text:
Jobs creation is picking up in California. Even Sacramento's lagging economy enjoyed its biggest jolt of hiring last month since before the recession.
The latest monthly unemployment report Friday suggested California's economy continues to recover at a decent clip – and so far is ignoring the slowdown in the national economy.
Statewide unemployment fell a tenth of a point in June, to 10.7 percent, the Employment Development Department reported. Payrolls across California grew by 38,300, more than any other state.
The numbers aren't gangbusters, but "our recovery has definitely taken hold," said Sung Won Sohn, an economist with California State University's Channel Islands campus in Camarillo. "It's improving faster than the national economy." For the second straight month, California accounted for nearly half the jobs created in the United States.
Sohn warned, however, that the U.S. slowdown will be felt in California sooner or later.
The idea that California is doing better than the nation takes some getting used to. Because of the housing crash, California took a worse beating in the recession than most other states. But lately it's been outperforming the U.S. economy, thanks in large part to the boom at social-networking companies and other Bay Area tech firms.
June's report shows the recovery isn't just about tech anymore. Hiring has spread to industries such as tourism and construction, and payrolls beyond the Bay Area are getting a little fatter.
"The recovery is kind of broadening out, it's covering more sectors than it was before," said Dennis Meyers, principal economist at the state Department of Finance. "Some of the weaker sectors are showing signs of life."
In Sacramento, one of the weakest regions of the state, employers added 9,400 jobs in June. It was the greatest one-month hiring surge in the Sacramento area since 2006, said EDD consultant Justin Wehner.
There was more hiring in Sacramento last month than in San Francisco or San Jose – the hottest job markets in the state for the past year or so.
About half the new Sacramento jobs were in construction, a critically important industry to the region.
The unemployment rate in Sacramento actually rose to 10.8 percent in June, up four-tenths of a point. But that was a seasonal phenomenon. There simply weren't enough new jobs to absorb the students and others flooding into the labor market, Wehner said.
Meyers said employers in California added 147,700 jobs in the first six months of 2012. It added up to the best half-year run in California since 2005, he said.
That's not to say the economy is back to where it was. Since the worst of the downturn in late 2009, the state has recouped just 475,300 jobs, or around one-third of the jobs that were lost.
"We're still climbing out of a pretty deep hole," Meyers said.
And hiring still comes grudgingly, even in fast-growing sectors of the economy. Former EDD director Michael Bernick, a labor lawyer in San Francisco, said applicants far outnumber the job openings at the Bay Area's booming social-networking companies.
"It's striking that in the hottest industry in California, it's still very competitive," Bernick said. "Even here, it's tough to get in."
In Sacramento, a one-month jump in jobs doesn't make up for years of struggle. The region still trails the statewide average in job creation over the past year. But the evidence is piling up that the Sacramento economy is finally heading up.
"Last year was the bottom," said economist Jeff Michael of the University of the Pacific. "Now we're seeing growth again for the first time."
The 4,800 new jobs in construction means contractors are responding to the strengthening of the housing market. Instead of waiting for a customer to place an order, home builders are getting bolder about building houses in advance.
Well, somewhat bolder.
"They're not building 15-unit phases," said Greg Paquin of the Gregory Group, a market research firm. "It's five or six."
Paquin forecasts 2,800 new homes will sell in the Sacramento area this year, about 70 percent more than in 2011. But it's still a fraction of the 17,000 sold in 2004.
All told, the construction industry in Sacramento is barely half as big as it was during the boom. About 35,000 jobs have been erased, and no one is predicting full recovery anytime soon.
Sacramento's biggest industry, state government, remains another trouble spot. Gov. Jerry Brown's austerity plan includes furloughs for thousands of state workers, amounting to a nearly 5 percent pay cut.
And Sohn said it's a matter of time before the U.S. slowdown reaches California. National unemployment has stalled at 8.2 percent as job growth has tailed off.
A member of the board that oversees the Port of Los Angeles, Sohn noted that much of California's economy depends on exports – to other states and other countries. As their economies falter, they'll buy fewer goods from California.
"If the U.S. economy is slowing down, that will have a definite impact on California," he said.


