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A Plastic WorldA quote that has stuck with me for a long time is the one where a business partner (Mr. McGuire) of Benjamin Braddock's father in the movie "The Graduate" advises Ben (played by Dustin Hoffman) at his graduation party that he, "just wants to say one word to you…..[and that word is] plastics." Plastics in 1967, when this movie was made, was at the beginning of a substantial growth curve, and Mr. McGuire thought it had a great future.Read more:
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Guest Blog: Metal Oxide Nanoparticles in Food Won't Kill YouRecently Mother Jones published an article on the dangers of food laced with tiny metal oxide particles. The article, however, is laced with errors and misinformation.The source material for the article came from a report by the environmental organization Friends of the Earth, an online database of nanotechnology-based consumer products and a peer-reviewed paper published in 2012. But, the analysis of the information is flawed.Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/blogs/2014/06/guest-blog-metal-oxide-nanoparticles-food-wont-kill-you
BeginningsResearch is all about new beginnings. Over the past century, relatively small groups of scientists who were in the right place at the right time and with particular knowledge sets and business acumen have advanced the state of science and technology (S&T). In the early 1900s, the Edisons, Fords and Wrights created the foundations for modern transport and production technologies. Fifty years ago, it was the Watsons, Hewletts and Packards who created similar foundations for modern computing machines. Twenty-five years ago, the Mullis', Hoods and Venters created the foundations for modern biological processes. And today, the Pages, Bezos' and Zuckerbergs are creating a ubiquitous knowledge and communications environment.Read complete blog: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/blogs/2014/05/beginnings
Scientist of the Week: Kees Jan van GroenigenEvery Thursday, Laboratory Equipment features a Scientist of the Week, chosen from the science industry's latest headlines. This week's scientist is Kees Jan van Groenigen from Northern Arizona Univ. He and Bruce Hungate found that increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause soil microbes to produce more carbon dioxide, accelerating climate change.The article is here: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/04/co2-begets-co2-speeds-climate-changeHe speaks about his work here: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/05/scientist-week-kees-jan-van-groenigenHave a question for Kees Jan van Groenigen? Let us know and we'll pass it on!
Translational Facilities Blend Research with Clinical CareBasic research labs are being closely integrated with medical-based clinical facilities to accelerate the overall bench-to-bedside process.Translational research is a "new" science concept intended to translate research findings in basic research to practical applications in the health, environmental and agricultural sciences, among others. The popular meaning in its most notable application—health science—is translating basic knowledge into the development of new medical treatments or meaningful health outcomes—or put more simply "bench-to-bedside."
Scientist of the Week: Donita BradyEvery Thursday, Laboratory Equipment features a Scientist of the Week, chosen from the science industry's latest headlines. This week's scientist is Donita Brady from Duke Univ. She and a team found that drugs used to block copper absorption may find an additional use as a treatment for certain types of cancer.The first article may be found here: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/04/scientists-target-cancers-thirst-copperShe speaks about her work here: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news/2014/05/scientist-week-donita-brady
Many "Acid Bath" Stem Cell Investigators Are InvestigatedIt seems as if everyone is being investigated. On April 1, a Riken Institute investigative committee charged Harvard University/Riken stem cell researcher Haruko Obokata with falsification and fabrication of images in a January Nature paper. In that paper, she had reported reprogramming ordinary cells into stem cells just by stressing them with coffee-mild acid.The alleged falsification—first discovered by anonymous Japanese scientist/bloggers—involved cutting and pasting gel images supposed to prove her starting cells were mature. The alleged fabrication involved false differentiation images supposed to prove her final cells were stem cells. (The latter images were outright taken from a completely different experiment, said the committee.)Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/articles/2014/05/many-%E2%80%9Cacid-bath%E2%80%9D-stem-cell-investigators-are-investigated
The Proving GroundWhat are the qualities that go into a top life science research university?Universities are primarily thought of as training grounds—a place for students to learn the concepts they need to succeed in their careers. But for many universities, they're also proving grounds, places where conducting research, testing theories and making new discoveries are just as important as graduation rates. Not only does research fulfill the goal of advancing knowledge, but those schools with the best research departments attract the brightest minds and, in many cases, provide additional revenue to the school.Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/articles/2014/04/proving-ground
Federal Cuts Slow, But Don't Stop GrowthSlowing federal investments in academia first surfaced in 2012, and likely will remain as federal spending cuts continue.For the first time in more than 50 years, the federal government reduced the absolute amount of support it supplied for higher education in 2012 from the amount it supplied in 2011 ($40.1 billion in 2012 versus $40.8 billion in 2011). In some previous years, such as 2007, the amount the federal government increased its academic support was less than the inflation rate for that year and so real dollar increases were not seen, but at least there was the perception that an increase was being made. The 1.6% decline in support seen in 2012, when added to the 1.7% inflation rate for that year means that the actual impact on academic support was more than 3%.Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/articles/2014/04/federal-cuts-slow-dont-stop-growth
Collaborative SustainabilityUniversities are teaming with various departments, industry and non-profits in the fight against energy-hogging campus laboratories.Academic researchers collaborate with one another on a regular basis—papers are published with multiple authors from multiple departments, spin-off technologies are often the brainchild of numerous scientists and new laboratories are built/renovated to physically and mentally encourage partnership. In this day and age, it's only natural for one buzzword to meet the next—collaboration meet sustainability; you could learn something from each other.Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/articles/2014/04/collaborative-sustainability
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A random selection of thoughts by myself throughout Week One's action on the gridiron
Thoughts of the Kickoff week:
My Favourite Numbers of the week.
