text: DOL Tweaks 2013 Investment Disclosure Deadline By Stephen Miller, CEBS 7/24/2013 Permissions updated 8/28/2013 On July 22, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced in Field Assistance Bulletin 2013-02 that it was giving sponsors and administrators of participant-directed retirement plans temporary relief from certain annual participant-disclosure requirements through a one-time "reset." The participant-level fee-disclosure regulations that took effect in 2012 require plan administrators to "at least annually" provide plan participants and beneficiaries with detailed investment-related information about the plans' designated investment options using comparative charts (see the SHRM Online article " A Checklist for Participant Fee Disclosures Effective in 2012"). The regulation defines "at least annually thereafter" to mean at least once in any 12-month period, regardless of whether the plan operates on a calendar or fiscal year. Because the initial disclosure was required by Aug. 30, 2012, "at least annually" would mean the next deadline is Aug. 30, 2013. Some plan administrators and service providers expressed concerns about this timing requirement. Specifically, they explained that an annual August deadline for the comparative chart has no correlation to the timing of any other annual participant disclosures. Although the regulation allows the comparative chart to be included with other disclosures, the early deadline would have required that it be sent in its own separate mailing rather than at the end of the year during enrollment periods or with individual benefit statements. Benchmarking Fund Performance In last year's Field Assistance Bulletin 2012-02R (Question 23), the DOL explained that the comparative chart must show each investment fund's variable rates of return for 1-, 5- and 10-year periods (or for the life of the fund, if shorter) either as of the end of the previous calendar year (as the final rule states) or as of the date of the most recently completed calendar month or quarter. However, to ensure appropriate comparability, the same ending date for a particular period must be used for all investment funds under the plan, and the associated benchmark information must correspond to the same time period. A One-Time 'Reset' In recognition of these concerns, the DOL's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), in Field Assistance Bulletin 2013-02, said that, as an enforcement matter, it will consider plan administrators as having satisfied the "at least annually thereafter" requirement if they provide the 2013 comparative chart within 18 months of when they distributed the prior comparative chart and then at least annually (within a 12-month period) thereafter. For example, if plan administrators provided the first comparative chart on Aug. 25, 2012, the DOL will take no enforcement action based on timeliness if they distribute the 2013 comparative chart to participants by Feb. 25, 2014. Plan administrators that have already distributed their 2013 comparative chart may opt to offer the 2014 chart within 18 months of furnishing the prior chart (in compliance with the regulation). The DOL will take no enforcement action based on timeliness if these plan administrators provide the 2014 comparative chart by Feb. 25, 2015. This will give these administrators the same opportunity for a one-time reset of the timing of their annual comparative chart. "We appreciate the DOL for recognizing the administrative burden and additional cost that the existing deadline for furnishing the comparative-chart plan would have placed on plan sponsors," the ERISA Industry Committee, which represents large benefit-plan sponsors, said in a media statement. "As most plans operate on a calendar-year basis, we believe it makes much more sense to permit plan sponsors to distribute these participant fee disclosures with other year-end disclosure requirements." Permanent Relief Considered EBSA said it is considering revising the regulation's timing requirement to provide reasonable flexibility to plan administrators on a permanent basis. Specifically, the administration is considering whether to allow a 30-day or 45-day window during which a subsequent annual comparative chart would have to be provided, rather than fixing the 12-month ("at least annually") period to end on a specific day. Industry Groups Request Clarification The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), along with the Plan Sponsor Council of America (PSCA), and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged the Department of Labor (DOL) to clarify its guidance providing relief with respect to the fee disclosure requirements for participant-directed individual account plans (such as 401(k) plans). The DOL on July 22 released Field Assistance Bulletin 2013-02 allowing 401(k)-type plans to reset the timing for the annual fee disclosures plan sponsors are required to furnish to plan participants. The bulletin states that the DOL, as an enforcement matter, will treat plan administrators as satisfying the "at least annually thereafter" requirement of the participant fee disclosure regulation if they furnish the comparative chart no later than 18 months after the prior comparative chart was furnished. While the body of the Field Assistance Bulletin 2013-02 references the "comparative chart," the group believes the bulletin provides a one-time extension for all of the regulation's annual disclosures and not just the comparative chart. ERIC, PSCA, and the Chamber's Sept. 18 comment letter asks the DOL to confirm that the guidance applies to all of the requirements under the regulations. "We believe the Labor Department intended in its original announcement for the relief to apply to all of the annual participant fee disclosures, but it would be very helpful if the Department clarified this. Allowing plans to coincide these required annual disclosures with other year-end disclosure requirements is a common-sense approach that would minimize confusion and costs among plan administrators and participants," said Kathryn Ricard, ERIC's senior vice president for retirement policy. Additionally, the fee disclosure regulation provides a safe harbor that plan administrators can use to satisfy the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) for participants who can direct the investment of their accounts. ERIC, PSCA, and the Chamber also request that the DOL issue guidance to confirm that plan administrators who delay the annual fee disclosures can still rely on the fiduciary safe harbor under the regulation. Stephen Miller, CEBS, is an online editor/manager for SHRM. Related External Article: Open Letter to DOL: Fix Fee Disclosure Faux Pas Now, benefitspro.com, December 2013 Related SHRM Articles: Survey: Fee Disclosure Had Little Impact, SHRM Online Benefits, July 2013 401(k) Fee Disclosures: A Top 10 List of Issues, SHRM Online Benefits, July 2012 Tips on Communicating 401(k) Fees, SHRM Online Benefits Discipline, April 2012 A Checklist for Participant Fee Disclosures, SHRM Online Benefits Discipline, March 2012 Quick Links: SHRM Online Benefits pageSHRM Online Retirement Plans Resource Page • Keep up with the latest news. Sign up for SHRM's free Compensation & Benefits e-newsletter Permissions Related Content Employers Offering Workers Added Financial Tools Group Launches Consumer Website for 401(k) Savers GAO Finds Fault with Forced Transfers of 401(k)s to IRAs Attraction of myRAs Explained New 401(k) Participants Rely on Target-Date Funds ADVERTISING LINKS


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Vaccines are effective means of reducing the disease burden of infectious diseases in developing countries. To ensure the widest availability of these vaccines in poor countries, approaches are needed with lower production costs and less need of medical personnel to administer the vaccines. A promising avenue is the development of plant-derived vaccines, which can be administered orally or to other mucosal surfaces. Plants are able to produce different classes of proteins of pharmaceutical significance at a high yield, leading to potentially inexpensive products. Oral administration is important as it diminishes the need for needles and syringes which require highly trained immunization staff.

