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text: The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be visiting a few communities in the area this week as National Preparedness Month continues. The Red Cross helps the public prepare for and respond to emergencies by having a good supply of blood ready. Local Red Cross Spokesperson Kerry Cipra says that it's easy for people to give blood. She says all it takes is a desire to help others, you must be at least 110-pounds, be 17-years-old – or 16 with parental consent, and have a photo ID. The whole process takes about an hour, and the actual giving of blood only about 10 minutes. The Bloodmobile will be at Peace Lutheran Church in Hutchinson from Noon to 6 on Tuesday, at the Mayer Community Center from 1 to 7 on Wednesday, and at the Gaylord American Legion from 1 to 7 on Thursday. Donors can also Give The Gift Of Life at the Mankato Red Cross Headquarters from 12:30 to 5:30 on Wednesday and Thursday and 9am to 1pm on Friday. For more information on giving blood visit www.redcrossblood.org.

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, December 15, 2000: Illinois has become the first state in the nation to ban the sale of bidi cigarettes, tiny, hand-rolled, flavored cigarettes, which are popular among young teens. "Bidi cigarettes resemble marijuana joints, which may influence their popularity," said the Governor's statement. "The United Stages government's Centers for Disease Control found that bidis produce three times the nicotine and carbon monoxide and five times the tar of regular cigarettes." Bidis are often manufactured in India in sweatshop-like conditions, sometimes by child labor. The cigarettes are given candy-like flavors and colorful packaging that appeal to kids. Some think bidis may be a gateway to drugs because they look like marijuana joints and produce a powerful head rush. From January 1, violators of the ban in Illinois will be fined $100 to $1000. The Christian Science Monitor source above gives a complete story on US policy.
Source: Indian Express
MUMBAI, INDIA, December 6, 2000: An estimated 250,000 sadhus and 700,000 pilgrims are expected to visit Trimbakeshwar in the Himalayas for a holy bath between July 30, 2003, and August 26, 2004, when Nashik hosts the Kumbh Mela. Dates will be ratified at a meeting on January 14 at Allahabad. According to the dates declared, the Sinhasta Kumbh period begins at 11:51 am on July 30, 2003, and will conclude at 11:49 pm on August 26, 2004. There will be 20 occasions for holy baths during the 13 months. Along with pilgrims, there are about 19 Mahants and 22 Akhadas of hermits of Vaishnav and Saiva sects who are expected to participate in the mela and government agencies estimate an expenditure of about US$65.2 million to accommodate the crowds, including improvements to the mela area. The Kumbh Mela is held once every four years at one of four holy places in India -- ie, Haridwar, Prayag, Ujjain and Nashik. The 2001 gathering in Prayag (Allahabad) is expected to be the largest single gathering of human beings in history.
Source: The Hindu
NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 11, 2000: The Ramakrishna Mission has incurred an expenditure of over US$22,000,000 on education, health and relief as well as developmental works undertaken during 1999 - 2000. Over $14.8 million, much of it subsidies from the government of India, was spent by the Mission's educational institutions imparting knowledge to nearly 170,000 students. Medical services rendered to more than 5,100,000 people through nine Mission hospitals and dispensaries cost $5,000,000. Relief and rehabilitation programs undertaken by the Mission benefitted nearly 400,000 people in more than 800 villages.
Source: Hinduism Today
FLUSHING, NEW YORK, December 15, 2000: According to the latest bulletin from the Hindu Temple Society of North America which governs the Ganesha Temple in Flushing, a new dress code is in force. "Certain kinds of dress are inappropriate for attending the temple," says the bulletin. "These include shorts for both men and women; very short skirts, ripped or truncated jeans, etc."
Source: Dainkik Bhaskar, Bhopal
KHILCHIPUR, INDIA, December 5, 2000: To promote world peace Sri Ram Nam Jap, the chanting of Lord Rama's name, has been organized and inspired by religious leader Sri Balyogi Rammilan Das Ji Maharaj of Kashi at the Naharda Hanuman Temple premises. According to Sri Balyogi Maharaj, this was the first huge sacred offering of it's kind where the name of Lord Rama would be repeated in the forms of chanting, writing, speech and offerings. The program commenced November 30 with devotees bearing sacred urns in holy procession around the temple followed by an invocatory prayer to Lord Ganesh. The event concluded on December 6 with the distribution of blessed offerings. Sri Balyogi Ji's intention is to organize 108 such mahayagnas to propagate the well-being of all beings. The high priest, Yagnacharya Pandit Srinath Das Mehta, presided over the well-attended program.
Source: South China Morning Post, November 27, 2000
KATHMANDU, INDIA: To have our last rites performed according to the Vedas is the parting wish of all devout Hindus. With the shortage of wood for many of the crematoria in Kathmandu, Nepal, the government has established an electric crematorium in the area around Pashupatinath Temple. Traditional funerals, with wood and hay for fuel, are performed outdoors. However, the water level of the nearby Bagmati River is insufficient to properly dispose of ashes and remains after these traditional cremations, adding to the already polluted river. A survey of 5,000 citizens of Kathmandu conducted by the Lions Club supports the new electric crematorium. Similar crematoriums have been built in Banaras, India, and are in common use by Hindus elsewhere in the world.
