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Small-time crooks Raja (Anil Kapoor) and Ghafoor (Johnny Lever) pull off a train-station heist and flee to Mumbai with the loot. At the Mumbai airport, they catch sight of gorgeous shrink Neha Kapoor (Juhi Chawla), and it's love at first site for Raja. To cozy up to the doctor, Raja has Ghafoor masquerade as his chauffeur and feign an obsession with marrying off his boss -- with Raja along for the ride as his concerned friend.


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OMB's A-123 rewrite to flip risk management on its head
Mike Wetklow, an Office of Management and Budget official, said the expected changes to Circular A-123 will ask agencies to view risk management in a different way.
DHS 'aces' plain writing report; State, Interior score 'incompletes'
The Center for Plain Language issued its annual plain language report cards Tuesday, with the Homeland Security Department, Social Security Administration and Security Exchange Commission earning top scores.
Education offers employees the chance to walk in their managers' shoes
The Education Department offers a series of programs to improve employee engagement and leadership training. Quay Crowner, Education's acting deputy chief administration officer and HR director, said there is an increased emphasis across the agency to better take care of the employees.
David Soo, Office of the Undersecretary, Education Department
The Education Department begins a new round of what it calls experimental sites initiatives. The goal is to give students the opportunity to gain the skills they need for in-demand jobs. David Soo, senior policy adviser in the Office of the Undersecretary for Education, spoke with Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive about the new initiative.
Teachers' union wants DoE Secretary Duncan's resignation
Delegates of the National Education Association adopted a business item July 4 at its annual convention in Denver that called for Education Secretary Arne Duncan's resignation.
Camsie McAdams, Deputy Director, Office of STEM, Department of Education
The government is in the biggest drive to promote STEM since the Sputnik era. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math. The country needs more students to become interested in these vital fields. Now the Education Department and NASA have teamed up in a novel approach attract students to STEM. Camsie McAdams is the deputy director of the STEM office at Education. She spoke with Tom and Emily on the Federal Drive.
Sequestration forced agencies elsewhere for program funding, GAO says
The Government Accountability Office takes a look at the effects of the 2013 sequester and how agencies prepared.
Federal Student Aid shifting toward a customer-centric approach to IT
Jerry Williams, the CIO of FSA, said he's reorganizing his office to establish customer service representatives to help the mission areas use IT more successfully.
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Education bucks the cyber trend, brings capabilities in-house
The Education Department's new security operations center reached initial operations capability in 2013 featuring six tools to improve the protection of its network and data. Steve Grewal, Education's chief information security officer, said a move to cloud and mobile computing requires the agency to have more visibility and accountability into how vendors protect its network.
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IGs to propose cyber maturity model to better gauge federal cyber health
The goal is to more accurately evaluate the security of the government's computer networks and systems. These efforts could bring more consistency to the cyber auditing process and engender more confidence in its results.
White House says agencies slowly meeting open data milestones
Seven months after the White House issued a new policy and executive order, some agencies have met the requirements to release their data inventories and create a "/data" page. But many agencies have yet to follow through on the milestones.
Online courses re-shaping higher education
On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts will examine how online college courses are afffecting higher education in the U.S.
November 28, 2013
Partnership honors protector of student, teachers' rights
During his 40-plus years in the federal service, Philip Rosenfelt, the Education Department's acting general counsel, has bolstered the rights of students and advanced the teaching profession through his work in education law.
Online courses re-shaping higher education
On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts will examine how online college courses are afffecting higher education in the U.S.
April 25, 2013
HUD CIO Jerry Williams takes new job at Education
Jerry Williams will become the new chief information officer at the Education Department's Office of Federal Student Aid. Patsy Garnett, HUD's acting deputy CIO for IT and business modernization, also is heading to a new agency.
$4 billion up for grabs and $1.6 billion potential cuts
On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts examine how the ongoing budget battle is affecting contracting.
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AP source: Duncan to stay at education department
An Education Department official says Secretary Arne Duncan will remain in President Barack Obama's Cabinet into a second term. The official disclosed the decision Monday on the condition of anonymity because a public announcement has not been made.
OMB ratchets up accountability on high-priority goals
The administration updated Performance.gov with a variety of data to highlight progress against each agency's goals and the cross-agency goals. OMB's Shelley Metzenbaum said the depth of information now on the site puts pressure on agencies to meet or surpass their goals. Interior and Education provide examples of how the discipline that the high-priority goals demanded has positively impacted their agency.
Timing, technology converge to better attack improper payments
Over the last three years, agencies understood the problem better, improved how they tracked the information and used advanced data analysis tools to lower the governmentwide rate to 4.69 percent from 5.42 percent in 2009. While the amount of money improperly paid out hit a high of $125 billion in 2010, Danny Werfel, the Office of Management and Budget's controller, expects it to drop for a second consecutive year, below the $115 billion mark in 2011.
Order calls for interagency cooperation on veterans' mental health
Executive order calls for vets in emotional distress to be seen by a professional within 24 hours. It also enlists HHS, Education, DoD and VA in interagency partnerships to find treatments for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress.


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Welcome to the premiere of FrontPage Close-Up with Jamie Glazov, a new video series of provocative interviews with the leading thinkers and newsmakers of our time. Our first interview is with a hero of our modern era — Philippe Karsenty, the French media analyst who exposed the Mohammed Al-Dura Fraud, which involved France 2, a French television network, broadcasting staged footage of Israeli soldiers allegedly killing a 12-year old Palestinian, Mohammed al-Dura, during a gun battle in Gaza in 2000. We ran Part 1 of the interview in yesterday's edition. See Part 2 below:
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Yolŋu languages
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Linguistic classification: | Pama–Nyungan
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Glottolog: | yuul1239[1] |
Yolŋu languages (green) among other Pama–Nyungan (tan)
Yolŋu Matha is a cover term for the languages of the Yolngu (Yolŋu, Yuulngu), the Indigenous people of northeast Arnhem Land in northern Australia. (Yolŋu = people, Matha = tongue, language).
Yolngu languages have a fortis–lenis contrast in plosive consonants. Lenis/short plosives have weak contact and intermittent voicing, while fortis/long plosives have full closure, a more powerful release burst, and no voicing.
Yolŋu Matha consists of about six mutually intelligible languages divided into about thirty clan varieties and perhaps twelve different dialects, each with its own Yolŋu name. Put together, there are about 4600 speakers of Yolŋu Matha. While there is extensive variation between these dialects, there is generally common mutual intelligibility, hence the umbrella group of Yolngu Matha. The linguistic situation is very complicated, since each of the 30 or so clans also has a named language variety. Dixon (2002) distinguishes the following:[2]
- Dhangu
- Dhuwal
- Djinang
Bowern (2011) adds the varieties in parentheses as distinct languages.
In popular culture[edit]
The films Ten Canoes (2006) and Charlie's Country (2013), both directed by Rolf de Heer and featuring actor David Gulpilil, feature dialogue in Yolŋu Matha. Ten Canoes was the first feature film to be shot entirely in Australian indigenous languages, with the dialogue largely in the Ganalbiŋu variety of Yolŋu Matha.
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu is a popular Australian singer who sings in the Gumatj dialect of Yolŋu Matha, as did the Aboriginal rock group Yothu Yindi.
Dictionaries and resources[edit]
Dictionaries have been produced by Beulah Lowe, David Zorc and Michael Christie. A public-domain version of Beulah Lowe's dictionary is available as a pdf file.
There are also several grammars of Yolngu languages by Jeffrey Heath, Frances Morphy, Melanie Wilkinson and others.[3]
Words and expressions[edit]
- Gakal = skill, talent, ability
- Gapumirr = with water(bucket with water), watery.[4]
- Manymak = Good, OK
- Yow (pronounced 'Yo') = Yes
- Yaka = No
- ^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Yolŋu Matha". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ^ Dixon, R. M. W. (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge University Press. p. xxxvi.