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First of all I need to apologize for not keeping up with the blog on a daily basis. However, we have been very busy at the Bountiful Blessings Farm. Now that the weather has broken, and the soil has dried out enough to get back in the field, we have been planting nonstop. Today we planted about 400 tomatoes in the field. Yesterday, we were not able to plant, but we were able to lightly rototill between rows on some of our crops. In the morning I worked on some tomatoes I donated to a local plant sale at the House Café in DeKalb, Illinois. A group is hosting a plant sale to benefit the DeKalb County Community Gardens. Here is the information from the event post on Facebook:
DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY GARDENS FUNDRAISER. Come by and purchase a native plant or flower, a beverage or a bite while listening to some awesome local music and enjoying the company of others who want to support our garden efforts. What a great way to celebrate Mother's Day! Whether you want to honor our Mother Earth, show your Mom how much you love her, respect the memory of a Mom who has passed or celebrate someone who has touched you with a Mom's love -- this event is a perfect way to celebrate the Moms who have touched our lives. Plant sale starts at 1pm -- music for this event begins at 5pm. Proceeds to benefit DeKalb County Community Gardens.
The House Café is located at 263 E. Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, IL 60115.
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Arts Law 2013 Pro Bono Awards
By Arts Law Centre of Australia on 24th June 2013
On Wednesday 29th May 2013, Arts Law celebrated the pro bono work of lawyers around the country who give back through their pro bono work in the arts community. For the last 9 years, Arts Law has commissioned a print to award to 30 lawyers celebrating their significant pro bono contribution.
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By Delwyn Everard on 30th June 2012
Arts Law celebrates the announcement by the Western Australian government of its commitment to amend its intestacy laws and launches its Artists in the Black intestacy kits for families of Indigenous visual artists.
DLA Phillips Fox Joins Arts Law Centre in Remote Central Australia
By Joanna Mansfield on 24th December 2010
Arts Law wouldn't work without help from pro bono lawyers. In October 2010 two lawyers from DLA Phillips Fox were fortunate to be able to go to a very different work environment and join Arts Law on their trip to the Anangu, Pitjantjatjara & Yankunytjatjara.
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In February 2009 the Arts Law Centre of Australia approached Freehills to provide legal advice, on a pro bono basis, concerning the application of certain provisions of Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Act 1972 (WA) (Act) to Indigenous persons.
Arts Law seeks improved intestacy laws for Indigenous West Australians
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The human voice is capable of a wide dynamic range. While a station's main processor can handle the task, it makes sense to apply processing to the voices separately since the music is already pre-processed. Some audio networking systems provide mic processing within the system. But if your need is something external or something different, here are a few popular options to take control of what those voices project.
AirTools Voice Processor 2x
This microphone processor offers a comprehensive set of voice enhancement tools. The 2x's Windows software application enables total control of all essential parameters. Once a desired sound is dialed in, all settings are saved as named presets for later recall from the front panel or remotely. Any mic can be optimized for a diverse air staff. The device has two inputs selectable as line or mic level with phantom power and four outputs. All signal processing is controllable via software. Audio inputs and outputs are accessed via rear panel XLR connectors.
Aphex Project Channel
Project Channel is a channel strip loaded with Aphex's patented audio processing technology. It is a streamlined version of the Channel processor and has an Aphex Class A microphone preamp, Aphex optical compressor, Aphex Aural Exciter processor and BigBottom low-frequency processor; analog and digital (SP/DIF) inputs and outputs; and LED metering. The rear panel includes an XLR mic input with 48V phantom power, XLR analog output, 1/4" analog output, and S/PDIF RCA output. A front-panel sample rate selection chooses the range from 44.1kHz to 96kHz.
DBX 286s
This 1RU channel strip processor provides a mic preamp and four processors that can be used independently or in any combination. Switchable 48V phantom power, an 80Hz high-pass filter, DBX OverEasy compressor, de-esser, low-frequency and high-frequency detail enhancement, and an expander/gate round out the processing features. LEDs and meters show how much processing is being applied. An additional 1/4" TRS line input is provided. An insert allows external processing to be added, and detented controls simplify setup.
Symetrix 528E
This 1RU analog channel strip has six processors in one unit: mic preamp, de-esser, downward expander, compressor, three-band EQ and voice symmetry. Rear panel patch points allow re-ordering of the processing elements or to insert external effects. 48V phantom power is supplied. The input is mic or line selectable with an XLR output. multi-segment LED bar graphs display level settings.
Wheatstone M-1
The M1 microphone processor is equipped with a Super-Quiet (SQ) microphone preamplifier, very wide dynamic range, faithfully accurate transient response, and ruler flat frequency response. Operating in harmony with high quality 24-bit A/D converters and a 96kHz base sample rate, the M1 faithfully preserves the sound of any microphone and talent combination. Adjust settings with the front-panel controls or via the Vorsis remote control software, which can also recall presets. The unit provides 48V phantom power, and has a mic or line analog output and an AES3 output.
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This processor has two selectable mic inputs that feed a 24-bit digital converter. With 48V phantom power, the processor provides up to 54dB of gain. Processing functions include a compressor, expander, AGC, de-esser, four-band parametric EQ, a phase rotator, reverb (VIPverb), delay and a subsonic filter. The Sound Control software allows any processing module to be placed in any order in the chain. GPI/GPO allows for setting recall. Settings can be saved to a SmartCard that individual announcers can keep and load.
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I am a retired secondary teacher of mathematics and computing. I live in New Zealand. I enjoy puzzles of which "Fantasic Contraption" must rate one of the best.
I add the code "MXT" to all of my published solutions. My aim is to not only solve each problem but also to produce an elegant or minimalist successful design.
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Pencils Down: Hack Edition
Who did Groupon try to distance itself from today?
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Summer Wedding Centerpieces for Beach Theme Ideas
A wedding with a beach theme will most likely be more laid back and casual, so don't hesitate to integrate your favorite beach items into the design of your summer wedding centerpieces. You should look to incorporate beach themes into your wedding. One easy way to do this is by getting summer wedding centerpieces that contain elements of the beach. Beach weddings, on the other hand, offer a much more casual atmosphere. In is not uncommon for people to go barefoot, and a great time is had by all, with the waves crashing into the shore, a feast being shared under the stars and the light of tiki lamps and candles.
Summer is a perfect theme for a wedding because it gets the bride and groom into the mood to have fun and be romantic with each other. Summer wedding centerpieces should reflect the romantic love. Maybe you don't even need a centerpiece, just throw a pile of sand from your favorite beach in the middle of each table and stick a bottle with a note in the middle. Your summer wedding centerpiece to represent summer love could simply be a large bowl of roses with glossy red hearts surrounding it. If you are having a beach wedding, there are a lot of centerpiece ideas that can help you liven up a beach wedding theme. You can use the natural elements around the beach to make a centerpiece or put your imagination to come up with a beach wedding centerpiece idea to make your beach wedding memorable for you and all your guests.
