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WHEN it comes to the hustle and bustle of a music festival programme, there is no other outdoor festival in the country that does it better than the Penang Island Jazz Festival, which is set to run with its ninth edition from Nov 29 to Dec 2.
The main stage events for Penang Island Jazz Festival will take place at the Bayview Beach Resort, Batu Feringgi in Penang from Dec 1 to 2.
The festival, with its outdoor concert setting, fringe stages, workshops and other supporting activities, has attracted a wide range of music fans and established itself as a highly anticipated musical experience in the region.
This year's festival will begin with the Sundown @ TSG showcase on Nov 29, an experimental event introduced last year which received great response.
Sundown @ TSG will again this year feature performances by Zalila Lee, Froya, Rafique Rashid and Caipifruta in the exotic setting of the Tropical Spice Gardens (Lone Crag Villa, Jalan Teluk Bahang, Teluk Bahang in Penang).
The festival's main stage performances for its Jazz By The Beach programme, starting Dec 1, will once again feature local and international performers.
The acts performing on this year's Jazz By The Beach Stage are Martin Taylor, Butterscotch, Kekko Fornarelli Trio featuring Ruso Sala, The Deans, Albatrosh, TheArtOfFusion, Francesca Han Trio, Estudiantina Ensemble, Madeline Bell and Hans Vroomans Trio, Mezzotono, Bittersweet and Elvira Arul & The Acoustic Souls.
A number of other supporting musical activities will also be held within the festival's four-day period to maintain the festival's intention of creating a "total music festival experience" such as the afternoon Creative Malaysia Programme held on three different fringe stage venues (Bayview Beach Resort, Hard Rock Hotel and ParkRoyal Penang Resort) with performances by Darrin Rozells, DUST, Froya, Kien Lim, Funkyard, Rafique Rashid, Terms Crisis, Volatile and Zalila Lee.
For the first time this year, the festival is working with Backyard Pub & Grill on a performer recommendation arrangement through Backyard's JAMFest programme. The performers selected through this arrangement this year are the Faridian Jazz Quartet and Black Lightbulb.
Other activities are workshops by participating artistes, The Island Jazz Forum with a panel consisting of Piotr Turkiewicz (Jazztopad Festival, Poland, artistic director), Jae Jin In (Jarasum International Jazz Festival artistic director), Catherine Mayer (JustJazz Agency owner) and Ian Patterson (allaboutjazz.com Asian correspondent), Penang's popular music of the 1940s to 1960s exhibition, the 10-minute platform, community drum circle, the fter-Hours Jazz Jam and the Jazz With A Heart Charity Dinner (Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom, Nov 30) which is co-organised with The Rotary Club of Penang.
Tickets for the Sundown @ TSG on Nov 29 at Tropical Spice Garden are priced at RM20. Call 04-8811 797 for details.
Tables for the Jazz With A Heart charity dinner on Nov 30 at Bayview Beach Resort Ballroom cost RM1,500 per table (or RM150 per pax).
For enquiries, call 012-427 9433/019-447 2707/012-480 3636).
Ticket entry for the Jazz By The Beach programme is RM68 (per night). For ticketing info, visit www.ticketpro.com.my or www.penangjazz.com
Admission is free for other activities.
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The expansion of Rome
During the 6th century bc, Rome became one of the more important states in Latium—owing to the achievements of its Etruscan overlords—but Tibur (Tivoli), Praeneste, and Tusculum were equally important Latin states. Although the Latins dwelled in politically independent towns, their common language and culture produced cooperation in religion, law, and warfare. (This cooperation has come to be known as the Latin League.) The Latin states occasionally waged war among themselves, but in times of common danger they banded together for mutual defense.
Toward the end of the 5th century bc, the Romans began to expand at the expense of the Etruscan states, possibly propelled by population growth. Rome's first two major wars against organized states were fought with Fidenae (437–426 bc), a town near Rome, and against Veii, an important Etruscan city. Before Roman strength increased further, a marauding Gallic tribe swept down the Po River valley and sacked Rome in 390 bc; the invaders departed, however, after they received a ransom in gold. Forty years of hard fighting in Latium and Etruria were required to restore Rome's power. When Rome became increasingly dominant in the Latin League, the Latins took up arms against Rome to maintain their independence. The ensuing Latin War (340–338 bc) was quickly decided in Rome's favour.
Rome was now the master of central Italy and spent the next decade pushing forward its frontier through conquest and colonization. After three wars against the Samnites in the north (the third in 298–290 bc) and the Pyrrhic War (280–275 bc) against Greek towns in the south, Rome was the unquestioned master of Italy.
Soon, Rome's success led it into conflict with Carthage, an established commercial power in northern Africa, for control of the Mediterranean. The ensuing battles, known as the Punic Wars, spanned the years 264–146 bc. Two great military geniuses were among the leaders in these wars. Hannibal led the Carthaginian forces from about 220 to 200, when he was defeated by the Roman commander Scipio Africanus the Elder. The Romans occupied Carthage and eventually destroyed it completely in 146.
The defeat of this powerful rival sustained the Romans' acquisitive momentum, and they set their sights on the entire Mediterranean area. To the east, the Romans defeated Syria, Macedonia, Greece, and Egypt, all of which had until then been part of the decaying Hellenistic empire. The Romans also destroyed the Achaean League and burned Corinth (146 bc). Won through massive effort and with inevitable losses, the newly acquired lands and diverse peoples populating them proved a challenge to govern effectively. The Romans organized the conquered peoples into provinces—under the control of appointed governors with absolute power over all non-Roman citizens—and stationed troops in each, ready to exercise appropriate force if necessary.
In Rome proper, the majority of citizens suffered the consequences of living in a nation that had its eyes invariably trained on the far horizon. Roman farmers were unable to raise crops to compete economically with produce from the provinces, and many migrated to the city. For a time the common people were placated with bread and circuses, as the authorities attempted to divert their attention from the gap between their standard of living and that of the aristocracy. Slavery fueled the Roman economy, and its rewards for the wealthy turned out to be disastrous for the working classes. Tensions grew and civil wars erupted. The ensuing period of unrest and revolution marked the transition of Rome from a republic to an empire.
Notable figures in the civil wars included Gaius Marius, a military leader who was elected consul seven times, and Sulla, an army officer. The later stages of the civil wars encompassed the careers of Pompey, the orator Cicero, and Julius Caesar, who eventually took full power over Rome as its dictator. After his assassination in 44 bc, the triumvirate of Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian, Caesar's nephew, ruled. It was not long before Octavian went to war against Antony in northern Africa, and after his victory at Actium (31 bc) he was crowned Rome's first emperor, Augustus.

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The mission of the The Michael Carter Lisnow Respite Center is to create a home away from home for children and adults with disabilities, a place that offers parents time off from the emotional and physical care needed by their children. The Respite Center now provides intensive support services for families including daycare, after school care, adult day programs, overnight respite care, supervised residential placements and community employment supports.
1920 - Ashland Start
The Boston Marathon began in Ashland, Massachusetts from 1897 through 1923 then moved to Hopkinton for the 1924 race. The course was lengthened to 26 miles, 385 yards to conform to the Olympic standard, and the starting line was moved west from Ashland to Hopkinton. Since then, the race has started in Hopkinton every year.


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2014 was an epic year for Katha Images. We are so grateful that we were able to fulfill our passions for Travel, South Asian Culture, and Photography, and create beautiful images for our clients Indian destination weddings in some of the most amazing locations.
