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McAfee CEO to Deliver Speech Tomorrow at White House Cybersecurity Event
WASHINGTON, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ —
Who: Michael DeCesare, Co-President at McAfee, will deliver a speech at "Building Cybersecurity Partnerships and Promoting Voluntary Action: Stopping Botnets", which is being hosted by White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt.
What: The White House, in conjunction with the US Department of Commerce (DOC) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is deeply committed and currently engaged with industry leadership to convene and coordinate efforts to solving cybersecurity problems like the Botnet via a successful voluntary public-private partnership. Botnet growth increased in Q1, reaching nearly 5 million infections at its highest point, according to a recent McAfee report.
The White House event brings together US Government officials, consumer advocates and industry leaders, such as Mr. DeCesare, to announce new efforts aimed at addressing the Botnet threat, considered by experts to be one of the biggest risks to Internet security. On the consumer front, the DOC and DHS are also focusing their efforts on raising awareness among consumers whose computers that have become part of a Botnet. McAfee is also a proud member of the Industry Botnet Group (IBG), which is also working across industry and government to address the Botnet threat.
Where: The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Indian Treaty Room 474, Washington, DC
When: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. ET to 9:45 a.m. ET
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McAfee, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), is the world's largest dedicated security technology company. McAfee delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure systems, networks, and mobile devices around the world, allowing users to safely connect to the Internet, browse and shop the Web more securely. Backed by its unrivaled Global Threat Intelligence, McAfee creates innovative products that empower home users, businesses, the public sector and service providers by enabling them to prove compliance with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify vulnerabilities, and continuously monitor and improve their security. McAfee is relentlessly focused on constantly finding new ways to keep our customers safe. http://www.mcafee.com
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Borderites win soccer honors
knocked out 2-0 by South Whidbey in the North Cascades Conference
playoffs on November 3 at Sultan, Blaines girls soccer
team finished the season with a 12-6 record and won two
major North Cascade Conference awards, two first team and
two second team all league selections.
Roll of Honor included Borderite head coach Dan Steelquist
being named NCC Coach of the Year and keeper Shela Robertson,
NCC Defensive Player of the Year, an award putting her above
first-team all-league selection.
turned a team of four seniors, two juniors, five sophomores
and six freshmen into a defensive squad of awesome annoyance
to rival goal-seekers. Robertson, the best keeper in the
NCC, anchored Blaines goal-denying defense. Shes
a very quick, fearless keeper, Steelquist noted, She
stopped one shot at point blank range (four yards) in the
South Whidbey game.
honorees were senior Anna Sticklin, the consummate competitor
displaying incredible focus and outstanding athletic ability,
named first team all league midfielder and sophomore Linsey
Taylor, a bundle of energy and enthusiasm and throwback
to a 1950s center half, named first team all league defender.
named to the all league second team were defenders Kate
Lawrenson and Lori Robertson. Lawrenson, a steady senior
and four-year varsity player who started as a forward, developed
into a class defender. Robertson, a fearless freshman defender,
reads game well.
The rundown on the other Borderites:
Kimberly Harmening sophomore, fearless, determined
and competitive. Ainsley Nix freshman, excellent
ball skills, so intuitively good that she gathers defenders
in double-teaming numbers. Krista Jones sophomore,
cool under pressure, very accurate left foot. Ashley Oldaker
sophomore, quick, gives 100% on field, possessor
of great sliding tackle.
Ashley Olason: freshman JV forward, brought up to the varsity
for playoffs to play defense, potentially a very solid player.
Brenda Jones: solid senior, reads game and adjusts well,
never gives up. Andrea Harmening:
freshman, able to play different roles, tenacious, capable
of playing forward. Kristina Tremblay: senior, filled a
number of roles, plays at one speed (100%), great work rate,
often disrupted other team. Rachelle Ramirez: sophomore,
another all-out, all-round player, always driving to play
better. Kristina Francis: very coachable sophomore with
quick, hard accurate shot, reads game well. Nicole Riddle:
very hard-working freshman. Lacey Taylor very coachable
freshman, able to play MF and F, team didnt lose anything
when brought in off bench.
