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A Resolution appropriating $50,000 from the General Fund of the General Services District and approving a grant to Nashville Housing Fund, Inc., to provide partial funding for its program services.
WHEREAS, Substitute Ordinance No. BL2004-256, the 2004-2005 budget ordinance adopted by the Metropolitan Council, appropriated one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) as a contribution for Affordable Housing; and
WHEREAS, the Nashville Housing Fund, Inc., provides screening and information to prospective homeowners and provides for free counseling services to get low to moderate income families and individuals started in the homeownership process; and
WHEREAS, T.C.A. § 7-3-314 enables the Metropolitan Government to appropriate funds for the financial aid of a nonprofit organization which is exempt from taxation pursuant to § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended (sic), provided that such funds appropriated shall be used to promote the general welfare of the residents of Metropolitan Government; and
WHEREAS, Nashville Housing Fund, Inc., is a tax exempt organization under the provisions of § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the funds appropriated herein shall be used to promote the general welfare of the residents of Metropolitan Government; and
WHEREAS, Nashville Housing Fund, Inc., has filed with the Metropolitan Clerk (1) evidence of its tax exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (2) a statement of the proposed use of the funds and the program that serves the residents of Metropolitan Government, and (3) a copy of an annual audited financial statement.
SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) from account number 01101539 "Contribute Affordable Housing" of the General Fund of the General Services District to fund a grant to Nashville Housing Fund, Inc., for the purpose of providing a portion of the funding for its program services.
SECTION 2. The Metropolitan Government is hereby authorized to enter into
a grant agreement with Nashville Housing Fund, Inc., for the amount provided
herein for the purposes stated, and the Metropolitan Mayor is hereby authorized
to execute said grant agreement. Such grant agreement shall be in such form
as required by the Director of Law and of the Director of Finance and shall
specify the terms and conditions under which the grant funds may be expended
and shall contain a requirement that the grantee
shall file with the Director of Finance and with the Metropolitan Clerk a copy
of an annual report of its business affairs and transactions and documents
relating to the actual expenditures of the funds provided herein. In no event
may any funds of the Metropolitan Government appropriated herein and subject
to the grant agreement be used for making of loans to any person, firm, or
other entity, the use of such funds being limited to normal operating and management
expenses of the program.
SECTION 3. This Resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Sponsored by: Diane Neighbors
Referred: | Budget & Finance
Committee Personnel-Public Information-Human Relations- Housing Committee |
Introduced: | September 21, 2004 |
Adopted: | September 21, 2004 |
Approved: | September 22, 2004 |
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Lucky Ward: HPD Says He Was a Serial Killer
Houston police are saying a man they have charged with one murder is linked to four others, all strangulations.HPD Lucky Ward: HPD says he's strangled five victims
Lucky Ward, 46, had been charged with murdering a homeless woman near the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in September; today he was charged with the murder of Carlos Rodriguez in September.
Two of the five victims tied to Ward are what HPD labels "transgendered individual[s]."
DNA evidence has linked Ward to all five crimes, HPD says.
One of the deaths occurred in January 2010; another in June of that year. The last three came quickly: two in September and the last in October.
Ward was arrested in November.
Here's HPD's list of the victims:
-- [Ruben] Ical, 51, a transgendered individual, was found partially clothed in a field at 4300 Garrott about 2 p.m. on January 10, 2010.-- [Raquel] Mundy, 24, was found in a field at 300 St. Charles about 4 p.m. on June 18, 2010. She was last seen getting into a vehicle with a male outside the downtown Greyhound bus station.
-- [Carlos] Rodriguez, a transgendered individual, was found inside his residence at 207 Frawley about 8 a.m. on September 13, 2010.
-- [Reita] Long was found near a stairwell of a building at 1700 San Jacinto about 6:20 a.m. on September 30, 2010. DNA evidence developed Ward as a suspect in the case and he (Ward) confessed to his role and was charged in Long's murder.
-- [Carol] Flood, 62, was also found lying near a stairwell of a building, at 1600 Louisiana about 5:10 p.m. on October 10, 2010.
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This airbox mod?
I am tearing my bike down for a water seal replacement (its toast) and other PM items to find this in my air box. I just got this bike so I am learning new things about it as I am tearing it down.
It appears the PO installed some sort of trap in the airbox. It looks like they put a piece of plexiglass in the lid to form a trap. I assume the first owner because the second owner did nothing to it other than oil and gas. Its obvious that this has trapped a lot of crap from the water seal destroying itself and there is no sign of sludge anywhere past the filter near this trap, in the upper right corner. Just curious if anyone has seen anything like this. I have searched these forums for quite some time and have never seen anything of the sort. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8094/8...068319c4_z.jpg This airbox mod? by Beergut, on Flickr |
I suppose it keeps any emulsified coolant/oil from dripping into the front carb. Looks like it vents to the front...hope so. :D If it were sealed it'd completely negate the crankcase vent causing more seals to bite the big weenie.
I removed the vent from the airbox long ago, corked the box and and placed a simple filter on the hose to keep out boulders, alligators, ect...that eliminates the problem far easier... Forum peeps sometimes come up with all sorts of 'creative' mods.:D Best mod on this bike imo is to swap to a free flowing air filter and rejet btw, really wakes the thing up and eliminates fooling with that evil chunk '0 plastic airbox insanity. Cheers, you're gonna love this bike. |
it does go to the front vent.
Are you referring to the rottweiler system? Maybe down the road.....for now, I want to experience the bike and get all of the PM stuff done. -and get a pair of FMF's on it. Coming from a KLR...there will be a bit of a learning curve to this bike. |
So I guess for now...should I keep the plexiglass modification there?
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February 8, 1487
Birth of Ulrich in Reichenweier, Germany. Ulrich was the Herzog of Württemberg from 1498. Due to political problems he was removed from his position by fellow nobles in 1519. Through political intrigues he regained control of Württemberg in 1534. At that time he dissolved the monasteries, confiscated church lands and invited Protestant theologians to reform the church in Württemberg. (Luther had been excommunicated in 1520.)
February 8, 1744
Birth of Karl Theodor von Dalberg in Herrnsheim, Germany. Dalberg was the Archbishop of Mainz and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire (1802), the Primate of Germany (1803) and the President of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806). Dalberg died on February 10, 1817 in Regensburg.
February 8, 1795
Birth of Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1795-1867) in Hamburg, Germany. The chemist, Runge was a professor at the University of Breslau before he accepted a position as an industrial chemist in Oranienburg in 1831. He isolated and named carbolic acid, pyrrole, rosolic acid and cyanol. He originated the technique of paper chromatography and developed a process for extracting sugar from beets.
February 8, 1871
Death of Moritz von Schwind in Munich, Germany. Schwind was a very popular painter of romantic-idealized themes. For a time he was a close friend of Franz Schubert. In 1847 he became a teacher at the Munich Academy.
