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Question: "My mother, 73, has had recurrent bouts of skin cancer. The surgeries are very slow to heal, and the treatments are exhausting. During the treatments she had limited strength to do the things she's always enjoyed. Now she refuses to go to the doctor even for checkups. How can we convince her to go to the doctor?"
Answer: As long as she feels okay, she doesn't have to go to a doctor. I think too many elders go to doctors just so they have something to do. If skin cancer reoccurs, she can decide not to have it treated. She is still very young, but....
Everyone has the legal and ethical right to accept medical treatment – or to refuse treatment. This is and should be your mother's decision. While it's hard to visualize a life without a parent, you need to accept her decision. Help her do the activities she's always enjoyed, spend more time with her, and boost her emotionally as she struggles with her own feelings.
A dear friend of mine had a very strange bone cancer and after various treatments decided she, at age 70, had had enough. This was her decision, and her son, a doctor himself, accepted it and made her last days as comfortable as possible.
Question: "My father, 79, lives in an assisted living residence because he has emotional/mental problems (not dementia). My mother died six months ago, and my father says he has nothing to live for. He has stopped eating. The residence doctor recommends a feeding tube. We're torn."
Answer: While the first situation is clear cut, this seems to present ethical as well as emotional issues.
The key question is: Is forcing him to have a feeding tube a violation of his right to determine his own life's outcome? While this is very difficult to answer, we are guaranteed to be able to "pursue happiness." So, in my opinion, forcing a feeding tube would be violation of his Constitutional rights.
If medication fails to level off his mental condition and he still wants to die, you should respect his wishes, even though he is still quite young.
Bring him home and bring in hospice. Hospice helps people deal with their own decisions and will help you deal better with your own emotions.
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COLUMBIA — Dave Patterson opens the hatch to one of two coal furnaces at Columbia's Municipal Power Plant to reveal a cauldron of fire that could only conjure images of hell. Fire rushed over a bed of glowing red-orange coals toward a series of black pipes positioned vertically along the far wall. The pipes are filled with water that the heat converts to steam that is then used to drive turbines that generate electricity.
Minutes later, Patterson's guided tour of the power plant heads outside, and Patterson points to piles of black coal shipped into town on Columbia Terminal's rail line.
"There's the black gold," said Patterson, a balancing officer at the plant.
For decades, coal and the furnaces that burn it have been the primary source of the power that lights and electrifies Columbia. One of the furnaces was built in 1956, the other in 1965. But it's becoming clear that something will have to change soon. More stringent clean-air rules from the federal government, increasing energy costs and the rising demand for power have the city looking ahead to determine how it will meet future energy needs.
That's why the city has hired Burns and McDonnell, an engineering, architecture and consulting firm based in Kansas City, to develop an "integrated resource plan." That means the firm will assess the city's potential energy use over the next 20 years and recommend how Columbia might meet the demand. The city will pay Burns and McDonnell $200,000; the study should be done by the beginning of next year.
While coal undoubtedly will retain a prominent role in the city's energy portfolio, it's clear that something will have to be done about the aging coal furnaces. The Environmental Protection Agency's 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule, or CAIR, aims to reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide, the two primary pollutants from coal-fired plants. The second phase of the rule is scheduled to take effect in 2015 and will force the city to change the way it uses coal in order to meet the new standards. CAIR also targets mercury emissions for the first time.
"It's just too expensive to try to rehab them, " Water and Light spokeswoman Connie Kacprowicz said of the coal-fired units. The city's options include buying emissions credits that would allow them to exceed EPA standards, rebuilding the units or building new coal furnaces that would burn much more cleanly.
Black and Veatch, an engineering, consulting and construction company, in Kansas City, recommended last year that the city explore the construction of "circulating fluidized beds" that can burn coal with other biofuels such as walnut shells and vegetable matter. The technology keeps burning temperatures below the threshold where nitrogen oxides form. It also allows the introduction of other substances that can capture 95 percent of sulfur before it is emitted.
Columbia isn't alone in its search for power options. Many American cities are examining how to establish new energy portfolios in the face of aging power plants, rising energy costs and increased concern for the environment.
But Tad Johnsen, superintendent of the Columbia power plant, said there's no easy fix.
"There's always an environmental cost," he said. "The EPA's rules keep going up and up."
Kacprowicz anticipates Burns and McDonnell will exceed recommendations for producing and buying power to ensure the city meets future demand. She fully expects conservation — and a call for Columbians to rethink the way they use energy — to be a big part of its proposal.
Columbia's appetite for power is growing in an age of computers, video games, big-screen TVs and DVD players. Energy consumption per household rose nearly 30 percent from 1990 to 2005, according to data from the Water and Light Department. That trend will have to change, Kacprowicz said.
"I think you are going to see energy efficiency playing more of a role in people's lives."
