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HOPKINTON -- The town is one step closer to having bingo games available again for residents as the Town Council will vote on a related ordinance at its upcoming April 18 meeting.
The council closed the public hearing on a zoning ordinance Monday, April 4 that defines bingo halls and makes it so that the town can offer bingo only under specific circumstances.
NARRAGANSETTŌĆōThe economic downturn has affected many towns and cities around the nation, yet none as pronouncedly as the fishing communities in the New England area. Point Judith is one of them. The U.S Economic Development Administration has selected Point Judith, among six other New England fishing ports, for a two and a half-day analysis of the specific issues concerning the community. The EDA examined a number of fishery data from the fishing ports, including the groundfish landing revenues and the percentage of groundfish landed at a port compared to state totals.
NORTH KINGSTOWN ŌĆō Architect Andy Pearce was ready to accept a job with Keough Construction, but before he did, he told his new employer he couldnŌĆÖt start until after Feb. 12. What? ItŌĆÖs more a question of why. Pearce had committed to being part of a mission team from First Baptist Church in Wickford that was planning a trip to the Dominican Republic from Feb. 5-12. Not only did his new boss agree to the stipulation, he donated money to the effort.
We reported last week that the Charlestown Town Council approved an amended version of the zoning ordinance that defines wind generator towers and systems. And we were glad to see that the council was able to move relatively quickly in getting this approved.
NARRAGANSETT ŌĆō After serving in Iraq from 2008 to 2009, two local Narragansett veterans are being deployed once again this May to Afghanistan, having to leave behind their first baby. Their deployment to Afghanistan will be the second time both Michael and Marie Johnson go overseas. But this time will be the first time they have to leave their eight month year old daughter behind, who will stay with her maternal grandmother.
Surfing the waters in Narragansett, eating clam cakes and clam chowder and spending a summer day at the beach are what many believe make Rhode Island what is it. Yet, with Gov. ChafeeŌĆÖs proposal to double beach parking fees looming, many Rhode Islanders feel the price increase will only take away from what made this state the Ocean State.
CRANSTONŌĆöEvery spring, teenagers across the United States are exposed to a barrage of anti-drunk driving messages and campaigns. With prom season and graduation fast approaching, high school juniors and seniors can expect to spend as much time watching public service announcements about the dangers of drunk driving or hearing from their parents, grandparents and teachers about how they have to make smart choices as they do finding that perfect tux or gown or planning a big post-high school party.
CHARLESTOWN -- Cross Mills Public Library recently announced a plan to renovate the libraryŌĆÖs childrenŌĆÖs room, creating a space of openness and beauty which will allow easier access for children of all ages.
NARRAGANSETT- The North Beach Clubhouse has been the place for residents to have parties for years. Today, the clubhouse facing the ocean is being renovated for the future. Keith Lescarbeau, the lead contractor and owner of Abcore Restoration, is finishing the complete overhaul of the North Beach Clubhouse. The project has taken only five weeks from planning to the end of construction, a time frame which is not often possible.
It's a problem everyone has heard about but few realize exists in their own backyards. Homelessness. In this week's Standard Times, we explore issue in depth and show why recent data indicates that homelessness among children in North Kingstown is rising. Local experts from every related aspect of the issue weigh in with what they think is the reason ... and what can be done to alleviate the problem. In addition, find out about a local church's trip down to the Dominican Republic, what they learned, what they did and how the experience changed them.


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The seemingly unstoppable political force that is billionaire mogul Silvio Berlusconi, who emerged from his latest political foray neck-and-neck with his centre-left rival in the Italian national elections, could finally be grinding to a halt as the political express train finally runs of gas.
Still, the haul of votes won by the former prime minister was hailed by HuffPost Italy as "a remarkable comeback."
The victor, in an nail-bitingly close election, is Pier Luigi Bersani's progressive coalition. His centre-left alliance won a majority in the lower house in the election, but have failed to decisively win the Senate, which it must hold to be able to legislate.
Bersani said in a statement: "The center has won the House and votes in the Senate. It is obvious to everyone that this is a delicate situation for the country. We will deal with the responsibilities that these elections have given us in the interests of Italy."
And a former stand-up comedian, Beppe Grillo, who has refused to give interviews to national media, instead preferring comic routines at the expense of the political class at national rallies has scooped up an astonishing haul of votes, with his party "5 Star Movement" neatly capitalising on voter disillusionment.
Italian media dubbed the country "ungovernable" and "a pig's mess". One of the leading broadsheets, Corriere della Sera, quote Renato Balduzzi, outgoing health minister as saying: "The voters have sent unmistakable signals.