- Our next 3 opponents gave up a combined 8 sacks against less prestigious defenses. I like.
- They also commited 8 turnovers. I like again.
- Our offense is top 10 and we played a good D. Time to think about passing more often?
- Bengals and Browns are 0-1.
- Our remaining opponents went 5-7
Things that ruin my day:
Parents who ring me during the 2 minute warning of the very exciting Packers-Bears game. GTFO.
Girlfriend who wants to text me all through the Steelers game. GTFO.
Spending 3.75 quarters thinking about all the moaning and whining Pats fans would do....just to see them turn round and win.
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First lady Linda Daugaard says her daughter, Laura Daugaard Mitchell, gave birth to a daughter, Stella Kay, on Saturday. It is the first child for Laura and Jay Mitchell.
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After one of the wettest years on record, 2013 has already started on a wet note, making it a tough time for our farmers. Many were already struggling to make ends meet, and if the wet weather continues, big problems could be on the way.
It is against that backdrop, that the Government is now launching a new drive to get more young people involved in food and farming. It wants to make it a more attractive career choice, for thousands of skilled and talented people.
With a rising population comes an increasing demand for food, so the Government wants to attract new blood into the farming industry. It is setting up a group to examine the future of farming, and how to make the best use of new technologies and skills.
Richard Thomas's family has been farming in Herefordshire since the mid 1800s. He is the fifth generation of farmers at Risbury Court near Leominster, carrying on the family business. He is proud to be a farmer, but coping with the weather and tough financial conditions can be a struggle.
He considered other careers before deciding to take his family farming business forward. He says attracting new blood will need a rethink of how food and agriculture is taught at school.
Farming is an industry facing serious challenges, but nonetheless many argue it does have a positive future. The Government is hopeful of making it a more attractive career choice.


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By Dana Bash (CNN)-Members of Congress have packed up and gone home for the weekend.
And that means the $85-billion-dollars in across the board spending cuts will begin at the end of the day.
Lawmakers racing down the Capitol steps, bolting out of town for a long weekend.
This was before noon.
A full day before the hammer comes down on forced budget cuts they voted for.
(bash) "Is there concern that you all will leave town while these cuts kick in and you won't even be here?"
(griffin) "Well, the speaker and the leadership will be here. And I'm a quick flight away. I go home every weekend to see my family."
(bash) "You're on your way out... Are you on the way home?"
(hanna) "Uh, yes ma'am."
(bash) "So, you're not going to be here in town when these cuts kick in?"
(hanna) "If they call me back, I'll be back."
(bash) "But what do you think about the idea that Congress and you won't be here when these cuts kick in?"
(nats) "We got to go to the airport."
(bash) "You gotta go to the airport? Ok, thanks... Bye..."
Some Republicans whose party runs the House were unapologetic about leaving Washington until Monday.
"Well I think it's actually better when we're home working because the work we do there in my opinion is more important than the work we do here. Especially if we're going to keep spending money."
"This was his idea. The President's idea."
(bash) "But as you well know, most Republicans voted for it."
"I voted for it too because I think we have to get our spending in line so these are the things at two-percent, most families, most businesses back home have had to do the same thing."
Some lawmakers in both parties sounded as fed up as their constituents.
"I mean we could stay here, and if we were staying here and not passing a bill that's not any better."
(bash) "You're heading to your car, I assume you're going home to New York?"
"Yeah I think the sequester is crazy. I think the President should do more leadership and Congress should do more but just to sit here by myself serves no purpose."
Most House Democrats whacked Republican leaders for going out of session.
"It's an absolute disgrace that we're going home we should stay here until the sequester has ended. This is a stupid way to do it."
But Democrats do run the Senate and their last votes this week were only a few hours later.
Two proposals to alleviate the forced cuts, one Democratic and one Republican.
Partisan show votes... Neither passed, and neither was expected to.
(bash) "Would you keep the Senate in session or will the Senate not be here just like the House won't be here.. the day that these cuts kick in."
"We're in session. We're not going any place. We're ready to work. But at this stage, we don't have a partner."
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Bay City News Service—A woman was hit by a vehicle and killed while running across Interstate Highway 680 east of Martinez on Sunday night, according to California Highway Patrol officials.
The 53-year-old woman from Concord ran west across the traffic lanes of southbound I-680 south of Pacheco Boulevard shortly after 11:30 p.m.
At the time, Janko Trifunovic, Jr., 35, of Brentwood was driving south with Melissa Meeks, 31, also of Brentwood, and three children in a 2005 Honda when the woman ran in front of their car.
