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Swansea City will be advancing to Wembley Stadium for a chance to get into the Premier League in the 2011 nPower Championship Playoff Final, but they certainly didn't get there without some degree of luck. After somehow holding Nottingham Forest to a 0-0 draw at the City Ground after going down to ten men in the opening minute, Swansea have defeated Forest 3-1 in controversial and dramatic fashion to knock them out of the playoffs in the semifinals for the second year running.
Though the ending was controversial, Swansea certainly deserved to go ahead in the first place. The opening 25-30 minutes of the game were fairly even, with Swansea perhaps creating the better chances, and Lewis Britton of Swansea was the man who opened the scoring. Cutting in from the right side of the pitch on his left foot, Britton curled a great shot to the far post that Lee Camp had little chance to save.
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On multiple occasions in stoppage time, Forest appeared that they were about to find the equalizer. Sadly, it never came. First, Robert Earnshaw struck the post - one of three shots that hit woodwork for Forest - and then things got controversial. In the second minute of stoppage time, Earnshaw attempted to hit a ball across the box, but Ashley Williams blocked it with his hand. Referee Andre Marriner didn't see it, and for the second time in as many games, Williams got away with an intentional handball in the box.
In a desperation move, on the ensuing corner, Forest goalkeeper Lee Camp came forward. That move would backfire considerably, after the corner kick was cleared out to Swansea substitute Darren Pratley, assisted by an absolute whiff by Lewis McGugan. Pratley surged forward with the ball with Camp out of his goal and hit a stunning shot from at least 60 yards, hitting the back of the unprotected net to put Swansea up 3-1 and into the final at Wembley Stadium.


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SHOCKED dog rehoming centre staff have made an urgent appeal after a young dog was stolen on Thursday afternoon.
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Thieves created a diversion to distract staff and made off with the one-year-old lurcher at about 1:30pm.
Shauna Steadman, Dogs Trust Evesham supporter relations officer, said: "We are shocked that anyone could do something so despicable and are very concerned about Luna's safety.
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Victims' families were incensed at the state Supreme Judicial Court's ruling last month to strike down mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles convicted of first-degree murder. And now, lawmakers equally upset at the ruling have filed a bill to push back on that decision.
The high court's ruling was retroactive and affects a number of cases where present-day convicts serving life sentences were juveniles at the time of the murder and it most certainly affects sentencing for
14-year-old Philip Chism of Danvers if he is found guilty of murdering Danvers High teacher and Andover resident Colleen Ritzer.
State Sens. Bruce Tarr and Barry Finegold held a press conference Thursday at the State House to publicly speak on a bill they jointly authored that would impose at least a 35-year prison sentence before parole is possible for juvenile killers.
Tarr (R-Gloucester) and Finegold (D-Andover) were joined by a coalition of fellow lawmakers and the family of Beth Brodie, a 16-year-old from Groveland who was murdered in 1992 by Richard Baldwin, then also 16. The two had dated a few times and Baldwin just moved from Groveland to Peabody at the time of the murder.
"The Supreme Court said that it is cruel and unusual punishment that a juvenile would have to spend their life behind bars without parole, but it is also cruel and unusual punishment that after only 15 years and every five years thereafter, a victim's family would have to relive such a horrible tragedy," Finegold Said Thursday.
Among those to criticize the court's decision last month was Ritzer's family.
"Lost in the decision of the Supreme Judicial Court is justice for victims and those that mourn such devastating losses. We are thankful for this effort to right a great injustice for victims and their families," said a statement from the Ritzers on Thursday.
"It is our hope that Senator Finegold's proposal will pass the legislature and be signed into law so that those convicted of first-degree murder serve longer sentences before they are eligible for parole and therefore prevented from harming others," they said.
"In the wake of court decisions eliminating life without parole for these offenders, we must act now to ensure that those murderers serve the sentences their crimes deserve, and that we protect public safety from their premature release," said Tarr.
"If we must consider parole in these cases, it must be done with respect to victims and their families and the security of our communities as much as to the rights conferred by the judiciary," he said.
Brodie's family on Thursday said 15 years isn't a "a reasonable punishment for a killer of any age" and feels like a "slap in the face" to them.
"Preparing for parole hearings forces us to re-live the worst days of our lives. The pure and innocent are paying the price for the evil and twisted. We seek justice, justice for Beth Brodie, justice for all families involved," they said.
The main feature of the bill is just what Essex County District Attorney Jon Blodgett called for in a letter to lawmakers on Friday, asking them to consider extending minimum prison terms for juveniles convicted of first-degree murder from 15 to 35 years.
Blodgett made the plea on behalf of the Mass. District Attorney's Association. He argued prosecutors already evaluate a defendant's maturity, along with premeditation and the heinous nature of the crime, among other factors when seeking a murder indictment for a juvenile.
Blodgett said such discretion means only a small fraction of juvenile killers – "the worst of the worst" – are convicted of first-degree murder.
The SJC's ruling was in line with a 2012 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that it is "cruel and unusual punishment" and thereby unconstitutional for states to require all juvenile killers to be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. The SJC referenced research that shows juveniles' brains are still developing.
The difference between the Supreme Court's decision and this one is that under the federal ruling juvenile killers were allowed a hearing to determine if they could be rehabilitated. This decision simply allows convicts of first-degree murder to be eligible for a parole hearing after 15 years, which is the same state standard for second-degree murder.
"While not ideal, 35 years of incarceration would provide victims' families with some sense of justice and provide a small measure of comfort and security to the community in which the murder occurred," Blodgett wrote.
The new bill was filed in both legislative bodies on Tuesday and has 22 sponsors so far. More legislators are expected to sign-on to the bill before a Jan. 31 deadline, at which time it will be assigned to committee.
Tarr and Finegold were joined Thursday by co-sponsors Sen. Joan Lovely (D-Salem), Rep. Ted Speliotis (D-Danvers) and Sens. Richard Ross (R-Wrentham), Donald Humason (R-Westfield), James Timilty (D-Walpole), Richard Moore (D-Uxbridge) and Eileen Donoghue (D-Lowell).
The new bill is actually very similar to one filed in the House by Rep. John Keenan (D-Salem) last year.
Keenan told the Salem News earlier this week he filed the legislation after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, likewise seeking a minimum prison term of 35 years before eligibility for parole.
He said he consulted at the time with former Middlesex DA Gerry Leone.
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Manassas Park and parts of Manassas could have a new person representing it in the Virginia Senate if a bill that narrowly passed in the state senate Monday night takes effect.
The Senate bill, which squeezed through with a 20-19 vote, shifts the districts of five senate Democrats—three representing Northern Virginia—toward more Republican-voting areas. (See a map of the proposed redistricting in the media box to the right.)
Under the proposal, the districts of John Edwards (D-21st) Dave Marsden (D-37th), George Barker (D-39th), Charles "Chuck" Colgan (D-29th) and John Miller (D-1st) would all change.
Virginia's legislature last redistricted House and Senate districts in 2011.
Republican Sen. John Watkins (R-10th) defended the bill as "an effort to create another majority black Senate district," the Associated Press reports. But Democratic leaders and liberal organizations across the state decried the bill as violating the state's own constitution, along with a move that doesn't allow for public input or comments.
