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PostScope is a so-called virtual printer driver, which means: When printing any arbitrary document on PostScope, the output is not going to be a printed sheet of paper, but a PDF file, or PostScript file, respectively, which - upon request - can be sent directly by email. So PostScope is an PDF / PostScript converter, which, if desired, stamps the created documents with your own individual logo, in this way personalizing them.
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KnowHowDB - Manage your knowledge
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Advanced Explosion WorkFlow is designed to control daily production and to automate all shop floor documents needed for the manufacturing process. Advanced Explosion WorkFlow gets the list of orders available for production from Order Entry or from Scheduling, explodes them (Orders-]Products-]Parts), automatically creates shop floor ticket with automatically linked AutoCAD drawing, exploded Bill of Materials.
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novaPDF Server Pro 4.2
novaPDF Server Pro allows you to create PDF files from any printable document, including emails, MS Office documents, web pages, text. It works as a printer driver and you can print from any Windows application that supports printing - set it as the default printer and the document will be converted and saved as PDF file. Features include: customizable resolution, PDF security, PDF links, PDF bookmarks, printer sharing, private/public profiles...
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Automatic file backup utility run as windows service, online backup any type of files and folders to local hard disk,USB disk,network and other storage device. Intuitive interface make it easy to use, works reliably in the background and uses very little system resources. Can be directed only copy the new or modified file. Can archive multiple versions backed up copies for different time. E-mail notification let you know the backup status.
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PowerPoint presentation software retrieve restore corrupt damaged and inaccessible .ppt files and reopen ppt file in readable format. MS Powerpoint Recovery software has interactive graphical user interface with full install /uninstall support and runs under all Windows operating system such as Windows 98, windows XP, Windows 2000/2003 and windows Vista. Download demo version software from our website and install on your computer.
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Cool videos for curious minds of all ages.
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On Monday, June 18, K-9 will be closed at the US-77 junction for intersection reconstruction work. This intersection reconstruction work is part of the US-77 Big Blue River bridge replacement project in Marshall County. Beginning on Monday, June 18 at 4:00 p.m. through early September 2012, northbound and southbound K-9 will be closed from the city of Frankfort to ... Read More »
Road Construction Report
On Monday, June 11, a multi-highway resurfacing project will begin with an 8-mile section of K-63 from the K-63/US-36 east junction north to the north K-63/K-9 junction in Nemaha County. Work will take place during daylight hours, Monday through Friday, with some occasional Saturday work. Northbound and southbound K-63 traffic will be reduced to one lane for both directions ... Read More »
Re-Surfacing Project Will Begin June 11
On Monday, June 11, a multi-highway resurfacing project will begin with an 8-mile section of K-63 from the K-63/US-36 east junction north to the north K-63/K-9 junction in Nemaha County. Project work includes a 2-inch surface recycle and conventional seal followed by all new pavement markings. The resurfacing project will smooth the road and fill surface defects that can shorten ... Read More »
Homestead Trail Nears Completion From Beatrice to Lincoln
The Homestead Corridor biking and hiking trail will soon connect Beatrice to Lincoln. Only 10 miles of trail between Pickrell and Cortland are incomplete. The trail runs parallell to U.S. 77, and should be completed this summer. Beatrice has secured funding for the project. An STP transportation and enhancement grant is funding 80 percent of the project. The total cost ... Read More »
New Waterline Proposed for Southern Gage County
A new water line has been proposed for southern Gage County. The Lower Big Blue Natural Resource District proposed installing a new water line east and south of Wymore. 170 people in the area have already signed up to hook into the new 127 mile waterline. Gage County Supervisor Terry Jurgens spoke to the Gage County Board Wednesday. The Board ... Read More »
Clean Line Energy Partners Will Address MCPG Meeting
Clean Line Energy Partners will attend the Marshall County Partnership for Growth annual meeting on Thursday. The partners will give a presentation on a project they are calling the Grain Belt Express. The project would construct a 700 mile high voltage transmission line across northern Kansas including Marshall County. According to a press release from George McCune, Marshall County Economic ... Read More »
Stadium Repair Fund Reaches $97,400
The committee also talked with Christy Davis of Davis Preservation, Topeka, about applying for tax credits and a grant through the Kansas State Historical Society. Davis said the stadium and school are eligible to be listed on the national and state registers of historic places. If the stadium and school are added to the registers, the stadium restoration group can ... Read More »
KSHSAA Announces Television/WebCast Partnership
Topeka, KS. – The Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA), When We Were Young Productions (WWWYP), and PlayON! Sports announce the launch of the KSHSAA Network, a new cross-platform endeavor that will deliver unprecedented television and web coverage of selected KSHSAA state championship events. WWWYP/PlayON! Sports will produce and distribute content for the KSHSAA Network. When fully implemented, the ... Read More »
Marysville City Council Abandons Industrial Park Plan
Marysville City Council ended an effort to create a new industrial park near the airport. The council unanimously approved abandoning the proposed industrial park. The city had paid over $7,000 toward the project. Read More »
Washington County Commissioner Minutes
The Board of Washington County Commission met in regular session on Monday, July 11, 2011 in the commission room at the Washington County Courthouse. Present: Alison Mueller, 1st District Commissioner; Roger Otott, 2nd District Commissioner, Chairman; Gene Helms, 3rd District Commissioner; Elizabeth Hiltgen, County Attorney and Lou Kern, County Clerk. Chairman Otott called the meeting to order. The next regular ... Read More »


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Children's Books Lose Touch With Nature - NYTimes.com
"A group of researchers, led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's J. Allen Williams Jr., examined the pictures found in the pages of Caldecott Medal-winning books from 1938 (the first year the prize was awarded) to today. They looked for images of a natural environment (as opposed to a 'built' or 'modified' environment like a house or park) and of wild animals (rather than domesticated or anthropomorphized creatures). What they found probably doesn't surprise any parent or child for whom the world of 'Blueberries for Sal' is completely alien: where once children's books offered essentially equal illustrative doses of built and natural environments, natural environments 'have all but disappeared' in the last two decades."
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moreDespite the length of time it has been around, its importance, and vast amounts of research, combustion is still far from being completely understood. Industrial applications of combustion add environmental, cost, and fuel consumption issues to its fundamental complexity, and the process and power generation industries in particular present their own unique challenges
The John Zink Combustion Handbook is dedicated to improving that understanding and meeting those challenges. Under the leadership of Charles E. Baukal, Jr., top combustion engineers and technologists from the world-renowned John Zink Company have joined forces to bring you this landmark work— a synthesis of the multi-disciplinary background that will broaden your understanding, hone your skills, and further advance the art and science of industrial combustion.