Walcon MVPs
Grace Coulter and Alden Walcon garnered 2001 Most Valuable
Player awards at Blaine high schools cross country
awards night on November 14.
harriers were selected All North Cascades Conference runners
earlier this month, Alden finishing second and Coulter,
third at the NCC championship and both competing at state.
Marchio was selected by his Borderite teammates for the
Inspirational award and Dan Balmer was voted the teams
Most Improved runner. Coulter and Kenneth Cunningham were
named Blaine cross country team captains for 2002.
Support Needed
Those fans wishing to help defray Alden Walcons expenses
to the Foot Locker West Regional Championships at Mt. San
Antonio College in Walnut, CA on December 1 should send
their donation to Alden Walcon, 4390 Fleet Road, Blaine
98230. Runners qualifying for the championships, a privately-run
event, must raise their own funding to compete.
From Borderite to Orca
Blaine grad and WCC sophomore Heidi Collier, all-NCC Conference
basketball first team member in 1998-99, who led the Borderites
to two NCC District titles, will play guard for the Whatcom
Community College Orcas this coming b-ball season.
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wrestling for all ages
Blaine Barracuda Wrestling Club matched mat skills with
Lynden in a Whatcom County Kids Tournament on November
3 at Blaine.
The Cudas practice every Monday and Wednesday from
6 to 7 p.m. for grades K to 3 and from 7 to 8 p.m. for grades
4 and up. For info on joining the Cuda grappling group,
contact Craig Foster at 371-7467.
Results by group were: 1 Jess OBryan (L) d.
Justin Dhillon (B), 2 Cole Stremler (L) d. Thomas
Brandley (B), 3 Levi Schram (L) d. Rudy Mendoza (L),
4 James Fakkema (B) d. David Gallegos (L), 5
Johnathan Martinez (B) d. Coday Peura (B), 6 Justin
Woods (B) d. Brandon Johnson (B), 7 James Jewell
(B) d. Lucas Lockwood (B), 8 Christian Stremler (L)
d. Jacob Humphrey (B), 9 Andrew Price (B) d. Todd
Bird (B), 10 Darrell Price (B) d. Bo Norris (B),
11 Tyson Foster (B) d. Cliff Goff (B), 12
Jesse Kilthau (B) d. Frankie Torres (L), 13 Sooraj
Sall (B) d. Jacob Kernells (B).


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The Moonlight Project has been working on an open source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight technology. Now they have released the first preview of Moonlight 2.0, incorporating some Silverlight 3.0 features.
The preview release of Moonlight 2.0, (officially version 1.9.0), was announced by Miguel de Icaza on his blog. The plugin will enable the viewing via Mono VM of content created with Silverlight 2.0 on both the 32 and 64 bit versions of the Firefox browser.
Moonlight 2.0 is not yet feature complete and some security features are completely absent so anyone who wants to try it should do so in a safe environment. Problems will also be found when trying to install XPI files. The "Preview Release Codec Notice" box on the website has more details.
More info about the latest modifications is available in the changelog. Some of the functions found in Silverlight 3.0 are already included: SaveDialog support (to save Silver content) and a few simple functions to create animations. Version 2.0 runs in the CoreCLR Sandbox, comes with a deep zoom and supports Microsoft's open-sourced control elements. Adaptive streaming is also supported.
Moonlight developers are testing their plugin on a long list of websites that use Silverlight and appointing ratings for individual website support. Intended to become a Microsoft alternative to Adobe's Flash, pages that use the technology are few and far between. The Moonlight 2.0 download is available here.
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MISSOULA, MT (AP) -- Jordan Johnson was quick to attribute his four-touchdown passing game Saturday to one thing - the Montana running attack.
"With us establishing the run game, I knew it would help the pass protection and give me time to throw the ball," the Montana quarterback said.