HOUSTON, TEXAS, December, 2000: To commemorate India's Millennium Republic Day Celebrations to be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, on January 27, 2001, the organizing committee is holding an essay competition covering various aspects of India. Dr. S. Kannappan, co-chairman of the committee, said the purpose of the competition was to generate interest in Indian heritage and culture among the youth. "At the very least, they will feel compelled to open a book and do the research," he said. Suggested topics include a history of India and/or Indian immigrants to North America, economics, culture, performing arts, folklore, impact of Indian immigrants on main stream America, science, technology and engineering. Students from elementary, middle, high school and undergraduates studying in the USA are eligible to submit essays or articles may contact email@example.com for details. The deadline is December 29th, 2000.
ALPERTON, ENGLAND: Indian stonemasons who were paid a mere US$0.96 an hour have won $160,000 in compensation from their employers. The 10 men, all from the same region in India, were working on the construction of a $11.2 million Sanatan Hindu temple in Alperton, North London. Their employers, Shirco Ltd, based in North London, have been ordered to pay the money to the workers following an investigation by the Inland Revenue. The pay, retroactive to their hire date, will bring their salaries up to the minimum wage of $5.92, which is only a fraction of the wage many qualified stonemasons earn. Enticed to work in Britain by promises of high wages the men had their passports taken from them on arrival. They were told that if they disobeyed they would be sacked and have to find their own way back to India. They lived in a shack on the temple site. One stonemason earned just $200 a month while working eight hours a day, six days a week. The case has disturbed many in Britain's one million strong Hindu community.
Source: Star TV, December 13, 2000
NEW DELHI, INDIA: In a nationwide broadcast, UP Chief Minister Raj Nath Singh, declared, "We will not allow holding of beauty contests in the state of Uttar Pradesh as they are indecent. Showing bare bodies is not a part of our culture and tradition. Beauty is something which is given by nature and there should be no competition about it." For the beauty and fashion trade of Uttar Pradesh the chief minister's announcement has come as a rude shock. Star TV interviewed some such people who condemned the UP chief minister for enforcing this kind of cultural policing in the state. Of late Indian contestants have won several international beauty contests.
BOMBAY, INDIA: To most North Americans, the golden arches of McDonalds restaurants means beef burgers. Not so in India, where the fast food chain has infiltrated the country since 1996 by using a clever marketing program that avoids offending both the culture of the land and the Indian pocket book. The company sells no beef or pork products and segregates vegetarian and meat preparation and cooking. The outlets sell chicken, fish, and mutton along with their vegetarian selections of potato cutlets and aloo tikki burgers. The restaurant chain got started in Bombay and Delhi and now plans to increase its outlets from 26 to 80. The middle-class customer base is estimated to be at least 100 million in these major cities. By the year 2003, over US$150 million will be invested in India as McDonalds further expands in the west and the north as well as opens outlets in Bangalore, in the traditional south land. In order to stay competitive, the company has focused on volume sales with low pricing. A family of 2 or 3 can eat out for about $1.40. Vikram Bashi, head of Connaught Plaza Restaurants, McDonalds joint venture in Delhi is quoted as saying, "We've proved that there is a place for the burger in India."
Source: India Today, December 9, 2000
BANARAS, INDIA: It was the early morning of December 6 when journalist Priya Solomon tried to photograph the ancient 16th century Gyanvapi Masjid, standing in the premises of the Baba Vishwanath Mandir in Banaras, a policeman prevented her from doing so. Her initial irritation vanished when realization dawned that the restrictions were meant to protect the location and to avert a situation like the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid, as speculation has it that the Gyanvapi mosque is one of two other targets (the other is in Mathura) the Sangh Parivar would like to see obliterated. Prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's statements supporting the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya has given impetus to the Kashi Vishwanath Mandir movement in India's holy city. One may ask "Why Gyanvapi?" According to Hindu organizations, the original Siva Lingam is inside the Gyanvapi Masjid, and since the Masjid is not being used for worship, it should be handed over to them. The Masjid is built upon the site of the ancient Kasi Vishwanath Siva Temple; its lower walls in fact can be clearly identified as the original walls of the temple, which is one reason police try to prevent the photographs. Unlike Ayodhya, there is no dispute at all that the Masjid was built upon the temple foundation. The Masjid is under 24-hour vigil throughout the year by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), security is further beefed up every year on December 6, the date of the Babri Masjid demolition. The nature of this town by the Ganges is volatile and vulnerable to religious tension with its 40:60 Muslim-Hindu ratio. "It is a religious town and people of this city are very sensitive," says Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith vice-chancellor R.J. Singh.
PERAMBALUR, INDIA, December 12, 2000: Tension prevailed for over three hours this morning in Alagapuram village, 25 km from Jayamkondam, when over 2,000 upper caste Vanniyars blocked the streets leading to the Alageeswarar temple, to prevent the proposed march to the temple by "untouchable" Dalits who had been denied entry to the temple for the past several decades. Police posted on all approach roads, and around the temple, enabled the Dalits, headed by Mr. S. Thirunavukkarasu, state general secretary of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Workers Union to march and press their right for entry into the temple, as guaranteed under India's constitution. Peace talks were held between the leaders of the Vanniyar community and the Dalit leaders. Mr. R. Perunargili, headquarters speaker of the PMK, said he would impress upon the villagers that it was illegal to prevent the Dalits from entering the temple. Both groups agreed to further talks on December 21 at Jayamkondam. The temple, built by Rajaraja Chola, was under the care of hereditary trustees belonging to the Vanniyar community for decades until three years ago when the HRCE department took over administration. Until recently, the Dalits were not insisting on entering the temple, but during the past week, with support of Marxist leaders, they claimed the right to entry, and posters announced the decision of the Dalits to enter the temple today. Today both groups attended the peace committee meeting and decided not to precipitate the issue until the next round of talks.
