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The central bank expects gross NPA levels to stay around 4-4.1% for FY15, considering baseline conditions that the GDP will grow at 5.6%. However, if macroeconomic conditions deteriorate, the GNPA ratio may increase further and could rise to around 5.1% by March 2015 under a severe stress scenario, the report added.
Banks stressed advances also declined to 9.8 % of the total advances from 10.2% between September 2013 and March 2014. Public sector banks continued to register the highest stressed advances at 11.7% of total advances, followed by old private banks at 5.9%.
The RBI credited the sale of NPAs to asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) for the improvement in loan quality. This improvement in asset quality was due to the lower slippage of standard advances to non-performing advances and a seasonal pattern of higher recovery and write-offs that generally take place during the last quarter of the financial year, the report said.
The agriculture sector accounted for the highest gross NPA ratio. However the pain from industries persisted and restructured advances in the sector continued to be high and pushing up stressed assets. Stressed advances in the industry sector stood at 15.6% of total advances followed by the services sector at 7.9%.
There are five sub-sectors: infrastructure (which includes power generation, telecommunications, roads, ports, airports, railways,other than Indian Railways, iron and steel, textiles, mining (including coal) and aviation services, which contribute significantly to the level of stressed advances. The share of these five stressed sub-sectors to the total advances of scheduled commercial banks is around 24%, with infrastructure accounting for 14.7%, the report added.
PSBs continued to register the highest gross NPA ratio among bank groups and the RBI expects that, under sever stressed conditions, gross NPA ratio may rise to 6.1% by March 2015 from 4.6% in March 2014. Under a severe stress scenario, PSBs may record the lowest CRAR of around 9.4% by March 2015 (against 11.4% in March 2014), which is close to the minimum regulatory capital requirement of 9%, the report added.


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Halt the Auto-Immune Attack of ArthritisJuly 2012
By Michael Downey
UC-II® Modulates Osteoarthritis
Turning their attention to osteoarthritis, scientists tested UC-II®, a proprietary form of undenatured type II chicken collagen, on horses and larger dogs. These animals are, like humans, very susceptible to osteoarthritis.
Only a specific undenatured form of collagen, which maintains its unique molecular structure, can retrain the immune system not to overreact to exposed collagen fibers. To understand this crucial difference, see the box on the next page.
Dogs with osteoarthritis given UC-II® were found to exhibit significant reductions in overall pain, in pain after limb manipulation, and in lameness after physical exertion—within 90 days.6 There were no adverse side effects. When UC-II® was then withdrawn for the next 30 days, the pain and exercise-associated lameness returned.6
These findings were confirmed when a subsequent study on arthritic dogs found that UC-II® produced the same significant decrease in arthritic pain—again, within 90 days.7
A longer study found that while arthritic dogs given UC-II® were measured to experience significant improvements in pain and mobility after 30 and 60 days, they showed the greatest benefit after 120 days of supplementation. By that point, the UC-II® group was measured to have a 62% reduction in overall pain, a 78% reduction in exercise-associated lameness—and a surprising 91% reduction in pain upon limb manipulation!13
A later placebo-controlled study confirmed these observations. After 120 days, dogs treated with UC-II® were assessed to have a 77% reduction in overall pain, an 84% reduction in exercise-associated pain, and an 83% reduction in pain upon limb manipulation. No adverse effects were found—even after a thorough check of liver, kidney, and heart function.26
A longer, more precision-based study was undertaken in 2011, using a high-tech ground force plate employing a special piezoelectric sensor. This apparatus allowed researchers to measure with a high degree of accuracy, the exact force and weight that dogs placed on each arthritic limb. Dogs given the undenatured UC-II® formulation were able to place more weight on sore limbs and use them more naturally, relative to those given either placebo or the combination of chondroitin-plus-glucosamine. Monthly tests of kidney and liver function, pulse rate, temperature, and weight found no adverse effects.The data from the groundforce plate study showed that dogs in the UC-II® only group showed continued improvement after 150 days, at which time supplementation was discontinued.154
In a large, placebo-controlled study, researchers administered oral doses of UC-II® to horses. They measured reductions of 88% in overall pain, and 78% in pain during limb manipulation among horses given UC-II®. These benefits were seen after 150 days of supplementation.8
Studies demonstrated that UC-II® alone produced much greater results in relieving arthritis in dogs and horses than the combination of chondroitin and glucosamine sulfate alone.8,13 However, the same researchers found that combining UC-II®, with chondroitin and glucosamine sulfate produced the greatest benefits, substantially alleviating pain and improving function.15 This suggests the possibility that humans may be found to benefit from the dual action of these two treatments together. While impressive evidence indicates that undenatured type II collagen inhibits processes responsible for the progression of arthritis, the glucosamine-and-chondroitin combination has previously been shown to repair damaged joints.10,14 Scientists then shifted their focus to the effect of UC-II® on osteoarthritis in humans.
Targeting Osteoarthritis in Humans
Evidence had already established the effectiveness of undenatured type II collagen in inhibiting the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis in humans. However, it would be necessary to separately establish this unique ability of UC-II® in human cases of osteoarthritis. To achieve this, researchers employed a stringent study protocol: a randomized, double-blind, clinical study on humans.
In a study of this type, 52 adults suffering from osteoarthritis with an average age of 59 were randomly assigned to receive daily either two 20 mg capsules of UC-II®, or a combination of four 375 mg capsules of glucosamine plus four 300 mg chondroitin sulfate. All patients were assessed at 30-day intervals.4
The researchers found that in just 90 days, UC-II® provided "significant enhancement in daily activities, suggesting an improvement in their quality of life."4
In the same trial, the researchers employed the standardized WOMAC (Western Ontario McMaster Osteoarthritis Index) scale to accurately assess symptoms. They concluded that 40 mg a day of UC-II® reduced osteoarthritis symptoms assessed by the WOMAC scale by 33%—in only 90 days. By comparison, the combination of 1,500 mg a day of glucosamine and 1,200 mg a day of chondroitin sulfate reduced WOMAC scores in the same period by only 14%.4
The team of scientists then used the Visual Analog Scale (VAS)—which is used to assess pain—to corroborate these results. Using this measure, they found pain scores decreased by 40% for the UC-II® group, while pain scores for the glucosamine/chondroitin group decreased just 15%.4
Finally, using the Lequesne's Functional Index—a measure specifically of pain during daily activities, such as walking—the study team found that UC-II® reduced the score for this type of pain by 20%, while the combination of glucosamine plus chondroitin lowered the score by only 6%.4
All results were observed in just 90 days.
This compelling human research crowns a series of studies indicating that undenatured type II cartilage induces oral tolerance to exposed collagen, inhibiting the immune response that inflames joints and further degrades joint cartilage.
Recent research has revealed that cartilage erosion caused by wear-and-tear is not the immediate cause of osteoarthritis—it is only the initial trigger.
Scientists now know that osteoarthritis, like rheumatoid arthritis, is an abnormal immune-system overreaction to exposed collagen fibers in joint cartilage.
Until this discovery, the standard treatment has been risky NSAIDs and immune suppressants, which have no effect on the underlying cause of this immune reaction.
Oral introduction of type II chicken collagen desensitizes the immune system to collagen fibers, "teaching" inflammatory killer T-cells to ignore exposed collagen in the joints.
This unique intervention works by activating induced oral tolerance, the natural pathway that effectively "short-circuits" the immune response behind arthritis—halting disease activity.
Controlled clinical studies indicate that undenatured type II collagen uniquely inhibits inflammatory joint pain, joint swelling, and impaired function in both rheumatoid and osteoarthritis.
If you have any questions on the scientific content of this article, please call a Life Extension® Health Advisor at 1-866-864-3027.
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4. Crowley DC, Lau FC, Sharma P, et al. Safety and efficacy of undenatured type II collagen in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: a clinical trial. Int J Med Sci. 2009;6(6):312-21.
5. Goldring SR, Scanzello CR. Plasma proteins take their toll on the joint in osteoarthritis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2012 Mar 5;14(2):111.
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9. Trentham DE, Dynesius-Trentham RA, Orav EJ, et al. Effects of oral administration of type II collagen on rheumatoid arthritis. Science. 1993 Sep 24;261(5129):1727-30.
10. Barnett ML, Kremer JM, St Clair EW, et al. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with oral type II collagen. Results of a multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Arthritis Rheum. 1998 Feb;41(2):290-7.
11. Barnett ML, Combitchi D, Trentham DE. A pilot trial of oral type II collagen in the treatment of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1996 Apr;39(4):623-8.
12. Wei W, Zhang L-L, Xu J-H. A multicenter, double-blind, randomized, controlled phase III clinical trial of chicken type II collagen in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 2009;11:R180.
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14. Gupta RC, Canerdy TD, Lindley J, et al. Comparative therapeutic efficacy and safety of type-II collagen (UC-II®), glucosamine and chondroitin in arthritic dogs: pain evaluation by ground force plate. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr. Epub 2011 May 30.
15. Bagchi D, Misner B, Bagchi M, et al. Effects of orally administered undenatured type II collagen against arthritic inflammatory diseases: a mechanistic exploration. Int J Clin Pharmacol Res. 2002;22(3-4):101-10.
16. Heinegard D, Saxne T. The role of the cartilage matrix in osteoarthritis. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2011 Jan;7(1):50-6.
17. Cohen ES, Bodmer HC. Cytotoxic T lymphocytes recognize and lyse chondrocytes under inflammatory, but not non-inflammatory conditions. Immunology. 2003 May;109(1):8-14.
18. Wang Q, Rozelle AL, Lepus CM, et al. Identification of a central role for complement in osteoarthritis. Nature Medicine. Nov 6 2011.
19. Adatia A, Rainsford KD, Kean WF. Osteoarthritis of the knee and hip. Part I: aetiology and pathogenesis as a basis for pharmacotherapy. J Pharm Pharmacol. 2012 May;64(5):617-25. 20. Tarkowski A, Klareskog L, Carlsten H, Herberts P, Koopman WJ. Secretion of antibodies to types I and II collagen by synovial tissue cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 1989 Sep;32(9):1087-92.
21. Singh G, Wu O, Langhorne P, Madhok R. Risk of acute myocardial infarction with nonselective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: a meta-analysis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2006;8(5):R153.
22. Thomas MC. Diuretics, ACE inhibitors and NSAIDs—the triple whammy. Med J Australia. Feb 2000;172(4):184-5.
23. Kearney PM, Baigent C, Godwin J, Halls H, Emberson JR, Patrono C. Do selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors and traditional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs increase the risk of atherothrombosis? Meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) June 2006;332(7553):1302-8.
24. Trelle S, Reichenbach S, Wandel S, et al. Cardiovascular safety of non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs: network meta-analysis. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2011 Jan 11;342:c7086.
25. Rennard BO, Ertl RF, Gossman GL, Robbins RA, Rennard SI. Chicken soup inhibits neutrophil chemotaxis in vitro. Chest. 2000 Oct;118(4):1150-7.
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27. Cremer MA, Rosloniec EF, Kang AH. The cartilage collagens: a review of their structure, organization, and role in the pathogenesis of experimental arthritis in animals and in human rheumatic disease. J Mol Med (Berl). 1998 Mar;76(3-4):275-88.
28. Corthay A, Backlund J, Broddefalk J, et al. Epitope glycosylation plays a critical role for T cell recognition of type II collagen in collagen-induced arthritis. Eur J Immunol. 1998 Aug;28(8):2580-90.
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The FBI is reminding consumers to be wary of online scams, especially around the holidays.
Federal prosecutors in Tampa have filed warrants to shut five websites they say sell counterfeit goods.
The effort is part of a nationwide crackdown on 82 websites suspected of selling phony goods. (Story, -5B)
The FBI warns that identity thieves may try to gain personal information by sending e-mails and text messages indicating problems with financial accounts. Complaints about cyber fraud are on the rise. The Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3, received 336,655 complaints in 2009, a 22 percent increase over the previous year. The center — a partnership of the FBI and the nonprofit National White Collar Crime Center — said the complaints involved losses totaling $559.7 million in 2009, up from $264.6 million in 2008.
Law enforcement investigated almost 44 percent of last year's complaints and roughly 26 percent the previous year, according to IC3 data. Cases are not referred to law enforcement unless there's documented harm or either the complainant or the alleged scammer lives in the United States.
To avoid being victimized by cyber fraud, the FBI recommends that you:
• Be cautious of e-mail claiming to contain pictures in attached files; the files may contain viruses. Open only attachments from known senders. Scan the attachments for viruses, if possible.
• Avoid filling out forms contained in e-mail messages that ask for personal information.
• Always compare the link in the e-mail with the link to which you are directed to determine if they match and will lead you to a legitimate site.
• Log directly onto a store's website identified in the e-mail instead of linking to it from an unsolicited e-mail. If the e-mail appears to be from your bank, credit card issuer or other company you deal with frequently, your statements or official correspondence will provide the proper contact information.
• Verify any requests for personal information by calling the business or financial institution using the phone numbers listed on a billing statement or credit card.
• Contact the actual business that supposedly sent the e-mail to verify if the e-mail is genuine.
For more on online scams, visit the FBI's E-Scams and Warnings Web page atfbi.gov/scams-safety/e-scams. For information on filing a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center, visit ic3.gov.


