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Schneider Electric is offering a new product to move power distribution in data centers from below the floor to above the IT cabinet rows. Its Powerbus plug-in busway delivers adaptable power distribution in data centers and maximizes cooling efforts, according to the company.
Traditional power distribution places power feeds under a raised floor, sometimes blocking airflow and leading to energy waste. Moving power distribution from below the floor to above the IT cabinet rows eliminates PDUs and remote power panels from the IT floor space while enhancing under-floor cooling.
Schneider says the above-the-row busway systems can be quickly installed via a snap-and-bolt hanger design, plug-in straight length joint connections and tool-less plug-in unit installation. And the accessible busway systems make it easier to move, add or change branch circuits.
In February, Schneider launched a range of energy management tools designed to marry up with Cisco products. Pairings include Schneider Electric StruxureWare for Data Centers Suite Cisco UCS Manager Plug-In – a product pairing aimed at improving energy efficiency and design of data centers. The announcement followed the launch of Schneider Electric Torana Application Server – a product which integrates Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure architecture and the Cisco EnergyWise product.
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Score from 105 reviews Wonderful
Extremely neat and clean. New furniture in room. Best breakfast. Worth the 10 km commute to Volterra. No "musty" character ascribed by Rick Steves to many older rooms in Volterra.
The staff is very friendly, the breakfast is very good and a lot to choose from, the position is close to the main cities in the area, the room and the hotel in general is very clean and the restaurant has a rich menu.
The bathroom has a few problem, mod and the water desen't drain.
Friendly staff
-Very Expensive for what you get -The bathroom state was just not acceptable for the price we paid. Mould and broken shower hose stand. - location quite noisy -cable tv 99% mulsim channels -breakfast really basic
a real haven in the Hills of Tuscany . Ricardo was a great host . Very kind and accommadating . Valantena & nonna Niccolina very warm and friendly. They treat their guests with charm and friendship
Beautifully renovated antique Mill, with splendid décor, retaining a charming feeling of the past. Al fresco and internal restaurant space, intimate bar area, internal breakfast room and large parasol protected patio decked with flowers, cacti and herbs where one can choose to have breakfast, or enjoy a late evening drink as the sun sets. A large barn opposite, which protects your car from the daily heat; and another large room for wedding receptions and events. Riccardo is a most charming host, always ready to offer conversation and intriguing information about the Tuscan region, and ably supported by friendly staff, one of whom, his brother Marco, is the Master Chef. The food is excellent; they grow and make everything themselves: bread, olive oil, pasta; a local farm provides the eggs. Location is in the heart of Tuscany, giving you a solid base for trips out to Pisa in the Northwest and Florence in the Northeast. To the West is Cecina which boasts a lovely beach on the edge of a pine forest, and where one can explore many other small coastal villages. To the South is Montepulciano and Siena. Above is the nearby Medieval hill town of Volterra. On Riccardo's advice we rose early and drove through a morning mist to the hilltop, watching the town emerge above us in the rising sun and finally gazing below at the cloudy landscape through which small houses and farms could be seen warmly glowing in the sea of white that curled around them. We loved absolutely everything about this place and would thoroughly recommend it.
Great hotel.
Ricardo and his staff were friendly and welcoming. The restaurant food was excellent!
Luckily we had a car because the location was further than expected. It's 9 kms along a very windy narrow road to reach the historic town of Volterra. As long as you know this the hotel is good value and a great place to explore Tuscany from.
Friendly familly run hotel Quiet, just a few kilometers from Volterra Interesting building: a converted old mill Great breakfast with homemade bread
The restaurant is closed on Wednesdays so we were unable to try the home made cooking.
Hotel was closed at time of arrival, nobody responed phones. Room was loud, and looked very old (not as picture promised). Bed was old and non comfortable....really it hurts...
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I found the room very comfortable as temperature. The room was ok. The staff was very gentle
Restaurant outstanding Good location for touring Tuscany
Local village very limited
Everything. Ricardo, the manager, and Marco, the chef, were fantastic. They were extremely hospitable, the breakfasts had a great variety of fruit, cereal, yogurt and delicious espresso or cappuccino coffee. The location was wonderful for exploring Volterra and other surrounding Tuscan Hill Towns. Ricardo gave us helpful advice of other towns to see in the area, as well as where to take laundry and purchase a telephone. If we return to Tuscany in the future, this is definitely where we'll stay!
That we only made reservations for 2 nights and had another reservation in another near-by town we needed to take. We should have stayed longer. If we had it to do over again, we'd have spent our whole time in Tuscany at Il Vecchio Mulino.
Ricardo was a wonderful host !
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Troubled Hollywood star Amanda Bynes' obsession with Drake appears to only be intensifying with his disinterest as she has fired more public disses at his head.
Bynes took to her Twitter page Tuesday (June 11) and had nothing but insults to offer Drizzy.
"I only like @Drake because he's so ugly! His ugly cheeks at the EA conference! Fine he is not, but he knows he's ugly! I've spoken to him!," she tweeted June 11th. (Amanda Bynes' Twitter)
Despite her tantrums, Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka Flame recently defended the actress and said constant criticism has likely fueled her actions.
"To me, Amanda Bynes is like a confused kid that became an adult – that people couldn't handle that she's a woman, in my eyes." Waka explained. "Having conversations with her, she kind of reminds me of me, you doing so good that people lash out at you. They forget all the right sh*t you doing. Instead of helping and showing a better way, they're just killing her, downing her — pouring the negativity. I just feel like a couple of words could uplift a whole person's approach to life, so that's why I just put my little two cents in." ("Mikey T The Movie Star")
Last week, she raised eyebrows by going after Drake with jabs about his appearance.
It looks like someone has changed her tune! Amanda Bynes posted on Twitter today that she's over her crush on Drake–in a matter of words. "Drake has the ugliest smile, ugly gums uneven teeth ugly eyes," she said. She later deleted the tweet. Upon hearing the sudden change of heart, blogger Perez Hilton asked Bynes why she's over the rapper. Bynes made other comments about the rapper (and apparently deleted those as well), and then went on to say, "I won't deny calling @Drake ugly." Hmmm…sounds like she's definitely moving on from the "Started From the Bottom" performer! (E! Online)
Interestingly enough, the former television star oozed over Drizzy earlier this year.
Amanda Bynes is continuing her obsession with Drake, who is continuing to ignore her! The actress achieved social media infamy when she tweeted to Drake weeks ago, "murder my (censored, word for 'lady parts'!). " And that was just the beginning. Bynes tweeted the word "King" to Drake early Monday, complete with photo, as some fans are calling her out for her bizarre behavior. (RadarOnline)


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To mark IDC Herzliya's 20th anniversary, we spent a day following Prof. Uriel Reichman, IDC's founder and president, and Jonathan Davis, VP for External Relations, around its delightful campus.