2014 started off with a beautiful Multi-cultural wedding at the Taj West end in Bangalore, followed by our second wedding in Lush Sri Lanka! We loved Sri Lanka so much and were thrilled to go back again for Neeraja and Ram's wedding in Colombo! The next stamp in our passport was New York City for Rahul and Shweta's Hindu wedding. The month of July brought us to Canada's Wine Country, Niagara on the Lake for a gorgeous Green wedding! August we were back in the US for a stunning multi-day Bengali and Punjabi Wedding in Chicago! We then headed back to Canada for a four day South Indian and Gujarati mixed wedding in Toronto with some stunning outfits worn by the bride Abhira which she designed herself! Then with just a day to rest we were on a flight back to India for a gorgeous wedding at Samode Palace in Jaipur. The bride and groom had come from Malaysia with most of their family and friends also making the trip abroad! We then had a bit of down time to catch up on our editing before the busy season in India went into full swing! December was a busy month also with a simple but beautiful wedding in Mantralayam (a small temple town in rural India), followed by a wedding in Kolkata and we finished of the year with an engagement party in Kochi! We will be posting these images in the next little while.
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We hope 2015 is a fabulous year for you all. May it bring Peace, Love and new beginnings!
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National Instruments Releases Enhanced 6.6 GHz PXI Express RF Modular Instruments
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 25, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today introduced two new PXI Express RF modular instruments for automated wireless device test. The NI PXIe-5663E 6.6 GHz vector signal analyzer (VSA) and the NI PXIe-5673E 6.6 GHz vector signal generator (VSG) significantly improve automated test times for a wide range of devices that use the latest wireless standards including wireless local area network (WLAN), WiMAX and GSM/EDGE/WCDMA. The instruments' new RF list mode feature provides deterministic power and frequency sequencing functionality to help engineers make RF configuration changes more quickly during a test. Additionally, the new wide-loop bandwidth mode further improves measurement speed by reducing local oscillator settling times down to 300 microseconds or less.
"These new RF instruments illustrate our ongoing commitment to help test engineers save money by improving test times," said Eric Starkloff, vice president of test product marketing at National Instruments. "The increased performance of our enhanced 6.6 GHz RF instruments directly addresses the need to perform automated RF tests faster than traditional solutions in high-volume production applications."
Using RF list mode, engineers can configure the new NI 6.6 GHz PXI Express VSG and VSA to rapidly switch through a preprogrammed list of RF settings, including frequency and power level, at deterministic timing intervals. RF list mode also facilitates more accurate power measurements by helping engineers optimize the input reference level of the NI PXIe-5663E VSA.
In wide-loop bandwidth mode, the new VSG and VSA can settle to a center frequency significantly faster than many traditional RF instruments. They achieve typical tuning times of 300 and 400 microseconds for frequencies between 800 MHz and 1,950 MHz. With faster settling times, engineers can significantly reduce overall measurement time within automated RF test applications.
The enhanced NI 6.6 GHz PXI Express RF instrumentation suite is based on the NI software-defined test platform, which incorporates industry-standard PC technologies such as multicore processors and PCI Express instrument bus connectivity. The software-defined nature of the NI PXI RF modular instruments helps engineers use NI LabVIEW graphical system design software to define measurement algorithms for testing a variety of wireless devices at up to five to 10 times faster than traditional RF instrumentation.
For more information about the enhanced 6.6 GHz PXI modular instruments, readers can visit www.ni.com/rf/platform.
About National Instruments
National Instruments (www.ni.com) is transforming the way engineers and scientists design, prototype and deploy systems for measurement, automation and embedded applications. NI empowers customers with off-the-shelf software such as NI LabVIEW and modular cost-effective hardware, and sells to a broad base of more than 30,000 different companies worldwide, with no one customer representing more than 3 percent of revenue and no one industry representing more than 15 percent of revenue. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 5,000 employees and direct operations in more than 40 countries. For the past 11 years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America. Readers can obtain investment information from the company's investor relations department by calling (512) 683-5090, e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com or visiting www.ni.com/nati.
Pricing and Contact Information 11500 N Mopac Expwy, Austin, Texas NI PXIe-5663E vector signal analyzer 78759-3504 Priced* from $22,999; euro 21,099; Tel: (800) 258-7022, Fax: (512) 3,220,000 yen 683-9300 NI PXIe-5673E vector signal generator E-mail: email@example.com Priced* from $23,999; euro 21,999; 3,360,000 yen Web: www.ni.com/rf/platform *All prices are subject to change without notice.
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Editor Contact: Hilary Marchbanks, (512) 683-5937 Reader Contact: Ernest Martinez, (800) 258-7022
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Nursing Major
It is an exciting time to be a nurse as you're on the frontlines of health care, and national demand for professional nurses is outpacing the number of practicing nurses. As a nursing major at Truman, you learn how to provide safe, effective nursing care to patients of all ages in a variety of health-care settings.
High-Quality Program with Accelerated Option
At Truman, you will pursue a Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN) through our four-year program. Or if you already have a Bachelor's degree (or are close to earning one), we offer a program that allows you to earn an Accelerated Bachelor of Science in nursing (ABSN) in 15 months. Our nursing program has the seal of approval from the Missouri State Board of Nursing and is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.
High-Tech Simulation and Field Experience
Our Nursing Simulation Center (NSC) has the look and feel of a hospital complete with high-tech medical equipment so you can become familiar with working with patients in a safe environment. Practice your critical-thinking and decision-making skills on life-sized anatomical models called "manikins" that have electronic heart, lung, and bowel sounds. As you advance through the curriculum, you gain field experience with real patients in various clinical settings. You can enhance your educational experience through research and learning service, as well as study abroad experiences in the Philippines, South Africa, Costa Rica, and other locations.
Learn from the Best
At Truman, you will find a lively and engaged community of learners. Your professors have a passion for the field and are eager to share their knowledge and nursing experiences. You are treated like a professional—and if you are struggling, you can count on help from your professors. And with our small classes, you will quickly develop a sense of companionship with other nursing students. You will laugh together, cry together and spend late nights studying hard together. And you will make some of the best memories of your lives together.
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When you graduate, you will be well-prepared to function as a generalist in beginning positions in all areas of nursing practice including maternal, child, mental, adult, and community health nursing. Over the past five years, an impressive employment rate for our nursing graduates has averaged around 96 percent. Our nursing program also provides a solid foundation for pursuing graduate study. Graduates who meet the requirements of section 355.066 of the State of Missouri Nursing Practice Act are eligible to apply for the registered nurse licensing examination.
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Baseball Advances to the College World Series
The Bulldogs, now 35-20 overall, will continue their storybook season at the Division II College World Series, taking place at the USA Baseball Training Complex in Cary, N.C.
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Arizona Coyotes
Maloney: We need people to come back
The Phoenix Coyotes are no stranger to the underdog role, and neither are the Los Angeles Kings. Both teams were expected to be out of the playoffs in the second, if not first rounds, and thrive off of being counted out.
Both teams reside in cities where winning is all that matters.
Phoenix is notorious for jumping on and off bandwagons as fast as anyone else, and the city of LA is filled with so many talented clubs that a losing record will get you forgotten, quickly. (Just look at how quickly the LA Clippers have caught up to the LA Lakers in terms of fans, with just one successful season.)
"This town is about success," said Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney. "You can't go year after year and not have success. There are too many alternatives."