text:
Fishing Access — Long Way Lake
By Scott Sandsberry, Yakima Herald-Republic, Wash.
Jun. 19–YAKIMA — A fishing trip to Mud Lake used to be a short jaunt. Now it's a long journey — and a dicey one at that.
For Layne Hansen of Naches and all the other anglers who liked the four-acre lake's hungry trout and its proximity to town — the old access road was less than three miles past the "Y" on the State Route 410 side — this is an inconvenience.
But it's less of one than that faced by the Horseshoe Bend landowners whose private property the old road crosses — the vandalism, the middle-of-the-night gunfire and the rampant garbage dumping. Years of those issues and concerns about their own liability led those landowners to gate the road last fall.
Anglers wanting want to drive to what was once a very popular fishing lake, especially for fly fishermen, now must do so by way of Garrett Canyon or Bald Mountain Road. Either adds an hour each way to the drive — and the Garrett Canyon route, uh, leaves something to be desired.
"You ain't taking a passenger car up there, I guarantee you that. No way," said Dan Cypher, a Yakima County Sheriff's deputy who well knows the county's back roads. "And you're not going to want to take your 2008 brand-new Dodge Hemi up there. It's a rough ride, it's not very wide, just big enough for one vehicle — passing two ways would be very difficult, and in some ways impossible. It's a long, slow ride.
"And if you're not completely familiar with it or have a map and know where you're going, you could probably take a wrong turn."
Which is precisely what Hansen and his son, Kyle, did on a recent Friday, when they went to Mud Lake via Garrett Canyon.
"If we didn't get lost, it'd probably have been about an hour drive," Kyle Hansen said. "It was an hour and a half with all that messing around."
And none too enjoyable a 90 minutes, either.
"The first 30 minutes are pretty grindy, because it's really a terrible road," Layne Hansen said. "And I'll tell you, the brakes were really feeling the heat on some of those downhill stretches. You could smell it."
They made the long trip, though, because they wanted to bring in pontoon boats to fish. Mud Lake is shallow and quite reedy around the edges, making bank fishing difficult. "Really," Layne Hansen said, "with this lake, you've got to have a float tube to fish it, or a pontoon boat."
Because of the lake's popularity with anglers and the fact that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has annually stocked the fish with nearly 1,000 trout — most of them jumbos and hefty triploids — Oak Creek Wildlife Area manager John McGowan has been trying to come up with a less harrowing route for anglers to reach the lake.
"Our agency feels we pretty much are obligated to provide some reasonable access to the thousands of public acres up there," McGowan said.
"But if that access project impacts the residents that have to live there, and they're right adjacent to where the access point would be … we have to consider those people, too."
There's a lot to consider.
The only way to put in another road — or even just a trail — up to the lake without becoming mired in bureaucratic red tape is to do it all on state wildlife land.
But there are two problems with that.
One is the mixed ownership in the area — much of it checkerboarded between WDFW and Department of Natural Resource, with patches of privately owned land along the 410 corridor.
The second is the land itself. Mud Lake is roughly 300 feet higher than the 410 roadway, and putting in a new access route to the lake within that same block of WDFW land would mean putting in a small parking lot about a half-mile west of the lake angling a road or trail up and across a 45-degree slope.
"The first couple of hundred yards are pretty much straight up," says Mel Henle of Yakima, who has taken to walking up that route to fish the lake since its gate closure. "I take my float tube and stuff and put it on a packboard and carry it in. It's not really that heavy — 45 pounds, maybe."
Henle, who has done some backcountry road construction in his day, doesn't believe it would be that difficult to construct a road across that slope and following up the west side of the canyon down which the lake's overflow drains.
"If (state wildlife officials) have a little bit of money, that would be an easy place to put a road in," he said. "On the west side (of the canyon) it's pretty open, only a couple of rock problems. It'd be nice to get the road in there — or, if not, maybe a hiking trail."
Across from the place where that trail or road would begin, though, is a small cluster homes overlooking the Naches River. Some of the homeowners there have signed a petition opposing such an access road — some because of what it might look like cutting across that slope, some because they fear what problems it might bring.
Harold Knapp, who generated the petition and lives across 410 from where that access road would begin — or where the parking lot would sit if the WDFW put in a trail instead — is convinced the same problems that prompted the Horseshoe Bend landowners would simply move to this new location.
"All of those problems — the kids partying up there, shooting guns at all hours, vandalism — that's just going to move it up a half-mile up the road to our house," Knapp said. "There's two little girls living on my right, two little boys living on my left, and they want to put a big parking lot at the bottom of the hill across the street. If they do that, they're just moving all those problems into a populated neighborhood.
"It's a bad deal."
Not everyone agrees.
Dorene Gurley, another resident across the street from would-be new access point, opted not to sign the petition.
"I'm not opposed to it, but the neighborhood is. We don't want a road, but as far as a hiking path, I don't see any reason why they couldn't have that," she said. "The biggest concern of the neighbors is parking; if you have a path, apparently you have to have parking. We've all decided that could be pretty dangerous — people like to pass right through here. We're concerned about safety, because there are several small children in this neighbor."
Gurley added that, "in a selfish way," she'd like to see a trail going up to Mud Lake so she could use it. But not everyone hoping to fish at Mud Lake is physically capable of hauling gear up a steep, half-mile-plus trail.
"Not most fishermen," said Brian Wiens, who represents the fishing community on the Oak Creek Citizen Advisory Group. "I'm not a young person. You have a float tube or a pontoon boat, you have fins, waders, fly rods … that's too far for me to tote up there, plus the steepness of it.
"There's all kinds of opportunities for people who can stand the physical rigors of a long, steep hike, but very few opportunities for people who aren't physically able to do that."
McGowan is the man in the middle, serving both wildlife and the people who like to hunt, fish or observe that wildlife. It's a delicate balancing act made more delicate by the Mud Lake situation.
"As far as the wildlife is concerned, the easiest thing for us would be to say 'We lost a road, that's it,'" McGowan said. "But people are the ones who are the drivers in this."
Some, like many of the people near the new access point, want no new road or trail; some, like Gurley, would like a trail but not a road. Wiens wants to see a road to Mud Lake, not a trail. So, too, does Paul Zeimantz, who represents motorized recreation users on the Oak Creek advisory group.
Zeimantz, a hunter, hiker and fisherman — as well as a snowmobiler, motorcyclist and four-wheeler — is quite physically capable of hiking to the lake. But his argument is for those people who can't, or who one day won't be able to.
"The one thing we have to remember is," he said, "it's public land and all of our interests eventually overlap, no matter what your special interest is. If you're a hunter, you're going to overlap into hikers and motorized use. If you're a birdwatcher, you're going to want to be able to drive into the habitat; you're not going to want to have to hike 20-plus miles to get in to see anything.
"Today you might be a hiker, but people get hurt. Things happen. You might blow out a knee and not be able to hike anymore.
"That's what we have to think about when we're making decisions today: We have to think about what could happen tomorrow."
To see more of the Yakima Herald-Republic or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.yakima-herald.com/.
Copyright (c) 2008, Yakima Herald-Republic, Wash.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
For reprints, email email@example.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Dexter and Enrique Currero
Dexter and Enrique share one thing in common. They re both passionate kissers. When Enrique gets his first look at Dexter s cut body, he knows he s in for a spectacular time. Much cock sucking ensues as both guys get their thick tools nice and hard. When Dexter s good and ready, he starts pumping away at Enrique, who loves it when Dexter thrusts harder and faster. Enrique soon shoots his load with Dexter still working away inside him. And Dexter doesn t let a cum shot stop him. He keeps poking away at a very willing Enrique until he s on the verge of cumming. And cum he does - straight up in the air, sort of like fireworks, but white and creamy. With both guys satisfied, the scene fades out with more hot kissing.
Website: CLICK HERE
Added: 09 May 09
Views: 46892


