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California's Proposition 65 has identified hundreds of chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, and/or birth defects or other reproductive harm. The law requires that businesses with 10 or more employees warn you prior to knowingly and intentionally exposing you to any of these chemicals when the exposure is over a certain level.
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Home Intro to Micros in VC32 Micros - County List Micro Notice Board Essential Guide To ID Macro Moths HomePage Micro Moth Links
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To raise the profile and increase the recording of micro moths in Northamptonshire.
As with the macro moths, it is hoped to increase interest and therefore generate more records in order to produce as complete a list of the county's micro moths as possible. We have records dating back to the early part of the 20th Century (indeed, a couple of records dating to the middle of the 19th Century), but these are patchy. With the aid of recent publications and a plethora of internet identification sites, we hope to be able to build on this early work.
Therefore we welcome your records, photographs or queries regarding identification.
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The Steubenville Rape Case is Closed, But What About Sexual Assault in College?
Ladies, I'm sorry to have to inform you that the War on Women persists and you have been drafted into the fight whether you like it or not. The latest battleground to see action is the American college campus – a space that is supposed to foster our educational and personal growth, preparing us to be the […]


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Check out these Midwestern hay auction times and contact information.
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Majorca - March 2003 Training Camp
Alcudia, Majorca Spain - March 24th - 31st
Monday 24th
We flew out of London Luton on the mid-morning flight. "Lovely Legs Lee" and Debs had already been up since 3:30am - having flown in on the earlier flight from Belfast....
Check-in was a nightmare - LLL was charged £40 for being over the weight limit, when, for the first time in any of our experiences, the easyJet check-in staff weighed the bike bags. I for one was in a panic, knowing that I'd be in for a similar charge, but my luck was in - by the time I got to the counter, Jobsworth was on a coffee break and his replacement was not so officious.
Still, it was worth LLL's wallet being lighter for the charge when all our bikes and bags came through first at Palma. Fellow passengers rushed off to find out how we'd done it when we congratulated LLL on "paying the express fee [which] certainly came off for us" as we waved goodbye to them and left the airport.
The transfer was painless - a driver, minibus and bikes trailer was waiting at the airport and took us swiftly to Alcudia - home for the week. Davy - training camp organiser, Martin (who was flying home that night, but had done in excess of 500 miles the week before) and Alan (Saturday arrival) were waiting for us. They'd been out once already on Monday, but gave us 90 minutes to change, reassemble bikes and then join them on a short coffee-stop ride to get the flight out of our legs. It was about 15'C, sunny and very pleasant - why not
The ride was great - my first impression of Majorcan roads was excellent. There are fewer potholes and problems than in many UK lanes. The hotel receptionist told us that 1,000,000 cyclists pass through the airport in Palma in March, April and May each year - worth keeping the roads surfaced for!
We cycled the back way to Port o Pollenca - a beautiful bay just up the coats from Alcudia. 2 coffees later, we were ready to go back - it was getting late and it was getting a bit chilly in the breeze.
Back to the hotel - 30km later. We showered, changed, ate heartily (having missed lunch) at the serve yourself buffet and waited for the others to arrive directly from Northern Ireland later in the evening. They duly arrived - at around 11:30pm - just too late for a nightcap.
Breakfast was also a buffet affair and we were to be ready to go, on the bikes at 10:00am the next day. Davy had all the rides organised for the week, provided everyone with a map and there was even an alternative ride for those not up to the distance / gradient of the main ride. Sleep was not long in coming...


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Tonight LyricsArtist: XscapeAlbum: Hummin' Comin' At 'Cha Come a little bit closer and look into my eyes, If only for a moment, boy don't be surprised. I want you right here next to me, So tell me we can spend some time. So I can hold you softly, In these gentle arms of mine. And the moonlight's gazing,ooh, Shining on my window pane, Beaming down on the midnight hour, I hear the sound of rain. Chorus: Tonight, tonight, ooh... Tonight, tonight, ooh... Verse Two (Tamika): So why don't you stay awhile, I can't help it if you put me in a daze boy. But you look so good to me, In your satin PJs. So let's make love by candlelight, And listen to the quiet storm. As I kiss you in the places, That make your body warm. Repeat Chorus Break: I'm holding you (Repeat x6) Holding you tight all through the night (Repeat x2) Looks like it's gonna rain (Repeat x4) Holding you tight all through the night (Repeat x2) Tonight.
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Mercedes GPs Nico Rosberg has grown in self confidence since his Silverstone podium couple of weeks back. It is obvious in the way he walks, the way he talks and the way he interacts with the media. Everything seems to say I am well on the way to becoming a power in Formula One. Having started the season in the shadow of team mate Michael Schumacher, Rosberg has quickly emerged as a force in his own right. Hes clearly enjoying it, even if that first win has so far eluded him. But that is surely just a matter of time
Q: Nico, this weekends race will see six German drivers starting their home Grand Prix. How do you explain that boom?
Nico Rosberg: When Michael (Schumacher) started in the early nineties and started to win races and titles the big boom started and many young kids wanted just to be like him. This is one side. But the Michael Schumacher hysteria also made more companies get involved in racing so the financial situation was becoming much better for kids to look at this kind of career. And with more kids racing in various categories the likelihood to find real talents that will make it all the way into Formula One increased. I would say this is the main reason why we see so many Germans on the grid now. I would say that we are all sort of the product of the Schumacher success in the nineties.
Q: What are you expecting for your own race on Sunday given what you have experienced today? Is a podium finish within reach?
NR: We have brought several upgrades to this race so we should definitely perform better here. A podium finish is definitely our aim. Weve done it in Silverstone so we should also be able to do it here.
Q: The tyre situation seems to be more difficult here than at any other track so far. Will we see a lot different strategies or will everybody basically be doing the same thing?
NR: I think that we will see an exciting race and its hard to say from the experiences today what will happen on Sunday in the race. Obviously it should be a dry race, so lets wait and see with what everybody comes up with - especially if it is raining today and tomorrow in qualifying but not on Sunday.
Q: You recently said that you think the Mercedes is between the third and fourth best car on the grid. What do you think has to happen to make it move all the way to the top?
NR: Our main problem still is that the base of the car is not as good as we would have hoped, so with all changes if the base is not one hundred percent right it is difficult. What I see is that we are making the best out of the situation and we are really pushing hard so it should improve over the second part of the season. The main issues are still the same - they are mainly aerodynamic. There we need to progress and thats what we are doing with a further development on the F-duct here for example. That should be a definite step forward so lets wait and see how far its getting us up on the grid.
Q: Could you be a little more precise about the updates that have been introduced for this weekend, apart from the F-duct?
NR: Ah well, as I said the F-duct, and then general upgrades. For sure I know precisely what the upgrades are, but should I go into detail? Very likely not. Let yourself be surprised in qualifying.
Q: How on top of things are you with regards switching the tyres on for qualifying? Have you made progress in that area or is there still a bit work to do?
NR: There is definitely still work to do. It is a very difficult subject that you struggle to understand as a team. But I think that is not us alone - most other teams also find it difficult to understand that issue and find out exactly what the reasons are. We are doing everything to improve the situation and the good news is that it doesnt happen at all the tracks. It was grave in Montreal, less so in other places, and in Silverstone the problem wasnt really there.