February 8, 1874
Death of David Friedrich Strauss in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Strauss was a highly controversial Protestant theologian, influenced in his thinking by the philosophy of Friedrich Hegel. His first major work Das Leben Jesu kritisch bearbeitet (1836) sought to prove the gospels to be simply "historical myth". His last publication, Der alte und der neue Glaube (1872) was no less controversial, as he sought to replace Christianity with a form of Darwinism.
February 8, 1876
Birth of Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) in Dresden, Germany. Modersohn-Becker was a German painter and one of the most important representatives of early expressionism. In a brief career, cut short by an embolism at the age of 31, she created a number of groundbreaking images of great intensity.
February 8, 1878
Birth of Martin Buber in Vienna, Austria. Buber was a Jewish religious philosopher most noted for his interest in the relationships between beings. His book Ich und Du appeared in 1923. He earned his doctorate at the University of Vienna. Buber was influenced by Nicholas of Cusa, Jakob Böhme and Friedrich Nietzsche. From 1916 to 1924 he edited the intellectual monthly, Der Jude. In 1934 he became the head of Jewish adult education in Nazi Germany. When the Nazis forbade him to teach, he immigrated to Palestine.
February 8, 1880
Birth of Franz Marc (1880-1916) in Munich, Germany. An Expressionist painter, Marc was a founding member of the artists group "Der blaue Reiter". He also edited the journal, Der blaue Reiter with Wassily Kandinsky. Noted paintings by Marc are "Tiger", "Blue Horses" and "The Yellow Cow".
February 8, 1886
Birth of Wilhelm Koppers in Menzelen, Germany. A Catholic priest, Koppers worked to establish a comparative, historical approach to cultural phenomena. He was an editor of the journal, Anthropos. He was a professor of ethnology at the University of Vienna.
February 8, 1897
Birth of Rudolf Dreikurs in Vienna, Austria. A psychologist, Dreikurs developed the individual psychology of Alfred Adler and applied it to children. He earned his M.D. at the University of Vienna. He immigrated to the United States in 1937 where he founded the Alfred Adler Institute in Chicago.
February 8, 1916
Death of Gustav Falk in Luebeck, Germany. Falk was a poet and novelist. Among his noted poems are "Hohe Sommertage" and Frohe Fracht".
February 8, 1920
Death of Richard Dehmel in Blankenese, Germany. Dehmel was a poet who explored themes on individualism, social injustice, sexuality and love. Works by Dehmel include Erlösungen (1891), Weib und Welt (1896), and Schöne wilde Welt (1913).
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The victory in the six-month Battle of Stalingrad, which killed about 2 million people, is a symbol of national pride that has produced an outburst of patriotic fervour and, for some, nostalgia for the Soviet era and dictator Josef Stalin.
President Vladimir Putin flew to Volgograd, which was known as Stalingrad from 1925 until 1961. He laid a wreath and met veterans after a military parade led by soldiers in World War Two uniforms and featuring a wartime T-34 tank.
"I saw cities in Europe that were practically untouched by the war, countries that capitulated to the more powerful enemies even before war was declared," First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said in a speech at the parade.
"But we are not like that. Our grandfathers, our fathers, our older generation, our great leaders, fought here for each building, for each street."
Hundreds of war veterans turned up for the parade on Volgograd's central Square of the Fallen Fighters, their coats weighed down by medals, the youngest of them now 89.
After Stalingrad, Soviet troops fought their way westward to Berlin, sweeping into the German capital 27 months later.
For many of the veterans, the ceremony was bittersweet as they had lost so many comrades-in-arms and loved ones.
"It's very important to remember this battle," said Valentina Olekhina, who was celebrating her 70th birthday.
She was born in Stalingrad on Feb. 2, 1943, the day German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus told his forces to cease fire after he was captured in a cellar by Soviet troops.
"I think my mother went into labour out of relief or excitement. I was born outside but I don't know exactly where," she told Reuters.
Putin did not attend the parade but flew to the city, 900 km south of Moscow, after holding a reception for veterans in the Kremlin on Friday.
He hopes to tap a vein of sentiment that harks back not only to before the 1991 collapse of Moscow's Soviet empire but to a dictator disowned as a genocidal tyrant even by his Communist heirs. For all Stalin's crimes, defeating Adolf Hitler is a source of immense pride in a country seeking a new identity.
"Using this example we have to consolidate our society and our country. And we will do it," Putin told the veterans and young activists in a war museum in Volgograd.
"Historical knowledge is very essential from the point of view of preserving our statehood... Patriotism is the love for the motherland. Without it, this love will just melt as a piece of sugar in this tea," Putin said while drinking tea.
Under a decision by the city council intended to please the veterans, Volgograd was referred to as Stalingrad at the official events. Admirers of Stalin posted his portrait in minibuses - a move not approved by the authorities.
For 200 days, Germans and Russians fought hand to hand, street by street and from room to room, battling subzero winter cold, snow and sometimes starvation too.
Russian historians say 40,000 people were killed on the day of fiercest bombing and at the height of combat the average survival time of Soviet soldiers sent into battle was 24 hours.
Hitler had seen capturing Stalingrad as a prize that would sap Soviet morale, partly because of its symbolic name, and help secure control of oilfields in the Caucasus to fuel his army.
The city was called Tsaritsyn before the Bolshevik Russian revolution of 1917. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev launched a campaign of "de-Stalinisation" after Stalin's death in 1953, easing political repression, erasing the late dictator's name and renaming the "hero city" as Volgograd.
Pride in the bravery of Soviet troops and the endurance of civilians trapped during the battle unites almost all Russians - at a time when many complain of big divisions in society.
Putin, in power for 13 years, is facing criticism over corruption and a lack of political freedoms. Memories of Stalingrad offer an opportunity to burnish his credentials as the man who restored the nation's glory after the economic chaos and conflicts of the first post-Soviet decade.
Russian television has repeatedly shown footage from wartime Stalingrad and broadcast films and documentaries about the battle. Even the crew of the orbiting International Space Station congratulated the war veterans.
"We will always be grateful for your heroic act. The memory of it will live on down the ages," cosmonaut Roman Romanenko said in video footage shown on Russian television.
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Jazz playoff push: Is postseason better or worse for franchise?
The Utah Jazz are in a playoff push that few figured they'd be in this season (not including this back-patting writer, thank you). Strangely, Jazzland has mixed reactions to this potential playoff run.
Many fans are as giddy as can be. For them, Tuesday's play-in game can't get here quickly enough.
For others, this unexpected success is inconvenient timing. It risks denying the organization a spot in a loaded lottery.
Ah, the conundrum. Would it be better for the Utah Jazz to beat the Phoenix Suns and make the playoffs or lose and benefit from the deep draft?