text:
Seth Rogen Slams Film Critic for Article About Santa Barbara Shooting Rampage
Seth Rogen called out a Washington Post film critic for an article in which she suggested that films such as Neighbors encouraged Santa Barbara shooting suspect Elliot Rodger.
The comedic actor described Ann Hornaday's piece as "horribly insulting and misinformed" after she called out his latest hit for fueling the disenchantment felt by the 22-year-old son of Hunger Games second-unit director Peter Rodger.
.@AnnHornaday I find your article horribly insulting and misinformed.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) May 26, 2014
.@AnnHornaday how dare you imply that me getting girls in movies caused a lunatic to go on a rampage.
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) May 26, 2014
After writing a 141-page manifesto, Rodger carried out a deadly rampage on Friday night in the Isla Vista area of Santa Barbara, Calif., that left six people dead and 13 injured.
"It all has to come to this," Rodger stated during a nearly seven-minute "Retribution" video uploaded to YouTube on May 23. He later added: "After I've annihilated every single girl in the sorority house, I'll take to the streets of Isla Vista and slay every single person I see there."
STORY: Santa Barbara Shooting Suspect's Parents Tried to Find Him During Killing Spree
In her op-ed column in response to the tragedy, Hornaday wrote:
"How many students watch outsized frat-boy fantasies like Neighbors and feel, as Rodger did, unjustly shut out of college life that should be full of 'sex and fun and pleasure'? How many men, raised on a steady diet of Judd Apatow comedies in which the shlubby arrested adolescent always gets the girl, find that those happy endings constantly elude them and conclude, 'It's not fair'?
"Movies may not reflect reality, but they powerfully condition what we desire, expect and feel we deserve from it," she added.
STORY: Santa Barbara Mass Shooting: Son of 'Hunger Games' Second Unit Director Is Suspected Gunman
Hornaday went on: "If our cinematic grammar is one of violence, sexual conquest and macho swagger -- thanks to male studio executives who green-light projects according to their own pathetic predilections -- no one should be surprised when those impulses take luridly literal form in the culture at large."
Producer and director Apatow also responded to the article, claiming it was self-promotional and idiotic. "Why is it always everything but mental illness?" asked the Bridesmaids and Knocked Up producer. "Because that doesn't sell papers."
"@Sethrogen: .@AnnHornaday I find your article horribly insulting and misinformed." She uses tragedy to promote herself with idiotic thoughts
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) May 27, 2014
After previously writing for the New York Times Arts & Leisure section and the Baltimore Sun, Hornaday has been with the Washington Post since 2002 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism in 2008.
Never miss a story. Stay up-to-date with THR's Daily Headlines.
Must Reads
2015 Summer Movie Guide: Sequels... Comedy... Action!
Salary Fights, Porn Stars, Broken Bones: How 'Entourage's' Bros Got to the Big Screen
Summer TV's 15 Most Anticipated Shows
23 Top Showrunners on How They'd End 'Mad Men,' Utilize Cookie Lyon and Revive their Favorite Characters
Lee Daniels, Damon Lindelof, A-List Writers on Race, Ignoring Critics, an 'Empire' Axing
'Late Shift' Author Bill Carter Pens David Letterman Tribute: Laughs, Legacy and Leno
The Epic Saga of Joel Silver: Money Struggles, Feuds and (Another) Second Chance