Background—The fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, fluid mechanics, and transport processes of combustion
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A group of five local families who homeschool their children has banded together with the goal of opening a non-denominational Christian school based on the classical educational model as early as next year.
Ferguson's streets were peaceful for a third night as tensions between police and protesters continued to subside after nights of violence and unrest erupted when a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black 18-year-old.
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An astrophysicist�and mother of three�shares tips and resources for making math fun for kids.
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Reblog if you post a lot of Monty Python's Flying Circus/Any and all things Monty Python.
There's far too little of it on my dash, i'm looking to go on a following spree.
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Kolkata Gram Panchayat Sahayak recruitment 2013 notification is declared at s24pgs.gov.in :
District level selection committee Kolkata has issued a notification of Kolkata Gram Panchayat Sahayak recruitment 2013 and inviting online application on official site at s24pgs.gov.in so all those candidates who are interested to apply, they need to get full information from there before making registration.
South 24 Parganas, West Bengal has uploaded the recruitment notification on its official site and according to that notification they are recruiting for the various posts in Gram Panchayat and Panchayat Samiti. There are total 314 vacancies are to be filled of various posts and if you are eligible and interested then you can apply for this online from the official site. All the necessary details and criteria are mentioned below, so take a look at that.
Number of post: 314 posts
Name of post:
Gram Panchayat level:
- Executive Assistant: 24 posts
- Nirman Sahayak: 44 posts
- Gram Panchayat Secretary: 11 posts
- Gram Panchayat Sahayak: 199 posts
Panchayat Samiti level:
- Block Infromatics Officer: 03 posts
- Samiti Education Officer (open category): 11 posts
- Samiti Education Officer (selection category): 03 posts
- Accounts Clerk: 15 posts
- Clerk cum typist: 04 posts
Age limit:
- Candidates' age should be between 18 to 40 years as on 01/01/2013 and relaxation will be given as per the government norms
Educational qualification:
- For assistant post: Candidate should have done PG degree or diploma in social work or rural development from any recognized university and should have experience
- For Sahayak post: Candidate should have done diploma in Civil engineering from any recognized university
For other post refer official notification
Selection procedure:
- On the basis of the written exam candidates will be selected
How to apply:
- Candidates have to fill up online application form from the official site and then send it with all necessary documents to District level Selection Committee, South 24 Parganas 12, Biplabi Kannai Bhattacharjee Sarani, New Treasury Building, 2nd floor (Panchayat & RD Section), Alipore, Kolkata – 700027
Important dates to remind:
- Last date for online application: 27/11/2013
- Last date for the receipt of the form: 04/12/2013
Click here: For official notification
Click here: To apply online for Kolkata Gram Panchayat Sahayak Recruitment 2013
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Man Cured of AIDS: 'I Feel Good'
The fact that Timothy Brown is a reasonably healthy 46-year-old is no small thing. Only a few years ago, he had AIDS.
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Meet Timothy Brown: he may be the first person to be cured of HIV
I haven't checked the source, but this could be good news.
I thought I should share this TED Talk that I found a while ago.
Thomas Goetz looks at redesigning medical data in medical charts. It is a really interesting talk about how patients' health literacy can be raised with some usability and graphical design.
It is one thing to take a prototype, or finished product, and test it. It is something completely else to create two prototypes and decide on what should differ between them. I'm glad I have better tools now to try out different solutions.
Oh, and the hand is free. It hurts of course, but it is out of its cast and there will be no surgery necessary. Thanks for the finger work! :)
I've been working hard at getting the design decisions for the concept just right (I haven't gone home yet). I've made 15 sketches probably just to get a good picture of what I want to do. But after starting on the prototype I had to revise the design decisions. Now I'm added to both in iterations as I discover mistakes and come up with better ideas. This is why prototyping is so great. It takes time though when your hand is in a cast…
There are some decisions I'm not sure of so I intend to make one more prototype at least and then test them on users. That should be interesting. Or maybe I will only make one and test on width, and then a second prototype that tests on depth.
Oh and they are removing the cast tomorrow. Fingers crossed all is well and that I wont need any surgery. Here's some good music to listen to while you cross your fingers.
After being away for three weeks I'm back at my workplace. Two of those weeks were spent in Scotland and a jolly good time was had. One of them was spent at home with a fever and a running and sore nose, as well as a soar throat. That was not so jolly. Also my right hand is in a cast, a plastic cast but still. It makes for slow typing and is at times a bit painful.
Still with sunshine, a blue sky and music like this:
a calmness is settling in that is quite comfy.
I found some interesting services for measuring the impact of scientific publications - also know as scientometrics. There are different ways of measuring the impact of a published article. One such common way is tracking citations in other articles. Another way is to use altmetrics - the use of tracking metrics for alternative sources. I'm not sure about the name since there will always be alternative metrics to the normal ones, but it is a descriptive name. It measures things like citations on Wikipedia, number of times bookmarked on CiteULike or number of readers on Mendeley.
Check out these tools to delve in. Or click the links below for examples of what it can look like. Keep in mind that they are in development so expect bugs.
I'm currently working on an analysis of a number of social network sites. I'm using the framework presented in my post from March 29. The building blocks are:
I unfortunately don't have time to describe the blocks, but take a look in the article (if it is available to you…). I've changed the perspective a bit and focus on how attention is shifted by those blocks, and also at how an interface makes the user aware of activity and context.
The intention was to look at seven sites that I have picked out, but after spending way too many hours finishing the first site I'm having second thoughts. :) I might try to narrow it down to five if the next site takes just as long.
Wow. I just wrote in an analysis that Facebook doesn't offer much support for group identity compared to individual identity. A few minutes later new features appear that give better support. :)
I'd say groups became better overall. These new groups for schools that Facebook are working on sound interesting as well.
So ok, I haven't exactly been writhing in pain but I have been pretty sick. I think it is the second or third time I have a soar throat this year. Fun times. :)
I have been writing on my report though and have given an overview of seven building blocks that were laid out by Kietzmann, J. and others. The name of their article is "Social media? Get serious! Understanding the functional building blocks of social media". I'll probably post a short summary in the near future.
The idea is to take these building blocks and use them to analyze how attention moves on social media platforms.
I've been writing some more on the topic of attention itself as well. I've written about it from a cognitive psychology, a behavioral science and an economic perspective. I'm not going very deep but it is still very interesting.