In a statement from the Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus, Barker said, "A Circuit Court judge recently ruled that the Virginia Constitution does not allow for re-redistricting, which is what this bill would do, in order 'to preclude 'politically convenient' redistricting whenever one political party or the other might gain the upper hand.' This type of action is not permissible under the Constitution."
ProgressVA officials stated, "This move is an obvious violation of the State Constitution, which clearly states that redistricting occurs every ten years. Legislators can't rewrite the rules of the game whenever they want. Voters should be choosing their leaders, not the other way around."
Monday's Senate bill makes amendments to an earlier-passed House bill (HB259). The senate's amendments to HB259 now goes back to the House for approval or the bills will go to conference, where members of the House of Delegates and Virginia Senate can hash out their differences.


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NATIONAL Park chiefs have launched a two-year campaign to cut the number of tourists using cars in the New Forest.
The National Park Authority (NPA) wants to protect the fragile environment by persuading more people to use public transport or cycle.
The award-winning New Forest Tour is due to be extended with a third bus being added to cover the south-west corner of the area and a new bus route serving Lepe Country Park is also under discussion.
It follows the Government's decision earlier this year to fund new initiatives to reduce the impact of traffic on the New Forest and South Downs national parks.
The Department for Transport has released almost £4m, which must be spent by 2015.
New measures to tackle the problem were revealed at a meeting of the NPA, which heard that bus and rail facilities would be upgraded.
Members welcomed the scheme but said it should be extended to embrace electric cars and the Hythe passenger ferry.
They also stressed the need to reduce congestion in Lyndhurst, which is the Forest's biggest bottleneck.
NPA member Alan Rice condemned the "dinosaurs" who had repeatedly blocked moves to build a Lyndhurst bypass.
But New Forest councillor Maureen Holding issued a warning over moves to encourage more cycling in the Forest, saying Brockenhurst was already "swamped" during the tourist season.
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If you want to have the New Forest retain it's beauty, then close minor roads to vehicles other than residents.
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£4m won't even touch the surface of this issue ..
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Monday, July 25, 2011
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According to the police, Breivik detonated a car bomb in front of the government building in Oslo as a diversion, then infiltrated a summer camp for the ruling party's children on the island of Utøya, and opened fire. Initial reports put the combined death toll of the bombing and the shooting spree at 93, which have since been revised to around 70.
Much is being made of Breivik's Facebook, Twitter and blog posts - all very recent - and the manifesto (CNN) he allegedly worked from. They almost read as a list of talking points of the diversity-obsessed multi-culturalists, wishing to discredit their critics.
Charlie Booker rightly found it terrible that the media "experts" rushed to judgment and blamed the Muslims. Given the jihadist proclivity for terrorism, that wasn't an entirely outlandish conjecture; the problem was that it posed as certainty.
I'm not sure anyone will dare speak up in a similar manner against a rising tendency to smear all the traditionalists, conservatives, and opponents of totalitarian welfare-statism and unrestricted immigration as murderous fanatics. It will again be a conjecture, posing as certainty, only even less grounded in fact. Breivik is shocking precisely because he is a glaring exception to the rule. Surely, his fanaticism can hardly compare to that of people who believe the best way to ensure diversity of appearance (a goal asserted to be good without explanation) is the ironclad uniformity of thought?
Those looking for sympathy for Breivik will find none here. He's a murderer. How can fighting for the future of one's nation - Breivik's declared goal, if the papers are to be believed - mean murdering that nation's children? An absurdity, if ever there was one.
Nor do I want to get into arguments over which of his convictions were grounded in reality; I've been saying for years that actions and beliefs ought to be judged on their own inherent merits, or lack thereof, rather than on the basis of who claims association with them.
I do, however, wish to address one particular aspect of Breivik's alleged motivation, which is getting more and more play in the Western press. According to CNN, his manifesto suggests that he was driven to action by Norway's involvement in the 1999 Kosovo war, directed against "our Serbian brothers (who) wanted to drive Islam out by deporting the Albanian Muslims back to Albania." Next thing you know, the media will declare, "The Serbs made him do it." Worked for that kid in Salt Lake City, did it not?
Let me clarify, then. If Breivik saw the 1999 war in the way described above, he was factually wrong. While Islam is a powerful factor that has shaped and driven Albanian chauvinism for over a century (and certainly underpins the destructive rage against the Serbian Orthodox churches), the Albanian regime controlling Kosovo today systematically oppresses not only the remaining Serbs, but also the Gorani - Muslims by faith, Serbs by language - which indicates that its bigotry is ethno-cultural as well as religious.
If anything, it was NATO - and the U.S. - who saw the war in terms of helping the "good Muslims" against the evil Orthodox Serbs.
The Serbian government fought to defeat a terrorist insurgency seeking to make Kosovo part of an enlarged Albanian state. There was no plan of persecution and deportation - unless one believes the sordid German fiction called "Operation Horseshoe". Serbia is actually the most multi-ethnic Yugoslav successor state, and home to a substantial Muslim population. These days, Belgrade is entirely too tolerant of a militant Muslim cleric who seeks to foment a rebellion in its southwestern parts. To argue that Serbia sought to expel the Albanians in 1999 due to their Muslim faith is to accept NATO's excuse for the bombing. That claim was wrong then, and it is wrong now.
Furthermore, over the past two decades of vilest demonization in the Western media - worse by far than the cartoon depictions of Muslims over which there have been riots, death threats and even murders - as well as not one, but two bombing campaigns, there has not been a single Serbian terrorist attack in the West. Not one. As a result of Imperial meddling, Serb populations in today's Croatia, large parts of Bosnia and Kosovo have become extinct, yet no Serb has ever resorted to terrorism against NATO countries. Let alone shot up a summer camp full of children.
No cause can justify the murder of innocents, whether it is purportedly a struggle against the loss of national identity (as Breivik claims), or bringing democracy (as the Empire and its allies have claimed) to Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya - or for that matter, Kosovo. Sadly, neither Breivik nor those who will sit in his judgment seem to understand that simple fact.
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- Doot said...
It's impressive how some Serbs are able to make the whole world about them. a unique kind of malignant narcissism
- 26 July, 2011 06:45
- Dorde said...
Yes, Frum and other neos are begging the drum beat again. Alas their "job" seems to be to continue to foment mischief and not understanding of the facts.
- 26 July, 2011 09:00
- Dorde said...
Nebojsa, even worse, we are now being held accountable for the overdose death of a British pop singer!
- 26 July, 2011 10:45
- Gray Falcon said...
Doot, next thing you'll tell me is that the Economist blogger devoting so much space to the "Serbian connection" is actually a Serb?
How did that parade go, by the way? Owning the future yet?
- 26 July, 2011 11:20
- David of Rascia said...
The Serbian ruler and poet, Petar Petrovitch-Nyegosh has a suitable word of wisdom for you: "The monkey is looking at himself in a mirror."
About the only malignant narcissism that is extant in today's world is that of the U.S. Be a man and stop prodding your nose into other people's business.
- 26 July, 2011 14:26
- Dorde said...
Should read "beginning the drum beat...". Izvinite.
- 26 July, 2011 14:50
- Justin said...
If anything, Breivik's agenda sounds more like the Ustashe than the Serbs, the way he talks about ridding Europe of foreigners.
He thinks he'll fit right in with the Serbs, when in fact that is clown would fit in better with the Croats because of their Croatian Ustashe agenda, which shares several points as Breivik's.