CHP officers said that Trifunovic was unable to avoid a collision with the woman, who fell in the road after being struck by the car. Several more vehicles also struck the woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Seccubus automates regular vulnerability scans and provides delta reporting. On 8/1, the project released version 1.5 "The DefCon Edition." This version includes support for controlling Nikto through Seccubus directly, leveraging the NBE report format which Frank Breedijk (Seccubus' author) wrote and released with the 2.1.2 version of Nikto. In addition to working with Seccubus, Frank's NBE report format should allow for easy Nikto integration into any program which supports Nessus imports.
In Nikto 2.1.1, the facillity to call only specific plugins was added. This was mainly designed as a debugging and development feature so that it is easier to test one plugin without running all of the tests. This was a very simple plugin string that consisted of a simple comma separated list of plugin names.In Nikto 2.1.2 it was discovered that this facillity was of more use than previously thought and could fix one of the basic flaws with the current plugin system: that of passing parameters to the plugin, something that had been hacked via using -mutate-options.
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Testimony Before The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Waste and Abuse: The Refuse of the Federal Spending Binge
February 17, 2011
By Andrew Moylan
Chairman Issa and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on behalf of the American Taxpayer regarding the important issue of waste in our federal government. My name is Andrew Moylan, and I am Vice President of Government Affairs for the National Taxpayers Union (NTU), a non-partisan citizen group founded in 1969 to work for lower taxes and smaller government at all levels. NTU is America's oldest non-profit grassroots taxpayer organization, with 362,000 members nationwide.
Few citizen groups in Washington can match NTU's 42-year history of principled advocacy, which is why I hope you will find these comments on waste, inefficiency, and duplication in the federal budget of value during your deliberations. You can also find further research into these topics on our website at www.ntu.org.
The Problem
In the past decade, under the direction of Presidents and Congressional leadership from both parties, our federal budget has expanded dramatically no matter what measure one consults. At the dawn of the new millennium in 2001, federal outlays were about $1.8 trillion, a level below post-World War II averages at 18.2 percent of our economy. Through the middle of the decade, we saw an explosion in spending driven by such factors as the creation of a new cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security as well as increased expenditures on defense and education. By 2003, the modest spending discipline of the late 1990s had given way to federal outlays that now seem permanently fixed at or above the post-war average of 19.6 percent of GDP. Add in the more recent surge in so-called "crisis response" spending, such as the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) of 2008 or the $862 billion "economic stimulus" bill of 2009, and the picture grows even bleaker.
In 2011, our budget is more than twice as large as in 2001, reaching about $3.8 trillion. As a percentage of our economy, 2011 outlays will surpass a level unseen since the era of full-scale war mobilization in the 1940s, at over 25 percent. Perhaps most disturbing, President Obama's estimate of our overspending problem at roughly $1.6 trillion in 2011 is about equal, in inflation-adjusted terms, to the entire federal budget in 1982. Put another way, we will raise through the tax code and spend (in real terms) roughly the federal budget of 2003 and throw in an amount approximating the 1982 federal budget just for good measure.
The federal government has seen deficits during 44 of the last 50 years. This fact ought to give pause even to die-hard Keynesians, who believe surpluses should be the norm in most economic growth cycles. While NTU's dedication to limited government would on its own lead us to conclude that this spending spree is unacceptable, sheer mathematics tell us that it is unsustainable. As of today, we are perilously close to the point where our country's debt exceeds its economic output. This sad statistic places us in rare company – just slightly below countries already staggered by debt crisis (like Ireland) and just above countries thought to be under grave threat of one (like Portugal).
If corrective action isn't taken soon, the United States could face a devastating debt crisis that would likely precipitate not only dramatic spending cuts but also massive tax hikes in very short order. If we are to have a sustainable fiscal future, this Congress must begin the hard work of reducing spending immediately. In that pursuit, no portion of federal outlays can be "off the table." The problems confronting us are simply too immense to allow walling off entire portions of the federal budget.
While the causes of the recent spending spree are myriad and complicated, the remedies are relatively straightforward. On the discretionary side, Congress must cancel wasteful programs, root out inefficiencies, and roll back agency spending to at least 2006 levels. With mandatory spending, Congress must take hold of the so-called "third rail" of politics with both hands and enact serious entitlement reforms primarily focused on controlling the growth in spending on Medicare.
Low-Hanging Fruit
Congress should begin with a thorough review of existing outlays to identify the "low-hanging fruit" of federal spending: the waste, inefficiency, and duplication that plague so many federal programs. During the deliberations of the President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, NTU joined with the liberal U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) to do exactly that. Together, we released a report called "Toward Common Ground: Bridging the Political Divide to Reduce Spending," in which we compiled more than 30 specific recommendations to save taxpayers over $600 billion by 2015, the target date for the Fiscal Commission to reduce our publicly-held debt-to-GDP ratio to a more sustainable level of 60 percent. I am submitting that report along with my testimony.
While our two organizations have widely divergent views on the proper size and scope of our federal government, we are steadfast in the belief that Washington squanders billions of dollars every year on programs that do not serve the interests of the American people. We authored this joint report in an attempt to identify spending reductions that could be undertaken without fundamentally harming the core operations of the federal government, as either conservatives or liberals understand them.