Now I'm trying to come up with some way of describing different graphical interfaces for attention. I'm looking for categories like activity streams and dashboards. But there are also interfaces for particular items like posts or shared videos. These interfaces present meta-data like number of likes or favorites, date of post or physical location. The name "Meta-data interfaces" doesn't quite cut it…
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On Saturday, October 25th, Blackstone Millville Youth Soccer is hosting their Fall Night at the Revolution. The Revs are facing Toronto FC in a must-win for both teams if they hope to make the MLS Playoffs in 2014. The game will showcase two of the league's best midfielders in Toronto FC's Michael Bradley and The Revolution's new acquisition, U.S. Men's National Star Jermaine Jones. It will be a packed house and the Revolution need your support to continue their run at an MLS Championship.
Blackstone Millville Youth Soccer invites you to the event with tickets that are just $17 each, a full 35% off of the original price. This exciting event provides you with a chance to experience The Revolutions biggest game of the season and to watch professional soccer with your son or daughter. Our ticket link is available up until 2:00 PM on the day of the game, but buy your tickets early to get the best seats for the match. To order your tickets, click the following link and use passcode REVOLUTION:
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Thank you all for your support of the New England Revolution. We'll see you on October 25th. Go Revs!
Indoor session one registrations are now OPEN!
The cost is $150 per player plus the player pass card fee of $10 (the $10 fee is paid directly to WWIS and is not part of the $150 fee paid to BMYSO).
Girls usually play on Saturdays and Boys on Sundays, game times vary, most younger teams can play between 7am and 8pm and older teams can play up to 11pm.
The $150 price includes one 1 hour practice at WWIS for U8 through U14 players only. Practice times will be as follow, however are subject to change. U8 and U10 on Fridays from 7-8. U12 & U14 on Wednesday from 7-8. Practice times may be every week or every other week (depends on final number of teams).
The registration widow will be short this year as we need to have all teams in ASAP.
Players should register only for their respective team. Registrations will open up on 9/30 and close on 10/10.
If you are in U8 or U10 recreation program and interested in having your child play please pick the appropriate team either U8 BOYS, U8 GIRLS U10 BOYS NON TRAVEL TEAM OR U10 GIRLS NON TRAVEL TEAM.
U16 & U19 please register online(no practice time just games).
Head coaches for travel teams have their initials after their teams...
The primary purpose of BMYSO is to develop and promote a FUN and exciting soccer program within the towns of Blackstone and Millville. This will be accomplished through programs designed to educate players, parents and coaches about the sport of soccer and to further develop public awareness of the sport and what it offers to all kids. These programs will provide the opportunity for training and play for all interested parties and shall be designed to develop individual skills, fitness, teamwork, and fair play.
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VIntage LUCERNE Watch - SWISS Made - circa 1960's
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VIntage LUCERNE Watch - SWISS Made - circa 1960's
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE LUCERNE Watch; Swiss Made.T is very little text on the exterior of this piece,so it took some detective work. Based on similarity of style and form, this watch appears to have been produced in the 1960's. Of course, it is a "winder", and still keeps excellent time. "Unbreakable Main Spring", "Swiss Made" and "swiss Base Metal" are the only other script adorning the exterior. It is GOLD plated, though we are not sure of the carat. The face is adorned with 3 clear, sparkling gems per section, for a total of 36. The gold/metal band and clasp are undamaged and fully functional. All in all, this piece shoul give its next proud owner years of service and great looks! THANX MUCHLY for your interest...and may GOD RICHLY BLESS you and yours! LIKE WHAT YOU SEE?..Want more?... why not sign up for our newsletters... Visit My eBay Store ** A WORD ABOUT INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: We are happy to ship anyw in the world, but are struggling to understand the various and sundry prohibitions other nations impose. We are not seasoned exporters. While we will go to more than reasonable lengths to successfully get items to purchasers abroad, in the final analysis it has to be the buyers responsibility to deal with any additional fees, paperwork, procedures or other difficulties their home nation imposes. We will fill out all normally required forms at our end; but the rest is up
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In March, Haidt will publish The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion (Pantheon). By laying out the science of morality—how it binds people into "groupish righteousness" and blinds them to their own biases—he hopes to drain some vitriol from public debate and enable conversations across ideological divides.
Practically speaking, that often means needling liberals while explaining conservatives and religious people, and treading a fine line between provocation and treason. Haidt works in a field so left-wing that, when he once polled roughly 1,000 colleagues at a social-psychology conference, 80 to 90 percent classified themselves as liberal. Only three people identified as conservative. So hanging out in his lab can jar you at first. You'll be listening to his team talk shop over boar burgers and organic ketchup in Greenwich Village, and then you think—Wait, did Haidt just praise Sarah Palin?
Indeed. "She's right," he says, that "it's not left-right so much as it is the big powerful interests who control everything versus the little people." And National Review? "The most important thing I read" to get new ideas. And Glenn Beck? "A demonizer," says Haidt, but one who has "a great sense of humor, so I enjoy listening to him."
Meanwhile, though Haidt still supports President Obama, he chides Democrats for a moral vision that alienates many working-class, rural, and religious voters. Though he's an atheist, he lambasts the liberal scientists of New Atheism for focusing on what religious people believe rather than how religion binds them into communities. And he rakes his own social-psychology colleagues over the coals for being "a tribal moral community that actively discourages conservatives from entering" and for making the field's nonliberal members feel like closeted homosexuals. (See related article, Page B8.)
"Liberals need to be shaken," Haidt tells me. They "simply misunderstand conservatives far more than the other way around."
Jonathan Haidt Decodes the Tribal Psychology of Politics ☀
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Pirates Release Ross Ohlendorf
The Pittsburgh Pirates have released right handed pitcher Ross Ohlendorf, who was expected to be a non-tender candidate next week. Ohlendorf was coming off a horrible season, and has dealt with injury problems the last few years. He would have made a raise through arbitration over his 2011 salary had the Pirates kept him around. The move opens up a spot on the 40-man roster, allowing the Pirates to make a Rule 5 pick.
Pirates Acquire Yamaico Navarro For Brooks Pounders
The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired infielder Yamaico Navarro from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for right handed pitcher Brooks Pounders and infielder Diego Goris. The Royals were shopping Navarro to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for a Rule 5 pick. The Pirates will announce a corresponding move tomorrow to clear a spot on the 40-man. Navarro was traded from Boston to Kansas City in 2011 along with Kendal Volz in exchange...