Phoenix's recent draw of support for one of the most successful seasons the city has seen in quite awhile is evident, but Maloney knows it could be taken away just as quickly. Phoenix has seen teams make the playoffs when they weren't projected to, and it has seen teams make a run deep into the playoffs before. What it hasn't seen, in the last 11 years, is a championship.
"We talked about it already, we have to win just four more games and regroup after that. We haven't accomplished anything that we wanted to," said Coyotes captain Shane Doan. "Everyone's goal is to win everything. We have to find ways to win four more, and regroup from there. I know it's a clich�, but we have to just take it one game at a time."
Maloney and the rest of the Coyotes know that the recent draw has helped to convince interested buyers that the Coyotes are worth keeping in Glendale, and they hope it is enough to carry over their recent increase of a fan base. "Hopefully people get excited and they come back," Maloney said. "We need people to come back."
These are two teams that already surpassed their expected accomplishments on the season, and are both looking to capitalize on their playoff run and take it to the next level; something the city of LA is no stranger to with the Lakers. The Phoenix Coyotes, however, could win over the hearts of a city that is struggling to find a solid base to stand on in terms of sports success.
The Arizona Diamondbacks were projected as World Series contenders in 2012, but are now sub .500 and on a five game slide. The Arizona Cardinals failed to draw a big name quarterback over the offseason, after missing the playoffs, and the Phoenix Suns are on the verge of losing quite possibly the biggest star the city has ever seen in Steve Nash.
The Coyotes have a golden opportunity to land a solid owner, as well as a solid fan base, and are quite on their way to accomplishing both through the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
There's just one team in their way of reaching the final round; one that is a bit more similar than either would choose to admit.
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The BJP released its national poll manifesto on Monday after weeks of delay. While it does not talk of any path-breaking ideas or solutions, the manifesto does seem to provide an idea of what Narendra Modi may plan to do if he were to become the prime minister. We took a look at the key points mentioned in the manifesto and here's what we found.
1. Hindutva and Ram Mandir: While Narendra Modi may talk of development, the BJP and Modi haven't forgotten the Ram Mandir issue and it finds prominence in their manifesto. The manifesto clearly states that the BJP would still try to find a way to build the Ram Mandir. It also talks about the Ganga river and the cow, among other things. Clearly the BJP isn't moving away from Hindutva.
2. No FDI in Retail: The BJP continues to remain staunchly against foreign direct investments (FDI) in the retail sector. While there is no talk of what would happen to states that have opened up to retail, clearly the BJP is playing cautious here.
3. Reform of the Tax/Financial system: The BJP has promised to reduce the non-performing assets (NPAs) of national banks, they also promise to reform the tax system in the country and simplify it in order to not just end the woes of the common man, but also attract investors who have been confused and scared away by the tax system. They also promise to finally introduce Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the country.
4. More importance to federal structure: The BJP promises to give the federal structure of the country a boost by giving an equal say to the chief ministers of the various states when it comes to making decisions. They will provide fiscal autonomy to states, and also involve the local state governments when it comes to the promotion of foreign trade and commerce.
5. Reforms: The BJP plans to double the number of courts and judges, reduce the number of cases where the government is the litigant, bring in administrative reforms and eliminate obsolete laws and regulations.
6. Neo-middle class: The BJP promises educational scholarships, an efficient public transport system and medical insurance to those that are touted as Modi's favourite class of people.
7. Massive re-look at agriculture: The BJP promises to ensure a minimum of 50% profit to the farmer, reform the APMC act, introduce Kisan TV channels, introduce insurance for farmers and not allow genetically modified foods until a complete scientific evaluation is complete.
8. Railways: New rail networks connecting ports to the hinterland, a tourist railway network connecting important tourist locations and a Diamond Quadrilateral project that would introduce super-speed railway connectivity to India's mega cities are all on the BJP's manifesto.
9. Internet Connectivity: The BJP plans to introduce WiFi connectivity in all public places and mentions a "National Optical-Fibre Network", something the UPA has already started work on under the SPV of Bharat Broadband Network Limited, and promises to have completed by the end of 2014. Is the BJP sure of what its talking about?
10. Northeast and J&K Policy: The BJP is one of the only parties that talks of integrating India's Northeast with the rest of the country through the railways and highways. In the manifesto, it promises all-weather roads and a new economic model for them, but doesn't spell out how this model would work.
The BJP's manifesto also talks about interlinking of national rivers, piped water to all house holds, guidelines for green buildings and building a national defence memorial among other things, but it seems much of this will depend on whether its feasible.


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|Some of my latest & prouder creations...
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I am Toysoldier Thor. This is the name I go by within the 3D virtual world of SecondLife and even throughout the online communities that I participate in.
SecondLife is an amazing huge virtual world with 10's of thousands of lands and millions of residents. You exist as an avatar. From this world I take photographs of the amazing 3D creations around me. These photographs are not unlike photographs in real life where camera angles and lighting and all those aspects must be taken into consideration. Then I create photo art from these raw images.
I have also expanded my recent addiction of creating art (since April 2010 spawned in SL) to experiment with Real Life photography, 3D art, and mixed media art. As you see from my gallery, I have gotten into everything. I love to learn within each type of art.
This is an artwork created from a photo that was taken back in 2011 within the Humanoid sim in SecondLife and was sitting in my "unfinished photos" folder. I finally decided to tackle this photo.
I wanted to focus on the Crows in this emotionally dark photo. It was a much larger photo of the crows flying through the trees over an old church ruins and ceemetary.... but I loved the crows in the trees the most. I had to figure how to add more emphasis to the darkness and ominous nature I saw. I decided to used the blacked out eyes of a masquerade mask I have and photographed a couple years ago.
I feel the shadows of the eyes speak and the crows emot the feeling of darkness and something ominous.
A group of crows is called a "murder" so the artwork title was quite simply : MURDER OF CROWS
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Focus on growth helps DeSoto County Schools' accountability level
While falling short of the top rating in Mississippi's new scale for ranking school systems, DeSoto County school officials say they're confident that a focus on growth will lead to future improvement.
DeSoto County Schools, the state's largest public system, received a B ranking under the grades released by state education officials Friday. The grade corresponds to the High Performing ranking the district received last year under the old rating system.
Three systems, none in North Mississippi, received a grade of A. Forty-seven, including DeSoto, got a B. Mississippi has 152 public school districts.
In DeSoto County, 28 of 30 schools got an accountability ranking. Hernando Hills Elementary and Chickasaw Elementary were the exceptions because they don't have fourth grade or above.
Growth in what the state labels the Quality of Distribution Index, or QDI, was the district's focus, according to Director of Accountability and Research Ryan Kuykendall. The district's QDI was 190, putting the district in the B range of 166-199. The coveted A rating, or Star under the old system, is 200-300.
"Our district QDI went up eight points, which is what happens when you focus on growth," Kuykendall said. "We can reasonably start thinking about moving to the star level because of the tremendous progress we have made.
"Growth measures students across the state that start at the same place on one state assessment and how much they achieve from that place on the next state assessment. We proved last year it is the right thing to focus on because we had phenomenal success and improvement."
All but two of the 28 rated DeSoto schools exceeded growth, giving DCS 93 percent. In comparison, 63 percent of the schools in Mississippi met growth. Locally, Lake Cormorant Elementary (184) and Horn Lake Intermediate (148) did not meet growth and dropped to the levels of successful (C) and academic Watch (D), respectively, among individual schools within the district.
On the flip side, 15 schools registered a QDI greater than 200 to be named star, four more than 2010-11. Tying for the top spot in Mississippi was Lewisburg High, which along with Jackson's McWillie Elementary, had a 239.