Q: Coming back to the conditions, how difficult is it to run probably two days on wet tyres and then have to discover the slicks on Sunday?
NR: If that is the case - and it looks a bit that way - it will be very interesting because its not only the slicks but you also have a high fuel load when you approach the first corner. That would be a very new situation and the start will be very interesting, as you dont know the braking points but still have to defend your position. All that will not be easy, but it will be a great spectacle for the fans, that is for sure.
Q: It seems to be more difficult than expected for you to win a race, yet you say you are still in the race for the championship. What convinces you of that?
NR: What Ive said is that the basis of the car is not as good as we would have expected, so its difficult to make a race-winning car out of that situation. We have done good work since then - if weve done sensational work the next couple of races will show it. Silverstone was promising with P3, but we are definitely looking to win races this season. And there are still many points on the table so from a purely mathematical point everything is still wide open.


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Welcome to the new portal for the Pain and Interoception Imaging Network (PAIN). The PAIN portal provides access to multiple initiatives aimed at characterization of brain signatures associated with chronic pain disorders, understand underlying mechanisms, and identifying novel treatment targets.
This new PAIN portal is now the access point for several brain imaging initiatives housed at UCLA, including the new NCCAM/NIDA funded PAIN Repository, the NIDDK MAPP Neuroimaging Network and a Network of UCLA CNS Collaborators. All 3 initiatives are independent of each other and can only be accessed by users authorized for a particular initiative. If you are part of one or more of these groups, you can log into the relevant sites using the icon links to the right.
The PAIN Repository is a recently funded NIH initiative, which has two components: an archive for already collected imaging data (Archived Repository), and a repository for structural and functional brain images and metadata acquired prospectively using standardized acquisition parameters (Standardized Repository) in healthy control subjects and patients with different types of chronic pain. For information and how to join this initiative please visit the Join PAIN page.
The PAIN Repository provides the infrastructure for storage of standardized resting state functional, diffusion tensor imaging and structural brain imaging data and associated biological, physiological and behavioral metadata from multiple scanning sites, and provides tools to facilitate analysis of the resulting comprehensive data sets.
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Created: 03/03/2014 4:00 PM WHEC.com
By: Associated Press
Olympic gold medalist ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White will not compete at the world championships later this month.
The Americans announced Monday that they would not defend their world title in Saitama, Japan, on March 24-30. As far as their competitive future beyond worlds, White says in a news release that "we will leave our options open."
Alexandra Aldridge and Daniel Eaton will take their spot after finishing fifth at U.S. Championships in January. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, who were fourth, are sidelined because Hubbell needs surgery on a torn labrum in her left hip.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates and siblings Maia and Alex Shibutani, who both finished in the top 10 at the Sochi Games last month, will also represent the United States in ice dance.
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Watch the film "Never Come Back" tonight, broadcast on OMNI-1 TV at 9 p.m. in Ontario and 10 p.m. in B.C.
Karl Nerenberg
Karl Nerenberg joined rabble in 2011 to cover news for the rest of us from Parliament Hill. Karl has been a journalist and filmmaker for over 25 years, including eight years as the producer of the CBC Radio show "The House." In his work, he has dealt with a great variety of subjects: from civil war in Central America, to the crisis in South Africa's Apartheid system. During his time at CBC, and its French language counterpart, Radio-Canada, Karl directed and wrote numerous documentaries and long-form television reports for such programs as "Le Point" and "Actuel" and "The Journal." Karl also founded and, for five years, edited the magazine "Federations: What's new in federalism worldwide." Karl has been awarded a Gemini award, a Best International Reportage Series award (from "la Communauté des televisions francophones"), and a CBC Radio Award for Best New Series (for "C'est la vie"), among others. In 2010-2011, he wrote, produced and co-directed (with Malcolm Hamilton) "Never Come Back," a documentary on the Roma communities in Canada and in Europe. Karl can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com of new film about the Roma people
The film "Never Come Back" premieres in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 11.
Related rabble.ca story:
In conversation with NDP Interim Leader Nycole Turmel
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DicMLIntroDicML (Dictionary Markup Language) is my idea of an XML description of dictionary data. It's meant mostly for multilingual dictionaries, but can be useful also for other kinds of them. More on how DicML came into being can be found in section Idea. To see the examples in section Materials you need a browser correctly understanding XML 1.0 and XSLT, for example:
MaterialsBelow are links to some sources and examples. (CAUTION! This is a test version yet and it can still undergo radical changes!) The Schema and .xml-s were validated with XSV. Definitions
For the project is still in intensive development, I'd be grateful for any opinions and comments that could help me improving DicML and developing it's abilities. (And if you can't stand my English, also please mail me and point me out my mistakes so that I could correct them.) IdeaI had once a need to present a dictionary in HTML. The problem was that I changed very often the conception of its appearence, consequently spending most of time making consecutive corrections. So, when I by chance discovered XML, I took the opportunity to make use of it. My particular needs infuenced some features of the idea. Because the data were to be input manually and stored in large amount, the tags are possibly short ― mostly one letter or at least or two. Due to the same reasons the general schema provides for optionality of the divisions of the article ― thus if there's no need for a certain catchword to insert, for example, the semantic division, the tags <S></S>, that represent it, may be omitted. For sake of efficient processing, probably it would be a better solution to have a more rigid syntax that require these tags and the genral DicML schema of course provides also for it. Thanks to some persons' interest in my idea I decided to systematize it. Building XML Schema made me reconsider many solutions and change a great deal of them. By the way I coined a suitably pretentious name for the project ― 'DicML' (Dictionary Markup Language). And that's the result. PlansA DTD file will probably come into being, but first I'll wait untill the schema stabilize. As for now, I'm going to concentrate on tests and corrections. I think of a kind of a little tutorial to make DicML more accessible and easier to understand than from a quite abstract Schema or complex examples. The version 1.0 will appear when I consider the system complete, efficient, flexible, precisely described and tested. LinksXML and related technologies


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CAP History The Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the USAF, began on 1 December 1941. During WWII, CAP aircraft carried bombs and depth charges, and successfully sank 2 German U-Boats off the US coast. CAP presently has 4 missions: Aerospace Education, Operations (formerly Search and Rescue), Cadet Programs, and Homeland Security. On September 11, 2001, CAP aircraft flew over the World Trade Center site taking damage assessment photos. CAP presently maintains the nation's largest fleet of single-engine piston aircraft, and has many opportunities for pilots.
Aerospace Education: As a CAP Cadet, you will be required to learn the physics of flight, how engines and aircraft systems work, how to read aeronautical charts, airpower history, etc. in order to be promoted. This is a great way to learn everything needed for the FAA Private Pilot's Written Exam. Additionally, CAP senior members are often pilots with lots of experience and a great willingness to share their knowledge with Cadets. CAP Senior Members are great resources for learning about flying- they can give you advice on everything, from explaining difficult concepts to helping you decide which CFI to use.