1.Jazz Could Be In Or Out
Usually, fans are 100 percent behind their team making the playoffs. This year, however, is a bit different. If the Jazz get in the postseason, the T-Wolves will get their first-round pick as part of the 2010 Al Jefferson deal. Utah protected its 2012 draft selection, so it keeps its lottery pick if the team doesn't make the playoffs.
(Side note: The Jazz still could get into the lottery, but that would require Golden State to lose Tanking War 2012. Shockingly, the Warriors showed life Sunday, rallying to beat the Tankingwolves to snap an eight-game losing streak. Golden State will keep its protected pick if it's in the top seven after the ping pong balls are plucked. It's Utah's if it's between 8-14 as a result of the Deron Williams deal.)
2. The Company Line
You can guess in which camp Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin would rather cook s'mores and pitch a tent.
"You always want to compete to win," Corbin said. "From a player's standpoint, you don't want to go out there with an intention of doing anything other than winning a ballgame — that's competing and growing and understanding how to play in different situations."
Corbin is among those who believe the experience gained by playing in pre-playoff, pressure-packed moments, which the Jazz have been in for a while, outweigh the unknown results of getting a low-end lottery pick. The experience in the playoffs then will provide a building block to the future as Utah tries to grow upon previous postseason results.
Added Corbin: "We need to make sure that we continue to develop and understand the attitude of what it's going to take to be successful at this time of year."
This is Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor's opinion on tanking:
"How would you explain to these guys on this team that? What would you say, 'Hey, guys, we'll get it next year?'" O'Connor said. "Does that give them an excuse not to play and practice? Does that give them an excuse not to compete in games? Yeah, sure.
"To me, if you did that," O'Connor added, "I don't know how you ever get a team back. You'd have to get rid of everybody and have another team come out."
3. Culture Of Winning, Not Lotterying
It'd be nice to add another high pick to the potential-packed squad — most can agree on that. But the Jazz have gotten into the playoffs in 24 of the past 28 years by playing to win games — of the non-lottery nature.
"The culture," O'Connor said, "was developed by Larry (Miller) and John (Stockton) and Karl (Malone) and Jerry (Sloan) that, hey, go out and play and let the chips fall where they may."
That's also why Corbin has stuck with veteran players while gradually incorporating promising young guys into rotations.
"You can still win and develop," O'Connor said. "Trying to get the first pick in the draft is not something that we would ever aspire to."
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Falling wholesale energy prices have had significant column inches recently, with UK regulator Ofgem threatening to "go after" domestic retailers caught with profit-laden "jam on their fingers." While households may enjoy a welcome fall in energy bills in the New Year, British industry faces the more immediate prospect of another winter of discontent in the volatile spot and near curve markets.
Germany's Wingas has questioned the paradoxical practice of moving to a liberalized energy market but still allowing suppliers to maintain long-term contracts. Wingas' objection is justified as the context of such long-term contractual arrangements has moved on and, as Datamonitor's Salman Wasti argues, other, less anti-competitive options are available.
In less than eight weeks time the Czech Republic will assume the rotating EU presidency, replacing France. Six months after that, the position will shift again to Sweden. Whereas the French and Swedish objectives relating to environment and energy respectively are quite ambitious, the Czech presidency will have limited aspirations.
As recent figures indicate, major Western oil companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and TOTAL are increasingly losing ground to a new breed of competitors. With many of the most lucrative hydrocarbon reserves situated in emerging nations and jealously guarded by national oil and gas companies, could this signal the end for Western domination of the oil industry?
Although gas prices are currently low across the Atlantic Basin, they are even lower in the US, which is diverting LNG towards Europe and further depressing wholesale prices. As these low prices are against a backdrop of Russia's over-supply to Europe and continuing weak demand in the UK, prices are expected to remain below seasonal averages during winter 2009.
Backed by 137 institutional investors representing $16 trillion in assets, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has launched a new program designed to assess the risks and opportunities associated with the water consumption of the world's 500 largest companies. As 90% of global freshwater is used for food and energy production, utilities need to proactively manage water as a core asset.
In the past month, Vietnam has experienced an extraordinary raft of investment in major energy projects. The government has in recent years been very open to foreign capital and has already developed a strong banking sector. Now it is the turn of the energy companies and Vietnam is managing this new market very effectively, both in terms of sustainability and investment.
Although gas prices have slumped and Europe is facing a supply glut, energy firms remain intent on securing supplies and hedging wholesale price risks by boosting their hydrocarbon reserves. Utilities are continuing their dash for upstream assets as the steep scaling back in oil and gas investments caused by the downturn could potentially lead to supply shortfalls once economic growth recovers.
Many expected the Democrat-run House of Representatives and Republican-run Senate to fail to reach an agreement on a new federal budget, effectively putting the White House out of business. In the end, a last-minute budget was decided that managed to avert several environmental riders that the Republicans were after, but this does not spell the end of the fight over Obama's green policy vehicles.
The US has suspended offshore oil and gas exploration and production following the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. While the decision will please environmentalists, it will threaten the country's recovery from recession given the probability of job losses, higher oil prices and security of supply problems that, in the short term at least, will have to be resolved with imports or renewables.
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There is only one choice here: a classic Kentucky mint julep.
Traditionally served in silver Julep cups, this robust and refreshing cocktail is the perfect balance of mint, sweet, and strong. Here's the way we like to make 'em:
- 2 cups crushed ice
- 1 ounce minted simple syrup
- 2 ounces bourbon
- mint sprigs + mint leaves
For minted simple syrup:
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup water
- 1 large bunch mint leaves
To make the simple syrup, combine the water and sugar in a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Stir until sugar has completely dissolved. Take pan off heat, add mint leaves, and steep 15 minutes. Strain, then refrigerate syrup until cold, about 3 hours.
Place mint leaves in a cocktail shaker and pour in the 2 ounces of bourbon and 1 ounce of simple syrup. Add a few ice cubes and shake.
To highball glass or silver Julep cup, add crushed ice. Strain the cocktail from the shaker into the cup. Garnish with a sprig of mint leaves and a straw.
3. The race.
Don't blink, or you'll miss it!
Clearly this event is all about the anticipation. We think it's a great excuse for a creative party. If you're with us, start planning now: Derby Day is on May 2 this year.
So there you have it: the hat, the drink, the race.
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Political Miscellania
Political Miscellania: 1/17/12
The first of our Political Miscellanias for 2012.
1. Newt Gingrich v. The Food Stamp-President-Gingrich demonstrated at the debate last night why he was once in first place in the race. He is unwilling to let the media set the terms of the agenda; in the cut and thrust of debate he is unmatchable; and he is invincibly politically incorrect, at least on the stump. As to the importance of early jobs, he is correct. My high school job, scrubbing dishes and floors, taught me some valuable early lessons about work, money and savings that have stood me in good stead throughout my life.