"If one in four haven't voted and the same number voted for a self-declared protest list of candidates, it means that it is absolutely necessary to do something. We hope that the political forces [centre-left and centre-right] have understood this. "
Almost a quarter of the country did not vote in the election. The current prime minister, Mario Monti, once dubbed "Super Mario" who fed the country a bitter austerity pill in the wake of the eurozone crisis, trailed a distant fourth.
Berlusconi on Tuesday declared himself open to an alliance with Bersani. "Italy cannot be left ungoverned, we have to reflect," Berlusconi said in a television interview. He ruled out a coalition with Monti, and said the country had "rejected" austerity.
Conversely, Bersani, a former communist, has signalled a willingness to form a coalition with Monti, but the formation of a new government could take days.
According to AP, the shockwaves post-election in the eurozone's third-biggest economy were felt across the globe – sending the Dow Jones index plunging more than 200 points in its sharpest drop since November and causing Tokyo's red-hot benchmark index to sink nearly 2 percent at open.
For a campaign that started as little more than a joke three years ago, comparable to the team of Mock The Week forming a political party led by Frankie Boyle, Grillo's party looks set to become the biggest single party in Parliament's lower house.
Berlusconi is also unlikely to ally with Grillo, his sex life having been the butt of the comedian's jokes for years.
But the party did not rule it out. "Dialogue with Berlusconi? It is very difficult to imagine that Berlusconi would propose useful ideas," said 5 Star Movement candidate Alessandro Di Battista told AP. "It never happened until now, but miracles happen."
With 99.7 percent of the lower house vote counted, the Bersani camp had had 29.55 percent of the vote, to Berlusconi's 29.17 percent. Grillo had 25.54 and Monti's alliance 10.56.
In the Senate, near complete Interior Ministry figures showed Bersani and his allies had nearly 32 percent while Berlusconi and his coalition partners were pulling nearly 31 percent. Grillo had more than 23 percent.
The election result in Italy is expected to make it harder for the country to pass the reforms it needs to overhaul its debt-laden economy.
Rebecca O'Keeffe, head of investment at Interactive Investor, warned of increased volatility in the coming weeks after Italian voters served up the worst possible outcome for investors.
She said: "Equity markets have reacted swiftly and severely - giving up yesterday's gains and more.
"While an attempt at a coalition government may yet be made, no overall control seems the most probable outcome, with a second vote likely in the months ahead."
Despite the political posturing, wheeling and dealing, the Italian press are united on one thing they have known for years - never rule out Silvio.
@ duncanmcdonnell : Amid the confusion, today provides 1 nice reminder: Italian democracy's fate is not solely in hands of the markets, the EU, or editorials. |
The latest figures released by the interior ministry shows a 0,72% margin between the Centre-left and the Centre-right coalitions.
--Cosima Ungaro
Outgoing Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said on Monday that no country has such a bad electoral law as Italy. Monti added that he is satisfied with results of his centrist coalition.
@ CiancioTR : Monti says no country has such a bad electoral law as Italy #italyreuters #italyvote |
According to HuffPost Italy, if the Centre-left coalition wins in the norther region of Piedmont, the Senate results would be overturned and the Democratic Party would win with a relative majority.
--Cosima Ungaro
The Guardian reporters John Hooper and Lizzy Davies recap the biggest events of the day and come to a sobering conclusion.
They write:Crucially, it seemed certain that neither right nor left could obtain an outright majority in the upper house, where the balance would be held by the M5S. So far, Grillo has ruled out supporting either side in his drive to sweep away Italy's existing political parties and the cronyistic culture they support.Exceeding even the most adventurous pre-electoral predictions, the populist M5S was set to emerge as Italy's biggest single party - a result that will send shock waves through the eurozone and beyond. Because it is running alone and not in a coalition, however, Grillo's movement lagged the two big alliances in the number of seats.
The emerging result indicated that fresh elections were a strong possibility and, at best, foreshadowed a weak government unable to pass the tough reforms Italy needs to enhance its grim economic prospects.
Read the full analysis on the Guardian website.
@ AP : Stocks plunge as investors worry that Italy could be seized with political paralysis; Dow drops 216: http://t.co/cAavWvIAuU -RJJ |
The Guardian explains Italy's complicated election laws, and recaps the latest results:
Election laws in Italy mean the biggest party in the Chamber of Deputies is guaranteed a 54% majority. But the Senate has no such "majority bonus". The latest projection from Rai shows Berlusconi's bloc winning 112 Senate seats, the centre-left 105, Grillo 64, with Monti's centrists on only 20. The Senate majority is 158.
Read more from The Guardian here.
Beppe Grillo spoke for the first time since the closing of the polls, thanking all his supporters for "a fantastic adventure."