Orientation Flights: As a CAP Cadet, you are also eligible for 6 free orientation flights in CAP-owned Cessna 172/182 aircraft. These flights will be flown by experienced pilots who's job is to give you a basic understanding of piloting an aircraft. Most are not CFIs, so you cannot log the time, but it's a good way to gain an insight on how to fly an airplane. Most will let you fly for a while on each flight, too. Each flight has a specific syllabus. The first flight is a basic introduction, showing you how the instruments reflect flight attitude and how to do basic aircraft maneuvers (turns, climbs, dives, etc). As you progress in your orientation flights you will be exposed to more and more advacned concepts, including a navigation flight where you will become familiar with a flight computer, weather information services, planning a flight plan, etc. These orientation flights are great for giving you a taste of what basic private pilot flight training is like.
National/Regional Flight Academies: Special summer programs are available for CAP Cadets to receive flight instruction in either gliders (usually SGS 2-33s) or powered aircraft (usually C-172s). This is an intense two-week period where you'll attend ground school half the day and fly the other half, all with CFIs. You will be able to log your time and may even solo! The National/Regional Flight Academies are a great way to start your flight instruction. The cost is pretty cheap, too. The two-week program is usually about $700 all-inclusive.
Private Flight Instruction: If you find a CFI who is also a CAP member, he/she may be willing to volunteer their time to give you flight instruction in a CAP aircraft. CAP regulations state that flight instruction may be give to CAP members (both Cadet and Senior Member), under the stipulation that the CFI cannot be paid for his/her services. So, all you have to pay for is the plane! The cost per hour for CAP aircraft vary from unit to unit, but it is usually around $50/hour. This is probably the cheapest you're going to find it anywhere!


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One of my favorite memories from my son's AWANA days occurred when he was just a 3 1/2 year old "Cubbie." His teacher, Miss Trina, was recounting the story of how sin was introduced into the world with Adam and Eve.
"But the GOOD news," she said, wrapping up. "Is that Jesus died for our sins so we can be forgiven and live forever with him."
Without missing a beat, my son asked, "So, what's the bad news?" He just knew the other shoe had to drop. The adults in the room enjoyed a long laugh.
But the reality is that there is bad news. Sin was brought into the world, and with it, pain, suffering and death. As a dad, the challenging question we have to address for our kids isn't "what's the bad news?" It's really: Why does God allow pain and suffering in the first place?
This is one of the thorny questions my friend Alex McFarland unpacks in his latest book, The 21 Toughest Questions Your Kids Will Ask About Christianity. When your kids ask this question, whether they realize it or not, they are actually acknowledging that there is a standard for good and evil. And that standard is God, who created everything to be 'good' (Genesis 1:31) and shares our same yearning for a world without suffering.
"We are in the process of redemption," McFarland writes. "And one day we'll understand that the scars we've accumulated along the journey—painful and perplexing as they seemed at the time—were worth it."
Tuesday, September 24, there is an in-theater event hosted by actor Kirk Cameron, where he shares his journey of discovery about questions on human suffering. The film, Unstoppable, is his personal look at why bad things happen to good people … and God's unstoppable purpose of redeeming those difficult things in our lives.
The film, and Alex's book, both offer insight for us to confidently navigate our children's challenging questions on pain and suffering.
Whether my son realized it or not at age three, there is "bad news" in the here and now. But the promise of Revelation 21:4 is that God will wipe away every tear, and "there will be no more death or mourning, or crying or pain" once we leave this fallen world as believers. Miss Trina had it right … that is GOOD news.


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Yesterday I bought a 1979 Evinrude 35 at a steal. The motor needs an impeller and tune up and I will have about $100. The problem, it is long shaft (22" long) and my boat transom is 18" in the center and 16 on the outsides. I have a 1984 Kennedy Kraft 14' V-hull.
What modifying will I have to do to my boat to run the 35 long shaft? Do I need to bring the transom up 2 inches or 4 inches?
First thing is to search the internet for the manufacturers installation notes. This will show you what the outboard manufacturer considers the optimum transom height for this motor.
You don't really have to modify the transom at all. Your new rig being a little too long will mean that the propeller will run deeper in the water. This will create some additional drag, but the propeller might benefit to some degree of being deeper in undisturbed water.
Better to test first and observe how deep the cavitation plate is. It's really annoying to have to lower a transom you just raised. I know.
Someone else on the forum might know how much extra drag you will induce if you do nothing at all and just let the propeller go deeper. I'm sorry I can't help you with that.
If you try to run a long shaft engine on a transom built for a short shaft engine you run the risk of potentially dangerous handling. Older outboard engines were built with a spacer to extend the leg, I'm not sure if they were still doing it when your engine was built.
the standard transom heights were 15" for short shaft engines and 20" for long shaft. For racing we used to raise the engine up until the prop shaft was just below the bottom at the center line, however, for general use you'll want the anticavatation plate even with the bottom.
If you chose to raise the transom be sure to add stiffeners so the engine doesn't rip the top of the transom off.
Good luck. Bruce an old racer.
mine is a solid exhaust housing and it doesn't have the 5" spacer. i found a short exhaust housing on ebay that i am battling for. from the bottom of the head to the lower unit actually measures 22" on the long shaft leg that i have. the short shaft 25 that i have got measures 17" and my dad's 35 measures 17".
i put the longshaft on my boat today and measured and it is 7" to the cavitation plate on the lower unit and that is extreme. I don't want to either sink my boat by ripping the transom off or the huge tidal wave that would accompany the long shaft. plus the lower would be way too deep to handle right. i have been told the kennedy's weren't known for using great material and have a tendency to weaken very rapidly.
if i get the short exhaust housing, i have the short drive shaft, water tubing, and can shorten the shift linkage to make it work. if not, i am either selling the motor or getting another boat....
I have seen a transome built up in the middle for a long shaft engine. Do it right and it wont look bad at all. Its better than having the prop so far down below the boat that it might drive your stern sideways and flip you.
I've personally seen a long shaft 40 horsepower on a boat, the cav plate was about 6" below the planing surface. Anyway, the boat handled quite well, no dramas and no long term structural damage.
In fact, it was great. It was a small boat and handled rough water very well, never cavitating or blowing out, even in teh roughest weather.
If you are feeling unsure, I have also seen large boards bolted onto transoms to raise an engine 6", think a board that extends from planing surface to enw height, thoroughly through bolted and about 18" wide, out of some very thick solid hardwood. You only want to support the part of the engine above the existing transom, at least a few bolts for the outboard clamp will extend through the existing transom.
Another bolt on option that may work well for you is an aluminium jackplate.
Regards, Andrew.
Don't take 15" for short rig and 20" for long rig for granted. I bought a 1976 Mercury 50 Hp, and downloaded the user's manual which covered several models. "Short rig" turned out to be for transom height between 15 1/2" and 16 1/2" depending on model. "Long rig" could be between 20" and 22 1/2" depending on model. Measure or read the manual.
Yeah, I need to get the manual for this motor as well. I am putting a mini jacker jackplate on it to raise the motor 3". 3" should put the cavitation plate about 2.5 inches under the stern and I think that should still be okay?
I may even need to find a 4" jackplate. That is the way that I am going to go though.