Pirates Sign Nate McLouth, Pedro Ciriaco DFAd
Earlier today we heard that the Pirates reached an agreement with Nate McLouth. The move was just made official, per a team press release. To clear space for McLouth on the 40-man roster, the Pirates have designated infielder Pedro Ciriaco for assignment. The Pirates have ten days to waive, trade, or release Ciriaco. If he clears waivers, they can outright him to AAA. McLouth will make $1.75 M on a one year deal.
Erik Bedard Signed, Jason Jaramillo DFAd
The Pittsburgh Pirates have made the Erik Bedard signing official, per a team press release. To make room on the 40-man roster, Jason Jaramillo has been designated for assignment. The Pirates have ten days to trade, waive, or release Jaramillo. If he clears waivers, he could be outrighted to AAA. Bedard has the potential to be a big addition to the Pirates rotation. When healthy he's easily the best starter on the staff, capable...
Pirates Agree to Terms With Nate McLouth
The Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed to terms with free agent outfielder Nate McLouth, according to Ken Rosenthal. The deal is for one year, and is pending the results of a physical. We heard earlier today that they were getting close to a deal. As we know, the Pirates traded McLouth in 2009, getting Charlie Morton, Jeff Locke, and Gorkys Hernandez in return. After going to Atlanta, McLouth's numbers took a dive. He hit for a...
Pirates Sign Jose Morales to Minor League Deal
Last night we heard that the Pittsburgh Pirates were closing in on a deal with catcher/first baseman Jose Morales. The Pirates finalized the deal today on a minor league contract with an invite to Spring Training, per a team press release. The Pirates now have invited six non-roster invitees to Spring Training.


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L.A. CADA currently operates five locations throughout Los Angeles County along with being housed at other community sites including the downtown office of the Department of Mental Health, the Primary Medical Clinic of JWCH Institute in Bell Flower and Lynwood, school sites within the East Whittier City School Districts, and all campuses of the Whittier Union High School District.
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Would you like a job where every day is different and exciting? Where you can make a change to the lives of hundreds of children on a daily basis? If so then we have just the role for you
The Job:
We are looking for KS1 and KS2 Teachers with NQT and Qualified Teacher Status who can:
Be available and ready to accept vacancies at relatively short notice if necessary.
Treat every assignment as if it is permanent role, injecting a sense of purpose into the classroom and helping the school and pupils to the best of your ability.
Develop professional relationships with pupils and staff.
Ensure effective classroom management in line with schools behaviour policy.
The School:
We are proud to support a diverse portfolio of schools within the Essex Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock areas. These schools range in size, catchment, religious background and ethos. Within these schools our Teachers support pupils of different ability levels, SEN, EAL and from many different home lives, cultures and backgrounds across Key Stage 1 and 2.
The Child:
We understand that every child is different so we carefully match our Teachers with the schools and children to which they work with best. You will encounter a diverse mix of pupils across our range of Schools. Good behaviour management skills, a passion for teaching and a dynamic and flexible approach will be advantageous for these positions.
In reward for our teachers hard work and commitment, we provide competitive rates of pay with no hidden deductions, a refer a friend scheme, teacher of the term awards, access to Randstad Education's online CPD portfolio, long-term and permanent job opportunities, a dedicated consultant with a 24hr on call facility and an honest and trustworthy approach that matches you to the right school.
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Modi's greatest challenge will be to represent, defend all Indians: NYT
The challenge before India's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is not only to reverse a decline in economic growth, but also to represent, and defend, all the country's people.
In an editorial published by the New York Times, it is said that the recent meeting between the US ambassador to India, Nancy Powell, and Modi reversed a long estrangement between the two nations after the Devyani Khobaragade case.
In 2005, the US imposed a visa ban on Gujarat Chief Minister, Modi, over questions about his role in the savage riots there in 2002 that left nearly 1,000 people dead, most of them part of the Muslim minority.
Despite, Modi being cleared of any wrongdoing both by a Supreme Court investigative team and a Gujarat court drawing similar conclusion over lack of enough evidence, the Obama administration maintained this week that the visa status remained the same.
However, if Modi rises to the prime minister's role, his visa status might change, but it would also prove troubling to many Indians, especially the Muslims and other minorities, due to his staunch Hindu nationalism views.
It further noted that India and the US have much to cooperate on, including Obama's efforts to strengthen America's role in Asia and work with partners there to balance China's rise and more assertive stance in the region without provoking conflict.
India also shares US' concerns about a potential takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban once American troops leave and any potential spillover in nuclear-armed Pakistan.
Therefore, opening a door to a relationship with Modi is a necessary step for the US regardless of who succeeds Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this year.
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Tamar interviews a follower of Rabbi Yosef, Aaron Hai, who authors the blog, Jewish Teachings. He shares an interesting story about the rabbi when he met with the King of Spain. Also, INR's Ben Bresky comes on and shares his experiences attending the funeral.
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The ACCCA Projectโs Scientific Writing Course
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The Regional Institute for Population Studies of the University of Ghana (RIPS/UG) is implementing the ACCCA pilot action "Food Security and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Afram Plains of Ghana". The purpose of the ACCCA project is to bring together stakeholders and scientific communities of developing countries in Africa and Asia to enable and support effective adaptation decisions that would reduce vulnerability to climate hazards, climate change and environmental change while also promoting sustainable development.
The ACCCA Project's Scientific Writing Course will be held at the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana.
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- Topics to cover will include, principles of authorship; selecting a title; choosing a journal;
writing the abstract, introduction and method sections; presenting data;
writing the results and discussions sections; preparing references;
publication ethics and responding to reviewers and editors.
Objectifs d'apprentissage
After the course, participants will be asked to evaluate the course based on the following:
organization of sessions,
usefulness of the sessions in improving their writing skills,
- recommendation of the course to others, and,
- other additional comments about the course.
The training will be delivered over three days and the main mode of delivery is by power point presentation to introduce participants to the theory on how to cover all aspects of the scientific writing process.
Hands on exercises and practical exercises will also be an important part of the training to involve participants and allow participants put into practice the theory.
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Jarvis Green: 'This is my last year with the Patriots'
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Patriots' defensive lineman and Louisiana native Jarvis Green spoke with a Louisiana newspaper recently, and had some interesting comments. He talked about a wide variety of topics, including New England's near-miss in Super Bowl XLII and the success he and the Patriots' had early in his career.