- ^ ARDS Language Publications
- ^ Trudgen, Richard, 2000, 'Thirteen years of wanting to know', Why warriers lie down and die, Adoriginal Resource and Development Services, Inc. Darwin, pp. 97-112
- Yolngu.net: grammar, vocabulary, history [1]
- Aboriginal Resource and Development Services (ARDS) [2]
- Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Yolŋu Matha course [3]
- ARDS Rhombuy Dhäwu: Legal English-Yolngu Matha Online Dictionary [4]
- Trudgen, Richard, Why Warriors Lie Down & Die [5], ARDS, Darwin, 2000.
- Examples of Yolngu Matha being spoken [6]
- Radio National story
- Watson, Helen and David Wade Chambers (with the Yolngu community at Yirrkala). Singing the Land, Signing the Land. Deakin University.
- Madayin Law in Yolngu and English


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El Paso, TX (KTSM) — El Paso Police released additional details in the high-speed chase that ended in the arrest of 34-year-old Angela Watson-Wiseman of Memphis, TN in a home on Mina Perdida Tuesday Morning.
EPPD responded to a rollover on Mina Perdida where a black Toyota Highlander was found upside down in the driveway of a home at the bottom of an arroyo Tuesday around 8:40 a.m. Police on the scene were unable to locate the driver of the Highlander at the scene.
At 9:45 a.m. EPPD were called to a home five houses away from the crash-site for a call of a Burglary. When police arrived, the woman had already left the home. Multiple law enforcement agencies continued the search around the area of Mina Perdida, Scenic Drive, Rim Road and Brown Streets.
At 2:00 p.m. Watson-Wiseman returned to the residence on Mina Perdida looking for her SUV and other personal belongings. Officers were able to apprehend Watson-Wiseman and she was charged with Burglary of a Habitation. When she was arrested, police allege that she had jewelry and clothing that she had stolen from the home at 11 Mina Perdida.
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The unemployment rate in Cortland County spiked in December climbing 1% over November's rate.
The jobless rate shot up to 9.1% last month and increase from 8.1% in November, in December of 2011 the unemployment rate locally was 8.6%.
The higher rate can be partially attributed to the slow start to the ski season; local resorts did not add jobs.
Last month over 34 thousand private sector jobs were added in New York, that brings the state's overall year-to-date private sector job gain to just over 123 thousand.
The most significant increases were in construction, transportation, education and health. The biggest losses were in leisure and hospitality and manufacturing. Over the past year, private sector jobs grew most rapidly in Glens Falls (+3.6%), Ithaca (+3.5%), and New York City (+2.4%).
Between November and December 2012, New York State's unemployment rate fell from 8.3% to 8.2%.
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'I dreamt of becoming a mother. Now I feel like a murderer' Comments
British mother Hilary Freeman was set to welcome her daughter Elodie into the world - until she learned her child would be disabled and might only live briefly if born. She made the decision to abort her child - and has found no solace ever since. Continue Reading
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2 years ago
Well, first of all, thank you for telling your story. You could have kept it all to yourself. We may not share the same "skeletons" but everyone walking earth's surface has a story.
Secondly, you probably were unable to capture the whole world of your emotions. That's the problem with paper and pen, in this case, typed words. Your story will always leave questions and comments open because that is human nature, we are all blessed with the gift of opinion. Please try and remember that when you read people's comments, that they are all coming from somewhere.
Thirdly, I pray that God is with you and your family. Only He knows what mountains you have had to climb, and only He knows of all of us what is wrong and right. I'm sure there is nothing negative or positive that one can say that will overpower what you personally think.
You are not alone. Everyone has a story. You are not better or worse than anyone out there, and I just wanted to remind you to please be kind to yourself in this your journey, and wherever it leads you, that you may find Peace in the King's arms.
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Judy, I should just explain that I did not choose the title: that is done by the headline writers and I had no input into it.
Thank you for not judging me. I suppose we will have to agree to differ on this. I made my decision after a great deal of research and discussion with doctors and experts. I am sorry to hear about your brother and your grandson. -
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Go to Heaven!
2 years ago
Hilary Freeman: I am sorry for your loss. I do not stand in judgment of you, for that alone is God's terrain. Only He can judge the heart. I only know that if I were in your position, my Choice would have been different. Life is a Gift. Life is Precious. If even just for four weeks.
I used four weeks on purpose. My baby brother whom my mother Chose to give Life to, lived for only four weeks. He was born a Mongoloid w/a three chamber heart instead of a four chamber heart.
I could go on...w/both the sadness and the Joy, but I won"t. I think just the true story speaks for itself.
Almost three years ago, we lost our nine year old grandson to cancer. Michael was a living Saint to all of us. Over a year he fought the evil that invaded his poor little body. He was a Living Example to anyone and everyone he encountered. He exuded Love. He Loved Jesus, Mary, Joesph, and all the Saints. They were his examples...he was our living example. There is Not a day that goes by that we do not think of him. Love touched our lives...A Life touched our lives...and no sooner had we turned around, and he was gone.
To me, through my personal experiences...let alone those I know w/challenging Love filled defect children, who would never change a moments decision to have their baby, such Joy do they have, I wonder about your decision? I realize that you live in a secular science sterile country,
and were probably? perhaps? brought up that way? That is one of the reasons why I say only God may judge the heart. But, to us, who are True Practicing Catholics, who Know better, than to commit the sin of abortion, We will be held accountable to God. And there again, I do not judge. Catholics must however, in all legal and prayerful ways, try to stop abortion; especially on any Wholesale agenda.
What is the difference between your abortion and that of my mother's live birth? She did not feel the poison chemicals go into her body to stop her baby's heart beat. She did not have to
feel her baby kick in her womb for "life" until dead. Nature was responsible. Nature was Natural. Nature could have choose to miscarry your baby and Mom's, but it did not. We have sooo much medicine today, there is no reason really for anyone to suffer. (Yes, I factually know this).
Lastly, i will address your title; I Dreamt of Becoming A Mother; Now I Feel Like A Murderer.
I think you meant, that you: dreamt of becoming a mother of a perfect child. And now, since you aborted a physically defect child, who, from all heart and kicking expressions, appeared a normal live and love filled human infant Baby, you now feel like a murderer? I once again, am truly sorry for your loss. To write this article w/this title, Why Did You Write It?
2 years ago
How convenient to say that this was a mercy killing. From the tone of the article, it appears the mercy was for the benefit of the adults involved, not the child. Disablility doesn't always come with physical pain, but the process of abortion has to. Just because you cannot hear the screams does not mean the babies don't feel the pain. Either you believe in God or you don't. If you do, murder is murder, if you don't, you can lean back on "mercy" killing to make yourself feel better. Pretty cowardly I think.
2 years ago
what hilary did was the kindest action available and possible. rather than subjecting her daughter to a painful death at some stage, probably sooner than later and a tougher grieving process for all concerned she allowed her baby to pass away without any suffering. and she and her partner were able to hold and love elodie and take photographs to keep for posterity. why can you people not see this side of termination? you cannot judge. you cannot condemn her!!
2 years ago
Just to clarify: my daughter had NO chance of survival, which you will understand if you read my article properly and if you do any research on Trisomy 2 Mosaicism which is a condition incompatible with life. Had I continued with my pregnancy she would have either died in my womb or been born so prematurely that she would have died within hours or weeks. And she would have been hooked up to every machine in the hospital.
My placenta was not functioning properly because of the trisomy too, so she was not growing properly or receiving the nutrients she needed. I was told very clearly by many experts that she had NO hope of life.
I chose to end her life purely so that she did not suffer. Babies can't feel at 23 weeks, so she had NO pain. And for those of you who do not realise - going through a delivery is painful and traumatic for a baby. Why inflict that on her when she would only die anyway?
I cannot believe that any God would rather that a child suffered for no reason.
I also think that many of your comments are judgemental and lack compassion - which I believed were Christian values.
My conscience is clear. My daughter will never know pain.
You should be ashamed of yourselves for being so judgemental and cruel.