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We have now used five snow days this year. The school calendar included two (2) built-in snow days and the next three designated make-up days were listed as Friday, February 13, Thursday, April 2, and Monday, April 6. Therefore, school will now be in session on those three days for all K-12 students and staff.
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Information on the Keystone XL Pipeline
There is already a Keystone Pipeline running east from Calgary Alberta through Saskatchewan to Winnipeg Manitoba, then south through North and South Dakota to Steele City in southern Nebraska, and east to Illinois. Another pipeline carries oil to the Cushing, Oklahoma. Keystone XL is an expansion project that adds a pipeline from Cushing to the Gulf Coast and another from Alberta directly to Steele City, southeast from Alberta through Montana across the Ogallala Aquifer. The Governor of Nebraska has withdrawn his objection to crossing this vital groundwater source, although in places the aquifer reache the surface near the pipeline.
The XL pipeline will carry 830,000 barrels a day of heated, diluted bitumen, which is semi-solid tar or asphalt. Bitumen is strip mined and upgraded on site using three to five barrels of water for each barrel of tar sands oil. 650 million cubic meters a year of water will be withdrawn from the Athabasca River, which runs through Jasper National Park. When burned bitumen generates 40--100% more carbon dioxide than oil, one reason Dr James Hansen said XL would be disastrous for global warming.
XL will have a 55' clearcut right of way on either side through forest and prairie.
75% of oil reaching the Gulf of Mexico is contracted for export.
Feridun is concerned that President Obama will approve construction. In case he doesn't the House has already attempted to fast track XL four times, the last time calling for it to proceed without further review. She takes issue with the State Department Draft Environmental Impact Statement's weak stance on tar sands and its impacts on climate but agreed that tar sands oil will be extracted by someone else if not the United States. Although British Columbia recently said XL couldn't cross its land, other pipelines are proposed and the oil could be carried by train to other ports. She believes that the protest has to be expanded beyond KXL to extreme energy sources of all types.
Some opponents of KXL hope that Section 526 of the Energy Independence and National Security Act of 2007 might provide a way to block it. The law "prohibits a federal agency from entering into a contract for procurement of an alternative or synthetic fuel, including a fuel produced from nonconventional petroleum sources, for any mobility-related use (other than for research or testing), unless the contract specifies that the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and combustion of the fuel supplied under the contract must, on an ongoing basis, be less than or equal to such emissions from the equivalent conventional fuel produced from conventional petroleum sources." As the largest procurer of fuel, the federal government would be barred from purchasing any of the dil-bit, the diluted bitumen which is a synthetic fuel.
The Commonwealth Pipeline carrying natural gas from Marcellus shale is planned for Berks and Chester Counties through Hopewell Big Woods, the largest unbroken woodlands in Southeastern PA. The Delaware Riverkeeper Network, Pipeline Safety Coalition, and Berks Gas Truth worked with a very active community group that formed in Chester County to organize against the pipeline. Natural Lands Trust recently issued a report on pipeline's impacts on the Hopewell Big Woods. http://www.natlands.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/05/HBW_PipelineReport5_13LowResFINAL.pdf
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CME Group to transfer Kansas City wheat futures and options to Chicago trading floor
CME Group will transfer open outcry trading of Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) hard red winter wheat futures and options to its Chicago trading floor beginning 1 July 2013, pending CFTC review. The last day of open outcry trading on the KCBT floor will be 28 June 2013. KCBT wheat futures and options will continue to trade on CME Globex and be listed by and subject to the rules of KCBT.
Hong Kong Exchanges to launch market data hub in Shanghai
Hong Kong Exchanges will launch by the third quarter of this year a market data hub in Shanghai, in connection with the HKEx Orion market data platform that is scheduled to be implemented in phases. In connection with this, HKEX launched its Mainland Market Data Hub Founding Members Program designed to allow information vendors and other interested parties to participate in this project.
IntercontinentalExchange launches fixed-income trading platform
IntercontinentalExchange and Cetip, Latin America's largest private fixed-income depository, announced that the jointly developed fixed-income trading platform Cetip | Trader will be launched on 25 February 2013. This follows a successful test that started in August 2012 and final regulatory approval from the Brazilian securities regulator.
ISE introduces ISE ETF Ventures
The International Securities Exchange announced that its new product development group will now be known as ISE ETF Ventures. The new name reflects the group's evolving focus and expanded capabilities in the ETF area. With ISE ETF Ventures, ISE has moved beyond its established expertise in index development to offer partner firms a full suite of capabilities to support the launch of new ETFs. In addition to index conceptualization and development, ISE ETF Ventures can assist in bringing new ETFs to market through capital commitment, business development, and marketing support.
MCX Stock Exchange launches equity, equity derivatives and index
On 9 February 2013, MCX Stock Exchange inaugurated its equity and equity derivatives segment which opened for trading on 11 February 2013. On this occasion, the Exchange's flagship index, the SX40, was also launched. It is a free-float based index of the 40 largest capitalized and liquid stocks, representing diverse sectors of the economy.
Moscow Exchange launches integrated currency market of Eurasian Economic Community
Moscow Exchange completed the long term project for establishing the Integrated Currency Market for countries of the CIS and Eurasian Economic Community on its FX market. The Exchange has just admitted banks from these countries to trade on the FX market.
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Shenzhen Stock Exchange expands scope of underlying stocks for margin trading and lending
The Shenzhen Stock Exchange adjusted the scope of underlying stocks for margin trading and securities lending. From now on, the underlying stocks expand from the current 98 stocks to 200 stocks. The expansion will further broaden the coverage of underlying securities, improving the mechanism of shaping the stock price and boosting the balance of market supply and demand.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange expands information disclosure express practice
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SIX Swiss Exchange launches new trading segment for investment funds
On 1 March 2013, SIX Swiss Exchange will introduce a new trading segment for investment funds: the SIX Swiss Exchange–Sponsored Investment Fund segment. It will allow investors to trade investment fund units on the regulated electronic trading platform of SIX Swiss Exchange. So far, those investment fund units have had to be traded off-exchange.
SIX Financial Information establishes evaluated pricing valuation team in Frankfurt
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Stock Exchange of Thailand to adopt ASEAN governance principles
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UA student shoots and kills 2 men who broke into his home
09:23 PM Mountain Standard Time on Thursday, October 16, 2008
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TUCSON -- Tucson police say a University of Arizona student has fatally shot two men who forced their way into his home early Thursday.
Police spokesman Sgt. Fabian Pacheco says the 23-year-old student told detectives he was in his home several blocks north of the university about 12:30 a.m. when two men in their 20s he didn't know forced their way in. The student shot them both and then called police.
Pacheco says there is nothing to indicate the student was involved in any criminal activity that could have made him a target. It's possible the suspects went to the wrong home or were looking for someone who no longer lived in the home. The student had only lived there for a few months.
The student is cooperating with police. No names have been released.
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Peace Boulevard
Central Hiroshima
Hiroshima, Japan
Submitted by: tamaki morita
Peace Boulevard is home to many festivals and events throughout the year.