Source: Hinduism Today, Anil Mahabir,
PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD, December 11, 2000: The United National Congress (UNC) secured another term in office when it won the general election. The UNC with its Hindu leader Basdeo Panday got 19 seats as opposed to 16 which was won by the Christian party, the Peoples' National Movement (PNM). The thrust of the UNC campaign was equality of all before the law in a cosmopolitan society. The UNC leader, in his victory speech, has vowed to continue to take the country along the road of "respect for all, animosity towards none," and has even, in an unprecedented move, called upon his opponents to join his government, in a "goverment of national unity." Government Minister Sadiq Baksh, a Muslim, who held a Ganesh Puja when the new airport was opened, said last night that he intended to have another Ganesh Puja to mark his victory. Baksh won a seat that was never lost by the PNM since the country gained independence from British Colonial rule in 1962. Speaking to Hinduism Today correspondent Anil Mahabir yesterday, Baksh admitted that, on a daily basis, he is becoming more and more partial towards Lord Ganesh, and even attributed his victory, in large measure, to the Mahaganapati.
Source: Star TV, December 10, 2000
KANPUR, INDIA: Mrs. Asha Rani Rai of Vidya Mandir Women's College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, has started training girls as purohits, Hindu priests, based on the curriculum of University Grant Commission [UGC]'s Sanskrit course. Everyday for seven hours these would-be female pundits learn about Vedic rituals. In an interview to Star, Asha Rani Rai said that she herself is an expert in Vedic rituals and has performed over two dozen marriages and several cremation rites as per scriptures. As in the case with other training programs for women as priests, the cause is dissatisfaction with the existing men, who many people feel display little devotion or knowledge. The female pundits are also being taught astrology and vaastu shastra. They will be taught all the sixteen sanskaras of Hinduism ranging from and related to, birth and death. Asha says that it is incorrect to state that Vedas cannot be studied by women and this has no sanction from scriptures. Rather Asha feels that women are purer and can do the job of a pundit in a better manner. The development of women priests in Hinduism, where men traditionally fulfill this roll is often regarded as a challenge to orthodoxy. However, the women say they would not want to do the priest's job if the men themselves were handling the responsibility correctly.
CHENNAI, INDIA, December 8, 2000: Normal activity in more than 36,000 temples in Tamil Nadu, India's southern-most state, was interrupted as temple employees went on a day's stay-in strike in support of their 15-point charter of demands. They are asking for pay parity with other temple staff, pension and other benefits. According to official sources, the strike was near-total success with about 80 percent of the employees participating. Pay for temple employees is fixed on the basis of revenue of the temples. The result of this in many small temples is that priests and employees are getting a pay of less than US$2.00 a month. Even this meagre salary is not paid regularly, according to employees. The normal pujas of the day were still conducted by all priests, but special requests for archana were not available.


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A Second Life
Not everything associated with the Second World War was a complete write-off. Some of the old infantry landing barges had been converted into small freighters used in the coastal trade that was so important to this area of the world. Here, one of them pulls up to the shore in Rabaul harbour to be loaded (via it's front 'troop landing' ramp) with it's next cargo for some small 'out-port' destination.
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The local carrier (Air Niugini) is the best way to get to Rabaul. It's about 1.5 hours from Port Moresby, and about 20 minutes from Kimbe Bay area.
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For getting around Rabaul when no PMV's are available stand by the side of the road and wait for a lift. Unlike Moresby i felt safe hitching in Rabaul.
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In Mexico City: Fernanda Zavaleta
(52-55) 5480-4200
WASHINGTON, DC, April 9, 2009—The World Bank approved today a loan to the Mexican Government for US$1.5 billion dollars to expand Oportunidades, the national conditional cash transfer program which helps 5 million of the most vulnerable families in the country to cope with poverty conditions.
This new financial support is aimed at contributing with the Mexican program in improving the conditions of health, education and nutrition for the most underprivileged families. To that end, money transfers will be granted to families in exchange of periodic medical check-ups and attendance to workshops on health related issues, and regular school attendance for children and teens.
These programs, in which the State and the underprivileged households share the responsibility for overcoming poverty, can reduce poverty in the short and medium term, because they improve the human capital, particularly when supported by improved public services.
The program began in Mexico as part of an extensive effort to make social safety nets more efficient and thus replace subsidies which were not targeted to help the neediest groups. The Oportunidades program succeeded in lowering the drop out rates in schools among students in sixth and seventh grade by nine percentage points and increased the use of preventive health services. As the program targets mothers and young people, it has the capacity to provide essential services in health and education, thereby providing a social safety net which is vital to help the people most affected by the effects of the global financial crisis.
"This loan represents an integral part of a scaled up assistance program to Mexico which is expected to reach about US$4 billion in 2009. This operation seeks to support the government in its efforts to relieve the social impact that the country is facing as a consequence of the economic slowdown," said Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Director for Mexico and Colombia.
According to van Trotsenburg, "the main purpose behind social safety net programs in times of crisis is to protect income and avoid irreversible losses in physical assets and human capital. Our efforts are directed towards promoting gradual economic recovery: whether it is through strengthening the financial sector, supporting investments in infrastructure or programs that seek to alleviate the effects of climate change," he added.