text:
The Comedy In Fifty Shades of Grey
By Amy Nicholson
Wild Tales Lays Bare Everyone's Awfulness
By Stephanie Zacharek
Approaching the Elephant Is a Bracing Education Doc
By Calum Marsh
By Stephanie Zacharek
By Inkoo Kang
The Results of Our 2014 Film Critics' Poll
By Voice Film Critics
By Alan Scherstuhl
The Blue Room (La Chambre bleue)
By Alan Scherstuhl
At the Berlin Film Festival, the world premiere of Errol Morris's Standard Operating Procedure drew fire for its horror-film-style cinematography and for not attacking the soldiers who tortured and took photos at Abu Ghraib. (Writing in ArtForum, critic Paul Arthur called Morris's use of re-enactments "obscene," "yielding familiar aesthetic thrills as a substitute for specificity of meaning.") Morris defends his more evocative filmmaking choices as a way of opening up Abu Ghraib and its photos to further re-examination. He also doesn't believe we need another film that enumerates the Bush administration's crimes against humanity. "That is a well-known story," he says. "I wanted to do something different."
When filmmakers Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss unveiled Full Battle Rattle, their film about Iraq War simulations in California's Mojave Desert (which opens in July), they also encountered some frustrated responses from Berlin's audience. "There's an expectation of what an Iraq documentary should be, that the film needs to take a deadly serious tone," says Moss. "But we live in a generation where people get their news from The Daily Show. Why couldn't they get their news [of] Iraq from a movie about a fake Iraq?"
And why, asks Brooklyn-based theater director Josh Fox, can't films about the post-9/11 world avoid neatly prescribed messages? "The main issue is whether a film is motivated by answers or by questions," says Fox, whose debut feature, Memorial Day, is an experimental provocation about U.S. soldiers on a Girls Gone Wild–type furlough and torturing inmates at Abu Ghraib. "Because what makes a 'political' movie is that it's motivated by answers—which is to say: We, the filmmakers, are right about the issue, and you, the audience, will agree with us after you've seen it." Six years into the War on Terror, Memorial Day—along with many others in this new breed—isn't "about agreeing or disagreeing," says Fox. "It's just about our human contradictions that we don't want to process."
In our highly politicized climate, even Harold and Kumar have become divisive figures, with conservatives calling the new film "anti-war" and "left-wing pan-terrorist pap." But the filmmakers say their movie is ultimately patriotic, neither right-wing nor left-wing. As Schlossberg says: "In what other country can you write dick jokes and shit jokes for a living?"
Sponsor Content
Find capsule reviews, showtimes & tickets for all films in town.
Join My Voice Nation for free stuff, film info & more!


text:
DMV to Internet-less New Yorkers: Get in Line
By Jared Chausow
By Katie Toth
By Elizabeth Flock
City Hid Facts From Feds About Rikers
By Albert Samaha
Flood Wall Street Gets Pepper Sprayed and Arrested
By Anna Merlan
By Jon Campbell
Report Sheds Light on Anti-Muslim Bias
By Jon Campbell
Rikers Island Lawsuits Over Diabetic Care
By Albert Samaha
May 27-mid-September: On a roster that includes, in September in Battery Park, work by such dance world stars as Mark Morris, Elizabeth Streb, Twyla Tharp, and the late Martha Graham, root for this exotic truffle: Three dancers, four sopranos, and an actress tell of the women Odysseus encounters on his way back to Penelope, in this free performance May 29 and 30, 10 minutes before sunset, inspired by Homer's Odyssey, choreographed by the Dutch artist Beppie Blankert in collaboration with composer Louis Andriessen.
Union Square Park, Union Square East and 16th Street, 212-460-1208
June 11-August 20: Paula Hunter's diverse roster of companies plays Wednesdays at 6, starting with a "neighborhood affair" featuring dances by Washington Irving High School Performing Arts House Dancers, New York University students, and Carol Fonda. Subsequent weeks include Arthur Aviles Typical Dance Theatre, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana Spanish Dance, the Joffrey Dance Ensemble, Taylor 2, Lori Belilove & Company, KR3TS (a wonderful young troupe from East Harlem), the Niall O'Leary Irish Dance Troupe, Valetango, and Battery Dance Company.
The Duke on 42nd Street, 229 West 42nd Street, 212-239-6200, 646-230-9564, nyctapfestival.com
July 12-20: Adding to the clatter of midtown are two weeks of classes, concerts, and grand jams featuring the young, the international, the legendary masters, and the newest ensembles. Watch as a classic genre is transformed. There's a welcome party and jam at Jimmy's Uptown in Harlem on July 13.
Sponsor Content