The report laid out nine ways to save up to $62 billion just by eliminating wasteful subsidies. These focused largely on agriculture supports, subsidies for energy production, and "corporate welfare" programs. For example, the Market Access Program has been on the lists of watchdog groups for years. It consumes taxpayer dollars to fund advertising and promotion in foreign countries for products of American companies, including McDonald's, Nabisco, and Fruit of the Loom. American businesses should compete abroad by making excellent products, not by drawing upon taxpayer subsidies.
In addition, we identified up to $353 billion in savings from six recommendations to improve contracting and asset acquisition procedures. These items centered on improving procedures in the Defense and Homeland Security Departments. For example, the Government Accountability Office found that the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense Logistics Agency were wasting billions of dollars by ordering too many spare parts. Purchasing-process reforms and better data could save taxpayers over $184 billion.
Furthermore, we offered eight suggestions to eliminate payment errors, end duplicative programs, and sell off unused federal property that could yield up to $77 billion in total savings. For example, Social Security currently faces a ceiling on its ability to collect mistaken payments from the Supplemental Security Income program. Removing that cap would improve the agency's ability to recover erroneous payments and save taxpayers more than $500 million.
Finally, ten recommendations to end wasteful or outdated military programs could save taxpayers up to $104 billion. These suggestions focused on addressing weapons programs that have been riddled with delays and cost overruns or that are no longer needed. For example, according to the Government Accountability Office, the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle is 14 years behind schedule and highly unreliable. Canceling it could save taxpayers over $16 billion.
In addition to the NTU-PIRG report, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) has made excellent progress in highlighting areas of federal expenditures that are ripe for reduction. In their recently-introduced "Spending Reduction Act," RSC members identified more than 100 specific program eliminations and spending reductions totaling $330 billion over ten years. From the controversial, such as zeroing out funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, to the common-sense, such as ending the "Historic Whaling and Trading" program, the RSC has cataloged dozens of actionable items whose impact would be nearly immediate. . In fact, the Whaling and Trading scheme is among several items the RSC blueprint has in common with the "Terminations, Reductions, and Savings" section of the President's budget proposal, demonstrating once again that quick bipartisan agreement ought to be achievable in at least some instances.
The RSC bill also contains several eminently practical provisions to cancel ineffective "stimulus" spending and to finally remove the federal government from the housing business by ending its ties to housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Combined, these items would generate $75 billion toward bringing down future deficits. The Spending Reduction Act derives the bulk of its savings, however, from a non-defense discretionary spending limit set at 2006 levels through 2021. While this is a laudable goal, taxpayers could be saved even more by including defense within that proposal's strictures.
The above recommendations would save, in total, at least $3.1 trillion over the course of the decade, but even that is insufficient in light of Congressional Budget Office estimates that the federal government will spend nearly $7 trillion more than it raises in taxes over the next ten years. In order to close more of the gap and prevent enormous spending hikes in out-year budget projections, Congress will have to enact serious reforms to our entitlement programs.
Entitlement Reforms
While it has been clear for more than a decade that our nation's entitlement programs are on a crash-course with disaster, it has been equally clear that most Members of Congress have been reluctant to right the ship. Whenever serious reform plans are put forth, their sponsors are subjected to unfair attacks about "gutting" the programs and taking benefits away from senior citizens and the disadvantaged. The truth of the matter is that Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security are "gutting" themselves right now and we simply must act if they are to survive in any form.
The most powerful driver of cost growth is Medicare, which according to the Congressional Budget Office is on track to devour about 4.2 percent of GDP in 2020, and an astonishing 14.3 percent of GDP in 2080. Meanwhile, Medicaid will grow from 2.1 percent of GDP to 3.7 percent over that same time period. For its part, Social Security is set to rise from 5.3 percent of GDP to 6.1 percent. If this growth goes unchecked, our fiscal situation in 2080 will be an unmitigated disaster: federal spending at 34.4 percent of GDP, a deficit equal to nearly 43 percent of GDP, and publicly-held debt at an inconceivable 716 percent of GDP. I use the term "inconceivable," because the nation's finances and its economy would almost certainly collapse before reaching such a level.
The most ambitious plan to avert this calamity is Representative Paul Ryan's (R-WI) "Roadmap for America's Future." The Roadmap would tackle spiraling entitlement costs, restructure the tax system, and hold down discretionary spending in order to create a sustainable federal budget.
With Medicare, the Roadmap would provide future beneficiaries a fixed payment that they could apply to a list of Medicare-certified health plans. That payment would be allowed to grow every year by a measure that outpaces GDP growth by one percentage point. This simple yet important alteration would rein in future Medicare outlays, preserve the program for seniors, and inject real market forces into health services for older Americans by giving them strong incentives to seek out cost-effective care. The Medicaid reforms are similar, as the Ryan plan would transition to a system where individuals would have personal ownership of "health care debit cards."
For Social Security, the reforms would allow younger workers to devote a share of their payroll taxes to personal investment accounts in order to provide them with greater returns and individual ownership.
The Roadmap may not be perfect and its reforms are unlikely to be achieved without significant debate, but it is the only detailed plan in Congress today that is comprehensive in its scope and conservative in its goals.