The public will have a voice in deciding Columbia's energy future. A four-person Power Supply Task Force appointed by the council earlier this month will work with the Water and Light Advisory Board to conduct a series of hearings and town hall meetings on the subject.
"We just need lots of additional power," said David Wollershiem, a member of the task force and a former long-time member of the Water and Light Advisory Board. He said he applied for a seat on the task force because he wanted a role in deciding Columbia's energy future.
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Competitive Debacle in Local Telephony: Is the 1996 Telecommunications Act to Blame?Reza DibadjUniversity of San Francisco - School of Law Washington University Law Quarterly, Vol. 81, p. 1, 2003 Abstract: This article challenges the conventional wisdom that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is to blame for the lack of competition in local telephony, and that somehow the federal courts are complicit in this failure. It begins by highlighting the continued importance of local wireline infrastructure and how little competition exists. Moving to the 1996 Act's network disaggregation provisions, the article argues that while the statute itself is sound, the regulations promulgated under it evince basic economic confusion that has harmed not only the incumbent telephone companies, but ironically, the new competitors whom the regulations were designed to help. A new regulatory approach is proposed to overcome the current impasse. The piece next considers provisions to open long distance to local telephone monopolies, and finds again that implementing regulations, not the Act itself, is to blame. A new regulatory paradigm is offered. Finally, the argument shifts to the thorny issue of federalism to find that Congress in fact devised a rather elegant and innovative new scheme that has been misunderstood. The article parts company with most critical commentary to suggest that tossing out the 1996 Act is altogether too draconic - rather the focus of regulatory reform should be to develop regulations that coincide with economic reality. Number of Pages in PDF File: 64 Keywords: telephony, telecommunications, regulation, competition, law and economics JEL Classification: K10, L10, L50 Date posted: August 21, 2003 ; Last revised: February 24, 2009Suggested CitationContact Information
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It all depends on the test and the teacher. If the test measures the skills students are expected to be learning and teachers prepare students by teaching those skills, then teaching to the test is a good thing.
But if the test is not directly related to what is being taught or teachers depend on repeated drills with old test questions to prepare students, it's a different story. Teaching to the test can waste valuable learning time.
The federal No Child Left Behind law (NCLB), which went into effect in 2002, has caused schools to "be accountable," which translates into focusing a lot of attention on state standardized testing and results. It requires all schools to test students in grades 2-12 in reading, math and science. Each state chooses its own test and standards of proficiency. Schools that don't show that students are making "adequate yearly progress" toward achieving proficiency are subject to federal sanctions, including loss of federal funds, providing free tutoring, allowing students to transfer to another school, and if all else fails, a complete restructuring of the school.
Critics of the law say that the emphasis on testing in reading and math means other subjects, such as social studies and the arts, are getting less attention. Some schools have even done away with or cut back on recess time because of the pressure to spend more school time preparing students to pass state tests.
On the positive side, students across the country (particularly in the lower grades) have made progress in basic skills in reading and math, but studies show that the improvements don't necessarily hold up in middle school and beyond, when the tests get more complex and critical thinking skills are necessary.
In the wake of NCLB, there is much talk about aligning instruction, curriculum, standards and assessment. This basically means that teachers and students have a clear idea of what they are expected to learn. In the best of all possible worlds, the state provides textbooks and curriculum that match the standards, and the tests measure achievement of the standards. Most state Departments of Education are working to devise systems that do just that, but many are not there yet. A study by the American Federation of Teachers found that 11 out of 50 states completely met the criteria for having both strong content standards and documenting that the tests align to the standards, specifically in grades 3 through 12 and subjects (reading and math) required by NCLB.
When students spend time preparing for tests, they learn valuable skills. Time management, understanding reading passages, following directions, knowing when certain answers can be eliminated — these are all important test-taking skills that students need to know as they progress through school and their career paths.
Matthew Matera, a middle school teacher at a charter school in the Boston area, says that he "teaches to the test," by teaching test-taking strategies. But he says that doesn't interfere with teaching his core curriculum. He integrates test strategies into his lessons.
"It's a part of the instructional program, not a separate thing," he says. "Standardized tests ask students to demonstrate reading passage comprehension, to derive the meaning of words from context, to pull out facts where needed and to draw connections. These are all skills of a good reader and they are required in professional life, too."
Tests can be used successfully for diagnosing specific areas where kids need help and then providing them with extra help in those subjects. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District in North Carolina has instituted a quarterly assessment program. Their chief accountability officer, Jonathan Raymond, says: "We're utilizing the data in a diagnostic way so that we can constantly intervene and so teachers can see how students are learning. Are we really teaching and are students really learning? That should be our focus, and the test is just one way to determine that. We're looking at scores not as a witch hunt but as a treasure hunt. We want to find the success stories, highlight those and share with others in our district what's working."
