia public utility districts, area tribes and the state of Washington have resulted in an unusual agreement that meshes hatchery and harvest management, as well as recovery monitoring and evaluation, on the upper Columbia River.
"It takes hatchery and harvest management to a new level," according to Rob Walton, assistant regional administrator for NOAA Fisheries' new Salmon Recovery Division. "This agreement is the culmination of a lot of hard work and cooperation by a lot of people and is tailored to factors unique to different areas of the upper Columbia River basin."
Parties to the agreement include NOAA Fisheries, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Colville Tribes, Chelan Public Utility District, Douglas Public Utility District, and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The agreement is actually a set of documents that includes a NOAA Fisheries biological opinion and related incidental take permits issued to the various entities regarding mortality exacted on the steelhead by proposed hatchery and research activities. It also provides a mechanism through which sport fisheries would be allowed on the federally protected stock if a particular year's return is above certain levels.
The opinion and permits are necessary because the Upper Columbia River steelhead "evolutionarily significant unit" was listed under the Endangered Species Act by NOAA in 1997. The Upper Columbia steelhead ESU -- one of three Columbia Basin salmonid stocks listed as endangered -- includes all naturally spawned populations and their progeny in the basin streams above the Yakima's confluence with the Columbia. Steelhead from Wells Hatchery stock are also included in the ESU. The other two endangered basin stocks are the Snake River sockeye and the Upper Columbia spring chinook salmon. There are nine other basin stocks with the less restrictive threatened listing.
The three permits -- one issued jointly to the WDFW and PUDS and the others issued to the tribes and to the USFWS -- authorize the incidental take of listed upper Columbia chinook as well as steelhead during the operation of hatchery programs and associated research.
Douglas PUD will pay for the production of 349,000 juvenile steelhead that will be released annually by WDFW into the Methow and Okanogan River basins. Chelan PUD funding covers the annual production of 400,000 juvenile steelhead that will be released into the Wenatchee River basin. That permit also authorizes the release of 180,000 juvenile steelhead into the Columbia River at Ringold Springs Rearing Facility near the Tri-Cities, Wash.
The authorized take includes the collection of broodstock from the returning steelhead at Wells Dam on the Columbia for the Well Fish Hatchery Complex and at Dryden and Tumwater Dams on the Wenatchee River for use in the Eastbank Fish Hatchery Complex.
The fish released into the Methow, Okanogan and Wenatchee are produced for the most part from natural origin or wild/hatchery crosses, as well as some wild/wild and hatchery/hatchery crosses. The monitoring will help establish what blend of genes fares best in the effort to rebuild the naturally spawning population, according to Kris Petersen, NOAA Fisheries lead on the Upper Columbia project.
"Our hatchery fish up here are all still pretty genetically clean," said Joe Foster, the WDFW's regional fish program manager. He said that while there might have been a small amount of transfer of stock between local subbasins, none of the hatchery stock came from outside the Upper Columbia region
The WDFW/PUD permit covers one facet of the PUDs' 50-year Habitat Conservation Plans, which were signed in April 2003. The HCPs commit Chelan County PUD and Douglas County PUD to a 50-year program to ensure their three hydroelectric projects on the Mid-Columbia River have "no net impact" on salmon and steelhead runs. The no-net-impact goal would be accomplished through a combination of project survival, hatchery programs and habitat restoration work in the Mid-Columbia tributary streams.
The permit sets a framework that will streamline decisions to set fishing seasons in the Upper Columbia basin based on the performance of steelhead on a subbasin level, allowing steelhead to be harvested without interrupting progress toward steelhead recovery. It also requires redd counts in tributary basins and monitoring of stray rates and includes smolt monitoring to determine the extent of hatchery origin steelhead natural reproduction.
A separate five-year permit authorizes the USFWS to release 100,000 juvenile steelhead into the Methow River. The third permit authorizes a Colville tribal effort to re-establish natural steelhead spawning in Omak Creek, a tributary to the Okanogan. The tribes have an ongoing effort to restore habitat and enhance stream flows via agreements with water rights holders, Petersen said. The tribes will release 40,000 juvenile steelhead into the creek annually.
The documents are part of an integrated strategy which considers all Upper Columbia River steelhead artificial propagation programs comprehensively.