2 years ago
Abortions are never anything, but sad. This story is so, so sad. Clearly this was a child, not a 'clump of cells', just a child that had the misfortune to be identified as 'imperfect'.
2 years ago
this article is absolutely sick and i hope it's removed especially since the woman is claiming she'd do it again. i'm just horrified and sick to my stomach. Father forgive us, for we know not what we do.
2 years ago
She has s indeed committed a murder in a moral sense. It does not matter that she 'feels solace'. She has killed her child. The fact that she says she would do it again shows that she has an incorrectly formed conscience. She will meet a terrible judgement after death.
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Rise in working housing benefit claimants
The number of employed people claiming housing benefit has increased again - despite a drop in the overall number of claimants.
Figures published by the Department for Work and Pensions yesterday revealed that as of April this year there were 5,012,000 housing benefit claimants in Britain. This is a slight drop, of just under 2,000, on the figure for March.
Despite the decrease, the figure for in-work claimants increased by 8,160 to 891,050.
The rise continues a trend of employed people making up a greater proportion of housing benefit claimants. The proportion of housing benefit claimants in work now stands at 17.8 per cent, compared to 12.6 per cent in January 2010.
The vast majority of new claims made between January 2010 and March 2012, 297,160 out of 363,550, were made by employed people.
David Cameron was slammed by senior housing sector figures last month for making a distinction between those who work and do not claim housing benefit with those who are unemployed and do. The prime minister floated the idea of scrapping housing benefit for under 25 year olds.
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low wage + rising rents = increased HB. Simples
I don't know. All these lazy people going out to work and claiming benefits too. Why don't they get more jobs the lazy scroungers. Also why don't they negotiate lower rent with their philanthropic private landlords who are busily working once a month collecting their rents. Cameron needs to do something about these lazy money grabbers......................
And still this Government persist in believing the PRS will solve the housing crisis. It's high time they woke up and smelt what they're shovelling.
At least it's another nail in the coffin for Cameron's argument about HB claimants being parasites and leeches. He could do something sensible like regulate PRS rents, but that would never do now would it David? Can't have all those 'entrepreuner' private landlords losing their HB gravy train can we?"Making work pay" --- oxymoronic.
"Caring Conservatism" --- oxymoronic.
Succinct enough?Sorry Rick, not succint enough:
Conservatism = moronic^^^ like ^^^
Even if all of the unemployed were in rented housing and claiming housing benefit (which they are not as home owners are equally able to lose their jobs as tenants) less than 50% of housing benefit claimants could statistically be unemployed. With 17% in work that means 1/3 of all housing benefit claimants are either elderly, vulnerable, or both.
The cuts in housing benefit and vindictive initiatives such as the bedroom tax will be causing massive concern amongst the most vulnerable in our communities. The government repeats that such people are excluded from their social purge, but when have their promises been kept – for instance that their new policies would not affect existing tenants or harm families?
The elderly can remember what life under private landlords was like – a cold damp room in a rotting tenement without any rights nor security – and so remember what social housing was invented to overcome. True, many modern private landlords provide sound decent homes that reflect the price charged (see PSLs I am not demonising you) – but these are not the homes benefit claimants will be permitted to afford. Remember Shapps saying 'these people should not be allowed to afford to live in the same communities as decent folk' or words to that effect.
The hard working people are carrying the brunt of the cuts and austerity measures that are profiting the real something for nothing crowd at the top of the pile. Cameron, with his fingers in every dodgy deal, from corrupt press chiefs through to money laundering bankers, he employs them all as his closest advisors or keeps them as his closest friends, aids and funders. He then has the cheek to insult the honest upstanding people of Britain simply for the crime of being poor. If a foreign national head was so embroiled in illegality, immorality, and attacks on his own people, Cameron would be leading the charge for the despot to be disposed of. Where is our international champion who will save us from this demonising bully?Tory formula for "making work pay"= cut minimum wage, tax breaks for millionaires, awards for incompetant bankers & CEO's
This is hardly surprising as people on HB are often in and out of work and still able to claim some amount of HB.
If more people working are claiming HB than people not working it's (oddly) a sign of success.We are in a recession. If someone looses their job and gets a part-time one. Could n't that be happenening?
Also, my understanding is that people who now work up to 24 hours per week can get benefits rather then the previous 16 hours?
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Website: | emicworship.com/auditions2012 |
Contact Information: | Jordan Covarelli 817.252.2951 |
Event Details: | 14forty and SKA worship teams are holding music auditions for instrumentalists September 4, and vocalists September 11 in the 14forty Sanctuary! You can for any standard instrument: drums, bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keys. And we are also open to more diverse instruments (from classical, to folk, to beat machines). Registration is ONLINE ONLY. Visit emicworship.com/auditions2012 to register. (Registration ends Aug 29) If you would like to audition for vocals and instrument, we will try to allow you to do both on one night. We will contact you to let you know which night you will be auditioning, based upon volume of auditions. This will be an OPEN audition, so you may be in front of other people also auditioning. We will contact everyone by Sept 27 to let you know if you have been asked to join the worship teams at this time or not. |


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Nutritional Information
(per serving)
Calories | 766 |
Total Fat | 30g |
Saturated Fat | 0 |
Cholesterol | 126mg |
Sodium | 355mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 125g |
Dietary Fiber | 0 |
Sugars | n/a |
Protein | 6g |
Calcium | -- |
Serves: 12
Total Time: 2 hr 15 min
Prep Time: 15 min
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- Cake
- 2 cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 1.5 cup(s) granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup(s) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt
- 1.5 stick(s) (3⁄4 cup) butter or margarine (not spread), softened
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup(s) water
- 1.5 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
- Buttercream Frosting
- 2 stick(s) (1 cup) unsalted butter or margarine (not spread), softened
- 1 tablespoon(s) vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon(s) salt
- 2 pound(s) (about 8 cups) confectioners' sugar (reserve 1 teaspoon for garnish)
- 1/2 cup(s) strong brewed coffee or 1 tablespoon instant coffee dissolved in 1⁄2 cup hot water
- 1/2 cup(s) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 8 chocolate wafer cookies, finely crushed (1⁄2 cup)
- Garnish: 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder and the reserved teaspoon confectioners' sugar
- Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans.
- Cake: In a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed, beat flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt just until blended. Add butter, eggs, water and vanilla and beat just until blended. Increase mixer speed to high and beat 3 minutes, scraping down sides of bowl a few times. Divide batter evenly between prepared pans.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes until a pick inserted in center of cakes comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack 10 minutes. Turn out on rack, invert cakes and cool completely.
- Frosting: In a medium bowl, beat butter, vanilla and salt with an electric mixer until creamy. With mixer on low speed, add sugar, about 2 cups at a time, beating until blended. Beat in coffee, increase speed to high and beat 3 minutes or until frosting is fluffy and spreadable, scraping down sides of bowl often. Makes 4 1⁄2 cups.
- Set a decorating bag or gallon-size ziptop food bag into a tall jar. Turn back top of bag, scrape 1 1⁄2 cups coffee frosting into bottom of bag, then turn top of bag back up. Reserve for peaks. Add cocoa to frosting remaining in bowl and beat until blended.
- Place 1 cake layer on serving plate. Slip strips of waxed paper under cake around edges to keep plate clean. Spread top of cake with 1⁄2 cup cocoa frosting. Top with second cake layer. Frost top and sides with 3⁄4 cup cocoa frosting, spreading a very thin layer on top of cake. Press wafer crumbs onto sides of cake.
- Put remaining cocoa frosting into a decorating bag or ziptop food bag. Cut tips of bags or 1 corner of ziptop bags so openings are about 1⁄2 inch wide. Twist bags above frosting to keep it from backing out.
- </strong> Holding 1 bag with tip pointed down, about 1 inch above cake, gently squeeze out frosting until base of peak is about 1 inch wide. To create ridges in peak, move bag up and down while slowly squeezing out frosting and raising bag. To end peak, stop squeezing and pull bag up and away so frosting forms a point. Repeat, making a few peaks of one flavor, then a few of the other flavor, leaving 1-inch spaces between peaks. Continue until top of cake is covered with peaks.