Good test preparation focuses on making sure that students are meeting state standards, rather than focusing on test-prep activities, says Jeanie Fritzsche, a current district-level curriculum coordinator, and former teacher and mentor in Irvine, California, schools. She notes: "We encourage our teachers to focus on grade-level content standards rather than the test.' We specifically discourage 'test-preparation' activities and try to foster the understanding that our students will do well as long as they are proficient in their grade-level standards.
"My personal experience has been that in spite of the stress surrounding the state-mandated testing, without the test many teachers would be less conscientious about addressing grade-level standards. If we consider the standards to be a means to ensure instructional equity for all students then I think it is important that all students — regardless of the district or school they attend, or who their teacher is — have access to instruction in those standards. If it is necessary to mandate assessment in order to be sure that this happens, we may have to live with that until and unless we, as a profession, can devise a better way to be sure that all students are guaranteed a high-quality educational experience."
"There is a big difference between teaching to the test and teaching the test," says Nancy Grasmick, Maryland's state superintendent of schools, in a recent article in the American School Boards Journal. "If you're teaching to the test and you're mirroring good teaching that will enhance learning, then we don't see anything wrong with that."
Problems arise when the state test is not aligned with the standards. Students are then tested on skills that may not be part of the curriculum and schools feel pressure to have their students perform well on state tests because these results are published in the local newspapers. Test prep then means taking time away from the standards-based curriculum to teach test items and test-taking skills. Howard Everson, formerly with the College Board and currently professor of psychometrics at Fordham University, sees problems with these non-aligned state tests: "Many of the large-scale assessments (state tests) are too far removed from curriculum and instruction. They don't provide enough information back to the classroom. And the state agencies are not quite sure how to deal with the problem.
"They're reliant on testing contractors and restrained by budget. It's expensive to align testing with curriculum and they are not willing to make the investment. They want something cheap, which is not necessarily good. They cut and paste parts of tests used in other states. To create good tests, they need to involve teachers and give them release time from the classroom to help create tests, and that becomes very expensive for states to do that properly."
Test results alone don't tell the whole story, notes Raymond. In the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district, they are looking at quantitative measures (the test scores) and qualitative measures (attendance, writing assessments, literacy-building activities across the curriculum) to see how schools and students are performing. "We're trying to dig deeper," he says.
Some teachers feel that the emphasis on testing takes away time from teaching critical thinking and problem solving. Steven Weinberg, a teacher on special assignment in Oakland, California, where a major part of his job is "helping teachers teach to the test," says: "The trouble with teaching to the test is that the standardized tests are not by their nature able to measure meaningful learning and emphasize the trivial rather than the essential.
"Take, for example, writing. Instead of measuring how well students can express themselves clearly, the tests ask students to select the best wording from four choices, often written about a topic that the students are not familiar with. As teachers prepare students for this kind of test, they are encouraged to forego having students actually write compositions, in favor of practicing multiple-choice test prep. In history, the emphasis is on specific facts rather than historical understanding. In math and science deep understanding is sacrificed for coverage."
But middle school teacher Matera has his own view on teaching, testing and critical thinking: "I am pushing my students all the time to do critical thinking. Critical thinking requires that you are able to use certain strategies on tests. In order to do reading comprehension, you need to do critical thinking. It's part of a good instructional program and a good instructional program will prepare students to do well on tests."
An Education Week survey in 2000 showed that 66% of teachers thought that state tests were forcing them to concentrate too much on what was tested, which meant other important subject matter was not covered. Subjects like social studies and the arts, which are not mandated for testing under NCLB, get less attention.
Many testing experts prefer performance-based assessments — those that require students to demonstrate critical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills. These tests typically require students to write open-ended answers to demonstrate writing skills or show how they came up with the answers to math problems. But the majority of state tests are of the multiple-choice variety. States shy away from performance-based tests because they tend to be expensive to score and have problems with reliability in scoring.
High-stakes tests — those tied to determining whether or not students are promoted from one grade to another or graduation, or those that offer cash bonuses for schools and teachers — have forced schools to focus on raising achievement levels and have made the public feel more confident that a high school diploma means that students have the skills they need to succeed. But they have also provided incentives for students, schools and teachers to cheat. Incidences of cheating on state tests have been reported in West Virginia, Connecticut and Maryland. The Herald-Leader, a newspaper in Lexington, Kentucky, found the state had received 151 complaints of cheating on the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System tests (KIRSIS). "When you raise the stakes," says Raymond, "You run the risk of having these issues. When you narrow your focus you also run the risk of lowering excitement around learning, of not capturing the imagination and passions of child in learning and wanting to achieve."
Some argue that students need to learn how to take tests, regardless of whether they are aligned to state standards, because tests are a part of life, both in school and beyond. "I have never found 'teaching to the test' all that peculiar," says Leif Fearn, a teacher educator at San Diego State University in California. "We teach to the driving license test and the bar examination for attorneys in every state. Medical students pay heavily for preparation courses before their medical examinations, and most real estate brokers take courses that prepare them for their licensure examinations. Only in education do we demonize teaching that accommodates the mandated high-stakes tests."