Hostility to Communism and Marxism.
Pro-Church morality and heavy emphasis on the state and Christian religion, like what Breivik believes.
Expulsion of foreigners.
Hostility to foreigners.
All Ustashe traits that Breivik repsresents in his manifesto.
The Ustashe also believes that they were liberators from foreign Serbian influence and Jewish influence and that Roman Catholicism was the answer to create a crusade, much like Breivik did.
This guy's manifesto resembles the Croatian Ustashe in every way, but he is paired with the Serbs, which is ridiculous is my opinion, when in fact this clown MORE resembles the Ustase. Ante Pavelic saw himself as a religious savior from foreign influence and sought to rid Croatia of foreigners and foreign influence, much like Breivik does.
Breivik is an Ante Pavelic inmitation, yet he knows nothing about Ante Pavelic and the Pavelic agenda that HE resembles. The whole Croat nation believes people like Breivik because people like Breivik are leaders over there. And he thinks he's a Serb or has Serbian brothers? Please! This idiot more resembles the Croats and the Croatian Ustashe than he does the Serbs or the Serbian resistance fighters against Ottoman tyranny. If anything, he's an Ustashe pure and simple.
This guy is an Ustashe clone, pure and simple. Right?
Thank you.
Breivik is a psychopath, much like Pavelic does. See the resemblence between him and Pavelic? They're practically twins with their ideological hate agenda. They couldn't be more different.
Anders Breivik is another Ante Pavelic! Pure and simple.
- 27 July, 2011 17:11
- Doot said...
You guys must be proud that a murderous nutter agrees with you!
- 28 July, 2011 05:34
- Gray Falcon said...
Doot, you're projecting. Check the mirror.
- 28 July, 2011 11:27
- 1389 said...
It's just fine when the socialist/pro-jihadi axis spreads propaganda. They never get blamed for any of the evils THEY incite. Funny how that works.
Something interesting about the "youth camp" itself:
Utøya Youth Camp was Fatah PLO Camp for Nearly 15 Years
BTW, I haven't heard from you in a long time. If you want to get in touch with me, please click HERE.
- 03 August, 2011 23:08
- 1389 said...
Somebody ought to tell Doot that facts are facts, regardless of the motives or the character of those who recite them.
Just because Breivik told the truth about the Serbs being victimized, that does not make it any less true.
Facts are not a matter of opinion, but of evidence and logic. Doot the Narcissist can have whatever opinions he wants, but he doesn't get to have his own facts.
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Digital Certificate Authority (CA) Trustwave revealed that it has issued a digital certificate that enabled an unnamed private company to spy on SSL-protected connections within its corporate network, an action that prompted the Mozilla community to debate whether the CA's root certificate should be removed from Firefox.
The certificate issued by Trustwave is known as a subordinate root and enabled its owner to sign digital certificates for virtually any domain on the Internet. The certificate was to be used within a private network within a data loss prevention system, Trustwave said in a blog post on Saturday.
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The CA took steps to ensure that the subordinate root could not be stolen or abused. The certificate was stored in a Hardware Security Module, a device built specifically for the management of digital keys, which ensured that its extraction was impossible, Trustwave said.
The company also performed on-site physical security audits to make sure that the system can't be removed from the premises and used to intercept SSL-encrypted (Secure Sockets Layer-encrypted) traffic on another network.
"We did not create a system where the customer could generate ad-hoc SSL certificates AND extract the private keys to be used outside this device," said Brian Trzupek, Trustwave's vice president for managed identity and authentication, in a discussion on Mozilla's bug tracker on Tuesday. "Nor could the subordinate root key ever get exported from the device."
Mozilla's community is currently debating whether the issuing of such certificates represents a breach of the software vendor's CA Certificate Policy, regardless of what security measures were put in place. CAs adhere to this Policy in order to have their root certificates trusted by Mozilla's products.
"We reserve the right to not include a particular CA certificate in our software products. This includes (but is not limited to) cases where we believe that including a CA certificate (or setting its "trust bits" in a particular way) would cause undue risks to users' security, for example, with CAs that knowingly issue certificates without the knowledge of the entities whose information is referenced in the certificates," the Mozilla's CA Certificate Policy states.
Some users are asking Mozilla to remove Trustwave's root certificate from Firefox and Thunderbird because domain name owners were not aware that Trustwave was re-signing certificates in their name through a subordinate root.
"We're still evaluating the reports from Trustwave, and have not yet decided on a course of action. In the interim, we are pleased to hear that this subordinate certificate is being revoked. We encourage any other CAs with similar certificates to follow Trustwave's example of disclosure and revocation,"said Johnathan Nightingale, senior director of Firefox Engineering at Mozilla Corp.


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An Abilene man was arrested Thursday for allegedly trying to return an item to a store even though he had not paid for it.
Nathaniell Moreno, 25, was arrested at the Walmart Supercenter on Southwest Drive. According to a police report, he allegedly removed an item from a shelf and tried to return it. Employees denied the return and Moreno allegedly exited and passed all points of sale.
He was detained in the parking lot and searched. Police said the item was recovered and they also discovered he had marijuana on him. He was booked into the Taylor County Jail on class B theft and possession of marijuana charges.
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Takei makes light of his popularity on the Internet decades after becoming a TV star.
We sat down with the funny man on Friday.
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I hope you'll find this Weekly Update fun and exciting. We are continuing to move forward on all fronts. I also hope to have more surprises for you in the months to come.
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The goal is to collect 2,000 pounds of food or 2,000 blood donations. The event is in its seventh year.
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Through the coordinated care model, coordinated care organizations are delivering improved, more integrated care to Oregon Health Plan members. With a focus on primary care and prevention, health plans using the coordinated care model are able to better manage chronic conditions and keep people healthy and out of the emergency department.
Key elements of the coordinated care model include:
A coordinated care organization, or CCO, is a network of all types of health care providers (physical health care, addictions and mental health care and sometimes dental care providers) who have agreed to work together in their local communities to serve people who receive health care coverage under the Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid). CCOs are focused on prevention and helping people manage chronic conditions, like diabetes. This helps reduce unnecessary emergency room visits and gives people support to be healthy.
Under CCOs, the Oregon Health Plan's medical benefits have not changed. Before CCOs, the system separated physical, behavioral and other types of care. That made things more difficult for patients and providers and more expensive for the state.
CCOs have the flexibility to support new models of care that are patient-centered and team-focused, and reduce health disparities. CCOs are able to better coordinate services and also focus on prevention, chronic illness management and person-centered care. They have flexibility within their budgets to provide services alongside today's OHP medical benefits with the goal of meeting the Triple Aim of better health, better care and lower costs for the population they serve.
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The 2012 World Golf Championships - Accenture Match Play Championships will continue Thursday morning in Marana, Ariz. The knockout tournament is being held at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain. The event has certainly not lacked star power or upsets, as many of the top seeds fell on Wednesday.
Now that we know who won in the first round, here is the complete slate of matches for Thursday. All times are local.