"We have great teachers who work on a daily basis to try to identify what the individual students' needs are," said Lewisburg Assistant Principal Spence Rodman, "and that's what makes a difference."
Other high schools garnering star status were DeSoto Central (221), Hernando (213), Center Hill (211) and Olive Branch (200).
"To take these tests, you have to be such a strong reader," said Olive Branch Principal Kyle Brigance, "and we began to incorporate literacy into every subject that we had. (The administration) constantly encouraged it and we looked for it when we went into the classroom."
Star middle schools were Lewisburg (213), Center Hill (209), DeSoto Central (201) and Hernando (200). Center Hill (230) led the way for elementary schools, followed by Lewisburg and Oak Grove Central (227), DeSoto Central (218), Pleasant Hill (215) and Overpark (207).
Center Hill Elementary also was one of the four schools to have QDI jumps of at least 20 points. Walls Elementary (192), Olive Branch Intermediate (190) and Lake Cormorant Middle (179) were the others that reached the high performing level, along with Southaven High (190), Southaven Intermediate, Lake Cormorant High and Olive Branch Middle (182), Horn Lake High (180), Horn Lake Middle (168) and Southaven Middle (166). Southaven Elementary (159) landed in the successful category.
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Oregon was one of 14 states where gun deaths outpaced motor vehicle deaths in 2011, according to a study by the Violence Policy Center.The data is the most recent available, and this marks the third year the Violence Policy Center has released such a comparison.
Data was compiled from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
The 13 other states where gun deaths exceeded motor vehicle deaths in 2011 were: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, Ohio, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Washington state, as well as the District of Columbia.North, South, East, and West. Urban and rural. Red, blue, and purple. The only common denominator is guns. The study itself (pdf) provides a simple and obvious explanation. Join me over the fold to find out.
Experts agree that the formation of the federal National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in 1966, coupled with a sustained decades-long effort to develop and implement a series of injury-prevention initiatives, have saved countless lives. Numerous changes in both vehicle and highway design followed the creation of NHTSA. For example, vehicles incorporated new safety features, including: head rests; energy absorbing steering wheels; shatter-resistant windshields; and, safety belts. In addition, the roads that the vehicles traveled were improved through: better delineation of curves; use of breakaway signs and utility poles; improved illumination; addition of barriers separating oncoming traffic lanes; and, guardrails.Government regulation saves lives. But guns?
Experts also cite the increase in the use of seat belts beginning in the mid-1980s as states enacted belt-use laws as well as a reduction in alcohol-impaired driving as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and other organizations changed the public's perception of the problem and laws were enacted to increase the likelihood that intoxicated drivers would be punished. Graduated licensing laws are credited with helping to reduce the number of teen drivers crashing on our nation's roadways. Between 1966 and 2000, the combined efforts of government and advocacy organizations reduced the rate of death per 100,000 population by 43 percent, which represents a 72 percent decrease in deaths per vehicle miles traveled. Despite this success, safety advocates continue to push for new improvements, such as backup cameras, to further reduce the death toll.
The health and safety regulation of motor vehicles stands as a public health success story, yet firearms remain the last consumer product manufactured in the United States not subject to federal health and safety regulation.Cars are dangerous, but strict regulation is making them increasingly less so. Guns are dangerous, and a lack of regulation is costing tens of thousands of lives, every year. The only question is how much longer Americans will put up with it.
While the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is charged with enforcing our nation's limited gun laws, it has none of the health and safety regulatory powers afforded other federal agencies such as NHTSA.
As Dr. David Hemenway, director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, notes in his 2004 book Private Guns, Public Health: "[T]he time Americans spend using their cars is orders of magnitudes greater than the time spent using their guns. It
is probable that per hour of exposure, guns are far more dangerous. Moreover, we have lots of safety regulations concerning the manufacture of motor vehicles; there are virtually no safety regulations for domestic firearms manufacture."
More than 90 percent of American households own a car while little more than a third of American households contain a gun. And yet, if charted out year by year as seen in the preceding graph, deaths nationwide from these two consumer products are on a trajectory to intersect.


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ScarabConnector for Magento
Getting Scarab Cloud services to your Magento webshop takes only a few clicks with ScarabConnector Community Edition.
Requirements: Registration for Scarab 30-day Free Trial
Install ScarabConnector for Magento
Log in to your Magento Admin and install the extension through MagentoConnect.
ScarabConnector for Magento requires
cron to carry out the periodical exports of the product catalog. This means you need to setup Cron on your Magento system. Here's a link to Magento's Wiki pages on how to set up a Cron job:
ScarabConnector also uses timthumb.php, a small third-party script licensed under the GNU GPL v2 license and included in the ScarabConnector distribution.
1. Start data collection
System > Configuration you should now see ScarabConnector for Magento. Open the General tab and paste your MerchantID in the field provided there. Then change the state of the connector to Enable.
From this point on, the Scarab Recommender is collecting information about all user interactions happening in your webshop, including:
- product views,
- add to carts,
- checkouts,
- anonymized Customer IDs
The information collected is used to create analytical models for:
- Related/similar products based on product view relationships
- Also bought products based on checkout data
- Personal recommendations based on users' individual browsing and purchase histories
Live Event View and Statistics
The Scarab Dashboard provides 2 tools to monitor the data collection process:
- Live Event View is a small listener lets you monitor in real time the user interactions collected by Scarab.
- Statistics gives you stats and graphs of webstore traffic and recommender performance data collected by Scarab.
Set up product catalog
Scarab Recommender needs to have up-to-date information about your products in order to carry out analysis and to display recommended items inside the recommender widgets. ScarabConnector creates a daily catalog export for this purpose, which includes only publicly available information about your products, such as itemID, item URL, image URL, category, price, author/brand.
To create your first catalog, click the Export Now! button in your ScarabConnector configuration panel. You can check the created
scarab.csv file in your
/export folder.
To have Scarab fetch a fresh copy of this catalog every day, you need to log in to your Scarab Dashboard, go to My Accounts, and enter the URL for the catalog. This URL is composed of your webshop domain, followed by the catalog file path:
To verify regular catalog updates, log back to Scarab Dashboard in a few days, and check Product Catalog. You should see a series of entries in the Catalog list, each with a regular daily time stamp.
Upload historical sales data
To speed up the Scarab Recommender's learning process, you have the option to upload historical sales data available in your store logs for analysis. This is an optional, one-time operation, as all future data is collected by the data collection scripts.
Simply click the Export Now! button which will create a
scarabsales.csv in your
/export folder. Take this file, and upload it to Scarab Dashboard > Historical Sales Data.
Once everything looks OK you can lay back for a few days/weeks, as now starts the warmup phase. This means our system will spend 4-6 weeks just learning about your customers' shopping habits, and building behavior models. During this period, you will receive an Analysis Report every two weeks, keeping you informed about progress.
2. Display Recommendations
The last Analysis Report you receive will instruct you to bring your recommender widgets live. We recommend you check the product recommendations generated by Scarab at this point by logging in to the Scarab Dashboard, and using Item Search to query our recommender models for specific products in your catalog.
It must be noted that Scarab services have different learning curves. Related product recommendations are typically the first to be ready for live service, as these analytical models rely on more abundant product view and add to cart data. On the other end, some services like our ALSO_BOUGHT service usually take much longer to achieve satisfactory coverae as they rely on much scarcer data (items bought together).