From time to time, I am asked where I get ideas for my articles. The answer is simple. Just from getting up in the morning and experiencing life. This week's column is courtesy of a van driver who, after clearing the intersection, decided he made a mistake and started to go in reverse. Since he did not see anyone the first time he entered the intersection, he assumed that it was OK to re-enter the intersection – backwards. A quick glance in the rear-view mirror would just be a waste of time.
I had made the reasonable assumption that most vehicles go forward and that it was safe for me to cross. After all, the van was headed down the street and the crossing area was clear. Fortunately, I hesitated because this was not the first time I saw cars headed in one direction, that suddenly reverse and back up into the intersection. As far as they're concerned, stop signs or red lights at the intersection don't apply if your vehicle is moving backwards.
Sure enough, the backward moving van occupied the space that I would have been occupying – had I stepped off the curb. The driver's sheepish grin and shrug in answer to my furious glare of "what were you thinking?" probably ended the matter for him – but not for me.
His kind of thoughtless and thought-less driving has become the norm in our cities and towns.
It's amazing to me that as cars get "smarter" – equipped with navigation systems, tires that adjust to various weather conditions, seat belts that automatically belt you in when the ignition is turned on, etc. – drivers get stupider and more careless.
I have no doubt that those who are reading this article have had their share of "close calls" due to someone's negligent or careless driving. Tragically, we all know people who weren't spared and whose lives were prematurely ended by someone else's mistake. Often these "mistakes" were avoidable and the result of a lack of consideration and a lack of considering crucial factors such as weather conditions, location, rules of the road, construction, etc.
Your actions as you drive- or lack of them – can have a life-altering effect not just on you, but also on other human beings. If the Torah exhorts us to be cautious and not put ourselves in jeopardy due to risky behavior. How much more does that apply in terms of being careful when other people's lives are at stake!
Years ago, my son Moshe barely avoided being run over by a neighbor (a man with small children at home) who was racing backward down our one way street in his truck. Moshe looked only in the direction in which he was used to looking, as he crossed to the other side – never dreaming that a vehicle was flying the wrong way up the street. Hashem in His mercy had me go out of the house and onto the porch at the right time to utter a warning. I truly believe the donation I had given earlier in the day to a chesed organization for Rosh Hashana is what saved him.
When I see what a fine young man he has become, the positive effect he has had on so many people, I am sickened by the thought of how close we came to losing him so needlessly.
How true this must be for every son/daughter/spouse/parent killed!
Speaking of children, I have seen women from our community, car-pool – their vans full of little ones, both theirs and others' – chatting on cell phones, while making left turns in heavy traffic, head twisted sideways anchoring the phone onto their shoulder. Turning safely requires a driver's undivided, focused attention. How can they be so reckless when entrusted with a precious cargo of young lives?
Then there are the drivers who have face-to-face conversations with their passengers, instead of looking straight ahead at the road. Where is it written that while driving, it is impolite to simply talk to the person sitting next to you without looking at them too? The road may be clear, but G-d forbid, if a child suddenly darts out onto the road, or there is debris or a broken tree branch that flies into the car's path, the lack of attention, even if only for a split second, can have tragic consequences. This is true for people who are busy changing radio stations, getting a snack out of a bag, or taking a swig out of a bottle of soda. Can't you wait till you get to a red light?
And then there are the impaired drivers – unfit to drive because they drank too much, are on drugs (both legal and illegal), are seriously sleep-deprived, have poor eyesight, or who have compromised cognitive abilities due to old age, disease or medication.
They willfully get into a car because they are in denial about their current inability to negotiate a vehicle – a denial fueled by self-centered behavior and often a blatant disregard for anybody else's well being.
I am sure Hashem has a special place in gehennom (Hell) for serial drunk drivers who, despite causing immeasurable injury and grief to their victims, continue to drink and drive without shame or remorse, free to operate a lethal weapon. All this, because of lax laws and sympathetic judges, juries and lawyers who, because they too enjoy their alcoholic drinks feel, "there but for the grace of G-d go I."
Since being a pedestrian these days puts me at risk, I'm tempted to bentch goimel (the prayer for surviving a dangerous situation) at night along with my recitation of Shema. At the very least, when I light my Shabbat candles, I pray that Hashem protect me, those I love and Klal Yisrael, in general, from the reckless behavior of others.
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Students wishing to submit a paper (oral presentation) and/or poster for the LAS Student Paper (Oral Presentation) and Poster Competition must follow the presentation submission requirements in the Call for Papers link found on the LAS website (www.laacademy.org) and in the guidelines below.
II. Abstracts
All abstracts must conform to the LAS abstract format spelled out on the LAS website. Abstracts will have a maximum of 200 words (words will be counted). Make sure abstracts are proofread and edited.The first author of the abstract MUST be a student and that student MUST present the oral presentation or poster. Faculty and other students are allowed as junior authors, but they cannot present the oral presentation or poster, or win an award.
Students enter the competition by clicking the "Student Paper (Oral Presentation) or Poster Competition" button on the electronic abstract form. There are separate competitions for Graduate and Undergraduate Students for the Paper (Oral Presentation) and Poster Competitions – click either the "Undergraduate" or "Graduate" button when submitting abstracts. The abstract will be sent to the appropriate Competition Screening Committee.
The Screening Committee for Oral and Poster Presentations will consist of the Section Chairs or their designee from the Divisions of LAS (Agriculture, Forestry and Wildlife; Biological Sciences; Physical Sciences; Social Sciences; Sciences and Humanities; and Science Education) represented by a student entrant plus the LAS Student Competitions Coordinators. The Screening Committee will evaluate the abstracts and select students to compete for Competition Awards (see Award Divisions below).
- For the Paper (Oral Presentation) Competition, the committee will select up to four (4) undergraduate and four (4) graduate students from each Award Division. No two (2) will be selected from the same institution unless warranted.
- For the Poster Competition, there is no limit to the number of students who choose to enter the poster competition as long as the guidelines are followed. However, student competitors still must choose the competition option when registering/submitting their abstracts.
Award Divisions include:
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- "Best in Molecular and Biomedical Biology, and Microbiology"
- "Best in Computer Science, Math and Statistics, and Material Sciences and Engineering"
- "Best in Chemistry, Physics, and Earth Sciences"
- "Best in Agriculture, Forestry and Wildlife"
- "Best in Science Education"
- "Best in Social Sciences"
- "Best in Sciences and Humanities"
A single "Best in" award for each Award Division will be given to one (1) undergraduate and one (1) graduate student. Judges reserve the right not to give an award in one or more divisions if warranted.
Remember - Initial judging is based on the original abstract submission. All paper (oral presentation) entrants will be informed if either their presentation is chosen and scheduled for a "Competition Session" or their presentation is not chosen for competition. All applicants will be scheduled in their appropriate sections so they still will give their presentations even if they are not in the competition.