Bobby Jones Bracket:
11:49 a.m.: Ernie Els vs. Peter Hanson
12:01 p.m.: Brandt Snedeker vs. Kyle Stanley
10:13 a.m.: Mark Wilson vs. Robert Rock
10:25 a.m.: Dustin Johnson vs. Franceso Molinari
Ben Hogan Bracket:
11:01 a.m.: Martin Kaymer vs. David Toms
9:37 a.m.: Hunter Mahan vs. Y.E. Yang
9:25 a.m.: Louis Oosthuizen vs. Steve Stricker
11:13 a.m.: Matt Kuchar vs. Bubba Watson
Gary Player Bracket:
10:49 a.m.: Charl Schwartzel vs. Sang-Moon Bae
10:37 a.m.: Jason Day vs. John Senden
12:25 p.m.: Keegan Bradley vs. Miguel A. Jimenez
12:13 p.m.: Rory McIlroy vs. Anders Hansen
Sam Snead Bracket:
10:01 a.m.: Paul Lawrie vs. Ryo Ishikawa
9:49 a.m.: Martin Laird vs. Matteo Manassero
11:37 a.m.: Tiger Woods vs. Nick Watney
11:25 a.m.: Lee Westwood vs. Robert Karlsson
Thursday's round will be televised on the Golf Channel from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET.
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Friday, Jan 21, 2005
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Swiss co Holcim cements deal with Ambuja for ACC
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Mumbai , Jan. 20
THE story of the giants in the Indian cement sector being impregnable to foreign invaders is now truly over, with the second largest cement manufacturer in the world, the Swiss company Holcim, on the threshold of control of the oldest and currently second largest cement manufacturing capacity in India, Associated Cement Companies.
Gujarat Ambuja Cement Ltd and Holcim Ltd today announced a strategic alliance that will see Holcim get 67 per cent stake in Ambuja Cements India Ltd (ACIL), with Gujarat Ambuja holding 33 per cent. Through ACIL - which already holds 13.8 per cent in ACC and 94 per cent in ACEL - Holcim will make open offers for ACC as well as Ambuja Cement Eastern Ltd.
Overall, Holcim will spend $800 million (Rs 3,502 crore), which according to Mr Anil Singhvi, whole-time Director with Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd, would account for 20 per cent of the foreign direct investment of $4 billion recently in the country
On the unexpected entry of the foreign cement major, Mr Singhvi said: "At GACL we have never resisted the entry of MNCs into the sector, we welcome competition. In fact, we have brought in the competition in collaboration with us."
After the open offer, ACIL, which owns 13.8 per cent in ACC, will increase its shareholding up to 50.01 per cent. The open offer is at Rs 370 per share. (This happens to be the same price at which ACIL acquired its original stake in ACC from the Tata group five years ago).
The open offer for ACEL will be at Rs 70 per share, for the entire public shareholding from the minority shareholders. ACIL, which owns 94 per cent of ACEL, aims to own 100 per cent of ACEL.
If the deal proceeds according to the plan, Holcim itself will effectively have a 33 per cent stake in ACC and a 67 per cent stake in ACEL, and would clearly be the single largest shareholder in both these companies.
Highest ever valuation: Valuation-wise, this transaction could have fetched the highest ever in the Indian cement industry. "The valuation of ACC shares is based on the internal factors. The cost per tonne for the deal works out to $90 per tonne. This is higher than the previous transactions in the cement sector. The previous deal where cement division of L&T was de-merged was valued at $80 per tonne," said Mr Promeet Ghosh, Senior Vice-President, DSP Merrill Lynch.
Holcim has entered into an agreement with private equity investors American International Group and Government of Singapore Investment Corp to acquire their entire 40 per cent shareholding in ACIL for $200 million (Rs 875 crore).
Holcim has also entered into a share subscription arrangement with ACIL for investing $600 million towards capital.
This will eventually go towards the open offers to be made for ACC and ACEL. After this, the paid up capital of ACIL will increase from Rs 475 crore to Rs 850 crore, said Mr Singhvi. Both these acquisitions are being made at Rs 47 per ACIL share, at a premium of Rs 37 per share of face value Rs 10, and are subject to regulatory approvals.
ACIL Board to be reconstituted: The board of directors of ACIL will be reconstituted to reflect the shareholding pattern with two-thirds of the members to be nominees of Holcim, the rest to be nominees of Gujarat Ambuja.
The members of the board of Associated Cement Companies Ltd today accorded their `no-objection' to the proposed open offer by Holcim group for the limited purposes of the application to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board by the foreign company for its proposed offer.
Share prices fall: Both Gujarat Ambuja and ACC today ended lower on the bourses. Gujarat Ambuja closed at Rs. 423.5 on BSE, down by Rs 21.85, losing 4.91 per cent from yesterday's close.
ACC lost 6.46 per cent, losing Rs 23.6, to close at Rs 341.75. The market apparently expected higher valuations for ACC, said brokers.
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Ashley De Leon
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About Me
I was born and raised a Seattleite. I completed my undergraduate career at Seattle University graduated a degree in communication in June 2011. I spent the two years after graduation working in the PR/Marketing field, but knew Higher Ed was where I wanted to be in the long run.
What do you hope to do with your degree?
I hope to work on a college campus with students in the hopes of making an impact on their development in those four years.
How did you hear about SOLES, and why did you choose to enroll?
I knew I wanted to go to a smaller university and I also knew that I wanted the option to go abroad, as I never was able to do that during my undergrad. When I was researching schools, SOLES immediately popped up. I knew it was the place I wanted to be.
Tell us about any graduate assistantships you have done through SOLES.
I am currently part of the SASC collaborative as a Graduate Assistant in the Office of Sustainability. It's this position where I am advising the students of Be Blue Go Green, as well as supporting with the marketing and social media efforts of the office.
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Volleyball Aces Bethune-Cookman, 3-2
Nov. 8, 2000
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Jacksonville University volleyball team served up a school-record 20 aces as the Dolphins defeated Bethune-Cookman, 3-2, Wednesday evening at Moore Gymnasium.
Junior outside hitter Carrie Arago (Orlando, Fla.) tied JU's five-game match record for service aces with nine, while also tallying 15 kills. Senior middle hitter Brooke Jackson (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.)led the Dolphins' office with 23 kills as JU tallied a .316 attack percentage (73 kills, 25 errors, 152 attempts).
Freshman outside hitter Radka Dimitrova (Sofia, Bulgaria) and senior middle hitter Tiffany Twaddle (Dallas, Texas) led the Dolphin defense with 11 digs each.
The Dolphins appeared to be headed for an easy win as the match began. JU ran out to a 7-1 lead in game one and cruised to a 15-7 win. In the opening game, JU tallied seven service aces. Bethune-Cookman came right back, though, and ran out to a 3-0 lead in game two. The Lady Wildcats held the lead most of the way, but JU fought back to take the lead at 12-11. Bethne-Cookman refused to go away and went on to win, 15-13.
Game three proved to be an impressive performance for the Dolphins as they ran away with a 15-3 win. Bethune-Cookman forced a game five when they refused to lose the fourth game. The Lady Wildcats had an early 3-1 lead and came back from a 7-3 JU advantage. BCC tied the score at 10-10 and outscored the Dolphins 5-1 the rest of the way to win 15-11.
The Dolphins took and early 2-0 lead in game five, but Bethune-Cookman played a tough contest early on. The Lady Wildcats led 5-4, but JU would pull away eventually. JU retook the lead at 7-6, and outscored BCC 8-2 the rest of the match for the decisive 15-8 victory.
Shana Herron led Bethune-Cookman with 16 kills while Cortina Hall paced the Lady Wildcat defense with 12 digs.