- Sift cocoa, then confectioners' sugar over peaks. Pull out waxed-paper strips. Refrigerate cake at least 1 hour or in a cake keeper or covered with a large bowl up to 3 days. Let stand at room temperature at least 1 hour before serving.To pipe frosting "peaks" on top of the cake, you'll need disposable decorating bags or gallon-size ziptop food bags.
Tips & Techniques
Practice making peaks on waxed paper (see Step 8), then scrape the frosting back into the decorating bag.For easy measuring, you can use an ice cream scoop with a 2-tablespoon capacity to make these cookies. Or use a heaping tablespoonful equal to 2 level tablespoonsful. The cake layers can be wrapped well and frozen up to 3 months.
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Dear Readers
Crossing another milestone, the number of Aravind Primary Eye Examination Centres has reached thirty four with the opening of a new centre at Kariyapatti.
The services rendered by Aravind were acknowledged when two of Aravind doctors, Dr. R. Ramakrishnan and Dr. Usha Kim received Vocational Excellence Awards by Rotary Clubs. At another ceremony organised by the Lions' Clubs, Aravind's Senior Camp Manager, Mr. S. Selvam was honoured.
Rotary Aravind International Eye Bank went on with its eye donation awareness creation activities by organising lectures in different places. After a long gap of almost 10 years, Aurolab organised its Dealers' Meet at LAICO during which the services rendered by the dealers were acknowledged.
News about these and many more find place in this issue.
Aravind News Team
Dr. R. Ramakrishnan, Chief Medical Officer of Aravind - Tirunelveli received the Vocational Excellence Award conferred on Aravind Eye Care System in recognition of its adherence to highest ethical standards, and promotion of humanitarian service in eradicating avoidable blindness in the human society.The award was given by the Rotary Club of Nagercoil on July 3.
Dr. Usha Kim, Chief-Orbit and Oculoplasty clinic, Aravind - Madurai was conferred the Vocational Excellence Award by Rotary Club of Madurai North West on July 4 for her noble and committed services to the needy and visually impaired patients through free eye camps and providing light of life to see the world again.
Dr. Manavi D Sindal, Medical Officer- Recent advances in management of Diabetic Retinopathy
Dr. Dheeraj Kewlani, Senior Fellow- Management of Diabetic Retinopathy
Mr. R.D. Thulasiraj participated in the social gathering arranged by Sightsavers International (SSI) held at Buckingham Palace, London in conection with its 60th anniversary. A number of ambassadors, SSI board of trustees and heads of blindness combating societies over the world attended the event which was graced by the presence of HRH Princess Alexandra, the chief patron of SSI. Ms. Elizabeth Kurien, Country Director – India, SSI also participated in the event.
June - 2010
A woman in her fiftees, who had already lost vision in her right eye came to Aravind- Pondicherry recently with diminishing vision caused by cataract in the left eye. Her apprehension of losing vision in the second eye too was dispelled by the specialist doctor who told her that he would do his best to restore her vision by I.O.L. surgery. The doctor's words gave the patient a new hope. And operation was successful. Rojamani (real name shielded) was injured on her right eye by a flower plant stem when she tried to pluck flowers at the age of 13. The eye became reddish and tearing started. A local eye doctor gave some medicines which solved the problem. However, in due course, she lost vision in the affected eye. As a result Rojamani had to discontinue her school studies and got married at the age of 19. After sometime, her husband committed suicide due to a family dispute. With no one to support, she brought up her 3 month old baby with the help of her parents and sisters.From the year 1967 to 2010, Rojamani used to visit 3 or 4 eye camps every year with the hope of regaining vision in the right eye. However, all the eye doctors who examined her eye informed that she had developed cataract and even if it is removed, there is no guarantee of regaining vision.Recently, with the advice of her Chennai based sister, Rojamani came to Aravind-Pondicherry where she was examined. Here also she was informed that the chances of restoring sight are very dim even after surgery. However, surgery may be tried after six months when she may regain vision. Since the possibility of getting sight was remote, Rojamani did not return to Aravind after 6 month. But, as her vision in the left eye began to diminish during the past 5 months, fear of losing sight in that eye too gripped the patient and she rushed back to Aravind- Pondicherry. The specialist doctor of the hospital thoroughly examined her and informed that he will try his best to restore vision by an IOL surgery. His words gave her a new hope. The doctor successfully performed the operation. When the bandage was removed, Rojamani could see everything clearly. With brimming joy, she informed the good news to her aged father and other relatives over phone. "When I had lost all hopes, Aravind gave me a new hope and today I have regained my sight thanks to the efforts of the doctor"- said Rojamani gratefully.Source: Ms. Dhanabhagyam and Ms. Varalakshmi Script: K.V.S. Lakshmanan


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Type | Public |
Traded as | NYSE: DD Dow Jones Industrial Average Component S&P 500 Component |
Industry | Chemicals |
Founded | 1802 |
Founders | Éleuthère Irénée du Pont |
Headquarters | Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
Key people | Ellen Kullman (Chair of the Board & CEO) |
Products | |
Revenue | US$ 34.812 billion (2012)[1] |
Operating income | US$ 4.282 billion (2011)[1] |
Net income | US$ 3.510 billion (2011)[1] |
Total assets | |
Total equity | US$ 8.593 billion (2011)[1] |
Employees | 70,000 (2012)[3] |
Website | DuPont.com |
Type | Public |
Traded as | NYSE: DD Dow Jones Industrial Average Component S&P 500 Component |
Industry | Chemicals |
Founded | 1802 |
Founders | Éleuthère Irénée du Pont |
Headquarters | Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
Key people | Ellen Kullman (Chair of the Board & CEO) |
Products | |
Revenue | US$ 34.812 billion (2012)[1] |
Operating income | US$ 4.282 billion (2011)[1] |
Net income | US$ 3.510 billion (2011)[1] |
Total assets | |
Total equity | US$ 8.593 billion (2011)[1] |
Employees | 70,000 (2012)[3] |
Website | DuPont.com |
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Éleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization[citation needed] and ninth based on revenue in 2012.[4] Its stock price is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
In the 20th century, DuPont developed many polymers such as Vespel, neoprene, nylon, Corian, Teflon, Mylar, Kevlar, Zemdrain, M5 fiber, Nomex, Tyvek, Sorona and Lycra. DuPont developed Freon (chlorofluorocarbons) for the refrigerant industry, and later more environmentally friendly refrigerants. It developed synthetic pigments and paints including ChromaFlair.
DuPont was founded in 1802 by Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, using capital raised in France and gunpowder machinery imported from France. The company was started at the Eleutherian Mills, on the Brandywine Creek, near Wilmington, Delaware two years after his family and he left France to escape the French Revolution. It began as a manufacturer of gunpowder, as du Pont noticed that the industry in North America was lagging behind Europe. The company grew quickly, and by the mid 19th century had become the largest supplier of gunpowder to the United States military, supplying half the powder used by the Union Army during the American Civil War. The Eleutherian Mills site is now a museum and a National Historic Landmark.
DuPont continued to expand, moving into the production of dynamite and smokeless powder. In 1902, DuPont's president, Eugene du Pont, died, and the surviving partners sold the company to three great-grandsons of the original founder. The company subsequently purchased several smaller chemical companies, and in 1912 these actions gave rise to government scrutiny under the Sherman Antitrust Act. The courts declared that the company's dominance of the explosives business constituted a monopoly and ordered divestment. The court ruling resulted in the creation of the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc. and now part of Ashland Inc.) and the Atlas Powder Company (purchased by Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) and now part of AkzoNobel).[5] At the time of divestment, DuPont retained the single base nitrocellulose powders, while Hercules held the double base powders combining nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. DuPont subsequently developed the Improved Military Rifle (IMR) line of smokeless powders.[6]
In 1910, DuPont published a brochure entitled "Farming with Dynamite". The pamphlet was instructional, outlining the benefits to using their dynamite products on stumps and various other obstacles that would be easier to remove with dynamite as opposed to other more conventional, inefficient means.[7]
DuPont also established two of the first industrial laboratories in the United States, where they began the work on cellulose chemistry, lacquers and other non-explosive products. DuPont Central Research was established at the DuPont Experimental Station, across the Brandywine Creek from the original powder mills.
