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What to do about Kosovo will be high up on the agenda at the European Union summit on Friday. But Slovenia, which takes over the EU presidency in January, may have a plan.
The look through a window of a burnt Serbian Orthodox monastery in Kosovo.
With negotiations between the majority-Albanian province of Serbia and the government in Belgrade having failed, everybody is expecting Kosovo to declare independence soon after the new year. Some countries in Europe, though -- like Cyprus, Slovakia, Greece and Romania -- have expressed reservations about recognizing such a declaration. Slovenia, though, may be showing the way forward.
The country, which will assume the EU's rotating presidency on Jan. 1, may have come up with a plan to help Kosovo on the road to independence. According to a report in the International Herald Tribune this week, the approach would see the international community recognize Kosovo in stages with the core EU group including Britain, France, Italy and Germany going first, within 48 hours.
The US would recognize Kosovo's independence soon after with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway following. The next group, the plan foresees, would comprise countries in the neighborhood including Turkey, Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, and Slovenia itself. Finally, the 56 members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference would offer their rubber stamp to the independence declaration.
The goal, EU officials made clear, was to rule out the possibility of further conflict in the Balkans and to maintain European cohesion. EU officials laid out a precise plan that would probably begin after Serbian elections in early February; any effort to assert independence prior to the two rounds of Serbian elections -- scheduled for Jan. 20 and Feb. 8 -- may boost Serbian nationalists.
With Serbia continuing its opposition to Kosovo independence, and Russia firmly behind Belgrade, the EU is concerned about the possibility of renewed violence breaking out in the region. In addition, the EU is planning on taking over the administration of Kosovo from the UN, but all 27 countries need to approve to put such a plan in motion.
A spokeswoman from the Slovenian embassy in Brussels refused to confirm the details of the plan, as published in the IHT. She said on Thursday that her government was "going through various options to see which ones are realistic."
Also on Thursday, EU's Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn told the Finnish daily Uutispaiva Demari that the question of Kosovo's independence would not be addressed until late winter or early spring. Analysts speculate that Rehn does not want to initiate discussions until after Serbian presidential elections, in which Kosovo's status is a central issue. Serbia considers Kosovo the symbolic heart of the nation despite the fact that over 90 percent of the population are ethnic Albanians. Only some 100,000 Serbs still live in the province.
Monday marked the end of a four month negotiation period on the future of Kosovo that had been organized by the United Nations. While Russia insisted that the talks should continue, most European states, the US and Muslim countries agreed that Belgrade and Kosovo's ethnic Albanian minority were no closer to settlement. On Wednesday, the UN's security council officially tuned down Russia's request for further talks.
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In Feb 2008, a witness came forward and provided the Police Department with an investigative lead into the suspicious 1977 disappearance of Jeffrey Walter Klee. In March of 2008, Klee's remains were recovered from the C-14 canal inside the same van he was last seen driving. The Coral Springs Police Department has identified the suspects.
The case was sent to the Broward County State Attorney's Office for review. The State Attorney declined prosecution for manslaughter on the basis of statutory limitations in affect at the time of Klee's death.
There will be a press conference held at the Coral Springs Police Department on November 20, 2008 at 2:00pm. In attendance at the conference will be members of the Klee family who will read a prepared statement.
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Honoring 20 who make a difference
Teachers are a special breed. They are driven by a love of learning and a desire to impact young lives.
They spend countless hours devising lesson plans, working individually with students before and after school. They volunteer their time to assist with school activities and often spend their own money for supplies or rewards for a job well done. They make personal sacrifices of time, money and sometimes family to do what they do.
In return, they seek nothing more than the smile of a student whose imagination has been captivated; a hug from a student who needs one in return; or the words of thanks from a student whose mind has grasped a challenging topic.
But we believe they also deserve our thanks and recognition.
This is our first annual "Henrico's Top Teachers" issue – our way of saying "thank you" to 20 of the finest teachers in our county. Last year, we asked for your nominations of teachers whose efforts go above and beyond the call of duty, and we were overwhelmed with more than 120. Paring their ranks to just 20 was no easy task.
We thank each reader who took the time to nominate a worthy candidate. We know each teacher would appreciate the kind words we received. It's clear that many teachers in Henrico County have made a long-lasting impact on their students and students' parents and other relatives.
We're proud to present profiles of these preschool, elementary school, middle school and high school teachers, who were selected for inclusion in this issue based on their professional successes and their personal touches. Each one has, in his or her own unique way, touched hundreds of lives and helped mold the future of Henrico County.
"There are so many teachers out there who are so worthy," one of our 'Top Teachers' told us, upon learning of her selection. "It's just nice to know that somebody has noticed."
Judging from the nominations we received, in fact, many people have noticed. This issue has been an exciting journey for us – and we're already anxious for next year's issue.
A special thanks is due to Martin's, which graciously provided gift cards for each teacher, and to the Richmond Flying Squirrels, who provided tickets to their Teacher Appreciation Night at The Diamond in June for each teacher and their families. Teachers will be recognized at the game, and one will have an opportunity to throw out the first pitch at the game.