The Dolphins return to action when they close out the regular season on Friday, Nov. 10 vs. TAAC foe Mercer at 5 p.m. Prior to the start of the contest, JU will honor its four-member senior class.


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The Herald Bulletin
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ANDERSON — Four-month-old Gabriyel S. Gilley of Anderson was found dead Tuesday after apparently wriggling out of an infant seat on the floor of the family home. Gabriyel was found lying face down on the floor, according to Madison County Coroner Marian Dunnichay.
Dunnichay said the infant appeared to have died from positional asphyxiation, which occurs when body position prevents proper breathing.
Dunnichay said there was no malice or negligence in the death, it was just a tragic accident. She also noted that results of an autopsy will be available in 6-8 weeks.
26th annual John Dillinger Car Show
DALEVILLE — The 26th annual Bank Robbery Run John Dillinger Car Show will be Saturday at Daleville Elementary School. Daleville Classic Car Club is the event sponsor.
From 8 a.m. to noon, registration will take place. At 3 p.m., the awards ceremony gets underway.
The show also will feature 50/50 drawings, door prizes (including the main door prize as $500), food vendors and a disc jockey playing rock from the 1950s, '60s and '70s.
The entry fee for the show the day of the show is $12.
Prairie Farms to celebrate anniversary
ANDERSON — Prairie Farms Dairy is celebrating its 75th anniversary with free community events across the Midwest. One of these events is taking place in Anderson from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Athletic Park. The event is open to community members, families and employees.
Attendees will have the chance to sample new products as well as old favorites, enjoy cake and sign a giant anniversary card. All guests will be able to enter to win a year's supply of dairy products or a family vacation. There will also be multiple educational booths set up to teach families about farming, general health, the benefits of chocolate milk and more.
Concert tonight at Davis Park
ANDERSON — First United Methodist Church of Anderson is sponsoring a concert at 7 p.m. today at Davis Park, 4507 Nichol Ave. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
The concert will feature the bands House of Heroes, Come Wind and Curt Anderson. There is limited ticket availability, so call the church office at 643-6977 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to reserve your seat.
Summer Solstice ceremony at Mounds
ANDERSON — Mounds State Park's Summer Solstice ceremony featuring the Miami Tribe's Sacred Drum ceremony on the Great Mound will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Activities will feature Native American games, Atlatl throwing contest and Native American crafts.
NAACP meeting set for Sunday
ANDERSON — A general membership meeting of the NAACP will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Branch Office.
The agenda will include the president's report and community concerns. The public is encouraged to attend.
For more information, call James Burgess, president, at 643-9100.
William Mathys to serve as speaker
ANDERSON — On Monday, at 7 p.m., William Mathys will be the speaker at the Madison County Historical Society members and friends meeting.
He will be presenting a discussion "Verses by the side of the road." The meeting will be in the Bowman Room of the History Center, 11 W. 11th St.
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News: Pusha T Hints At Next Possible G.O.O.D. Music Signing, "It Could Be Serious Man"
Friday, Oct 21, 2011 10:20PM
The G.O.O.D. Music family may be growing as Pusha T has hinted at the possibility of leader Kanye West signing New York rapper French Montana to the ever-growing team.
Admitting he is down with French, Pusha said the rapper's addition could only strengthen G.O.O.D. Music.
"I mean for what G.O.O.D. Music has been known for, but I don't know if G.O.O.D. Music was known for Pusha T. You know what I'm saying? I don't think G.O.O.D. Music was necessarily known for what it is that I do and think that we about to shock the world come 2012," Pusha promised in an interview. "I'm a fan of French personally. If that happens to happen, the way that French is putting out music and he puts out visuals and is like really self-contained, it could be serious man." (WGCI)
Recently, DJ Drama took credit for teaming Pusha T and Montana for his Third Power album.
"It's the first time Pusha T and French Montana are on a song together. I'm not sure if you are hearing pre-G.O.O.D. Music Pusha but I can tell you it's motherf*cking Pusha T with them bars. Pusha deserves everything's he's been getting because he's been doing it for a long time. French is another guy that's been putting in work. I'm liking the energy French has with everything he's got going on with his grind. It's something very organic." ("5 Reasons Why")
Last August, Montana revealed Ye's interest in bringing him over.
Earlier today, Tuesday (August 16), New York's rapper French Montana revealed onPower 105.1 The Breakfast Club that Kanye West reached out to him and is interested in signing him to his G.O.O.D Music label. French is managed by Waka Flocka's mother Debra Antney Mizay Entertainment. (Yo Don Bleek Raps)
He also said Maybach Music Group leader Rick Ross was interested in signing him.
"Big shouts to Rick Ross, man. He just showed me a lot of love. He just hit me up one day, "I was always a fan of his music'" at like three in the morning, telling me to come to the studio. When I met up with him, it was just love. He let me hear the whole Self Made album, asked me what was my favorite song, and let me jump on it then threw it on the album. [He] jumped on "Choppa Choppa Down" for me and we just been back and forth, man. He just love my work and I'm a fan of his work. It's just been like that." (XXL Mag)
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Portlets in Action - Book Review
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|Portlets in Action is a good book for new and experienced Java portlet developers. The author does his best to not make the book specific to a portal vendor and uses Liferay, the best open source feature rich portal available at this time. It is important to note that this book is not a Liferay reference and covering all the features and functionalities of Liferay would be out of its scope.
ReviewPortal standard has been around since 2003. A lot of proprietary portal servers, portal developers, and architects have been around for a while. One thing lacking in this field is quality books that new developers can use to get onboard. Most developers who are used to a particular portal server are frequently surprised and left wondering how the feature would work in other portals. Yes, there is a standard but it is more like the interpretation of the Constitution when it comes to the real implementation of them. It is not easy to write a book that can serve as a reference to all open source portals. This book is definitely a great asset to the portal developers irrespective of the portal servers they work on.
The author covers the vast majority of the necessary topics, which range from the explanation of the portal framework to the various JEE frameworks that can be used to build portlets. He discusses the use of AJAX and various client side and server side libraries like DOJO, DWR etc. The choice of Liferay as the portal server seems to be a very good one as it is one of the most widely used open-source portals with an active community behind it. The book does a great job of explaining some of the topics that are supported in one portal and not the other. The author also gives details on Spring MVC, which can serve as a very good reference.
The author touches on the topic of portlet bridges and how an application can be migrated. This chapter is very encouraging but, as the warning goes, it is not easy to migrate all applications that are web applications to portlet applications. I could personally relate to this warning, having migrated Spring Web applications into portal a couple years ago.
This book is massive as seems to be the trend for "in Action" books. I have not run the samples for their correctness on various portal servers. In a few places the author uses iGoogle as an example. I do not think they fit in as standard examples of JSR-168 and JSR-286 portals. There is a benefit and disadvantage about describing every tool the author uses in the book. Some examples are explaining ANT, what the lines in build.xml do, facelets, and wicket. The benefit is that a new developer does not have to search the web for every new term he sees. The disadvantage is that it discourages experienced readers. An appendix could be good for describing some of the tools and technologies. The warnings should be read carefully as the author sometime uses quirks to get his sample application going.
To conclude, on a scale of 1 to 5, I would give this book a 4.