To bring the recommender widgets live, go to
System > Configuration > ScarabConnector for Magento > Recommender widgets and simply enable the services that are ready for live service.
Bringing the recommender widgets live also means the start of your 30-day Free Trial of Scarab Cloud
Integrating the PERSONAL Widget manually
The PERSONAL recommender service is special in that it is not tied to specific pages, but a given user. Therefore, you have more freedom in defining where to display these recommendations.
We have provided easy switches for the standard Cart and My Account pages on the ScarabConnector configuration page, but the PERSONAL service can be inserted in any CMS page.
So we provide you with a simple
block script that you can insert in your CMS page.
{{block type="catalog/product_list" itemnumber="4" template="scarabresearch/personal2.phtml"}}
You can use any number of PERSONAL widgets, and define parameters and templates for each separately. Simply make copies of the
personal2.phtml referenced in the script.
Once you have brought your recommender widgets live, you will be able to monitor recommender performance on the Statistics page of the Scarab Dashboard. Additionally to overall webshop add to carts and total sales, the stats showing the number of impressions, average CTR, cart contribution and Revenue contribution figures and rates will also come live.
3. Customizing widgets
ScarabConnector inserts a basic content block, leaving you free hand in designing its container box. Still, you may wish to customize the inside of the recommender widget too. You have 3 ways to customize the recommender widget:
- Set the number of items displayed in the widget using the dropdown provided by ScarabConnector interface.
- Customize
scarabresearch.cssto change widget styles
Customize the rendering template of the widget. This includes changing the widget title, or adding/changing the information displayed along with each product (eg. adding the price, or the brand of the product to the thumbnails displayed).
To achieve this, you'll need to refer to the Customizing the Recommender Widget page for details, and edit your template files accordingly.
Your template files are located in your
box_view.phtmlcontains the template code for Product Page widgets
box_cart.phtmlcontains the template code for Cart Recommender widget
personal.phtmlcontains the template code for the Cart and Dashboard PERSONAL widgets
personal2.phtmlcontains the template code for the PERSONAL widget inserted manually. If you want to use multiple PERSONAL widgets, simply make a copy of the
personal2.phtmlfile and reference it in the script inserted manually.
Setting thumbnail size in widgets
ScarabConnector offers the use of timthumb.php for the purpose of resizing the product images displayed in the recommender widgets. By default, the widget displays the actual size product images, which are scaled to size by the browser.
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Why health coverage alone won't solve addiction
Dan Gorenstein
May 5, 2015 Addiction treatment programs lack the ability to meet the vision of the ACA.
Why health stocks are doing so well
Dan Gorenstein
Apr 21, 2015 More people are insured, and biotechs are doing well, too.
Changing times fuel drug company deals
Nova Safo
Mar 31, 2015 From Obamacare to a generic drug supply crunch, mergers are due to lots of reasons.
The health insurance industry looks...well, healthy
Dan Gorenstein
Mar 30, 2015 A new report finds that the health insurance business model has adapted to the ACA.
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Mar 4, 2015 Tuesday marked a big day for the Affordable Care Act
Tracing the Obamacare subsidy
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Affordable Care Act? Try 'Aggravating Challenge for Accountants'
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Feb 6, 2015 Navigating the ACA during tax season can be stressful, and tricky.
Penalties on the way for the uninsured under Obamacare
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Discover Downtown Middlesboro has been awarded a $7,500 grant from the Appalachian Gateway Communities Initiative to help the Passage Through the Gap Partnership to implement a plan to establish a tourism ambassador training program.
As an important entry point to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, communities in the Cumberland Gap area between Barbourville and Martin's Station, Va., sent a diverse team of local leaders, land managers as well as tourism and community arts representatives to participate in a three-day program earlier this year.
The Appalachian Gateway Communities Regional Workshops focused on helping communities spark economic development while maintaining and enhancing quality of life.
The participating communities extended from Alabama to New York and engaged in action-planning exercises designed to identify the unique Appalachian characteristics that make the communities appealing places to live, work and recreate.
Working with national and regional experts on sustainable tourism, economic development, the arts, natural and cultural resources, transportation and branding, the Passage Through the Gap Partnership team crafted a new vision that aims to enhance tourism, economic development and job creation efforts in the area.
Team leader Isaac Kremer, executive director with Discover Downtown Middlesboro, said, "Through our strategic planning over the past year we identified enhancing tourism and regional collaboration as major goals. The Appalachian Gateways workshop served to simply accelerate plans we already had. We're thrilled to bring the Certified Tourism AmbassadorTM program to our area ─ an approach that has successfully aligned businesses to enhance the visitor experience in 17 states, with over 11,000 front-line CTAs."
The workshops and accompanying seed grants were presented by the Appalachian Gateway Communities Initiative, a partnership by the Appalachian Regional Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Conservation Fund and the National Trust for Historic Preservation that aims to help Appalachian gateway communities build thriving economies while protecting and conserving precious natural and cultural heritage qualities and strengthening the overall quality of life.
Fourteen teams participated in the workshops. Nine teams were awarded seed grants totaling $60,000 to carry out their on-the-ground plans.
"The Passage Through the Gap Partnership was an ideal candidate for an Appalachian Gateway Communities Initiative seed grant because it demonstrated a clear need with a proposed project that is well-crafted, achievable and designed to address the need," said Kris Hoellen, vice president of Sustainable Programs at The Conservation Fund. "The project's potential for both expanding and diversifying access to the artistic, cultural and natural heritage of the area will help to strengthen the community and spark sustainable economic development."
The Appalachian Gateway Communities Initiative was developed by the Appalachian Regional Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts in 2007. The Gateway Initiative has helped gateway communities across Appalachia expand tourism and other economic development opportunities through community assessments, tourism planning workshops and grants for project implementation.
The Conservation Fund and the National Trust for Historic Preservation have partnered to strengthen the leadership capacity of towns, cities and communities that neighbor publicly protected natural and recreational lands in distressed, transitional or at-risk counties.
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From the Publisher"The State Department Legal adviser heads the most important office in the world for the practice of public international law. This book describes, in their own words, how ten Legal Advisers confronted the salient issues of their tenure. It is a remarkably revealing account of international law in action."
—Stephen M. Schwebel, Former Judge and President of the International Court of Justice
"The State Department legal adviser is the custodian of America's legal relationship with the world, the self-described moral conscience of U.S. foreign policy. In this unique and fascinating book, past legal advisers make a compelling case that a great many debacles of the past 30 years – from the mining of Corinto Harbor to the torture of terror suspects — could have been averted if Presidents sought the legal adviser's counsel before acting."
—Roy Gutman, Pulitzer Prize winner and Foreign Affairs Editor of McClatchy Newspapers
"The absorbing insider accounts of the ten former State Department Legal Advisers contained in this book cover most of the critical foreign policy issues that have confronted the United States during the past three decades. It's a fascinating page turner and an extraordinary testimonial to the importance of international law."
—Richard Goldstone, Former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
"Drawing on a remarkably frank and captivating discussion with ten former US State Department Legal Advisers, this book demonstrates why it is so important for the leading powers to set an example by working within the law and abiding by it."
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"The book primarily consists of first-person, oral histories of ten different Legal Advisers spanning the presidencies of Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush (as well as an introduction from Barack Obama's current Legal Adviser, Harold Koh). More broadly, the book aims to explain the nature and role of international law through the lens of the State Department and its lawyers during times of crisis. These are moments when one might naturally think that the law simply steps aside and lets politics – including "policy by other means" – take over. This book stands as a refutation of that view."