He's looking forward to the 2009 season: 'This season will be a special season because I know everybody is watching to see what we're going to do,' he said. 'Who we are on paper doesn't mean anything. It's a great year to go back and see how we put things together after the way last year ended.'
He also talked about missing his home state of Louisiana — especially in the winter — and tacked on an interesting footnote: 'This is my last year with the Patriots. I'd love to come home and finish off as a Saint.' The 30-year-old Green is entering the final year of a five-year contract he signed in 2005.
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The Phone Call Oct 23 2014
Mat Kirkby's short film, The Phone Call, won the Best Narrative Short prize at the Tribeca Film Festival and is rumored to be in the running for an Oscar nomination. It features a young woman who works in helpline call office (Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins) taking a call from a distraught man (Oscar winner Jim Broadbent).
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It's fair to say that alarm bells started ringing at ONM when we heard about Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. Dedicating an entire game to a single band, in doing so making the whole experience much more limited, just reeked of a fan-fleecing cash-in exercise. The finished product isn't quite as brazen as that but there will certainly be more than a few disappointed guitar slingers out there.
It's hard to criticise the gameplay mechanics of Guitar Hero: Aerosmith simply because it's all basically the same Guitar Hero 3. And when the only real criticism we had of that was that Neversoft had ramped the difficulty up a bit too much, it suggests that GH: Aerosmith should be every bit as good for aping its predecessor so closely, especially when the difficulty issue has been addressed (there's no Aerosmith equivalent of GH3's Raining Blood or Through The Fire And The Flames). On paper, it should actually be better for the majority of people.
From Hero To Zero
In truth, GH: Aerosmith is disappointing for all the reasons it shouldn't be. Surprisingly though, the game's focus on Aerosmith is actually the least of our concerns. Certainly, it sacrifices most of the eclectic style Guitar Hero games have always had (but not all, thanks to a small selection of non-Aerosmith songs included as 'warm-up acts'), but the video interviews with the band about their career and range of venues from their past at least give the package some meaning. Plus, their on-screen characterisations during songs really bring the game to life in a way the previous group of nobodies never did - something that's painfully obvious when said band takes to the stage for the warm-ups.
Unfortunately, the game starts showing its limited nature once you start playing. The Career mode, for instance, offers virtually no song choice whatsoever and aside from a selection of two warm-up songs at the start of every set, you're forced down a linear path of tunes so if you get stuck there's literally nowhere else to go, especially when playing on Hard or Expert.
Boss battles are also back (although mercifully, there's actually only one), but the fact that this signals a massive spike in the game's difficulty makes us dislike it even more. And although the option to buy new guitars, characters and costumes is still here, it's had its purpose taken away somewhat; since Aerosmith takes to the stage with set clothing and equipment for the entire Career mode, it's only really when playing Quickplay or online that you'll see your own preferences. What's more, there's no co-op Career mode (even though Guitar Hero 3 had one) and half the songs you'd expect aren't anywhere to be seen; where are hits like Dude Looks Like A Lady, Don't Want To Miss A Thing or Crazy?
With Guitar Hero: World Tour less than six months away then, GH: Aerosmith is clearly more of a minor distraction than a proper game - that Activision is asking £40 for it (or more packaged with the guitar) is somewhat laughable. If you're literally gagging for songs to play then, we can understand the appeal... but to be honest, we're more inclined to wait it out than open our wallets.


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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell signed a controversial bill this afternoon that requires women to undergo an abdominal ultrasound prior to having an abortion.
The bill, HB 462, had already passed the House of Delegates by a vote of 63-35 and the Virginia Senate by a vote of 21-19,WTVR Richmond reports.
RH Reality Check tweets that Virginia now joins 7 other states that require ultrasounds before abortions:
There are some things, even in American electoral politics, that money can't buy. It can get an organisation, ads and attention. But it cannot make you engaging, compelling or authentic. In short, it can't buy you love. And as Mitt Romney keeps showing, week after week, if the voters don't really like you, then you just have to spend as much money as you can making sure they don't like anybody else either.
In these times of tinkle-down economics — with the money powers thinking that they're the top dogs and that the rest of us are just a bunch of fire hydrants — we need for the hard-hitting (yet uplifting) musical stories, social commentaries and inspired lyrical populism of Woody Guthrie.
This year will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of this legendary grassroots troubadour, who came out of the Oklahoma dust bowl to rally America's "just plain folks" to fight back against the elites who were knocking them down.
Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, a two-time presidential candidate who for the past decade has been the most consistent critic of war and militarism in the US House of Representatives, was defeated Tuesday in a Democratic primary that pitted him against fellow progressive Marcy Kaptur.
Kucinich was the first electoral victim of the current round of redistricting, which saw congressional districts redrawn in states across the country after the 2010 Census. A Republican governor and legislature carved up northern Ohio districts with an eye toward eliminating at least one Democratic seat, and they achieved their goal by forcing Kucinich and Kaptur into the same district.
Over 12 million homes currently under water
WASHINGTON—The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) will hold a press conference Wednesday, March 7, to demand that Edward DeMarco, the acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), allow Freddie and Fannie Mae to write down mortgage principal amounts for struggling homeowners. Members will be joined by families whose homes are under water and representatives of The New Bottom Line, a coalition working to challenge established big bank interests. The families and activists will then deliver more than 130,000 petitions signed nationwide to Mr. DeMarco's office at the FHFA.
In recent weeks, President Obama has wisely cooled his previously red-hot rhetoric in preparation for a US attack on Iran. Perhaps the reality of blow back on the US from another pre-emptive military attack on a mostly defenseless Mideast country gave the administration good reason to pause. Or perhaps it was the sudden realization that the country's real national security interest does not lie in provoking another costly war. Negative impacts of a new war on the upcoming presidential election may also have benefited the cause for peace.
In an interview with Solutions, author and activist Naomi Klein discusses how market-based solutions are not going to meet the needs required to address climate change and how ideologies have hampered both the left and right in climate action. She also states that the Occupy movement has been "a game-changer." There is a way forward, Klein says, and it involves "changing the mix in a mixed economy."
It's almost funny to watch how hard it is for Republicans to criticize Rush Limbaugh. Instead of calling him a misogynist and a bully, they say he is being "absurd" and chose the wrong words. Rush's sponsors, on the other hand, are getting a little skittish. He's lost at least six advertisers in the last couple of days, including: Citrix Systems, LegalZoom, Quicken Loans, Sleep Number, and The Sleep Train.