How to Prevent Future Problems
Though Congress should aggressively pursue the spending reductions that have been detailed in this testimony, they will not be enough to rectify the defects of the budget process itself. Some of these flaws can be addressed by applying or expanding certain budgetary concepts that have proven successful elsewhere. These include the use of technical auditing for infrastructure projects and greater reliance on recovery audit contracting for federal benefit programs. Another approach with promise is the more aggressive use of life-cycle budgeting, which encourages more thoughtful, disciplined, and cost-efficient planning for capital projects. This evaluative tool has helped several states to improve the fiscal accountability of their spending initiatives.
Nonetheless, even with these worthy reforms, the built-in incentives that have fueled debt growth in the past will not disappear with the cancelation of wasteful programs. Thus, Congress must enact with all deliberate speed a robust Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) to the Constitution.
Since its founding in 1969, NTU's most fundamental and enduring goal has been to establish constitutional limits on the size and future growth of government. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, my organization helped to launch and sustain the movement for a limited Article V amendment convention among the states to propose a Balanced Budget Amendment for ratification, all while pursuing a BBA through Congress. Our members were elated over the passage of S.J. Res. 58 in 1982, and the passage of H.J. Res. 1 in 1995 through the House of Representatives. In both cases the measures, whose provisions varied somewhat, fell short of enactment in the other chambers of Congress.
This history provides an illustration of how prescient the arguments of BBA advocates have proven to be, and how specious those of opponents have been. For the better part of 40 years, we were told that fiscal discipline would evolve simply by "electing the right people," all while Republican and Democratic Presidents and Congresses abused the nation's good credit. We were told that statutory measures would bring outlays under control, even as laws such as the Gramm-Rudman Hollings Act were trampled underfoot. We were told that our foundational document shouldn't be "cluttered" with mundane matters of budgeting, even as the tax and spend culture in Washington eroded the foundations of prosperity for current and future generations.
The notion that limits on taxes and spending are too trivial for the Constitution seems quaint today, as our national debt tests the ominous level of 100 percent of the nation's economic output. As noted earlier, unsustainable entitlement programs, whose dire condition has been known for at least 20 years now, threaten to heap unfathomable burdens on taxpayers. BBA naysayers sought to derail the constitutional budgetary discipline that could have made adjustments to the realities of these programs gradual and bearable, all while they complained that the measure would "take too long to ratify" for it to have any salutary effect. The question now before Congress is, how could our Constitution not be allowed to contribute toward restoring our nation's fiscal stability? The fiscal crisis our government faces overwhelmingly demonstrates the continued relevance of a BBA to curing the maladies that threaten the health of our economy.
There are several iterations of a Balanced Budget Amendment that have already been introduced in the 112th Congress. The strictest of them, S.J. Res. 5 introduced by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), would prevent outlays from exceeding receipts with a requirement that a two-thirds supermajority vote in favor of any attempt to override that limit or the nation's debt ceiling. In addition, it establishes a strong spending limitation which says that our federal government cannot spend more than 18 percent of GDP, roughly the historical post-war average for receipts.
Senators Cornyn (R-TX) and Hatch (R-UT) have also introduced a Balanced Budget Amendment, S.J. Res. 3, that would achieve many of the same goals, though its spending limit is placed at a higher level of 20 percent of GDP, roughly the historical post-war average for outlays. In your chamber, Representative Bob Goodlatte has continued his long history of leadership on this issue by introducing H.J. Res. 1, which incorporates other supermajority requirements and spending limitations. All of these proposals, and perhaps some others yet to be introduced, deserve consideration, but Congress must do so without delay.
Thomas Jefferson once wrote, "I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution …; I mean an additional article, taking from the federal government the power of borrowing." No proposal in Congress today would guarantee such an outcome – an end to deficit spending. What a BBA will guarantee is a more deliberative, accountable budgeting process that avoids the rash impulse to tax or borrow and encourages consensus-building toward spending restraint. Constitutions shouldn't make policy, but they should set rules within which policymakers operate and they should safeguard the rights of citizens. If the fundamental right – of every generation – to be free of excessive federal debt cannot be protected by our Constitution, little else in that precious document will matter. Jefferson would certainly agree. Thus, the past, present, and future all speak clearly to us on behalf of this reform.
The arithmetic of our budget problems is elementary; it is the political calculus that has proven difficult. NTU urges this Committee and the Congress as a whole to begin a systematic review of our obligations with sharp eyes toward a sustainable budget future. This necessitates not just eliminating waste or tackling entitlements or enacting structural reforms like a BBA; it requires all of them, working together, to effect lasting change. NTU and its members are ready to join you in these tasks – tasks whose completion will be vital to our very future as a nation. Thank you for the opportunity to submit this testimony.


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Plymouth boss Carl Fletcher will consider dipping into the loan market for a goalkeeper following an injury to regular number one Jake Cole.
Cole suffered a heavy fall in the 2-1 defeat to Cheltenham on October 29 and missed last weekend's 1-1 draw with Morecambe, as player-coach Romain Larrieu deputised in between the sticks.