There's obviously a need for both teaching the skills necessary to succeed on tests, and preparing students to think and engage in learning. "We need a balanced approach. We need to teach children to problem-solve and provide a solid foundation for success beyond high school," says Raymond. "How are we preparing students to succeed in college and beyond? A high school diploma is not enough today. We want to prepare our students to succeed in meaningful jobs in the 21st century. If teaching to the test limits us in providing solid skills, then it's something we need to examine closely."
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Thursday - 11/17/2011, 6:08pm EST
Jim Mears, head of Motorola Solutions' Government and Public Safety.
Jim Mears, head of Motorola Solutions' Government and Public Safety in the East Region, told In Depth with Francis Rose what it's like to work in the federal market.
According to the company website, "Government mobility innovations ensure that the management and deployment of multiple systems can provide solutions to any number of problems. Motorola securely connects people, assets and data to help the government achieve enterprise mobility. Learn about the latest advances in government mobility that include voice, data, video, broadband, biometrics, RFID and more."


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The man entered a convenience store Monday afternoon with a potato and shouted, "Give me the money," according to a police report obtained by WPRI.
The report says the store manager chased him off with a baseball bat.
The potato-wielding man was described as being around 5 feet 7 inches and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and jeans.
Police reported a few minutes later to a laundromat where a female employee said a man fitting the same description came in carrying a potato and yelled, "I need the money."
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Here is the brand spanking new video for Pressed And's new single "Blue Noun" created by Stephanie Cafarella (whose collection of vids is pretty impressive). While I think that the whole found footage music video thing is definitely played out, I can honestly say that I enjoy this video as well as Stephanie's others. Instead of just random clips seemingly thrown together, the video for "Blue Noun" features footage from what looks like a 1960's B-movie. And if you should know anything about me it should probably be that my love of genre film rivals my love of music (and maybe eve trumps?). It's campy sci-fi vibe is perfectly suited to the music so make sure you check it out. As far as the Pressed And boys go, these fellas are seriously top notch. They recently released their latest EP Imbue Up. I've been listening to it a lot at work recently and it is stitched together really well. It's mostly ambient electronics delivered at a very intentional pace. It can be very slow and deliberate, but once it takes hold it's like a good solid crack to the skull. Highly recommended. - Cactus Mouth |


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Christopher Badeaux at the New Ledger looks at why the American Bar Association should be opposed to indicting lawyers for giving legal advice. One can certainly imagine a world in which lawyers would simply refuse to advise governments and other institutional clients as to what the rules governing some topics are, on the grounds that, say, the President should consult only his conscience - and possibly Scripture - before acting, rather than inform himself as to whether or not he is in compliance with the law. But that is hardly the world institutions like the ABA purport to champion.
Indict the torturers. The accused will have to decide for themselves whether they want to sue for malpractice. One thing we can't have is "my lawyer told me it was legal" as a defense. Ignorance of the law is not an excuse to break it.
I'm not sure that is ignorance. If I go to a lawyer and request an opinion, then act on the advice received, I may be ill advised, but I would not classify that as ignorance. And it would set one hell of a precedent, Berto. We really can have "my/the government's lawyer told me it is/was legal" defense. Then judge and jury can have at it. If you cannot act on legal advice why have lawyers or a legal system?


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The present invention relates to the solution synthesis of ligand stabilized metal nanoparticles as well as the sintering of these nanoparticles into highly conductive metallic films and traces at very low temperatures.
The development of metal nanoparticles is an active area of research academically and commercially due to their novel properties and low temperature processability. The capability of making highly conductive traces and films at low temperatures is of enormous commercial interest to the electronics industry. The economic feasibility of making devices such as RFID tags, flexible displays based on organic light emitting polymers, and solar cells rely on the ability to economically print materials capable of obtaining high conductivity at temperatures of 100° C. or lower on inexpensive substrates. Because of their size, nanoparticles can be manipulated into smaller devices and low temperature processing (sintering) allows less expensive substrate to be used. However, metallic nanoparticles are inherently unstable due to their size and activity. The particles tend to irreversibly agglomerate in both dry and dispersed states. Methods to produce large quantities of metallic nanoparticles are disclosed.