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I heard this story many years ago. I don't know if it's true, but I when I related it to Roger Bischoff (translator & compiler of The Way to Ultimate Calm: Selected Discourses of Webu Sayadaw), he said it sounded like the kind of thing the Sayadaw would say.
The son of a meditation teacher had heard that 's feet didn't touch the ground when he walked. So one rainy day, he crouched down with his head close to the ground, so he could watch the Sayadaw's feet. The Sayadaw walked over a wet area, and when he reached a dry area, the young man noticed that his feet left no wet footprints. "Sir," he asked, "are you walking or flying?" The Sayadaw stopped and replied, "If you pay as much attention to this spot [between the nose and the upper lip] as you did to my feet just now, perhaps some good may come of it."


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Chignik Lake, AK, United States (AHN) - Alaska State Troopers and Department of Fish and Game staff are waiting for good weather before starting a hunt for a wolf pack that killed a teacher in Chignik Lake on Monday.
Wolf tracks were found around the body of Candice Berner, 32, and autopsy results released Thursday confirmed she died from injuries associated with animal attack.
The teacher of a village school went missing while jogging on Monday. A bloody track led snowmobilers to her body in a bush.
A plane and helicopter will be used to track down the wolf pack and shoot them, according to Fish and Game biologist Lem Butler. Butler said the pack should be removed lethally because they are a public safety concern.
Meanwhile, children are being escorted to school and armed villagers are patrolling to prevent another wolf attack.
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text: I'm going to ask the question that's impossible to answer... but you guys are smart: We have already talked about checking welds but I'm wondering about the big picture. Trying to assess risks statistically, if you will. I hear it routinely said that a good weld is as strong or stronger than the surrounding metal. OK. I can buy that. But, what about the other welds? Consider the typical scenario of a home fabber who has little experience in welding. Maybe a dozen hours with a flux core, say. Let us say he can do welds that look sorta OK. Not pretty smooth, but not random floating blobs and holes either. What would be your assessment in big broad impossible overgeneralization terms?: a) welds are likely to be completely unreliable and should not be used at all in real life until he has xx hours practice. b) welds are probably reasonably strong and should be OK for non-critical situations (say mounting brackets for accessories, maybe bumpers etc) only. c) welds are likely close to as strong as the rest of the metal and one should not hesitate to use them for serious stuff (steering, suspension, winch plates, recovery points, etc). I'm thinking -well, OK, really hoping- b). What say ya?