2. Santorum won Iowa-It looks like Rick Santorum probably won the Iowa caucus. I have heard that his margin of victory is probably about eighty ballots.
3. Jon Huntsman drops out-Every Democrat's favorite Republican has dropped out of the race. Mandarin Chinese teachers in this country are devastated. Huntsman's campaign never took off, and his Waterloo arrived swiftly when he came in third behind Ron Paul in New Hampshire. Although it obviously did not help him, Huntsman will always have a warm spot in my heart for this campaign commercial:
Political Miscellania 10\27\10
A roundup of recent political news less than a week before the election.
1. Debbie Does Delusion- Reason TV Porker of the Month is one of my favorite internet monthly videos. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz , Congresswoman for Florida 20, is one of the more telegenic of the Democrat members of Congress, and one of the most eager to appear on television. It is said that one of the most dangerous places to be in DC is between her and a tv camera. Somehow though, I doubt if she will appreciate her Reason TV feature. Her pro-life opponent Karen Harrington has been waging an aggressive uphill campaign. It is an overwhelmingly blue district, but if it is a night for political miracles next Tuesday, I hope that Karen Harrington can free Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for a full time TV career.
2. To Dream the Impossible Dream-Speaking of uphill fights, John Dennis, a libertarian Republican, has been going full bore against Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and fondly designated by me as The Lying Worthless Political Hack. California 8 in San Francisco is the blue heart of liberalism in this country, and therefore it would take a political earthquake of biblical proportions for Dennis to win, but that hasn't stopped him from campaigning with endless energy and humor:
If a candidate deserves to win simply due to energy, style and sheer brio, it is John Dennis. May Saint Jude be paying attention to this race.
3. How Low Can He Go?- A Harris interactive poll had the President at 37% approval yesterday, a new low mark for him. Coincidentally, on Monday our post-partisan President said that Republicans were welcome to work with him as long as they sit in the back of the bus. "We don't mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back." It's a generous offer Mr. President, but after next Tuesday I think the Republicans will be sitting up front with you. Continue reading
Political Miscellania 10\20\10
A roundup of political news less than two weeks from the midterm elections.
1. Kentucky Fried Political Suicide-Jack Conway decided to lose the Kentucky Senate Race with a bang not a whimper. His video resurrects a college prank pulled by Rand Paul almost three decades ago and attempts to use it to brand Paul an apostate from Christianity. I have seen lots of ludicrous attack ads over the years but this one takes the case. And the woman who was tied up in the prank? Here is her take:
By all accounts the ad is backfiring big time on Conway and will probably ensure a double digit Paul victory. Most voters understand that college students are young and often immature, at least I was, and can act in fairly foolish ways at times as a result. Besides, attempting to turn this into an attack on Paul's religious faith is misplaced. I am as confident as I can be that when Paul was tying up the coed the last thing on his mind was religion.
2. Ohio Fried Political Suicide-Steve Driehaus is the Democrat Congressman for Ohio 1. He doesn't want you to see the ad above. He is desperate because he trails his opponent Steve Chabot by double digits according to a recent poll. He is one of the incumbent Democrat Congressmen who have been cast adrift by the Democrat party because their re-election races appear hopeless. He is also one of the "pro-life" Democrat Congressman who voted for ObamaCare. The Susan B. Anthony List paid for a billboard to remind the constituents of Driehaus that ObamaCare allows for public funding of abortions. Driehaus complained to the Ohio Election Commission, claiming that the ad is misleading. A hearing is scheduled for the end of October. The attorneys for Driehaus strong armed the owner of the billboard not to allow the ad until the Commission has issued a ruling. The President of the Susan B. Anthony List Marjorie Dannenfelser has stated in regard to Driehaus and his lack of familiarity with the first amendment:
Of course by attempting to suppress the billboard, Driehaus has ensured that it has been seen by far more people over the internet and in newspaper and television stories than would have ever seen the billboard. Brilliant. Desperate and stupid is a poor combination in politics. Continue reading
Political Miscellania 10\14\10
A roundup of recent political news.
1. O'Donnell-Coons race- Christine O'Donnell takes aim in the above video at the major weakness of Chris Coons in the Delaware Senate race: he does have a history of being in favor of tax increases. Saturday Night Live mocks O'Donnell's "I am not a witch" ad here. Polls show O'Donnell some 16-20 points behind Coons. In a normal election year I would assume that she had no chance, but this is far from a normal election year. Additionally Mike Castle had a substantial lead over O'Donnell in the polls until a few days before she beat him in the Delaware primary.
Political Miscellania 10\6\10
A roundup of recent political news.
1. I am not a witch! Christine O'Donnell's "I am not a witch" opening salvo in her ad campaign. Normally an ad from a candidate denying she is a witch would be the last thing heard from a campaign doomed to defeat and oblivion. However, these are far from normal times. O'Donnell does two things with this ad. First, she shows the public that she is a real person and not the cartoon character created by the mainstream media and the denizens of the Left, and she begins to position herself as what she is: the ultimate outsider. Not a bad strategy in a political year that will be kind to outsiders and cruel to insiders.
2. Gallup Poll-Gallup for some reason has been late this year applying a likely voter screen in their polls. The closer you get to an election the more reliable likely voter polls get, and the less reliable registered voter polls are. In a high turnout election, Gallup predicts a 13 point Republican advantage among likely voters and in a low voter turnout election Gallup predicts an 18 point Republican advantage among likely voters. Go here to read the results of the poll. For comparison's sake, in the 1994 election when the Republicans took both the House and the Senate, in the Congressional elections the GOP had a six point advantage on election day. Continue reading
Political Miscellania 8/31/10
A roundup of recent political news:
1. GOP Takes Unprecedented Lead On Gallup Generic Congressional Ballot- Gallup has been running the generic Congressional ballot since 1942. Yesterday it showed Republicans ahead by 10 points.
2. The Senate Is In Play- Albert Hunt is a political reporter who has been around forever. He is also a political liberal. That made his column yesterday especially interesting:
Forget conventional wisdom: Republicans have a real shot at taking control of the Senate, as well as the House, in the U.S. midterm elections.
Go here to read the entire column. I of course have been predicting since last December that the GOP would take both the House and the Senate. Continue reading
Political Miscellania 7/14/10
A roundup of recent political news.
1. Deficit Cancer-Erskine Bowles, co-chairman with Allan Simpson, former Republican senator from Wyoming, of President Obama's debt and deficit commission, is Bill Clinton's former chief of staff. Therefore I was somewhat surprised at how forthright he was recently when he made this statement:
Statements like this help keep spending and the national debt at the forefront of the issues confronting the nation and that is not good news for Obama and the Democrats in November.