Another cool idea for your hot summer wedding theme is a fresh bowl of ice cream for guests to scoop out of. Wait to place these summer wedding centerpieces until after dinner is over so that the ice cream won't melt. Be sure to provide several different flavors, an ice cream scooper for each guest at each table. Make your decision about summer wedding centerpieces based on the essentials of summer fun. Learning how to make your own summer wedding centerpieces will not only save on your budget, they will also give you as sense of pride knowing that you helped to create the fun and loving atmosphere yourself. Your beach wedding reception will surely be a success with any of the above-mentioned wedding centerpieces. Also use can use a little imagination and creativity, to find oodles of beautiful wedding centerpieces that you can match the color, decor and theme of your beach wedding and that too within your budget. Always remember that with a little careful planning, your wedding reception will be remembered for years to come.
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The Orlando Magic will honor their fans when they host Fan Appreciation Night on Wednesday, April 14 as they face the Philadelphia 76ers in the last regular season game in Amway Arena. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. and doors will open at 7 p.m.
Highlighting Fan Appreciation Night will be a jersey presentation to 13 randomly selected Magic season ticket holders and representatives from 13 community partners, who will each receive a game-worn jersey from a Magic player prior to the tip-off of the game. The night will also include a number of activities centered around the fans, including pregame festivities and in-game activities.
Additional highlights include:
- Orlando Magic team posters presented by Tobacco Free Florida, Sun Sports and FOX Sports Florida will be given away to the first 10,000 fans in attendance.
- A pregame highlight video of the top-10 Orlando Magic plays of the year and a fan highlight video.
- 10 autographed basketballs will be given away during the game as part of the Magic Text presented by T-Mobile Text2Win Promotion.
- The Orlando Magic Dunking Dancers will be performing at halftime.
- A halftime presentation to the Aleve-Publix Hustle Player of the Year.
- All fans are invited to take a lay-up on the court following the game.


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What are Brits most Confused.com about? We've teamed up with Joey Essex to launch a national 'Compendium of Confusion', aimed at educating the British public about the issues they're most Confused.com about.
You've come to the right place for finding out what boggled the nation's collective brain last month. And we have our final list of top confusions for 2014! Check out the leaderboard to the right to see what those questioned found most baffling.
Is anything making you Confused.com? Let us know on Twitter:
28% of Brits were Confused.com about how to unlock their SIM after Watchdog accidentally locked them out.
Why is Russell Brand getting into politics? How did the nation lock themselves out of their own phones? Check out what confused the nation in December 2014.
He's had over seven million views on Youtube and a top five music single, but 25% of Brits are confused about who this internet phenomenon is.
How Confused.com were you about the news in 2014? Take the quiz and find out! The fewer questions you get right, the more Confused.com you are.
Let's take a look back at what the nation was most confused by in 2014.
26% of Brits couldn't figure out why we were accused of being unable to make a sandwich.
Tigers on the loose in Paris? Russell Brand marching with Anonymous? Find out what made Brits most Confused.com in November.
35% of Brits couldn't figure out what the different codenames for flu virus strains were. We explain how it all works.
Can a man fly? 29% of Brits were baffled to hear about a man flying past a plane in Macclesfield without a parachute - 3,500ft in the air.
The Chuckle Brothers are back, and this time they're getting down with the kids. But why?
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An Australian man woke up from a coma and became completely fluent in Mandarin - how is this possible?
Jasmine Tridevil claims she spent £20,000 to give herself a third breast. Is this real or just an elaborate hoax?
A whopping 43% of Brits were Confused.com about the difference between emoticons and emojis. Let's clear that up.
What has Brits scratching their collective heads in September? We poll 2,000 people to compile our Compendium of Confusion and discover what made them Confused.com.
One in three Brits were confused and concerned about whether Facebook was spying on them through its Messenger app. Let's put that rumour to rest.
The internet has been awash with celebrities pouring buckets of ice cold water over their heads in the name of charity, but why?
Concerns about Ebola have spread faster than the virus itself, yet many people are still confused about what it is and the threat it poses.
When a lorry carrying a giant plastic octopus broke down in the middle of London's Oxford Circus during a morning rush hour, Britain was Confused.com.
What befuddled Brits in August? We polled 2,000 people to find out what made them Confused.com, and pieced together our Compendium of Confusion from their responses.
Watch Joey Essex take part in the Compendium of Confusion quiz to help educate him on topics that he's Confused.com about.
What perplexed the nation in July? We asked 2,000 Brits what made them Confused.com, and pieced together our Compendium of Confusion from their answers.
When Paddy Power showed their support for England's World Cup team by seemingly carving up the Amazon rainforest, the internet was Confused.com.
From fake deforestation to bitey Uruguayans, here are the incidents that left fans Confused.com during the 2014 World Cup.
When commentator Jonathan Pearce was Confused.com by goal line technology during the France and Honduras World Cup game, the internet reacted.
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For our Compendium of Confusion, we found what the nation found most confusing in June 2014. Discover what sent heads spinning here.
When rumours started circulating that Manchester City footballer Yaya Toure wanted to quit because the club forgot his birthday, Britain was Confused.com.
Keep your mum happy: Find out why Britain and America celebrate Mother's Day on different dates, and how you can remember which day is which.
When mysterious CCTV footage surfaced of Jay-Z being attacked in a lift by his sister-in-law Solange Knowles, the internet wondered why.
Confused.com have the final say in who is the most expensive football player at the World Cup.
For our Compendium of Confusion, we found what most confused the nation in May 2014. Discover what befuddled most Brits here.
When Eastenders' Lucy Beale was brutally murdered on Walford Common, it sparked the biggest whodunnit in the soap's history. We take a look at the suspects.
One thing confusing the nation during April was the Heartbleed virus. So what is it? And how might it affect you?
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I graduated from Butler in 2005 with a BA in International Affairs and Religion. Studying Religion at Butler has continued to shape my life long after classes were over; I continue to use religion as a basis for understanding people and culture, and to critically analyze my own experience of the world.
As an undergraduate at Butler I focused on Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. I developed an interest in these religions in the Mysticism course and was able to explore these religions more deeply during an academic year abroad in India. For a research paper that would become the basis of my Honors thesis, I traveled in North India conducting interviews, making observations, and researching the places where Sufism was practiced. Despite the Hindu/Muslim divisions in South Asia, the Sufi shrines, or dargahs, were places in a community that both Muslims and Hindus could peacefully co-exist and co-worship. Along the way I went to a camel fair in a desert that turned into a pilgrimage to the temple of the Hindu god Brahma; I visited the vibrant and colorful dargah in Ajmer, and explored the four-hundred year-old Jama Masjid Mosque in Delhi. My time in India was not only about conducting research, but also about personal growth. I am thankful to the supportive professors in the Religion department at Butler for encouraging me to take this trip and fully embrace different experiences.