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Caracas, Feb 12 ABN (Hugo Chavez Frias).- My spirit was always conquered by the whipping and flamenco verb of Jesus, the redeemer Christ of the oppressed peoples, since the time I was an altar boy in the humble church of Sabaneta, when the stormy decade of the 60s started last century.
Since then; the Sermon on the Mount and its justice promise for the poor people seemed really exiting to me.
How far was Rosa Inés Chávez of having read once the speech and thesis of the other Rosa, to whom Clara Zetkin named "the living sword of the revolution," Rosa of Luxembourg.
"But, at the same time, how close was my Mama Vieja from the thought of that revolutionary woman, masterly condensed in its legendary slogan: Socialism or barbarism! Christ expelled the Merchants from the
As it occurred one more time with these Venezuelan opposition leaders regarding the recent reprehensible act of profanation to the Synagogue.
Together with a set of media companies, they (opposition) definitely lost their own nature to transform into political-party actors; who one more time irreversibly accused the government and the revolution as the responsible of this criminal act.
One of them brushed the limits of the phylosophal stone and was about to find out the so wished formula for the warm water, when he explained to the country that there was not any doubt about the responsible of the attack because he has found out a concluding evidence: the red color of the graffiti on the wall; the same color of the Bolivarian people! The opposition grapeshot, inside and outside the country, didn't stopped bombing the revolution.
But, as the slogan says: "God never abandons the innocent." In addition, the revolutionary government and its investigation corps acted fast and with great efficiency, in the middle of a media war.
And now, when we have captured eleven people and the main responsible of the crime declared themselves guilty; and when we have found several evidences in the scene of the crime and during the raids, and the internal complicity – one of the Synagogue's watchmen – has been proven; these "leaders" and "defenders of freedom," "brave protectors of the temple," start to perform miracles and repeat etceteras, trying to explain theirs allegations. Finally, they are able to say no matter what, but they are unable to retract.
Hypocrite Pharisees! I have here on my desk several reports of the situational room coordinated by Reyes Reyes. When I was checking the details, I realized how the Double Armored Attack has been progressing; in the home stretch towards the February 15.
Through my lines I want to congratulate this tremendous elite troop organized by the patrols and the committees for the Yes; its leaders and coordinators, patrol and mission members. I especially want to mention the very brave Bolivarian women, or like many of them prefer to be called: Mujeres Chavistas! (Chavista women). The formidable youth is playing its vanguard role of sublime nerve motor of the popular mass that must keep on moving with the energy of a hurricane.
Our party, the PSUV, as well as other ally parties, PCV, PPT, MEP, UPV, we all must march united and try twice as hard towards the victory.
By the way, today is February 12th and the battle cry of the great revolutionary José Félix Rivas, the young Jacobin man with the republican cap, still keeps thundering from the valley where that heroic city of La Victoria (Aragua state) emerges: "We cannot choose between winning or dying, it's necessary to win."
Boys and girls, let's celebrate this Day of the Youth as it has to be, deployed in battle, adjusting the machinery, convincing the indecisive people, inviting everybody to the memorable journey.
Just to keep on conquering independence! To keep on building the socialist homeland! To keep on transforming
Let's go for broke, with happiness, with joy, with a lot of intelligence, with so much homeland passion.
On Sunday 15, early in the morning, you man, you woman, you Venezuelan youth, you, together with me, have a date with the future.
I call you from my Heart, as the song says: Yo te esperaré en aquel lugar (I'll wait for you in that place).
Don't fail me that I won't fail you…
You know that I, your soldier, live for you!
Yes Sr! We will win!


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Back in 2004, the Washington, DC-based indie band Cartel generated a lot of buzz with the moody, Echo & the Bunnymen-esque "Fleets". Then, they discovered a rock band from Georgia had dibs on the Cartel name. So, Cartel became the Cedars. They released an excellent EP, Another Season, in 2007. Rightly figuring that if such a strong, Coldplay-if-Coldplay-was-three-times-better effort wouldn't get them a proper record deal, nothing would, they split.
Now, they are back, under the name Ms. Director, with a seven-track EP, Santo Domingo. The overall sound hasn't changed much, and that's a good thing. The guitars and keyboards are a bit more hazy, but the muscular rhythm section and Brian Leatherman's beguiling voice hold it all down. Let's hope the third name is the charm. Have a listen to Santo Domingo via Bandcamp, and download it there or from iTunes.


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Taylor County Elementary School fifth-grader Caleb Spencer was recently recognized as the district winner of the AARP Grandparent of the Year essay contest sponsored by AARP and the Kentucky Retired Teachers Association.
The essay was selected from hundreds of entries to represent the district among the state's top 14 essays.
Local representatives from the Taylor County Retired Teachers Association presented Spencer with an engraved plaque and a $50 check from the co-sponsors.
TCHS Seniors to Graduate With College CreditThose wanting to take the GED test are in luck. The test is free through June. After June, the cost to take the exam is expected to increase.
The GED test is a series of five tests that measure achievement in subject areas associated with high school studies.
About 800,000 adults across the country take the GED test each year on the path to get better jobs, training and education. In 2010-2011, nearly 10,300 received passing GED scores from the Kentucky Adult Education.
TCHS Seniors to Graduate With College CreditTaylor County Elementary School has released its honor roll for the third nine-week grading period.
Students listed follow.
All A's
Raven Adams, Trinity Adams, Codie Allen, Ethan Anderson, Katelyn Arnold, Lauren Barnes, Kyler Beard, Lydia Bell, Wesley Bell, Molly Bemis, Manda Benningfield, Dylan Berry, Ben Bertram, Frank Bladen, Amelia Bowen, Hunter Brewer,
Area residents did some shopping last week at the KY 55 Yard Sale event on April 19-22.
The Campbellsville man who had sex with a teenager will spend 12 years in prison for his crimes. He will also have to register as a sex offender for life.
Howard H. Hagerty, 52, of 732 Buckner Ave., was indicted last May by a Taylor County grand jury and charged with committing two sex-related crimes with a child older than 12 but younger than 18.
Hagerty appeared in Taylor Circuit Court before Judge Dan Kelly last September and pleaded guilty to the crimes. Kelly sentenced Hagerty last Tuesday.
A Lebanon man has been indicted and charged with impersonating a peace officer at the Taylor County Animal Shelter.
Lee Otto, 30, of 3365 St. Mary Road, was indicted last Tuesday by a Taylor County grand jury.
According to the indictment, Otto is accused of pretending to be a law enforcement agency official when he went to the shelter on Jan. 30.
Three Bradfordsville residents were injured in a crash on U.S. 68 last Saturday.
According to a Taylor County Sheriff's Office report, James B. Loy, 34, was driving on U.S. 68 at 8:49 p.m. when his 2004 Subaru was forced off the roadway.
The report states that Loy then lost control, came back on the roadway, struck a wall and overturned.
Grandview Nursing and Rehabilitation in Campbellsville is featured in the spring edition of the Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities' "Heroes." Titled "A work of heart," the article spotlights Grandview resident Geraldine Reynolds, who loves to crochet potholders, coasters and scarves. Reynolds gives the items away as gifts. In January, other residents and staff were taught how to crochet during a special activity.
Cecil Gilpin was busy Monday setting up a fruit stand along KY 55 in Campbellsville. Gilpin, 82, said he is retired and lives "just down the road" from the location. He said he sells tomatoes and apples to pass the time.
Donnie Lotter of Campbellsville launches his boat and tries his luck at fishing in the city lake Tuesday morning.
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GroundSwell presents: TRaInspOrt
Featuring the unusual combination of bassoon, percussion, and piano, GroundSwell presents an exciting and eclectic variety of wild and wonderful new works. There's music by Mario Lavista, Isang Yun, Theodor Burkali, and Diana McIntosh, ranging in mood from introspective to dramatic to extroverted humorous theatre pieces. Musicians Vincent Ellin, Beverley Johnston, Victoria Sparks and Diana McIntosh will keep you rivetted. This concert has personality! www.gswell.ca
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As of Tuesday, more than 840 fires were burning throughout the state following lightning storms that swept through the state from the Oregon border south to Fresno, fire officials said. Particularly dry weather conditions made the situation worse.
Three crews of San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District firefighters were sent first to Watsonville and then to Napa/Solano counties to fight a blaze dubbed the "wild" fire.
Residents with respiratory-related health issues are encouraged to limit exposure and exertion while outside, said district spokeswoman Kimberly French.
"It's a good reminder for people to be very cautious and understand that we are under a red flag warning," she said.


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Berlin (Sep. 13)
Max Liebermann, noted German Jewish artist, was suddenly taken ill last night and transferred to the State Hospital.
He is said to be suffering from a gastric trouble and is being treated by the noted surgeon, Professor Sauerbruch. His condition is improved today.
Professor Liebermann's condition is causing some anxiety in view of his advanced age. He was eighty-five years old on July 20th. The occasion was the signal for widespread tributes to his contributions to art in the German press.