Suggestions for preparing abstracts: Keep jargon to a minimum and define the terms used. Emphasize the importance of the work (i.e., how it improves knowledge in the discipline). Proofread the abstract for typos and grammatical errors as these will negatively impact the Screening Committee's assessment of the abstract.
III. Best Student Oral Presentations
Oral Presentations: All Oral Presentations in the Best Student Paper Competition will be presented during special Award Division Competition sessions. Each presentation is strictly limited to 10 minutes. Timers will be used. After the presentation, five (5) minutes will be allowed for questions (it is very important to allow time for questions as "Answering Questions" is one of the criteria for judging, see below). After the Division Competition sessions are over, each session moderator will give the results to the LAS Student Competitions Coordinators. The results must be provided to the Competitions Coordinators no later than 2:00 PM.
Judging: Select Division/Section Professionals and the Session Moderators (time permitting for these individuals) will judge the presentations. Judging sheets will be handed out before the session. After the session is over, Division/Section Professionals will meet briefly to compare notes and decide on the winner for their Award Division.
The Judging Criteria are as follows:
- Originality - to what extent does the work presented add to the existing body of knowledge?
- Purpose - is the purpose clearly stated and is its importance discussed?
- Methods - are the methods and statistical analyses sound?
- Conclusions - do the conclusions follow from the results presented?
- Presentation - did the presenter speak clearly and effectively? Were the multimedia aids of high quality?
- Answering Questions - how well did the presenter answer questions from the audience?
Each criterion will be given a designation of Excellent, Good, Fair, or Poor. The student with the most points will be designated as the "Best" in that Award Division.
IV. Best Student PosterPosters: All posters in the Best Student Poster Competition will be set up in a designated area in the Poster Room (or in a separate room/area as designated by the LAS Local Committee) for judging. Posters may be either plotter paper (i.e., computer-generated poster) or tri-fold foam board. Dimensions for posters MUST be 3' high and 4' wide (36"x48" maximum). Posters WILL BE DISQUALIFIED if they exceed the maximum dimensions. Posters must be left up until 2:00 PM.
Judging: The judging panel for the Best Student Poster competition will be appointed by the LAS Student Competitions Coordinators and consist of members from each Award Division. The judges will review each poster in their Awards Division any time before 2:00 PM and evaluate them according to the criteria below. By 2:00 PM, all judging sheets will be returned to the LAS Student Competitions Coordinators. Students will not be required to be by their posters for judging; therefore, information on the posters must be of high enough quality to stand alone. Again, poster dimensions must be 3' high and 4' wide (36"x48" maximum). Posters WILL BE DISQUALIFIED if they exceed the maximum dimensions.
The Judging Criteria are as follows:
- Originality - to what extent does the work presented add to the existing body of knowledge?
- Purpose - is the purpose clearly stated and is its importance discussed?
- Methods - are the methods and statistical analyses sound?
- Conclusions - do the conclusions follow from the results presented?
- Presentation - is the poster clear and well-executed?
Each criterion will be given a designation of Excellent, Good, Fair, or Poor. The student with the most points will be designated as the "Best" in that Award Division.
V. Awards
Later in the afternoon (exact time to be announced in the Annual Meeting program), the "BEST IN DIVISION AWARDS" for Paper and Poster Presentations for that year's meeting will be announced and a monetary award will be provided to each of the winners. If only one student enters in a division, the judges reserve the right to give an award in that division.
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О Oral competition presentation time is STRICTLY limited to 10 minutes and will be TIMED
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There seems to be a lot of talk about the Constitution on television these days, with some interesting options from outlets like PBS, the stars of Duck Dynasty, and yes, even Larry the Cable Guy.
How to judge the Supreme Court's upcoming equality rulings
Doug Kendall and David H. Gans from the Constitutional Accountability Center argue that the entire Supreme Court ignored the history at the core of the arguments about affirmative action, voting rights, and same-sex marriage it considered this term.
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Today marks the anniversary of one of the biggest "reveals" in journalism history: the naming of the Watergate source. The irony is that the current feud between the press and the executive branch has some people making Watergate comparisons again.
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The TTIP Trade Pact Would Be Disastrous for Europe
On November 14, German Economic News (which this writer has found to be the world's most honest, non-propagandistic newspaper) published two articles about the first independent study of the likely impacts of the Obama-proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). This study, by an American economist, concludes:
"TTIP appears to favor economic disintegration, rather than integration, in Europe. At a minimum, [the] official studies do not offer a solid basis for an informed decision on TTIP …
"TTIP would lead to losses in terms of net exports after a decade, compared to the baseline 'no-TTIP' scenario …
"TTIP would lead to net losses in terms of GDP …
"TTIP would lead to a loss of labor income …
"TTIP would lead to job losses …
"TTIP would lead to a reduction of the labor share [and increase in the capital or stockholders' share] …
"TTIP would lead to a loss of government revenue [less money for infrastructure, law-enforcement, social welfare, etc.] …
"TTIP would lead to higher financial instability [higher risk of economic crashes]."
Sordid Tales of Selfishness in the Superrich
If the mainstream media made the effort to analyze and report the facts, the whole country would know about a level of selfishness that has spiraled out of control since the economists of the Reagan era convinced the wealthiest Americans that greed is good for everyone. Here are four extreme examples of that selfishness.
1. Ebola's Not Worth the Money If Only Africans Get Infected
World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Dr. Margaret Chan recently stated: "Ebola emerged nearly four decades ago. Why are clinicians still empty-handed, with no vaccines and no cure? Because Ebola has historically been confined to poor African nations. The R&D incentive is virtually non-existent. A profit-driven industry does not invest in products for markets that cannot pay."
So we turn to philanthropy. But rich donors don't compensate for the flaws of capitalism. The Gates Foundation, among others, may appear noble and praiseworthy for all its charitable giving, but Dr. Chan noted that "My budget [is] highly earmarked, so it is driven by what I call donor interests." Little of that 'earmarking' is toward diseases of the poor. A study in The Lancet of medical products registered in 2000-11 revealed that "Only four new chemical entities were approved for neglected diseases (three for malaria, one for diarrhoeal disease), accounting for 1% of the 336 new chemical entities approved during the study period."
Most People in the US Aren't Even Aware of the Nation's Unending Wars
Recently, Common Dreams ran an article entitled, "As New War Rages, Mainstream Media Silences Debate, Study Finds." Indeed most of the people in the US probably go through the day without ever thinking about the nation's ceaseless wars.
Many US voters are disgusted with both major political parties for reasons that go back a long way.
If elected Republicans think that they have a mandate as a result of the November 4th elections, they are laboring under a grand delusion.
The fact of the matter is that more than a third of those who voted for a Republican House candidate were dissatisfied or angry with GOP leaders in Congress, according to preliminary exit polls. A quarter of Democratic voters were similarly upset with President Obama.