The project has two components:
· Support to the continuation and the expansion of the Oportunidades program by financing bimonthly cash transfers to beneficiary families that comply with the established conditions.
· Technical assistance in order to conduct studies aimed at improving the connection between Oportunidades and other socially oriented government programs. It will also support the implementation of the Indigenous People's Plan which will establish the course of action necessary to define an alternative model for administrating and operating the Oportunidades program in indigenous areas.
"The World Bank's support is significant because of both the resources it provides and for the technical assistance and the global experience it has acquired. This will allow us to continue to assist the 25 million people that live in the five million most vulnerable households throughout the country, and will help them continue to increase their human capital in face of the current complications in the labor market," said Salvador Escobedo, National Coordinator of the Oportunidades program.
Some of the expected results are:
· Increase in the number of families that received regular medical check-ups.
· Increase in the number of children that are able to progress from elementary to secondary school and from secondary school to high school.
· Increase in the proportion of Oportunidades schools in the Quality School Programs-PEC.
· Increase the proportion of scholarships for higher education for young people in the Oportunidades program.
The expanded program is based on rigorous external evaluations which have measured tangible results in education and health outcomes among children participating in the Oportunidades program. Results show that in rural areas, the probability of entering secondary school rose by 33 percent, and enrollment rates in tertiary schools nearly doubled. In urban areas, the dropout rate among students 16–19 years old fell by 20 percent, while enrollment rates increased for children 6 to 18 years old. Meanwhile, families also increased their health visits by up to 35 percent nationwide. Anemia in children under two fell by 12.8 percentage points, and rural children from 0–5 had 20 percent fewer sick days.
The efforts for technical assistance will be centered on: improving the program's effectiveness in indigenous communities; linking the Bank's participation on other projects in order to connect the Oportunidades program with other initiatives.
The Country Partnership Strategy signed with Mexico in April 2008 establishes a relationship with the government based on financing and knowledge sharing in a flexible framework that allows it to cater to Mexico's development challenges and needs.
The project will be implemented over a 24-month period. It is a fixed-spread loan with a 16-year grace period. The total amount will be paid at the end of the term, together with an end fee of 0.25 percent of the total amount.
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oyasumidesu wrote: »awsome you guys!! I am going tomorrow...today with my friends, Look for a Raz And Lili from Psychonauts!! (our costumes turned out great!!) and I want to find you guys and capture your souls with my soul box!!! (and if you see people eating bacon who look remarkably like Razputan and Lili....that is us ^_6 dyaballikl :: (will be looking for you saturday!!)
OH, and do we get lanyards for our passes or do we have to have our own? (no lanyard nor clip for pass)
Has anyone seen two guys dressed up as members of Team Rainbow? They had full gas masks, and fake weapons but I haven't seen them yet today... Just a little concerned if the police stopped them or something like that.
softlydeftly wrote: »well my cortana costume didn't turn out exactly as I'd hoped, I really wasn't blue enough, but it must have been all right because people asked for so many pictures I ended up hiding in the arcade for a while. there was another cortana too, she was in a body suit though, totally blue. anyway, it was fun, pretty much every costume I was was good so nice job guys
rakuenCallisto wrote: »Why couldn't any of you cosplay TF2 or King of Fighters?
So disappointed in all of you.
Ahh yes i just saw that. Thanks for the correction. The scout chick, with the spy, is uber hot.Look again. There were quite a few spies, a few scout chicks, a pyro, an engineer, and a medic. At least, those are the ones I saw. There may have been more.
rakuenCallisto wrote: »
Hahaha looks like you guys are just having fun here ^^ keep up the awesomeness, and don't be afraid to post photos! Just keep em small or as links!
[EDIT] also, anyone know what happened with the PAA Costume Contest? I want to post the winners in the OP ^^
Haikufrenzy wrote: »I'm still going to convince VThornheart that we should get a group together to cosplay as members of the Order of the Stick. Like I already called Elan for it (I can play a mean lute... okay not really).
BrokenAngel wrote: »I think a just plain old general "video game character" one would be great honestly. Forget this limiting to one game crap.
Wait... why are we limiting this to just video games?


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What is a Retainer Fee?
An attorney will not normally begin working on a case without receiving a retainer, or prepaid amount to cover the costs that will accrue. The amount varies and depends mostly on the hours of work that are estimated to go along with any particular type of case. Civil and criminal cases can involve millions of dollars and years' worth of work, or they can settle without much fanfare. An outcome may be unpredictable, but a legal professional can better calculate the initial costs by case comparisons.
How Does the Retainer Fit in with Total Compensation?
The Retainer is actually only a portion of the costs an attorney will charge. Some require a regular monthly amount in advance and you pay the remaining balance at the end of the month for any additional work that the retainer doesn't cover. Having a set amount of retainer each month is helpful to some individuals and businesses that have ongoing legal concerns. It becomes a planned expenditure and there are rarely any unexpected large legal fees.
Are there other fees?
Many clients mistakenly think initially that the retainer amount is the only fee associated with a case. The total amount of fees vary by type and duration of case as well as the different services needed. Some individuals and businesses simply need to verify certain types of legal information, whereas someone facing prosecution will need a lot of time and service by an attorney.