Henrico teachers should be proud of what they do for the youngsters in our community. We certainly are.
Henrico to offer Christmas tree recycling
Citizen Staff Reports 12/22/2014
Henrico residents can recycle their Christmas trees after the holidays at one of several locations in the county.
From Dec. 26 through Jan. 11, trees will be accepted at the following spots:
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CVWMA curbside recycling collection and trash collections will have a one day delay in collections Dec. 25-26 and Jan. 1-2. There will be no collections on Dec. 25 or Jan. 1.
Curbside recycling collections Monday through Wednesday will be on regular schedule. Red Thursday and Red Friday curbside recyclers will have a one day delay in collection services Dec. 25-26. Blue Thursday and Blue Friday curbside recyclers will have one day delay in collection services Jan. 1-2. Containers should be placed at the curb by 7 a.m. on collection day. All Friday collections will take place on Saturday. > Read more.
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) will host a candlelight vigil of remembrance and hope Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. at the University of Richmond, outside the Cannon Chapel. The public is invited to attend and join MADD to honor victims of impaired driving crashes, while helping to remind the community to be safe during the holidays. > Read more.
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Was anyone asking for an extra-large helping of Larry the Cable Guy this Christmas? If so, you can thank Santa Claus for Jingle All the Way 2.
If not, you can be like the rest of us and curse Santa for his folly in creating such a film. Santa, we neither wanted nor needed this.
A follow-up to the much-derided 1996 Christmas film Jingle All the Way, Jingle All the Way 2 isn't so much a sequel as it is an odd kind of remake, offering a few original twists on the original's dad-vs-dad holiday showdown, but also copying large chunks of the original without alteration. > Read more.
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Several holiday performances take place this weekend in Henrico including "It's a Wonderful Life" and Theatre IV on Tour's "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" – both at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen. The Central Virginia Masterworks Chorale will perform Vivaldi's "Gloria" at River Road Church, Baptist and the Virginia Repertory Theatre will present "Santa's Christmas Miracle" at the Children's Theatre at Willow Lawn. A fun annual tradition, now in its 14th year, will be at SkateNation Plus in Short Pump – Chabad of Virginia's Chanukah on Ice. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Many of you are wondering why I ran for VP as opposed to P, and the answer is EZ. As second in command, I will attend state funerals and get to wear black, which is slimming. I will also be free of any real responsibility unless, for whatever reason, I want to start a war. And then, hey, don't look at me, look at the P!
I have already begun to fulfill my promise of change. Note the highlighted hair. And, hello, new reading glasses. I've also honored my pledge to lower faxes, saving us trees and the need to read. But the biggest change I've made since becoming powerful is the outsourcing of my job as ELLE's resident guinea pig to Emily, our beauty director, who for years has looked at me and said with a smile, "Your next column is a new procedure that could leave you hideously scarred and undatable for lifebut I'm sure you'll be fine." While that quote is not verbatim, it is close in the way that Alaska is close to Russiavery.
Sweet Emily. Should I send her to get a hot-rock massage at an exotic spa in a fabulous foreign country? Oh, I don't think so. How about a makeover! Bor-ring. Teeth whitening? Nyet. Nipple waxing? Getting warmer. I know! Let's send Em on an adventure to test the new MiXto Micro Fractional C02 skin-resurfacing laser, which will burn off her entire face! But I'm sure she'll be fine.
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I'd like to know your opinion. I am suffering from PTSD because of an accumulation of deep hurt/sexual harrassment episodes throughout my college life. (I am not going to go into details and write down my rants here because they will blow out of proportions). As a way to protect my emotional health, I blocked all the emails of these individuals and created filters in my email accounts to send to the 'trash' folder any of their emails.
I started a new life in other state, I changed professions, I changed my phone numbers, I began to be successful with my new careerpath, but I have not healed completely from my flashbacks (PTSD symptoms). I do have been able to control them by taking some aminoacids that have been proven to work on anxiety, and they have helped me to keep my life.
In October, I committed the mistake of reopening one of my old email accounts. I did not have the filters anymore. Since it has passed four years from the last incident, I thought that they forget about me. I saw that one of the persons sent me two emails. I felt a panic and deleted both from the inbox and trash bin. I didn't see the subject line.
Recently, I visited my old town to visit my mother I saw from a distance one of these individuals, but I kept walking as if I did not see him. A day after that incident, I received an email from an unknown person mentioning one of the colleges and that they are happy because of some successes... I didn't read the email completely. I deleted it from the inbox and trash.
From the little I read, it seems to me that the person is trying to communicate with me for a long time to ask me to forgive him.
I don't know what to do... I still get affected emotionally (panic, pain, flashbacks) when I remember what they did to me. At the same time, for a long time, I have been waiting for a formal apology. Somebody suggested me to visualize those individuals going to the Light. So, I have been doing that.
If you have had a similar experience, how did you handle it?
Merry Christmas.