Why It Works
Peace Boulevard is an important symbol for Hiroshima, which was constructed based on the Hiroshima Peace Memorial City Construction Plan enacted in 1952. The major elements of the street are four traffic lanes in the middle and two green belts on both sides. The green belts extend to about 4km. Most of the trees planted on the green belts were presented by the people around Hiroshima between 1957 and 1958.
Peace Boulevard is also called 100 Meters Road due to its width. Although 24 100-meter-wide roads were planned in some cities damaged during the war, only two in Nagoya and one in Hiroshima have actually been constructed.
In addition, two bridges were built on the street make it a special place. The railings of Heiwa-ohashi Bridge and Nishiheiwa-ohashi Bridge were designed by world-renowned sculptor, Isamu Noguchi.
What Makes Peace Boulevard a Great Place?
Because most part of the street is located in central Hiroshima, it is accessible on foot or by transit. Thus many commuters and inhabitants use this road as major movement route.
The green belts provide place where people can relax. Nearby office workers and tourists often take a rest under the trees in the green belts. The green belts are regularly maintained, and it is always kept neatly.
The eastern part of the street is located in a commercial district, and is mainly used by office workers and tourists. The central part of the street faces Peace Memorial Park, and is mainly used for interchange and learning of the various people who visited the park.
The western part of the street is located in a residential area and is mainly used for the rest and recreation of local inhabitants and play of children.
Peace Boulevard is usually used by nearby office workers and local residents, but when there is a special event, people gather from various places, and many people interact with each other. On every Sunday, morning market selling local farm products is held and is full of various people.
For three days of the beginning of May, the street becomes a vehicle-free promenade, and the Flower Festival is held. During the festival, Peace Boulevard is decorated with many kinds of flowers. And in green belts, various concerts and exhibitions are held.
Every year, the number of people who visit at the festival amounts to around 1.5 million.
Contact Info:
Roads and Transportation Division, Roads and Transportation Bureau, The City of Hiroshima, 1-6-34 Kokutaiji-machi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-8586
Related Links:
- Hiroshima homepage - this website is in Japanese
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EVENT TO REMEMBER 1977 NCAA Basketball Championship
As the final seconds ticked away in the 1977 NCAA championship game, Al McGuire cried tears of joy. His illustrious 13-year run as basketball coach at Marquette University had come to an end and his retirement gift was an NCAA title. Three months earlier, McGuire announced that he planned to give up coaching. The Warriors finished the regular-season 20-7, then swept five games in the tournament. In the finals, before a crowd of more than 16,000 at The Omni in Atlanta, Marquette beat North Carolina, 67-59, for the only national championship in the school's history. Two days earlier, the Warriors had eliminated North Carolina-Charlotte, 51-49, in the semifinals. Butch Lee, Bo Ellis and Jerome Whitehead were all named to the all-tournament team.
FIELD OF DREAMS Milwaukee Arena
Nothing reflected the glory associated with the Arena during the 1970s better than the championship banners that hung from its rafters. It was home to the Milwaukee Bucks when they won the NBA title in 1971 and the Marquette Warriors when they won the NCAA basketball title in 1977. Those were the crowning moments, but not the only accomplishments by those two teams during the decade. In addition to 1971, the Bucks also captured four other Midwest Division championships. For Marquette, it was the most successful decade in the history of the school's basketball program. It won 20 or more games every season and qualified for the NCAA tournament nine years out of 10. The other year it won the NIT.
HEADLINER Al McGuire
Where does one start? With only a small block of space, how does one describe somebody so bizarre, yet so basic? So full of B.S., yet so brilliant. McGuire even created his own language: a sort of meandering garble that somehow always made sense. As a coach on the floor, he approached the game with a street-ball mentality, yet emphasized discipline and defense. As a recruiter, he ignored the detail, but was a charmer and closer. It's said that a team takes on the character of its coach. McGuire was a hard-scrabble player who clawed and fought his way to the finish during his collegiate and brief professional career. His Marquette teams were the same way. Not much for offense, but long on scrap, hell on the boards and tough to beat down the stretch. In his 13 years as Marquette's basketball coach, from 1964-'77, McGuire's teams compiled a .787 winning percentage. He was a crossword puzzle with too many pieces - still is, for that matter - but the essence of the man starts with three I words: Irish, intuitive and inscrutable.
Bud Grant, Supeior - Head coach of the Minnesota Vikings from 1967-'83 and again in 1985. Compiled 168-108-5 record and led the Vikings to 11 division titles. Losing coach in the Super Bowl four times in the 1970s. Played in the NFL from 1951-'52 and in the NBA from 1949-'51. Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1994.
Jim Bakken, Madison - Kicker with NFL's St. Louis Cardinals from 1962-'78. Ranks 13th in all-time NFL scoring with 1,380 points.
Pat Matzdorf, Sheboygan -Set world record in high jump in 1971. Won NCAA high jump title in 1970 while competing for Wisconsin.
Ben Peterson, Comstock - Won gold medal in freestyle wrestling in 1972 Olympic Games and silver medal in the 1976 Games. Wrestled as a light heavyweight.
John Peterson, Comstock -Won gold medal in freestyle wrestling in 1976 Olympic Games and a silver medal in 1972 Games. Wrestled as a middleweight. Both he and his brother were born in Cumberland, but grew up in nearby Comstock.
Jim Montgomery, Madison -Won three gold medals in swimming at 1976 Olympic Games. Won individual medal in 100-meter freestyle. Also won gold medals in 800-meter freestyle relay and 400-meter medley relay. Won bronze medal in 200-meter freestyle.
Buddy Melges, Elkhorn -Won gold medal in yachting in 1972 Olympic Games. Won in mixed soiling. Won a bronze medal in yachting in the 1964 Games.
Rocky Bleier, Appleton - Running back with Pittsburgh Steelers in 1968 and from 1971-'80. Played on four Super Bowl champions. Starting halfback on Notre Dame's 1966 national championship team.
Dave Casper, Chilton - Played tight end in the NFL, mostly with Oakland, from 1974-'84. Played in five Pro Bowls. Named to several All-American teams as member of Notre Dame's 1973 national championship team. Born in Bemidji, Minn., but finished high school at Chilton.
Mike Webster, Tomahawk - Played center with Pittsburgh Steelers from 1974-'88 and with Kansas City Chiefs from 1989-'90. Played on four Super Bowl champions and in nine Pro Bowls. Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1997. Born in Tomahawk, but went to high school in Rhinelander.
Walter "Red" Smith, Green Bay - Became the first sportswriter ever to win a Pulitzer Prize in 1976. Won for his column "Sports of the Times," which appeared in the New York Times. Began his newspaper career as a general assignment reporter with the Milwaukee Sentinel in 1927. Spent 55 years in the newspaper business.
Fred Brown, Milwaukee - Played 13 seasons in the NBA, from 1971-'84, with Seattle Supersonics. Played on their 1979 championship team. Played in 1976 NBA All-Star Game.
John Johnson, Milwaukee -Played 12 years in the NBA, from 1970-'82. Played in 1979 and '80 NBA All-Star Games.
Dan Devine, Augusta -Compiled a 53-16-1 record and won a national championship as coach at Notre Dame from 1975-'80. Coached the Green Bay Packers from 1971-'74. Also coached collegiately at Arizona State and Missouri. Born in Augusta, he was raised in Proctor, Minn.