Travon Van and Jordan Canada each ran for more than 100 yards to propel a Grizzly ground game to 378 total yards rushing as Montana toppled Portland State 55-27.
Johnson connected for three touchdowns with tight end Clay Pierson and once with wide receiver Cam Warren to help the Grizzlies improve to 3-1 overall and 1-1 in Big Sky Conference play.
Portland State, which fell to 3-3 overall and 0-2 in the Big Sky, racked up 511 yards of total offense in a game that saw both teams combine for nearly 1,100 yards of offense.
"We gave up some huge plays, but we stopped their running game," said Montana coach Mick Delaney. "Our goal going into the game was to stop the run and make them be one-dimensional. I think it worked."
The Grizzlies never trailed, jumping to a 7-0 lead on a 36-yard pass from Johnson to Pierson with 12:22 to play in the first quarter.
Montana scored on five of its first six possessions to take a 35-20 halftime lead.
Johnson also connected with Warren on a 17-yard scoring strike. Van scored on a 42-yard scamper, Canada on a 2-yard run and Jordan Tripp on a fumble recovery in the end zone to round out the Grizzlies' first-half scoring.
Portland State got first-half touchdowns on two Kieran McDonagh passes - 32 yards to Shaq Richard and 12 yards to Victor Dean - and a 22-yard pass from backup quarterback Paris Penn to Alex Toureen.
"We're a better team than we showed," was all Portland State coach Nigel Burton had to say after the game.
Twelve penalties for 108 yards and four turnovers, including two interceptions by Montana cornerback Anthony Goodwin, proved costly for the Vikings.
"All the things we needed to do well this week, we did," Goodwin said.
In the second half, Pierson and Johnson hooked up on a 25-yard pass on the Grizzlies' first possession to put Montana up 42-20. Pierson added his third touchdown of the game on a 10-yard pass from Johnson in the fourth quarter.
Dean caught a 71-yard TD pass from Collin Ramirez with 8:06 to play in the game to round out the Portland State scoring.
Van finished with 136 yards rushing on 14 carries, while Canada chipped in with 102 yards on 13 carries. Johnson completed 12 of 24 passes for 203 yards.
Dean led the Vikings' attack with 118 yards on four catches. McDonagh completed 18 of 32 passes for 266 yards, but was picked off three times.
Delaney praised his team for staying focused on the important aspects of the game.
"It comes down to who does things best and who is the most disciplined," Delaney said. "We are a very disciplined team."


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Drivers involved in one or more collisions are 1.6 times more likely to be regularly distracted by any type of identified distraction (handheld cell, food/drink, GPS, etc). Photo credit: JonJon2k8 via Flickr.
Transit drivers who have been involved in a collision are twice as likely to regularly use a handheld cell phone compared to those drivers who have not been involved in a collision, according to a new study released last week.
The study, conducted by DriveCam Inc. as a part of its Driving Insights newsletter series, looks at recurring distracted driving behaviors among transit drivers.The company found that while handheld cell use is the most commonly identified risky distraction, eating and/or drinking while driving is not far behind. In fact, drivers involved in one or more collisions are 1.8 times more likely to regularly eat or drink while driving.The study focused on the analysis of more than 20,000 drivers in the transit industry who were active between June 2009 and June 2010. The difference between collision and non-collision drivers' distracted driving behaviors was evaluated for this study in order to identify the distractions with a statistically significant difference. Once these distractions were identified, the probability of a collision given the number of times the distraction was observed was calculated.Drivers involved in one or more collisions are:
Other distractions, most interestingly, hands-free cell devices, did not show a statistically significant behavior difference between collision and non-collision drivers in the transit industry.DriveCam's Video Event Recorder provides the ability to identify when a collision has occurred. The company does not analyze collision events for legal reasons; however, extensive video event review of a driver's prior non-collision poor driving behaviors allows DriveCam to better understand those behaviors that act as leading indicators of collisions. Identifying these behaviors provides safety managers a focused direction in coaching and training.DriveCam's Driving Insights newsletter series is designed to provide insight for executives and managers throughout a variety of transportation industries. It is derived from DriveCam's extensive database of driving events from over 3 billion driving miles — the largest in the world, according to the company. Driving Insights is released on a regular basis.