Charges can accrue for phone calls, emails, depositions, copying, filings and a myriad of other expenditures. Attorneys have to pay some of these expenses out-of-pocket, so this is the reason they require at least a minimal amount of prepay in the form of a retainer. It's good to discuss possible costs with your attorney before embarking on a case. The Utah Bar Association suggests having a written fee agreement with your attorney so that there is no dispute as to who pays what and when.
How Much Should Someone Expect to Have to Pay in Retainer Fees?
Some ongoing legal services require an individual or company to pay as little as $500 a month retainer, while criminal cases can run into thousands of dollars for retainment. The difference is in how difficult or unique the case is, the hours that will detract an attorney from doing other work and the sheer number of work hours involved. An attorney is a specialist in legal language and process. It is not something that most people can attempt to do on their own. There are general standards that keep an attorney from charging more than is acceptable in the field, but the better the track record the attorney has, the higher the retainer will be.
What are the Pros and Cons of Paying a Retainer?
There are a lot of benefits in paying a retainer for an attorney. For one, you can rest assured that your case will get priority in their schedule. As a client, they will make sure to meet the deadlines required to file petitions and motions and all of the timely business associated with your legal case. You rarely receive a shocking bill in the mail for unpredicted, or unpaid services. Most attorneys send out a detailed bill each month that shows exactly where the retainer monies are going.
The down side of retainers is that, in some instances, the monthly amount doesn't "roll ever" into the next month. If you are paying $500 a month for services for a month and you fail to use the service, you will still have to pay a full $500 retainer the next month. They don't typically add any leftover amounts to the next month.
The high retainers required for criminal cases are a burden for some to come up with at one time. We all want the best representation available if the worst happens, but it's usually at a high premium. There are some attorneys that are willing to break the fees down a little bit, but a strict payment routine is mandatory.


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Always with you
Featured Queue:
Don't Queue
Publication Type:Book
Source:Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, Grand Rapids MI (2008)
Call Number:Cubb Curr PS3622 .A5899 A63 2008
Keywords:Mothers and daughters--Fiction, Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction, Notable Children's Trade Book/Social Studies 2009, Orphans--Fiction, Orphans--Juvenile fiction, Vietnam--History--1945-1975--Fiction, Vietnam--History--1945-1975--Juvenile fiction
Summary: Orphaned at the age of four when her village in Vietnam is bombed, Kim is rescued by soldiers and raised in an orphanage, always finding comfort in her mother's last words--"Don't be afraid. I will always be with you."
Lexile measure 570; ages 7-10


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To say this isn't Lew Simon's first time at the rodeo is an understatement.
The Rockaway civic leader has made multiple attempts at elected office, including twice before for the City Council seat he's currently seeking, and he's been elected and re-elected as Democratic leader in the Assembly district that includes most of the Rockaway Peninsula, Howard Beach, Broad Channel, and Ozone Park for the last couple of decades.
Simon, a lifelong Rockaway resident, is running to oust incumbent Councilman Eric Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). He said the district's slow, painful recovery from Hurricane Sandy was the catalyst that led him to take another shot at winning a seat in City Hall.
"It's unacceptable that a year later, we still don't have a boardwalk, we have no protection in place," he said. "Everyone's needs were not met."
He accused his opponent of "not doing the job" as councilman in the weeks and months after Sandy and said he has the experience working with residents and city agencies to get things done.
"I return calls, I get the job done, I don't leave anyone hanging," he said. "Right after the hurricane, I was out there helping anyone who needed help, and that's what I'll do as councilman."
He noted that he was forced to leave his Rockaway home and stay in Flushing in the weeks after the storm and helped coordinate recovery efforts despite being outside the community.
Simon blamed the tepid response to a "breakdown" of city, state and federal government, and said that as councilman, he would bring everyone together to move recovery efforts forward.
"I want to be the Henry Kissinger, to bring everyone to the table and get everyone to respond and take care of the needs of the people," he explained. "People have been going through constant red tape."
Simon said the Rockaway peninsula and the bay front neighbors like Broad Channel and Howard Beach need seawalls, floodgates and other types of flood controls, and he wants to see the boardwalk reconstruction move forward faster.
"One of my main priorities is to make sure the boardwalk is built, that in the summer of 2014, the boardwalk is there," he said.
Simon acknowledged that flood insurance rates will go up, but said a big hike would be terrible for residents.
"We can't raise rates above and beyond to where people can't keep their homes," he said.
Besides Sandy, Simon said transportation issues top his list of priorities for the district, including keeping and expanding the Rockaway ferry that was put in place after Sandy and remains running on weekdays through Jan. 31. He said he would like to see it run more often, on weekends, and add stops closer to Far Rockaway and in Howard Beach.
He supports the reactivation of the Rockaway Beach rail line despite the potentially high cost. He noted that the MTA is spending more than $17 billion building the Second Avenue Subway and it should be willing to make a similar financial commitment to Queens. He added that he does not see stiff opposition to the line, even in Woodhaven and Richmond Hill, which sits in the Council district.
"I've knocked on all the doors and no one has ever come up and told me they don't want the railroad," Simon said. "I haven't seen a pushback yet."
He does not support putting select bus service along Cross Bay and Woodhaven boulevards, as is being discussed, and instead suggested an HOV lane for the route used by many Rockaway and South Queens residents to commute to work.
"A dedicated bus line is not going to help us, it's only going to kill us even more," he said.
On education, Simon said the district needs more afterschool and ESL programs and more schools, and he noted his opposition to co-locations.
"We need each school to be in its own building," he said. "There are locations that can be identified."