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Thanks to Leckrone, the post-game celebrations at Camp Randall Stadium can be as much of a blast as the game itself. As the band director at the UW since 1969, Leckrone is the "Father of the Fifth Quarter." The tradition of the band playing after the game dates to at least the 1920s. But it was Leckrone who turned it from what was essentially a formal concert into a wild, musical bash. The turning point came in 1978, when the Badgers rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Oregon, 22-19. The band started playing "The Bud Song," the stadium started rocking and an announcement was made over the PA system that the celebration would continue after the game. The media latched onto the term "Fifth Quarter," and a tradition was born.
. . . AND JEERS TO Dan Devine
In his final year as coach of the Packers, Devine engineered one of the most disastrous trades in the history of the NFL. The Los Angeles Rams robbed him of five high draft picks - two ones, two twos and a three - for over-the-hill, 34-year-old quarterback John Hadl. Not only didn't the deal save Devine's job, it doomed the Packers to several more years of mediocrity.
Wayne Embry became the first African-American in professional sports to hold the title of general manager when he was appointed to that position by the Milwaukee Bucks in 1972. Embry remained general manager of the Bucks until 1977 when he accepted a less active role with the organization as a vice president and consultant. He left the Bucks in 1985.
Bob Dandridge, star forward of the Milwaukee Bucks, said in 1977: "Coming to Wisconsin was one of the biggest adjustments of my life. I had never experienced true racism until I came to Wisconsin."
In October, 1978, four state reporters were informed by coach Bart Starr of the Packers that he would never speak to them again or allow them in the team's administrative building if they reported on a story about free-agent running back Duane Thomas. The recalcitrant star of the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl VI, Thomas had spent more than a week in Green Bay, using the Packers' facilities, in apparent violation of a league rule restricting in-season tryouts to a 24-hour period. The four reporters - Dave Begel of The Milwaukee Journal, Dale Hofmann of the Milwaukee Sentinel, Mike O'Brien of the Associated Press and Cliff Christl of the Green Bay Press-Gazette - all wrote about the matter anyway. NFL policy prevented Starr from carrying through on his threat. However, the NFL also chose not to punish the Packers. Eight months before the Thomas incident, the Packers lost a fourth-round choice for holding an illegal tryout for potential draft picks.
GLORY DAYS Mickey Crowe
Playing for JFK Prep, a small private school in St. Nazianz, Crowe shattered the all-time and single-season scoring records for Wisconsin high school basketball players. A scraggy 6-foot-3 guard with a mop-top do and an unorthodox shot, Crowe scored 2,724 points from 1971-'75, including 1,001 in his senior year. He broke the all-time record by 475 points and the single-season record by 183. His single-game high was 72.


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To prepare for the grandest day of them all, Joseph Blake Winston IV spent two hours cutting corduroy Wednesday night in Brooklyn, his cheeks flushed like those of a young man who had never held a sewing needle.
With help from volunteers at the City Reliquary, Williamsburg's quirky museum, Mr. Winston proudly placed the finished brown bow tie on his white oxford shirt, draped with a brown corduroy scarf and accompanied by well-worn navy corduroy pants.
He was ready for the Grandest Meeting of the Corduroy Appreciation Club, to be held on Friday, 11|11|11 — the date that most closely resembles corduroy — ever.
"The wales have aligned," proclaimed Mr. Winston, 26, referring to the raised ridges of the fabric he has loved since a child growing up in an unlikely corduroy hotbed, Houston.
"Corduroy is big in my family," Mr. Winston said. "Why? Because of its comfort, style, the children's book 'Corduroy,' " he added with the long, straight face of club members trained to cloak their sarcasm.
He joined the club when he moved to New York to attend law school at Fordham University last year. "I knew as soon as I saw it that this is something I wanted to be involved in," he said.
The club held its inaugural grand meeting at the Montauk Club of Brooklyn on Nov. 11, 2005, but has since surged in perverse popularity all over New York and in pockets of the country; parties are planned Friday in Washington, Chicago, Boston and Fromberg, Mont.
In New York, more than 350 members are expected to cram into the Gothic Desmond Tutu Center in Chelsea for pomp, speeches, secret rituals, awards, a fashion show, an 11-person choir performance, a keynote speaker, and other potential surprises. A Staten Island girl who turns 11 on Friday was chosen as the group's Messiah, although her mother now calls her the Corduroy Queen.
Members must wear three pieces of corduroy, and the club's craft night in Williamsburg helped people satisfy the rarely invoked three-item rule.
For numerologists and fabricologists alike, 11|11|11 is more momentous than say, Y2K.
"It's a once in a lifetime gift," said Kurt Schlachter, 32, who brews beer in Brooklyn and owns leopard print corduroy pajamas.
The club's motto is "All Wales Welcome," contrary to the fabric's French translation, "cloth of kings."
This year, however, all wales may not be admitted. The event has been sold out for weeks, with a waiting list impossibly long, said Ms. Pieloch, the director of events.
In finding a large enough hall, the club had to use the center's caterer, Aramark. That meant it could not serve its signature food items that resemble corduroy — Ruffles potato chips and celery sticks — without paying a fee disproportionately ridiculous to the product. Nor could they serve the club's drink: Quarter Rye beer, brewed by Mr. Schlachter.
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Psychological projection or projection bias is a psychological defense mechanism where a person subconsciously denies his or her own attributes, thoughts, and emotions, which are then ascribed to the outside world, usually to other people. Thus, projection involves imagining or projecting the belief that others originate those feelings.;-)
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men, women and transgendered -- and any other human who is able to elude the tyranny of work for a couple of weeks -- are created equal. We gather to be free not of tyranny, but of responsibility and college tuitions. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that a government long established and a nation long prosperous be changed for light and transient causes. So let our demands* be submitted to a candid world.
First, we are imbued with as many inalienable rights as a few thousand college kids and a gaggle of borderline celebrities can concoct, among them a guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment and immediate across-the-board debt forgiveness -- even if that debt was acquired taking on a mortgage with a 4.1 percent interest rate and no money down, which, we admit, is a pretty sweet deal in historical context...
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It looks a little like something from a slightly rough and ready disaster film.
In fact it is a piece of Cornwall tumbling into the Atlantic Ocean, caught by a cameraman apparently out for a clifftop walk.
The footage of tens of thousands of tonnes of rock crashing into the sea has been posted on YouTube and is attracting the interest of geologists from around the world.
It is not that such falls are particularly rare but it is uncommon for such clear footage to be captured.
The cameraman was on the North Cliffs near Hell's Mouth in north Cornwall when the earth started to move.
One woman who is with the cameraman can be heard crying: "Oh My God" as part of the 100 metre high cliff peels away. A man asks: "Are there any people down there?"
Engineering geologist Pete Hobbs of the British Geological Survey said: "That is some of the best footage I've ever seen of a rock-fall." He estimated that about 100,000 tonnes of rock had fallen into the sea.
"You get something like this once every five years maybe. The chances of catching this on video are incredibly slim: I suspect the cameraman must have noticed something.