Grillo added on his movement's YouTube channel that Italy's two main parties have failed. "They have been around for the past 25 years, they embody Italy's problem."
"Handing back the country to Silvio Berlusconi for six months, or a year, is a crime against the galaxy, against the entire galaxy," Grillo also said.
--Cosima Ungaro
@ beppe_grillo : Interverrò in diretta streaming alle ore 21.30 su La Cosa! Seguite la diretta su http://t.co/5gE4Wy6JR9 #TsunamiTour |
Catherine Hornby collected reactions from several disappointed Italians for Reuters.
"I am considering leaving Italy, it's the first time I've ever felt like this. The Centre Left has to win in the Chamber of Deputies to avoid a major disaster," 70-year-old retired teacher Vito told Horny."If the projections are true the country will be ungovernable. For us this will be the worst. I voted for the PD," says union worker Ferrucio Fiorot, 58. "The crisis is evident. We need to make the country grow, put money in people's pockets so they can spend. With all the unemployed this downturn has created, industry failing, even food spending down, how can you say this is not a crisis? If we don't do something we'll end up like Greece," he said.
Read more on fron Hornby on the Reuters website.
The BBC reports that European officials would prefer to see a coalition between current Prime Minister Mario Monti and the Centre-Left group of Bersani.
The BBC explains:
Correspondents say Italy's EU partners and the financial markets want to see a stable outcome to the election, with a commitment to reform and debt-reduction.The BBC's Europe editor, Gavin Hewitt, says Brussels and Berlin would like to see Mr Bersani form a governing coalition with Mr Monti.
They fear that an uncertain outcome could lead to Greek-style paralysis in the eurozone's third largest economy, he says.
Read the full story here.
-- Eline Gordts
@ AlecMacGillis : On same day Italians hold crazy election, researchers announce Mediterranean diet cuts health risks 1/3. So: Berlusconi forever. |
Caro #Bersani, se vuoi veramente che il #PD finalmente riesca a vincere le elezioni, dimettiti e cedi il posto a @matteorenzi !
— Luigi Ruggerone (@LuigiRuggerone) February 25, 2013
Dear Bersani, if you really want the Democratic Party to finally win the elections, resign and leave your seat to Matteo Renzi.
As the Centre-Right coalition appears to lead in the Senate, supporters of Centre-Left Democratic coalition took to twitter to voice their discontent with its leader Pier Luigi Bersani. Tweeps called for the return of Matteo Renzi, who lost his party's primary against Bersani.
--Cosima Ungaro
@ daveweigel : RT @zerohedge: ITALY PREMIER MONTI TO SPEAK AT 9:30 PM CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME |
@ NaomiOhReally : Latest projection of Senate means either Berlusconi or Bersani would need 5-Star to reach majority of 158 seats #italyreuters #italyvote |
@ bruce_arthur : This @DougSaunders piece on Italy in 2006 explains why it could fall for Berlusconi again, and is so brilliant: fast http://t.co/UCQ5NxeDFd |
A tycoon, a professor, a politician, a comedian, a magistrate and a journalist face off to run an economically troubled country. Welcome to Italy's 2013 election. Joining the conversation are Nicholas Sabloff, Huffington Post Executive International Editor and Davide Tramballi.
Former Italian Prime Minister casted his ballot at a polling station on Sunday.
Reuters reports:
Conflicting early forecasts of the result of Italy's election on Monday raised the spectre of deadlock in parliament that could paralyse a new government and re-ignite the euro zone crisis.Officials from both centre and left warned that such gridlock could make Italy ungovernable and force new elections.
Opinion polls have long pointed to the centre-left of Pier Luigi Bersani winning the lower house, but projections from RAI state television showed Silvio Berlusconi's centre right in front in the Senate - which has equal lawmaking power - but unable to form a majority.
Read the full story here.
Previous predictions which hinted Berlusconi's coalition would win the Chamber of Deputies are now contradicted by the news results indicating the centre-left would get 33,52% of the vote and the centre-right 25,09%, according to HuffPost Italy.
--Cosima Ungaro
@ NaomiOhReally : Rai poll: centre-left plus Monti would still have fewer seats than Berlusconi's centre-right. 5-Star is kingmaker #italyreuters #italyvote |
HuffPost Italy reveals that the latests prediction issued by Rai/Piepoli shows deadlock in the Senate, with both the Centre-Right and Centre-Left coalition winning 30,7% of the vote.
--Cosima Ungaro
The polling website Youtrend.it has published a wonderful interactive map showing the change in voter turnout in Italy between the 2013 general election and previous electoral cycles. The greater the decrease in voter turnout, the darker red a province appears on the map. So far, all of Italy is in the red, with the greatest decreases appearing to be concentrated in Lombardy, Campania, Calabria and Sicily.