Simon, who touts endorsements from every other elected Democrat in the district and some prominent members of his party including Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), said he isn't worried about running in the district that often shows the strongest Republican support in Queens. Before Ulrich, the seat was held by now-state Sen. Joe Addabbo Jr. (D-Howard Beach) — who supports Simon — and before him a Republican, Al Stabile. The district has voted for the GOP candidate for mayor in every election since 1985, though Simon thinks de Blasio will win it this year, saying he would be glad to work with him as mayor.
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This year's 6th Annual Triple Turn Classic, held in Bowman, North Dakota, held a few exciting new scenarios for contestants than in previous years. The weather was warm, dry and sunny, the entries numbers were higher than ever before, and one Canadian made a mad dash for the 1D Average Title.
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"The idea for the Triple Turn Classic came to me when I was rodeoing hard and was always looking for jackpots to haul to during the winter and spring months, in order to leg my horses up for the upcoming rodeo season," says Miller. "Believe it or not, it is hard to find barrel races to haul to at really any other time than the summer months. I wanted to give us Northern barrel racers the opportunity to run at a barrel race that had good ground, a good facility and good prizes."
Melissa Harding made the long trek from the province of Saskatchewan in Canada with her family and horses in tote all worth it when she claimed the 2012 Open 1D average title. Harding and her 9-year-old sorrel gelding Im No Dainty Chic, ("Digby") made two solid and consistent runs dominating the competition.
"I came into this jackpot with a goal to make two solid, clean runs. Our first run was a little messy but Digby is so fast, that it doesn't matter if it's not the prettiest run, he always clocks," Harding said.
Harding posted a 15.135 and a 15.335 over the two day barrel race, making her average winning time a 15.235.
Harding bought Digby as a 5-year-old and started him on the barrels herself.
"He used to be, and is still at times, scared of his own shadow and he can be one mean dude," explained Harding, whose goal is to fill her WPRA Permit this year in hopes of qualifying for her first circuit finals in the future.
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SILAO, Mexico The last time a pope visited Mexico, more than 1 million believers cheered and wept in the streets of the capital. Aztec dancers shook rattles and blew conch shells inside the cathedral where John Paul II canonized the first Indian saint in the Americas.
It's been a decade since those ecstatic scenes capped the beloved pope's final trip to the country, and his successor arrives Friday to a much more subdued welcome.
Benedict XVI comes to a church battling to extend its political and social gains while overcoming painful setbacks that include legalized abortion and gay marriage in the capital of the most Catholic country in the Spanish-speaking world. It is also a nation grappling with a rampant drug war that has spread fear into once-tranquil regions such as this state of Guanajuato.
"There is a very immense peace that we need in Mexico because of the insecurity," said Marcela Arguello, a 26-year-old housewife who said she plans to join the throngs along the route of the papal motorcade through the city of Leon, the state's largest city.
Mexico has been traumatized by the deaths of more than 47,000 people in drug-related violence in less than six years, and while sunbaked, rolling Guanajuato is far from the major drug trafficking routes, the shadow of the conflict looms even here.
A recent series of apparently gang-related shootings have left some two dozen people dead in the state, which is noted for leather goods, automotive factories and picturesque tourist towns.
Yet even the drug cartels profess to be people of faith. At least 11 banners signed by the pseudo-religious Knights Templar gang were found in five municipalities of Guanajuato last week, including in Leon, offered peace during the papal trip.
But the mass excitement that greeted the past pope seemed to be missing as well.
By Thursday morning, Leon's Metropolitan Park, where officials are prepared for more than 100,000 campers, was empty apart from the usual joggers and families out for a walk.
Preparations were under way, though: City workers were trimming trees and bushes along the motorcade route, bleachers were going up and a truck rolled past Leon's cathedral spraying insecticide to kill any dengue-carrying mosquitoes.
The airwaves were full of public service announcements urging those attending open-air papal events to dress lightly, wear sunscreen and bring plenty of water. A high of 87 degrees Fahrenheit (31 centigrade) was forecast for Friday.
As many as 300,000 people are expected to gather for Mass Sunday, a large turnout even in a state that is 93.8 percent Catholic, the highest in the country. Guanajuato is also a stronghold of President Felipe Calderon's conservative National Action Party, which has roots in militantly Catholic organizations that formed decades ago to challenge an atheistic federal government.
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TUESDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) -- Major League Baseball players may be struck out by fatigue as the 162-game season progresses, according to a new study.
In 24 of 30 teams, players' strike-zone judgment was much better when the season began in April than when coming to an end in September. A separate study found a significant link between sleepiness and MLB players' longevity in the league.
The findings recently appeared in an online supplement of the journal Sleep and will be presented this week at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, in Baltimore.
"Plate discipline -- as measured by a hitter's tendency to swing at pitches outside of the strike zone -- got progressively worse over the course of a Major League Baseball season, and this decline followed a linear pattern that could be predicted by data from the six previous seasons," principal study investigator Dr. Scott Kutscher, an assistant professor of sleep and neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said in an American Academy of Sleep Medicine news release.
How does sleep deprivation tie into to this worsening performance?
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The researchers tracked how often MLB batters swung at pitches outside of the strike zone during the 2012 season. They sorted the data by month for all 30 teams and compared the first month with the last month of the season.
The information collected on each team was also compared to a statistical model based on the 2006 through 2011 MLB seasons, which predicted a linear decline in strike-zone judgment each month. The researchers noted that their findings contradict the belief that plate discipline should improve over the course of the season due to frequent practice.