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"Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis draws attention not only to how international law shapes U.S. foreign policy but to how international law serves as a valuable framework in which to understand the important role the Office of the Legal Adviser will play in creatively developing and implementing new legal regimes for confronting evolving threats". —Berkeley Journal of International Law
"The book under review is to be commended because of the excellent insight it provides into the role played in practice by international law in one of the most powerful states of the world and in the moral and professional attitude of those who are in a unique position to advise their government on international law."
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"This is a pioneering book written and published at a critical time in the history of international law. Hopefully it will influence the direction that the role of international law will take in the coming years, that is, whether international law will blossom into a full flower and be recognized as a real hope for humanity in its quest for peace and security, or whether it will be consigned to the backwaters of relations between nations, rarely consulted and rarely followed. For that reason, this book is to be recommended equally to government officials, to judges, to students of international law, and to the general public for the light that it throws on a little known and vitally important agency within the United States Department of State."
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—Stephen M. Schwebel, former Judge and President, International Court of Justice
"This book offers a valuable and timely contribution to the ongoing and by necessity, open-ended discourse on the influence of international law and Legal Advisers, on the formulation and implementation of foreign policy and diplomacy... It offers food for thought for practitioners of international law, whether in government service or employed by civil society, and it will also be equally valuable to the academic community in obtaining an understanding of international law at the cutting-edge of inter-state relations."
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The Spokane Master Composters/Recyclers will host the 38th semi-annual Compost Fair at the Finch Arboretum on Saturday, April 25. The Compost Fair is part of the City of Spokane's Arbor Day Celebration and starts at 11:00 a.m. Attendees must arrive by 1:30 p.m. to complete all of the compost fair activities by the 2:00 p.m. close.
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Fees for mutual funds in 401(k)s continue to fall, according to a report from the Investment Company Institute. Equity-fund assets had average expenses last year of 0.63%, down from 0.65% a year earlier, and fees on bond, hybrid and money market funds have been dropping as well.
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When viewers heard Curt Gilleo and Gene Purdum during the April 2012 Spring into Action fundraising campaign, they were hearing the end of an era. After April 27, Curt and Gene take their well-deserved retirements from WKAR Radio.
Joining them on the retiree list will be Nancy Gilleo, WKAR's business manager, who somehow manages to keep on top of the volumes of paperwork and grant materials required to keep a public broadcasting station on the air.
Sundays at 9 p.m. on WKAR-TV beginning May 6. For fans of the 21st century Sherlock Holmes, the wait is over. The hit "Masterpiece Mystery!" series returns in May with three new episodes of "Sherlock."
WKAR's Ready To Learn Service will host a free "Raising Readers" Family Fun Workshops on Thursday, March 29, 6-7:30 p.m. The event will take place at North Elementary School, 333 E. Miller Rd., Lansing.
The workshop is targeted to families and children ages 4-6, although siblings are welcome to attend. Participants will learn activities that are fun but also offer a new way to build reading skills.
Storybook characters, performers, authors and storytelling are combined in a way to help kids learn to love reading at a free special event on Sunday, March 18, from 1-4 p.m. The event will take place at Hannah Community Center in East Lansing.
Join us in our upcoming Pledge Madness, March 3-18 on WKAR-TV, by being a telephone volunteer.
We're recruiting volunteers to answer phones during this event. If you are interested in volunteering, please give WKAR Membership a call at (517) 432-3120, ext. 374 or email email@example.com.
We need phone operators evenings and weekends from Saturday, March 3 through Sunday, March 18. Let us hear from you!
WKAR was selected by members of the University Club of MSU to compete in their "Big Bang-Quet" $10,000 Community Charity Challenge. WKAR is one of 26 mid-Michigan organizations asking the public for their votes to help us win a $10,000 credit towards a fundraising event held in the University Club's newly renovated dining room.
The program is conducted by the University Club of MSU in conjunction with the Capital region Community Foundation (CRCF) and sponsored by the MSU Federal Credit Union.
WKAR's Ready To Learn Service will host a free Raising Readers Family Fun Workshop on Thursday, March 15, 5:30-7 p.m., at Gier Park Elementary School in Lansing.
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They keep on calling me
No one is there when you answer, so I blocked the number from calling me again.
This is really awful. My life partner died there after having to watch him go through a long fight for his life. The number first started showing up on my cell phone. Now these terrible people are calling my home. They just hang up. I stay on the line and hear them pick up and hang up several times. This is painful cause every time I see it I'm thinking it is the hospital calling for some reason.
I got the exact same call. I also cancelled that bs 3 years ago, and now they are demanding a copy of the cancellation confirmation from 3 years ago. I told em to fuck off, and I will see them in court. I will do some more research on who this is, and I will file a civil suit as soon as I found out more details about who this is. If anyone has any details, please share so we can take these scumbags down.
They are calling every day!
These text messages cost me money as I do not have text plan. I want reimbursement and shut them down. Thank you.
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They are calling numerous times a day now, and not saying anything when we answer.
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POLICE are now using powers to ban known offenders from parts of Darlington including shops, streets and even entire areas of the town.
Officers are using Exclusion Orders that are issued by a court upon a criminal conviction and are part of a wider sentencing program.
It is hoped their use will bring down retail crime by reducing the opportunities for offenders to shoplift.
The orders can range from a three month period to up to three years and if the offender breaches it, they risk a further appearance at court for the original offence.
This could then lead to a prison sentence.
The court also has the power to alter the conditions of the Exclusion Order which can include imposing further conditions and extending the period of time the order is valid for.
A number of applications have recently been made by officers against defendants currently progressing through the criminal justice system.
The first successful application made by Darlington Police and its partner agencies was for a prolific shoplifter who has amassed 13 separate convictions this year alone for shoplifting.
Other methods used by the courts to prevent shoplifters re-offending include electronically tagged curfews, community work and fines.
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2:18pm Fri 16 May 14
think twice says...
Perhaps they will go to other shops instead.
2:45pm Fri 16 May 14
greenfinger says...
3:23pm Fri 16 May 14
oliviaden6 says...
4:29pm Fri 16 May 14
Homshaw1 says...
Why was he still walking the streets?
It's a waste of valuable time phoning or giving evidence to the police. It rarely results in any kind of preventative action.
As far as I am concerned they are worse than useless. Useless you don't usually have to pay for
5:10pm Fri 16 May 14
durhamchap says...
Homshaw1 wrote:I assume you have never heard of the CPS? Police officers collect the available evidence which goes to the CPS who decide if the evidence is strong enough for a conviction and if so the CPS prosecute and NOT the Police.Then if it gets to court the magistrate or judge passes any sentence - again NOT the Police.I know Police officers who put a lot of work into a case and then watch somebody who should be going to jail given community service or a suspended sentence.
The fact that one offender has amassed 13 convictions this year alone says it all.
Why was he still walking the streets?
It's a waste of valuable time phoning or giving evidence to the police. It rarely results in any kind of preventative action.
As far as I am concerned they are worse than useless. Useless you don't usually have to pay for
We regularly hear the jails are full and often prisoners are released early to make space so it would appear the Police are doing their job or perhaps Homshaw1 would like to join the Special Constabulary to show us what he can do to tackle crime.Very easy to put the blame for all the ills in our society onto the Police but what would we do without them ?