(Note: Opinions expressed in this article and its replies are the opinions of their respective authors and not those of DZone, Inc.)


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Your transplant center will have a social worker who can help you with the process. The social worker is there to assist you, and will keep your discussions confidential.
Potential donors should consider the following questions:
Potential donors will need to consider their overall health, any medical problems such as high blood pressure or diabetes, level of activity, the effects of donation on children or other family members, financial considerations, time lost from work, travel expenses, and the donor's distance from the transplant center.
The decision to become a living donor must be made voluntarily and free from pressure. Individuals have the right to decide that kidney donation is not for them. Likewise, some individuals with kidney failure may decide they do not want a transplant or choose not to consider a living donor. The decision of the potential donor and recipient must be respected. Living donors may change their minds at any time during the evaluation process without fear of embarrassment or repercussions:
There may be instances… in which the potential donor seeks the support of the transplant team to decline donation. For example, if the potential donor anticipates being ostracized from the family by saying "no" to the recipient, the transplant team could assist the potential donor in developing an appropriate medical disclaimer, enabling the potential donor to decline gracefully…
-- The Authors for the Live Organ Donor Consensus Group, "Consensus Statement on the Live Organ Donor", JAMA, December 13, 2000- Vol 284, No. 22 (Reprinted)
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WAYNE - Helen (Kubiak) Cousemaker, 87, died Dec. 16, 2012.
Cousemaker was born Oct. 21, 1925 in Lodz, Poland, the daughter of the late Boleslaw and the late Marion (Adamazewska) Kubiak. She lived in Wayne for 58 years and was an accountant for many law firms in the area, including Dorfman, Abrams, & Music in Hawthorne before retiring. Cousemaker was a member of Our Lady of the Valley R.C. Church.
Cousemaker is survived by her children Carol and her husband James Wegman, Janet Cousemaker and David and his wife Carol Cousemaker; and grandchildren Derek and Andrew Cousemaker, Nico Giambanco, and Kelly, Brian and Daniel Wegman.
She was predeceased by her husband of 61 years, Arthur, on Oct. 18, 2012.
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Back to School: Best Laptops for College
August 19, 2013 | Posted By: Bryan Marsden | Categorized in: Back to School
As school gets closer, your college bound kids are nagging you that they need a new laptop. With working long hours, you have little time to even look at the current laptop market, let alone actually research which ones you should consider. That is where we come in. We are here to help you, the overworked parents, with making an informed decision on what the best laptops are for your specific needs. With that out of the way, lets get started!
High End Laptops
13 Macbook Air - $1050The MacBook Air has much more to offer than just a pretty exterior. It has a staggering 12 hour battery life, so you can remain off the plug for around half the day. This means not having to worry about running out of juice in the middle of class. Versatility wise, it cant be beat. With VMWare or Boot Camp, you can run both Windows and OSX on the same machine. This gives you the best of both worlds. You can run all your media /apps on the OSX side, and MS Office and mild gaming on the Windows side. With a weight of just under 3lbs it's easy to carry for walking around campus.
Other Specs:13.3 screen, 1.3 GHz dual core Intel Haswell CPU, 802.11 ac networking, 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD), 4GB RAM, Thunderbolt port, headhone jack, SDXC card slot
Asus Zenbook Prime Touch - $1000
With it's brushed aluminium chassis, the Zenbook Prime is not only a pretty ultrabook but a very sturdy one also. However, that isn't why we picked this as one of our "best" laptops. With it's wide viewing angles, and great color reproduction, the Zenbook's 1,920 by 1,080 full HD screen is one of the best out there. If you are into watching movies and videos on your laptop, the Zenbook has a clear advantage over the MacBook Air. It is also fully touch capable, which allows you to swipe through applications, or scroll with a wave of your hand. To really get what Windows 8 is all about, you really do need a touch screen. Like the MacBook Air, it is also very light. It comes in at just over 3lbs. Battery life is around good at around 6 hours of mixed use.
Other Specs: 13.3 screen, 1.7 GHz Intel i5 dual core CPU, 802.11 ac networking, 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD), 4GB RAM, 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0 port x2, headhone jack, USB 2.0 x1,DVD Burner, VGA port, HDMI port,
Budget Laptops
Lenovo G580 - $470The Lenovo G580 is a no nonsense work horse. It is what people think of, when they think laptop." It's not as pretty as the two high-end models, but it does have a large screen (15.6 inch), lots of storage (500GB) and an excellent keyboard to type your papers on. Armed with a 2.5GHz i5 Intel processor its performance is very good. It also has a DVD burner for those that still have some old media that requires it.
So why is it only under $500? Well, there is always a trade off on price vs performance. It only has a 5400-rpm HDD, rather than a SSD. It also weighs just over 5lbs, and the chassis is plastic rather than aluminum. Battery life is only 3-5 hours depending on what you are doing.
Other Specs:15.6 screen, 2.5GHz Intel i5 CPU, 4GB RAM, headphone jack, USB 3.0 x2, USB 2.0x1, VGA port, HDMI port, DVD Burner, 802.11b/g/n wireless.
Samsung Chromebook - $250
The Samsung Chromebook is for the person that spends most of their time online, and doesn't mind doing most of their work in Google docs or other Google cloud services. It has very limited storage at just 16GB, but Google provides 100GB of free cloud storage for 2 years, so it isn't so restraining. It also doesn't come with a standard Intel or AMD CPU, because it isn't running a full OS. This lets it get by with a tablet CPU while still maintaining decent performance. Weight wise, it comes in at just 2.43 lbs, and while the 7 hour battery life isn't outstanding, but it is in line with the Zenbook from above. The keyboard is good, and very easy to type on.
The downsides (and they are major downsides) is that it has more in common with a tablet, than a true laptop. Everything has to be run through the Chrome browser, and you need to be connected to Wi-Fi to do pretty much everything. Software is very limited, so Google Docs will be your best friend! If you are fine with these limitations, then it's $250 well spent.
Other Specs: 11.6 screen, Dual-core 1.7 Ghz Cortex Samsung CPU, 2GB RAM, 16GB SSD, USB 3.0 x1, USB 2.0 x1,Combo mic/headphones jack, SD memory card slot, HDMI port, Bluetooth 3.0, Wireless: 802.11 abg/n
Hybrid Laptops
Lenovo Yoga 11S - $800
Lenovos Yoga 11s tries to combine the aspects of a laptop and a tablet into one device. It does this by allowing you to fold the keyboard back 360 degrees. The ability to do this lets you create several different modes to use. Fold the keyboard all the way back, and it deactivates the keyboard and it becomes a full on tablet, with the power of a laptop. Fold the Yoga into a V and the devices stands up on its own, and you can set it on a table or airplane tray to watch movies on. In laptop mode it functions like any other laptop, and performance is pretty good.
There are a couple of trade offs to have this kind of flexibility. First, you need to get used to feeling the keys when it is in tablet mode. Second, for an 11-inch laptop, its pretty heavy at 3lbs(compare that to a iPad at 1.44lbs). That doesnt sound bad for a laptop, but it can be an issue if you are holding it in tablet mode for a long period of time. Third, battery life is only around 4-5 hours depending on what you are doing.