In 1914, Pierre S. du Pont invested in the fledgling automobile industry, buying stock in General Motors (GM). The following year he was invited to sit on GM's board of directors and would eventually be appointed the company's chairman. The DuPont company would assist the struggling automobile company further with a $25 million purchase of GM stock. In 1920, Pierre S. du Pont was elected president of General Motors. Under du Pont's guidance, GM became the number one automobile company in the world. However, in 1957, because of DuPont's influence within GM, further action under the Clayton Antitrust Act forced DuPont to divest itself of its shares of General Motors.
In the 1920s, DuPont continued its emphasis on materials science, hiring Wallace Carothers to work on polymers in 1928. Carothers invented neoprene, a synthetic rubber;[8] the first polyester superpolymer; and, in 1935, nylon. The invention of Teflon followed a few years later. DuPont introduced phenothiazine as an insecticide in 1935.
DuPont ranked 15th among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts.[9] As the inventor and manufacturer of nylon, DuPont helped produce the raw materials for parachutes, powder bags,[10] and tires.[11]
DuPont also played a major role in the Manhattan Project in 1943, designing, building and operating the Hanford plutonium producing plant in Hanford, Washington. In 1950 DuPont also agreed to build the Savannah River Plant in South Carolina as part of the effort to create a hydrogen bomb.
After the war, DuPont continued its emphasis on new materials, developing Mylar, Dacron, Orlon, and Lycra in the 1950s, and Tyvek, Nomex, Qiana, Corfam, and Corian in the 1960s. DuPont materials were critical to the success of the Apollo Project of the United States space program.
DuPont has been the key company behind the development of modern body armor. In the Second World War DuPont's ballistic nylon was used by Britain's Royal Air Force to make flak jackets. With the development of Kevlar in the 1960s, DuPont began tests to see if it could resist a lead bullet. This research would ultimately lead to the bullet resistant vests that are the mainstay of police and military units in the industrialized world.
In 1981, DuPont acquired Conoco Inc., a major American oil and gas producing company that gave it a secure source of petroleum feedstocks needed for the manufacturing of many of its fiber and plastics products. The acquisition, which made DuPont one of the top ten U.S.-based petroleum and natural gas producers and refiners, came about after a bidding war with the giant distillery Seagram Company Ltd., which would become DuPont's largest single shareholder with four seats on the board of directors. On April 6, 1995, after being approached by Seagram Chief Executive Officer Edgar Bronfman, Jr., DuPont announced a deal whereby the company would buy back all the shares owned by Seagram.
In 1999, DuPont sold all of its shares of Conoco, which merged with Phillips Petroleum Company.
2010 | 949 |
2009 | 171 |
2008 | 992 |
2007 | 1,652 |
2006 | 1,947 |
2005 | 2,795 |
2004 | −714 |
2003 | −428 |
2002 | 1,227 |
2001 | 6,131 |
DuPont describes itself as a global science company that employs more than 60,000 people worldwide and has a diverse array of product offerings.[13] In 2005, the Company ranked 66th in the Fortune 500 on the strength of nearly $28 billion in revenues and $1.8 billion in profits.[14]
DuPont businesses are organized into the following five categories, known as marketing "platforms": Electronic and Communication Technologies, Performance Materials, Coatings and Color Technologies, Safety and Protection, and Agriculture and Nutrition.
The agriculture division, Dupont Pioneer makes and sells hybrid seed and genetically modified seed, some of which goes on to become genetically modified food. Genes engineered into their products include the LibertyLink gene, which provides resistance to Bayer's Ignite/Liberty herbicides; the Herculex I Insect Protection gene which provides protection against various insects; the Herculex RW insect protection trait which provides protection against other insects; the YieldGard Corn Borer gene, which provides resistance to another set of insects; and the Roundup Ready Corn 2 trait that provides crop resistance against glyphosate herbicides.[15] In 2010 Dupont Pioneer received approval to start marketing Plenish soybeans, which contains "the highest oleic acid content of any commercial soybean product, at more than 75%. Plenish provides a product with no trans fat, 20% less saturated fat than regular soybean oil, and more stabile oil with greater flexibility in food and industrial applications."[16] Plenish is genetically engineered to "block the formation of enzymes that continue the cascade downstream from oleic acid (that produces saturated fats), resulting in an accumulation of the desirable monounsaturated acid."[17]
In 2004, the company sold its textiles business, which included some of its best-known brands such as Lycra (Spandex), Dacron polyester, Orlon acrylic, Antron nylon and Thermolite, to Koch Industries.
As of 2011, DuPont is the largest producer of titanium dioxide in the world, primarily provided as a white pigment used in the paper industry.[18]
DuPont has its R&D facilities located in China, Brazil, India, Germany, and Switzerland with an average investment of $2 billion annually in a diverse range of technologies for many markets including agriculture, genetic traits, biofuels, automotive, construction, electronics, chemicals, and industrial materials. DuPont employs more than 10,000 scientists and engineers around the world.[19]
On January 9, 2011, DuPont announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to buy Danish company Danisco for US$6.3 billion.[20] On May 16, 2011, DuPont announced that its tender offer for Danisco had been successful and that it would proceed to redeem the remaining shares and delist the company.[21]
On May 1, 2012, DuPont announced that it had acquired from Bunge full ownership of the Solae, LLC joint venture, a soy-based ingredients company. DuPont previously owned 72 percent of the joint venture while Bunge owned the remaining 28 percent.[22]
In February 2013, DuPont Performance Coatings was sold to the Carlyle Group and rebranded as Axalta Coating Systems.[23]
The company's corporate headquarters are located in Wilmington, Delaware. The company's manufacturing, processing, marketing, and research and development facilities, as well as regional purchasing offices and distribution centers are located throughout the world.[24] Major manufacturing sites include the Spruance plant near Richmond, Virginia (currently the company's largest plant), the Washington Works site in Washington, West Virginia, the Mobile Manufacturing Center (MMC) in Axis, Alabama, the Bayport plant near Houston, Texas, the Mechelen site in Belgium, and the Changshu site in China.[25] Other locations include the Yerkes Plant on the Niagara River at Tonawanda, New York, the Sabine River Works Plant in Orange, Texas, and the Parlin Site in Sayreville, New Jersey. The facilities in Vadodara, Gujarat and Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh in India constitute the DuPont Services Center and DuPont Knowledge Center respectively. DuPont Opens state-of-art Multi-Crop Research Centre in Hyderabad – indtoday.com [26]
The board of directors elected Ellen J. Kullman President and a Director in October 2008,[28] Chief Executive Officer in January 2009, and Chairman in December 2009.[29]
In 2005, BusinessWeek magazine, in conjunction with the Climate Group, ranked DuPont as the best-practice leader in cutting their carbon gas emissions.[30][31] They pointed out that DuPont reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 65% from the 1990 levels while using 7% less energy and producing 30% more product. May 24, 2007 marked the opening of the 2.1 million USD DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a wildlife observatory and interpretive center on the Delaware Bay near Milford, Delaware. DuPont contributed both financial and technological support to create the center, as part of its "Clear into the Future" initiative to enhance the beauty and integrity of the Delaware Estuary. The facility will be state-owned and operated by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC).[32][33] DuPont is a founding member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development with DuPont CEO (at the time) Chad Holliday being Chairman of the WBCSD from 2000 to 2001.