Over the last decade, many voters have come to believe that going to the polls is an exercise in futility. They intuitively sense that elected officials from both parties work for corporate millionaires and billionaires, and that the oligarchs from the oil and weapon industries will continue to shape foreign and domestic policies in their favor to the detriment of the vast majority of those in the US - no matter who is elected. As a case in point, the economy is backsliding for most workers in terms of pay.
Shell Oil Loses Arctic Drilling Lawsuit
Shell Oil seems to be on a losing streak these days.
In early October it was announced that the Greenpeace campaign to get Danish toy company LEGO to sever its nearly 50-year partnership with the oil giant was successful. Its Arctic drilling has been plagued with misadventures such as a drilling rig running aground on New Year's Eve 2012. It was forced to abandon its drilling plans for 2013 and 2014, although it has said it plans to try again for 2015.
And yesterday, in a decision sure to be a relief to activist and advocacy groups of all stripes, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a lawsuit brought by Shell that was primarily an effort to block potential lawsuits from environmental groups who opposed its drilling operations in the Arctic.
Two years ago, Shell filed a preemptive lawsuit against 13 environmental, indigenous and community groups to prevent them from possibly suing Shell at some time in the future over its plans to drill for oil in the Arctic. The 9th Circuit Court panel yesterday called the legal maneuver "novel"and said that it was unconstitutional.
Finally a Member of the Oligarchy Is Indicted for Culpability in Worker Deaths: 29 Coal Miners Killed
A member of the oligarchy is finally being held criminally responsible for worker deaths.
Don Blankenship, former CEO of Massey Energy (King Coal in West Virginia), was just indicted for putting profits above the lives of his company's employees resulting in a 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia.
Those are among the charges contained in a federal indictment announced on November 13 by the Department of Justice. According to the West Virginia MetroNews Network,
The 43-page four-count federal indictment of former Massey Energy president and CEO Don Blankenship portrays an operator obsessive about upping production at the cheapest cost. Federal prosecutors allege it was an attitude that led to the deadly explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in Raleigh County that killed 29 miners.
The indictment, announced Thursday by U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin, alleges Blankenship knew about UBB's safety problems and the practice of alerting supervisors underground when federal mine inspectors arrived at UBB for inspections. It's also alleged he lied to the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission about mine safety in the days after the April 5, 2010 explosion in an attempt to help Massey's stock price.
Blankenship was charged with conspiracy to violate mandatory federal mine safety and health standards, conspiracy to impede federal mine safety officials, making false statements to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and securities fraud....
The indictment alleges Blankenship was driven by the numbers and in doing so ignored dozens of safety violations at UBB and covered up others. Federal prosecutors said from April 3, 2009, to April 5, 2010, Blankenship received 249 daily safety violation reports from the UBB mines but did very little to correct the problems.
One can read the specific details of Blankenship's alleged culpability in the actual federal indictment.
Jim Hightower: Net Neutrality Stands in the Way of Larger Corporate Profits
When it comes to Internet Service Providers and high-speed Internet, the consumer marketplace has hardly been a model of competitiveness. Some of us are lucky enough to be able to choose from two providers, and some of us only have access to one.
These digital conduits are essential parts of America's utility infrastructure, nearly as basic as electricity and water pipes. They connect us (and our children) to worldwide knowledge, news, diverse viewpoints and other fundamental tools of citizenship. And, of course, we can buy and sell through them, be entertained, run our businesses, connect with friends, get up-to-the-minute scores, follow the weather and — yes indeedy — pay our bills.
Yet while this digital highway is deemed vital to our nation's well-being, access to it is not offered as a public service — i.e., an investment in the common good. Instead, it is treated as just another profit center for a few corporations
Amassing market power to gouge customers is bad enough, but ISP's plan on eviscerating the pure egalitarian ethic of the Internet, which is why they were so upset when President Obama recently urged the FCC to back a free and open Internet.
Like an uncensored global bulletin board, the great virtue of the Internet is that no one controls its content. This digital communication technology has been so spectacularly successful and so socially valuable because it is a wide-open, democratic forum, accessible on equal terms to all who want to put information, images, opinions, etc. on it or to download any of the same from it. Since its invention, the guiding principle behind the use of this liberating technology has been that no corporation, government, religion, or other controlling power should be its gatekeeper.
Pope Francis: "Unbridled Consumerism" Is Destroying Our Planet
report by the Overseas Development Institute and Oil Change International, which is the first detailed breakdown of fossil fuel exploration subsidies by all G20 countries, the Pope has voiced his concerns about the state of world affairs:In what has become an annual tradition, Pope Francis wrote a letter to Tony Abbott, the Prime Minister of Australia and this year's leader of the G20 Summit, which will take place Nov. 15-16 in Brisbane, Australia. On the heels of a
To the Honourable Tony Abbott
Prime Minister of Australia
On 15 and 16 November next in Brisbane you will chair the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the world's twenty largest economies, thus bringing to a close Australia's presidency of the Group over the past year. This presidency has proved to be an excellent opportunity for everyone to appreciate Oceania's significant contributions to the management of world affairs and its efforts to promote the constructive integration of all countries.
The G20 agenda in Brisbane is highly focused on efforts to relaunch a sustained and sustainable growth of the world economy, thereby banishing the spectre of global recession. One crucial point that has emerged from the preparatory work is the fundamental imperative of creating dignified and stable employment for all. This will call for improvement in the quality of public spending and investment, the promotion of private investment, a fair and adequate system of taxation, concerted efforts to combat tax evasion and a regulation of the financial sector which ensures honesty, security and transparency.
If a Boat Had Its Weight as Disproportionately Distributed as Wealth Is in US, It Would Sink
Another study (published last month) confirms the startling imbalance of wealth in the United States.
According to The Guardian, the analysis "shows how the top 0.1% of families now own roughly the same share of wealth as the bottom 90%." If a ship had that disproportionate distribution in terms of weight, it would list to one side and sink. That is, perhaps, what the analogy portends for a functioning democracy in the US: the ship of state is taking on water and is unable to right itself.
Professors of economics Emmanuel Saez (University of California, Berkeley) and Gabriel Zucman (London School of Economics and Politics) based their findings on "evidence from capitalized income tax data" since 1913 combined with an analysis of the "flow of funds" during that period. In the abstract for their research paper, they conclude:
The bottom 90% wealth share first increased up to the mid-1980s and then steadily declined. The increase in wealth concentration is due to the surge of top incomes combined with an increase in saving rate inequality.
Rebirth: The Awesome Power of Restorative Justice
The vision is a city interlaced with restorative justice hubs — community centers that bring hope and promise to troubled kids in a town where too many of them are dying. "It is not OK that my friends and I have already planned our funerals," then-high school senior Keann Mays-Lenoir told a crowd of 300 people a year ago, at a rafter-shaking meeting where the idea was introduced.
It builds slowly, from the bottom up. Reclaim common sense. Reclaim community. Reclaim Chicago.