text:
of laws and regulations applicable to uranium mining, processing, reclamation, and long-term stewardship. While the committee considers that neither constitutes an ideal model regulatory environment, both illustrate the ongoing evolution of a regulatory environment that either recognizes or drives the continuing development of best practices in the industry.
The committee's statement of task (Box 1.1) requires that it "review the state and federal regulatory framework for uranium mining, milling, processing, and reclamation" and review "best practices approaches." The committee has interpreted this charge to be forward looking—to describe what is presently in place and to look to the future in its description of best practices for future regulation of any uranium mining, processing, and reclamation that may occur in the Commonwealth of Virginia. While acknowledging that U.S. federal and state agencies have had extensive experience in attempting to remediate sites that were contaminated by past poor practices, the report does not delve into these past practices nor does it focus on the applicable regulations and programs that address the remediation of such sites.
For a number of reasons, the laws, regulations, and policies governing uranium mining, processing, reclamation, and long-term stewardship activities in the United States are neither well integrated nor transparent. Because of the way in which these laws, regulations, and policies were developed, gaps in coverage exist. First, the relevant laws and regulations were enacted or promulgated over the past 70 years, and were most commonly created after a crisis (e.g., uranium mill tailings contamination at early processing sites) or to address a particular situation, or contaminant, that is not unique to activities involving uranium mining, processing, reclamation, or long-term stewardship. Second, the missions of the agencies involved, and the laws they administer, vary considerably. The regulatory reach of the USNRC has traditionally been focused on radiological issues such as the use of the atom for energy generation and limitations on radiation doses to the public. In contrast, the USEPA's mission is the prevention of pollution, and the protection of public health and the environment through laws and regulations that are media-specific. Uncontrolled radiation releases are one source of environmental contamination requiring control. Worker safety and protection laws, such as the Mine Safety and Health Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act, concentrate on employee health and the elimation of workplace hazards. Third, the laws, regulations, and policies (especially for environmental protection) are media- or activity-specific, and as a result are spread across agencies and consequently are not integrated and can be incomplete. For example, the standards applicable to uranium in air are covered by a different law and different regulations than standards applicable to uranium in water; and in the area of worker protection, three agencies share the responsibility to protect occupational health. In each of these situations, the rules for information sharing, public participation, and enforcement—it they exist at all—are different. Fourth, regulations promulgated for these activities have frequently been challenged in court, and the subsequent litigation


text:
May 27, 2011
An outside view of the new Key Technology's Innovation and Solutions Center on the corner Popular and Avery Street. 5/24/11
Stories this photo appears in:
Manufacturer puts best foot forward with new visitor center
Key Technology has a new facility for introducing clients to products.
WALLA WALLA -- It seems fitting that the 31,500-square-foot home of Key Technology's new customer visitor center got its start as a furniture store.
Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.


text:
Christianity and the Roman Empire
Roman culture has traditionally been studied for its capacity to absorb and transform the ideas and beliefs of others, most notably those of the Greeks. This course seeks to examine the interaction between traditional Greco-Roman religious belief or ideology and various religious movements within Judaism from late Hellenistic and Roman times. Judaism of this period was itself complex and diverse, including breakaway groups such as the Essenes, as well as the messianic movement that eventually produced Christianity. The course will consider such developments against the background of Hellenistic Greek and Roman imperial religion and ruler glorification, eventually focusing on the transition of Christianity from its initial setting into an evermore significant component of Greco-Roman culture that diverged increasingly from its Hellenistic Jewish origins. The course will then examine the imperialization of Christianity in the fourth century under Constantine and his successors, concluding with the emergence of the Church as the heir of imperial institutions in the fifth and sixth centuries. Though focusing extensively on historical and religious texts, the course will also examine the evidence of artistic monuments.
Art History courses
- Art Since 1945
- "A Talent For Every Noble Thing": Art and Architecture in Italy 1300-1600
- Christianity and the Roman Empire
- Contemporary Curating: Art/Contexts
- Dada and Surrealism: Art and Politics
- History of Architecture: Beauty, Bridges, Boxes, and Blobs: "Modern" Architecture From 1450 to the Present
- History of Architecture: From Ziggurats and Pyramids to Cathedrals and Mosques: Ancient and Medieval Architecture in the Near East, the Mediterranean, and Europe
- More or Less: Architectural Theory From Modern to Contemporary