--Carlo Davis
A torn electoral poster shows center-right coalition leader Silvio Berlusconi in Rome, Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Over two hours and a half after the closing of the polls, no declarations have been heard from Gianfranco Fini and Pierferdinando Casini, both allied to Mario Monti, reports HuffPost Italy.
--Cosima Ungaro
Sandro Bondi, Berlusconi's longtime loyal devotee praises the Cavaliere: "The extraordinary result predicted for the centre-right coalition is exclusively due to Silvio Berlusconi, the architect of this memorable endeavor," according to HuffPost Italy.
--Cosima Ungaro

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i heard it kills brain cells when stacked, ill just be using either the paragon or dtest
whcih is better?
took sum prodigy prior to my leg workout today, good stuff! did 10x10 with front squats, 225, 60 second rest periods
smashed chest today prs on everything 315 for 4 on incline, could only do 300 for 6 last time
pr on deads today 495 for 10! wow! pr's off cycle ill take dat
beginiing weight 215, bodyfat ill test next trip to gym
seated barbell pressed 275 for 3 today free weight, this thermodex prodigy paragon stack is legit
tho i gotta say 1 cap is thermodex is incredibly strong, start with half of the cap opened up
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prodigy givin massive notieceable pumps, squated 495 for 3 today! half cap thermodex still really strong lol
weight still weighing same
no training today, sore lol
stiff leg deadlift 585 for 2 today where the hell this come from! hel yea smashin pr's like crazy, libido is up prolly from the nmda
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incline press 405 for 1 1/2 today beast mode on
boxed my cousin today gave him a black eye #unstoppable
went to the gym later and had a high intensity style leg workout, no pr's but still a smashin day
did barbell rows with 3 plates for 5 then drop set to 2 plates for 12...moved on to wide grip pullups did 20 with bodyweight, getting stronger everday! half cap of thermo pre cardio is AMAZING
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My MIL wants to throw a shower for me, but I really don't need much at this point(I've owned my house for over 3 years and my fiance has lived with me for almost as long). I don't want to be ungrateful or offend her, but I've very slowly purchased most things I need. I've heard of a HM registry which would be great and gift card showers. Any suggestions on how to word an invite for this type of shower??
We don't need much either, but accept the fact that people want to get you gifts. If they get you things you don't need or want, return them, give them to charity...whatever. The gift-giver doesn't need to know. Also - I think there are some things everyone can use. You can't have enough sheets and towels, glasses always break, things you would never purchase for yourself, etc.That being said, a theme shower may work better for you. It could be a lingerie shower, a kitchen shower (everyone brings a recipe and some type of gadget to make it with), a gardening shower - or somethign relate to whatever interests you and your FH may have.As far as the wording on the invite goes, that's more for your MIL (or whoever is throwing the shower) to worry about. I'm sure there is some clever way to put in the invitations that you prefer gift cards, etc.
My FMIL insisted on throwing us a shower as well, so we asked her to make it a couples cocktail shower. It will be on a Saturday night and all our couple friends are invited. We did register for a very few things at Target, but I asked my FMIL to let people know that we would prefer gift cards or cash so we can pick up clothes for the honeymoon or whatever.


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Definition of ides in English:
Line breaks: idesPronunciation: /ʌɪdz
- (In the ancient Roman calendar) a day falling roughly in the middle of each month (the 15th day of March, May, July, and October, and the 13th of other months) from which other dates were calculated. Compare with nones, calends.More example sentences
- The character who seems most conscious that the ides of March falls within Lent is Brutus, especially in his account of the manner in which the assassination should be conducted.
- The received date of Christ's crucifixion was 25 March - hence the year number changed on that day - and 25 March by the Gregorian calendar was 15 March Julian, the ides.
- Madness, since the ides of Roman times, comes in March.
late Old English: from Old French, from Latin idus (plural), of unknown origin.


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March 19, 2010
Yup, I admit it: For years, I've been on a secret mission to integrate the bookshelves and toy chests of a bunch of my daughters' white friends. Every time Mari and Lila were invited to a birthday party, I'd send them with fancy gift bags full of copies of Debbie Allen's "Dancing in the Wings," bell hooks' "Home Made Love," and Faith Ringgold's "Tar Beach," plus a chocolate Barbie for good measure.
Subversive? Yes.
Necessary? Very.
See, the majority of the parents of my daughters' friends, no matter how kind and smart and sweet they are, didn't buy black books, dolls, or movies for their children. I don't think they were being racist or striking out against diversity, by any stretch; it just never seemed to really occur to them that maybe, just maybe, their daughters would identify with the pretty, round-faced girl pie in "Home Made Love," or Sassy, the talented but shy ballerina in "Dancing in the Wings" -- or that there would be value in letting their daughters read their sweet, insightful, beautifully human stories.