I've written a fair amount about restorative justice — RJ — over the last few years. It's a movement about healing and sanity, truth, dignity, respect, wholeness. It's catching on in Chicago, where I live: in the schools, in the juvenile justice system, in the broken 'hoods. RJ is about repairing harm, not punishing wrongdoers and, in the process, saddling them with a lifelong identity as criminals. It's also about telling the truth, and building relationships with truth as the bedrock. It's about connecting.
"This is about making kids irresistible forces for positive change."
The speaker was Judge Sophia Hall, presiding judge of the Resource Section of the Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Department of the Circuit Court of Cook County, who hosts a semiannual, region-wide meeting about restorative justice, held, appropriately, at Juvenile Court. The topic was the hubs: the vision of a different kind of city, where teenagers aren't planning their own funerals but, rather, figuring out their futures, with the help of mentoring adults, in a world in which they feel welcome.
Fox News Talk Show Hosts Apologize to Obama for Fear-Mongering Ebola Threat in US (NOT)
As of this moment (unless something happened overnight that I'm not aware of), there are no Ebola cases in the US. Was Ebola in the US really President Obama's Katrina, as so many right-wing commentators, radio & television talk show hosts and conservative evangelical Christian preachers claimed? Will the fear mongering/flight-suspending/border-closing advocates apologize to President Obama? Will Bill O'Reilly, Megyn Kelley and Sean Hannity apologize to President Obama? Will Chris Christie apologize to President Obama? Will Pastor John Hagge, who maintained that through his godless policies, Obama was bringing Ebola into the country, apologize?
Will there be more Ebola cases here? Very possible. Is our health system gearing up to make sure it doesn't get out of hand? I think so. Do we need to do much more to stop the spread of Ebola in West Africa. No doubt about that.
We've got an Ebola Czar. Will the Senate please get off their collective duffs and approve a Surgeon General?


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Oh, I know the feeling. My last job ended on April 15, and I just finally got another last week, looking the entire time. I was stressed out at first, but I just set a certain amount of time each day that I was going to spend on looking for a job, and then I played with my kids and enjoyed myself the rest of the time. No sense worrying about it constantly. You'll get a job when you get it, might as well have fun until then!


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So where is the best place to get E-Cig Reviews, besides my video's of course! In this video I talk about my new website – http://FreeEcigaretteStarterKits.com You ca…
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Millions of smokers are turning to E Cigs because of what E Cigs don't have. Its that simple.
The E Cigs Store is a one-stop resource for those who use E Cigs and those who are considering transferring to a healthier lifestyle.
Although E cigs aren't regulated as heavily as traditional cigarettes, the debate about their future is quite intense
Many regulations like not selling E cigs to minors are not that controversial. Most reasonable people would agree that teen smoking –whether it's a regular cigarette or an electronic one– isn't desirable.
The landscape on e-cig regulation is always changing, but we try to provid a brief overview of some of the issues vapers and the industry are facing right now.
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Multiple paraganglioneuromas
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- Touichiro Takizawa,
- Morio Koike,
- Ikuo Tabata,
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We report multiple paraganglioneuromas which occurred in a 40-year-old-man. Thirty-two tumours with similar histological appearance have been reported previously and most of them showed a striking predilection to occur in the second portion of the duodenum. In this case, three masses were detected; one was located in the periampullary region of duodenum with a polypoid appearance, the others were well defined masses in peri-pancreatic tissue adjacent to large vessels. Histology revealed two cellular components, epithelioid cells with NSE immunoreactivity and S-100 protein containing spindle-shaped cells. Moreover, on electron microscopical examination, three different epithelioid cell types were seen. Type I was a figure differentiating to ganglion cells, type II to paraganglion cells, type III was a hybrid form of ganglion and paraganglion cells. Paraganglioneuroma revealed the histopathology of ganglioneuroma, paraganglioma and also a mixed appearance. In this respect the tumour may be considered to originate in undifferentiated neural crest cells and develop organoid differentiation.
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- Babaryka I (1978) Polypoid nonchromaffin paraganglioma of the duodenum. Virchows Arch [Pathol Anat] 377:181–187
- Cohen T, Zweig SJ (1981) Paraganglioneuroma of the duodenum. Am J Gastroenterol 75:197–203
- Cooney T, Sweeney EC (1978) Paraganglioneuroma of the duodenum: an evolutionary hybrid? J Clin Pathol 31:233–244
- Dahl EV, Waugh JM, Dahlin DC (1957) Gastrointestinal Ganglioneuromas. Brief review with report of a duodenal ganglioneuroma. Am J Pathol 33:953–965
- Eugene C, Bergue A, Quevauvilliers J (1977) Nonchromaffin paraganglioma of the duodenum. Study of a case revealed by melena. Nouv Press Med 6:1551–1552
- Friesen SR, Hermreck AS, Mantz FA (1974) Glucagon, Gastrin and carcinoid tumors of the duodenum, pancreas and stomach: polypeptide "apudomas" of the foregut. Am J Surg 127:90–101
- Gemer M, Feuchtwanger MM (1966) Ganglioneuroma of the duodenum. Gastroenterology 51:689–693
- Goldman RI (1968) Ganglioneuroma of the duodenum. Relationship to nonchromaffin paraganglioma of the duodenum. Am J Surg 115:716–719
- Kepes JJ, Zacharias DL (1971) Gangliocytic paragangliomas of the duodenum. A report of two cases with light and electron microscopic examination. Cancer 27:61–70
- Kermarec J, Duplay H, Lesbros F (1976) Paragangliome gangliocytique du duodenum. Une observation, avec étude ultra-structurale. Arch Anat Cytol Pathol 24:261–268
- Kheir SM, Halpern NB (1984) Paraganglioma of the duodenum in association with congenital neurofibromatosis. Cancer 53:2491–2496
- Lauzon A, Cadotte M (1972) Paragangliome gangliocytaire du deodénum. Union Med Can 101:1584–1586
- Lukash WM, Hyams VJ, Nielsen OF (1966) Neurogenic neoplasms of the small bowel; benign nonchromaffin paraganglioma of the duodenum. Report of a case. Am J Dig Dis 11:575–579
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- Qizilbash AH (1973) Benign paraganglioma of the duodenum. Arch Pathol 96:276–280
- Reed RJ, Daroca PJ, Harkin JC (1977) Gangiocytic paraganglioma. Am J Surg Pathol 1:207–216
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- Multiple paraganglioneuromas
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Virchows Archiv A
Volume 406, Issue 3 , pp 373-380
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- 1985-09-01
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- 0174-7398
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- 1432-2307
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- Springer-Verlag
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- Paraganglioneuroma
- Paraganglioma
- Ganglioneuroma
- Gangliocytic paraganglioma
- Hybrid cell
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Kenji Kawaguchi (1)
- Touichiro Takizawa (1)
- Morio Koike (1)
- Ikuo Tabata (2)
- Narihide Goseki (3)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome Bunkyoku, 113, Tokyo, Japan
- 2. Department of Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome Bunkyoku, 113, Tokyo, Japan
- 3. Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome Bunkyoku, 113, Tokyo, Japan


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Apple ordered to pay $23.6 million for infringing upon pager patents
The court ruled that Apple infringed upon five patents granted between 1992 and 1997, all covering MTel's two-way pager network. Apple will pay $23.6 million in damages.