The agreement synthesizes natural environment research and monitoring with the artificial propagation programs and allows managers to make hatchery operation adjustments based on the research and monitoring results. It also gives PUDs, WDFW, the tribes and USFWS long-term assurances that there activities have ESA coverage.
A public meeting was held in Wenatchee last August to help build a plan concurrent with a public comment period on the draft plan. Under terms of the agreement, four steelhead propagation programs will experiment with different techniques to boost steelhead abundance, population growth rate, spatial distribution, and population diversity in the Wenatchee, Methow, and Okanogan subbasins.
Jeff Koenings, director of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the new management agreement builds on the success of cooperative efforts in recent years to achieve those goals in the upper Columbia River basin.
"This plan reflects a shared commitment to promote recovery of wild steelhead while allowing anglers to harvest surplus hatchery fish," Koenings said. "As demonstrated on the upper Columbia and elsewhere in the state, we can achieve both of these goals under a plan based on sound science, selective fisheries, and careful monitoring. This is an important step forward for steelhead recovery, outdoor recreation, and communities throughout the region that realize substantial economic benefits from these fisheries."
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With steelhead returns to the upper Columbia River expected to reach the second-highest level in 15 years, central Washington anglers can now catch hatchery fish with clipped adipose fins in the upper Columbia, Methow and Okanogan rivers.
Those fisheries -- plus another one set to begin Nov. 15 on the Similkameen River -- were announced Wednesday by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife WDFW in conjunction with a 10-year agreement on steelhead management in the upper Columbia River and its tributaries.
Under the agreement, the NOAA Fisheries approved a 10-year permit authorizing WDFW fish-management activities on the upper Columbia River and its tributaries, provided they do not conflict with ongoing efforts to recover wild steelhead populations listed for protection under the federal Endangered Species Act. The Upper Columbia River steelhead "evolutionarily significant unit" was listed by NOAA as endangered in 1997. The Upper Columbia steelhead ESU includes all naturally spawned populations and their progeny in the basin streams above the Yakima's confluence with the Columbia. Steelhead from Wells Hatchery stock are also included in the ESU.
Consistent with that permit, anglers must release any wild steelhead -- identified by an intact adipose fin -- they catch on the Columbia River above Rocky Reach Dam, or in the Methow, Okanogan or Similkameen rivers. Any fish with a disk tag also must be released unharmed in those areas. Those fish without a fin clip are either natural origin "wild" fish or hatchery fish released into the streams to supplement the wild population.
Under the agreement, fisheries are allowed when the return for that year is judged to be above particular levels.
The forecast this year is for a total run of slightly less than 19,000. Through Tuesday, the count at Priest Rapids Dam was 16,728 fish. Fisheries officials at the dam sample about 10 percent of the passing steelhead, judging by the fin clips, tags and other markings, or lack thereof, the strength of the wild portion of the run. It is estimated that about 16 percent of the fish passing the dam so far are of natural origin, said Joe Foster, the WDFW's regional fish program manager.
"These are extremely good runs," said Foster, who said that about 8,000 to 9,000 fish are needed to both seed the spawning grounds, and provide the eggs needed to restock hatcheries. He estimated that about 60 percent of the hatchery return will be "surplus" and this available for harvest.
In the upper Columbia River, unmarked hatchery steelhead are being used in an experimental program to supplement wild production in an attempt to boost recovery. In addition, adipose-clipped hatchery steelhead are also released each year as a reserve population, in case only small numbers of fish return from the ocean.
This year, with the relatively large returns of the third straight year, all the goals for spawning fish will be exceeded by naturally-spawned fish together with the unmarked hatchery fish.
The anticipated return would be the second highest since 1986. A total of 28,037 steelhead had been counted at Priest Rapids through Oct. 7 in 2001 on the way to a total return of more than 30,000. The count through Oct. 7 in 2002 was 15,312.
"The last three years have been pretty good so it's jacked up the average," Foster said. The 1993-2002 average return to Priest Rapids through Oct. 7 is 9,900 fish. As recently as 1998 the count through that date was only 2,573.