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A Conejo Valley based bank has rejected an unsolicited buyout offer.
First California Financial Group says it rejected a proposed deal from PacWest Bancorp. Westlake Village based First California has been facing pressure from some shareholders to sell itself.
In rejecting the offer, First California officials said they didn't have enough details about the offer to consider a deal, but that Los Angeles based PacWest wanted an exclusivity agreement before it would disclose additional information.


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Fairy Tales, Sexuality, and Gender in France, 1690–1715
Nostalgic Utopias
Part of Cambridge Studies in French
- Author: Lewis C. Seifert, Brown University, Rhode Island
- Date Published: April 2006
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Between 1690 and 1715, well over one hundred literary fairy tales appeared in France, two-thirds of them written by women. The first part of this book situates the rise of this genre within the literary and historical context of late-seventeenth-century France, and the second part examines the representation of sexuality, masculinity and femininity within selected groups of tales. The book proposes a new model for the application of feminist and gender theory to the literary fairy tale, from whatever national tradition.Read more
- This book studies texts including early versions of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty
- It shows the specific perspectives that women writers brought to the genre, and offers a new approach to sexuality and gender in fairy tales
- The 114 tales discussed - of which two-thirds were by women writers - influenced many later writers of fairy tales, including the Grimms
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Part I. Marvelous Storytelling:
1. Marvelous realities: toward an understanding of the merveilleux
2. Reading (and) the ironies of the marvelous
3. The marvelous in context: the place of the contes de fées in late seventeenth-century France
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4. Quests for love: visions of sexuality
5. (De)mystifications of masculinity: fictios of transcendence
6. Imagining femininity: binarity and beyond
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Global Tax Alert | 12 June 2013
New tax treaty provisions between China and the Netherlands to promote investment
On 31 May 2013, a new tax treaty was signed between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the People's Republic of China (the New Tax Treaty). When it enters into force it will replace the current tax treaty, which was introduced in 1987.
The New Tax Treaty contains certain updated and improved provisions, which are expected to further promote investment and trading between the two countries.
The New Tax Treaty provides for a reduced source country tax on dividends of 5%, an improvement as compared to the current tax treaty which was fixed at 10%. This 5% applies in situations where the beneficial owner of the dividends is a resident company of one of the Contracting States and directly holds at least 25% of the capital of the company paying the dividends in that other Contracting State.
It is noted that this reduction of source country tax on dividends especially benefits Dutch groups with Chinese subsidiaries, as in the reverse situation there are usually a number of alternatives to mitigate Dutch tax on dividends altogether.
As a consequence, Dutch groups (and other MNCs) may want to reconsider the structure of their investments into China, i.e., it may be worthwhile to rationalize existing holding structures. In those situations, Chinese income tax on capital gains and internal reorganization rules should be carefully considered as well.
In addition, under the New Tax Treaty, the source tax on dividends would not be imposed on dividends paid by a company, which is a resident of one of the Contracting States, if the beneficial owner of the dividends is the Government of that other Contracting State or one of its institutions or a company the capital of which is wholly owned directly or indirectly by the other Contracting State. This provision would be especially relevant to a limited number of Chinese State Owned Enterprises that are wholly owned by the Chinese government, even for portfolio interests in Dutch companies.
In all other circumstances than described above, the source country tax on dividends is limited to 10%. The New Tax Treaty does not specify the holding period with regard to the abovementioned 25% of holding percentage. Nevertheless, pursuant to relevant interpretations provided in Guoshuihan [2009] No. 81 and Guoshuifa [2010] No. 75, to qualify for the intended treaty benefit, it seems the resident of the contracting state shall directly hold at least 25% of equities of the company paying dividends in the other contracting state for no less than consecutive 12 months prior to the distribution.
Capital gains on shares
Immovable property
Capital gains derived by a resident of the Contracting State from the alienation of shares deriving more than 50% of their value directly or indirectly from immovable property located in the other Contracting State, may be taxed in that other Contracting State.
Shareholdings of at least 25%
Gains derived by a resident of a Contracting State from the alienation of shares of a resident company of the other Contracting State, may be taxed in that other Contracting State if the recipient of the gain had, at any time during the twelve month period prior to the alienation, directly or indirectly, a participation of at least 25% in the capital of that company.
Gains derived by a resident of the Contracting State for the alienation of shares in the two categories mentioned above may only be taxed in the Contracting State of which the alienator is a resident, if the alienated shares are:
- • Quoted on a recognized Stock Exchange, provided that the total of the shares alienated by the resident during the fiscal year in which the alienation occurs is not more than 3% of the quoted shares; or
- • Held by the Government of one of a Contracting State, any of its institutions or any other entity the capital of which is wholly owned by that Contracting State, provided that such institution or entity is a resident of that Contracting State.
It is important to note that under certain circumstances, based on Guoshuihan [2009] No. 698, China claims the right to tax indirect capital gains.
Permanent establishment definition
Under the New Tax Treaty, a permanent establishment will also include a building site, or construction, assembly or installation project or supervisory activities in connection therewith, but only if such site, project or activities last more than 12 months. In the current tax treaty, this period is six months. By extending the time period, the New Tax Treaty will make it more flexible for companies in the Netherlands to carry on such activities in China without creating a permanent establishment and vice versa.
With respect to the taxation of so called service permanent establishments under Chinese domestic rules, the New Tax Treaty will allow China to levy tax only if and when the activities continue for more than 183 days within any twelve month period. The current treaty provides a threshold of more than six months within any twelve month period. In practice this leads to disputes on whether presence in China only for one day would taint a whole month in determining whether the six months threshold has been met. The New Tax Treaty therefore provides a welcome clarification.
Determination of the profit of a permanent establishment
The current tax treaty determines that the remuneration for the provision of technical services (such as examinations of geological or technical nature, engineering activities and consultancy or supervisory services) will only be taxed as profit of a permanent establishment, implying that a Contracting State can tax this remuneration for income tax purposes only if the provider of the technical services is considered to have created a permanent establishment in this Contracting State. On the other hand, basing on Guoshuiwaizi [1989] No. 38 regarding an interpretation of certain articles of the current tax treaty, such revenue shall not be classified as royalty for withholding tax purposes. Instead, it would be treated as business profit of the permanent establishment in the Contracting State and may be subject to statutory corporate income tax rate. The aforesaid provision has been cancelled in the New Tax Treaty. As a result, it may need to be considered whether the current payments for technical services might be taxed at royalties pursuant to the Royalties article.
The Netherlands does not levy interest withholding tax. The new tax treaty still provides for a 10% interest withholding tax rate on interest paid from China and received by the beneficial owner, which is resident of the Netherlands.
However an interest withholding tax exemption applies to interest paid from a Contracting State to, or on loans guaranteed or insured by, the Government or a local authority, the Central Bank, or any financial institution wholly owned by the other Contracting State. In this respect, the definition of "Government" has been extended with "financial institutions that are wholly owned by one of the Contracting States." The qualifying institutions are specifically listed in the New Tax Treaty.
The Netherlands does not levy withholding tax on royalty payments. A reduced withholding tax rate of effectively 6% is currently specified in the New Tax Treaty for remunerations of any kind received for the use of, or the right to use, industrial, commercial or scientific equipment paid from China, which was previously provided in the protocol to the current tax treaty.
In all other circumstances the withholding tax rate on royalties remains 10%.
The current tax treaty contains a tax sparing credit of 15% on royalties received from China; this credit has been cancelled in the new tax treaty.
Anti-abuse provisions
The New Tax Treaty provides for anti-abuse provisions for dividends, interest and royalties (main purpose should not be benefitting from those specific tax treaty articles).
In addition, article 23 of the treaty, interestingly called the "Miscellaneous rule," mentions that the treaty and its provisions shall not prejudice the right of each Contracting State to apply its own domestic anti- abuse rules. In this respect, the Guoshuihan [2009] No. 601(Circular 601) as well as further clarifications thereto is relevant as it provides guidelines to determine whether the recipient of the dividend/interest/royalty is to be considered the beneficial owner and consequently should receive treaty benefits. One should be careful to assume that a seemingly clear cut case would for example benefit from the reduced 5% dividend withholding tax rate without considering all the factors mentioned in Circular 601. In this respect it is also noted that application of the beneficial ownership rules by the various local authorities in China is still converging to a common policy.
Elimination of double taxation
Under the New Tax Treaty, China should provide a tax credit for the underlying Dutch corporate income tax and dividend withholding tax in the case of a dividend distribution made by a Dutch company to a Chinese company, in cases where the Chinese company owns 20% or more of the Dutch company. This ownership threshold has been increased as compared to the current treaty (10%) and is in line with current Chinese domestic tax law.
Exchange of information
The New Tax Treaty contains a revised exchange of information clause, which is in line with the current OECD standard. It should be noted that China is not an OECD member, but it does have a working relationship with the OECD.
Assistance in the collection of taxes
A provision for assistance in the collection of taxes has been included in the New Tax Treaty with respect to the taxes to which the New Tax Treaty applies.
Entry into force
At the moment of the publishing of this Tax Alert it is not certain yet when the New Tax Treaty will become effective; both the Netherlands and China should notify each other through the relevant diplomatic channels that the formalities required by their domestic law for the bringing into force of the tax treaty have been complied with. Subsequently, the New Tax Treaty shall enter into force on the last day of the month, which follows on the date of the last notification. The New Tax Treaty will then become effective for the income year, which begins on or after 1 January following the year in which the New Tax Treaty has entered into force. The current tax treaty will be terminated at the time when the new treaty enters into force.
For additional information with respect to this Alert, please contact the following:
Ernst & Young Tax Services Limited, Hong Kong
- • Becky Lai
+852 2629 3188
Ernst & Young (China) Advisory Limited, EMEIA Tax Desk, Shanghai
- • Bas Leenders
+86 137 0199 4869
Ernst & Young (China) Advisory Limited, EMEIA Tax Desk, Beijing
- • Yee Man Tang
+86 10 5815 3765
Ernst & Young LLP, China Tax Desk, New York
- • David Kuo
+1 212 773 3660
Ernst & Young LLP, China Tax Desk, London
- • Julie Hao
+44 20 795 16195
Ernst & Young LLP, Belgium-Netherlands Tax Desk, New York
- • Dirk Stalenhoef
+1 212 773 3390
EY Belastingadviseurs LLP, Amsterdam
- • Johan van den Bos
+31 88 407 1457
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ST. PETERSBURG — Danica Patrick has just started her second season in NASCAR's Nationwide series and finished no higher than 19th in 13 races last year, but her moonlighting with stock cars has helped extend her reach to another large group of fans.
"Perhaps. Just like there's IndyCar dedicated fans, there are dedicated NASCAR fans, and then there's a whole lot of just race fans," she said Friday before a practice session for Sunday's Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. "I guess I'm doing a little bit of both to kind of serve whatever fans' taste buds, which series they like. You can't tell if they're one fan or another necessarily. There's a whole lot of NASCAR fans … a couple million people watch every weekend. I suppose there's more awareness now."
In terms of popularity, Patrick has a following that far more established, successful drivers have trouble keeping up with — consider Twitter.com, where Patrick's official account has 325,420 followers, a strong number for a driver.
By comparison, IndyCar's Helio Castroneves has one-tenth as many followers (31,894), and even maybe the most successful NASCAR driver, Jimmie Johnson, has 16,136 followers on his official account. Jeff Gordon, one of NASCAR's most popular drivers on Twitter, has 46,636.
If Patrick can find consistent success in NASCAR, that could only add to her following. Three weeks ago, she had her best finish, taking fourth in Las Vegas.
Another open-wheel driver, Dario Franchitti, didn't fare well when he competed on NASCAR's Sprint Cup circuit in 2008 and said the highest stock car circuit is a different challenge entirely.
"She seems to be getting better," said Franchitti, who watched her last Nationwide race on TV. "I think Nationwide is one thing and for me, it wasn't difficult to be top 10 in Nationwide. … Try doing that in Cup, that's a whole different level. That's when it gets really difficult."
Really, she's 29: Patrick celebrated a birthday Friday and said she misses the days of being the youngest driver in a field, though she still has plenty of racing ahead of her.
"I might feel a little worse when I'm 30," she said. "I'm used to being young. I remember the days when I was the youngest driver. That's not the case anymore."
POWER'S PRACTICE: Defending race champion Will Power clipped the Turn 8 wall in the second of two IndyCar practices but still had the top lap of the day at 102.247 mph (1 minute, 3.3759 seconds).
"It was a bit of a mixed-up day," the Penske Racing driver said. "I had to put a new front tire on, and I didn't get that many laps. This is a really difficult car to drive. It is difficult to get the balance."
Franchitti, two-time defending series champion, was second for Chip Ganassi Racing at 102.018 mph, 0.14 seconds behind Power.
"I can never get away from this guy," Power said of Franchitti, who overtook him in the season finale to win the title last year.
LOCAL EFFORT: Patrick Long of Belleair earned the pole for today's SCCA World Challenge race, the first of two this weekend. Long ran a top lap of 86.318 mph (1:15.071) in a Porsche 911 GT3.
OTHER SERIES: Anders Krohn was fastest in Indy Lights practice at 93.863 mph (1:09.0371). Spencer Pigot earned the pole for today's USF2000 race, the first of two this weekend, at 87.621 mph (1:13.955).