FTC reportedly in talks with Apple over health information protection standards
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Samsung countersues Nvidia for patent infringement, false advertising
As Apple knows well, Samsung doesn't take patent disputes particularly lightly. And now Samsung has thrown a counterpunch against Nvidia.
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Recently, the International Trade Commission (ITC) has become a popular venue for IP disputes, including a clash between Apple and Samsung that ended up going as far as involving the White House.
Apple, GT fallout highlights dangers of non-disclosure agreement details
GT Advanced Technologies had had a bright forecast before its announced bankruptcy
Apple victorious in NPE suit
A San Jose jury has ruled that Apple did not infringe on the patents in question, although the jury did rule that those patents are still valid.
Samsung faces the ITC
Nvidia files complaint at the International Trade Commission, accusing Samsung and Qualcomm of patent infringement
European Commission probes allege suspicious tax activities between member nations and corporations
The details of the Commission's findings were contained in letters it sent to the governments of Ireland and Luxemburg. In the letter to Ireland, the EU outlined the ways it believed the country manipulated taxes to make it a more attractive base of operations for Apple's European Branch.
Apple Watch will present new risk challenges
Apple is also a company that has been bruised by supply chain problems, including labor and employment problems in its Foxconn manufacturing plant. So how will this new device change Apple's risk profile?
EU Commission prepares to release investigation into corporate tax deals
The probes were initially opened as EU regulators caught wind of state aid being afforded to these companies.


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This morning the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling on the Health and Human Services (HHS) contraceptive mandate (see here for an explainer article on the case). The Court ruled (5-4) that that employers with religious objections can opt out of providing contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Here are six points you should know from the majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito:
1. The "Hobby Lobby" decision is really a collection of three separate lawsuits.
Although the focus was primarily on one plaintiff, Hobby Lobby, the case actually combined three separate lawsuits by three different companies: Conestoga Wood, Hobby Lobby, and Mardel. In the three cases before the Supreme Court, the Court agreed that the owners of three closely held for-profit corporations have sincere Christian beliefs that life begins at conception and that it would violate their religion to facilitate access to contraceptive drugs or devices that operate after that point.
2. The opposition by the companies was to only specific contraceptives.
Of the 20 contraceptive methods approved by the FDA and required to be covered by the HHS mandate, four may affect an zygote from developing by inhibiting its attachment to the uterus. The belief that these four contraceptive cause an abortion was the religious reason these three companies opposed the contraceptive mandate.
3. The Court determined that the mandate violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.


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We are on a mission to share Christ from the heart of Durham.
When Duke Memorial was birthed in 1885, one of its founders, Mr. Washington Duke, believed this new church in the West End of downtown Durham was to be a church for the masses. Today our mission is much the same. Our congregation desires to share Christ from the heart of Durham through our hospitality and welcome, through our worship of God, through our faith in and faithfulness to Jesus Christ, and through our work of compassion, justice, and peace in Durham and beyond. Join us on Sundays at 10:55 am for vibrant, hopeful & dynamic worship -- let us know you are here and we will make sure to find you and introduce ourselves.
Announcements & Reminders
November 30th is our next Intergenerational Workshop for the church! Join us in Whitford Hall during the Sunday School hour (9:45—10:45 am) as we prepare to journey through Advent into the joy of Christmas.
Mark your calendars for Sunday, December 7th for the church-wide Covered Dish Christmas Luncheon. Bring a covered dish to share with other members. This event will happen immediately following worship service in Whitford Hall.
Advent Bookshop: Check out our Advent Bookshop in the Welcome Center or online. Consider using one of these resources to help prepare for Christmas either devotionally, as a family, in a small group, or Sunday School class. Questions? Contact Cullen McKenney.
Wednesday Advent Services: What will shape your waiting this Advent? How will you anticipate the coming of Christ? We will host 3 Wednesday evening (5:30-6:00pm) Advent services of prayer, song, and word in the sanctuary on Dec. 3, 10, and 17th. All are welcome! Questions? Interest in offering a prayer, music, or reading Scripture? Contact Cullen McKenney.


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Orth-Rodgers & Associates, Inc. (ORA) is pleased to announce a merger with Burns Engineering, Inc. effective October 1, 2014.
ORA's specialties of highway design, bridge design, traffic engineering, environmental services and public involvement will be added to Burns' core disciplines of transit, rail, aviation, facilities & infrastructure for municipal, government and higher education.
ORA will continue to deliver the same responsive professional services that our Clients expect, with the same team of outstanding project managers and staff, without any interruption.
Since the firm's founding in 1977, we have served a variety of public and private sector clients, earning a reputation for bringing innovation and creative real world solutions to engineering challenges.
As part of the Burns Group, our core disciplines will be leveraged to use our combined capabilities to provide superior customer experience across all segments of transportation engineering.
We thank you for your continued support as your trusted professionals as all of the staff at ORA embark upon this evolution in their, and the firm's, development.
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Idaho hunter found alive after 5-day search
BOISE, Idaho — A hunter missing for five days in north-central Idaho has been found alive.
Court orders new rape trial for Kalispell man
HELENA — The Montana Supreme Court has reversed the 2012 conviction of a Kalispell man found guilty of raping an 11-year-old girl.
Armed, suicidal man safely taken into custody by Kalispell police
KALISPELL — A man reported to be armed and suicidal was taken into custody by Kalispell Police Monday morning after nearly three hours of negotiations.
Kalispell man sentenced for embezzlement
KALISPELL — A Kalispell man who stole scrap iron from his employer and made unauthorized charges on a company credit card has been given a suspended sentence and must pay nearly $60,000 in restitution to the foundation repair company where he worked.
5 arrested in Internet sex sting plead not guilty
KALISPELL — Five Kalispell-area men have pleaded not guilty to sexual abuse of children after being arrested by members of the Montana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
Sheriff releases name of Kalispell Walmart worker killed in fall
KALISPELL – Larry Wurtz has been identified as the Kalispell Walmart employee who died after falling from a movable staircase in a back room of the store last week.
OSHA reviews conflicting accounts, response time in Kalispell Walmart worker's death
KALISPELL – The investigation into the death of a Kalispell Walmart employee on Friday is looking at the time it took an ambulance crew to reach the victim, the area director of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration told the Missoulian on Wednesday.
Kalispell pilot fulfills childhood dream of flying as an Air Force Thunderbird
KALISPELL – Jason Curtis will have a lot on his mind this weekend.