I moved to Philadelphia after graduating from Butler where I worked with several non-profits before starting a Master's degree. I had the opportunity to work with Scribe Video Center, a community media non-profit, on their Precious Places Project. The Precious Places Project is a nine-month process where local scholars and filmmakers are partnered with community groups that want to create short documentary films about spaces that define their community. The first project I worked on was with the First Presbyterian Church of Germantown, a racially integrated urban church. (You can watch the film here.) Working on this project made me realize how pronounced racial divisions are in America, this is especially evident in places of worship. To better understand this critical issue, I again relied on my studies at Butler; Modern Religious Thought and Theory and Method challenged me to think critically about religion and how it impacts the way we experience the world around us. I began to see that two people practicing the same religion could have entirely different experiences of that religion (and the world) because of their race. Working with the First Presbyterian Church of Germantown opened my eyes to race in America through the lens of religion, and to the idea that it is possible to begin to bridge the racial divide in faith communities with diligent practice and intentionality.
After completing my Master's degree in Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University (2010) and an additional three years of teaching at colleges and universities, I am entering a PhD program in Geography at Clark University. For me, studying religion at Butler opened up a door to understand the impact religion has in people's everyday lives. Although my current research is primarily urban and economic, I can't separate the cultural and religious traditions from the places I research; religion provides context to the world around us. Studying religion at Butler also provided me the opportunity to travel to India and gave me the confidence to explore on my own, and since then I have not looked back! Finally, studying religion at Butler provided me with a path to think critically about my experience of the world and to not fear questioning myself, inequalities where I see them, and how others may experience the world differently from me.
Regardless of your future career aspirations, Religion at Butler is a gateway to a more enriched understanding of the world and of you. The faculty in the department will encourage and challenge you to explore unknown possibilities. Good luck!


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The spirit of the Italian Lakes
The puppet makers
On the other side of Lugano is the tiny hamlet of Bedigliora, built higgledypiggledy along a winding road next to a 17th-century church. Just across the square, down a cobbled alley, is a house with frescoes of Italy's most famous puppet, Pinocchio, painted on the plaster walls. This is the home of identical twins Giannina Tenti and Angela Leuenberger- Tenti. They open the door together – two identical ladies complete with identical neatly bobbed hair and identical broad smiles of welcome. Seven years ago, in a coincidence that seems to be common to some twins, Angela and Giannina suffered serious illnesses. They retired to pursue their shared dream of making puppets. Fantastical examples of these – fairies, goblins, mermaids, even a puppet of the Dalai Lama – hang from exposed and painted wooden beams in their living room. Beside a crackling fire, Angela and Giannina are hard at work sculpting, trimming, painting and sewing. Bedigliora, the cottage and the twins all look like something from a fairytale. 'Every puppet is like a baby,' explains Angela. 'We can't make two identical – even with us being identical twins!' 'You can tell who made which puppet,' adds Giannina, 'because they reflect our personalities. Angela's are cheerful and outgoing, while mine look a little shyer.' Angela and Giannina's workshop contains a personal history of Bedigliora. Many puppets represent local characters, friends and family. In the village's pretty church, the twins get out identical guitars and perform Amazing Grace in Italian, Swiss-German, English and Ticinese. 'Welcoming visitors with music is a Bedigliora tradition,' Angela explains. It's one that everybody seems happy to keep going strong.
The Church of St. Roch in Bedigliora, consecrated in 1644, is open to visitors (Municipio Bedigliora, Bedigliora 6981, Lugano).


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1 Imitate God, since you are the children he loves. | 1 Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children |
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Hi, I am trying to find some fast growing flower trees with deep root systems. I would like to have big beds with one of those trees and plant some little shrubs and plants around or close to the tree. I am considering Royal Empress and Tulip Poplar trees. Would they suck up all the nutrients that other plants around would not survive? How about dogwood or even the non flower tree like weeping willow? Thanks. |
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- Posted by dibbit z7b SC (email@example.com) on Mon, Apr 14, 08 at 0:05
Don't plant the Empress tree, please. If you go through older threads here, you will get a lot of info - and opinions - about it, but basically, the Paulownia is invasive in most of the south, and isn't a good choice. Tulip poplar is a good, tall-growing tree, that can grow quite fast - some of my seedlings are about 8' tall, after 2 years in the ground and a year in a pot from where I "weeded" them out of flower beds. I don't have any mature ones close enough to my flower beds to be able to say, but other trees, shrubs and grass, seem to be well able to grow under the ones in the pasture. Be aware that whatever the tree, there WILL be tree roots in the bed, but tulip poplar roots won't be as greedy as some of the maples, etc. You will just have to deal with it - planting mostly shrubs and perennials, and having annuals in pots will help - that way, you won't have to keep digging among the roots. If you plan the bed, plant things now, widely enough so they can be established when the tree roots grow out to them, and mulch and water, things should be good. The main "problem" will be that the initial plantings will be in the sun, and only as the tree grows will you have the shade from the tree, which the plants will have to deal with. So you may have to re-do the bed in 4-5 years, just because what does well in the beginning won't be happy with the increasing shade, but the shade plants can't go in until there IS shade for them..... But, it will all work out, I am sure. |
I agree that the Tulip Poplar is a much better choice for this area. And it does grow surprisingly fast. |
Thank you. Any ideas about dogwood, weeping willow, or redbud (cercis canadensis)? Thanks |
- Posted by dibbit z7b SC (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Mon, Apr 14, 08 at 20:07
Willows take a LOT of water, so probably wouldn't leave much for any plantings under it. The other 2 should be fine, but, while they aren't in the "slow-growing category", they aren't especially fast-growing, either. |
I can live with that :-) Thanks |
Redbuds and dogwoods are small understory trees. Tulip poplars are tall trees under which the smaller trees can flourish. A weeping willow makes an enormous tree--very wide, beautiful but very messy and one that sucks all moisture out of an area. I'm not familiar with your zone, but other beautiful small flowering trees for my zone would include Yellowhorn (Xanthoceras sorbifolium), Seven Son flower (Heptacodium miconioides), and many deciduous magnolias with fragrant bloom in white, pink, and yellows. |
I've read that crabapple trees can be planted under, and the 20' x 25' one in our back yard has no surface roots at all after 30 yrs. The only thing I've planted under it is a Kousa 8 ft. away from its trunk and didn't run into problems digging out any underground root masses (unlike my maples, which have awful roots above & underground). There are lots of very disease-resistant varieties out now; some are dwarf like 'Camelot' (10 ft.). I understand 'Robinson' is one of the fastest growers. If you cut & paste this link, and scroll down to the chart, it gives a lot of valuable info on many of the new crabapples out there: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees-new/cultivars/mallus_hybrids-table.html |
If you are considering non-flowering plants, I would urge you to consider japanese maples. Many have knock-out spring, summer & fall color, can be planted under as well. They grow slowly as a rule, but IMO it's worth the wait! |
- Posted by fatamorgana Zone 5/6 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 15, 08 at 10:26
If you have any arboretums or parks nearby visit them and see what you like the looks of and then do some research on the tree and see if it meets your needs. FataMorgana |
Thank you all. It's a good idea to visit a park to see what I like. I thought that the roots of ALL maples are invasively spread out shallowly. I do like Japanese Maple. I can plant it, if it is not like other maples.... Great |
Well, you're right, J.M. probably do have shallow roots. I've seen many a photo of J.M.s in gardens amongst shrubs & flowers, but it may depend on exactly what you decide to underplant with. Three years ago I planted baby 1-yr.-old J.M.s from World Plants in a pre-existing garden with azaleas, yucca, roses, crape myrtles, daffodils, tulips, iris. My baby J.M.s are now 1-3 feet high and everything is co-existing nicely so far. Perhaps dwarf J.M.s (like Bene Maiko only gets to 6')could be planted in the place of shrubs in your garden scheme. |
- Posted by lou_midlothian_tx z8 DFW, Tx (My Page) on Wed, Apr 16, 08 at 10:19
I've seen a bunch of shantung maple (acer truncatum) co-existing with azaleas so it doesn't appear to cause a lot of problem with surface roots. I recall someone saying that it is more similar to JM root system. It's supposed to have nice yellow blooms every spring but apparently, it have to be big enough first. Very nice new growth throughout the growing season (new leaves are always purple reddish before turning green)followed by nice fall color ranging from yellow to orange to red depending on genetics. It isn't that much different than JM except A LOT TOUGHER. |
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LIVE AT LONDON'S O2 ARENA – MARCH 21st 2009
Having sold out every one of his London shows in 2008, tickets for Paul Weller's first ever gig at London's O2 Arena go on general public sale on Friday 24th October!!