6:10pm Fri 16 May 14
stevegg says...
tion orders actually work. They dont! Most shoplifters are generally drug addicts who have no respect for the law or decent society and never will, all they care about is the money for their next fix and in their world everything is fair game. Anyone with over 3 shoplifting convictions should automatically recive court appointed banning orders with harsh penalties attached, it shouldnt be down to the police to apply for these, 13 convictions in a year is absolutely ludicrous with no meaningful sanctions. The drug addicts must be laughing at our weakness!
10:59pm Mon 19 May 14
Homshaw1 says...
My experiences with the police
Going into a shop a guy runs out with a machete chased by the shop owner wielding an iron bar. As he ran around the corner his hoody fell down. The CCTV cameras show his head covered. I said to the police officer I may be able to recognise him if I saw some mug shots. He said "If we need to contact you we will". He didn't even take my name.
Some years ago but a women comes to my house selling tickets for charity. Behind her is a women with a baby in a pram. It's for a charity providing wheelchairs and calipers for kids in Darlington. I went to get money and thought. Calipers - haven't seen them for a long time. So I asked the lady who was running the charity. She give me the name of the shop. I rang the police suggesting it needed checking out. How do you know its not true was the reply. I suggest you give them a ring. No telephone number so had a run up the shop. Closed but nothing advertised in the window. I came home still doing a roaring trade in the street. Rang again. Leave it with us we might or might not get back yo you. A few days later there was a identikit picture of this lady in the paper with the police asking for information. I took the paper down the police station and asked what was done about it. My calls weren't even logged.
Car bumped into the front of house while I was out. Wanted to claim for the damage on my insurance. Went down the station and told they had no record and suggested I spoke to the neighbour. Neighbour said stolen car had bumped into the front of the house and there had been police there in numbers. Went back to the police who found the report. They can't even find information on their own computer.
Saw drug dealing going on while children played in street. Had further incident and went to the police station to ask what was happening. Obvious first report had not been filed. Quote from police " If we arrested everyone in Darlington messing with drugs we would need high rise prisons"
Drunken 16 year old put fist through car window. Two witnesses, arrested guy who had cut hand. After 3 months and having wasted hours of my time the police not the CPS decided to bring no charges. Even wanted a large sum of money to give me the guy's name
What has any of this to do with the CPS?
12:50pm Tue 20 May 14
Homshaw1 says...
Don't suppose this had prior CPS approval either.
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UM forecasts 15.8% Michigan jobless rate in 2010
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ANN ARBOR, MI – University of Michigan economists say the state's hard times will stick around for the rest of the year and into 2010.
Economic forecaster George Fulton says he and colleague Joan Crary "see some improvement, but it will continue to be slow and difficult."
They predict unemployment will average 15.8% in 2010, the highest rate since the current counting system began in 1970.
In a midyear forecast of the Michigan economy Monday, the researchers predict jobs will fall at a 5.2% annual rate in the second half of 2009. They say Michigan will lose about 311,000 jobs this year.
They say jobs will fall at a 2.7% annual rate in early 2010 and believe the number of jobs will be about stable by the end of next year.


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8. ISO Images
Business users will appreciate a seemingly minor enhancement in Windows 8. You can now mount an ISO file. These files are used for burning a DVD or CD with your computer, but instead of actually making the disc, you can just mount the file and take the files you need. This could help when you share an ISO file with a colleague—say, a new software program you both already own.


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Teri Traaen's tumultuous tenure as Scottsdale's human resources leader officially came to an end last week.
Traaen, whose department lost 21 employees during her 19 months in charge, resigned from day-to-day operations in February but continued to collect her $134,513 annual salary — or roughly $70,000 plus benefits — through Sept. 3 as part of a severance package that required her to produce four reports.
Traaen turned in the reports on ethics, health and wellness, retirement education and performance evaluations in April and May. The 136 total pages include program recommendations, action plans for 2007-08 and appendices.
Assistant city manager Neal Shearer, who has been the acting human resources general manager since February, said the reports have provided a solid foundation for city programs.
Shearer said the ethics report was used to help develop an online ethics training course for city employees that will be rolled out this fall. The health and wellness report included research that was used by an employee committee in creating a worker wellness program.
The city plans to move toward a more simplified and streamlined employee evaluation system, using recommendations made in Traaen's report, Shearer said. He added the retirement education report will be utilized over at least the next year, but there has been no immediate result.
Shearer said the city is starting a national recruiting effort to fill Traaen's position.
Since Traaen resigned, she acquired the business, Train the Organization, and in June founded Traaen & Associates, LLC.
During Traaen's tenure, there were 21 departures from her 35-member department as reports of low morale and high turnover at City Hall became commonplace.
Traaen declined to comment last week on her time in Scottsdale, her department's turnover or her resignation.
"I would never breach the confidentiality of any issue or item that occurred simply because it's not the best practice in my industry," said Traaen, an ethics researcher who is planning to release a book, her second, next year.
In her Feb. 26 resignation, Traaen said "the direction now sought for the (human resources) department is significantly different than that under which I was sourced to work, therefore it is best for me to pursue additional professional opportunities at this time."
1. Develop plan for the design and implementation of the citywide Employee Ethics Training Program.
2. Develop a "wellness and health care" education campaign for 2007-08 that helps all health plan members.
3. Develop a "retirement education" program to ensure that employees who are planning retirement have the information and staff support needed to fully understand and successfully navigate the process..
4. Develop improved performance evaluation forms and instructions.
5. Create an executive summary to outline staff responsibilities
6. Be available during business hours to review this report and ongoing issues.


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Guest room: 1st floor guest room with king bed and access to 1st floor bath
Laundry: stacked w/d upstairs.
Downstairs: guest room with king bed, Guest Room with Queen Bed, bathroom, TV room, fitness room, music room, futon, and sectional sofa.
Outside: expansive decks, patios and outdoor seating areas, Fire Pit. Seasonal hot tub off of master bedroom deck.
Winter access: Year round - our road is plowed but this is Bear Lake, even plowed roads are steep and icy so a 4-wheel drive vehicle, chains and sense of adventure/humor is recommended :-)
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We are a military family who has lived all over the world. We stumbled upon Bear Lake in 2002 and fell in love with the area. We purchased our little cabin and over time upgraded and added to the original 1010 sq ft structure. It has become the gathering place for us, our diverse friends, and for photos, trinkets and silly treasures we found from travels all over the world. Everything in it has a story.
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David Bolduc purchased this house in 2002
From the moment we walked into the living room and took in the spectacular view of the lake and mountains, we fell in love.
Every morning we wake up to see the sunrise over the mountains - all of our friends do it too - it has become a unique and meaningful tradition - so much so that friends and guests have begun sharing pics of their sunrises enjoyed during their stay.
With a rainy, cold and windy weekend at Bear Lake we still had an amazing time; 100% because of this Property! This is the ultimate stay for a modern and comfortable experience. All the rooms were great, especially the master. The balcony was great for watching the storms roll through and the kitchen was perfect. We even put together our own rock band in the lower floor. Definitely recommend this property
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Wir hatten eine wunderschoene Zeit hier am Bear Lake. Das Haus bietet alle Annehmlichkeiten. Die Sonnenaufgänge und der Blick zum See sind traumhaft.
Living in Florida for the past several years, we missed the mountains and snow. FISHDO provided that and way more! The views of the lake are awesome. The cabin feels like home, not a vacation rental. We enjoyed family time every night listening to LP's on the record player and playing games from the huge selection available downstairs. We enjoyed snowmobiling, skiing and sledding all nearby. The kitchen is so well equipped we ended up eating in instead of going out most nights. We had dinner one night at Cafe Sabor and brunch another day at the Kerasmah Restaurant (inside the Inn at Snow Meadows) both of which we highly recommend. Will definitely return. Thank you Dave!