In 2010, researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute of the University of Massachusetts Amherst ranked DuPont as the fourth largest corporate source of air pollution in the United States.[34]
DuPont was listed No. 4 on the Mother Jones Top 20 polluters of 2010, dumping over 5,000,000 pounds of toxic chemicals into New Jersey/Delaware waterways.[35]
DuPont contributed $4 million to oppose the passage of California Proposition 37, which would have mandated the disclosure of genetically modified crops used in the production of California food products.[36][37][38] Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, manufactures genetically modified seeds, other tools, and agricultural technologies used to increase crop yield.
DuPont has been awarded the National Medal of Technology four times: first in 1990, for its invention of "high-performance man-made polymers such as nylon, neoprene rubber, "Teflon" fluorocarbon resin, and a wide spectrum of new fibers, films, and engineering plastics"; the second in 2002 "for policy and technology leadership in the phaseout and replacement of chlorofluorocarbons". DuPont scientist George Levitt was honored with the medal in 1993 for the development of sulfonylurea herbicides. In 1996, DuPont scientist Stephanie Kwolek was recognized for the discovery and development of Kevlar.
On the company's 200th anniversary in 2002, it was presented with the Honor Award by the National Building Museum in recognition of DuPont's "products that directly influence the construction and design process in the building industry."[39]
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In 1974, Gerard Colby Zilg, wrote Du Pont: Behind the Nylon Curtain, a critical account of the role of the DuPont family in American social, political and economic history. The book was nominated for a National Book Award in 1974.
A du Pont family member obtained an advance copy of the manuscript and was "predictably outraged". A DuPont official contacted The Fortune Book Club and stated that the book was "scurrilous" and "actionable" but produced no evidence to counter the charges. The Fortune Book Club (a subsidiary of the Book of the Month Club) reversed its decision to distribute Zilg's book. The editor-in-chief of the Book of the Month Club declared that the book was "malicious" and had an "objectionable tone". Prentice Hall removed several inaccurate passages from the page proofs of the book, and cut the first printing from 15,000 to 10,000 copies, stating that 5,000 copies no longer were needed for the book club distribution. The proposed advertising budget was reduced from $15,000 to $5,500.[40]
Zilg sued Prentice Hall (Zilg v. Prentice Hall), accusing it of reneging on a contract to promote sales.
The Federal District Court ruled that Prentice Hall had "privished" the book (the company had conducted an intentionally inadequate merchandising effort) and breached its obligation to Zilg to use its best efforts in promoting the book because the publisher had no valid business reason for reducing the first printing or the advertising budget. The court also ruled that the DuPont Company had a constitutionally protected interest in discussing its good faith opinion of the merits of Zilg's work with the book clubs and the publisher, and found that the company had not engaged in threats of economic coercion or baseless litigation.[40]
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit overturned the damages award in September 1983. The court stated that, while DuPont's actions "surely" resulted in the book club's decision not to distribute Zilg's work and also resulted in a change in Prentice Hall's previously supportive attitude toward the book, DuPont's conduct was not actionable. The court further stated that the contract did not contain an explicit "best efforts" or "promote fully" promise, much less an agreement to make certain specific promotional efforts. Printing and advertising decisions were within Prentice Hall's discretion.
Zilg lost a Supreme Court appeal in April 1984.
In 1984 Lyle Stuart re-released an extended version, Du Pont Dynasty: Behind the Nylon Curtain.[41]
DuPont, along with Thomas Midgley working under Charles Kettering of General Motors, was the inventor of CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons). CFCs are ozone-depleting chemicals that were used primarily in aerosol sprays and refrigerants. DuPont was the largest CFC producer in the world with a 25% market share in the 1980s.
In 1974, responding to public concern about the safety of CFCs,[42] DuPont promised to stop production of CFCs should they be proven to be harmful to the ozone layer. On March 4, 1988, U.S. Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.), David Durenberger (R-Minn.), and Robert T. Stafford (R-Vt.) wrote to DuPont, in their capacity as the leadership of the Congressional subcommittee on hazardous wastes and toxic substances, asking the company to keep its promise to completely stop CFC production (and to do so for most CFC types within one year) in light of the 1987 international Montreal Protocol for the global reduction of CFCs. The Senators argued that "DuPont has a unique and special obligation" as the original developer of CFCs and the author of previous public assurances made by the company regarding the safety of CFCs. DuPont announced that it would begin leaving the CFC business after a March 15, 1988 NASA announcement that CFCs were not only creating a hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica, but also thinning the layer elsewhere in the world. In 1992, DuPont announced its intention to stop selling CFCs as soon as possible, and no later than year end 1995.[43]
DuPont maintains the company took the initiative in phasing out CFCs[44] and in replacing CFCs with a new generation of refrigerant chemicals, such as HCFCs and HFCs.[45] In 2003, DuPont was awarded the National Medal of Technology, recognizing the company as the leader in developing CFC replacements.
DuPont has faced fines from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and litigation over releases of the Teflon-processing aid perfluoro-octanoic acid (PFOA, also known as C8) from their works in Washington, West Virginia.[46] PFOA-contaminated drinking water led to increased levels in the bodies of residents in the surrounding area. The court-appointed C8 Science Panel is investigating "whether or not there is a probable link between C8 exposure and disease in the community."[47] The C8 Science Panel started releasing data in October 2008 and linked high cholesterol, but not diabetes, to exposure.[48] DuPont has also faced U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings from the shareholder group DuPont Shareholders for Fair Value over the company's transparency regarding the chemical.[49]
DuPont has agreed to sharply reduce its output of PFOA,[50] and was one of eight companies to sign on with the USEPA's 2010/2015 PFOA Stewardship Program. The agreement calls for the reduction of "facility emissions and product content of PFOA and related chemicals on a global basis by 95 percent no later than 2010 and to work toward eliminating emissions and product content of these chemicals by 2015."[51]
In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized DuPont for spending $13.75 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008–2010, instead getting $72 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $2.1 billion, and increasing executive pay by 188% to $27.4 million in 2010 for its top 5 executives.[52]
In October 2010 DuPont began marketing a pesticide called Imprelis, for control of certain plants in turf areas. It had the unintended effect of killing certain evergreen tree species and was recalled.[53]
DuPont is widely known for its sponsorship of 4-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon and his Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 Chevrolet SS. DuPont sponsored Gordon since he began in Sprint Cup (then Winston Cup) in 1992. DuPont said this about their sponsorship:
Our sponsorship of Jeff Gordon helps keep DuPont brands and products in the public eye. Branding is a key component of the DuPont knowledge intensity strategy for achieving sustainable growth.[54]
The partnership lasted 18 seasons before DuPont was replaced by AARP Drive to End Hunger as the No. 24 team's primary sponsor. DuPont continued as associate sponsor with a 12-race deal,[55] and the deal was extended to 14 races after DuPont sold its performance coatings business, now known as Axalta Coating Systems, to Carlyle[23] in an agreement worth $4.9 million.[56]
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NBN business plan may have to wait
PUBLISHED: 12 Aug 2013 22:30:00 | UPDATED: 13 Aug 2013 08:01:24PRINT EDITION: 12 Aug 2013The new business plan will contain updated construction forecasts and costing details.
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Communications Minister Anthony Albanese has acknowledged the government may not release NBN Co's updated business plan until after the federal election on September 7.
The decision to delay the release of the key document would come after The Australian Financial Review exclusively revealed NBN Co was set to miss its June 2014 deadline by more than 273,000 homes and buisnesses.
In a heated debate with Coalition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull on Lateline, Mr Albanese dismissed the Opposition's analysis of the national broadband network as "being plucked out of a Coco Pops packet" and said Australians needed the 1 gigabit per second [Gbps] internet download speeds Labor's plan would deliver using fibre optic cabling to homes and businesses.
But when asked what the cost of a 1Gbps would be to households and consumers, Mr Albanese said he did not know and that it was up to market players, which would include Telstra and SingTel-Optus, to decide what the price is.
"The market will determine these things, Emma [Lateline host Emma Alberici], this is not a government-owned monopoly," he said.