2. Obama 40-On January 5, 2009 I made the following prediction here: "8. Obama's popularity rating will be around 40% by the end of 2009." The latest ABC-Washington post poll here indicates that is about the amount of support the President currently enjoys:
A CBS poll released yesterday also shows Obama at 40%
3. Hurricane GOP- Charlie Cook is one of the best political prognosticators in the business. Personally his politics lean in the port direct, but I have always found his analysis to be very accurate. Here is what he thinks is ahead in November in an article entitled Hurricane GOP On The Way:
Political Miscellania 6/24/10
A roundup of recent political news.
1. Nikki Haley, see the above video, crushed her opponent in the runoff 65-35. She survived bizzare accusations of infidelity, attacks on whether she is a Christian, her parents are Sikh immigrants, and outright racism. She is only 38 years old, her youth being something she has in common with the new generation of conservatives running and winning this year. She has a 20 point lead on her opponent in the general election and is the odds on favorite to win in the fall and be the next governor of South Carolina.
2. Tim Scott handily won his runoff against Paul Thurmond for the Republican nomination for Congress from South Carolina 1. This is a heavily Republican district, so Mr. Scott, who many consider to be the most conservative member of the South Carolina legislature, will now almost certainly be the first black Republican congressman from South Carolina since Reconstruction.
3. The bad news for the Democrats for November just will not stop. Gallup released a poll this week which shows a huge enthusiasm gap in favor of the GOP.
The current average is based on four measures of this enthusiasm question since February, including the recent June 11-13 USA Today/Gallup poll. In that poll, 53% of Republicans said they were more enthusiastic than usual about voting and 39% were less enthusiastic, while 35% of Democrats said they were more enthusiastic about voting and 56% were less enthusiastic.
Republicans' net score of +14 more enthusiastic in the latest poll compared with the Democrats' net score of -21 represents the largest relative party advantage Gallup has measured in a single midterm election-year poll. More generally, Republicans have shown a decided relative advantage in enthusiasm throughout 2010, averaging a net score of +28, compared with Democrats' net score of 0.
(Gallup instituted a separate enthusiasm question in March on its Daily tracking survey, which asks voters to say how enthusiastic they are about voting this year as opposed to comparing their current enthusiasm to their enthusiasm in prior elections. This new enthusiasm question lacks a historical trend but has also shown a consistent Republican advantage throughout the year.)
The 28 percentage-point party difference in net scores on the "more enthusiastic than usual" question in 2010 is the highest Gallup has measured in a midterm election year, with 1994's 17-point Republican advantage the only other midterm election-year gap coming close. (See the table at the end of the article for full data by party.)
Political Miscellania 6/16/10
1. As the above video indicates, Congressman Bob Etheridge (D.NC) does not realize that he is living in the age of video cell phones and Youtube. His GOP opponent, Renee Ellmers, reminds him of the current facts of political life.
2. If you are a Democrat, you know that political times are bad for you if National Public Radio runs a poll which indicates that your party is going to be creamed in November.
Democrat Stan Greenberg and Republican Glen Bolger conducted the first public battleground poll of this election cycle. They chose the 70 House districts experts regard as most likely to oust incumbents this fall. What they found was grim news for Democrats.
For this poll, Bolger and Greenberg chose the districts where incumbents are considered the most vulnerable, and, in the case of open seats, the ones most likely to switch party control in November. Sixty are currently held by Democrats — many of whom won these seats even when voters in the same district preferred Republican John McCain for president in 2008. The other 10 districts are the flip side — held by Republicans in the House, even though their voters went for Barack Obama in 2008.
These are this year's swing seats — the political terrain where the battle for control of the House of Representatives will be won or lost. In this battleground, voters are choosing Republicans over Democrats 49 percent to 41 percent. Continue reading
Political Miscellania 5/25/10
A roundup of recent political news.
1. Rule one of a sex scandal: Do not have your mistress interview you on the topic of abstinence education as Congressman Mark Souder (R.Ind) did in the above video. Souder had the common sense to resign , and the Republicans should be able to hold the seat. As for Mr. Souder, when you preach social conservatism, the first person you must convince is yourself.
2. Republicans lose Pennsylvania 12 special election. I always thought this one was a long shot. The Democrats enjoy a 2-1 voter advantage, and the corrupt Jack Murtha who had held the seat since 74 won re-election in 2008 in spite of being under investigation and calling his voters racist. Perhaps there is some truth in this old Saturday Night Live video from 2008.
3. Republicans win Hawaii 1. Charles Djou is going to Congress as the first Republican congressman from Hawaii in 20 years. Djou got in because the Democrats fielded two candidates and neither one would bow out. The Democrats are confident that they will take the seat back in November. I am not so sure. Djou is a formidable campaigner and the Democrat vote may still be fractured come November with all the bad blood that has been generated, with a fair amount of Democrats deciding to sit out the vote or crossing over to vote for Djou.
4. Best political campaign ad thus far in this cycle:
Political Miscellania
A round up of various political items of interest:
1. We lead off with the above video. Contessa Brewer, MSNBC's representative journalist for the empty-headed bimbo demographic, is just so darned ticked off that the Time's Square Would Be Bomber turned out to be a jihadist and not, presumably, some more politically correct villain. This perhaps is of limited political significance, other than to demonstrate yet again that MSNBC should only be viewed for purposes of unintentional humor.
2. David Obey (D. WI.) announced his surprise retirement. When Obey was first elected to Congress in 1968 I was 11 years old. Needless to say, it is long past time for him to be moving on to other things after 42 years, but his retirement this late in the campaign season indicates to me that this was not planned far in advance, and probably was due to the fact that he was facing a tough race and the prospect of the House flipping to the Republicans. This is bad news for the Democrats as it puts one more Democrat seat in play and is yet another sign of the political disaster awaiting the Democrats in November.


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Florida City Not Allowed To Get Food?
LEESBURG, Fla. -- City officials debated this week whether firefighters returning from emergency calls should stop off at local eateries to pick up meals for themselves.
In a 3-2 decision, commissioners reverted to a former city policy, effectively allowing firefighters to use the department's ladder trucks to stop for food during their shifts.
Late last year, City Manager Jay Evans changed the internal policy so that members of the department had to return the large trucks between calls and use a smaller vehicle to get food. Firefighters were not happy with his policy change and asked commissioners to allow them to use trucks to make food runs.
Commissioners, however, voiced a range of opinions about the policy.
Mayor Lewis Puckett, who voted against Monday's measure, said he receives phone calls on a regular basis from residents complaining about the inconvenience of the trucks parked at local eateries. Some frustrated residents found their cars blocked in by the large trucks, he said.
"I get at least two calls a week about the firefighters," he said. "I'm getting tired of hearing about it."