We took a few of our agents to FishDo for a winter retreat. What a perfect weekend! The cabin had everything we could have asked for and more. I adored the fact that there isn't a TV in the family room but a record player instead. It helped us focus on building relationships and really relax. We loved every minute and can't wait to get back!
We had a great time with our family at this terrific place. Our youngest child is 16 so we enjoyed all of the amenities available. We especially enjoyed the music selections and options. We enjoy music and having a classic collection of vinyl was a major plus. My sons also really enjoyed making their own music in the music studio downstairs.
Thanks for providing great memories for our family. We are already talking about returning. Would love to visit again.
Great place for adults or families with older children. Plenty of space to get together and enjoy games, dinners, and conversation.
FISHDO has absolutely everything you would ever need for a getaway cabin. The interior is nicely appointed with beautiful artwork, high quality furnishings and a gourmet kitchen. Compared to other places we've stayed, FISHDO actually feels more like an upscale home than a nondescript rental. In addition to an outstanding view of Bear Lake, there are more games, books, movies and vinyl LPs (!!!) than you could ever exhaust during a vacation. In addition to all of the amenities, Dave is a really nice guy and goes out of his way to keep in touch and make sure that you have everything you need. Highest recommendations!
Bear Lake is called the 'Caribbean of the Rockies' for its beautiful turquoise water and year round recreation activities. It is approximately 2 hours north of Salt Lake City and borders Both Idaho and Utah. Bear Lake is just 160 miles from Jackson Hole Wyoming and 200 Miles from Yellowstone National Park.
Bear Lake offers year round recreation: skiing, snow shoeing, cross-country, snowmobiling, sledding, ice-fishing, boating, swimming, fishing, ATVing, jet-skiing and more.
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Just a quick trip for Jai and I in March
You'll need to look into the many options for St. Patrick's Day, Arkvilla! It's quite an event here!
wonderful news Sandra :D
If ever there is a tomorrow when we're not together.......
there is something you must always remember.
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
But the most important thing is, even if we're apart...... I'll always be with you.
Winne the Pooh - A A Milne
A friend is a hand that is always holding yours,
no matter how close or far apart you may be.
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A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart.
What sort of things are there to do Tink? We won't be doing any parks, just to check the villa and relax.Originally Posted by Tink, post: 269863
We plan a day trip to St Augustine but nothing else planned yet
Nearly every place with have a celebration. Specials for dinner, loads of silliness... Irish Music, true CRAIC.
Raglan Road goes all out for the event, as do many (probably darn near all) other restaurants, pubs and bars.
Great news Sandra, wish we could join you.
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What wonderful news sandra, you'll need a break from winter by then! The winds are howling here tonight
Wish we had enough holidays left to do Disney this year but we can't :(
It will soon be here hope you have a fab time :)


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Method of government
By sheer hard work Philip tried to overcome the defects of this system. His methods have become famous. All work was done on paper, on the basis of consultas (that is, memoranda, reports, and advice presented him by his ministers). In Madrid, or in the gloomy magnificence of his monastic palace of El Escorial, which he built (1563–84) on the slopes of the Sierra de Guadarrama, the king worked alone in his small office, giving his decisions or, as often, deferring them. Nothing is known of his order of work, but all his contemporaries agreed that his methods dangerously, and sometimes fatally, slowed down a system of government already notorious for its dilatoriness. Philip was painstaking and conscientious in his cravings for ever more information, hiding an inability to distinguish between the important and the trivial and a temperamental unwillingness to make decisions.
This was coupled with an almost pathological suspicion of even his most able and faithful servants. Margaret of Parma, the duke of Alba, Don John of Austria, Antonio Pérez, and Alessandro Farnese—to name only the most distinguished—suffered disgrace. "His smile and his dagger were very close," wrote his official court historian, Cabrera de Córdoba. It was no exaggeration, for in the case of Juan de Escobedo, the secretary of Don John of Austria, Philip even consented to murder. As a result, Philip's court became notorious for the bitterness of its faction fights. The atmosphere of the Spanish court did much to poison the whole Spanish system of government, and this played no small part in causing the rebellions of the Netherlanders (1568–1609), of the Moriscos of Granada (1568–70), and of the Aragonese (1591–92).
Yet the "black legend" that in Protestant countries represented Philip II as a monster of bigotry, ambition, lust, and cruelty is certainly false. Philip's spare and elegant appearance is known from the famous portraits by Titian and by Anthonis Mor (Sir Anthony More). He was a lover of books and pictures, and Spain's literary Golden Age began in his reign. An affectionate father to his daughters, he lived an austere and dedicated life. "You may assure His Holiness," Philip wrote to his ambassador in Rome, in 1566, "that rather than suffer the least damage to religion and the service of God, I would lose all my states and an hundred lives, if I had them; for I do not propose nor desire to be the ruler of heretics." This remark may be regarded as the motto of his reign. To accomplish the task set him by God of preserving his subjects in the true Catholic religion, Philip felt in duty bound to use his royal powers, if need be, to the point of the most ruthless political tyranny, as he did in the Netherlands. Even the popes found it sometimes difficult to distinguish between Philip's views as to what was the service of God and what the service of the Spanish monarchy.
Foreign policy
For the first 20 years of his reign, Philip sought to preserve peace with his neighbours in western Europe. He was fighting a major naval war with the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean and, from 1568, he was faced with rebellion and war in the Netherlands. From the late 1570s, his policy gradually changed. The death (August 1578) without heirs of his nephew, King Sebastian of Portugal, opened up the prospect of Philip's succession to Portugal. He had to conquer (1580) by force what he regarded as his just, hereditary rights, but the rest of Europe was alarmed at this growth in Spanish power.
Both England and France gave increasing support to the rebellious provinces of the Netherlands. Gradually, in the 1580s, Philip became convinced that the Catholic religion in western Europe, and his own authority in the Netherlands, could be saved only by open intervention against England and France. To this end he fitted out the Armada that, with the help of the Spanish Army in the Netherlands, was intended to conquer England (1588). He sent money and troops to support the League, the ultra-Catholic party in France, against Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots. He even claimed the throne of France for his daughter, Isabella Clara Eugenia, after the murder of Henry III in 1589. Again, even his Catholic allies found it difficult to distinguish between Philip's championship of the Catholic church and the interests of Spain.
All these plans failed. Henry of Navarre became a Catholic (1593) and Philip had to accept (Peace of Vervins, 1598) his succession as Henry IV of France. England and the northern Netherlands remained Protestant and unconquered. Yet Philip's reign as a whole was not a failure. He had defeated the great Ottoman offensive in the Mediterranean at the Battle of Lepanto (1571). In the Iberian Peninsula he had completed the work of unification begun by the "Catholic Monarchs," Ferdinand and Isabella. Most important of all, in his own eyes, he had won great victories for the Catholic church. If England, Scotland, and the northern Netherlands were lost, the southern Netherlands (modern Belgium) had been preserved. In Spain and Italy he had prevented the spread of heresy, and his intervention in France was one of the factors that forced Henry IV to become a Catholic.
When Philip II died of cancer at El Escorial in 1598, Spain was still at the height of its power; it took almost 50 years before it was clear that the Counter-Reformation would make no further major conquests.


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