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£20 Wonderbum dresses perk up the nation's bottoms this Christmas
- 85% of women worry about their bottom size
- Survey of 18,000 women highlights the peach bottom is no more
- Four new fruity bottom shapes revealed: Tomato, Potato Pear and Nectarine, in nationwide poll
- George at Asda launches range of wonderbum party dresses for all shapes and sizes for just £20
The age old question of 'Does by bum look big in this?' will never be a problem again thanks to a new range of £20 'wonder bum' party dresses for all shapes and sizes by George at Asda.
In a survey of over 18,000 women*, Asda discovered that 85% of women worry most about the shape and size of their behinds. 55% are at their most bottom conscious when buying new clothes and 62% highlighted that they don't have a clue about what to wear nor how to dress their behind this party season.
George at Asda linked up with bottom expert Dr David Holmes to carry out further research into this problem area. Results show that due to modern day diets and exercise, today's ladies have somewhat evolved in the bottom department. Astonishingly the research revealed that the traditional peach is no longer the norm and that in fact today's women have one of four new fruity bottom shapes: Tomato, Potato, Pear and the Nectarine.
For the first time women across the country can stop worrying about their bums. In response to the research Asda has created a series of Christmas party dresses to cater for today's derrières so every shape and size is looked after this party season.
The Tomato
A new take on the peach with 45% of the women surveyed highlighting that this shape was most applicable to their behind. Bigger, plumper, rounder and squishy to the touch the tomato is fast becoming the norm in modern day society. This bottom shape sits great in a tight structured dress, it needs firming and rounding and the black lace dress is the perfect companion to lift this particular shape and make it look great.
The Potato
The second most common shape to have materialised across the nation is the potato with 30% of the women claiming. This wide and long bottom is a less fortunate shape; lumpy in parts it needs careful dressing and attention. A tulip shaped shift is perfect for hiding a multitude of sins and with its slimming effect this is the perfect dress shape to elongate a wide behind.
The Pear
The pear shaped figure has now evolved into the pear shaped bottom, narrower at the top and almost twice the size at the fullest part of the behind. It's a tricky shape to buy for, but easy to solve with a distraction. A long maxi dress works wonders creating a longer silhouette detracting from the lower region and a halter neckline accentuating the shoulders balances out the bottom. 15% of women highlighted that this shape was most applicable to them.
The Nectarine
Close to the cartoonesque derrière perfection of two bowling balls pushed together it's full and round and pert in appearance. A bottom that stands out well naturally, this bottom doesn't need too much enhancement and looks great in a fantastic red dress. Unfortunately, this is a rare bottom and it's not often seen strutting down the high street with only 10% claiming to own this perfect derrière.
"Women should celebrate their shapes this Christmas. We've designed a range of gorgeous party dresses to suit every shape and size. The nation's bottoms will shine on the dance floor this Christmas whether in a floor length maxi dress or our structured black lace dress" said an Asda spokesperson.
Asda's Christmas party range features a range of great dresses perfect for the party season and will make bums across the country look better than ever. The range includes: a figure-hugging satin dress in red accessorised by a diamanté detail belt, a crepe, black halter-neck style maxi dress with bead and lace-panel detailing, a shimmery-blue, strapless hitched tulip dress. The range also includes a short, gold lace-overlay dress and a deep blue velvet, bandeau number.
The dresses are on sale now and from £20 in sizes 8-20 and are available in Asda stores nationwide.