The Washington Post's David Ignatius today persuasively argues that President Obama, in his interview with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, issued his most absolute and inflexible threat yet to attack Iran — not if Iran attacks or is about to attack another country, but merely if it appears to be developing a nuclear weapon:
The other point that struck me was Obama's clarity about establishing a "red line" between an Iranian civilian nuclear program (acceptable) and a weapons program (unacceptable). . . . His message to Israel: If the Iranians cross this red line, the United States will attack. . . . Is Obama bluffing? Who can say, but if you're an Iranian decision maker (or, perhaps more important, Netanyahu) you have to weigh a bit more heavily the possibility that the president really does mean what he sa
The other point that struck me was Obama's clarity about establishing a "red line" between an Iranian civilian nuclear program (acceptable) and a weapons program (unacceptable). . . . His message to Israel: If the Iranians cross this red line, the United States will attack. . . . Is Obama bluffing? Who can say, but if you're an Iranian decision maker (or, perhaps more important, Netanyahu) you have to weigh a bit more heavily the possibility that the president really does mean what he sa
Civil rights veteran John Lewis, D-Ga.; Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.; Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz.; Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y.; Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.; Rep. Al Green, D-Texas; Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.; and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.; joined 200 others who were arrested as part of a "civil disobedience" event in front of the U.S. capitol.
As Republicans hold the government hostage and threaten to wreak economic havoc with the looming debt-ceiling showdown, some progressives on the Hill are worried that the strong-arm tactics will lead to an agreement on so-called "entitlement reform." That's Washington parlance for cuts to the nation's most significant social programs: Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
This weekend, the White House came courting to Congress, showing evidence and secret intelligence to make the case for military action. What was remarkably lacking, however, throughout all the pomp and circumstance, was any other tool in their intervention toolkit.
August 28 will mark the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Publicly associated with Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech, this march brought more than 250,000 people to the nation's capital.
Republicans bellyached for years that government must shrink. It had to be smaller. Cut the budget come hell or high water, they yammered. Well, darn if the sequester hasn't brought hell and high water to Republican districts across America. Now Republican lawmakers can't stop carping about how small government shouldn't occur in their districts. Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till you vote to kill it?
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced legislation cosponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to strengthen Social Security by making the wealthiest Americans pay the same payroll tax that nearly everyone else already pays.
Under the Act, the Department of Labor would work collaboratively with local and state governments, non-profits, and the private-sector to fund community-based "fast track" jobs. This work could include renovating housing and schools, weatherizing homes, fixing our aging infrastructure, expanding access to broadband and wireless Internet, neighborhood beautification projects, or other community initiatives in the health and education sectors.
Congratulations on your second inauguration. Let's talk about drugs.
As it happens, today's festivities fall on Martin Luther King Day. This isn't the first time you and Dr. King have encountered one another on the calendar. You first accepted your party's nomination for the presidency on the 45th anniversary of his "I Have a Dream" speech.
Hundreds of small farmers and advocates for organic seed growers gathered outside the White House Thursday, calling on President Obama and other lawmakers to come to their aid as they continue their fight against Monsanto, one of the world's largest, most powerful—and to them sinister—industrial agriculture corporations
I don't claim to know exactly what's going on with #IdleNoMore, the surging movement of indigenous activists that started late last year in Canada and is now spreading across the continent, but I sense that it's every bit as important as the Occupy movement that transfixed the world a year ago; it feels like it wells up from the same kind of long-postponed and deeply-felt passion that powered the Arab spring.
The historic re-election of President Obama must not be followed by historic damage to the nation's social safety net.
We call on the President and Congress to reject any cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. Rather than undermining those vital social programs, elected officials must protect them.
The Electoral College - the way we pick our president and vice president - is all about cheap labor. When it was put into place in 1789, it was to give slaveholders a greater national voice - part of a compromise with the slave states to keep them in the union. So back then, it was all about cheap labor - slavery.
The RNC-funded Strategic Allied Consulting, run by checkered GOP operative Nathan Sproul, is under criminal investigation in Florida for submitting fraudulent voter registration forms to election officials. (Sproul is still running voter-canvassing operations for conservatives in thirty states.) Sproul's associate Colin Small, who had worked for Strategic Allied Consulting and as "Grassroots Field Director at the Republican National Committee," was charged last week with eight felony counts and five misdemeanors for trashing voter registration forms in Virginia.
With three weeks left to Election Day, civil rights organizations and union lawyers are getting ready to overcome voter suppression. An anonymous "family foundation" is paying for billboards warning against voter fraud, like this one in a minority neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland. Clear Channel, which owns the space, says the anonymity violates its policies but it will not take the ads down.
The former presidential candidate, who is nearing death, warned of the folly of the Vietnam and Iraq Wars. Americans came to agree with him -- but only when it was too late. Speaking at the Democratic National Convention in 1972, George McGovern kicked off his ill-fated presidential bid by focusing on his opposition to the ruinous war in Vietnam. "I have no secret plan for peace. I have a public plan.
If groups like Working America can build an awareness of economic issues among swing voters, it could be a game-changer. She's asking them to sign up as a member with Working America, which simply means giving her a phone number and email address to match the street address she already has. She also asks for a donation, either a monthly contribution or a few dollars on the spot, to keep Working America going.
Concerned people from the U.S. and numerous other countries will join in a global campaign event Saturday to call for a ban of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking." More than 150 events, on five continents, are planned for this weekend's "Global Frackdown" -- a day of action against fracking -- coupled with the promotion of the expansion of clean, sustainable energy options.
With less than two months until Election Day, one of the challenges facing Democrats at the voting booth has plagued them for decades: how to play well in the South.
Hey, Mitt, why start with the 47 percent? Fully 100 percent of the nation's 500 biggest corporations are dependent on various kinds of corporate welfare – subsidies, giveaways, bailouts, waivers, and other dazzling preferences – while many pay no tax at all on very substantial profits (see their familiar names – General Electric, Pepco, Verizon etc. – here).
"As goes the South, so goes the nation." - W.E.B. DuBois. With the nation's eyes on party conventions in Tampa and Charlotte, the media is cramming to get a handle on the Southern political landscape. The resulting punditry has ranged from thoughtful analysis of changes in the South to rants blaming the region for all (or most) of the nation's ills.
Sister Simone Campbell, whose social justice organization, Network, sponsored the Nuns on the Bus tour protesting the Republican budget, gave Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan the what-for from the podium of Wednesday night's Democratic National Convention, leading my colleague, Joshua Holland, to tweet that she had rapped Ryan's knuckles. Ryan set himself up for the ire of the kind of nuns who minister to the poor when he tried to wrap his draconian budget in the magisterium of Mother Church.