"If we don't have minimum run sizes, there's no fishing," said Bob Leland, WDFW's steelhead program manager. When the run sizes hit certain levels, the fisheries will be a useful tool to remove hatchery-origin supplementation fish that might otherwise crowd limited available spawning areas.
According to the ESA "incidental take permit" issued to the WDFW and the Chelan and Douglas public utility district, WDFW can reduce the number of artificially propagated steelhead in the areas in excess of full tributary seeding levels and to increase the proportion of natural-origin steelhead in the tributary spawning populations. The state agency can accomplish the task either by trapping the fish, or through its chosen path this year -- recreational fisheries.
The PUDs pay for operation of hatcheries that are intended to mitigate for the impacts to steelhead caused by the operation of Wells, Rock Island and Rocky Reach Dams. WDFW operated the hatcheries -- Wells Fish Hatchery Complex and Eastbank Fish Hatchery Complex.
"It's good for the fish and good for the fishermen," Kris Petersen of NOAA said of the agreement. The returns required to allow fisheries is further broken down by tributary. The mortality attributed to wild fish hooked and released is 5 percent.
General freshwater rules will be in effect for all species on the mainstem Columbia, but selective gear rules will apply on the Methow, Okanogan and Similkameen rivers. Night fishing closures will also be in effect on all three tributaries and on the mainstem Columbia River from Rocky Reach Dam to Chief Joseph Dam.
Anglers are allowed to keep two marked, hatchery steelhead a day. Only hatchery fish missing an adipose fin and a healed scar at the location of the missing fin may be retained.
These restrictions are similar to those in effect during the past two years, when NOAA Fisheries approved selective fisheries on a trial basis. WDFW Director Jeff Koenings said careful monitoring has shown that the fishery has not interfered with the substantial increase in the number of steelhead returning to the spawning grounds.
As part of the overall plan, unmarked hatchery fish in the upper Columbia River are being used in an experimental program to jump-start steelhead recovery. Given the large return of steelhead to the upper Columbia River and its tributaries for the third straight year, Koenings said marked hatchery steelhead can be safely harvested without interfering with the recovery effort.
Parties to the agreement include NOAA Fisheries, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, WDFW, the Colville Tribes and the two PUDS.
Areas that will open to fishing for hatchery steelhead under WDFW emergency regulation include:
-- The mainstem Columbia River, which will be open from Oct. 8 until further notice from Rocky Reach Dam upriver to Chief Joseph Dam. General freshwater rules will be in effect, including the requirement that all steelhead with an intact adipose fin be released. -- The Methow River, which will be open from Oct. 8 until further notice from the Highway 97 bridge at the river mouth to the confluence with the Chewuch River in the town of Winthrop.
-- The Okanogan River, which will be open from Oct. 8 until further notice from the mouth upriver to one quarter-mile below the railway trestle below Zosel Dam. Selective gear rules for all species will be in effect, except that motorized vessels will be allowed.
--The Similkameen River, which will be open from Nov. 15 until further notice from the river mouth to a line 400 feet below Enloe Dam.
Link information:
NOAA Fisheries: www.nwr.noaa.gov
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife: www.wa.gov/wdfw.
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LA CROSSE, Wis. - Flood insurance coverage will now cost new homeowners almost double the current rate.
It's a change the federal government is making to keep the program sustainable.
There are a number of north side neighborhoods in La Crosse that fall in the flood plain. Now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, has changed its policy, some in the community worry the higher rates will steer people away from buying a home in those areas.
The new, more expenseive FEMA flood insurance rates are aimed at making sure the program can continue.
"The pool they use for disaster recovery, every time there's a major disaster -- we see it in Long Island or New Orleans -- and there's just not enough money to go around," said La Crosse City Planning Department Director Larry Kirch.19824336
Midwest Floodplain Solutions says currently, the average rate on a $100,000 mortgaged home is about $600.
That rate will stay the same unless the home is sold to a new owner, refinanced, or the policy is canceled, then the rate will double, to $1,200 a year.
City Council member Ryan Cornett said it could make attracting new home buyers to the area difficult.
"It can deter people, but it's not a major cost to owning a home and it's also an investment in your property," said Cornett.
"If you can buy a home on one side of the street that's in the flood plain and one on the other side of the street that's not, more than likely you'd buy the one outside of the floodplain," said Kirch.