Fire Chief Dennis Sargent told commissioners it was cheaper for the city to allow the firefighters to use the trucks on their way back from a call than to use smaller vehicles. Some firefighters attending the meeting pleaded with commissioners to allow them to use the trucks to travel for food. They cited their long shifts and the large amount of food they usually consume during their shifts.
But Commissioner Bill Polk, who also cast a dissenting vote, was not convinced.
"That's ridiculous to drive a ladder truck from the fire station to Publix," he said. "What happened to people wherever they work they bring their lunch to work?"
The department should use the trucks when appropriate -- that is, for emergency calls -- because of the expensive repair costs, Polk said.
"Those firetrucks require a lot of maintenance," he said.
Other commissioners, though, defended the department's ability to use the trucks to get food. Although it's important to be financially conservative, the firefighters should be allowed to use the trucks to travel for meals between calls, Commissioner John Christian said.
"This is a perk that they've had," he said. "The last thing I want to do is hurt the morale with the firefighters."
By driving the trucks to local eateries after a call, the firefighters are getting hands-on practice driving, Commissioner David Knowles said.
"I think it's prudent . . . for you to get practical experience driving in non-emergency situations so when the emergency situations do arrive, you can get there quickly," Knowles said.
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just out of spite they should park it in front of city hall :P
I am glad I do not work in a small city where town commissioners even have to entertain such trivial BS.
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Management is making sure things are done right. Leadership is doing the right thing. The fire service needs alot more leaders and a lot less managers.
"Everyone goes home" is the mantra for the pussification of the modern, American fire service.
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The department should use the trucks when appropriate -- that is, for emergency calls -- because of the expensive repair costs, Polk said.
"Those firetrucks require a lot of maintenance," he said.
I think the comissioners should be more worried about the quality of their fleet of apparatus.
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The article doesn't indicate a discussion took place about the delay in responding that would occur if they went grocery shopping in vehicles other than their assigned apparatus and an alarm came in while at the store.
The "commissioners" also forget that the Brothers in Florida work 24 hour shifts. They also do not get a traditional meal break like the 9 to 5 world.
I have no problem with using apparatus to get food. Pick up the food while returning from a call or doing inspections. Make it "driver training" or "district familiarization" if the small minds want to complain.
PS: I am willing to bet that the "citizens who complain" are probably parked in the fire lane and are told to move!"The education of a firefighter and the continued education of a firefighter is what makes "real" firefighters. Continuous skill development is the core of progressive firefighting. We learn by doing and doing it again and again, both on the training ground and the fireground."
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What about all the good public relations for the department when the kids stop at the truck or perhaps the crew can actually respond if an alarm is received. Some people will never get it! Gonzo - your PS statement is so true!
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A certain large (40+ stations), Texas department that I may or may not work for, actually used to not allow any apparatus to go to the store during the shift (other than actual calls). It was supposedly to save fuel. But there was more to it of course. But they finally decided that was silly so now "they" have to call the BC for approval to go to the store. And if the BC is acting, then the shift commander must be called for approval. How is it that "they" can literally make life saving decisions, but aren't smart enough to decide if it is ok to go to the store. I understand that you need to make sure other companies are not out training, etc, but this is ridiculous. And every firefighter knows that this is sometimes the most public contact you will make other than calls.
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Lenexa, Kansas used to be like this. Once you were in quarters for duty you could not leave the station unless it was on a call. You couldn't go to the store, you couldn't go out to your car to get a pillow, you couldn't sit on the bumpers of the truck with the doors open, you couldn't answer the phone before or after your shift even 1 minute before 8am because that would constitute working over time. All of these were punishable by being written up. Things have changed since a new chief started who has less military background.
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Our city has gone back and forth on this issue. The reason listed for not allowing the apparatus to pick up food is perception. Honestly, the public doesn't know you're returning for a run, and this often leads to complaints that they see their tax dollars being wasted as large firetrucks are used to run errands when they burn more fuel and cost more to maintain over their lives.
On the side of allowing the food stops/runs. We leave an operator there who is supposed to actively engage kids and adults alike as they pass while the guys are inside. The attempt is to use these times as a public service event. Kids love seeing the trucks, adults ask what your doing and it give a chance to explain,"we're shopping for our meals on our way back from a run, since we work 24 hour shifts and we are never sure when we'll free to pick up groceries later".
The issue was "hotter" when the price of fuel was double what it is today. At $4.00/gal. for gas all food runs were suspended. The prices dropped and we went back to shopping post run.
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Similar issue here with that. Again, it was about public perception. FDNY , Chicago or LA hardly have a public perception that the firefighters don't have enough to do. But in a small FD where the sirens don't run all day, and there is not much in the way of TV news reporters or much news coverage at all, the public often doesn't know how busy you might be, and seeing guys "lounging about the floor" while their on their way home from work that helps them pay their taxes for our salaries doesn't help. It's about how you're perceived in your community.
Sounds exactly like what was explained to us in a recent municipal personnel law seminar. Common sense and realistic rules evidentially have no place in labor laws.
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Its funny how TPTB have problems with the FD taking a truck to get groceries, but they have no problem sending us all over god's creation on some stupid task.
If you are in your first-in district I don't understand the problem. If citizen's ask about it, just explain to them thats why we have our radios on because right now when we are buying the groceries, later when we are cooking them, and even while we are eating them, we have to listen for a call because if we get one we have to go.
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Why can't they just plan ahead and bring food with them in the morning? Good god, it's not a big deal. I work 12 hour shifts on the weekend, I am the only one on duty, I am stuck in that building for 12 straight hours. If there are security events I don't get to eat either. I eat when the job allows me too, not when I want to. How about finding something real to complain about?
Yes, it's only based on what the article printed.....
but it's awfully sad that none of the commissioners that voted in favor...had a clue as to why it was the right thing to do.
"This is a perk that they've had," he said. "The last thing I want to do is hurt the morale with the firefighters.""This thread is being closed as it is off-topic and not related to the fire industry." - Isn't that what the Off Duty forum was for?
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You know when I saw the article on the FH home page I thought this must surely be about my dept. Apparently I was wrong. Last Nov. our city sent out a letter to our union pres saying that "in these economic times using emergency apparatus to go get food for meals is an inexcusable practice and will be stopped immediately". At the end of the memo the city also stated "this matter can be brought up during contract negotiation and a reasonable compromise may be negotiated". This was done as retaliation for us handing out fliers to residents about the reduction of manning the city wanted which happened to be during contract negotiations.