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Steph Pfeilsticker, CMP, CMM, senior event planner, Thrivent Financial, hired consultant Samuel J. Smith, founder of Interactive Meeting Technology, to guide her through the process of creating a virtual program for remote attendees that would mirror the face-to-face Thrivent National Sales Meeting November 7–9, 2011, at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
With a virtual program, "you are daring attendees not to be distracted," Smith says. And with just the attendees' computer screens to work with, you need to think hard about how to avoid a remote experience that resembles bad local-access TV. Smith's tips:
1. Think "live TV."If theater is the metaphor for face-to-face meetings, he says, live TV is the metaphor for the virtual portion of a hybrid event. Imagine sporting events such as the Super Bowl, or awards shows like the Oscars. "There is always a host who connects with the audience and creates continuity," says Smith. The hosts use breaks in the action—half time, for example—to offer analysis and additional color or content. Live TV, Smith adds, is also "a reference point" for the audience. If you model live TV, you're offering something they're used to consuming. They get it.
2. Give your virtual attendees custom content.Thrivent created an Agenda and Idea Notebook solely for remote attendees, and mailed it out in advance of the event. "It's a tangible way to make them feel that they are an important part of the event," Pfeilsticker explains. "It also served as a keeper for ideas they collected throughout the event that could grow their business." In addition, Thrivent created six hours of exclusive programming for online attendees. This content included speaker interviews, interviews with leaders, sales program overviews, and training videos.
3. Hire an emcee for the virtual audience.Thrivent Financial hired an emcee, Emilie Barta, who was set up in a studio at the live meeting but focused specifically on the virtual audience. "An emcee connects the virtual audience with the activity at the live event," Pfeilsticker says. "When there was a break at the convention center, the emcee would interview an executive or ask a general-session presenter questions that had been submitted by the virtual audience. This gives the virtual audience a voice and greatly increases engagement."
4. Make communication two-way.Create the ability for attendees to become participants in the event. If you ask attendees to take a poll or ask a question, be sure to give them feedback. Show the poll results, or ask their specific questions right away, Smith advises. "Attendees love it when you use their questions or ideas and give them credit for it. So be sure to say their names on camera."
5. Coach speakers and facilitators.They should occasionally look at the camera as well as mention the virtual viewing audience. "The more specific the references you can make to that audience, and the more the integration between the face-to-face and the virtual, the better," Smith says.
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Molecules 2012, 17(12), 14249-14259; doi:10.3390/molecules171214249
Recent Developments in the Reformatsky-Claisen Rearrangement
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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Received: 8 November 2012; in revised form: 21 November 2012 / Accepted: 27 November 2012 / Published: 30 November 2012
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Abstract: The rearrangement of allyl a-bromoacetates with Zn dust is known as the Reformatsky-Claisen rearrangement. Whereas the Ireland-Claisen rearrangement has been widely used in the synthesis of a diverse range of natural products, the Zn-mediated Reformatsky-Claisen rearrangement has not been utilized so often. In this article, we will provide an overview of recent advances in the Reformatsky-Claisen rearrangement field, including the In-mediated Reformatsky-Claisen rearrangement we have recently developed.
Keywords: Reformatsky-Claisen rearrangement; Reformatsky reaction; Claisen rearrangement; zinc; indium
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Ishihara, J.; Hatakeyama, S. Recent Developments in the Reformatsky-Claisen Rearrangement. Molecules 2012, 17, 14249-14259.
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Chicago/Turabian StyleIshihara, Jun; Hatakeyama, Susumi. 2012. "Recent Developments in the Reformatsky-Claisen Rearrangement." Molecules 17, no. 12: 14249-14259.