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"By withdrawing his threat to veto the NDAA, President Obama has abandoned yet another principled position with little or nothing to show for it," said Tom Parker, policy director for Amnesty International USA said. "Amnesty International is appalled -— but regrettably not surprised."
Ironically, the Senate passed the law on December 15, the date of the ratification of the Bill of Rights in 1791. Only 13 Senators voted against the bill, while 86 voted for it, including some who argued that the constitutional guarantees would not be vitiated.
"We as Americans have a right to a speedy trial, not indefinite detention," said Mark Kirk (R-Ill.). "We as Americans have a right to a jury of our peers, which I would argue is ... not enlisted or military personnel sitting in a jury. You cannot search our businesses or place of business or our homes without probable cause under the Bill of Rights."
"You cannot be deprived of your freedom or your property without due process of law, and that, I would say, is not indefinite detention," added Kirk, who voted for the bill. "I would actually argue that no statute and no Senate and no House can take these rights away from you."
Supporters of the bill argued that U.S. citizens are exempted from a provision requiring military detention of foreign terror suspects. But opponents pointed that while not required, the government is still permitted to hold U.S. citizens in military confinement — indefinitely and without charge or trial — by other provisions of the bill. FBI Director Robert Mueller is among those who have opposed the bill, contending that having the military to conduct investigations and arrests of terror suspects will complicate and impede the work of the FBI.
"This provision would for the first time in American history require our military to take custody of certain terrorism suspects in the United States," said Sen. Dick Durbin (R-Ill.) who voted against the bill. Durbin argued the Congress should not abandon a system of dealing with terror suspects that has worked well since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.
"Since 9/11 our counterterrorism professionals have prevented another attack on the United States, and more than 400 terrorists have successfully been prosecuted and convicted —prosecuted and convicted — in federal court," Durbin said. "Why do we want to change this system when it's working so well to keep America safe? The fact that these detainee provisions have caused so many disagreements and such heated debate demonstrates the danger of enacting them into law."
In addition to Durbin, the senators who voted against the bill are: Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Rand Paul (R-Ky., pictured above), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.).Sen. Paul, who spoke against the bill in Senate debate, had also expressed his concerns in the National Review:
The FBI publishes characteristics of people you should report as possible terrorists. The list includes the possession of "Meals Ready to Eat," weatherproofed ammunition, and high-capacity magazines; missing fingers; brightly colored stains on clothing; paying for products in cash; and changes in hair color. I fear that such suspicions might one day be used to imprison a U.S. citizen indefinitely without trial. Just this year, the vice president referred to the Tea Party as a bunch of terrorists. So, I think we should be cautious in granting the power to detain without trial.
Opponents of the measure argue that by representing the whole world as a battlefield, the legislation undermines the liberties of Americans, at home as well as abroad, who have never been near an actual battlefield nor waged war against the United States. Some argue the bill fits a pattern of government excesses in the war on terror, including the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen targeted and killed by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen, reportedly by order of President Obama.
"The NDAA enshrines the war paradigm that has eroded the United States' human rights record and served it so poorly over the past decade as the country's primary counterterrorism tool," charged Parker of Amnesty International. Among those supporting the bill, Sen. Lindsey Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has been a leading proponent of viewing the entire world, including "the homeland" as a battlefield.
"If you're an American citizen and you betray your country, you're not going to be given a lawyer," Graham said. " . . . I believe our military should be deeply involved in fighting these guys at home or abroad."
But someone suspected of betraying our country is not necessarily a combatant — nor necessarily guilty. As constitutional lawyer and Salon.com columnist Glenn Greenwald noted, the Constitution requires not only due process, but enhanced due process for those accused of treason:
No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act or on confession in open Court. Article 3, Section 3
"To deny a citizen the right to a lawyer and go to court on the ground that they've 'betrayed their country' and thus deserve to be imprisoned without a trial (or, worse, to be assassinated without one) is as violent a betrayal of the U.S. Constitution as one can imagine, literally," Greenwald wrote.
Civil Libertarians on both the left and right have written and spoken out against the legislation, from the American Civil Liberties Union to retired New Jersey Superior court Judge Andrew Napolitano, a bestselling author and host of the popular Freedom Watch show on the Fox News channel. Writing while the NDAA was still before the Congress, Napolitano observed that the right to be left alone and not imprisoned without due process of law is among the natural rights recognized and guaranteed by the Constitution.
"Yet, your representatives in Congress are about to authorize the president to violate your natural rights by enacting legislation that would permit him to use the military to arrest Americans and restrain them without due process," Napolitano wrote. " Even King George III, against whose armies the colonists fought for freedom, did not have the power to do that. And, just because Congress votes to make these acts of tyranny legal does not mean they are constitutional. The Constitution is a higher law than anything Congress can write; and all that Congress writes must conform to it."
In an obvious reference to Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), the judge offered advice to voters in the two states that have the first votes in the presidential nominating process.
"If you live in Iowa or New Hampshire, you can vote for the only Republican candidate running for president who believes that the Constitution means what it says. You know who he is."


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HE 4960 - Student Teaching K-12: Secondary Component
Credits: 6
The culminating field-based experience for all programs leading to teacher certification. It is a continuous, full-time (5 days per week) experience of 6 credits during which, after a period of structured observations, students gradually assume responsibility for a full range of teaching activities encountered in a school situation, thereby demonstrating the appropriate professional skills and attitudes essential for successful teaching. The Internship in Teaching is conducted under the supervisory guidance of a Mentor Teacher and a University Supervisor. Required seminars complement the experience. Falls and Springs. Prerequisite(s): minimum grade of C in HE 4640; minimum 2.70 cumulative GPA; completion of all other program requirements for certification by the beginning of the Internship semester; permission of the Coordinator of Internships.
*All course information is from the 2016-2017 Catalog.


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Why the HK P7 is superior to the Glock.
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Search the NJ area newspapers? I remember hearing about 4 of 'em. That's about 1 per 1000 officers. NYPD didn't have 38 in the same amount of time, Chicago PD didn't have 13... Joke was the NJSP motto was "Halt, or I'll shoot myself!"
OK, OK, the NJSP is a fine organization, one of the best, but it did happen way more than it should have until they got the hang of it, and it was embarassing. Some PDs had fewer problems w their new autos than their old revolvers, some did not. Maybe it's just a temporary bug during transitions? Beats me.
Alameda county in CA switched from Glocks to SIGs after a series of embarassing NDs.
A DEA agent shot himself in the butt w his Glock, a US Marshal shot himself in the thigh w his Glock... the feds still issue and love those Glocks.
Officer left his Glock on the table, his kid shot him w it...
Officer left her Glock in the car while she unloaded groceries, her kid shot his brother w it...
None of this has kept Glock from becoming Numero Uno in the market.
All modern guns are "safe". All people can be trained to be safe. When ya put em together though, some combos are "safer" than others when ya put 'em in real hands in the real world? IOW, some are more "idiot" proof than others?
I've been shooting handguns for 26 yrs. Mostly Glocks since 1987. SA XDs and Walther P99s now. The only ND I ever had was w a Ruger revolver (nothing hurt but dirt thank gawd!)!?
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This was a custom blend from Design a Tea. I love pear flavored teas, and I thought the spice might lend a poached pear flavor. The tea I received had a lot of spice. So much so that I set the tea aside for several moths hoping the flavors would mellow a bit. It worked! I've found with a shorter steep (3 minutes or so) I get a nice pear flavor and the cinnamon and nutmeg from the spice in a much more balanced cup than I had when I first ordered the tea.
The next time I order from DAT I'm going to get pear tea with no additional flavors. I think the company has a wonderful pear flavor – very juicy and sweet – and Id rather have that than pear plus whatever else.