Of course we still had to do all kinds of BS running around, like going to the main station to check the mail each shift, using the ladder truck so the Mayor could drop golf balls from 100' at his golf tournament, etc. Now shopping on your day off for the next shifts meals is easy and we all took turns doing it ,but people call out sick or people get moved around during the shift with no prior notice and a whole list of other crap. That made eating meals together nearly impossible. Fortunately the city reversed the policy(just before it went to arbitration which they were told by the city attorney they would lose) but this is the crap we have to put up with daily. Oh yeah, but it was fine for all of admin to take their own city vehicles, all five of them, to the same place for lunch instead of piling into 1 car. Talk about a waste of fuel.If your going to cry about doing the job you signed up for do us all a favor and quit, there are plenty of dedicated people standing in line for the best job in the world.
What a bunch of asses in that city, I say let the city burn if the damn people dont wanna support the FD
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What if the rig had stopped to get chow and was closer to the call when the tones dropped than they would be if they stayed home?
Though my vollie department would go POV for chow runs on training nights,we've been out on school visits and had calls where the address was literally across the street.
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In a department with multiple stations, people call in sick or they are detailed out to other stations. Around here, there are dedicated floaters in some departments that never know where they are going to work until they report to duty. Planning meals ahead could be difficult.
Most fire companies work 24 hour shifts -- all three meals occur while on duty. I work 12-hour shifts on the ambulance every now and then. There is no comparison to a 24-hour shift.
Career firefighters don't get to eat when there are calls. They eat when the job allows them to eat, not when they want to. And?
This isn't a discussion about taking the apparatus exclusively to go shopping. This was a discussion about not even letting the company stop for supplies while they were already out on a run. You can use silly excuses like fuel cost and fleet maintenance, but this wasn't about either of those... This was a poke in the eye to their employees.
We don't wait for runs to go shopping.
Logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead.
I just heard a young woman at the supermarket say "MAN! those firemen are very hungry people! thier here everyday!"
but back to something relevent. This is probably a stunt pulled by some lawyer who had an angry client because he was late when he was "delayed for something wayyy more important" by an emergency vehicle.
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-------- Original Message -------- Greetings list members, I was going over the data from the 1st documented BSE/TSE cow On December 23, 2003, a Canadian cow shipped to slaughter from a farm in So APHIS put in a high-priority call to veterinary medical officer "We had experience with the Western blot test and we had all the full text; http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/dec04/tse1204.htm TSS Terry S. Singeltary Sr. wrote: > ##################### Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy snip...end full text ; http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/mb/m11b/tab01.pdf It was, however, performed in the USA in 1979, when it was shown that cattle inoculated with the scrapie agent endemic in the flock of Suffolk sheep at the United States Department of Agriculture in Mission, Texas, developed a TSE quite unlike BSE. 32 http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/report/volume2/chaptea3.htm Visit to USA ... info on BSE and Scrapie http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1988/10/00001001.pdf WHY is USA insisting _now_ not to use WB, when on the 1st _confirmed_ case Dec. 23, 2003 maybe this is the reason ; JAPAN BSE # 8 & 9 cow 8. 6/10/2003 Holstein Steer 13/10/2001 23 mths =========== More information on the first 11 Japanese BSE-cases can be found on the website of the Japanese Embassy in the US: http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/english/html/fafacts/bse/bse.htm it's gonna be a long year........ TSS ######### https://listserv.kaliv.uni-karlsruhe.de/warc/bse-l.html ##########


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Kate Spade's 'Give colourfully' is my motto this Christmas!
I can't wait to share with you my own Christmas gift wrapping and tree!
I just love reading Tavi Gevinson's blog Style Rookie and online Rookie Magazine that features lots of pop-culture nostalgia features and cool DIY projects like this one that even includes cats! I will have to get my Japanese erasers together to make one of these. I have also now fallen in love with the band 'Stealing Sheep' after watching this!
Going dotty over Jennifer Loiselle's big beaded jewellery.
Can't stop watching comedy show 'New Girl' Zooey Deschanel's character Jess is so quirky and fun! I love how she sings little made up songs between the shows witty humor.
Reading some back issues of Nylon magazine after finding some copies in a thrift store! One of them features Kat Dennings - love her and her sitcom '2 Broke Girls' too.
This issue of indie magazine Stella is dedicated to pop art!
It's ok to still play with lego at 27 right? It is Hello Kitty after all!
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OBJECTIVES: to investigate the activity of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and -9 in asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms (aAAAs) and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs). DESIGN: cross-sectional study. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MMP-2 and MMP-9 activity was estimated in biopsies from the anterior wall of 60 AAAs using gelatin zymography. There were 20 medium-sized (diameter 5<7 cm) aAAAs, 20 large (>57 cm) aAAAs and 20 rAAAs. MMP activity was quantified using a laser densitometer and expressed as arbitrary units (au). RESULTS: mean (SEM) MMP-9 activity was significantly lower in large aAAAs (1190 au +/-247) than in rAAAs (2647 au +/-498, p<0.05). There was no difference in MMP-2 activity. CONCLUSION: High MMP-9 activity in the AAA wall is associated with rupture. |
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I've been wondering about that too. Will there be any special events at stores like EB Games, Best Buy or Future Shop where we can StreetPass them? I hope Nintendo has something planned considering the 2 accomplishments they have for special Miis. --- FF and BoF fan girl for life! | |
Special Miis are the ones with gold pants I remember at E3 there were ones being given out of Miyamoto, Reggie, and Iwata. I wonder if adding in a gold pants Mii (through the Wii) and then using that in StreetPass would count for the people receiving one. --- ... | |
Well, you can get Miis using the QR code scanner in the 3DS's Mii Maker. I found QR codes for some Resident Evil characters on a website (I scanned the one for Jill and sure enough, she has gold pants). Though I don't know if that would help to getting the Special Mii accomplishment. None of my friends who live close by have a 3DS so I can't experiment with it. If anyone else can let me know if it works! --- FF and BoF fan girl for life! | |
I t will not work, because the Mii you are using as your character in this game is the one send when you streetpass with people, and it must have been created by the player. You cannot use the ones you have downloaded with codes. | |
A special Mii is a game creator, or CEO or someone "special" that carries their 3DS. Like was said, Reggie Fils-Amae (or however it's spelled) at E3 2011. I am sure more will be created. If there is an acomplishment to get 10 special Miis, then there will be more introduced later. Maybe one day store employees schooled in Nintendo sales. Or (and I am not this lucky but...) they will make people with the Ambasador Program "special". | |
The two people who do Nintendo Week also have Special Miis. *has a friend who tagged one* Didn't have my 3DS at the time though. --- *Casts Doom on everything* You all must now feel the pain that I have felt...DIE! | |