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I don't want to give this company anymore exposure so I will refer to them as S.com (support dot com)
While thinking about remote support and how I want my company to grow, I think often of the business model I want to build. A few years ago, I heard about Mrs. Brady's FLOH (eew name btw) support for seniors concept. I really liked it and thought it would fill a niche. Now today after doing some online surfin', I found this.
Here at S.com we were thrilled to host Florence Henderson at our offices on Friday to listen to her talk about one of her passions The Floh Club: www.F.com. Florence's website offers Telephone Computer Support for Seniors the FloH Club's technology services are delivered remotely by s.com's team of highly skilled North American Personal Technology Experts.
So if the average tech is doing support for seniors, how is this any different? What puts her "special support for seniors" above anyone else? If average tech sees in the queue that a call is coming in from a FLOH client, do they talk with less tech talk and go slower?
I'm glad I found this article to be honest, I used to think that S. com was one of my future competitors, but now I am seeing them build their model in a way I do not envision mine growing.
What are your thoughts on S. com and them doing so much back tech support for companies such as sas/mbam, etc.
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Geek squad had snazzy little cars and uniforms, (presumably) great training when they started out, branding and a big advertizing budget. Did it make their technicians better than anyone else? Nope. but people bought into it because of the way it looked and made them feel.
The company you reference probably doesn't have anyone better trained than anyone on this board. But what they will have is a trusted face ala the Wesson Oil lady, targeted marketing towards a certain demographic and a crap ton of money backing it till it dies.
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My main thought ( and this my opinion only - should not be used as investment advice) on S dot com is that they will be out of business in less than 2 years barring a major score of one type or another. They have a quarterly loss of 4.5M on total revenue of 17.5M or 26% loss. With cash reserves of approximately 41M they have 10 quarters or less of operations.
Their quarterly loss is growing at a faster rate than their revenue growth so the speed at which they are heading toward the wall is accelerating. Their contract pricing/revenue is pressured severely downward by offshore providers who are able to do this more cheaply and it is apparent that their recurring revenue is not enough to cover their costs on it's own.
As to their model - the biggest hurdle for remote only (or any service business for that matter) is utilization of headcount. The physical overhead costs are small for them since their techs work primarily from home but they still have a steady expense burden in that they have to plan for xyz capacity at all times whether the phone is ringing or not. When it's not, money is flowing down the drain so to speak.
Their techs are one trick ponies so you really can't take a tech that is underutilized and put him or her on something else that generates revenue or at least moves the hours from indirect to direct.
As a result they have to be constantly manipulating the tech schedules and aiming to be slightly under staffed thereby leading to poor consumer perception and long response times.
How can you make a similar model work profitably? Not sure atm - I need to give that some thought.
Its all about marketing. Any time you can advertise and convince people that you "specialize" in something, it makes you seem more qualified and prepared for the job than others, even if everyone else is doing it.
For instance, I could heavily advertise that we are laptop specialist and that we are more qualified than anyone else when it comes to laptop repairs. This gives us the appearance of being specialists in this area and makes everyone else look like a jack of all trades, even though I may not really be doing anything different than my competition. This is of course according to marketing research and theory.
So the truth is, you do not have to specialize in anything as much as appear that you do to fill a niche. Even though everyone may do the same thing, if they are the only ones heavily advertising that they specialize in this area, then there is a good chance they will get a good amount of that business. Appearance is not everything, but its a large portion of the business.
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Sounds like Mrs. Brady's is like that too. So sad to see.
If I was to add on this service, I would hire techs to only support seniors and schedule those appts on those techs schedule. Not all techs are "senior" type techs.
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For those of you that are familiar with Seth Godin he posted on his blog about how to make money online (this goes for offline businesses as well). He had a list of 21 items, and #9 on that list:
Obsessively specialize. No niche is too small if it's yours.
Just like PCX said, if you can say you specialize in that particular market or product, etc. you will be looked at as the specialist, the expert, the go-to person for that.
Seth Godin actually has several blog posts about niches that are well wrth the read.
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Even though companies like that might seem to be competition and a concern the truth is they never really are. When you consider what they bring to the table in the way of expertise and SLA's vs the level of service and expertise that you bring to the table it's like comparing apples to Kumquats. Their prospects are not your prospects.
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St. Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney, Australia is taking the radical step of requiring iPads for all students in years 7 to 10, says a report in the Syndey Morning Herald. It's one of two private schools profiled in the report that require students to have tablets. The other school, St. Catherine's in Waverly, has opted to go with Samsung tablets for its pilot program.
Though a new iPad will cost parents about $500, the school says this expense will be offset by the elimination of pricey hardcover textbooks. The school plans to phase out textbooks and replace them with e-books over the next few years. Eventually, almost everything a student needs will be stored on his or her iPad.
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An attorney says ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's wife is considering being on reality TV after her indicted husband was barred from traveling to Costa Rica to be on a show.
Blagojevich attorney Sheldon Sorosky said Monday that NBC has offered Patti Blagojevich a spot on "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here" but she hasn't reached a deal.
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I am anxiously awaiting my letter of acceptance/rejection.... anyone else in the same boat?... Read More
- 0Feb 6, '12 by rubatoWell, at least we're all in this together!
It sounds like everyone is dealing with the same issues. In reading past years threads, apparently, this is perfectly normal.