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Film Review: Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. MovieA true-life horror story featuring a lead more monstrous than any mere vampire or werewolf.
In the 1980s, what with Ronald Reagan in the White House signaling a general, depressing shift to the political right, this country was suddenly rife with buffoons gone rampant, from Donald Trump to Al Sharpton to the mercifully brief reign of Andrew Dice Clay. And of these human caricatures, there was none so over-the-top as Morton Downey, Jr., who for a couple of years was something of a national nightmare with a talk show that often seemed more of a boiling-over lynch mob.
Ubiquitous cigarette dangling from his lower lip which partially framed disturbingly large and white dentures in a mouth which was, more often than not, spewing wacked-out, ultra-conservative vitriol at his hapless, more liberal guests, Downey was cheerleader to an audience comprised largely of young, white, blue-collar men in his demographically perfectly located studio in Secaucus, New Jersey. "Get off my stage! You're a disgrace!" he would scream at feminists, homeless advocates and the transgendered with the frighteningly loud, testosterone-fueled chanting of his pugnaciously American flag-waving crowd as a chorus.
Évocateur, by Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger, makes a case for Downey being the precursor to such future loud-mouthed right-wing delights as Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly, as well as the Tea Party itself, and is, as one contemporary observes of Downey's show, "like a car accident you can't look away from." The show also paved the way for the kind of shock and reality TV now pervading our channels. Born the privileged but emotionally bereft son of famed Irish tenor Morton Downey, Sr., and the troubled Barbara Bennett, sister to movie stars Joan and Constance, who committed suicide, Downey had serious daddy issues, although he harbored lifelong singer ambitions himself. He began as a liberal supporter of family friends, the Kennedys, but, like Reagan himself, shifted politically in what can only be termed career interests more than any real, deeply felt human impulse.
The film is diverting all right, with such a compelling horror show at its center, but the filmmakers get carried away in the interests of further, highly unnecessary sensationalism, larding the movie with splashily grotesque animated sequences like a particularly salacious one depicting Downey's visit to a Catholic girls' high school. The highly entertaining, often hilarious and sometimes rueful interviews they've culled from his co-workers, former fans (who seem to have calmed down considerably, a number of whom are ironically now history teachers) and contemporary commentators, from Gloria Allred and Pat Buchanan to a wry Chris Elliott (who reads some of Downey's excruciating doggerel poetry) are more than sufficient to tell this sorry tale.
And ever sorrier it became, with Downey's opportunistic coverage of the notorious Tawana Brawley "rape" case (which brought Al Sharpton to national attention—thanks a bunch!) and his ultimate undoing, a similarly staged attack on himself in an airport toilet by so-called Nazi skinheads. And then, as meteorically sudden as his rise was, it all disappeared, with his show cancelled in 1989 and Downey living another decade or so before unsurprisingly succumbing to lung cancer.
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One my pet peeves is people who feel watching the evening news makes them experts on defense policy. I'm not talking about the average person. I'm referring to the kind of people who engage in heated arguments over the topic and scream and holler about how screwed up the government, military and/or the intelligence community is without looking deeper into the topic.
I've given a lot of talks on national security topics. I tell people I'm not going to tell you what to think, I only ask that you make sure your point of view is based on firm ground. I'm of the opinion if you feel strongly about something you need to do a little research on the topic. These days the internet makes it an easy thing to do. I ended one argument a few weeks ago during a social get together, when I asked a couple of guys who were "debating" me very strongly if they had read any Congressional testimony on the topic at hand. I told them I did and based my information on the testimonies of members of the defense department. I also told them because I speak and write on defense topics; when possible I attend conferences where key members of the defense community talk about the issues they're facing. That ended the "debate".
This brings me to what I'd like to blog about. I'm currently attending a conference called West 2013 Co-sponsored by AFCEA International and the U.S. Naval Institute. Both organizations are non-profit and non-partisan. U.S. Naval Institute's mission is:
"… to provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write in order to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to national defense."
AFCEA's mission statement states:
"AFCEA is an international organization that serves its members by providing a forum for the ethical exchange of information. AFCEA is dedicated to increasing knowledge through the exploration of issues relevant to its members in information technology, communications, and electronics for the defense, homeland security and intelligence communities."
The bottom line is they provide a forum where industry, government, the military and academia can intersect and discuss the key issues. Anyone can attend these conferences. If you can't attend in person the speeches are filmed and available on You Tube.
The subject of the West 2013 conference is: "Pivot to the Pacific What Are the Practical and Global Implications?" The speakers so far have included the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commander of the Pacific Fleet. I'll go over the details of the presenters in a blog I'll write later this week. For this one I'd like to blog about an unexpected opportunity I had to sit down and speak with Vice Admiral Pete Daly, USN (Retired) the CEO of the Naval Institute and Kent Schneider, President and CEO of AFCEA International.
It's apparent, both men spend a lot of time talking with industry, military and government officials in order to decide what topics to look at during their conferences. Some of the highlights of the conversation:
Note: The Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, sponsored by Sen. Barry Goldwater and Rep. Bill Nichols, caused a major defense reorganization, the most significant since the National Security Act of 1947. Operational authority was centralized through the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs as opposed to the service chiefs. The chairman was designated as the principal military advisor to the president, National Security Council and secretary of defense… Since 1986, Goldwater-Nichols has made tremendous changes in the way DOD operates-joint operations are the norm…"
I want to emphasize as non-profits neither AFCEA nor the Naval Institute lobby for solutions or companies. They simply provide a forum for interaction and dialogue. My talk with both gentlemen concluded with them providing me background on how both institutions were founded. The Naval Institute was founded in 1873 when the economy was poor and the Navy was decaying at the pier.
"The U.S. Naval Institute has been a fixture at the U.S. Naval Academy since its founding in 1873 by a group of 15 naval officers who began meeting to discuss the serious implications of a smaller, post-Civil War Navy and other matters of professional interest… The founding vision was to create a forum for the exchange of ideas, to disseminate and advance the knowledge of sea power, and to preserve our naval and maritime heritage. The "proceedings" of those earliest discussions were eventually published and read throughout the fleet."
"AFCEA's founders, a group of communicators led by David Sarnoff, experienced first-hand how open dialogue and strong relationships between government and industry in times of peace can help ensure effective communications during wartime. In 1946, they established AFCEA from the U.S. Veterans Signal Association and the American Signal Corps Association with the goal of promoting communication, dialogue, and an open and ethical exchange of information between the public and private sectors. As the Association's outreach has broadened, this goal remains the pillar of AFCEA International."
Of note, Sarnoff had been a general during WWII and was in charge of NBC and RCA.
As you've heard on the news the military is facing tough times financially. At the end of the conversation, Vice Admiral Daly and Mr. Schneider reminded me that the 1930's was a time of austerity for the military. Yet it was also a time of great creativity and innovation; a period when the military developed concepts and tactics that would win WWII. The Marines developed their amphibious warfare tactics and the Navy developed carrier warfare. Think I'll end here. Tomorrow I'll give some of the highlights from the speakers. As always my views are my own.


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When you were in school, did you ever get in a fight? Or sneak a cigarette in the bathroom? Or speak rudely to a teacher? Many of us did, but nowadays such behavior can get a student hauled off in handcuffs.
In the wake of a string of school shootings in the 1990s, school districts around the country began implementing "zero tolerance" policies surrounding weapons, drugs and soon, more innocuous behavior like tobacco use, swearing, and truancy. With beefed up security and police presence on campus, instead of going to the principal's to receive detention, students are facing law enforcement officers when they misbehave.
And, perhaps not surprisingly, reports in New York, Louisiana and Texas indicate that non-white students are more likely to be referred to the criminal justice system for school-based infractions than their white peers. In 2010, the New York Civil Liberties Union sued the NYPD for wrongful arrests, harassment, and excessive force in the city's public schools.
Have things gone too far? We've collected some of the most absurd student arrests of the past few years. You be the judge.