All the gold pant are there; http://gbatemp.net/topic/309733-gold-bottomed-miis-for-everyone/... don't forget! you can download it once only, you erase it, you can't get it anymore... after you scan it, go to Mii maker... go on one of them (one at the time) press (Y) button, and ship it to mii place, (they claen the mii maker) after they are all done ... go see them on place mii and ta-dam, they have gold paint (more yellow) and they have a strange flashing nickless. P.S.all depend if you are NTSC (none Currently, but 4 with the all around, it only the name is in japs) pal=6 and JNTSC = full.... find 10 gold streetpass, the only place is like the E3 and swear to find a lot of japaneese. | |
Yes, you can transfer the QR code special miis to your StreetPass Plaza, but they just turn up as a visitor and you still can't use them as your character. I'm thinking that at the moment, there is no way for normal people to meet special miis. | |
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Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Publication Acceptance Date: September 15, 2006 Publication Date: March 2, 2007 Citation: Fach, S.J., Meyerholz, D.K., Gallup, J.M., Ackermann, M.R., Lehmkuhl, H.D., Sacco, R.E. 2007. Neonatal Ovine Pulmonary Dendritic Cells Support BRSV Replication with Enhanced IL-4 and IL-10 Gene Transcripts. Viral Immunology. 20(1):119-130. Interpretive Summary: We isolated and identified lung dendritic cells (DCs) in neonatal lambs. Neonatal lung DCs exhibited characteristic morphology when observed by electron microscopy. The neonatal lung DCs are susceptible to bovine respiratory syncytial virus infection and produce proteins that would be ineffective in eliminating the virus. Further studies of these cells should contribute to a better understanding of neonatal susceptibility to certain infections. Technical Abstract: The lung microenvironment is constantly being exposed to microorganisms and particulate matter. Lung dendritic cells (DCs) play a crucial role in the uptake and processing of antigens found within the respiratory tract. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common respiratory tract pathogen in children that induces an influx of DCs to the mucosal surfaces of the lung. Utilizing a neonatal lamb model, we examined the in vivo permissiveness of DCs to RSV infection, as well as overall cell surface changes and cytokine responses of isolated lung DCs after bovine RSV (BRSV) infection. We report that isolated lung DCs and alveolar macrophages support BRSV replication. Isolated lung DCs were determined to be susceptible to BRSV infection as demonstrated by quantification of BRSV NS2 mRNA. BRSV infection induced an initial up-regulation of CD14 expression on lung DCs, but by 5 days post-infection (PI) expression was similar to that on control cells. No significant changes in CD80/86 or MHC class I expression were seen on lung DCs after BRSV infection. Low to moderate expression of MHC class II and DEC-205 was detected by day 5 PI. Initially at day 3 PI, lung DCs from BRSV-infected lambs had decreased endocytosis of FITC-OVA. The amount of FITC-OVA endocytosed by lung DCs isolated at day 5 PI was similar to controls. The most interesting observation was the induction of immunomodulatory IL-4 and IL-10 cytokine gene transcription in lung DCs and AMs after in vivo infection with BRSV. Overall, these findings are the first to demonstrate that neonatal lung DCs support in vivo BRSV replication and produce type II cytokines after viral infection. |


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The phone at Cessna Aircraft is ringing more these days from prospective buyers of business jets.
But order cancellations, while they've slowed, continue, said Scott Donnelly, president and CEO of Textron, Cessna's parent company.
Order rates at Cessna in the first quarter were low but met company expectations, Donnelly said. Cancellations were slightly higher than planned.
Donnelly spoke to analysts about Textron's first-quarter financial results in a conference call.
At Cessna, revenue was $433 million, down 43 percent from the same time a year ago, primarily from a decline in aircraft deliveries. Cessna posted a loss of $24 million for the quarter, down from a $90 million profit a year ago.
"Clearly, the last 18 months have been difficult in the business jet market as it presents numerous challenges in our Cessna business," Donnelly said. "We believe that the cycle is going to follow the normal course. We see the right early indications, including most recently, corporate profits getting stronger."
The increase in sales activity in the last part of the quarter "bodes well as this industry starts to turn," he said.
Other indicators are also becoming more positive.
The number of used aircraft for sale continues to decline, daily use of Cessna aircraft remains stable and aftermarket revenue at Cessna is up.
Cessna continues to cut costs, including consolidating facilities and moving "certain activities" to lower-cost locations, Donnelly said.
Going forward, Donnelly expects orders to increase and cancellations to decline.
"We really do see a lot of small business and corporate activity coming back," Donnelly said.
Inquiries have been strongest for Citation Sovereign, XLS and CJ models, he said.
On the other hand, inquiries for its very light jet, the Citation Mustang, have been slower.
Cessna has not renewed plans to relaunch the Citation Columbus program, which it canceled last year, Donnelly said.
The company also isn't counting on making sales to the fractional ownership industry for the next couple of years.
"We have to recognize there's a lot of capacity out there," Donnelly said.
Cessna plans to deliver 225 business jets this year but must sell more planes to meet that goal. It is less than 70 percent sold out.
Donnelly said he didn't see a reason today, based on demand, to change production rates.
For Textron, revenue for the quarter was $2.2 billion, down 12.5 percent from $2.5 billion a year ago. The decline reflects lower aircraft deliveries at Cessna and downsizing of the company's non-captive finance business.
Textron posted a $8 million loss for the quarter, or a loss of 3 cents a share, compared with net income of $86 million, or 35 cents a share, a year ago.
Textron's performance caused the stock to rally Thursday. Stock closed at $24.23, up $2.63 a share, or 12 percent.
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Sorenson, Corinna and Drummond, Mike (2012) The socioeconomic value of orthopaedic devices: evidence and methodological and challenges. Orthopaedic Research and Reviews, 2012 (4). pp. 87-96. ISSN 1179-1462
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With continued technological advances in orthopedic devices and increasingly limited health care resources, greater attention will be placed on substantiating the socioeconomic value of these devices. Therefore, this study focused on a systematic review of available economic evaluations of selected orthopedic devices (n = 33 studies) to assess their impact on different clinical and economic outcomes. The existing evidence suggests that they have important benefits to patients, including reduced risk of fractures, increased mobility and functioning, and enhanced quality of life, and do so cost effectively or with cost savings. However, we have identified several methodological obstacles to sufficient ascertainment of value, such as a lack of robust information on health economic outcomes and long-term evidence. We also identify areas where additional research is needed to assess more fully the value of orthopedic devices.
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The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC™) is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization for promoting Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) through independent third-party certification.
PEFC works throughout the entire forest supply chain to promote good practice in the forest and to ensure that timber and non-timber forest products are produced with respect for ecological, social and ethical standards.
Thanks to its eco-label, customers and consumers are able to identify products from sustainably managed forests.
PEFC is an umbrella organization. It works by endorsing national forest certification systems developed through multi-stakeholder processes and tailored to local priorities and conditions.
With about 30 endorsed national certification systems and more than 220 million hectares of certified forests, PEFC is the world's largest forest certification system.Each national forest certification system undergoes third-party assessment against PEFC's Sustainability Benchmarks to ensure consistency with international requirements.