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About 10 years after the fact my rapist reached out to me through a mutual acquintance with the intent to apologize and seek forgiveness. Forgiving him had been a work in progress which I started before he reached out and when he asked for it I explained that to him and I gave him whatever forgiveness I had to give. It didn't really do much for me at the time but it seemed to do a great deal for him.
I still have PTSD symptoms that I'm working through with EMDR so the apology / forgiveness thing didn't do much for that but it was beneficial for me in other ways.
I guess you have to decide whether even minimal contact just for an apology will create more distress or not.
I wish you the best as you try to figure out what to do.
Merry Christmas to you as well.
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Oh and as a side note, when I talked to him, I created a special instant messenger account name just for that conversation, we had the conversation over IM and I deleted the account after that.
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I think this is precisely the problem that Greta Christina talked about . The idea that porn is somehow bad if everyone involved wants to be in it. That somehow anything Miss Grey does from now on is polluted by the fact that she once used to have sex for a living. And that this precludes any other achievements in life.
See Sasha has acted in real movies, ranging from experimental art house movies such as The Girlfriend Experience to the upcoming I Melt with You. She has released an electronica music album. She has released a photography album. But you know what? That never comes up.
Would we see this kind of outrage if Ayn Rand read there? No? Ayn Rand's philosophy is far more toxic than simple sex or even very complicated sex. Would you require a permission slip if the Pope (A man who has actively helped protect paedophiles) decided to read there? Would you need one if a barely literate american footballer decided to read there? A certain ex-president? Dick Cheney?
Then why the hell does it matter that she did porn? Is she not a human being? If you cut her does she not bleed? If you tickle her does she not laugh? Is sex okay or is it some dirty little secret we hide from kids? Will you be telling these kids that they are a product of some sort of immaculate conception rather than 5 to 30 minutes of exertion and weird noises? Does any of this even matter if someone who has had sex in the past reads a children's book?
And it shows the utter hypocrisy that we as humans are happy for her to take her pants off on our screens and be objectified but heaven forbid the object of your masturbation deems to be more than a picture on your screen. Everyone one us has had sex, some more than others. We are all a product of sex. Letting kids know that, isn't wrong and never has been. We all have sex and if anything the catholic church has proven that leaving your kids around people who don't have sex tends to end poorly. I think the genuine issue is that society has conditioned us (and yes, I had to have an introspective moment to recognise that even I have the same problem) to regard porn stars as vacuous dummies who hate their job, their objectification and end up as burnt out husks in the evil porn industry. We cannot for the life of us understand women such as Dr. Brooke Magnanti who are smart and either trade/or have traded sex for money. We as a society cannot accept them being normal, or even happy because we are conditioned to treat porn as something shameful and so cannot accept when it stops being fantasy on a screen and starts being a reality. And we especially cannot accept it if it decides to show up and teach our kids to read.
So we accept that it's not because she had sex, but because she accepted money for having sex. Sasha Grey's biggest problem is that she had sex for money. She will never be taken seriously because people cannot disengage the idea that she had sex for money from the fact that she is a human being. And I see the semblance to the issue which atheism has in that she as a human being is not being judged for what she is doing but rather for doing something a bit sexy. It's sad, that the worst issue of pornography is not that the public assumption is one that all pornography is degrading, abusive and exploitative. It's that the public cannot accept anyone who doesn't fit into the stereotype. Not even liberals….
She's quit porn, but has a lot of fans and was part of the sex positive movement including producing some female friendly alt. pornography because *spoilers* women do like porn of their own *spoilers*. So people like to keep in touch with her via the twitters. Compared to other people in the industry she had a good time in it and is smart enough to realise that porn careers are transient and she has used that popularity to springboard herself into other careers including one in Education (which is a degree that she is apparently pursuing).
|Oh Sasha! You simply cannot
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that I can foist upon children!
And it is utterly sad that she will be tarred with the brush that somehow she is stupid or talentless and shouldn't be allowed around children for this. Are we simply going to suggest that everyone who did a job that's demonised in society be prevented from hanging around kids? Are politicians and lawyers going to be banned from schools? After all one must not tell lies. Are we going to ban soldiers? After all one must not kill. Are we going to ban doctors? Because doctors give out drugs? I was once a telemarketter. Does this mean I am not allowed around kids lest I sell them broadband and arguably access to more pornography than dear Sasha?


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Parted Magic LiveCD. It comes with a number of other handy to have utilities, as well.oz
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I will certainly try at least one of those tools. I think I had, one smudge too many on my arch boot cd. I cleaned it up and the problem seem to disappear. I wonder, if that was also causing the other blank areas in my arch program. Nevertheless I am taking better care of my cd's like once did, Thanks again , Ozar and Gnusser for the pointers on the partitioning tools. Frank


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The Federal Reserve's policies of zero percent interest rates and quantitative easing have been referred to in some circles as a war on savers. That's because interest rates on money markets, certificates of deposit and most parts of the bond market have been too low to generate a sufficient income.
This has caused investors to seek out bond market alternatives including master limited partnerships, or MLPs. Typically MLPs capture a royalty off the transportation of energy products through a pipeline.