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Importance Combat places soldiers at risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The excessive rates of PTSD and other adjustment disorders in soldiers returning home make it imperative to identify risk and resilience factors that could be targeted by novel therapeutic treatments.
Objective To investigate the interplay among attention to threat, combat exposure, and other risk factors for PTSD symptoms in soldiers deployed to combat.
Design and Setting Longitudinal prospective study of Israeli Defense Force infantry soldiers carried out in 2008 through 2010. Repeated measurements during a 1-year period included baseline and predeployment data collected in training camps and deployment data collected in the combat theater.
Participants Infantry soldiers (1085 men; mean age, 18.8 years).
Main Outcome Measures Postcombat PTSD symptoms.
Results Soldiers developed threat vigilance during combat deployment, particularly when they were exposed to high-intensity combat, as indicated by faster response times to targets appearing at the location of threat relative to neutral stimuli (P < .001). Threat-related attention bias also interacted with combat exposure to predict risk for PTSD (P < .05). Bias toward threat at recruitment (P < .001) and bias away from threat just before deployment (P < .05) predicted postcombat PTSD symptoms. Moreover, these threat-related attention associations with PTSD were moderated by genetic and environmental factors, including serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) genotype.
Conclusions and Relevance Combat exposure interacts with threat-related attention to place soldiers at risk for PTSD, and interactions with other risk factors account for considerable variance in PTSD vulnerability. Understanding these associations informs research on novel attention bias modification techniques and prevention of PTSD.
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Figure 1. Sequence of events in a dot-probe trial. Left panels represent a threat-congruent trial; right panels, a threat-incongruent trial.
Figure 2. Means and standard error bars for effects of combat exposure on threat vigilance as a function of time in the deployment cycle (A) and changes over time in threat-related attention bias as a function of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms during deployment (B). * P < .05; † P = .08.
Figure 3. Predeployment threat-related attention biases, 5-HTTLPR functionality, and combat exposure intensity predict posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms during deployment.
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The Ministry of Industry and Trade will in two weeks present the Cabinet with a new version of the Investment Promotion Law to address flaws in the law enforce by cutting red tape and facilitating investing in Jordan from A to Z, a senior official said. Industry and Trade Minister Shabib Ammari told a press conference in Amman on Saturday that the new law will ensure smooth registration and implementation of projects to benefit from the legislation.
Special committees will be tasked with facilitating and following up on all foreign investments in the Kingdom, with the authority to solve problems and hurdles facing them on the spot.
The proposed law received applause from Kuwait, the largest investor in the Kingdom, with a total value of JD10 billion, Ammari said, explaining that he had the chance to outline the main features of the suggested legislation to Kuwaiti investors and officials when he accompanied Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh on a two-day visit to the Gulf emirate last week.
Describing the visit as a success, the minister announced that a large delegation headed by his Kuwaiti counterpart, Anas Al Saleh, is expected to visit the Kingdom to discuss prospects of further investments in Jordan. At a meeting with newspaper editors during the visit to Kuwait, the premier highlighted the government's keenness to create an investor-friendly environment to increase Kuwaiti investments.
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Student government provides a dynamic and challenging opportunity for students to discover hidden talents, develop leadership skills, and meet new people. Students gain practical leadership experience in the areas of budget/financial planning, parliamentary procedure, time management, event planning and community organizing through their work in government and their direct involvement with campus programs and activities, which are designed to meet the students' needs. Active participation includes policy-making at the participatory governance levels of the campus, district, and state-wide level through meeting attendance.
Whatever your interests, there is a role for you in the Associated Student Organization. As representatives of the students, all members of the student government put their leadership skills to work. Students are encouraged and welcomed to take advantage of the many opportunities for leadership development and service, including participation in conferences, classes, workshops, and retreats.