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The process involves the chemical reduction of metal salt in the presence of a ligand capable of complexing or bonding to the metal in a dispersing medium. The metal salt can be solvated by the solvent or dispersed in the solvent as a solid if the salt is insoluble in the solvent phase. Preferably, the solvent is an aqueous solvent substantially free of organic solvents. However, a polar organic solvent may be used, if the metal salt can be solvated in a sufficiently high concentration, e.g., preferably about or greater, more preferably about or greater, and most preferably about 0.5 M or greater. The metal may include Ag, Cu, Pd, or alloys of these metals. The salt anion may include nitrates, carboxylates, sulfates, or chlorides. The reducing agent must be of sufficient electrochemical potential and concentration to effectively reduce the respective metal salt. A strong reducing agent which results in no undesirable ionic byproducts such as hydrazine, hydrazine hydrate, or hydrogen is preferred over other strong reducing agents such as sodium borohydride which result in ionic byproducts. Other reducing agents may be used provided that the resulting composition is substantially free of ionic byproducts.
The ligand is chosen based on its ability to complex with the metal particles and stabilize the particles once formed. Of primary interest is the ability of the ligand to allow the particles to consolidate and sinter during drying and thermal treatment. The temperature at which the particles sinter is largely controlled by the ligand adsorbed to the metal. The ligand will generally bond to the metal through a heteroatom such as oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen present as a carboxyl, sulfonyl, thiol, etc. portion of the compound. Depending on the relative thermal stability of the complexing portion and aliphatic backbone of the ligand compound an intermediate salt may result during thermal treatment, adversely affecting the sintering of the metal nanoparticles. Ligands having a straight-chain aliphatic backbone with 3 to 20 carbon atoms are preferred. Branched or cyclic backbones having up to 20 carbon atoms may be used, if the ligand is sufficiently stable in the solvent system, i.e., the ligand does not readily precipitate and can remain solvated at a sufficiently high concentration. More preferably, ligands having 5 to 12 carbon atom backbones are used.
In the present invention, no post-synthesis treatment such as washing or phase transfer is performed in order to remove residual byproducts such as the metal salt anion. The byproducts of the reaction are purposely left in the nanoparticle mixtures to catalyze the decomposition of the ligands on the nanoparticles surface. In particular, nitrate anions can react with organic acid ligands in self-propagating chemical decomposition or anionic oxidation-reduction synthesis of superconducting oxides to prevent intermediate metal salts. Alternatively, a compound such as an amine could be added to the reaction product or be part of the ligand molecule which similarly catalyzes the decomposition of the ligands and sintering of the nanoparticles. The particles are sometimes allowed to settle in order to concentrate them for forming films.
While not being bound by a particular theory, it is believed that the particles are able to remain dispersed in the aqueous phase by the formation of interdigitated bi-layers of the ligand or vesicle structures around the particles. The particles are stabilized by ligands binding to the surface of the silver through nucleophilic head groups with the aliphatic portion extending outward. The aliphatic portion of ligands not bound to the silver surface associate with the aliphatic portion of the bound ligands forming a vesicle around the silver. If no bi-layer formed then the particles should want to phase separate into an oily phase, so it is believed that the ligands are forming a bi-layer around the particles. The bi-layer can be broken down causing the silver particles to form an hydrophobic phase by either changing the pH or adding a salt to the aqueous sol.
The initial solution was prepared by adding 7.5 grams of ammonium hydroxide (30% ammonia by weight) to 275 grams of water; 13.5 grams of heptanoic acid was added to this solution followed by 20.9 grams of 50% hydrazine hydrate aqueous solution. The ammonium hydroxide is necessary to allow the acid to dissolve in the water. Separately, 36 grams of silver nitrate was dissolved in 175 grams of water. The silver nitrate solution was added to the initial solution while stirring under nitrogen. The resultant product was flocculated and allowed to settle. Excess water was decanted off. The concentrated product was spread onto 5 mil polyester film with a 0.5 mil wire wound rod and then cured at 80 and 100° C. for 1-2 minutes resulting in cohesive and conductive silver films.
The material of example one was transferred to hexane by sodium chloride induction similar to the method of Hirai [7-8]. Hexane and a sodium chloride solution was added to concentrated material from Example 1 and the two phases mixed with a magnetic stir bar for 10 minutes. The silver nanoparticles transferred phases to the non-aqueous phase presumably leaving all ionic species in the aqueous phase. The solvent phase with the suspended silver particles was separated from the water phase. When an attempt was made to cure the phase transferred material at 120° C., the silver did not cure and an oily silver film remained even after extended periods at this temperature.
The initial solution was prepared by adding 2.1 grams of ammonium hydroxide (30% ammonia by weight) to 50 grams of water; 7.8 grams of heptanoic acid was added to this solution followed by 3 grams of 50% hydrazine hydrate aqueous solution. Separately, 10 grams of silver nitrate was dissolved in 50 grams of water. The silver nitrate solution was added to the initial solution while stirring under nitrogen. The resultant product was allowed to settle and the excess water decanted off. The concentrated product was spread onto 5 mil polyester film with a 0.5 mil wire wound rod and then cured at 80 and 100° C. for 1-2 minutes resulting in cohesive and conductive silver films. The weight resistivity of a sample cured at 100° C. for 1 minute was measured to be 0.39 gΩ/m2(˜2× bulk silver).