They tend to have high dividend yields, low volatility and favorable, but complicated, taxation at the corporate level. MLPs are not common stocks, and the dividends are called "distributions." What's more, MLPs don't issue shares; they issue "units."
Because they are partnerships, MLPs issue a K-1 form at tax time, which can be a complicating factor even for units held in IRA accounts. The K-1 issue then becomes a complicating factor for any fund targeting the space.There are several fund structures that exist that target MLPs, and all of them have positive and negative attributes. One type is a C-Corp. On the positive side, these funds handle the tax forms and pay the taxes for fund holders. The downside is that the tax bite is accounted for on a daily basis, which has the net effect of inflating the expense ratio to 4%-5%. Another type of MLP fund wrapper is the exchange-traded note. ETNs don't own anything; they promise to deliver the exposure so there are no complicated tax issues, but note holders own unsecured debt of the issuing bank, not an actual portfolio of companies. This past week Global X issued the MLP & Energy Infrastructure (MLPX), which offers a unique strategy that seeks to lessen the complications of investing in the space. Unlike other MLP funds, MLPX is structured as a Regulated Investment Company, or RIC. On the plus side of the ledger, there will be no K-1 forms and, unlike ETNs, the fund will own a real portfolio of companies. The down side is that because it is an RIC, it can only allocate 25% of the holdings into MLPs; the rest of the portfolio will be divided between related energy companies, what Global X refers to as affiliate companies, and other energy infrastructure companies.
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Commonwealth Magazine: Is Cape Wind Running Out of Time?
Recharge News: Cape Wind to Miss 2014 Goal to Close Project Financing
Indian Country Today: Obama's Harvard Law School Mentor Takes on Cape Wind
Boston Herald: New Storm Builds for Cape Wind; NStar deal provides fodder for federal court challenge
Alliance Press Release: Leading Constitutional Law Expert: Expensive Cape Wind Power Contract "Forced Down NSTAR's Throat" - Laurence Tribe and legal team file new reply brief outlining flaws in state and Cape Wind's case that could signal end of expensive and long-stalled project
The Barnstable Patriot: Council Against NStar Site Redo; Claims toxic chemicals could threaten water supply
Alliance Statement addressing Cape Wind's September 12th New Bedford announcement: "The project must now undergo additional federal review for a move to a New Bedford location. With looming deadlines the project faces to begin construction in Nantucket Sound or lose its power purchase contracts with both National Grid and NStar, today's announcement adds new hurdles to a project already struggling under the weight of lawsuits, increased opposition due to its exorbitant electricity costs, and a lack of investors." Read More
Cape Cod Times: Charlie Baker explains why he has long been a critic and opponent of Cape Wind.
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Cape Wind is NOT a done deal! Together we WILL stop this destructive project &
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Take a moment to look out from our beaches over the beautiful waters of Nantucket Sound. And appreciate what you don't see. You don't see 130 wind turbines the height of 40 story buildings, covering an area the size of Manhattan. You don't see a ten story service platform holding 40,000 gallons of oil in the middle of our fishing grounds. You don't see an industrial plant that would raise our electric bills, hurt our businesses and burden us with more government handouts – while outsourcing jobs overseas.
What you may also not see is that Cape Wind can be stopped. Did you know that after 13 years, this private developer still faces lawsuits and needs investors? Or that opposition is increasing? Or that Cape Wind could move to a better site? The truth is their expensive power plant is far from a done deal. With your support, we can stop Cape Wind. To learn more, go to Save Our Sound.org. Because once Nantucket Sound is gone, it's gone forever.
Link to Audra Parker on radio talk shows.
Cape Wind's Decade of False Starts
The latest news is yet another in a string of announcements where Cape Wind is claiming that construction is imminent. Summary Cape CapecccSummarySSSS
Jobs: Cape Wind would not produce anything like the jobs its supporters promise — at least NOT IN THE U.S.
Cape Wind has established a disturbing pattern of outsourcing jobs to foreign countries, despite claims to create local jobs. It plans to use Siemens turbines from Germany, is working with French, Dutch, and Danish investors, and reneged on an agreement with a local company, Mass Tank to manufacture the foundations of its wind turbines – electing instead to go overseas. Recently, the UK cable protection systems specialist Tekmar Energy just won a lucrative contract with Cape Wind.
Cape Wind will only create 50 permanent jobs and at an outrageous $4.3 billion package of federal and state incentives, these permanent year round jobs would come at a taxpayer cost of $86 million per job! (Read what happened in Germany.)
The decline in tourism would lead to the loss of up to 2,500 jobs, a reduction in tourist spending of $57 - $123 million, a related drop in output of $94 - $203 million, a drop in earnings of $28 - $61 million, & a $1.35 billion decline in property values.
(Statistics provided by Beacon Hill Institute of Suffolk University)
Scores of commercial fishermen, who earn the majority of their income in the area of the proposed site, believe this project would displace commercial fishing and permanently threaten their livelihood.