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- NAME: Mao Tse-tung
- OCCUPATION: Military Leader, Political Leader
- BIRTH DATE: December 26, 1893
- DEATH DATE: September 09, 1976
- EDUCATION: Hunan First Normal School, Peking University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Shaoshan, China
- PLACE OF DEATH: Beijing, China
- AKA: Mao Zedong
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Mao Tse-tung was the principal Chinese Marxist theorist, soldier and statesman who led his nation's Cultural Revolution.
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Born on December 26, 1893, in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China, Mao Tse-tung served as chairman of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959, and led the Chinese Communist Party from 1935 until his death. Mao's "Great Leap Forward" and the Cultural Revolution were ill-conceived and had disastrous consequences, but many of his goals, including stressing China's self-reliance, were generally laudable.
For the Great Leader, Humble Beginnings
In the late 19th century, China was a shell of its once glorious past, led by the decrepit Qing Dynasty. Mao Tse-tung was born on December 26, 1893, in the farming community of Shaoshan, in the province of Hunan, China, to a peasant family that had tilled their three acres of land for several generations. Life was difficult for many Chinese citizens at the time, but Mao's family was better off than most. His authoritarian father, Mao Zedong, was a prosperous grain dealer, and his mother, Wen Qimei, was a nurturing parent.
While Mao attended a small school in his village when he was 8 years old, he received little education. By age 13, he was working full-time in the fields, growing increasingly restless and ambitious.
At the age of 14, Mao Tse-tung's father arranged a marriage for him, but he never accepted it. When he turned 17, he left home to enroll in a secondary school in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province. In 1911, the Xinhua Revolution began against the monarchy, and Mao joined the Revolutionary Army and the Kuomintang, the Nationalist Party. Led by Chinese statesman Sun Yat-sen, the Kuomintang overthrew the monarchy in 1912 and founded the Republic of China. Spurred on by the promise of a new future for China and himself, Mao reveled in the political and cultural change sweeping the country.
Move Toward Communist Ideology
In 1918, Mao Tse-tung graduated from the Hunan First Normal School, becoming a certified teacher. That same year, his mother died, and he had no desire to return home. He traveled to Beijing, but was unsuccessful in finding a job. He finally found a position as a librarian assistant at Beijing University and attended a few classes. At about this time, he heard of the successful Russian Revolution, which established the communist Soviet Union. In 1921, he became one of the inaugural members of the Chinese Communist Party.
In 1923, Chinese leader Sun Yat-sen began a policy of active cooperation with the Chinese Communists, who had grown in strength and number. Mao Tse-tung had supported both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, but over the next few years, he adopted Leninist ideas and believed that appealing to the farming peasants was the key to establishing communism in Asia. He rose up through the ranks of the party as a delegate assemblyman and then executive to the Shanghai branch of the party.
Death of Sun Yat-sen and the 'Long March'
In March 1925, Chinese President Sun Yat-sen died, and his successor, Chiang Kai-shek, became the chairman of the Kuomintang. Unlike Sun Yat-sen, Chiang was more conservative and traditional.
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Picking up on reports that 76 percent of Turnpike revenue is paid by out-of-state vehicles, Dawid wrote, "It's the state transportation version of an hotel tax -- increase a fee predominantly paid by outsiders."
(FYI, Planetizen is a news website operated by Urban Insight of Los Angeles, and focuses on urban planning issues, including traffic and transportation costs. It's a useful site, if only to see that all states are wrangling with the same highways issues, as rising construction and maintenance costs rapidly outpace sources of revenue:
Currently, in addition to the article on West Virginia, there are articles about Colorado's proposed 0.7 percent sales tax increase to fund roads and transportation, and a plan in Texas to address a $4 billion road funding shortfall by giving about 2,000 miles of state highways to cities and counties to maintain.)
While using Turnpike tolls to fund a road bond may make sense to a detached observer 3,000 miles away, legislators in Mercer, Raleigh and Fayette are already vowing to fight such a proposal, even though Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has indicated he's not sold on the plan yet.