Kalispell Walmart employee falls off ladder, dies
KALISPELL — The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating after an employee at the Kalispell Walmart fell from a ladder and died.
Gazette opinion: No place like home for 2,500 Montana students
A school bus soon will resume its afternoon route taking McKinley Elementary students to downtown motels where they are staying with their parents. Another bus will transport children from the Montana Rescue Mission Women's and Family Shelter to Washington Elementary. All around Billings, ch…
United plans direct winter flight from Chicago to Kalispell
KALISPELL — Seasonal airline service into Glacier Park International Airport is nothing new — demand increases greatly in the summer, thanks to the nearby national park the airport is named for — but when the flights come and go in winter, it is.
Logging in Siberia: Kalispell man to be featured on Discovery Channel
MISSOULA — A Kalispell man will be featured on an upcoming reality show series about the trials and tribulations of logging under brutal conditions deep in the Siberian wilds.
Whitefish man pleads guilty to stealing from crash victim
KALISPELL — A Whitefish man has pleaded guilty to stealing items from the home of a Flathead County deputy while the deputy was hospitalized and recuperating from injuries suffered in a head-on collision.
Abortion foe forced Kalispell clinic out of building
KALISPELL – For NARAL Pro-Choice Montana, a group that advocates for abortion rights, the connections between what has happened this year to the Kalispell family medical clinic that provided the only abortion services in the Flathead Valley, and the anti-abortion Hope Pregnancy Ministries of…
Kalispell authorities ID victims in apparent murder-suicide
KALISPELL — Authorities have released the names of a Kalispell couple that died in an apparent murder-suicide.
Kalispell father files suit over son's Bakken oilfield death, alleges negligence
KALISPELL — The father of a Kalispell man killed while working in the Bakken oil field filed suit against two out-of-state oil companies this week, alleging that inappropriate and negligent use of equipment led to the death of his 22-year-old son.
Kalispell police investigating apparent murder-suicide
KALISPELL — Police in Kalispell are investigating the deaths of two people in an apparent murder-suicide.
Kalispell man pleads guilty to DUI crash, 2 died
KALISPELL — A Kalispell man has pleaded guilty to killing two men in a drunken driving crash last fall.
Montana's unusual place names
This photo gallery sheds light on the origins of some of the more unusual names in Montana.
Kalispell man charged with stealing $136K from man he cared for
KALISPELL — A Kalispell man has denied a charge that alleges he took $136,000 from a man he was taking care of.
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Los Angeles-based party "The Do-Over" returned to Honolulu on Friday to help kick off POW! WOW! Hawaii 2014 in Kakaako.
Los Angeles-based party "The Do-Over" returned to Honolulu on Friday to help kick off POW! WOW! Hawaii 2014 in Kakaako.
The annual Punahou Carnival returned for another year of fun on Friday, Feb. 7
DJ Felix Cartal and Kryoman were the featured guests at The Republik on Friday, Feb. 7.
Popular annual art and music event POW! WOW! Hawaii kicked off its 2014 campaign with an opening reception at the Honolulu Museum of Art School on Saturday.
In a big bow-wow of a birthday bash, bounty-hunter-turned-celebrity Duane "Dog" Chapman celebrated his 61st birthday with more than 150 of his closest friends.
Kevin Barnes, aka of Montreal, returned to Oahu for a performance at The Republik on Monday, Feb. 3.
DJ Hapa Boy took home $5,000 in cash and prizes after defeating three other talented local DJs at the Mai Tai Bar Ala Moana's "Hot Island DJ Spin-Off" on Sunday, Feb. 2.
Side Street on Da Strip entertained a packed restaurant full of Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks fans in Kapahulu during Super Bowl XLVIII on Sunday, Feb. 2.
National automotive tour WEKFEST made its third annual stop in Honolulu for WEKFEST Hawaii 2014 at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall on Saturday, Feb. 1.
Asylum Confidential and Bassment Hawaii welcomed special guest DJ Dan to The Fix in Chinatown on Saturday, Feb. 1.
The 2014 African American Film Festival got underway with an opening night reception at the Honolulu Museum of Art on Saturday, Feb. 1.
Local photographer and party promoter Russell Tanoue hosted another installment of his monthly party, "Nines," at Chef Chai at Pacifica on Friday, Jan. 31.
Monthly food truck festival "Eat the Street" was back in Kakaako with a Filipino theme on Friday, Jan. 31.
The Honolulu Museum of Art's monthly "ARTafterDARK" party series returned for 2014 with a Chinese New Year-themed party on Friday, Jan. 31.
Toyota of Hawaii and Los Angeles-based clothing boutique Illest celebrated the launch of the 2014 Toyota Corolla at Illest's new Honolulu store on Thursday, Jan. 30.
Bombay Sapphire and M Nightclub hosted "World Bazaar," a cocktail tasting event with a global theme, at the Waterfront Plaza nightclub on Tuesday, Jan. 28.
Scenes from Aloha Stadium and Richardson Field prior to kickoff of the 2014 NFL Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium on Sunday, Jan. 26.
Hot Lava Entertainment and Productions and Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy hosted the eighth annual "Pro Ballerz Ball" at The Crown Bar and Nightclub on Sunday, Jan. 26.
808Shows.com and Hawaiian Express Records welcomed punk rockers MxPx back to Honolulu for a concert at Crossroads at Hawaiian Brian's on Sunday, Jan. 26.
Pro football fans from around the world were in Waikiki for the annual Pro Bowl Block Party along Kakalaua Avenue on Saturday, Jan. 25.
James Chan, Ryan Kalei Tsuji and the Rizen Foundation hosted "Bow Ties & Bling" at M Nightclub on Saturday, Jan. 25.
Georgia rapper 2 Chainz returned to Honolulu for a Pro Bowl weekend performance at The Republik on Saturday, Jan. 25.
Hot Lava Entertainment and Productions hosted the eighth annual "Pro Jam" at Japengo Restaurant in the Hyatt Regency Waikiki on Saturday, Jan. 25.
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Bing versus Google: Search Engines & The Foundations of the Internet [Technology]
We've discussed the ramifications and issues of Search Engine Optimization (and Exploitation) during Internet Information Operations. Which Search Engine do you find yourself routinely using? If you're a betting individual the odds are heavily in favor of Google.
If you are in the Internet Marketing sector you clearly favor Google. It provides the massive money roll that is Google Adsense. Internet Marketers are motivated by one things – money. This creates an entire infrastructure of White, Grey, and of course Blackhat Internet Marketers.
But if you are a standard consumer you're being heavily skewed by the actions of Internet Marketers. If you're using Google you gain very little benefit other than a large propensity for those wanting to grab your views in one manner or another. At least with Bing they are currently paying their users to conduct Internet searches via Bing Rewards. Simply signing up with Bing and enrolling will provide you a minor benefit that will accumulate over time (slowly providing you things like $5 Amazon gift cards every few weeks).