The Pilgrims do not have another stopper in either their professional or apprentice ranks and, depending on the severity of Cole's knock, Fletcher may need a temporary replacement.
"It's hard to get people in on loan and then not play them or even have them in the squad," Fletcher told the Plymouth Herald. "We have to manage that. Also, it's not just about getting people in. It's about trying to get right people in so they don't upset the rest of the squad.
"(Cole has) some quite bad bruising and the possibility of a little tear. It's going to be one of those where we have to wait for it to settle down. He will tell us when it feels better."
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ORDA Faces Assembly Review
Jun 15, 2006 — The Olympic Regional Development Authority -- which runs major sports venues in Wilmington, Lake Placid, and North Creek -- is facing a review by two powerful Democrats who head committees in the state Assembly. Richard Brodsky from Westchester and Paul Tonko from Schenectady are both reviewing ORDA's internal operations. This review follows a report last year from the state comptroller that slammed ORDA's board for lax fiscal oversight. Todd Moe spoke with Brian Mann. Go to full article
Art in the Garden
Jun 06, 2006 — Part of the fun of gardening in the North Country can be creating your own personal paradise. That's what makes each garden unique -- from a quaint cottage garden to a working farm with acres of vegetation. But what does it take to turn a gardener into an artist and a garden into a work of art? Open Studio co-hosts Beth Robinson and Hilary Oak recently joined gardener Becky Harblin at her West Potsdam farm in St. Lawrence County. It was just after a thunderstorm rumbled through and dropped buckets of rain. Becky's backyard and garden plots are filled with herbs, perennials, wildflowers and surrounded by sturdy stone walls. It's a place where everything comes together -- nature and art. Scattered among the garden "rooms" are her handmade sculptures. Go to full article
Grisha Wins Adirondack Literary Award
Jun 05, 2006 — Elizabethtown writer and historian Margaret Bartley's book, Grisha, won an award at the Adirondack Center for Writing's first annual literary awards Sunday. Grisha tells the story of famous Russian-American cellist Gregor Piatigorksy's childhood in Russia, his escape during the Revolution and as a refugee in Europe. He and his young family eventually made it to New York and the Adirondacks in the late 1930's. They found safe haven at the mansion "Windy Cliff" near Elizabethtown. A couple of years ago, Margaret Bartley spoke with Todd Moe about Piatigorsky's remarkable life and her book. Go to full article
McHugh Wants Delay in New Border ID Cards
Jun 02, 2006 — North Country Congressman John McHugh wants to delay a plan to require passports or similar documents at the Canadian border by 2008. Martha Foley reports. Go to full article
Spitzer Begins Statewide Campaign Tour
Jun 01, 2006 — The Democratic party's designated choice for governor has launched a bus tour of the state -- making his first stop in Rochester. Elliot Spitzer and running mate David Patterson spoke at Anthony Square near the Susan B. Anthony House. Bud Lowell was there. Go to full article
Cuomo Chosen as the Democrats' Attorney General Candidate
Jun 01, 2006 — Andrew Cuomo, the son of former Governor Mario Cuomo, was anointed by delegates to the Democratic state convention as their designee for state attorney general. Andrea Bernstein has more from Buffalo. Go to full article
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Jun 01, 2006 — Hillary Rodham Clinton was unanimously endorsed for a second term in the U.S. Senate as the Democratic state convention wound up in Buffalo yesterday. Martha Foley reports. Go to full article
Democrats Choose Spitzer for Governor
May 31, 2006 — New York's Democratic Party has designated Eliot Spitzer as its candidate for governor. In an acceptance speech yesterday, Spitzer thanked his grandparents, all immigrants who came through Ellis Island, and his father, who rose from poverty to become an engineer. The 46-year-old attorney general who forced reforms of Wall Street and corporate America is the front-runner to be the first new governor in New York in 12 years. Outside the Buffalo Convention Center where the party leaders met, Democrat Tom Suozzi continued his outsider campaign. But as Andrea Bernstein reports from Buffalo, delegates were united behind their favorite. Go to full article
Madrid Teen Heads to Int'l Guitar Contest
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May 30, 2006 — Memorial Day weekend is when many North Country anglers dust off the rods, reels, and lures and start fishing in earnest. Walleye and northern pike seasons have been open all May. Bass are protected until the third week of June. David Sommerstein spent a morning with two veteran guides on the St. Lawrence River. He sends this audio postcard. Go to full article
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James Bond, or at least the "007" motif, was in evidence at the Small Business Council of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce's 18th anniversary Snow Ball on Saturday, Feb. 10.
James Bond, or at least the "007" motif, was in evidence at the Small Business Council of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce's 18th anniversary Snow Ball on Saturday, Feb. 10.
The theme for the event at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, Fogelsville, playing on the year 2007, was apparent the minute guests entered the venue's expansive hall. A graphic "007" ice sculpture doubled as a martini-luge. Bond film clips, accompanied by each movie's theme song, were projected on two large screens. A diamond draw, sponsored by Bixler's Jewelers, provided "Diamonds Are Forever" flair, and dozens of gorgeous ladies sporting irresistible, sparkling gowns added an air of femme fatale that Bond himself could not have resisted.