Likewise, from a big-picture perspective, if the tolls were ever removed from the Turnpike, the state highways funding hole would get even worse.
According to Parkways Authority general manager Greg Barr, the Turnpike provides about $83 million a year in toll revenue, $59 million of which goes to maintain the 88-mile stretch of interstate, with $3 million going to operate a State Police detachment and Courtesy Patrols on the highway.
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Back in July, I wrote that no one should be surprised that both parties were having a hard time finding viable candidates to run for Congress or U.S. Senate, given this era of endless attack ads, and smear tactics by each party's congressional and senatorial committees.
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The Watchdogs: Koschman judge gave money to Alvarez campaign
THIS WEEK BY TIM NOVAK & CHRIS FUSCO March 12, 2012 12:00AM
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez . | Al Podgorski~Sun-Times
Updated: April 13, 2012 10:18AM
T he judge who's to decide whether a special prosecutor investigates the Cook County state's attorney's office's handling of a homicide case involving a nephew of former Mayor Richard M. Daley has contributed $1,450 to the re-election campaign of State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, records show.
Illinois Supreme Court rules allow such contributions. Still, they are rare. Circuit Judge Michael P. Toomin is among eight Cook County judges who have given Alvarez at least $150 — the minimum amount that's required to be reported in campaign-finance filings. That's 2 percent of the 410 sitting judges.
Toomin is set to hear arguments March 30 from lawyers for the family of David Koschman. They are asking the judge to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the circumstances of the 21-year-old Mount Prospect man's death days after being punched in the face by Daley nephew Richard J. "R
. J." Vanecko in a drunken confrontation in the Rush Street area in the early morning hours of April 25, 2004. They also want an outside prosecutor to investigate the way the case was handled by the state's attorney's office and the Chicago Police Department. Alvarez is fighting the request for a special prosecutor. Toomin — who was assigned the case in December — has contributed to Alvarez four times, most recently in June. He says he has attended campaign fund-raisers for Alvarez and also gave money to her predecessors but that his political contributions won't affect his decisions in the Koschman case.
Toomin, 73, is the presiding judge of Cook County's juvenile courts. Chief Cook County Criminal Courts Judge Paul Biebel Jr. gave Toomin the Koschman case after withdrawing because of a health issue. Biebel chose Toomin after consulting with Timothy C. Evans, the county's chief judge. Biebel says he didn't know about Toomin's contributions to Alvarez but that, even if he had known, it wouldn't have changed his mind about assigning Toomin the case. "Would that make a difference in his judgment? No," says Biebel. "I know Mike Toomin to be one of the best judges I've ever served with." Toomin — who formerly served as chief judge of the county's criminal courts — has been a judge since 1980. Running as a Republican, he was elected to be a circuit court judge in 1984. As a criminal courts judge in the 1990s, Toomin presided over high-profile cases including the retrial of Chicago mob hit man Harry Aleman. He sentenced Aleman to 100 to 300 years in prison. Prosecutors frequently appear before Toomin and the 13 judges he supervises in juvenile court on a wide range of matters. In the Koschman case, though, the prosecutor's office is, in effect, defending itself, arguing that there is no reason to question its impartiality nor to question whether the agency has a conflict of interest in reviewing a case in which the conduct of prosecutors has been questioned. Though Illinois allows judges to donate to political campaigns, Jeffrey M. Shaman, a professor of legal ethics at DePaul University, says judges should take care in deciding whose campaigns to contribute to. "It looks particularly bad when a judge contributes to a campaign of someone who regularly appears before him," says Shaman. Locke Bowman — an attorney from Northwestern University's MacArthur Justice Center who is representing Koschman's mother, Nanci Koschman, and two other family members — says he was unaware of Toomin's contributions to Alvarez until asked about them by a Chicago Sun-Times reporter. He declined to comment further. Alvarez spokeswoman Sally Daly says: "The state's attorney has no idea how Judge Toomin was invited to any fund-raiser — we would assume through the mailing or email process employed by the state's attorney's campaign. "If a judge receives an invitation to a fund-raiser for the state's attorney, it is because they have voluntarily provided her campaign with their contact information, and they wish to be invited to events, or they have attended an event that was advertised on the campaign website that was open to the public. "There is absolutely no effort on the part of the state's attorney's campaign to solicit members of the judiciary. "To imply that a judge's contribution would influence the judicial conduct or discretion of any judge is absurd."