However exclusively for Paulweller.com,
there is a special presale.......!
Tickets for you only will go on sale at 9am on Wednesday 22nd October.
The tickets are available from the 24 hour hotline 0870 735 5000 or online from
Paul will be joined by very special guests The Coral, in London's newest and brightest arena, it will be a show not to be missed.
Tickets are priced at £37.50. Agency and credit card bookings subject to a booking fee. Max 6 tickets per household.
see you at the O2!!
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25/10/08 ronnies-dad wrote:
O2 ???????? Who`s idea as that ???? Not a particularly intimate venue at 22,000 !!!
Having said that ....See You there !!
24/10/08 jackielucky wrote:
just booked tickets today for O2 march cant wait missed out on others:)
23/10/08 donna67 wrote:
Woop woop we're coming from Belfast yeeeee haaaaaaaaa
23/10/08 jason-sarah1 wrote:
got tickets booked, see you all there, bonus is its my birthday that week- the big 40 !
22/10/08 stylist100 wrote:
The O2????....I didn't see that coming........fair enough, I think I'll stick to the Crawley K2!!.
22/10/08 lincolnmod wrote:
Likewise.. 4 tickets booked, and Hotel. November in Manchester then Oasis in NY (December) then have to wait 'til March! Here's wishing my time away....
22/10/08 busterbilbo wrote:
Got my tickets first thing this morning!!
I am taking my thirteen year old nephew to his first concert.
I want to see Paul Weller and Jimi Hendrix play he said.
I can take you to Weller but no can do with Hendrix!!
Oh why he said, Hendrix is dead I said, Oh when did he die!!!!
38 years ago!!!!
It did make me laugh
22/10/08 debora... wrote:
Hei c'e' qualche fans italiano che mi sa' consigliare qualche posto a Londra da dormire?
Io ragazzi ho gia' prenotato per il 21 marzo 2009!!
Ciao ciao Debby
22/10/08 prnl1 wrote:
Just booked my tickets
22/10/08 briggsy wrote:
Got the tickets, booked the hotel.......nursin!!!!
22/10/08 rodders wrote:
Happy days!!!! tickets booked..... just southend and brixton to go then roll on March :-)
22/10/08 javierfatima wrote:
Hope to get some tickets as well, we dont want to miss it!!!
22/10/08 pattitrishka wrote:
Setting my alarm here in the states. See you @ the O2 in 09!
21/10/08 martin65 wrote:
the big man will be in belfast in a few weeks and now we are going to the big smoke to see the mod father cant wait any one got any info of where me and the present missus can stay for a couple of nights close to o2 cheers and tickty-boo
21/10/08 reggy1978 wrote:
Wallop! Weller! Bang! Ave that!! Mop up!!
21/10/08 catchflame wrote:
One not to miss....Just to let others on this site know....I'm reliably informed that Pauls gigs in Brazil have been cancelled. Hope no ones flying out for them!!!! I thought the site would have posted this information by now though!!!!!
21/10/08 angie wrote:
wont miss it for anything.......
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Fantastico faro' di tutto per non mancare..........e' un evento speciale.....come Paul Lo e' quindi non devo mancare...........Kisses
20/10/08 realitygirl wrote:
I'm coming all the way from Canada to see this!!!!
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Brilliant just up the road, Can't wait to tell my Weller Buddy !!


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Marvin Gaye's passport discovered on Antiques Roadshow
Marvin Gaye's 1964 passport has been valued at $20,000 (£12,300) after being brought onto Antiques Roadshow in America. Watch the clip below.
Viewers of the PBS show on Monday night (February 3), saw a long-time Motown fan, who previously worked at the label's museum, bring in the rare item having discovered it in a record bought at a garage sale for 50 cents. As Spin reports, the item of memorabilia was valued at a minimum of $20,000 by appraiser Laura Wooley.
Speaking about how he came to own such a unique and rare item of memorabilia, the man said he picked it up at the singer's estate sale where he bought a collection of LPs and singles for less than a dollar. "When I got home, I was going through them and out of an album fell this passport," he said. "And so it literally fell into my hands."
Appraiser Wooley told the man: "This is dated 1964, which is great, and it is after he added the 'E' to the end of his name, because when he was signed as a solo artist with Motown, he decided to add that 'E,' and there's a lot of different theories: People say it's because he wanted to separate himself from his father or because he actually liked Sam Cooke so much, who had an 'E' at the end of his name, that he wanted to imitate his idol."