Although there has been hereinabove described method of synthesizing metallic nanoparticles, the products thereof and forming a metallic film therefrom, in accordance with the present invention, for the purposes of illustrating the manner in which the invention may be used to advantage, it should be appreciated that the invention is not limited thereto. Accordingly, any and all modifications, variations, or equivalent arrangements which may occur to one skilled in the art should be considered to be within the scope of the present invention as defined in the appended claims.


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Levy County Commissioner Mike Joyner wants homeowners and business owners to be alert to repair and construction scams by fly-by-night work crews that could leave them in worse off than they started.
Joyner said this is the time of year when out-of-state work crews move down from the north because they cannot work in the cold weather and they sell home and business owners on "a good deal" on driveway paving and roof jobs.
The Levy County Tax Collector said she expects to close on purchasing a building to house her Williston office on Wednesday, but it needs to clear one more hurdle at the Williston City Council on Tuesday night.
The Levy County Sheriff's Office reports the following arrests:
Dec. 8, Summer Addison, 21, Chiefland, commission of a crime.
Dec. 7, Ruperto Secundino-Alpizar, 25, Williston, no valid DL.
Dec. 5, Robert Ray Brige, 68, Chipley, DWLSR, leaving scene of crash. Bond $10,000.
Dec. 7, James Ernst, 49, Chifland, domestic.
Dec. 6, Susan Jean Foley, 52, Ocala, DUI and damage to property. Bond $5,000.
The Williston Police Department is looking for the woman in this surveillance shot (right) who allegedly took the donation jar (that was earmarked for terminally ill children) from the Kangaroo on Noble Avenue. Police Chief Dennis Strow reports she took the jar, went to the restroom, removed the money and left. Anyone who can identify this unknown woman should contact the Williston Police Department at 352-528-4991.
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Williston boys' basketball enters into this week of play with a 4-1 record.
After a big win over Lecanto High School on Dec. 3 (74-68), Williston fell to Chiefland in the first conference game of the season by a score of 68-65.
At last week's meeting of the Levy County Board of County Commissioners, Blue Grotto won approval of a land use change that may revitalize it.
The commissioners voted 4-1 to approve a land use change for 9.9 acres of the 14-acre dive resort and RV park. Commissioner Danny Stevens of Williston cast the dissenting vote.
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The Williston Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) had a change of heart Monday night and reversed its decision that a month ago opposed the award of a grant to a local business.
In a 3-1 vote, with Jim Smith dissenting, the CRA voted to approve a $5,000 grant to Sharon Brannan for improvements made to the façade of her business on Main Street.
About two dozen people listed three dozen reasons why Williston needs a hotel when the consultant conducting a feasibility study came to call last week.
Michael Hool, a CPA by profession and a consultant for the hospitality industry, met in an informal town hall gathering Dec. 5 to gather input on the need for a hotel in Williston.
City Manager Scott Lippmann told those in attendance that Hool had been given a driving tour of the area the previous day.
Levy County teachers and staff could have a merry Christmas this year as their Dec. 20 paychecks could include a 4 percent pay raise dating back to the start of the school year and help in paying insurance premiums.


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3D security is a framework promoting development, diplomacy, and defense as security strategies.
For most people, the word security quickly brings to mind the military or the defense department. The 3D security framework recognizes that security challenges like terrorism, nuclear proliferation, global warming, and SARS or Avian Flu epidemics requires a variety of tools in addressing complex threats. These tools can be categorized broadly under the headings of Development, Diplomacy and Defense; the 3Ds of security.
3D security or "whole of government" approaches have been promoted by countries like Canada and the U.K. for a number of years. Now bi-partisan Congressional leaders and the Bush administration promote 3D security as a new vision for rethinking security as detailed in the 2006 National Security Strategy.
Development refers to governmental and nongovernmental (NGO) efforts to build the economic, social, and political foundations of stable communities and societies. Diplomacy refers to communication or negotiation between people to solve shared problems and address conflicts through political and legal channels. Official State Department negotiations (Track I) and unofficial diplomacy (Track II) between religious, business, academic, or other civil society leaders work best on parallel tracks resulting in agreements that are legitimate, widely supported, and sustainable. Defense refers to a wide range of military tasks including waging war, peacekeeping or coordinating disaster response.