Proudly liberal activist Tim Carpenter, who toiled in Orange County for more than 20 years before resettling in Massachusetts and co-founding Progressive Democrats of America, has made a career of standing staunchly to the left of mainstream Democrats, relentlessly beckoning and cajoling others to come a little closer.
Conservatives force the deficit issue, ignoring job creation, and insisting that tax increases on the rich wouldn't generate enough revenue to balance the budget. They're way off. But it takes a little arithmetic to put it all together. In the following analysis, data has been taken from a variety of sources, some of which may overlap or slightly disagree, but all of which lead to the conclusion that withheld revenue, not excessive spending, is the problem.
CODEPINK will be with PDA at Progressive Central
"And the Republicans are particularly bad when it comes to women's rights. I can't be quiet while the GOP tries to take away the reproductive rights my parents' generation worked so hard for."
America was born with a great soul, a moral view of Democracy in which citizens care about their fellow citizens and join together to take responsibility not just for themselves but for each other, for America as a union, a joint enterprise. The government's job was to carry out that moral vision and to do so it created what we call The Public, the provision of basic protection and empowerment for all.
This election season there are two dominant stories about the much-discussed "Latino vote." One, that President Obama enjoys a strong advantage among Hispanic voters. But two, it may not matter much because, even though Latino communities are growing fast, they have yet to be a major force at the ballot box.
Curious how many Democrats live on your block? Just download the Obama campaign's new mobile app. The app, released last week, includes a Google map for canvassers that recognizes your current location and marks nearby Democratic households with small blue flags.
Ending four months of speculation and mystery, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney Saturday chose House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate.
Romney announced the pick in Norfolk, Va., the first stop on a four-day campaign bus tour through Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and Ohio, all swing states that President Barack Obama won in 2008.
An amazing dialogue about class, race and movement-building by five progressive journalists and activist scholars.
The most politically partisan—and politically activist—Supreme Court in modern American history has already assumed that, when it comes to electioneering, corporations have pretty much the same rights as human beings.
The failed effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is widely seen as a crisis for the labor movement, and a pivotal moment in the 2012 U.S. presidential-election season.
Will high-level Obama officials who leak for political gain be punished on equal terms with actual whistleblowers?
In April, Jamie Dimon–the swaggering chief of JPMorgan Chase–scoffed at critics who warned that his bank's high-flying investment division was dangerously overextended and risking collapse: "A complete tempest in a teapot," scoffed Dimon.
My solution is: get outraged. Campaigners marched in Copenhagen under the banner "System Change, Not Climate Change." On the eve of Rio+20, that message again will rise, but slogans and proposals and will mean nothing without the requisite power standing behind them.
Internationally renowned activist Medea Benjamin has written a compelling case against drones. One of the most fearful aspects is that drone technology is growing so rapidly in so many nations that soon the nations the US deems enemies will be using them against our forces and us.
Defense contractors already are preparing for the layoffs and plant closures that will occur if Congress fails to reach a deal on the federal deficit this year, triggering $600 billion in automatic Pentagon spending cuts.
"We are running towards a cliff, all telling each other like lemmings that somehow this isn't going to happen," said Marion C. Blakey, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). "But the cliff is coming up."
Washington, D.C.--Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Co-Chairs Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) today released the following statement after the House passed H.R.4970, the House Republican version of the Violence Against Women Act:
Dear Friend,
I would like to thank you for your support, and thank the tens of thousands of concerned Citizens for Kucinich who in the past few months have written, emailed and called to discuss my running for Congress in Washington State.
It's official; George W Bush is a war criminal.
In what is the first ever conviction of its kind anywhere in the world, the former US President and seven key members of his administration were yesterday (Fri) found guilty of war crimes.
In yet another seemingly faux pas moment for the former governor and presidential candidate, Mitt Romney tells a crowd of supporters in Alabama that he can relate to the plight of black individuals because his ancestors were slave owners in the 1800′s.
North Carolina's voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage, joining 29 other states and the rest of the South.
Democrats in Wisconsin have a month to persuade voters to unseat the governor, Scott Walker, in a recall election with Tom Barrett as Mr. Walker's opponent.
The city of Chicago today yanked a permit for the first demonstration planned for the weekend of the NATO summit in a dispute over where the National Nurses United can hold its rally May 18.
"France, Okay, But Could a Socialist Gain Power in the US? Here's How It Almost Happened" by Greg Mitchell of the Nation, and "François Hollande wins French presidential election" by Angelique Chrisafis of the Guardian.
Nurses, Robin Hood and the band of merry women and men, and scores of friends
are strapping on their boots and preparing to head to Chicago Friday, May 18.
Since the housing bubble burst, Nevada has been plagued with record foreclosures, the nation's steepest drop in home values and its highest unemployment rate.
Iowa, on the other hand, may have missed out on some of the boom but was spared the worst of the bust: its housing prices have stayed relatively stable, and it now has the fifth-lowest unemployment rate in the country.
American soldiers learned the hard way not to walk down enemy trails in Vietnam — and certainly not twice. But here come the House Republicans, marching into the sunlight by shifting billions from poverty programs to the Pentagon, all within hours of adopting an entirely new round of tax cuts for those earning more than $1 million a year.
How will U.S. EPA's oil and gas air rule affect the fracking industry? During today's OnPoint, Jim Pardo, a partner at McDermott Will & Emery, discusses the broader impacts of the rule ....
Today marks one year since the death of Osama bin Laden. The CIA estimates there are fewer than 100 al Qaeda operatives in Afghanistan. Since 'getting Bin Laden' and defeating al Qaeda were the stated reasons the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in 2001, President Barack Obama should use the anniversary to announce the end of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
President Obama's dramatic speech from Afghanistan should be parsed as a careful election-year orchestration of his plan to "wind down" the war. It is no accident that the speech came during the first-year commemoration of the killing of Osama bin Laden, the event providing Obama the rationale for ending American combat while placing hawks and political rivals on the defensive.
The student loan crisis finally reached center stage in Washington after the House GOP budget called for letting interest rates double on government-subsidized loans (and for deep cuts in Pell grants and other student support). If it passes, students who borrow the maximum will end up paying as much as $1,000 a year in added interest.