Other Specs: 11.6 inch screen, 1.4GHz Intel i3 CPU, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, USB 3.0 x1, USB 2.0 x1, headphone jack, microphone, HDMI port, SD/MMC card reader, 802.11 b/g/n wireless, Bluetooth 4.0
HP Envy X2 - $650
The Envy X2 is a true hybrid laptop. When the screen portion is plugged into the keyboard dock it is an 11.6 laptop, but when you pull the screen out of the keyboard dock, it is truly a tablet. It also runs full Windows 8 rather than Windows RT tablet OS. This allows you to run most programs that any other laptop will run. When the screen, and the keyboard or docked, battery life is exceptional at around 10 hours. The keyboard is surprisingly comfortable for an 11.6 laptop. Weight wise, it is also very good, with the tablet portion coming in at 1.5lbs, and the keyboard dock adding another 1.6 lbs (3.1lbs total).
Like any hybrid though, there are some compromises. In the case of the Envy X2 it is performance. It uses an Intel Atom processor rather than a standard laptop Intel i3/i5 CPU. While this makes for a very good battery life, it does cut into the performance a bit. Like the Chromebook, it also only has 2GB RAM, which limits the amount of applications you can have open. Storage is limited, with only a 64GB SSD, which the operating system takes up around 1/3 of that, so your effective storage is 44GB.
Other Specs: 11.6" screen, 1.8 GHz Intel Atom CPU, 2GB RAM, 64GB SSD, USB 2.0 x2, HDMI port, headphone/mic combo port, wireless 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC capable.
Expert Picks:We reached out to some of our favorite gadget bloggers for their opinion on Twitter. Jacqueline Cromwell from Geek 4 the Real Girl replied! "If you were considering a tablet, go with a convertible windows 9 machine so you get the power of a tablet and computer. And for a bargain laptop, I'm loving the Asus X501U-RHE1N21!"
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Rise of Hinduism in USA
Pew Report Highlights Rise of Hinduism in U.S.
An article by Sunita Sohrabji | Republished from the source INDIAWEST.
United States. One in 10 Asian Americans identify themselves as Hindus, concluded the results of a report on Asian Americans and their religious affiliations, released July 19 by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
Hindus and Buddhists counted together represent two percent of the overall population, the same share as Jews.
Ninety percent of Hindu Americans believe there is more than one way to interpret the tenets of their faith, and the majority celebrate both Hindu holidays like Diwali as well as Christmas, noted the report, titled: "Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths." The report lacked much novel information, and re-stated largely-held beliefs about Indian Americans and their religious practices.
Most Asian American Buddhists and Hindus maintain traditional religious beliefs and practices. Two-thirds of Buddhists surveyed believe in ancestral spirits, while three-quarters of Hindus keep a shrine in their home, concluded the report, adding however that 30 percent of the Hindus surveyed and 20 percent of Buddhists report having attended religious services of another faith, outside of special occasions such as weddings or funerals.
U.S. Buddhists and Hindus tend to be inclusive in their understanding of faith. Most Buddhists and Hindus, for instance, reject the notion that their religion is the one true faith and say instead that many religions can lead to eternal life, or in the case of Buddhists, to enlightenment, noted the survey.
The 182-page report focused on the four major religious groups of Asian Americans: Christians, Buddhists, Hindus and the religiously unaffiliated. Muslims compromise an additional four percent of Asian Americans, but their numbers in the survey were too small to include in the analysis, said an introduction to the report.
Some Current Hindu News from USA.
California's Waterford City Council opening with Hindu prayer.
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Hindus in the US Military Lauded at Hindu American Foundation Gala.
US Hindus urge Israel to build Gypsy memorial.
Hindu Center hosts Heritage India fete in Fairfield (Northern California, USA).
US Hindus rally against Jihad in India. "STOP ISLAMIZATION OF INDIA".
A pie chart of Indian American faiths included with the report showed that 51 percent of Indian Americans identify as Hindus, 10 percent are Muslim, five percent are Sikhs and two percent are Jain.
Eighteen percent of Indian Americans identify as Christian, though only about three percent of India's total population is estimated to be Christian. The higher percentages of Indian American Christians may reflect immigration patterns or switching of religions.
Ten percent of Indian Americans are unaffiliated with any religion, according to the pie chart, which did not include a slice for other affiliations, such as Parsis or Jews, whose combined numbers represent less than one percent of the Indian American population.
About one-third of Hindu Americans say that religion is important in their lives, in sharp contrast to the overall U.S. population where religion plays a large role in the lives of 58 percent of those surveyed.
The report also notes that Asian Americans tend to pray less than the overall population, but adds that Asians regard prayer differently than other groups.
"The ritual recitation of mantras in both Buddhism and Hinduism is not the same as prayer to a personal God in the Christian tradition, and this difference may help explain why a smaller number of Asian American Buddhists and Hindus than Asian American Christians report that they pray daily. And although attendance at religious services is higher among U.S. Asian Christians than among U.S. Asian Buddhists and Hindus, many of the Buddhists and Hindus – about 78 percent – report that they maintain religious shrines in their homes.
Nearly three-quarters of Hindu Americans see yoga not just as exercise but also as a spiritual practice. More than half of U.S. Hindus said they believe in reincarnation and moksha, defined in the survey as "the ultimate state transcending pain and desire in which individual consciousness ends."
Also, about half also believe in astrology defined in the survey as the belief "that the position of the stars and planets can affect people's lives," but fewer believe in spiritual energy in physical things or in ancestral spirits.
Interestingly, 24 percent of Hindus say they meditate daily, while only 17 percent of Buddhists – with whom the practice is more commonly affiliated – say they regularly meditate.
"As their numbers rise, Asian Americans are contributing to the diversity of the U.S. religious landscape. From less than one percent of the total U.S. population — including children — in 1965, Asian Americans have increased to 5.8 percent or 18.2 million children and adults in 2011, according to the U.S. Census," said the Pew researchers in an overview of the report.
"In the process, they have been largely responsible for the growth of non-Abrahamic faiths in the United States, particularly Buddhism and Hinduism," noted the report, which can be viewed in its entirety at pewforum.org.
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Council loses £300K as 'superdump' plan is scrapped
9:00am Tuesday 26th February 2013 in News By Freddie Whittaker
Buy this photo Serena Rees is pleased Ardley Fields recycling centre is staying open
PLANS for a £3m "superdump" are on the scrapheap, having cost hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money.
Oxfordshire County Council has abandoned plans for the large-scale recycling site on farmland near Oxford Spires Business Park because of land ownership issues.
The council had hoped to be able to divert waste to the new Kidlington site and close household recycling centres in Stanford-in-the-Vale and Ardley Fields to save £750,000-a-year.
But the council has not been able to get clearance to use a strip of access land close to the proposed site, on greenbelt farmland between the business park and Langford Meadows wildlife site, so the flagship project has been scrapped.
Now county chiefs have entered into negotiations with Oxford City Council to try to find an alternative site.
Despite high recycling rates in Oxfordshire, 62 per cent for April to October last year, councils are under pressure to recycle more to avoid hefty landfill taxes.
A county council spokesman confirmed £300,000 had been spent on the doomed Kidlington project.
Cabinet member for growth and infrastructure Hilary Hibbert-Biles said it was "disappointing" to have to scrap the scheme.
She said: "Given that Kidlington is now not moving forward, we're working closely with the city council to find an alternative site. We're also spending about £100,000 on Redbridge to improve it for the short and medium term.