Indeed, one of my mom friends, the mother of three boys, recently confessed to me that she'd gotten into a nasty argument with her mother and sister when she gave her niece a black doll for her birthday. The store, see, had run out of the white version of the doll, which her niece really wanted, and so my friend just went on ahead and bought the brown version. Well what did she do that for? "My mom and sister were livid," she said. Two weeks later, they were still speaking to her only when spoken to.
To my friend's credit, she couldn't understand what the big deal was. And the fact of the matter is, it shouldn't be. It's not like the black doll is going to jump out of the toy chest and go "boogedy, boogedy boo" at the first kid who finds it, or that a black children's book is going to be chock full of stereotypical Ebonics and rated "R" storylines ready to turn out the innocent ears of the babies. But this, it seems, is how all-too-many white parents treat them.
I speak from experience, you know. I'm the co-author of a three-book teen series called "Hotlanta," and I've stood by and watched white teenage girls excitedly read the back jacket, only to have their moms literally wrestle the book out of their hands and lead them to white books. A fellow author, Derrick Barnes, recently told me that books four and five in his brilliant children's book series, "Ruby and the Booker Boys," will likely never make it to bookshelves if sales for the first three in the series don't pick up -- a problem that could be remedied easily if black moms weren't the only ones shelling out $5 a pop for Derrick's books. Hell, the black Barbie dolls that were priced to move in Louisiana last week -- they were being sold for nearly half the price of the white dolls -- are there not just because black moms aren't buying them, but because white moms pass them up for the white ones.
I get it: I want my daughters to play with dolls that look like them, too, for all the obvious reasons. But when my friends gifted "Good Night Moon" and "Eloise" and countless "Junie B. Jones" books to my babies, I didn't have a conniption. When they served up blonde Barbies to my girls, I didn't take them out back and burn them in effigy. I simply added them to the collection. My girls have a literal rainbow coalition of doll babies -- chocolate brown ones, Asians, Latinas, white with blonde hair, red-haired, olive-skinned ones. We bought some of them. Some of them were gifts. Neither their bookshelves nor their toy chests discriminate: Indeed, my girls' toys reflect the truly diverse world they live in, where the kids who fill their school rooms and playgroups speak different languages and come from different countries and backgrounds and income levels and aren't necessarily a bunch of frilly little tea-toting girls.
My hope is when I pass along a black children's book or a black doll baby to my daughters' friends, that they get the same subliminal lessons -- that brown children matter. Books like "Ruby and the Booker Boys" speak to our experiences and show both our differences and our commonalities with white culture. Introducing books like these to white children is the most simple, basic way to introduce a child to another race in a positive, thoughtful way. A white child introduced to Ruby may not necessarily say, "Oh look! A black girl is the star of this book!" when she reads it. She might not notice the character's color at all. But she just might decide to make friends with a little black girl out on the playground because she looks like the character in the book she liked. And since she really liked that book, she'll probably really like that little girl, too.
Children really are that simple. That uncomplicated.
My prayer is that we moms get a little of that act right in us, too.
In the meantime, if you want to make a difference, pick up one -- or all -- of these beautiful books for your child this weekend:
The Ruby and the Booker Boys series, by Derrick Barnes
Tar Beach, by Faith Ringold
Homemade Love, by bell hooks
We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past, by Jacqueline Woodson
The Gospel Cinderella, by Joyce Carol Thomas
Olu's Dream, by Shane Evans
Precious and the Boo Hag, by Patricia McKissack
Whistle for Willie, by Ezra Jack Keats
A Chair For My Mother, by Vera B. Williams
The Willimina Rules! series, by Valerie Wilson Wesley
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If they got into an altercation with Lanza last Thursday, you have to wonder why the teachers did not call the police. If they did, the ensuing police intervention might have saved a lot of lives. It is easy to Monday morning quarterback! Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
We mustn´t endanger the rights of the criminally crazy. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
"Another victim has been named as six-year-old Jesse Lewis. His father Neil Heslin told the New York Post that he dropped his son off at school that morning and planned to return in the afternoon to join parents in the holiday tradition of making gingerbread houses."This precious little boy looked so happy in the photo. I just saw clips of his grieving father from yesterday on FOX News. My heart is terribly heavy today.A press conference just took place. The coroner just said that most of the victims were shot twice. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
All schools are surrounded with windows. Even if they had had a reinforced door that he could not have broken down all you have to do is shoot out a window. Or even stand outside the classroom and shoot through the windows. If a school is to be reinforced so no one could ever possibly breech it´s security it would have to be run like a prison. I have to assume that all people who do something this hideous has some type of mental condition. I feel that Chicago thugs shooting each other on street corners is much different than this kind of murder. We threw open the doors of mental institutions in the 60´s and 70´s and pretty much have left these people to fend for themselves. While medication has allowed millions to lead normal productive lives it is not the answer for all. Some people need to be in locked facilities to protect themselves and others. I don´t know who draws up the guidelines or how they are enforced or who pays for them but something needs to be done. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