Women's rights have always been a bit of an add-on for the left. At this spring's Left Forum, only fifteen of 440 panels touched on any feminist issue, broadly understood. New Left Review is famous, at least in my apartment, for its high testosterone content (despite being edited by a woman); ditto Verso, the left's flagship publishing house, where women authors are as rare as Siberian tigers.
Desperate for new revenue, Ohio lawmakers introduced legislation last year that would make it easier to recover money from businesses that defraud the state. It was quickly flagged at the Washington headquarters of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, a business-backed group that views such "false claims" laws as encouraging frivolous lawsuits. ALEC's membership includes not only corporations, but nearly 2,000 state legislators across the country — including dozens who would vote on the Ohio bill.
Corporate owners or sister companies of some of the biggest names in journalism against FCC order to post political ad data. News organizations cultivate a reputation for demanding transparency, whether by suing for access to government documents, dispatching camera crews to the doorsteps of recalcitrant politicians, or editorializing in favor of open government.
With thousands of consumers expressing their concerns about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to corporations across America, even former supporters of ALEC are feeling the heat, and some are rushing to distance themselves from the organization. YUM! Brands (owners of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut) became the 12th corporate member of ALEC to announce it is leaving the organization yesterday.
Our acceptance of death for those who can't afford medical care is unique among the advanced industrialized nations of the world. This ethos allows people who don't have enough money or enough medical insurance to die everyday. We remain blind to the humanistic healthcare ethos of other nations, that result in greatly reduced costs and superior outcomes.
The drug war has created a new Jim Crow system. Ever since Barack Obama lifted his right hand and took his oath of office, pledging to serve the United States as its 44th president, ordinary people and their leaders around the globe have been celebrating our nation's "triumph over race." Obama's election has been touted as the final nail in the coffin of Jim Crow, the bookend placed on the history of racial caste in America.
Wisconsin is a rod-and-gun state, with a hunting history that has fostered traditions of broad gun ownership and respect for the right to bear arms.
So how did Wisconsin get saddled with a "Castle Doctrine" law that mirrors some of the worst aspects of the Florida legislation that's now at the center of the controversy over the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
"[I]t will come, but I shall not see it ... It is inevitable. We can no more deny forever the right of self-government to one-half our people than we could keep the Negro forever in bondage. It will not be wrought by the same disrupting forces that freed the slave, but come it will, and I believe within a generation."
Many on the American Right insist federal actions from the Civil War to recent banking regulations were encroachments on states' rights and personal liberties, but underlying these claims – in the 1860s and today – is the greed of the richest 1 percent treating the 99 percent as chattel, writes Mark Ames.
Watching some of the news coming from Capitol Hill this week, two old music videos started buzzing around in our heads. One was the classic "I'm Just a Bill," from Schoolhouse Rock, in which a beleaguered piece of legislation sits outside on the marble steps hoping to someday become a law.
CWA devised a simple plan for which they were uniquely suited: drag TPP out of the shadows and into the light - one city at a time - using a medium they understand intimately: Daily Newspapers!
Two CWA members - Dave Felice in Denver, CO and Madelyn Elder in Portland, OR have started the ball rolling. We just need to keep up the momentum leading up to a big day of petition deliveries.
Step 1 is to send an Op-Ed to your Daily Newspaper.
MoveOn.org Petition - Congress Don't Renew Fast Track
Public Citizen Petition - Congress Must Reject Fast Track Authority
MoveOn.org Petition - Stop the Trans Pacific Partnership
CREDO Petition - Stop the Massive Corporate Power Grab


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Guide To Giant Center
If you have enjoyed going to NHL games, you might likely find yourself now interested in the American Hockey League. AHL is one of top leagues in North America, only behind the NHL, and there is no better AHL city or building than Hershey and Giant Center.
Here are a few "insider" helpful hints to enjoy your first experience at Giant Center.
Don't think that just because this is the American Hockey League, the tickets will be easy to get. You can get tickets online, but you can also save on the service charge by simply visiting the Giant Center box office during the week.There are no bad seats in Giant Center. The upper deck provides a great view of the action and the tickets are a little less expensive. There is a discount coupon for $2 off a ticket on the Bears pocket schedules, that is good for games through December 31, 2012. Individual game tickets aren't available for the Club Lounge or suite areas. But remember games will sell out, particularly Saturday nights, so it's best to buy in advance.
There is a parking charge at Giant Center. The earlier you arrive, the shorter your walk to the building. There are plenty of handicapped parking spots available.
Front lobby:
There is always plenty of activity at the main doors, but don't be overwhelmed at the crowd in that area. There are program sales and a Patriot-News booth to purchase player trading cards, along with the always popular ice cream stand. Just to the right is the team store (more below) but start to look for your section and you'll find much less "traffic" on either side of the lobby.
Hershey Bears Booster Club:
The Booster Club has a great table behind section 118. They have items for sale and raffle, along with their traditional benifit raffle. You might consider becoming a member and taking a look at some of the road trips the club takes, following the team to other AHL cities.
One of the popular destinations is the Hershey Jr Bears raffle table behind section 125. Proceeds help fund the Hershey Jr Bears youth teams and there are always some great autographed items. There are often some big names autographed items. The numbers are announced during the second period and you can always go back and check at the table if you missed the announcement.
There is a wide variety of food at Giant Center. Over the years, Hershey has tried a variety of items. Some have gone over well, others have gone away. The standard fare is available at all the big stands, but if you head toward section 116, there are more specialized Italian dishes and pizza. If you don't like what you see at first, just keep making a loop around the building (it's not like walking around an NHL building–it's much quicker) and check out the variety. There are also tables to sit starting at section 115, but there is no table service.
Obviously players don't sign during warmups, but after the game, if you have time, most players will sign autographs at the players door. As you look at the front of the building, the players come out on the lower level to your left. Just go down the steps to the smaller parking lot and you'll see fans gathered outside the door after the game.
Walking down to your seat during play:
The ushers request that you stay at the top the steps of your section until play has stopped. Once the first whistle has blown, you are allowed to come down the steps. If you decide to walk around the concourse during intermission, we suggest that you try to get back to your seat early so you do not miss the action.
If you are heading to a Bears game and don't have any Bears gear, you can grab some swag on the Bears website or at one of the many stands around Giant Center. There are five different shops around the concourse. The main store is behind sections 101-102. There are also four kiosks behind sections 107-108, 110-111, 121-122, and 124-125.
Giant Center provides official policies and procedures on their website that will also answer many of your questions.
The Hershey Bears/Giant Center experience is one of the best in all of hockey and we think you'll keep coming back.