Whatever you choose ensure you understand how you are being targeted by those wishing to gain a bit of the massive advertising dollars that Google is shelling out.
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State Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) represents parts of four counties: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Walworth. Her Senate District 28 includes New Berlin, Franklin, Greendale, Hales Corners, Muskego, Waterford, Big Bend, the town of Vernon and parts of Greenfield, East Troy, and Mukwonago. Senator Lazich has been in the Legislature for more than a decade. She considers herself a tireless crusader for lower taxes, reduced spending and smaller government.
Most states are saying no to tax increases
So far, only a handful of states have decided to raise taxes to address their budgets.
The 2007-09 Wisconsin budget that I voted against that was signed into law increased taxes. So did the budget repair bill that I voted against.
it is unfortunate that Wisconsin has failed to follow the path taken by most other states and reject tax increases during tough budget times.
Stateline has the story.
Wisconsin losing prime population
One of the biggest concerns I have blogged about and discussed extensively as I travel throughout Senate District 28 is Wisconsin's propensity to lose our high-income level citizens and many of our best and brightest to other states. We can point fingers at the weatherman but the taxman shoulders much of the blame.
During November 2005, the Wisconsin Taxpayer Alliance issued a very troubling report entitled, "Moving In, Moving on: Migration in Wisconsin." During the five years prior to the 2000 census, almost 669,000 people either moved to or out of Wisconsin. However, the net in-migration into Wisconsin was a meager 7,282.
Individuals with college or advanced degrees were more likely to leave, while those with less education tended to come. Individuals with household incomes above $75,000 left Wisconsin. Those with incomes of $200,000 or more had the highest rates of leaving.
The huge exodus of wealthy Wisconsinites leaving the state caused a loss of an estimated $4.72 billion in net worth and a loss of $455 million in income over the five years of this study.
During November 2007, USA TODAY reported that Americans are moving across state lines at the highest rate since the early 1990s. U.S, Census Bureau data shows lots of people are moving, but not to Wisconsin that ranks at number 45 among the states, with 1.9 percent of the state's population in 2006 having moved here from another state.
Arthur Laffer, president of Laffer Associates and Stephen Moore, senior economics writer for The Wall Street Journal editorial board confirm that high taxing and spending have had a negative impact on Wisconsin's ability to compete and cause many people to relocate elsewhere. Laffer and Moore wrote in the Wall Street Journal, "Five of the states near the bottom of our competitiveness ratings -- Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey and Wisconsin -- have enacted major tax increases in the last two years. Maryland and Michigan just raised business and income taxes on upper-income earners, while arguing that raising the cost of doing business will attract more businesses. More likely it will induce companies to stay away, and people to move out."
The latest USA TODAY analysis of Census data shows 35 states, including Wisconsin lost population during 2007 in the age category 25-44. Wisconsin's population in that age bracket dropped by five percent last year.
William Frey, demographer at the Brookings Institution tells USA TODAY that older industrial states are facing the loss of the younger, high-fertility workers.
In Massachusetts, that suffered a 9.6 percent drop in its 25-44 population, the research director at MassINC, a non-partisan think tank in Boston, Dana Ansel made an understatement when she told USA TODAY, "Losing people in their prime working years is not positive."
The new USA TODAY analysis fails to offer specific details why states like Wisconsin are losing workers aged 25-44 but my suspicion is that economics plays a vital role. That all goes back to our high level of taxing and spending.
Please read the USA TODAY article and my blog on this issue, "Taxes go up, people move out."
New federal law allows Wisconsin to track molesters living on tribal lands
Wisconsin is one of six states that has gained new power to track sex offenders living on tribal lands because of a provision in a new federal law.
The provision is part of the new Adam Walsh Child and Protection Act that was signed into law by President Bush.
Stateline.org reports, "The change would mean the states soon must ensure that sex offenders within tribal borders register more frequently with law enforcement authorities and often for longer periods of time. The states must add molesters to existing online sex-offender registries and collect and publish information about their appearance, whereabouts and even the cars they drive. In some cases, they must see that offenders who currently are not behind bars are identified and added to state registries retroactively."
Read the entire Stateline.org article.
Audit completed on federal funding for WisconsinWisconsin's highly-acclaimed nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) has released its annual Single Audit report that outlines federal funds awarded to the state. The Single Audit is generally considered critical in ensuring the effective use of taxpayer dollars, and helping maximize the State's federal funding.
During fiscal year (FY) 2006-07, state agencies administered $9.6 billion in federal funding through more than 1,600 federal programs and grants that included 930 research and development grants awarded to the University of Wisconsin (UW) System.
The amount of federal funding administered by Wisconsin has changed very little since fiscal year 2002-03.
How is the money spent? According to the LAB:
"The Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS), the Department of Workforce Development (DWD), the UW System, the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) "administered 95 percent of the federal cash and noncash assistance the State expended in FY 2006-07. DHFS was responsible for the largest share: $3.8 billion, including $2.8 billion in federal funding for the Medicaid Cluster. The Medicaid Cluster includes Medical Assistance, the largest federal program administered by the State of Wisconsin. Additional state funding to support Medical Assistance totaled $1.9 billion in FY 2006-07.
Other federal programs administered by DHFS include the Food Stamp Cluster, the State Children's Insurance Program, Foster Care—Title IV-E, and Adoption Assistance.
DWD administered $1.5 billion in federal financial assistance in FY 2006-07. DWD administers the Unemployment Insurance program, as well as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Child Care subsidy, and Vocational Rehabilitation programs.
UW System disbursed a total of $1.3 billion in federal funds, including $648.5 million in student financial aid and $512.9 million in research and development grants.
Most of the $729.8 million in federal funding administered by DOT supported the Highway Planning and Construction program, which had FY 2006-07 expenditures of $638.2 million.
DPI provided the majority of its $688.0 million in federal funding to local schools and other entities for education and child nutrition programs. Other state agencies disbursed another $461.2 million in federal funds during FY 2006-07."
The audit concentrated on 22 programs that accounted for 69.9 percent of Wisconsin's federal funding during FY 2006-07. Programs were selected for review based on their size and the risk of noncompliance with federal rules. The good news is the LAB determined that state agencies have properly administered federal grant programs and complied with federal requirements.
During FY 2007-08, the state did return $15.5 million to the federal government due to excess balances in an internal service fund administered by the Department of Administration. Excess balances are prohibited under federal grant rules.
Another concern was raised about food stamps issued to prison inmates. The LAB matched data on food stamp benefit recipients with data from the Department of Corrections and reviewed a group of 12 inmates that appeared most likely to have improperly received food stamp benefits. The LAB found that 10 of the 12 inmates did receive food stamps inappropriately received food stamp benefits while in prison. The recommendation from the LAB is that the state recover those benefit payments.
The Single Audit has 27 recommendations to improve the state's administration of federal funding.
Here is the full audit report.
Once again, I commend the LAB for another outstanding and thorough review.


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