Flood plain regulations also make it difficult to make improvements on a home.
"Major structural repairs are limited in what you can do," said Kirch.
"Let's say you have a slab in your back yard and you want to put a garage on it. You can't because it's in the flood plain and it's a variance of two or three feet, it has to be out of the flood plain, so you have to do a lot of work to get that done," said Cornett.
As flood insurance rates increase and the flood plain maps change, Kirch said the take-away message is to keep your flood-insurance coverage going.
"There are also policies that are lower cost. We never want to encourage people to drop their flood insurance even once they come out of the flood plain, they can get now a lower-risk policy," said Kirch.
Kirch encourages people to contact his department if they have questions about whether they fall in the flood plain.
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As of last year, the city planning department said there were more than 740 homes with flood insurance-coverage.
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Astellas will collaborate with Nagasaki University and the University of Tokyo for developing treatments for NTDs
Singapore: Furthering its aim to develop new drugs in segments with high unmet need, Japanese company Astellas entered into two collaborations with the Japanese academia in November 2012.
The global R&D company in pharmaceuticals, which seeks to be the global leader in several categories where high unmet medical needs exist and a high degree of expertise is required, has signed collaborative research agreements with Nagasaki University and the University of Tokyo for developing drugs to treat neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
NTDs, prevalent mainly among the poor in tropical areas of developing countries, are infectious diseases spread by parasites or bacteria. As it is estimated that approximately one billion people are affected with NTDs worldwide, they are a serious healthcare issue that is being addressed on a global scale. Among them, diseases caused by protozoan parasites, such as leishmaniasis, Chagas disease and sleeping sickness are with high unmet medical needs for treatment and development of new therapeutic drugs.
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Under the collaborative agreement with Nagasaki University, the Institute of Tropical Medicine at the university (NEKKEN), which is one of the leading research institutes on tropical infectious diseases in Japan, and Astellas will cooperate on a drug-discovery research project. Astellas will provide multiple compounds with possible anti-protozoan activities, and NEKKEN will evaluate these compounds in experimental model of infection with protozoan parasites for leishmaniasis, Chagas disease and sleeping sickness. The research will be advanced with advice from Professor Kenji Hirayama at NEKKEN, who is a key opinion leader on NTDs research in Japan.
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Rumors have been swirling for a few weeks now that troubled Disney starlet, Demi Lovato, is going in and out of rehab to deal with some pretty serious addictions. On top of those rumors are rumors that her PR team keeps pulling her out of rehab to prove those rumors wrong. I know, I know, it's a sick, twisted web of rumors that have been continuously denied by her PR team and simultaneously promoted by BlindGossip.com. (Update: Demi has since given her first interview in a while, with MuchMusic… but she doesn't address the rumors here, nor that never-ending cocaine allegation. What gives?)
While it's impossible for us to separate fact from fiction, let's just err on the side of Hollywood cynicism and Disney's fantastic child-star-transitioning-to-adult track record and assume Demi really is checking in and out of rehab.
And if we assume that, then we can also safely assume that her mother, Dianna Hart De La Garza, is throwing her hat in the ring to win the highly coveted title: Death be Damned, I'll Most Definitely Sacrifice My Child(ren) to Make Money. Former contestants include: Kate Gosselin, Courtney Love and the current title holder, Dina Lohan. The prize? A highly coveted Us Weekly cover story and a 90% guarantee that you'll one day be featured in either an E!'s Worst Parents Ever countdown or a Lifetime movie. So yes, it's totally worth it.
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2. Denial. So much denial! Like take your denial and multiply it by infinity. Then you'll almost have enough denial.
3. The attitude of Rehab, schmehab.
4. A spare child star. Because just in case the first one doesn't get you enough headlines, it's nice to have another (cough, cough Madison De La Garza) waiting in the wings.
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The French Theater Workshop will present "L'Atelier: Cours Public," at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, in the Rockefeller College Common Room.
The workshop offers students a combination of linguistic and dramatic training by rehearsing classical scenes from French theater. Directed by Florent Masse, a lecturer in the Department of French and Italian, the students will perform excerpts from plays including "Tartuffe," "Andromaque," "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme," "Phedre" and "Le Cid."
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