The Endangered Species Act
Federal agencies violated the Endangered Species Act and must re-evaluate impacts on birds and right whales. Alliance Press Release, March 14, 2014
The Cost to Birds: Read More
The latest: Under pressure from the wind industry, the White House said it will allow the killing of eagles without fear of prosecution for up to three decades. Individuals are prosecuted over the protected species laws, while wind energy gets a free pass. Fox News Rd
Audubon Press Release: Interior Greenlights Eagle Slaughter by Wind Farms - "Instead of balancing the need for conservation & renewable energy, Interior wrote the wind industry a blank check."
Piping Plovers and Roseate Terns at Risk in Nantucket Sound: Letter from Defenders of Wildlife to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's "Determination of Reasonal and Prudent Measures" for Cape Wind, requiring the temporary and seasonal shut down of turbines during periods of highest threat to Roseate Terns and Piping Plovers.
The Cost to Endangered Right Whales
Cape Wind would be a threat to the endangered right whale, sharks, and other marine life in Nantucket Sound. A recent incident is reported in the Cape Cod Times article: Research Vessel Collides with Whale
A coalition of environmental and animal protection groups sued the federal government to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales. Link to Press Release
The Cost to Sharks, Leatherback Turtles, etc.
Endangered leatherback turtles stay near Cape Cod. Recent Study
The picture below shows a leatherback being rescued last in Nantucket Sound.
The Cost to the Ratepayer: Projected Price of Electricity by Source
MA utilities will be purchasing green wind power from New Hampshire and Maine facilities at an average price of less than 8 cents per kWh vs. Cape Wind's price of 19 cents per kWh rising to over 30 cents in the final year. No utility, business or consumer should be forced to underwrite a private developer at more than three times the cost of readily available green energy from other sources. Alliance Press Release, September 23, 2013
Threat to Groundwater: The Town in Barnstable will be appealing the state's approval of Cape Wind's installation of new equipment at a switching station in Barnstable that would increase the amount of dielectric oil by 1,534 gallons. The town asked Cape Wind to install an oil containment system, similar to one at another NStar transformer in West Barnstable. "They refuse to do that here," McLaughlin said, adding that if one gallon of oil makes it into the groundwater it has the potential to contaminate
5 million gallons of water. Cape Cod Times
Opposition to Cape Wind Continues to Grow
SOS SUPPORTERS: Alliance reports strong fundraising as Cape Wind opposition continues to grow as deadlines loom: Press Release
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY: View ads in major newspapers sponsored by MACP (MA Competitive Partnership) & AIM (Associated Industries of MA).
June 13th in DC papers: Politico, The Hill, Roll Call. "Some Facts About The Cape Wind Project You May Not Know"
May 22nd: Cape Cod Times, Globe, Herald
RATEPAYERS: New England Ratepayers Association mailed this informational postcard to 30,000 homes in MA: "Don't let middle class taxpayers foot the bill for a risky, expensive, and unnecessary project."
THE LATEST POLL: Support for Cape Wind is collapsing in MA, according to a survey conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center. Alliance Press Release
Cape Cod Times: Cape Wind Close on Financing Delayed
Commonwealth Magazine: Is Cape Wind Running Out of Time?
Recharge News: Cape Wind to Miss 2014 Goal to Close Project Financing
Cape Cod Times: Wind Farm Opponents to File Appeals (Town of Barnstable claims potential threat to ground water)
Boston Herald: Cape Wind Project Now $10M Over Budget
Indian Country Today: Obama's Harvard Law School Mentor Takes on Cape Wind
Cape Cod Times: Wind Farm Opponents to File Appeals
Boston Herald: New Storm Builds for Cape Wind
(UK) Sunday Times: Ill Wind Blows Turbines out of the Water
Alliance Press Release and Providence Journal: Leading Constitutional Law Expert: Expensive Cape Wind Power Contract "Forced Down NStar's Throat"
Cape Cod Times- Letter: Baker Well-Positioned to Stop Wind Farm
North American Wind Power: Siemens Takes Big Loss Due to Wind Turbine Issues
Barnstable Patriot: Barnstable Council Claims Toxic Chemicals Could Threaten the Water Supply
Boston Globe: Patrick's Energy Policies Under Criticism
Real Clear Markets: Cape Wind: An Unsightly Monument to Political Pull
Martha's Vineyard Gazette: Letter: Cape Wind Risks
SparkSpread: Google Withdraws from Cape Wind Discussions
Martha's Vineyard Times - Letter: Time to Unplug Cape Wind
Cape Cod Life - Guest Commentary: Cape Wind's Numbers Aren't Good for Business
Boston Business Journal: Interview with Laurence Tribe - Constitutional Law Scholar Takes on Cape Wind
NECN: Cape Wind Opponents File Federal Appeal to Block Off-Shore Facility
Cape Cod Times: Cape Wind Foes Appeal Latest Legal Defeat
Cape Wind's Financing Woes
Cape Wind would result in a high net cost to the public due to duplicative subsidies and tax credits, increased electric costs, and negative impacts to tourism, jobs, and property values.