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I have a vintage wicker chair that needs to be painted. Would it be best to use satin or semi-gloss for this project? |
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IÔŅĹve redone my wicker furniture many times. One chair is over 100 years old, and still kickinÔŅĹ! I prefer to use a semi-gloss, or high gloss spray to get the look I want. I just made a new seat cushion for it and am in the process of making a back cushion, too. |
- Posted by no-green-thumb (My Page) on Mon, Apr 2, 12 at 16:07
Not to hijack - but I also have wicker that needs to be repainted --- what do you do to prep, Nanny?? Mine is not vintage, but it is about 10 years old and some of the painted is chipped. Thanks a lot. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Mon, Apr 2, 12 at 17:22
I would like to also know what you have done if a piece has too much paint. I tried stripping it and it really didn't get hardly any off. I left it on and covered it with plastic wrap to keep it moist. I sure wish the person/s that had this beautiful old stuff had used a much more judicious hand with the paint !! That would be the one caution...go lightly ! It ruins all the gorgeous detail when the paint is thick. Nanny...I would appreciate any/all tips and would love to see your furniture up close :) c |
- Posted by carol_from_ny (My Page) on Mon, Apr 2, 12 at 19:12
I usually use a garden hose on my wicker to get the loose stuff off along with a brush that's not too stiff. Then DH takes the air hose to it blow all the loose stuff off of it. The cleaner the surface BEFORE you paint the better the paint sticks. Make sure your wicker has dried out from the cleaning completely before you try to paint. Spray paint works best on wicker and a light hand is much better than a heavy one when applying paint. Much better to do several light coats than one heavy one. BTW a old appliance box makes a good wind shield for spraying. It keeps the paint from blowing all over AND it keeps things like dirt and leaves from blowing onto your freshly sprayed paint. |
Thank younanny2a, I love your chair, so cute. Good luck to everyone needing to paint some wicker. |
- Posted by schoolhouse (My Page) on Tue, Apr 3, 12 at 11:30
I paint wicker chairs and use spray paint. The only complaint I have is that it takes nearly three cans per chair and that's spraying lightly and a couple coats. It can get expensive depending upon the brand. Love the finish though. My favorite color lately has been sage. Last Fall I bought three brand new white wicker chairs at Pat Catans on clearance, couldn't resist the price, and plan on painting at least one of them a nice warm brown or tan. Not dark brown. Do you also use a protective coat of some kind afterwards? I don't and eventually the paint does crack and peel,which isn't a terrible look actually. Just curious if I'd have better luck with a final coat of something. |
What a timely thread--- I am redoing my daughter's bedroom and her vintage (1930s) wicker desk/vanity has definitely seen better days. It is white at present, and I found a Laura Ashley pale pink paint that will make it look fresh and pretty, I hope! We bought the paint and the painter is going to spray it tomorrow. Will post pictures of how it turns out. |
DH painted our vintage wicker set with exterior paint from Sherwin Williams, not sure of the gloss...it was what the guy at the paint store recommended. We blew debris off first, then sprayed down with a hose. Let dry and then we bought a relatively inexpensive paint sprayer. The paint has held up really well, even though it's been out on our covered porch all winter. |
Thank you. |
I think it works out best to repaint painted wicker the same color that it is. If there is any flaking or wear down the road, you won't be seeing a contrasting color peeking through. |
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I was asked to make a 3D Mr. Grouper cake from Bubble Guppies. I was thinking of taking a 9 inch round pan, cutting it in half (widthwise), putting the flat sides down and pushing them together and carving from there.
Does that sounds like it would work? Does anyone have any other ideas? Thanks for your help!


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"Maybe I was just born in the wrong century." The artist known as BARoNTiERi explains why he's partial to robots…
Madagascar. This huge island, situated off the east coast of Africa, is known by ecologists as the 'eighth continent' thanks to its abundant, rare and diverse wildlife. Now almost denuded of its forest covering by slash and burn farming, this dramatic part of the world is where Thierry Doizon grew up.
As exotic, precious and threatened as this island may be, the creative mind always wants more than it sees. That's how Thierry (aka BARoNTiERi) got started as a concept artist – Madagascar needed spicing up a bit. "I always tried to design arrow guns for fishing and alien spacesuits," Thierry laughs. "And plenty more funny, stupid things."
Today, while working as a concept artist for Ubisoft, in Toronto, Thierry has brought together a collective of artists calling themselves Steambot Studios. Their first art book is in the offing, as is a Gnomon project and a slew of freelance work. His perceived 'stupid things' are in demand.
After studying art and literature in Africa, Thierry "did the logical thing" and returned to France where he moved into industrial and aesthetic design. After three years in the south of France, he moved to Rochester in the UK where, in 1995, he received a BA in 3D design. Game development beckoned.
But even as an artist with obvious talent, he reckons the game industry is a tough market. It's still a young and evolving business, not the kind of world where you can afford to be overly precious, as having games cancelled is a normal occurrence. "I worked on many games which never passed the green light," laments Thierry.
This wasn't always the case, as concept artist on games such as Vexx, I-Ninja and the soon to be released Quake Wars, Thierry has developed an ability for producing snapshots of a technologically superior future. One where mankind has come out the other side of our currently looming crisis, not necessarily better, but certainly different.
Thierry's training largely pre-dates the dominance of digital techniques. "I started with my pencils, paintings and especially Pantone markers," he recalls. They were tough times for a concept artist. "Ten years ago, I had a crazy library, I spent all my spare time in bookshops to find cheap references." The arrival of the web has meant a revolution in his working practice: "It's magical!"
The digital era just makes things easier and faster. Thierry marvels at the change wrought by the intervention of the silicon chip. "When you think about the time it took on paper to make the same stuff that we do now with a PC it's just insane." And it's only going to get more crazy.
"Blade Runner and Alien had a huge impact on me as a kid," adds the artist. "And since then I've been obsessed by sci-fi." You can certainly see the influence of both those movies in images such as Explorers and Thai Flight, but there's more going on here than a homage to Ridley Scott. Thierry confirms: "I also love fantasy, cyberpunk and steampunk as much as futuristic worlds." They're all part of the mix. "They offer the best terrain for my imagination to explore."
You get the feeling that Thierry may have been asked to justify his sci-fi passion more than once. He goes on: "I like science, technology, stories and movies. If you combine all this, you can guess my favourite genre." Despite this fascination with futuristic technology, Thierry is an artist first – he puts no constraints on his creativity.
"I don't fill my sketchbooks with any particular subjects, just the inspiration of the moment!" For the moment that inspiration is scientific but, not all that convincingly, he insists that could all change. "At the moment I'm doing a lot of SF-based images," he admits. But it's not a compulsion: "It depends on my feelings. I don't think that I'm consistent in the process of doing them."
Inspiration alone is not enough, talent is only the raw material. "I practice a lot," Thierry nods. "Even though I consider myself lazy." Art is a discipline, you can't just pick it up when you feel like it: "It's a typical subject of discussion among all artists," agrees Thierry. "But it all comes down to this: talent is nothing without work!"
"Experimentation and experience are the keys," says Thierry. These two things determine his creative choices. "I can use one of my sketches, a thumbnail, a stain, a speedpainting, a tile, anything really, it's just a matter of having fun."
The composition, the subjects and the style, even the medium should be chosen by instinct: "For the moment I spend most of my time on digital but I will soon work on some more traditional things." Thierry won't be tied to a single style or technique: "I just don't have a particular method," he shrugs. "I try to use the most efficient process depending on the situation." This approach has served him well in the journey though the world of game development and continues to draw attention to his latest adventure: Steambot Studios.


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We eat a lot of Mexican inspired food in our house. This means our weekly grocery list always includes tortillas of varying sizes. Until recently, I had never thought to try my hand at making my own.