This was contradicted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission as well as internet service provider SingTel-Optus who have long stated that the NBN will be a government-owned monopoly. NBN Co sets wholesale prices and has set a $150 per month wholesale rate for 1Gbps services, on top of which retailers will have to pay access charges before adding a margin.
NBN Co's updated business plan will contain new construction forecasts and costing details for the $37.4 billion project and was due to be released around late July. When asked if Labor would release it before the federal election to give an updated picture of where the rollout will be, Mr Albanese said it had not been finalised.
"If we receive it it's got to be gone through the cabinet process [and] of course we are now in caretaker mode," he said. "We have not received the final business plan."
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Charges dropped against Gucci Mane; Mario, too; Kanye sympathizes with Dubya
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- A day after getting arrested for a litany of traffic violations, troubled rapper Gucci Mane was released from an Atlanta jail as prosecutors declined to press charges.
- Charges were also dropped against R&B singer Mario, whose mother filed assault charges against her son in Baltimore in October. Shawntia Williams claims she was intoxicated at the time.
- In his forthcoming book former president George W. Bush said the low point of his presidency came when Kanye West criticized him for his handling of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. But Yeezy can sympathize. ""I definitely can understand the way he feels to be accused of being a racist in any way because the same thing happened to me," he told Houston's 97.9 The Box.
- This new broke a couple days ago but it was too bizarre to pass up. Kim Kardashian working with R&B songwriter supreme The-Dream? The Village Voice imagines what this collaboration would sound like.
- Free Weezy? Done and done.
- The first big announcement of the summer concert season? Kenny Chesney at FedEx Field on June 4, with Zac Brown Band.
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Lt.Sumner Mitchell from Rescue 8 is even worse ! he Yells at Patients when they dont want to go to his ER of choice , Nasty to other medical Aides on scene. Just a Ruthless Coward
When New Line Cinema decides to make a sequel to the movie Horrible Bosses, studio executives should use Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Robert Maler for inspiration. The 33-year county veteran, who oversees more than two dozen lifeguards protecting beachgoers at Crandon and Haulover parks, has been the subject of four county investigations into his abrasive, demoralizing management style. Just last year, the fire department's human resources division and the internal affairs unit of Miami-Dade Police investigated allegations by 13 Crandon Park lifeguards that Maler created a hostile work environment.
"Maler is a despot," says Alex Quesada, one of the accusers. "He is not right in the head."
The IA probe sustained 11 allegations against Maler, including:
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• Disputing female lifeguard Tayli Ramos's claim that her menstrual cycle was the reason she went home sick one day.
• Docking one day's pay from Francisco DePinedo even though the lifeguard had received permission from another supervisor to take an emergency day off to fix a busted water pipe at his home.
• Purposely making Julio Freixas wait 20 minutes to be relieved because the lifeguard asked to use the bathroom.
Similar complaints against Maler, who declined to comment through fire department spokeswoman Griselle Marino, were probed in 1997 and 2007. Both concluded the captain's rude ways contributed to an unhealthy work environment that interfered with public safety. And despite recommendations that Maler have limited to no interaction with the lifeguards, he was never removed from his post.
This past September 16, a disciplinary panel again recommended that Maler "no longer be involved with day-to-day operations of the units and the employees."
Eight months later, Maler — who makes $81,683 a year plus benefits — is still overseeing the lifeguards. Meanwhile, the fire department — at the behest of Mayor Carlos Gimenez — recently fired two lifeguards to help trim the budget. Quesada and three colleagues (who won't go on the record for fear of retaliation) tell Riptide that Maler has a godfather who protects him: his boss, Special Operations Division Chief Raymond Barreto.
Indeed, though 26 lifeguards signed a February 28 letter to Barreto pleading that he remove Maler, the $138,668-a-year division chief is not budging. Barreto insists the efforts to remove Maler are motivated by a few disgruntled lifeguards who intimidated others into joining their rebellion.
"I have never witnessed Chief Maler disrespecting others or abusing authority," says Barreto, who denies favoring him. "He has faced the daunting task of turning what was once an easy job for vacationing college students into a professional safety agency."


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To prepare for our launch into the New York real estate market, we did some research on the local blogs covering real estate news and trends. Here are some of our favorites, though unfortunately we couldn't find many local to areas we serve:
Best Real Estate Blogs
- Curbed NY "In New York City, it comes back to real estate, rent and the neighborhoods we inhabit."
- The Real Deal is an online magazine reporting on New York real estate news.
- The Matrix is a national real estate news site based in New York written by real estate appraiser Jonathan Miller. "In the real estate economy, there are no guarantees that reason will prevail in a market where emotions run high and the amount of misinformation runs deep."
- Real Long Island is a real estate news blog for the Long Island community.
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- Urban Digs discusses macro economic issues "and investment strategies for Manhattan real estate with the goal to maintain an open forum and provide analytical tools to help make NYC real estate more transparent."
- The Hamptons Real Estate Blog Redfin market manager Michael Daly's personal blog on "the most talked about topic on the East End."
- J. Philip's Real Estate Blog written by Redfin's partner agent in Westchester county.
- True Gotham–dispatches from the front lines of New York City real estate.
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Have The Clan Cunningham Society or International presented a clan tent in the 2012 games? or further along in the past?
Hi, unfortunately we have not had the Cunningham Clan represented for a while, is this something you are thinking about doing? Let us know, we would be delighted to see you at our festival!
Hello Steve,
Thank-you for your timely response. My wife and I are very interested in hosting a Clan Cunningham tent. We are currently working out the logistics. We just needed to verify that The Clan isnt being represented already.
Also, what does it take to volunteer at The Scotfest? and what volunteer opportunities are there?
On the link you have for the games, other then that listed do you have openings for new events such as the weight for distance and high land wrestling. I just moved to the Tulsa area from Kansas City and I primarily competed in the Weight for Distance and The Highland Wrestling. Or do you already have these events and they just are not listed as of yet? Thank-you for your attention to this small matter.
Nick, The weight for distance is part of the highland games. Traditionally the games consist of 9 events including the 28# and 56# Weights. Competitors participate in all events. We are planning to run an open clinic Saturday afternoon at the games and the Men's C class will compete on Sunday.
Are there any opportunities for volunteering at the events this year?
Hi Scott, there are always opportunities to volunteer at our event and would welcome your support. Our volunteer signup page will be up soon online but you can always email us at firstname.lastname@example.com with your contact information. Thanks!
Does the Scotfest participate in the weight for distance or highland wrestling?
Hi Nick, we are still updating our website, but to answer your question, we do the weight for distance, but not wrestling at this time. The full list (hopefully I get them all here) are Braemar Stone, Open Stone, HW for Distance, LW for Distance, Heavy Hammer, Hammer, Weight over Bar, Sheaf Toss, Caber Toss…additionally, the Farmers Walks and Challenge Caber. We also have a Strongman Competition. Feel free to also contact our Athletics Director Matt Thompson directly at email@example.com
What are prices for children under 10 this year? I have a child performing with the Irish dancers also. Will I be required to pay admission for her?
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The Art Gallery at The Shelley and Steven Einhorn Clinical Research Center has been made possible through the collective commitment of a remarkable group of artists who, by the very nature of their work, are keenly aware of the importance of furthering research into the causes of glaucoma and other disorders that can cause blindness in children and adults.
The talented artists represented in our gallery span a wide variety of media, including marble, oil on canvas and wood, watercolor, digital illustration, lithography, acrylic, ink on paper, collage, aluminum, photography, bronze, and mixed media. Although they represent a wide spectrum of style and approach, they are united in their spirited celebration of life.
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary extends appreciation to all of these artists who have allowed us to borrow their wonderful work and offer it for sale. We also thank curator Cornelia Jensen, one of the artists represented, for organizing this exhibition.
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Fidel Castro Tricked Twitter (Again) Into Thinking He Died Last Night
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If not, then Fidel is probably not dead. Such was the case last night when the Twitterverse exploded with millions of false tweets that the dictator had kicked it. Turns out a "Fidel is Dead" email virus might be to blame yet again.