The project would impose billions of dollars in additional electricity costs for businesses, households, and municipalities throughout Massachusetts.
Scores of commercial fishermen, who earn the majority of their income in the area of the proposed site, believe this project would displace commercial fishing and permanently threaten their livelihoods.
The decline in tourism would lead to the loss of up to 2,500 jobs, a reduction in tourist spending of $57 - $123 million, a related drop in output of $94 - $203 million, a drop in earnings of $28 - $61 million, & a $1.35 billion decline in property values.
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hi AGAIN.... sorry, made a boo boo on the first try.... anyways, who is tired of being underpaid? AND tired of having your benefits reduced? I feel nurses are one of the most underpaid professions out there. No wonder there... Read More
- 0Dec 18, '02 by megmermaidHELLO! We do have an union! It's called the ANA.
There are more nurses than any other health care profession yet we have hardly any power or voice on Capitol Hill. Almost every doctor you meet will be a member of the AMA (which is therefore a very powerful organization), but very few nurses are members of their professional organization the ANA. If EVERY nurse became a member, the ANA would be a very powerful organization-and nursing would have one unified voice.
Yes, I know this is in my perfect world but it seriously makes me sad to think that this organization works very hard for the interest of nursing with so few members compared to the potential.
OK, I'm getting off the soapbox now.
- 0Mar 30, '03 by rmprnI wanted to join the ANA, even went to the website to join (like my nursing instructors told us to back when I was in school). But I can't afford the dues !! Maybe if it cost a less to join, more nurses could and would. I have two kids and a mortgage, and they have proirity over the ANA.
- 0Apr 3, '03 by nowplayingEDRNUnderpaid is a chronic complaint among our co-workers across the world and yes, I agree agency nursing is one answer but working for an agency is not the answer for everyone and I am sorry to say, working for a unionized facility is not always an answer either. If you have a family, most agencies will give you, the nurse benefits for free but tell them you have a family and you will end up paying more for a family plan that if you stayed where you are. On the other end, not all unions will work for the good of the nurses they supposedly represent, being easily bought out by perks from the hospital administration (had that happen too). You might want to look into working for the government as a nurse. Now I will admit, yes the pay is usually less than working in the civilian sector (but they are getting better so that they have a higher retention of nurses) but the benefits are over all better than working agency or regular hospital and the work load and work environment is much better, with more professional respect and the ability to make a difference in the lives of our patients. PS: Union dues/ professional organization dues are usually very costly and toss that in with the cost of benefits and you are looking at a serious problem that further fuels the lack of pay problem for our highly skilled profession.


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Last chance to see Riverdance in New Philadelphia, OH
Local audiences will have a chance to experience The Riverdance Farewell Tour, coming April 4 and 5 to the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University Tuscarawas.
Local audiences will have a chance to experience The Riverdance Farewell Tour, coming April 4 and 5 to the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University Tuscarawas.
Read about Fiona McCabes list of 11 cities visited, competitions won and more from behind the curtain.
In this weeks tour blog, Irish Dance Troupe member Maeve Fearon gives us a unique look backstage at a Riverdance show. Also she tells us how the company have covered approximately 5,392 miles and stayed in 22 different hotel rooms since the beginning of the tour!
We've returned to tour now for several weeks and have already seen many wonderful sights and explored some illustrious places. However, this week was undoubtedly the most interesting to date.
Join Irish Dance Troupe member Fiona McCabe as she tells us about her trip to New Orleans, some of her favourite cities on tour and gives us another style file.
Join Irish Dance Troupe member Maeve Fearon as she travels with Riverdance to 4 cities in one week – seventeen years since the opening night of Riverdance in Dublin in 1995.
Today, I am about to embark on another exciting tour with 'Riverdance'. For the next five months, I will be travelling across USA & Canada, to over 80 destinations, performing to thousands of people every week and ultimately living my dream.
Well this week began with the old ritual of taking down of the suitcase from my attic and since Hawaii wasn't all too long ago, my case happens to be cobweb-free. (Sigh of relief!)
So I started the packing process with searching for my dance shoes.
As Riverdance's U.S. run comes to end, TheaterJones asked lead dancer Padraic Moyles to tell us what it's like being a part of this sensational cast, the lore behind the Irish technique and what he thinks the show has done for Irish dancing, especially here in the U.S. The show makes its final North Texas appearance Feb. 7 and 8 at the Music Hall at Fair Park.
Dance Captain Meave Croke and Darren Maguire held an Irish step dance workshop with the children of the Ballet Hawaii dance group between shows during Riverdance's recent tour in Honolulu.


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The speed of data transfer in electronic equipment to increase tenfold
New optical technology for super computers and telecommunications
New optical data transfer technology is suitable for the mass production of
electronics equipment, increasing the efficiency of the electronics devices
many times over. According to several renowned electronics manufacturers, a
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New optical data transfer technology is suitable for the mass production of electronics equipment, increasing the efficiency of the electronics devices many times over. According to several renowned electronics manufacturers, a breakthrough for optics in electronic devices is expected in a few years' time.