Spa morning with Maid of Honor, Abby, on wedding day.
For this recipe, you'll need:
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup warm water
Combine flour, salt, and baking powder.
Add oil and water with the mixer running. Use a paddle attachment and mix until just combined.
Form into balls and flatten with your hand on a well-floured work space.
Depending on the size of the tortillas, this recipe will produce between 15 and 20.
Cover with a towel for 15 minutes.
Uncover dough. Tortillas can be flattened with a rolling pin or a tortilla press. Tortilla presses are inexpensive and will give the dough a perfectly round shape. Since I do not own a tortilla press, I rolled mine with a rolling pin.
Place a large skillet on medium heat. Allow pan to get very hot (about 5 minutes). Lay one tortilla in the center of the pan.
Cook about one minute. Tortilla will begin to bubble.
Flip and cook another 30 seconds. Tortilla should show brown spots. If tortilla is not "browning", raise the heat. If the tortilla appears to be burning, lower the heat.
Stack on a plate. Tortillas will keep about a week.
The Man and the Brother loved the homemade tortillas. The Brother said it reminded him of his time in Manhattan, because all of the Mexican restaurants make their own. Since the tortillas were very simple to make, I will definitely be purchasing a tortilla press and making this a weekly effort. Readers, its time to get pressing. Check back tomorrow for Fish Tacos with Lime Sour Cream.
Ps. During the tortilla making, my "helper" knocked over the jar of flour with her cone. We had a huge mess and a lot of laughs. How could I be mad at this face?


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Equipment and safety checks. Being taken out of service for hours. Watching as a police officer digs through your trash for gas and food receipts to prove that your records are false.
If you're an over-the-road truck driver with an Arizona CDL license, chances are you've either encountered these Arizona level 1 inspections or heard about someone who has. Hard-working truck drivers trying to earn a living and support their families are now being targeted by Arizona police officers.
We understand that it can be frustrating to be held up on the side of the road for hours during equipment checks, having your privacy violated by officers going through your personal belongings and trash cans looking for food and gas receipts that they can use against you for an Arizona CDL ticket.
Arizona Zeroes in on CDL Drivers
Commercial trucking is expanding in Arizona and many over-the-road drivers are utilizing Arizona's roads to escape passing through California. Arizona DPS officers know this and are waiting to enforce Arizona's laws.
More and more, Arizona DPS officers are pulling over-the-road drivers off the road, taking them out of service for hours, running equipment and safety checks that are more stringent than any other state.
Police officers are able to pull over a commercial truck without probable cause. This means that if you're driving any commercial vehicle, an Arizona DPS officer can pull you over without needing a reason.
Arizona police officers are looking for many different things when they take your truck out of service. They're looking for hours of service violations, logbook violations, medical card records, equipment violations, over gross weight violations – all the common Arizona statutes and charges that truckers often face.
FMCSA Compliance Safety Accountability Program
Launched in December 2010, the FMCSA Compliance Safety Accountability (CSA) Program has been met with criticism. Nevertheless, the CSA program is in effect and is tracking commercial truck drivers across the county. One of the key components of the CSA program is the Safety Measurement System (SMS).
The SMS uses 7 safety improvement categories (called BASICs by the CSA) to examine a carrier's on-road performance and potential crash risk. The BASICs include:
- Unsafe Driving
- Fatigued Driving (Hours-of-Service)
- Driver Fitness
- Controlled Substances/Alcohol
- Vehicle Maintenance
- Cargo-Related and Crash Indicator
The CSA program tracks drivers through a scoring system, with a graduated point system that assigns more points based on the severity of the infraction. Any offense can affect your points total, including something as simple as a marker light being out in the middle of the day. The points stay on your record for three years and are added as you receive them.
Since the CSA program is public record, anyone can view your driving points. This makes your record and points total available to current and future employers.
CDLs and Speeding in Arizona
Arizona CDL speeding tickets and other moving violations can be catastrophic to your driving record and employment. Trucking companies look at all violations from the perspective that their insurance rates are going to go up. If your employer has to spend more money to insure you as a driver because of Arizona CDL tickets, it often times can be a breaking point for them, causing good drivers with years experience to lose their job.
Adding to the complexity of the issue is that many drivers are stopped for speeding along the Arizona/California border. We often defend Arizona CDL tickets that are issued in Yuma, Quartzsite and Kingman. Because California is one of only two states that still mandates a speed limit of 55 for commercial trucks, Arizona DPS officers know that Arizona CDL tickets will increase if they patrol the state's borders.
Trucking companies that run large operations nationwide often times will let drivers go for getting a single ticket. Police officers statewide have recently concentrated their efforts on Interstate 10 and Interstate 40 especially along the New Mexico and California borders. Arizona CDL tickets are profitable for Arizona.
Arizona CDL Tickets are a Criminal Matter
All trucking violations are designated criminal misdemeanors in Arizona. If you are reading this page and you have an Arizona CDL license or you are a trucker you most likely are facing criminal charges. Having a criminal record in most cases can result in loss of employment.
Under Arizona law, CDL drivers are not eligible for Arizona defensive driving school under any circumstances – even if their ticket was given to them while driving their personal vehicle. We understand that it can be frustrating to lose your job or be passed over for employment because you received a photo radar ticket in your personal vehicle.
Corso & Rhude is well known for working with trucking companies throughout the United States. Whether you are an owner/operator, a driver, or an owner of a company with a driver that has been ticketed, Corso & Rhude can help.
Tips for Handling CDL Stops in Arizona
The Arizona CDL lawyers at Corso & Rhude have significant experience with traffic stop cases. They know that it's important to cooperate with the authorities but not to make their job easier.
For instance, keeping a lockable file box in your truck is an important first step to making sure that your valuable receipts are protected. Having a paper shredder handy to discard of receipts and paperwork you don't need is another important tip. Finally, it's important to answer a police officer's questions but keeping the conversation on track is also important. If you've been stopped for speeding, cooperate with the officer regarding any speeding questions he or she may have but re-direct any off-topic questions back to the original reason why you where pulled over (in this case, a speeding violation). And always remain respectful.
Why You Should Hire Corso & Rhude
Our firm handles Arizona CDL tickets for both civil and criminal violations statewide. Our Arizona CDL speeding lawyers have had a great deal of success in helping CDL drivers and truckers along the New Mexico border, the California border and in central Arizona.
Our experienced attorneys are former prosecutors who know how to work with prosecuting attorneys and will make every effort to dismiss your ticket and save your employment.
If you're looking for a law firm that's handled thousands of traffic and trucking violations and that will creatively and aggressively find a resolution that meets your needs, please contact us today for a free consultation.
The fact of the matter is that if you have a CDL license and you drive for a living, you are a professional driver. Your training skills and experience help to keep our roads safer. The attorneys at Corso & Rhude support the truck driving industry and are committed to providing excellent representation so that you can focus on getting back on the road.