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Is Syrian 'Peace' Conference Laying the Foundation for War?Posted on Jan 31, 2014By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Truthout This piece first appeared at Truthout. The Geneva II conference which claims to be seeking to end the war in Syria seems designed to fail and instead to provide an excuse for military intervention by the United States and its allies. Human rights activist, Ajamu Baraka, describes the negotiations as an 'Orwellian subterfuge' designed to provide justification for war and a lot of facts support his view. The negotiations are destined to fail because of the way they have been set-up and the preconditions of the United States and its allies in the Syrian opposition demanding that President Bashar al-Assad agree to leave government before negotiations go forward. The set-up for failure begins with the limited participation. The rigged nature of the negotiations was demonstrated when the UN had to rescind an invitation to Iran to participate at the demand of the United States and the Syrian opposition group. Iran is a close ally of Syria and keeping them out of the negotiations is an effort to weaken and isolate Syria. It is an indication of a desire by the United States for a pre-ordained conclusion rather than a fair negotiation between the parties. The exclusion of Syrian civil society from these negotiations, beyond the militant fighters, is especially egregious. Many of these groups were working for transformation of Syria before the terrorism and war began. One example is the exclusion of woman, although women from across Syria have been meeting and put together a Syrian Women's Charter for Peace, their request to be included in the talks has been denied. Women and children comprise the majority of the millions who have been internally displaced or forced to flee the country. And they have suffered in horrible ways. Advertisement Square, Site wide Only one opposition group is included, the Syrian National Coalition, one favored by the United States but rejected by 13 key rebel groups in Syria. There are scores of others involved in the bloodshed in Syria, but these on-the-ground fighters are not included. How can peace, even a partial peace like a cease-fire, be negotiated if those involved in the fighting are not participating? In fact, an agreement by the participants to stop fighting would entrap Assad. Groups not included in the negotiations will continue to fight and Assad will respond. When Assad responds to attacks, he will be accused of violating the peace agreement. This will provide an excuse for outside military intervention. The U.S. and its allies will claim: 'Assad is violating the peace agreement; there is no other choice than to enforce the agreement with military force.' The second and most important problem with the negotiations is the precondition of the United States and the Syrian National Coalition that Assad must agree to step down before negotiations can begin. The U.S. and its allies falsely claim that the removal of Assad has already been agreed to the "Geneva communiqué" signed by Syria's ally, Russia. As Shamus Cooke points out, the communiqué does indeed call for a negotiated political transition, but nowhere does it state that such a transition must exclude Assad. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry kicked off the conference by demanding the removal of President Bashar al-Assad from power. And, this has become the central issue in the discussions so far, leading to a stalemate. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, accused the U.S. and its Middle East allies, particularly Turkey and Saudi Arabia, of supporting terrorist groups seeking to destabilize Syria and working to put forward their own plans for a new government. The Syrians put forward their own plan that would begin with ridding the nation of foreign terrorists. They argue it is up to the Syrian people to decide who their leaders are and what type of government they want. The kick-off of the conference coincided with a propaganda campaign. A report funded by Qatar claimed the Assad government had tortured and killed 11,000 prisoners. There has been a history of torture in Syria; in fact, the United States sent people to be tortured in Syria as part of its rendition program, so on its face the claim does not seem far-fetched. But did they prove the case? New and Improved CommentsIf you have trouble leaving a comment, review this help page. Still having problems? Let us know. If you find yourself moderated, take a moment to review our comment policy. |


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The name Sheriff comes from the old English "Shire Reeve" who was the King's representative in the County (Shire). In ancient times the Sheriff had responsibility for the administration of justice, the collection of taxes, seizing the property of debtors, keeping the gaol, hanging criminals and even command of military force.
The office of Sheriff in Poole was created on 23 June 1568 by the Great Charter of Queen Elizabeth I, which mode Poole a County Corporate, in deed and name, distinct and separate from the County of Dorset. Poole was the only town given this honour by the Queen. This Great Charter virtually ended any control over Poole by the Lord of the Manor. The Charter allowed the town to choose its own Mayor, Sheriff, Justices of the Peace, Recorder and Coroner. Poole was one of only 19 towns that had the right to elect a Sheriff. Today there are only 16 Sheriffs in the whole of England and Wales.
The duties and responsibilities of the Sheriff today are not as onerous as in the past. The title of Sheriff became purely honorary as a result of the Local Government Act 1972, which reorganised Local Government from 1974 onwards. Poo!e, at this time, asked if it could keep its "Borough" status and retain its historic titles and privileges within the district of Poole. This was granted and the Charter of "Queen Elizabeth II" was granted on 1 April 1974, including the honorary title of Sheriff. At the Annual Council meeting each year, the Sheriff is presented with a key, symbolically representing the past duty as Keeper of the Town Gaol, and he/she is also given a staff or wand surmounted with a crown, signifying the former connection with the Monarch. The chain of office dates from the 1880s and has been gradually built up to its present length of 37 links. It is believed that Poole is unique in that the two Charters of Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Elizabeth II gave Poole the right to have a Sheriff. The Roll of Honour goes back to 1568 and is shown on the plaques in the Conference Room.
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John Walter, yeoman, of Christiania Hundred, Delaware, and Joel Swaine of East Marlborough Township, Pennsylvania, are the two individuals, grantor and grantee, who signed this 1831 land indenture for property partly in Delaware and partly in Pennsylvania.