Just one optical channel on the electronics circuit board could revolutionise data processing, as it can increase the speed of data transfer tenfold while keeping vulnerability to disturbances very low. In co-operation with other companies and the Laboratory of Electronics Production Technology at the Helsinki University of Technology, VTT has developed a prototype of an optoelectronic circuit board, for which a data transfer bus with four channels, equalling 40 gigabits per second, was manufactured. The general perception internationally is that the current electronic data transfer speed of 1-3 gigabits per second, used in electronic circuit boards, is difficult to increase due to susceptibility to disturbances and the lack of physical space.
Transferring clock frequency using optical channels
The research lead by VTT focused on the development of optical data transfer buses for circuit boards that are suitable for mass production. This massive data transfer capacity will be introduced to circuit boards, with distances ranging from fractions of a millimetre to about one metre. Optical data transfer on circuit boards is useful especially in super computers, in demanding connections between data traffic base stations, as well as, for example, between computer processors and memory circuits. One demanding high frequency signal on the circuit board is known as the "clock frequency", which corresponds to a speed of several gigabytes; transferring this from one part of a computer to another could be done using optical channels.
Minimal changes in assembly
A circuit board for test use was manufactured in the development project, the optical channels of which were designed in such a way that current circuit board manufacturers can produce them with only minor production changes. The aim is to implement optical data transfer on circuit boards in such a way that the changes required are as small as possible, also for the electronics assembly industry. Finns are at the international forefront of utilising optical data transfer.
The development project was funded by VTT, Tekes, Aplac Solutions, Aspocomp, Asperation, Perlos and Elcoteq Network. The Helsinki University of Technology also took part in the research. VTT will continue researching and developing optical data transfer within a network of top European scientists.
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Seven soldiers, who are brought into the Trauma Bays, anxiously wait for the arrival of their lucky charm, 19-year old Private Henry Flax. When the Private's entire unit survives their injuries without complications, Marks acknowledges lady luck and miraculously, the new CT scanner arrives. Rebecca tries to fulfill Flax's dying wish by rewriting the protocol for organ donation. When Nurse Suzy Chao is assigned to help Bobby with his research, she develops a crush on him.
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Trinity Sinkhole Causes Detours
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Motorists will have to change their routes for the next few days because of a sinkhole on Trinity Road near Meadowbrook Drive.
The road will be closed at the site for a couple of weeks to allow time for repairs.
The 12-foot deep hole started to form on Thursday, according to reports, when pavement gave way. A stream runs under the road.
Detour signs have been posted to direct traffic to Meadowbrook Drive, Welborn Road, Hopewell Church Road and Old Hopewell Church Road.


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In an interview with Betabeat last night, infamous revenge porn peddler Hunter Moore shed some light on what his new smut submission site, HunterMoore.TV, will look like. Mr. Moore, who rose to prominence with the now-defunct revenge porn site IsAnyoneUp, intends to port all of the old content over from the original site onto the new one.
"I have nerds for days," Mr. Moore, in New York to serve community service following a violent incident, told Betabeat last night in a Lower East Side bar. "I have nerds on nerds. I have so many secret servers. I got shit in Switzerland, Australia, Canada. All that stuff's accessible, it's just on a different domain." He added that any content that had been legally questionable before will be gone.
"All these people that thought they were safe: nah, it's all gonna be back," he added.
Perhaps even more terrifying is the newest feature planned for HunterMoore.TV, which Mr. Moore said will launch anywhere from two weeks to a month from now. The submission form, which previously included fields like the person's name, links to social media profiles and a place to upload photos, will have a new field: address. Scorned lovers who submit photos of their exes for revenge can now also enable others to physically stalk them by including their addresses along with the photos. HunterMoore.TV will then display the photos on a map.
The current submission form includes a "Where are they from?" field, but not a place to specify exact address. It also has many legal statements that users must check in order to submit, including, "By submitting this content you are agreeing to take full responsibility for the content you have submitted."
Mr. Moore says he's not liable for these sorts of privacy violations because it's all user-submitted content. He reasons that he's protected under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which states that websites are immune from legal responsibility for content submitted by others.
But this mapping feature could be the fatal blow to Mr. Moore's Section 230 defense. University of Maryland law professor and cyber-law expert Danielle Citron argues that by putting up the field for addresses, he could be facilitating stalking. "If he is putting up fields with someone's address and a field ensuring that there's a map to facilitate stalking, I think there's an argument to be made that he is engaging in cyberstalking under federal criminal law," Ms. Citron told Betabeat by phone. "Section 230 explicitly does not immunize federal criminal law violations."
Mr. Moore seems unconcerned with the legalities associated with his newest venture.
"We're gonna introduce the mapping stuff so you can stalk people," Mr. Moore gleefully told Betabeat, adding, "I know–it's scary as shit."