Please contact the Law Office of Corso and Rhude today for a free consultation. To schedule a free consultation, please call (480) 471-4616.
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WASHINGTON, April 3, 2013 ― Concepts like gay rights, sexual minority, and homophobia currently saturate our culture and permeate our schools. These terms illustrate the success of pro-gay activists in generating politicized science and exploiting social psychology.
The Supreme Court of the United States is now considering whether to override First Amendment rights in order to meet the demands of gay activists for so-called "marriage equality."
Homosexual marriage can only become reality if the Court discards our specified constitutional rights in favor of some alleged right that doesn't exist, yet is claimed by gay activists. Even use of the term "rights" frames the discussion with a false premise: Homosexuals are either entitled to or are being deprived of something.
But, there is no such thing as the right for men to marry men or women to marry women, just as underage minors may not marry, parents may not marry their children, and siblings may not marry each other. Neither can a person marry more than one person at a time or marry inanimate objects or animals.
Same-sex marriage is not about equality; it is about power. It is not about truth or the right to love or taxes or legal benefits. It is not about redefining or expanding marriage, but undoing it. It is about gaining the full force of law to silence dissent and require conformance and validation by every citizen.
Unholy alliance
SEE RELATED: The GOP struggles with same-sex marriage
"In February 1988, a 'war conference' of 175 leading gay activists, representing organizations from across the land, convened in Warrenton, Virginia, (near Washington, D.C.) to establish a four-point agenda for the gay movement," say Harvard-trained social scientists and homosexual activists Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen in their book "After the Ball: How America will overcome its fear & hatred of Gays in the 90's."
In that book, they proposed "[d]ismissing the movement's outworn [civil rights] techniques in favor of carefully calculated public relations propaganda." We now see the results of that ongoing propaganda playing out today.
One menacing focus of the campaign is religious freedom, where people who resist homosexual mainstreaming based on faith are seen as "religious homohaters." Kirk and Madsen describe the strategy:
"Most contemporary hate groups on the Religious Right will bitterly resent the implied connection between homohatred and Nazi fascism. But since they can't defend the latter, they'll end up having to distance themselves by insisting that they would never go to such extremes. Such declarations of civility toward gays, of course, set our worst detractors on the slippery slope toward recognition of fundamental gay rights. …
SEE RELATED: Why the Supreme Court will kill DOMA and Prop 8
"[Furthermore] gays can undermine the moral authority of homohating churches over less fervent adherents by portraying … [them] as antiquated backwaters, badly out of step … with the latest findings of psychology. Against the atavistic tug of Old Time Religion one must set the mightier pull of science and public opinion. … Such an "unholy" alliance has already worked well in America against the churches, on such topics as divorce and abortion. … [T]hat alliance can work for gays."
A 'planned psychological attack'
The attack is not limited to the faithful. Kirk and Madsen describe a war against individual freedoms, academia, and media that is justfiably described as psychological terrorism. Its intent is to not only "jam" free speech but free thought.
"[T]he bigot need not actually be made to believe … that others will now despise him … [r]ather, our effect is achieved without reference to facts, logic, or proof. … [W]hether he is conscious of the attack or not. Indeed, the more he [the bigot] is distracted by any incidental, even specious, surface arguments, the less conscious he'll be of the true nature of the process—which is all to the good … conversion of the average American's emotions, mind, and will [is accomplished] through a planned psychological attack, in the form of propaganda fed to the nation via the media."
This is why Hollywood and the mainstream media portray gays as good citizens and neighbors and "anti-gay" Christians and social conservatives as extremist, homophobic, bigoted, ignorant, and hateful. In short, the message is that gays are victims and Christians are victimizers.
Hate slinging bias
The news profession plays its part through control of information by selection and omission without revealing its true purpose — a tactic essential to the propagandist.
Pro-family organizations like Focus on the Family, Family Research Council, and the National Organization for Marriage are routinely branded as hate groups by gay proxies such as the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and hate-slinging media like the Daily Kos.
Mainstream media then picks up such stories and reports the "controversy." Whose controversy?
The 1998 death in Kansas of a homosexual 21-year-old, Matthew Shepard, spawned 80 pro-gay stories at the Washington Post but nary a mention about the death in Arkansas of 13-year-old Jesse Dirkhising only months later. Two homosexual men drugged the child, bound him naked, and raped him repeatedly during a marathon torture session.
When asked why the difference, the paper responded that Shepard was a national story, Dirkhising just a local crime. It then criticized conservative media "hostile to homosexuals" for questioning the disparity in coverage.
Even people like Bill O'Reilly, a Catholic, are falling victim to the propaganda, dismissing opponents of gay marriage as Bible thumpers. With such a bias permeating the airwaves and this administration, our enumerated First Amendment rights are on the defensive.
Michael Warren, author of "Seeing Through the Media," described the results we see today: "It is not raw overt coercion; it is one group's covert orchestration of compliance by another group through structuring the consciousness of the second group."
So, if you avoid saying homosexual instead of gay; if you hesitate to disagree on same-sex marriage in public; if you stay silent at work or school when friends or coworkers promote gay pride or the Day of Silence; if you fear criticism for stating the truth that science does not prove that homosexuality is the same as race or gender — think about what you have just read.
And this is all before gay marriage is law.
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Industry participants are a bit anxious about what will happen, Mininger said.
"Folks are waiting to see what kind of complexity it's going to add, whether it adds layers of cost and bureaucracy to the product or whether it has a degree of reasonableness about it to work within the confines of the new rules and try to work seamlessly," he said.
Records must be produced within 24 hours of an official request from FDA.
No new records are required to be kept, but the interim rule does specify that records must be maintained for at least two years.
Farms and restaurants are excluded, but many businesses in the fresh produce industry are covered by the rule because it applies to anyone who "manufacturers, processes, packs, distributes, received, holds or imports" food.
The FDA officials stated in the Federal Register notice that they anticipate issuing a final rule one year after the close of the comment period on May 23.
"We certainly provided input," Mininger said.
He said there has never been an incident of foodborne illness associated with bulb onions.
"We had a document that all facets of industry weighed in on and we've placed it in the hands of FDA and USDA and asked they consider that as a reasonable approach for our commodity," he said.
Meanwhile, the industry continues to ensure its safety protocols and records meet all requirements, said Sherise Jones, marketing director for the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee, Parma, Idaho.
"Shippers from our area have worked very hard to implement traceability programs," she said.
It's part of day-to-day activity, said Steve Smith, president and owner of National Onion Inc., Las Cruces, N.M.
"We have it in place, and our customers know that," he said.
Bob Hale, president of Hermiston, Ore.-based River Point Farms LLC, said his company has taken extra steps.
"We're one of the only farms in the nation that has passed the USDA harmonized GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) audit and have all these audits together in a super-audit," he said.
Customers can visit the plant and fields anytime to see the operation first-hand, Hale said.
"That happens, too — our customers visit us regularly," he said.