text:
Auditor weighs in on Filner Paris trip
Questions over Filner's trip to Paris were emerging shortly before the sexual-harassment charges leveled in July that lead to his resignation.
For starters, the mayor's office did not disclose the trip until Filner returned. San Diegans first learned their mayor was in France from a press release issued by the group that invited Filner to speak at the event.
Upon his return, Filner was vague about the purpose of the journey and who funded the excursion.
On June 26, Filner claimed it was a "business trip which is to get jobs to San Diego" but refused to respond to follow-up questions.
At a news conference the next day, Filner said the trip was paid for by a nonprofit group tied to the National Council of Resistance of Iran, although he declined to name the group at that time.
"There's no cost to the city for my trip," he said.
Filner also said it was his third time attending the annual event, and that the travel costs did not violate state laws that place a limit on the value of gifts elected officials may accept.
"I'm not going to do stupid things, and I know the law," he said June 27.
By early July, Ingram announced she was no longer engaged to Filner. Two days later, former Councilwoman Donna Frye and two San Diego attorneys publicly denounced Filner as a sexual harasser and demanded he resign.
In the middle of the month, U-T Watchdog reported that credit card limits for two administrators were increased to accommodate spending on the Paris trip.
All the while, Filner refused to disclose the name of the nonprofit that had paid his travel expenses.
On July 22, in a nationally televised news conference, former mayoral communications director Irene McCormack Jackson became the first woman to publicly accuse Filner of sexual harassment. Within days, more than a dozen additional women leveled similar allegations.
Even amid the lurid accusations, the Paris trip remained an issue. In late July, Filner finally identified his benefactors as the Organization of Iranian-American Communities.
Then on July 31 — the day the Watchdog reported there was no such nonprofit certified by the IRS — Filner announced he would pay the nearly $10,000 cost for the trip out of his own pocket.
The gesture by Filner at that point was not enough to avoid tough questions by other city officials.
"The incomplete information from Mayor Filner's office continues to raise more questions than it answers," Councilman Kevin Faulconer said that day.
Faulconer is now facing council colleague David Alvarez in a Feb. 11 mayoral run-off election to replace Filner.


text:
PRLog - Jan. 24, 2013 - BASINGSTOKE, U.K. -- Greek island specialist Ionian Villas has added 7 new properties to its programme for 2013 – one on each of the islands it offers – taking the total number of options to 140, from excellent value one-bedroomed apartments and cottages, to luxurious 6-bedroomed villas.
View from Efkalyptos in Kefalonia
Ionian Villas was created by David Watrous, who has been selling holidays to Greece since he helped to set up the villa specialist company, Greek Islands Club, on Paxos with his father in the early 1970's. Greek Islands Club was sold a few years ago and David now caters for Greek island visitors wanting more flexibility than the traditional package holiday.
Comments David: "The Internet has radically changed the package holiday business; the options to book each element of a Greek island holiday (villa, flight, transfer, car hire) have now increased to the advantage of the more independent traveller – but when it comes to booking a villa, most travellers want a reputable agent who knows the properties personally and has the experience of helping to make the right choice.
"I have heard many stories about people finding a villa on the Internet, booking it direct and then being disappointed to find not all is as it should be on arrival. We know all our owners personally, and have visited each and every property. We also have our own agent on each island to be available to clients anytime for anything."
Ionian Villas offer properties to the islands of Paxos, AntiPaxos, Ithaca, Kefalonia, Meganissi, Lefkas and Corfu. Here is a brief rundown of the new 7 properties:
Paxos: Artist's Villa (http://www.ionian-
AntiPaxos: Villa Oneiro (http://www.ionian-
Ithaca: Dexa Beach House (http://www.ionian-
Kefalonia: Villa Efkalyptos is a six - bedroomed villa sleeping 16 people (two bedrooms have two sets of bunk beds) making it ideal for two or more families who want to holiday together. It is set in large private grounds, surrounded by olive groves, and commands views from the villa's many terraces across the sea to the island of Zakynthos. The villa has a large pool and is a two minute drive from the village of Spartia which has a number of tavernas and restaurants. A week's rental is from £3260 (£203 pp when fully occupied).
Meganissi: Villa Arenia (http://www.ionian-
Lefkas: Villa Camilla (http://www.ionian-
Corfu: Villa Aspro (http://www.ionian-
To view the complete range of Ionian Villas' comprehensive range of properties visit www.ionian-villas.co.uk, or to book call +44 (0) 1935 477196.