The more than 500 guests were welcomed in from the cold with cocktails and a selection of hot and cold butlered hors d'oeuvre.
Dinner began with a shrimp cocktail followed by portobello mushroom salad and sumptuous surf 'n' turf entree of grilled filet mignon, scallops and herbed polenta, with woodland mushrooms.
Luckily, "Lucky 7's" danceable tunes packed the dance floor following dinner, to help burn calories.
Scott Fainor, CEO of title sponsor KNBT, welcomed guests to the gala event, thanking GLVCC President & CEO Tony Iannelli, his board and chamber members for helping to bring the chamber to life, strengthening local communities.
Drew Maron, Small Business Council president, also thanked chamber members, guests and supporters, and members of the Small Business Council board of directors.
Iannelli commended members for their efforts to revitalize Lehigh Valley downtown districts and recognized notable guests, including U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, Lehigh County Executive Don Cunningham, State Rep. Doug Reichley, Easton Mayor Phil Mitman, Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski, State Rep. Jennifer Mann, and introduced Anne Baum, chairwoman, GLVCC board of governors.
Snow Ball 2007 Steering Committee members included Desiree Lake of Community Services for Children, Donna Haggerty of Haggerty Services and Renee Saleh.
Members and guests also included Donna Vrabel, Michelle Young, Louis Belletiere, Siobhan "Sam" Bennett, Katie Loeb Schwab, Lehigh County Judge Robert L. Steinberg and wife Linda, M. Arif Fazil, principal, D'Huy Engineering, with wife, Donna, Suzanne McKenna, JoAnn Wilchek Basist, in signature tuxedo, with husband Mark, Lázaro and Wendy Fuentes, Jeffrey Wiesner, DDS, and 2006 diamond draw winner J.B. Sherr.
Lehigh Valley natives Maura Coyle and Meaghan Green and members of their families were among guests at the Academy of Music's exclusive 150th Anniversary concert and ball, "Celebrating Generations," held Saturday, Jan. 27, at the Academy and the Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue.
The Emmaus High School grads each contributed to the white-tie affair that included England's Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, on the guest list, and featured musical performances by Rod Stewart and Broadway darling John Lithgow.
Coyle, Academy ball coordinator for the third consecutive year, is daughter of Jim and Mary Ellen Coyle of Macungie. Green, who works in the Academy of Music's Development Office, is the daughter of David and Kathy Green of Emmaus.
According to Coyle's mother, the gala was as magical as expected.
"The concert was incredible, and John Lithgow, I think, stole the show," she says, adding Prince Charles and Camilla looked "very royal."
The gala concert was hosted by Tom Brokaw (with some assistance from Gov. Ed Rendell) and featured the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Christoph Eschenbach, and the Philadelphia Singers Chorale. Musicians included soprano Deborah Voigt, tenor Ben Heppner, and Peter Nero on piano. Selections included "God Save the Queen," in honor of the Academy's royal guests, "The Star-Spangled Banner," and works by Ravel, Puccini and Verdi. Special guest Rod Stewart provided a finale of popular songs.
A champagne supper and ball followed the concert and included dining, music and dancing in several rooms, including the luxurious venue's Main Ballroom, Clover Room, Fountain Court, Rose Garden and Conservatory.
According to Mrs. Coyle, it was exhilarating to rub elbows with royalty.
"Camilla's necklace just sparkled the entire evening," she says.
Kathy Green agrees.
"We always watched [Brokaw] as an anchorman, and my husband and I were thrilled when he walked into the presidential reception area with his wife," she says.
The couple told Brokaw they "missed seeing him in their den every night," to which the noted outdoorsman replied he was enjoying his retirement, and was spending time doing things he couldn't do while on the job.
"He was such a charming gentleman," Green says. "The entire evening was like being in a movie -- it was a real tribute to the Academy."
As for the younger members of the Coyle and Green families, they are taking a short breather before diving into preparations for next year's ball.


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- 1034 Estimating Income Distributions Using a Mixture of Gamma Densities
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Fresno, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Marvelle Harris scored a game-high 27 points as the Fresno State Bulldogs captured a 71-67 overtime victory versus the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks on the final day of the Fresno State Classic at the Save Mart Center.
Alex Davis registered a double-double for the Bulldogs (6-3) with 13 points and 15 rebounds, followed by Allen Huddleston and Cezar Guerrero with 12 points apiece for the hosts.
The Lumberjacks (2-6) were paced by Max Jacobsen with 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting from the floor, while Quinton Upshur posted 11 points, although he converted a mere 3-of-13 from the field, including 1-of-9 behind the 3-point line. Jordyn Martin and Gaellan Bewernick each dropped in 10 points and while the latter registered a double-double with 10 rebounds, the former added nine boards in the losing effort.
NAU opened the meeting on a 15-5 run, but the team led the Bulldogs back in and led by just two points at the break, 32-30. The Lumberjacks were limited to just 2-of-9 shooting on the perimeter through the first 20 minutes.
In the second half the visitors again had trouble beyond the arc (2-of-7), allowing Fresno State to stick around and use a pair of free throws by Harris with five seconds remaining to knot the score at 62-62.