My school had 350 applicants last year and takes 64. I've talked to the counselors and I'm "above average" with my grades and ACT scores, but........who knows? At least I'm having fun getting all my co requisites and prerequisites in. I do have a plan to apply to a 2nd school's spring semester if I don't make it. But, I don't want to go there.
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"Anyway," said my Tokyo taxi driver, "you've got to admire his nerve." He was talking about Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, whose 16-month-old ''Action Program" - designed to open Japan to foreign imports and thus answer intensified complaints by the country's trading partners by significantly slashing trade surpluses - is proving a failure.
One would expect more from a prime minister whose party not long ago was returned to power with a thumping majority. But his promises to political leaders of the United States and the Common Market nations certainly have not been realized and there is little evidence to indicate that they will be in the coming year.Although the Action Program was given a cautious welcome abroad when it was announced (July 30, 1985), there were few in Japan who really had anticipated that it would produce results - at least not for some considerable time.
The barrier facing this simplistic program, the sixth or seventh government scheme put in place over the past few years or so, is nothing more than one posed by a national psychology against buying imported goods on a volume basis.
All the same, a great opportunity for radically altering the whole face of Japan's export-oriented economy appears to have been lost once again - unless at some point the vague provisions of the vaunted Maekawa Report are put in practice.
Surely this is not possible in the near future.
Frankly, opposition from the government bureaucrats, many of the nation's industrialists and even at the grass roots level is overwhelmingly against drastically opening the country's markets to more imports.
Japan's annual worldwide surplus, which was close to $60 billion in 1985 ($50 billion with the United States), is likely to top $70 billion by the end of this month ($58 billion with the United States) as a direct result of the piecemeal enforcement of Mr. Nakasone's latest program.
This could be more than a minor tragedy for Japan and everyone else, given the current belief that, despite the attention being paid in Washington to the Iran-Contras arms sales controversy, an anti-Japan trade bill quite likely will pass through Congress next year - since the protectionist-inclined Democrats will control both the House and the Senate. Mr. Nakasone and his colleagues shouldn't be surprised if and when this occurs.
However, even before such legislation is introduced, according to reports reaching Tokyo, there is an excellent chance that the Reagan administration will decide at some point to abandon the U.S.-Japan monetary cooperation pact (put together by Treasury Secretary James Baker and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa last October) in order to allow the yen to once again resume its sharp appreciation against the dollar.
In this case, the Japanese currency can be expected to appreciate much more than the 50 percent gain registered since September 1985 - making it extremely difficult for the country's exporters to compete with the products of the newly industrializing nations on global markets.
Should this happen, Mr. Nakasone would find himself under intense pressures from Japanese business interests to move quickly to push for a prompt restoration of the previous arrangement. But even if he could somehow manage to persuade President Reagan to provide a little more time for his market-opening program to produce results, although this seems doubtful, the wily Japanese prime minister obviously cannot delay this type of action indefinitely.
Do the prime minister and his advisers know what they are doing or, rather, not doing? Can they repair the situation before economic relations with the United States spiral downward to the danger line? These questions are difficult to answer in view of the tendency of his administration to provide almost endless excuses for Japan's continuing huge yearly surpluses.
No one can say where or when bilateral economic relations will hit bottom, but so far the Japanese government seems to ignore the fact that fully 85 percent of the country's annual trade surplus is accounted for by shipments to the U.S. market.
The man most responsible for delivering advice to the Japanese government on a regular basis is Mike Mansfield, Washington's ambassador to Tokyo. Only recently he reminded the Japanese that the United States is Japan's biggest market. And he put it more bluntly: "Aren't you concerned about keeping that market as open as possible?" he queried. "Why, ask the numerous congressmen and private businessmen, both resident and traveling through Japan, why must we negotiate, argue, or plead for the same opportunities that are already granted to Japanese firms operating in the United States?"
In the face of all this, one wonders why Mr. Nakasone has not come up with more effective measures to slash his nation's steadily rising trade surpluses. He surely must realize that President Reagan may no longer be able to muster the congressional strength to sustain a veto of protectionist legislation.
The ambassador's views were given powerful support by Dan Rostenkowski, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, who recently visited Tokyo. He was accompanied by Bob Byrd, the Democratic Senate leader, and Lloyd Bentsen, the incoming chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. All three stressed to their Japanese hosts that trade legislation will receive the highest priority on Congress' agenda when it convenes next month.
There can be no doubt but that strong anti-Japanese trade legislation passing through Congress will touch off an ugly storm in Tokyo, almost as if no one has been warning for years of the rapidly approaching lightning-struck clouds.
So far, Mr. Nakasone seems more or less comfortable with his high-stakes gamble with the world's trading system. Either that or he and his advisers
somehow fail to understand the true nature of the threat.
Some economic analysts in Tokyo tend to believe that the latter is probably true, most likely based upon information stemming from Japan's highly paid U.S. political advisers in Washington. If this advice proves wrong, the Nakasone administration could be forced to switch abruptly to a much more drastic stimulus for imports whether the country's business leaders like it or not - or be hit by massive U.S. retaliation.
In this event, such measures could take many more months to work their way through the Japanese economy. The clear and present danger is that they would prove too little and too late once again. Indeed, the zeal of the Nakasone government in trying to open Japan's markets is subject to serious doubts.


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(b) To return to his people.
(c) To offer another peace treaty.
(d) To stay in Crydee.
2. What does Milamber undo in secret?
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3. What does the man in black tell him to do?
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