text:
Click to expand
What do you think? Give us your opinion. Anonymous comments allowed.
#152 - Absolute Madman (07/06/2013) [-]
Honestly I'm still in my last year of high school, yet I found out I can get disability payments for Crohn's Disease. I am going to try to get it because I can then save up the money to go to college. Both of my parents are disabled, and legally handicapped so they can't afford to give me anything for education. Even though I can live off the government for the rest of my life, I want to use the money to actually become something, so I'm not going to blow it on stupid **** .
Reply+2#169 to #152 - schneidend ONLINE (07/06/2013) [-]
Good man.
#211 to #156 - flemsdfer ONLINE (07/07/2013) [-]Oh god! Someone that wants to use the system the way it was intended for and get a boost to where he no longer needs it rather than to ride it for the rest of his goddamn life. Yeah that damn parasite. He should accept the free money for the rest of his life and never go anywhere like all of the other non parasites out there.
Reply+5#161 to #156 - windblowkash (07/06/2013) [-]
at least hes going to get a job and not leech off the government


text:
October 20, 2014
Wilson to Exhibit Art Made by Area High School Students
Wilson College will hold a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, to mark the opening of an exhibition of art created by area high school students. The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, will continue through Dec, 5 in the Bogigian Gallery, which is located on the second floor of Lortz Hall.More
October 15, 2014
Humanities Degree Info Session Set for Oct. 28
Wilson College will host an information session about its master's degree program in the humanities at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Norland Hall. A free lunch will be provided. The hour-long session will cover how to apply and provide an overview of the program, including new courses and concentrations now available; financial aid; career opportunities; graduate assistantships and more. Registration is required and may be completed at www.wilson.edu/MAHum. For more information, visit the website or contact Michael Cornelius at email@example.com.
October 14, 2014
Wilson Hosts Women's Conference on 'Cultivating Resilience'
"Cultivating Resilience … Becoming Strong, Healthy and Successful" is the focus of this year's Cumberland Valley Women's Conference (CVWC), to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8, in Laird Hall at Wilson College.More
October 14, 2014
Wilson Breaks Ground on Library Project
On a beautiful fall day, Wilson College held a festive groundbreaking ceremony Thursday, Oct. 9, for the "Reimagining the John Stewart Memorial Library project.More
October 8, 2014
College to Break Ground on Library Project Oct. 9
The College will officially break ground on the "Reimagining the John Stewart Memorial Library" project and celebrate Founders Day on Thursday, Oct. 9. The groundbreaking ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. on the west side of the construction site near the intersection of Lenfest Drive and Gall Way.More
October 6, 2014
Wilson Welcomes 2014 Lenfest Scholars
Two first-year Wilson College students have been named Marguerite Brooks Lenfest Scholars for 2014-15. Tianna Weist of Chesterland, Ohio, and Amanda Haase of Culpeper, Virginia, were selected for the honor from among a pool of entering students with the highest, cumulative grade-point averages and demonstrated leadership initiatives.More
October 3, 2014
Wilson College Celebrates Arts Day 2014 on Oct. 8
An exciting, educational, fun-filled day of free events that encourages everyone to appreciate and celebrate interdisciplinary arts will be held Wednesday, Oct. 8, on the Wilson College campus at 1015 Philadelphia Ave., Chambersburg.More
September 30, 2014
Wilson Enrollment Increases for Fall
A total of 759 students have enrolled at Wilson College for the fall semester, an increase of more than 14 percent over fall 2013 with a 41 percent increase in new students in the traditional undergraduate college, producing the largest incoming class in more than 40 years.More
September 17, 2014
Wilson Professor's Art Exhibit Opens Oct. 4 at Frederick Gallery
Philip Lindsey: The Language of Painting – an exhibition of art by Wilson College Professor of Fine Arts Philip Lindsey – will open with a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center in Frederick, Md. The exhibition, which will be housed in the Delaplaine's Kline Gallery, will continue through Oct. 26.More
September 17, 2014
Health and Physical Education Approved as New Wilson Major
The Pennsylvania Department of Education has approved a new health and physical education (for K-12) major within Wilson's education curriculum. Students who declare and pursue the new major will be on a path toward a Bachelor of Arts degree that will prepare them to teach health and/or physical education in Pennsylvania's public and private schools, according to the program proposal.More


text:
Oh no, our family is too big, and not all that close.
Do you have a storage unit?
Oh no, our family is too big, and not all that close.
Do you have a storage unit?
a kitchen pantry
Do you like traditional Christmas trees?
"Success is falling nine times and getting up ten." - Jon Bon Jovi
I love most Christmas trees.
Do you expect a white Christmas?
Do you own a snow shovel?
Do you watch a Sunday morning news show?
"...Mr. Bluebird on my shoulder..."
No, I don't.
Do you know how to knit?
I'm lucky I know the difference between knit and crochet.
Do you get barometric pressure headaches?
I've never heard of them. They sound hidious. I do get migranes though, but only one or two a year.
Do you tend to go over board when it comes to filling your pantry?
"...Mr. Bluebird on my shoulder..."