This 1831 land indenture is between John Walter, yeoman, of Christiania Hundred, Delaware, and Joel Swaine of East Marlborough Township, Pennsylvania. The deed is for approximately 60 acres, and Swaine paid 500 dollars for it.
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The indenture lists several of the previous owners, such as James Delaplain and Charles Swaddell; it also bears a later tax receipt and signatures from later transactions on the verso of the document. The land indenture was signed in the presence of Benjamin Swayne and Joseph G. Rowlands in the Supreme Court for the State of Delaware; and it was recorded in Book Q, volume 4, page 95, by Matthew Kean in the Office for Recording Deeds, in New Castle.
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Subject: Re: [OMPI devel] "make check" (libtool) failure on Linux/ppc w/ XLC (1.5rc5 and 1.4.3rc1) From: Paul H. Hargrove (PHHargrove_at_[hidden]) Date: 2010-08-27 20:39:27
I reran the build as Ralf requested (setting shlibpath_overrides_runpath=yes in the libtool script). The build and check were SUCCESSful!
I have provided Ralf with the requested files off-list. -Paul
Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > * Paul H. Hargrove wrote on Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 03:54:54AM CEST: > >>> I am now looking at using IBM's XLC compilers for ILP32 builds on >>> the same Linux/PPC64 platform for which I've reported some >>> XLC/LP64 bugs. >>> >>> What I find now is that "make check" is failing with the loader >>> unable to find libmpi.so.0. >>> This is with both 1.5rc5 and 1.4.3rc1. >>> This occurs with xlc, but things are just fine with gcc. >>> > > >>> As I said above, the problem is NOT occuring w/ gcc. So, I've >>> attached the "./libtool --config" output for the xlc and gcc >>> builds, which I see differ in more ways than I would have >>> expected. >>> > > The thing that's unexpected to me is the shlibpath_overrides_runpath > difference. > > >> While I still don't know the root cause, the following diff between >> the libtool-generated wrappers for a gcc and xlc build make the >> cause of the "make check" failure fairly obvious: >> > > Please set shlibpath_overrides_runpath=yes in the libtool script for > xlc, then try 'make clean all check'. Please send config.log for xlc > (packed). > > Thanks, > Ralf > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > devel_at_[hidden] > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel >
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Step aside head coach Alberto Salazar, the European 10,000m record holder Mo Farah reveals why his sternest critic is his six-year-old daughter Rihanna
You won the New York Half-Marathon in March. When can we expect you to take on the marathon?
The marathon is something I've always wanted to do. The London Marathon is one of the greatest in the world. As a youngster I used to compete in the mini marathon, so I've already had a taste of what it would be like. I've also ran the Bupa London 10000, which will be the route used for the Olympic marathon - it'll be four laps of the course. After London 2012 I'll try to run the marathon at some point in my career, but I'm still not sure exactly when. Once I know I can't run any faster at the 5K or 10K, it'll be time to switch to the marathon.
Do you still meet athletes who make you star struck?
There are so many athletes who inspire me: Steve Ovett, Steve Cram and Paula Radcliffe for starters. Once you realise what it takes to be the best, you really admire those athletes for what they've achieved and for the fight it took to get those medals. I still regard those athletes as my role models.
I heard you say earlier at today's event that Paula supported you when you were a young athlete. How so?
When I was younger, she helped me to get a sponsorship that gave me money towards driving lessons. As a young athlete, one of the most exciting things is passing your test and to be able to drive yourself to training sessions. You never forget things like that. I always remember in 2006 at the European Championships, I saw her at the warm-up show and she came over to me and said, "Be strong, go out there and know you're the best." When you look up to someone, it's really overwhelming when you know they're on your side.
Can you see your six-year-old daughter Rihanna going into athletics?
I'd never push her into athletics, but if that's what she wants to do, I'll fully support her. She's very confident and she changes her mind everyday about what she wants to be: a singer, a dancer or a hairdresser. She enjoys sport though and she always expects me to win. If I don't win, I know she'll give me a hard time. Even if it's just a training run, I'll get back in and the first thing she'll say is, "Did you win?" You should see her face if I say no.
Which career path would you have chosen if it hadn't been for running?
I guess I would have just had a normal nine-to-five office job. I would have always been quite active and sporty outside of work. When I was younger I always wanted to play for Arsenal FC, but I don't think I was quite good enough.
What's your ultimate career ambition?
To become an Olympic champion. Winning an Olympic medal is something you always train for and dream about - it's the ultimate prize.
British distance running ace Mo Farah appearing at a Nike event in London where he passed on advice to young track and field hopefuls. Mo Farah also received Arsenal FC inspired Nike Zoom Victory Spikes ahead of Friday's Crystal Palace Diamond League race.