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Considering BABIP could be helpful in fantasy play
Despite not being predictive, stat shows value in players
We've dissected all sorts of stats, position tendencies and lineup combinations in our pursuit of the perfect strategy for the Official Mini Fantasy Game of MLB.com. When dealing with numbers -- a must for any serious daily fantasy baseball player -- we're seeking two traits.
The first trait we like to see in a stat is predictive capability; all other things equal, we want stats that will help make the most accurate predictions. The second characteristic is that said stat is underutilized by the general public. Strikeout rate is an important stat for pitchers, but pretty much everyone knows which pitchers whiff many batters, and they pay for high-strikeout hurlers as a result. Even predictive stats can have little value if everyone is relying on them to make decisions.
On the flip side, there are perhaps some stats that aren't all that predictive, yet can still be invaluable to daily fantasy players. Batting average on balls in play (BABIP) is one of those stats. As the name suggests, BABIP is a simple metric that shows a hitter's batting average on all balls that he puts into play.
For the most part, BABIP regresses toward a league mean of about .300 or so. Over the long run, most players hit around .300 on the balls that they hit into play. There's a ton of variance inherent to the stat, which means that it's volatile and doesn't necessarily help make accurate predictions (at least not in a direct way). Using past BABIP to predict future BABIP is going to be really, really difficult.
It isn't that certain hitters can't post a higher-than-average BABIP over the long run; we'd expect that from certain players, most notably speedsters who can turn on the wheels to generate many infield hits. However, it's almost impossible to use a hitter's past BABIP to predict his future BABIP because, in almost all cases, the most likely outcome for most hitters is that .300 benchmark.
However, because daily fantasy baseball exists as a marketplace, we don't necessarily need a stat to be predictive for it to help find value in players in the Official Mini Fantasy Game of MLB.com. Remember, each player comes with a salary, and those salaries fluctuate based on recent performance; a hitter in the midst of a 15-game hitting streak with a .400 average will probably rise in price, while a struggling bat will drop in cost.
The main advantage of monitoring BABIP is that it can help us tell if those jumps/drops in price are warranted or not. Specifically, BABIP helps show how lucky a hitter has gotten. Ironically, we actually want to see a low BABIP from hitters in the short-term because it means they're getting unlucky in terms of getting on base relative to how much they're making contact. For example: A hitter with a .300 average and .400 BABIP is probably a worse option than one who has a .300 average with .325 BABIP because the latter player's .300 average isn't influenced so much by luck.
So what does this mean for you when selecting your hitters in the Official Mini Fantasy Game of MLB.com? Well, you don't need to write off all hitters with a high BABIP, but understand how the stat relates to player value. The best time to jump on hitters is generally when they seem to be down but are actually hitting the ball well. To reiterate, bats with a low recent BABIP often break out of their slumps from a reversal of luck alone. It's those bats that are likely to drop in cost for reasons that aren't going to negatively impact future production.
Jonathan Bales contributes DraftKings-related content to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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26 San Antonio Worker Deaths Recorded Since 2009
The San Antonio Express-News has recently reported a total of 26 worker fatalities in the Texas city since May 2009.
San Antonio Worker Fatality Statistics
According to the San Antonio-Express News:
- 26 San Antonio workers have died on the job since May 2009.
- Most fatalities have occurred in industrial fields such as:
- construction
- landscaping
- transportation
- Fifteen of these 26 deaths were due to falls occurring on the job.
- The highest fatal fall happened from 100 feet.
- No San Antonio company has endured more than one workplace fatality.
*On-site worker deaths and injuries must be reported to the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) within eight hours of said accident.
Worker Fatalities in the United States
The following information was obtained from the United States Department of Labor via the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration:
- According to OSHA statistics, 4,585 United States employees were killed due to work-related accidents in 2013.
- 88 worker fatalities occur every week.
- An average of 12 U.S. employees are killed on the job per day.
- The four leading causes of work fatalities are:
- Falls
- Struck by object
- Electrocutions
- Caught in/in-between objects
- Since OSHA regulation implementation in 1992, the daily worker fatality daily average in the United States has decreased by over half, from 38 deaths per day to 12 per day in 2013.


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I am Electrical Engineer and will be moving to a 4 days on (Mon-Thurs) 3 days off (Fri-Sun) roster working at the Power Station. Day shifts only. I will be living in Brisbane half the time. I am very respectful of housemates and always keep quiet when others are sleeping. I love the outdoors, reading, rock climbing and fitness. Into professional development and studying in my personal time. Friendly and enjoy having a chat.
House is in Pittsworth an easy 30 minutes drive from Toowoomba. Great town and has a great pub and a very popular gym. The house is fairly modern. Air con and internet. The rooms aren't huge but you are welcome to use other rooms as well. You would have your own bathroom. The rooms available are furnished ( bed, built ins ,bedside tables.) We would like you to make our home your home share cooking and cleaning. Off street parking is available.
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Your inbox is not your to-do list
I was traveling a bit over the weekend, trying to keep tabs on what I needed to get done for the Memory Lab. Sometimes it takes the occasional travel experience like this one to remind you what does and does not work about the way in which you organize your to-do list.
I believe in the "Inbox Zero" approach, which advocates organizing all of your e-mails into different folders. Essentially, I use three: a Work folder, a Personal folder, and an Archive. When mail comes in, I drop it in the appropriate folder: Work if it's something to do in the office, Personal as you'd expect, and the Archive as soon as I am able to process the message. It's a simple system that works very well; if not 99 times out of 100, at least 49 out of 50.
But all of this breaks down if you start using different devices to check your messages. On another computer without a mail client, you may have to check mail across two or more different web sites (e.g., Exchange and Gmail). Depending on where your to-do folders are stored, you may or may not have access to their contents. And if you're unable to Archive, they will pile up faster than you can handle them.
And good luck if you only have access to mobile devices. Something as simple as dragging and dropping messages into folders becomes increasingly complex on tablets or smartphones.
The recommendation then, here, is to consider all the environments and contexts in which you'd like to check your messages when developing your e-mail handling system. Even though you may travel once or twice a year (lucky or unlucky, depending on your perspective), sometimes being able to access your work is most essential at these times. Prepare accordingly!
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The alto saxophone from ancient to modern – well from bebop to hip-hop anyway – is on show this week with two excellent gigs showing the full range of that music we call jazz.
First up, on Saturday night at the mac in Cannon Hill Park, is Soweto Kinch and his Legend Of Mike Smith Trio.
The music comes from a new project inspired by Dante, and tells the story of the imaginary Mike Smith as an urban music star doing battle with the seven deadly sins as he makes a bid for stardom.
Kinch, as quick and witty at rapping as he is on alto saxophone, has stripped the band down to just a trio with Karl Raheed-Abel on bass and Graham Godfrey on drums.
The project was first presented earlier in the year as a multi-media event with dance, but the terspichorean aspect has been shelved for the Kinch trio's current tour.
Expect some explosive and intense playing, a great vibe and some good jokes, too, from one of this country's most exciting contemporary musicians, irrespective of genre.
The Soweto Kinch Trio is in the mac theatre at 8pm on Saturday. More information and booking for this Jazzlines gig are here.
On Tuesday Jazz @ The Spotted Dog presents a true British jazz legend, the alto saxophonist Peter King.
Author Dave Gelly wrote that King "is the finest alto saxophonist that Britain has ever produced" and, like most other players of the instrument, he developed a fascination for, if not an obsession with, the playing of Charlie Parker.
What sets King apart from the other Bird followers, however, is that he can sometimes get pretty close to the great man himself, both in technique and musical insight.
Of course he does more than "channel" Charlie Parker, amazing as that is to hear, and has developed his own very particular way with modern jazz, though the bebop phrasing and attitude is never far away.
For the Birmingham gig, Peter King will have a young local rhythm team of Andy Bunting on piano, Nick Jurd on double bass and Jonathan Silk on drums.
The music at this Digbeth pub starts at 9pm and you get to make your appreciation monetary by giving generously when the hat goes round.
Find out more about this Jazzlines/Blam! gig and future ones at the same venue by looking for Jazz @ The Spotted Dog on facebook or going here.
Other good gigs this week:
Today: Chris Maddock band – more alto saxophone! The Yardbird, 9pm, free entry.
Tomorrow: The John Turville Trio – John on piano, Chris Hill on bass and Ben Reynolds on drums – promoting their new CD, Conception, with help from Jazz Services. Symphony Hall Cafe Bar, 5pm, free entry.
Tomorrow: The Mike Williams Quartet – Mike on alto saxophone, Percy Pursglove on bass, Gareth Fowler on guitar and Tymoteusz Jozwiak on drums. The Ort Cafe, 9pm, free entry. More here.
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Come out to Memorial Chapel on Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30pm to hear David Dunn provide a completely free concert sponsored by Emory & Henry College's Office of Spiritual Life. David Dunn is an up and coming Christian artist, appearing on ABC's The Voice as well as having a steadily growing fan-base for his music. His music is described as being vibrant, dynamic and instantly memorable. His songs are written about things he cares about. Passion fuels his musical pursuits and career. He has released a number of albums and recently release his latest EP "Crystal Clear."
Check out his latest single "Today Is Beautiful" here!
You can also find out more about David at his website: http://www.daviddunnmusic.com/.