The police took a new look at the case early last year, prompted by a Sun-Times investigation, and for the first time identified Vanecko as having thrown the deadly punch. But they decided not to ask prosecutors to file criminal charges, saying they believed Vanecko acted in self-defense, though Vanecko threw the only punch and then ran away.
On Feb. 29, Toomin ordered Alvarez to give Koschman's lawyers transcripts of interviews with six witnesses done by city of Chicago Inspector General Joseph Ferguson's office. Ferguson began investigating the police department's handling of the Koschman case last year.Alvarez had fought having to turn over the transcripts, asserting that doing so "would disrupt the ongoing criminal investigation" by her office and Ferguson's staff "and further undermine an already-dim prospect of any future criminal prosecution."


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Review of the 2005 Saturn ION
Saturn has taken negative feedback to heart and made significant enhancements to the Ion. The result is a more polished machine that is much more competitive with its peers.
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Low price, customer-focused dealers, large trunk capacity, coupe's innovative rear access doors, solid ride and handling dynamics.
Limited rear legroom, dash layout takes some getting used to, interior materials still aren't class-leading.
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Significant changes accompany the Ion into 2005. A revised front fascia on sedans, as well as various other exterior trim and wheel…
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What's New for 2005
Significant changes accompany the Ion into 2005. A revised front fascia on sedans, as well as various other exterior trim and wheel upgrades, spruce up the Ion's outward appearance. Inside, new front and rear seats (on level 2 and 3 models) provide substantial comfort improvements, and a new steering wheel replaces last year's go-kartlike unit. Interior trim and materials have also been refined. Substantial improvements to noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) have been made possible through the use of Quiet Steel for the plenum and dash, an acoustic engine cover, and other powertrain and insulation enhancements. The electric power steering has been recalibrated, and various suspension revisions improve ride and handling. A four-speed automatic transmission replaces last year's five-speed unit and the coupe's CVT unit.


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Country Guide - Chile & Easter Island
Welcome to the Exodus Travel Guide to Chile.
Discover a stunning variety of landscapes from the altiplano salty deserts of the North, the dramatic spine of the Andes and the stunning glacial wilderness of the South. Our country guide to Chile will provide you with all the travel information you need to prepare for your holiday.
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Ante-Nicene Fathers. Volume 9: The Gospel of Peter, the Diatessaron of Tatian, the Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, the Apocalypse of the Virgin and Sedrach, the Testament of Abraham, the Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, the Narrative of Zosimus, the Apology of Aristides, the Epistles of Clement (complete text), Origen's Commentary of John, Books 1-10, and Commentary on Matthew, Books 1, 2, and 10-14, ed. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson. Revised and Chronologically arranged with brief prefaces and occasional notes by A. Cleveland Coxe (New York: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1896-97).
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Here endeth the Gospel which Tatianus compiled and named Diatessaron, i.e., The Fourfold, a compilation from the four Gospels of the holy Apostles, the excellent Evangelists (peace be upon them). It was translated by the excellent and learned priest, Abu'l Fărăj 'Abdulla ibn-aṭ-Ṭayyib1 (may God grant him favour), from Syriac into Arabic, from an exemplar written by 'Isa2 ibn-'Ali al-Motaṭabbib,3 pupil of Ḥonain ibn-Isḥāḳ (God have mercy on them both). Amen.
Here endeth, by the help of God, the holy Gospel that Titianus compiled from the four Gospels, which is known as Diatessaron. And praise be to God, as he is entitled to it and lord of it! And to him be the glory for ever.


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