As usual with Twitter rumors, trying to figure out where last night's explosion started is mostly futile. But by 8 p.m. or so, the #fidel hashtag had jumped almost 900 percent to become an internationally trending topic.
News gatherers with tens of thousands of followers started retweeting the rumors. Here's Sami Sarhan, who retweets international updates to just under 11,000 followers just before 9 last night:
Many are now speculating that the "Fidel as Dead" email virus that crashed computers worldwide back in August may have struck again yesterday. Many on Twitter were reposting a doctored photo of Fidel in a coffin that was included in the fake emails.
So the lesson for Miami: Next time your Twitterfeed tells you Fidel has peaced out, walk outside and listen for a minute before you believe it.
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5 Holiday Planning Tips
If your last holiday didn't quite turn out how you had wanted, you may simply want to look at some helpful tips for planning your next trip. You want to plan a stress free holiday the whole family can enjoy and after all, you deserve a break that will leave you feeling rested and recharged. Here, we've listed our top tips for planning a wonderful holiday. From choosing the right serviced apartments Sydney has to offer, to booking activities for your escape well in advance, we've got the must read tips for a perfect escape:
Do Your Research
No matter where you are going for your holiday, you should start the planning process by doing some research and finding out about the tourist attractions, restaurants and other places you may want to go on your trip.
Book in Advance
As soon as you know that you will be booking your holiday during a certain time period, make the arrangements. Forward planning and being organised is one of the main tips for ensuring a stress-free escape.
Plan Your Activities
Like with your accommodation, you should book your tickets to events and shows as soon as you can. Find out what everyone you are taking with you wants to do on your holiday. Book everything in, especially if you are travelling during school holidays when things can get sold out very quickly.
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The accommodation you book can have a major impact on how much everyone enjoys their holiday. For one, you want to look for places that are close to everything you want to be doing. There's no point in staying 40 minutes out from the city centre. Also keep in mind:
- How many rooms will you need? There are plenty of apartments Sydney has to offer visitors that are perfect for families. Staying in a hotel can often mean having a number of rooms or asking your teens to sleep on a pull out in the lounge room which certainly won't go down well. An apartment however means more space and a choice of how many rooms, so everyone gets their own space.
- Will you want to be eating in for some meals? If you will want to make some of your meals rather than eating out all the time which can add up very quickly, a serviced apartment with a kitchen is a great option.
- On-site facilities- Will you want to be using gym facilities on your holiday or perhaps your kids will want to be able to swim in a pool? Staying somewhere that has a number of on-sight facilities including babysitting might be something you want to ensure before finalising your booking.
Stick to Your Budget
Work out how much you have to spend on your trip and stick to it. There's nothing more stressful than spending more than you can afford and dreading the arrival of your credit card statement when you get home.
Planning a stress free holiday simply requires you to get started as soon as possible and getting everything organised to ensure that everyone knows what's going on and is happy with the plan. If you follow the above tips you are sure to find that your holiday will be everything you want it to be and more.


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'The Voice' Recap: Cee Lo Says Farewell to Caroline Pennell, Ray Boudreaux Also Gets Eliminated
'The Voice' Recap: Cole Vosbury and Will Champlin Own the Night
On tonight's episode of 'The Voice,' the Top 8 sang their little hearts out as they got one step closer to that glorious finish line.
'The Voice': Who Will Be the Season 5 Winner? – Readers Poll
Adam Levine Smolders on PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive Cover [PHOTO]
Blake Shelton is officially jealous, as Adam Levine's Sexiest Man Alive cover for PEOPLE has landed.
'The Voice' Recap: It's the End of the Road for Austin Jenckes and Kat Robichaud
After a very, very long "here's what happened last night on The Voice" montage sequence, Christina Aguilera took the stage with her team for a medley tribute of Janet/Michael Jackson songs. Although we can't dispute the awesomeness of the Jackson family, it once again felt like an odd choice for a group number, and not very relevant. Are the coaches all getting too old to relate to current, modern pop hits? (Sorry, coaches, but you're no spring chickens.)
'The Voice' Recap: Matthew Schuler Continues to Impress
Tonight's live episode of 'The Voice' started with the Top 10 performing 'Say It, Just Say It' by the Mowgli's. Not sure about you, but we have been feeling extremely underwhelmed with the group performances this year, and this one was no exception. When the gang all sings in unison, everything is peachy, but as they each take their solo turn during these group numbers, suddenly everything feels very messy and uncomfortable and wrong. So wrong.
Adam Levine Plays Coy About Sexiest Man Alive, Talks Feuds on 'TODAY' [VIDEO]
Adam Levine visited the 'TODAY' show this morning (Nov. 15), looking quite dapper in a suit. He was certainly a sharp-dressed man, as he talked the friendly rivalries and faux feuds that power 'The Voice.' He also remained firmly tight-lipped about that rumored Sexiest Man Alive nod from PEOPLE.
'The Voice' Recap: Kat Robichaud Is Saved In First Ever Live Twitter Vote
Tonight's live results show of 'The Voice' featured a new twist that has been buzzed about for the past several days: Twitter users will now have a chance to save their favorite singer from the bottom three. For the first time ever, fans of the show can jump on Twitter and use the hashtag #VoiceSave along with the name of the singer they wish to save from elimination, within a very limited 5-minute window. This new "Instant Save" curveball will certainly change the outcome of the show, and along with all the other 'Voice' fans out there, we were eager to see how it would play out on tonight's episode.
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The original panel is back on 'The Voice!' Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green will be back in their big red chairs along with three-time winning coach Blake Shelton.
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Four years ago today, I awoke as a freshly unemployed campaign coordinator for a major county in Texas in a hotel bed after a long night at the elections department and a post-election party, exhausted in a way that made running a marathon seem like I had just taken a walk in the park.
Today, four years and three children later, I awoke equally exhausted. A four day family wedding and a baptism followed by 8 consecutive days of the stomach flu in all its glory have left us tired and quite a bit out of our normal routine.
Melissa Wiley often describes her homeschooling adventure as tidal learning. Homeschooling or not, we all experience some degree of tidal living. While I don't begrudge the crazy and chaotic times of traveling and family events (well...maybe I do begrudge the stomach flu!), there is something nice about looking at your calendar for the week and seeing nothing other than your usual friday morning playgroup written down.
(A Normal Day)
So it is time to get back in the groove of life with toddlers. We need our routines to maintain our sanity. Everyone benefits. Well rested, well fed, active boys are much happier. Instead of spending our mornings making sure we have all the pieces to a 2T tuxedo, or washing sheets (again), we can listen to classical music and spend time reading from our fall book basket. We will have outside time and note all the signs of the changing seasons. When Incredibaby naps, we can get out the messier things like paint and clay. Our routines help us create a more peaceful atmosphere in the home. If find that a routine allows me to be more attentive to my children, which in turn makes them happier, which makes it easier for me to be patient and joyful. A happy cycle. Not that all our days are smooth sailing...there will be flights over the blue clay and who gets to blow out the candle at prayer time, but having a baseline helps us tremendously.
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Tex, yes all around. I love how you put it about the joy of the usual routine, and I'll always be grateful for your recommending Mother's Rule of Life on this point a couple years ago... and for your example in living it out.
It's hard to be a bit sidelined on the political front when you're busy at home raising young kids. I'm sure you in particular can't help but miss it a little this time of year. I was feeling sorry last night that I couldn't be out there in the middle of it all. I guess, though, we're occupied with living out what all the other "good guys" are out there fighting for?
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Maybe its that we were once labeled "Organization Kids" by David Brooks in the Atlantic (2001), but I hear you on clinging to schedule as a way to keep my sanity. Without it, I'd be completely lost and without my daily sense of duty and productivity. Lord help M, our oldest, as he is the UBER scheduler (the product of two org. kids, like many other builder children). His mental clock is set to the minute and he is always listing off the tasks that are to be done and the order by which they'll be accomplished. And he's three. Scary!! :)
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