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Article says mom taught him how to use the firearms. Sounds like mom was in serious denial about her son´s temperament. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
This is crazier by the minute. They´re saying he shot out a window to get in but the day before he casually walks in and argues with 4 people and they don´t call the cops.So that means the kid got buzzed through at the front door. Why wouldn´t the accosted people tell the person at the front desk not to allow him in anymore?There´s someting coming unglued in white America and i think it´s the poison of liberalism creeping in.We keep hearing about young suburban kids getting easy access to black tar heroin and of course pot is readily available now after the big left declared it a safe drug.Then you have to look at the degrading career opportunities in Obama´s anti capitalism movement and the war on job creators.Kids are becoming disillusioned about their future so what the hell,go shoot up a theater or school. Click Here if you Like this Comment
What is a mystery to me is why that mother had assault weapons in the house, in the first place, and worse, not under lock and key.. A hand gun for protection I can see, but not the arsenal she had. And knowing her son had serious issues and had been in trouble many times, it seems to me she is culpable as well, and she sure paid the ultimate price for her stupidity/malfeasance. Click Here if you Like this Comment
Why would the reason that someone has guns be a mystery? Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
This woman had a right to own guns, but she had extremely poor judgment to allow her mentally-challenged son to have access to them. As someone pointed out here yesterday, responsible gun owners don´t allow two-year-olds to play with them and they don´t put them in the hands of Alzheimers patients. It´s extremely irresponsible to allow mentally ill/mentally disabled people to get them as well. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Adam reported 20 years old. So what has he been doing last couple of years? Click Here if you Like this Comment
It´s possible he held a knife to her throat, forced her to open the gun case, and then shot her. Let´s wait and see what the facts are.I´m suspicious marijuana played a factor - it certainly has in the last five or six spray shootings. I will wait for the reports, of course. But I´d be willing to put money on it that it did. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Once upon a time in America, the criminally leaning mentally ill could be institutionalized. It was in their best interest and society at large. I know everyone has rights, but there are some people that just can´t function. They need 24/7 supervision. When the time comes and they prove a "danger to themselves or others", it usually is too late. And try to understand the perverse world mentally ill people live in. Reality is unknown to them. They have mental pain and anguish we can´t begin to empathize with. Click Here if you Like this Comment
Seems like it was personal; Not knowing what the argument was... it could have been an employment interview that went bad. The MSM should be able to get ahold of a more recent photo from his facebook page...But then again.. Instead of using Treyvon Martins gang banger photos on his facebook, they used a 10 year old pic of him. Click Here if you Like this Comment
I think #13 hit a nerve in #15. It probably more likely the ALCOHOL right #15. Click Here if you Like this Comment 1 person like this.
Maybe he was using bath salts. Click Here if you Like this Comment
I must have missed the part where Mom let her son have unauthorized access to guns. One certainly does NOT allow young children, untrained adults or otherwise unstable people access to guns. EVER. At least not around me if I´m expected to stay around. Click Here if you Like this Comment
The real culprit is the US Dept of Education who requires these people to be integrated into classrooms. How did that work out? Click Here if you Like this Comment
Absolutely heartbreaking, tears bring no relief from this. Children so young they still had baby teeth slaughtered in a mutilating way by a maniac whose incompetent parents couldn´t/wouldn´t control. I cannot get my mind around this.Yesterday a blonde girl of about 6 ran in front of my cart at the supermarket; tears just started steaming down my face. Cannot imagine how the families of these kids will get through this. Click Here if you Like this Comment
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A budget is a systematic method of allocating financial, physical, and human resources to achieve strategic goals. Companies develop budgets in order to monitor progress toward their goals, help control spending, and predict cash flow and profit.
The central challenge that budget developers face is mapping out the future, something that can never be done with perfect precision. The fast pace of technological change and the complexities of global competition make developing effective budgets both more difficult and more important.
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Note: Arthur Andersen has studied the leading companies that are high performers in the process of developing budgets. It has also tapped the knowledge of experts, consultants, and industry leaders. The insights that Arthur Andersen has gained from these extensive studies are the focus of this executive summary.