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You may be betrayedThe Fantasia Trilogy is a Freeware Otome Game Series created by Memento Mori Games (led by Azurextwilight), consisting of three games - Fantasia: Realm of Thanos, Fantasia: Requiem of the Abyss and Fantasia: Memento of Grand Finale. The final game has yet to be completed, but a demo has been released.In Fantasia: Realm of Thanos, Cheryl Nielsen (who you can actually name whatever you want) , an Ordinary High-School Student, is given a very important mission by a mysterious woman (whom she calls "White Lady"): to save Fantasia from the Demon Lord, Oswald. To do that, she must choose to save one of the four other boys who have suffered as much as she has and use The Power of Love to stop him. But, as you find out in the canon path, it turns out said Demon Lord just wanted to be loved, and after Cheryl decides to show him some affection and understanding, he does a Heel-Face Turn, redeeming himself. They eventually end up together as the canon pairing.The second game, Fantasia: Requiem of the Abyss, deals with Thanos' imminent plot to Take Over the World, as the latent tension between the Kingdom of Seldrus and the Southern Empire of Valdrox threaten to start a new war. Now it is Valen Leingold's (Cheryl and Oswald's only daughter) duty to go on a journey, along with a colorful group of allies, to, yet again, save Fantasia from Thanos' evil plans and stop The End of the World as We Know It.Then comes an interlude game, Fantasia: Before Requiem, a non-interactive visual novel which provides intricate backstories of the characters of Requiem of the Abyss. Though it is chronologically set before Requiem of the Abyss, it is highly recommended that it be read after playing Requiem of the Abyss.Originally, the third game was going to be called Fantasia: Memento of Grand Finale and was set 200 years after Requiem of the Abyss. The Guild, now called Pacifist Alliance Organization, is by far the most powerful force of Fantasia. Having stopped the meaningless struggle for resources between kingdoms a few years prior to the begining of the game, PAO now seizes control of the land, trying to keep the world's increasingly frail balance to the best of their abilities. In the midst of this, Lenarche Seleniarius, a girl who has no idea who her parents are, has been having vivid dreams of various major plot points of the previous games. She joins PAO to try to find out more about her past. Only a demo was released before the game was cancelled.The third game was later uncanceled and retooled under the name "Althernis Precasted", which is still in development, and it is uncertain how much of the old tropes still apply. Lenarche will still be a player character, but now her brother Lazarus is also playable. Together they join the prestigious Pacifist Alliance Organization, but things are not what the seem.Fantasia has a WMG page and a character page, so please refrain from putting character specific tropes on this page.Has nothing to do with Disney's Fantasia.
You will see your friends die before your eyes
You may lose those who are important to you
And in the worst case, you can lose your life as well
But if you can emerge from the pond of tears and blood
The end will be worth the sacrifice.
— Fantasia: Requiem of the Abyss' Ominous Prophecy.
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Hillsboro, OH (December 28, 2010) — NCB, FSB (NCB) a federally chartered savings bank is actively engaging local youth throughout Southern Ohio in financial literacy by launching a SMART Savers program. Students in grades first through fifth at Blanchester and Fayetteville-Perry Schools are able to open a SMART Savers Savings Account and then on their lunch hour during designated bank days, NCB representatives will be at their schools to accept deposits.
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Is the School of Christian Studies accredited?
The School of Christian Studies (SCS) is accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools which means that its program has the same accreditation standards as OBU's on-campus programs. The SCS operates with the approval of the University's board of trustees. Those who teach SCS courses are required to have at least a master's degree from a Southern Baptist seminary and approval by the dean of the Herschel H. Hobbs College of Theology and Ministry. College-level curriculum materials and teaching aids used in SCS courses are written by faculty and adjunct faculty of the Hobbs College.
Oklahoma Baptist University has received a Letter of Exemption from Certification issued by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education to offer non-academic or church-related courses and grant non-academic awards or church-related degrees.
Where do classes meet?
SCS classes meet at SCS centers across Oklahoma and in other states. In addition, classes are also offered in an online format.
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SCS is open to anyone who has graduated from high school or obtained a GED certificate. Students in Oklahoma must be 23 years of age or older.
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1. Apply and be admitted to the program
Apply online and have official transcripts from your high school (or GED certificate) and any colleges, universities or seminaries attended mailed from the institution to the SCS office.
2. After being admitted to SCS, contact the SCS center nearest you or the SCS director (if taking an online course) in order to enroll.
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Course credit earned through SCS classes can be applied toward a Diploma, Associate of Arts, or Bachelor of Arts in Christian Studies.
If you have already completed a bachelor's degree, you can obtain a second degree by completing a 39 credit hour program available through SCS.
General education courses required in the A.A. and B.A. degrees are not offered through SCS study, but students may complete those courses on OBU's Shawnee campus or another accredited college or university (See the OBU catalog for restrictions on transfer credit).
What kind of courses can I take through SCS?
The SCS provides courses in biblical studies, theology, church history, evangelism, missions, and ministry.
How do I take online SCS courses?
In order to enroll in an online course, please contact the SCS Director. After enrolling, students will be given access to the Moodle course site, facilitated by the course instructor. Students must have internet access, and be able to check their student email and the Moodleroom course site several times a week.
How much does SCS cost?
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