"I wonder if he heard some noise or heard some movement before the fall? It is absolutely amazing footage."
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Biblical and Talmudic Basis of Accounting Ethics
By Harold Gellis, CPA, Kreindy Giladi, CPA, and Hershey H. Friedman, PhD
The Hebrew Bible, especially the Pentateuch (Torah), is replete with precepts that deal with business ethics, and can be used as a starting point for those interested in developing higher moral standards in business.
Jewish oral law elaborates on the written law contained in the Pentateuch. The Talmud is the compilation of ancient Jewish oral law, and consists of the Mishna and the Gemara. The two versions of the Talmud are the Jerusalem Talmud, a product of the academies in Israel, and the Babylonian Talmud, a product of the academies in Babylon.
The Talmud is concerned with halacha (Jewish law), and also provides a detailed record of the beliefs, philosophy, traditions, culture, and folklore of the Jewish people. The Midrash, a separate scripture, is a record of the views of the Talmudic sages, mainly devoted to the exposition of Biblical verses.
Although they were developed in an agricultural society, many of the ideas of the Pentateuch and the Talmud can be extended to modern industrial society. In fact, the first accountant may have been Joseph. In Genesis, the verse, "And it came to pass on a certain day, when he [Joseph] went into the house to do his work" (39:11), is interpreted by Onkelos, an early translator of the Bible into Aramaic, as "to examine the book of accounts." Joseph must have been a superb accountant, because several years later, as the official in charge of the entire food supply, he made sure that Egypt survived seven years of famine.
Auditing in the Pentateuch
Even when the Israelites were in the desert, Moses recognized the importance of keeping accurate records. The Israelites had contributed various precious metals to the construction of the Tabernacle, and Moses took scrupulous care to record the total amount of precious metals used. Keeping honest records was so important that the Bible enumerates the quantities of gold, silver, and copper that were donated and how they were used. The Bible states, in Exodus: "These are the accounts of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of the Testimony, as they were calculated according to the commandment of Moses" (38:21-31).
Moses realized the importance of making a full accounting of all contributions, and commanded others to, in effect, do a proper audit so that the Israelites would not suspect that any gold was stolen. Moses was probably the first individual to use an outside auditor. The Midrash notes in Exodus Rabbah, "though Moses was the sole treasurer, yet he called others to audit the accounts with him" (51:1).
Ensuring That One Is Above Reproach
The Bible states: "and you shall be innocent before God and Israel" (32:22). From this verse the Talmud derives the principle that one must behave in a manner that does not give rise to suspicions on the part of others. For instance, the Babylonian Talmud, in Pesachim, states that the overseers in charge of the soup kitchen were not allowed to purchase surplus food for their own needs if there were no poor people to distribute it to. Surpluses could be sold only to others so as not to arouse suspicion that the charity treasurers were profiting from public funds (13a). The Talmud relates how the family of Garmu, which made the showbread for the Second Temple, was especially careful to be above suspicion; the children were never seen with fine bread (Yuma 38a). According to the Babylonian Talmud, in Shekalim, those who entered the temple chamber to collect the money needed for sacrifices did not wear clothing with pockets or other receptacles "because a person must be above suspicion before people as well as before God" (3:2).
Accountants should encourage clients to behave in a manner that does not cause others to be suspicious. Thus, financial statements issued by firms should clearly state all assumptions made, and be as honest and understandable as possible. Auditors must truly be outsiders who are not afraid to blow the whistle if a company's books are questionable.
Avoiding Deceptive Practices
The Biblical prohibition of stealing, the eighth of the Ten Commandments, is discussed more in Leviticus, which states: "Do not steal, do not deny falsely, and do not lie to one another. Do not swear falsely by My name … Do not cheat your fellow and you shall not rob" (19:11-13). The Bible also states, in Exodus: "Distance yourself from a false matter" (23:7). This last verse can certainly be seen as an admonition to accountants and auditors to be careful what they certify. Signing a tax return or financial statement that is obviously filled with inaccuracies would be a violation of this precept.
The Babylonian Talmud, in Bava Metzia, considered various retailing practices as deceptive, and thus prohibited (60a). For instance, painting animals or utensils in order to fool prospective buyers into thinking they were younger or newer, or deceiving customers by placing better-quality merchandise on top of a bin, and lower-quality merchandise below, was prohibited. Accountants that "paint" a financial picture for a firm that is deceptively more positive than the facts warrant, is no better than the dishonest retailer.
Maintaining honest weights and measures is an explicit precept of the Bible. The Bible states, in Leviticus: "Just scales, just weights, just dry measures, and just liquid measures you shall have" (19:35-36). According to the Babylonian Talmud, in Bava Bathra, market commissioners were appointed to supervise businesses using weights and measures (89a). The Talmud was so concerned with honest weights and measures that shopkeepers were instructed to clean their scales after every weighing (88a), and not to pour liquid rapidly from a great height because this generates foam and decreases the amount of liquid (89b). The prohibition of false weights and measures was so strong that one was not permitted to keep an inaccurate weight or measure in his house, even if it was to be used as a chamber pot (89b). Honest weights and measures would also seem to include keeping honest accounting records. Indeed, the amounts that a storekeeper can steal using a dishonest scale are insignificant compared to what a corporation can steal with the help of a dishonest accountant.
Obviously, all types of deceptions and misrepresentations are inappropriate, and in many cases illegal, for an ethical firm. Accountants have a moral obligation to avoid deceptive acts and practices and ensure that clients maintain a high level of ethical behavior. Accounting firms should not teach their clients how to behave in a duplicitous manner. Furthermore, accountants should not work for firms that have dubious ethical values and are not averse to deceiving customers and investors.
Placing a Stumbling Block Before the Blind
The Bible states, in Leviticus: "You shall not place a stumbling block before the blind; you shall fear your God—I am your Lord" (19:14). In addition to the literal meaning, the word "blind" is interpreted metaphorically to represent any person that is unaware or unsuspecting. Thus, according to Midrash Sifra, in Leviticus, one is prohibited from giving bad advice to another person (19:14). The Midrash explains that human beings do not know whether advice proffered to them by friends is good or bad. Only God knows the true motive of the advice giver. In addition, the Babylonian Talmud, in Pesachin, says the above verse is a prohibition that includes helping or causing another to sin (22b).
Accountants and auditors that are not careful with financial statements, and thereby mislead others (e.g., investors or creditors) are guilty of this "placing a stumbling block before the blind." Investors and creditors rely on financial statements, and have a right to assume that they are accurate. Furthermore, accountants that purposely "cook the books" are guilty of helping others to sin.
Maintaining Honest and Stable Prices
The Talmud was very concerned with ensuring that prices remained stable and that goods were sold at their fair market value. From the verse in Leviticus, "If you sell something to your neighbor or buy something from your neighbor's hand, you shall not wrong one another" (25:14), the Talmud derived the prohibition of overcharges and undercharges. The Babylonian Talmud, in Bava Metzia, ruled that if an overcharge is more than one-sixth, the sale is null and void (50b). Similarly, if an individual is unaware of the true value of an item, one must not take advantage of the seller's ignorance and underpay. Accountants asked to establish the fair market value of a business should be especially careful when setting a price. Accountants should encourage clients to price their goods and services fairly, and avoid overcharging, and indeed, accounting firms themselves should be scrupulous about charging fair prices for their services.