In the extra session the teams experienced the seventh tie of the day at 67-67 with just over a minute to play, but a jumper by Guerrero with 34 seconds left put the Bulldogs ahead for good.
Northern Arizona hurt itself with only 4-of-18 shooting on the outside and a disappointing 13-of-22 showing at the free-throw line.
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A 54-year-old Littleton woman has been missing since Aug. 13 in the Oh Be Joyful Recreation Area near Crested Butte.
The woman, Sherri Ahlbrandt, was hiking with two friends when she decided to continue alone up to Daisy Pass. After sending a text message saying she was near the top of the pass, Ahlbrandt has not been seen or heard from.
The stables at Chatfield State Park are temporarily closed due to a possible outbreak of vesicular stomatitis in the horses. Colorado Parks and Wildlife closed the stables while it waits for test results from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
During the closure, horses can't be taken out of the stables, but owners can enter the stables to care for their animals, said Matt Robbins, a Parks and Wildlife spokesman. Owners who wish to bring their horses to Chatfield to ride may still do so, but Robbins said they will be cautioned about the possible outbreak.
When you can't get magic beans …
Bow Mar has less than a week to decide if it will place a sales-tax question on November's ballot as part of a proposed annexation of Southwest Plaza mall by the town.
Mall owner General Growth Properties approached the town earlier this year about annexing the mall, which is in unincorporated Jefferson County. The annexation would let the town levy a sales tax on businesses in the mall, with the revenue split between the town and General Growth Properties. The company could spend the money only on improvements and upkeep to public areas of the mall.
The Jeffco Sheriff's Office shut down C-470 at West Bowles Avenue in both directions for a time Monday evening due to police activity in the area.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley said deputies were checking on a reported collection of tents and grills under the overpass at Bowles. The highway was being reopened about 8 p.m.
Jeffco teacher salaries will remain at 2013-14 levels entering September after the school board rejected a fact-finder's recommendations at Thursday's school board meeting in Golden.
A tentative contract agreement reached by bargaining teams would have given raises to educators rated "effective" and "highly effective," but teachers rated "partially effective" would also have received a pay increase.
Winkler, Chargers come out firing in season opener
ORLANDO, Fla. — Kyle Winkler completed 11 of 12 passes for 72 yards, including a TD pass to Taylor Lammers, as the Chatfield Chargers opened the 2014 season with a weather-shortened 24-14 victory over Everglades (Fla.) on Aug. 21.
Sean O'Dell and Jake Carstensen combined to rush for 75 yards with Carstensen adding a TD run. Dalton Keene had 12 tackles, including 10 assists.
Head coach: Dirk Visser
Classification: 5A Jeffco League
Runners to watch: David Blair, Soph.; Jerod Kuhn, Soph.; Daniel Lupo, Sr.; Bryce Rombach, Soph.; Max Sagrillo, Jr.; Justin Hinckley, Sr.
Season opener: Aug. 29, Arapahoe Warrior Invite, DeKoevend Park, 4 p.m.
Head coach: Melanie Watkins
Assistant coaches: Aimee Thomas, Marni Bilbrey, Nicole Lopez, Katrina Peterson, Paige Lopez
Conference: 5A Jeffco League
2013 record: 6-17 overall, 3-5 league
Players to watch: Erin Singer, Jr., right-side hitter; Piper Wehrli, Jr., outside/right-side hitter
Season opener: Aug. 26, vs. Smokey Hill. Results from the match weren't available at press time.
LAKEWOOD — Columbine entered its season-opening football game against Fountain-Fort Carson trying to cope with the losses of speedy running back Bernard McDondle to graduation and quarterback Michael Tait, who is focusing on golf this season. The losses showed, as the Rebels' struggled to finish drives in a 12-7 defeat on Aug. 22 at Jefferson County Stadium.
"We were our own worst enemy," Columbine head coach Andy Lowry said. "We had some decent drives in the first half, we just couldn't finish them."
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August 10, 2004Albany-- The mother of a teenage girl who collapsed and died at school is suing the Dougherty County School System.
In February, ninth grader Marquita Adams stopped breathing and died at Westover High School. Her mother, Sharon Adams, is claiming wrongful death.
911 recordings showed school employees stopped the first emergency call and called back four minutes later. The lawsuit claims they stopped the call because they first needed to notify the principal who was in a meeting.
Mrs. Adams also claims school employees failed to begin CPR immediately. Adams is asking for compensatory damages.
Marquita got a heart transplant in 1999 but was considered a healthy teenager, and would have turned 15 next Wednesday.
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We need Representative Players!!!
No experiance required as you will learn all you need to know about touch football at our training sessions.
I will give you the training times at a closer date.
For any of the tournaments away from Ballarat we normally carpool from Russell Square.
Please if you are keen to play any of these tournaments please contact Kate Robinson (Fish) on 0448 597 907
*Dates for the tournaments
- 25th November in Geelong WAC
-8th of December in Endever Hills Affiliates
-2nd of February in Portland WAC
-16th of March in Ballarat WAC
-Sales dates to be confirmed
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