Important benefits of improving the budgeting process include better companywide understanding of strategic goals, more coordinated support for those goals, and an improved ability to respond quickly to competition. A discussion of best practices used by leading companies to develop budgets follows.
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But how is such a link created? Companies that apply best practices find that communication plays an important role. Top management must take the lead in developing and communicating strategic goals. But to develop those goals, top management needs information about customers, competitors, economic and technological change - information that must come from customer-contact and support units. Companies that establish effective channels for communication find it easier to set challenging yet achievable strategic goals.
Setting goals before budgeting begins makes it easier for budget developers at all levels. When this happens, budget developers create from the start budgets that support strategic goals and that, therefore, need fewer revisions. Budget development then becomes not only faster and less costly but also far less frustrating.
Best practice companies find that resource allocation is part science, part art. Fortunately, following certain best practices leads to better results. One such practice is coordinating the review of operating and capital budgets. Doing this gives managers insight into the ways in which changes in one budget affect the other. Another practice is to develop sophisticated measures for evaluating proposed budgets. The measures used tend to vary by industry, but most take into account the company's weighted average cost of capital. Many measures also assess the degree of risk involved in competing plans of action, the costs or advantages associated with deferring action, as well as factors such as expected developments in interest rates. By using such measures, and by using cross-functional teams to examine action plans, companies can better select plans whose benefits will produce desired results. Finally, by monitoring the results of allocation efforts, companies can refine and improve their procedures.
At best practice companies, meeting budget targets is secondary to other performance measures. Such companies use a balanced set of performance measures to chart progress toward strategic goals, and use the same measures in their incentive programs. This reinforces the importance of key strategies and communicates what results will be rewarded.
At many companies, business unit managers are involved in identifying the measures that are most relevant for their operations. Typically, some measures are financial, while others track progress in other efforts. For example, an appropriate nonfinancial measure for one business unit may be product defect rate; for another, speed to market for new products. Once the measures are identified, higher-level management clarifies what targets each manager is expected to meet. Managers and employees receive training on the company's incentive program so that they understand the reason behind the rewards.
Standardizing the cost management system companywide is an important step in improving the link between cost management and budgeting. Many companies also have found activity-based costing (ABC) helpful in identifying the real cost of producing, selling, and delivering products and services. Even small- to medium-size companies are exploring the potential of ABC, as packaged software becomes more widely available and brings down the cost of engaging in this type of analysis.
Another best practice in linking cost management to budgeting is the strategic use of variance analysis. Variance analysis is the study of differences between budgeted and actual costs, or the study of costs at one company compared with industry averages. By using variance analysis to identify weaknesses, managers can identify areas where their organization needs to improve its performance. But managers must focus on those variances that have a significant impact. Otherwise, decision making and budgeting can become bogged down in trivial detail.
By controlling the number of budgets that are needed and by standardizing budgeting methods, companies take important steps toward streamlining budgeting. Another key step is to minimize the amount of detail included in the reports used to develop budgets. Also, in their effort to streamline budgeting, leading companies use information technology to automate budgeting and facilitate workflow. These companies make sure that budget developers are thoroughly trained in new technologies. This training, together with ongoing monitoring of information needs companywide, helps best practice companies deliver the right information to managers, on time and at the right cost.
Companies typically review budgets quarterly, monthly, or even weekly. By including in these reviews reports on changes in business conditions, companies alert managers that new tactics may be called for, if they are to meet their targets for the year. While it is important that budgets not be revised to cover up for poor performance or poor planning, best practice companies choose to revise budgets rather than adhere to budgets that do not reflect current conditions. Some companies rely on "rolling" or "continuous" forecasts rather than on traditional annual budgets. The chief difference between such forecasts and traditional budgets is that the forecast is updated with actual results as the company moves through the year. Figures for three or more subsequent quarters are projected in decreasing degree of detail.
One way in which companies build flexibility into budgets is to prioritize according to strategic importance action plans that were rejected due to resource limitations. By doing this, they can act swiftly and decisively if additional resources become available.
Another way in which best practice companies develop budgets that accommodate change is to require managers to create scenarios based on a variety of assumptions about business conditions. The affordability of powerful information technology allows for the creation of many "what if" scenarios. This practice makes it possible for companies to respond more quickly and effectively if actual conditions follow the pattern of a particular scenario. Companies also build flexibility into budgets by setting aside funds at the business-unit level to take advantage of competitive opportunities. Some companies even establish separate subsidiaries to look into promising products or technologies.
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What's your secret, Steve Rogers? Super Soldier Serum? Not hardly. The key to Captain America's physical prowess is clearly a hearty daily dose of his trademark treats, coming to a Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins near you (if you're really lucky, you have one of those two-in-one Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins stores).