The Babylonian Talmud extended these laws against price fraud, and instituted laws against excessive markups on necessities (Bava Bathra 90a). The Babylonian Talmud, in Bava Bathra, was extremely critical of those who hoarded food in order to resell it at a higher price (90b). In ancient times, when ships carrying necessities did not come in every day, someone could easily purchase a shipment of food, hoard it, then sell it at an exorbitant profit. The ninth blessing of the prayer known as the "amida" reads as follows: "Bless on our behalf, O Lord our God, this year, and every species of its produce, for the best; and bestow a blessing upon the face of the earth and satisfy us from its bounty." Although there is no direct reference in this prayer to hoarders, price predators, or cunning profiteers, the Babylonian Talmud, in Megilla, claims that this prayer was established as a prayer for divine protection against individuals who would raise prices unjustly (17b).
The Babylonian Talmud, in Bava Bathra, was very critical of those engaged in such unethical business practices as hoarding food in order to resell it at a high price, usury, tampering with weights and measures, and raising prices unjustly (90b). The Talmud states that the prophet Amos had the above four groups of dishonest business people in mind when he said, "The Lord swears that he will never forget what they have done" (8:5-7). Accounting firms should not only be concerned with ensuring that clients avoid fraudulent pricing practices, but should strive to ensure that clients keep prices stable, especially for necessities.
Following "the way of the pious" is the Talmud's highest expression of ethical behavior, in business or otherwise. Rabbi Yehudah stated in Bava Kama in the Babylonian Talmud that one who wishes to become pious must be very careful to observe the laws of damages and torts, and be especially careful never to cause anyone any harm, physically or financially (30a). Rava says that one who wishes to become pious should observe the principles contained in Avot, also known as Ethics of the Fathers, a tractate of the Talmud dealing with morals, ethics, and proper conduct. One important idea mentioned in this tractate is that the philosophy of the pious person is "mine is yours and yours is yours" (5:10), the antithesis of the wicked person who claims that "mine is mine and yours is mine."
Accounting firms must adopt the "way of the pious," and be careful that financial statements do not cause harm. Clients should be encouraged to disdain the philosophy of "yours is mine" and embrace, as much as possible, the philosophy of "mine is yours." Making a profit is certainly important, but so is living the way of the pious. As Hillel said in the Babylonian Talmud, in Avot, "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I care only for myself, what am I?" (1:14). Firms that are only for themselves may one day have to answer the question "What am I?"
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The 21-year-old senior at Winona State and her vehicle were found in a Mississippi River channel in La Crosse, Wis., early on New Year's Day.
The parents of a 21-year-old Woodbury woman killed when her car crashed early New Year's Day in La Crosse, Wis., were mourning the loss of their daughter Thursday.
"She was an extremely wonderful girl and was loved by a lot of people and motivated in her studies at Winona State, and she's dearly missed. It's a tragic thing that happened," Marie Ellen Ahmann's mother, Barbara, said in a voice mail Thursday.
La Crosse police are investigating the cause of the crash that plunged Ahmann's car into the frigid Mississippi River.
Ahmann was driving west on Jackson Street in a Toyota sedan sometime after midnight when her car left the road and went down a 40-foot embankment, police spokesman Sgt. Randy Rank said. The vehicle went into Swift Creek, a river channel, crashing through the ice.
Police were called to the scene about 1:30 a.m. by a city transit employee who had spotted tire tracks where Ahmann's car left the road. Divers recovered Ahmann's body from the car, which was submerged in 6 to 8 feet of water.
She was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy is scheduled for Friday.
Rank said that the posted speed limit in that area is 25 miles per hour and that investigators were reviewing whether speed was a factor.
"That's still under investigation. The accident is being reconstructed by the Wisconsin State Patrol," Rank said.
He added that "there was no indication of braking."
Friends and family members were shocked by the death of the young woman. She was finishing her senior year at Winona State University, where she majored in finance.
Bill Ahmann said his daughter, who went by Ellie, had recently started an internship at Fastenal, a Winona-based industrial supply company.
"Everything was going in a good direction for the kid," he said.
She was also working as a bartender at CheapShots in La Crosse.
"Our WSU community mourns the loss of student Marie Ellen 'Ellie' Ahmann, who died New Year's Eve in a car accident. Counseling and support services are available to all students and WSU community members who may be affected by this loss. Ellie's family and friends are in our thoughts and hearts," the university said Thursday in a statement on its Facebook page.
News of her death prompted an outpouring of grief on social media.
"RIP to a lost Winona State Warrior, Ellie Ahmann. It breaks my heart to see a girl with so much life left to live go so soon. Heartbreaking," wrote one Twitter user on Thursday.
Later, Barbara Ahmann wrote a post on her daughter's Facebook page, thanking Ellie's friends for their support.
"Again, we (Ellie's Family) are overwhelmed with all of the kind thoughts everyone has posted and I have received a number of personal messages as well. We always knew we were blessed to have Ellie Ahmann as a daughter and we now know that she shared her love and spirit with so many of you," she said.
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Lincecum Stays With Giants After Agreeing On 2-Year, $35M Deal
Tim Lincecum is staying put with the San Francisco Giants just as he hoped, reaching agreement Tuesday on a $35 million, two-year contract through the 2015 season.
Landry Leans Toward Opting Out Of Warriors Contract
Golden State Warriors forward Carl Landry is leaning toward opting out of the final year of his contract and pursuing free agency, according to his agent.
Daily Madden: Veteran Dawson Is Key To 49ers' Future
The 49ers signed former Browns place-kicker Phil Dawson, a Pro Bowl selection who ranked second in field goal percentage last season.
Saints Waiting For Asomugha To Choose Them Or Niners
Nnamdi Asomugha and New Orleans Saints officials "hit it off" during the cornerback's free-agent visit to New Orleans over the weekend, general manager Mickey Loomis told the Times-Picayune newspaper.
Daily Madden: Can 2 Former Stars Aid 49er Defense?
The 49ers are talking to Charles Woodson and Nnamdi Asomugha, both free agent defensive backs. John Madden told the KCBS Radio morning crew there could be room for both on the team.
Woodson Waiting To Hear From 49ers After Visiting Team
Agent Carl Poston said in a phone interview that Woodson spent all day Wednesday in sessions with the Super Bowl runner-up 49ers and was happy with the time he spent around the organization. He left the Bay Area early Thursday, Poston said.
Daily Madden: The Broncos Score With Welker
Madden said Denver, Seattle and Kansas City have all scored big in the free agency scramble.
Daily Madden: 49ers Will Miss Walker's Versatility
The 49ers lost tight end Delanie Walker on his first day as a free agent when he signed with the Tennessee Titans.
Niners Expected To Release Akers Before Free Agency
The San Francisco 49ers are expected to release kicker David Akers before free agency begins March 12, per a source.
Daily Madden: Why Coaching In The NFL Is Harder Than Ever
Star wide receiver Wes Welker will be an unrestricted free agent next month. Is it possible he'd leave the New England Patriots?