"We will also be piloting a re-use scheme at some of our recycling centres and the results of that pilot will be looked at in the autumn as part of a review of our waste management strategy."
Re-use schemes see councils sell items residents take to take to tips, with money raised reinvested in the waste service.
The failure of the Kidlington scheme means Ardley Fields and Stanton-in-the-Vale will remain open for the foreseeable future.
The recycling centres had been due to close in September 2013 and December 2014 respectively.
The news has been welcomed by Fewcott resident and mum-of-two Serena Rees, 53, who uses Ardley Fields.
She said: "I'm very pleased it's not going to close down. I just think we need to have somewhere within easy reach of people's homes.
"If they did away with it there would be more fly-tipping."
Kidlington councillors Doug Williamson and Tim Emptage said hundreds of thousands of pounds had been wasted in survey and planning application fees at a time of deep budget cuts.
Mr Williamson said: "The county council have increased day centre charges and transport charges for vulnerable elderly people, they have cut youth services and library services, cutting adult social care in the latest budget and yet found over £300,000 to waste on this project."
Mr Emptage added: "We understand that the problem relates to the ownership of a small piece of land which is essential to gain access to the site. Surely the county council should have resolved this issue before spending so much money and time on this project?"
The council confirmed the only reason for the abandonment of the scheme was the fact there was a "ransom strip" of land needed by the council.
But the council would not confirm whether the issue was over finding the owner or failed negotiations with them. County council spokesman Owen Morton would also not confirm the exact figure spent by the council on the process, but said it was correct to say it was in the region of £300,000.
He said: "It costs significant sums of money to progress any major project through the various planning stages, and with any scheme there will always be the potential for problems to emerge, preventing its delivery – even, as in this case, at a stage when planning permission has been secured.
"No one wants to see public money spent on an unrealised project, but neither can any council plan for the future of important public services without investing in the proper development of those plans."
- Cherwell: 59 per cent
- Oxford: 46 per cent
- South Oxfordshire: 68 per cent (number one in the UK)
- Vale of White Horse: 67 per cent (number two in the UK)
- West Oxfordshire: 63 per cent
- Oxfordshire average: 62 per cent (figure expected to go down by the end of 2012/13 when poor garden waste recycling figures from the winter months are factored in)
UK average: 43 per cent
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9:21am Tue 26 Feb 13
Sandy Wimpole-Smythe says...
9:43am Tue 26 Feb 13
disgruntled2 says...
? The article above says Stanton. I just thought I'd check in case the council thinks I've been fly-tipping near Stanford...
9:51am Tue 26 Feb 13
Red Robbo 2 says...
Until councillors and staff are made personally liable for such catastrophic mistakes with our money, it will continue. Oxfordshire CC is a prime example of the "Peter Principle" - where everyone rises to their own level of incompetence. (And believe me, there is a lot of that! Young talented recruits to OCC last about two years before getting out or being pushed out by people who feel threatened.)
I also agree with Sandy Wimpole-Smythe - not only should the press be reporting this, they should be finding out who was responsible and naming the councillors and Oxfordshire staff involved.
But modern journalists are weak-willed and don't know how to ask difficult questions; they simply print what is given to them.
9:51am Tue 26 Feb 13
norton manor says...
10:43am Tue 26 Feb 13
Cllr Alaric Rose says...
11:09am Tue 26 Feb 13
Inkpot says...
12:21pm Tue 26 Feb 13
Tim Emptage says...
Sandy Wimpole-Smythe wrote:The money was spent of survey fees, planning application fees, habitat fees etc. The point is, they have done their homework and not committed to all this until they knew they knew they would be able to access the land
What EXACTLY did they spend £300,000 on, that's what should be included in this story.
12:59pm Tue 26 Feb 13
Sandy Wimpole-Smythe says...
Tim Emptage wrote:Clearly they didn't do their homework or they would have found out long before spending £300,000 that the access would be an issue. Surely the first survey on day one would have highlighted an issue with access if the council knew that they didn't own that piece of land?
Sandy Wimpole-Smythe wrote:The money was spent of survey fees, planning application fees, habitat fees etc. The point is, they have done their homework and not committed to all this until they knew they knew they would be able to access the land
What EXACTLY did they spend £300,000 on, that's what should be included in this story.
I know what they have spent some of the money on with survey fees, planning application fees, habitat fees but it is the etc etc that I want to know about.
1:06pm Tue 26 Feb 13
Tim Emptage says...
1:18pm Tue 26 Feb 13
Sandy Wimpole-Smythe says...
Tim Emptage wrote:Perhaps then a Freedom of Information Request may be in order.
That is is all the information I have on what the money was spent on. OCC should provide a more comprehensive breakdown. I also know that £300k is not the full amount as this does not include the cost of officer time which, on a project of this size, would have been substantial.
1:48pm Tue 26 Feb 13
Severian says...
Many residents of Bicester and the surrounding villages would probably end up throwing stuff into their green bins that might otherwise have been taken to the tip.
I regularly take stuff up there, and religiously sort it into each of the separate skips. But if I had to face a 20 mile or more round-trip I probably wouldn't bother, and would just break stuff down and put it in the non-recycling bin.
Thank God that Ardley is staying.
2:49pm Tue 26 Feb 13
oxinkytext says...
Typically, it seems OCC left consideration of one of the most important issues for planning a dump (access and land ownership) to last. I shudder to think how much money was wasted on this if officer time is also included.
3:44pm Tue 26 Feb 13
Abingdon Neil says...
5:18pm Tue 26 Feb 13
moonlight shadow says...
Either way heads should roll.
10:35am Wed 27 Feb 13
yentiw says...
Or perhaps two words?
Put 'totally' in front of that word.
Clueless bunch who understand only money and waste (how to) in reverse order.
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The "gap year", a break between high school and college in which a student travels or simply takes a break from academics, is believed by some to be gaining popularity in the United States.
According to MSNBC, the gap year is a tradition in some European countries and Australia, but many American kids shy away from the practice due to the emphasis on the importance of college or due to the perception of such an endeavor being expensive. Holly Bull, the president of a gap year consulting firm, says that parents fear their children won't go on to college if they are allowed to take a gap year.
Despite these concerns and attitudes, some believe the gap year is beneficial for students and is currently rising in popularity.
"The Gap-Year Advantage: Helping Your Child Benefit from Time Off Before or During College," a recent research paper on the subject, finds that nine out of 10 students return to college within a year after their "gap," and that 60 percent reported that their gap year helped them change or confirm their choice of career or field of study, according to the news source.
The presence of gap year travel companies at college and career fairs is also rising, and some universities are reportedly working gap-year-like programs into the curriculum.
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I have a friend (cough) who works in the Mi ddle E ast.
The country where he works has 2 ISPs/ Phone companies.
The only 3G/ISP provider has to use the other company for Internet access.
As a consequence VoIP and SIP are not available (blocked).
It is,however, possible to use SIP or VoIP PC phones if my friends computer is connected/subscribed to a VPN provider located in another country.
My friend (cough), who uses the 3G provider, would like to connect his GSM phone to the Interent, then connect to his VPN account and then load his Skype, SIP/VoIP details into the phone to work just like it does on his computer.
Please, in easy to understand talk, what does my friend need to have? e.g. a new phone model, software etc.
Does he need to subscribe to a special type of VPN? If so which company for his SIP to work on his mobile.
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