Visitors to Dunkin Donuts will enjoy the chain's very first star-shaped donut, the jelly-filled and sprinkle-topped Captain America Donut. DD is also coming out with the bizarro (sorry, that's DC Comics) First Avenger Tri-Cup, a drinking vessel with three different chambers for three different beverages. What's going to be in there, I wonder? Maybe red, white, and blue liquids to go with the theme? That would leave us with what options, blue raspberry Icee, skim milk, and blood?
Over at Baskin Robbins, dairy enthusiasts will be able to suckle on a special new Captain America ice cream flavor, Super-Soldier Swirl (vanilla ice cream with blue chocolate chips and a cherry ribbon). Two new movie-themed sundaes, the Hydra Force Sundae (Chocolate Mousse Royale ice cream with chocolate sprinkles and a cherry) and the Super-Soldier Sundae (Super-Soldier Swirl ice cream topped with white cake, strawberry topping, whipped cream, star-spangled sprinkles, and a cherry). The chain will also have a Captain America ice cream cake made to look like his trademark shield.
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A canon for craft is what Glithero aim to present in the exhibition Made to Measure created for the Zuiderzee Museum in Enkhuizen.
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What at first looks like a modern take on a baroque print, turns out to be a little risqué. Sex toys form the patterns in work by recent KABK-graduate Jitske Wedman.
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There is creativity in abundance when designers and musicians pair up. For the Electric Deluxe label, the Dutch designers of Studio Hands have applied morse code to produce images from sound waves.
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A few days ago we had a little discussion on IRC how to handle renamed modules (once again). Due to the renamed KDE modules a few users had a broken Box because Lunar Linux isn't keeping track of renamed modules – So, if a module gets renamed it looks like the module got removed and [...]
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The Lunar team proudly announce the final release of Lunar Linux 1.6.5 codename 'Mare Ingenii'!
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The Lunar team proudly announce the release of Lunar Linux 1.6.5-rc1 codename 'Mare Ingenii'!
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Campus Resources: the library is great. They helped me with my project.
Campus Resources: almost everyone has a chance to go to the computer lab. Printing on campus is easy lots of wepa kiosk.
Facilities: its pretty close to where i live
Tuition & Financial Aid: finanical aid has bit a bit confusing. Worrying if i would get my money or not
Academic Flexibility: choosing of classes are really easy and fit within my schedule
Career Services: i dont really know anything about those things.
Academic Experience: The school really helped to adjust well from high school. the professor make me feel like i'm in college.
Online Courses: Online courses are very straightforward. Although they are not for everyone, they are great for students that work and don't have time to be in the classroom all day. Due dates work with my schedule and I have no trouble with other classes or work interfering.
Overall Experience: I have had a great experience at Montgomery College. I made a great decision spending two years here. I will be entering a 4 year school without debt. The school is very underrated. The faculty is great and the school offers many opportunities even after graduating. I would recommend this school.
Campus Resources: There are a lot of resources on campus. The library always has what I'm looking for. There are a lot of community service activities, lecture events and clubs.
Campus Resources: Printing is only accessible through the school's WEPA system. I always print my work from home because I do not have an account. The wireless internet service is good. I have never had a problem. There are several computer labs for student use around campus.
Career Services: I'm not post-grad yet but I've heard there are great facilities for alumni searching for careers or continuing their education.
Academic Flexibility: The counselors are very helpful in assisting transfer students. Professors are accommodating under certain circumstances. There is a balance of flexibility and rigidity on campus.
Academic Experience: The professors are great and approachable. Most teachers are straightforward with the curriculum and their expectations. There is no reason a good student shouldn't excel at this school.
Academic Experience: There are a lot of resources and professors to look to for assistance. The program is very broad and has various different disciplines for those that may be majoring in General Studies or a specific major.
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hi am really stuck with how you add people or find there pages so please help thanks.
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If you know there username, than type this in your address bar:
However, there is no feature that lets you search AG, though there will be one in AG3 (the newest version of AG) which will be released in the near future.
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You just can go to this link
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Another way to find profiles is to frequent the forums and find people you enjoy talking to there and navigate to their page with their blue name over there
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[b] I want to add this one person how do u search him
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Eagles players Ronnie Cameron and Phillip Hunt joined 230 young chess players from ASAP's Philadelphia Youth Chess Challenge today at Lincoln Financial Field.
The students participated in four rounds of competition and an awards ceremony was held in the Eagles' locker room.
Arlen Roberts, 14, who is in eighth grade at the Overbrook Educational Center, played Eagles linebacker Hunt. Arlen won.
Arlen said it was fun playing with athletes.
"It was a great experience," he said. "I wasn't sure I would win, but I knew it would be a great game."
Arlen came in first place in his age group.
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