text: GALLERIES Mark Badgley 0 8 Back to Top ▲ Mark Badgley Mark Badgley Mark Badgley Gallery AskMen Editors Share on Facebook Share on Twitter 0 Shares Next Page Comments Show Comments More Like This Promoted Around the Web Special Features Special Feature 100 Ways To Look Better Than You Do Now. Smooth Up, Man. Read More Special Feature From Dating To Fitness, Over 75 Ways Men Are Winning 2015 Read More ad


text:
Based in the mountains of Vermont, Anvil Addict is a small studio that lovingly prepares abandoned antique spoons for a new life in which they can be loved all over again. Hand-stamped with your favorite liquor (gin, vodka, rum, and tequila), this set of four cocktail spoons will stir up plenty of fun for your guests.
Set of 4 vintage silver-plated cocktail spoons. Each is stamped with a different type of liquor: Gin, Vodka, Rum, and Tequila. This product is crafted from repurposed vintage materials. Since these are fashioned from found antique spoons, each spoon may vary in size, pattern, and condition. May include pit marks, scratches, and hammer marks.
This product has no reviews yet. Be the first to review this product. Write a review
Enjoy 10% off your first order*


text:
Students Pitch Plans for Future of Railway Exchange Building
Some of the best and brightest visionaries from the Fox School of Design at Washington University have unveiled their ideas for what the future of the 1.2 million square foot Railway Exchange Building should look like.
Best Time To Shop On Black Friday
The crack of dawn isn't the only option for Black Friday shopping.
Cold Weather, Mizzou Football Keep Missouri Shoppers Home
"There's absolutely no doubt that cold weather has hurt this past week," Dave Overfelt with the Missouri Retailers Association says.
Man Accused In Foiled Haul From Ill. Supermarket
St. Louis man accused of felony retail theft.
Clock Ticking On TIF? Changes Breeze Through State Senate
State Senators unanimously approved big changes to tax increment financing, in hopes of clamping down on use of the incentives.


text:
Get Truthdig's headlines in your inbox!
Rand Paul Got One (Huge) Thing Right
Smoking Gun: 1960s-Era Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Says Politics 'Is All Fraudulent'
Delusionary Washington: The Desperate Plight of a Declining Superpower
Emoti-Conned: Facebook's Messenger App Tracks Users' Very Specific Coordinates
Texas Protester
By Tom Scocca
by Amy Goodman, David Goodman $5.58
Microsoft has given itself less than eight years to find another billion PC users. To help meet that goal, the company has pledged to sell $3 bundles of Windows XP and Office software to governments that provide schools with free computers. That's about 2 percent of the cost of Office alone.
According to a new study by researchers at Florida State University, many Americans disapprove of their boss' behavior. Twenty-three percent said their superiors blamed others to protect themselves while 31 percent reported getting the silent treatment.
From GoogleVideo
The creators and star of the hilarious BBC series "The Office" made two humorous training videos for Microsoft in 2003, under the condition they would never be made public. But they have been leaked to the Internet, and already Microsoft got YouTube.com to take them down. Lucky for us, GoogleVideo still has them up. (watch them)
"Why not?" asks Clean Air Watch, after Bush just did something equally inane: appointing an avowed anti-regulatory "ghoul" as the White House's new regulatory czarina.
The National Journal just published the new salary list for Oval Office employees, and Think Progress deliciously singled out a few who definitely aren't earning their money. For instance: Deborah Nirmala Misir, the ethics advisor, earns $114,688; Stuart Baker, director for lessons learned, earns $106,641.
There's a "director for lessons learned"? Where's his office? A solitary confinement box at Guantanamo?
The disgraced former congressman, who resigned in June and is now awaiting trial on money laundering and conspiracy in a campaign finance case, said he may not be ready for retirement, a day after a judge ruled that his name must remain on the November ballot.
View the most popular tags overall?
View all tags?
Posted on May 29, 2015
A Progressive Journal of News and Opinion
Publisher Zuade Kaufman | Editor Robert Scheer
About Us | Contact Us | User Agreement | Privacy Policy | Comment Policy
© 2015 Truthdig, LLC. All rights reserved.
Website development by Hop Studios


text:
News & Events
Upcoming Events
|Participate in the 21st Annual Ed Wong Memorial Golf Tournament on Tuesday, April 07, 2015 at the Hawaii Prince Golf Club for a day of great golf, food, drinks, prizes, and an opportunity to meet the coaching staff and a few of our current players.Click here NaKoa GolfTournament_2015 for registration or contact the Na Koa office for more information.
Click HERE to view the 2015 football schedule
Press Releases, Articles, etc.
2012 Silver Anniversary, Pigskin Pigout
Na Koa Football Club Names Five to 2012-2013 Board (7/10/12)
3/27/12 MidWeek Article – Kim Fujiuchi
8/17/11 MidWeek Good Neighbors Article – Scott Kaulukuku


text:
Welcome To Spirit HalloweenX
Thank you for signing up to receive Spirit Halloween emails!
You will now be eligible to receive special email offers and discounts.
So Much Fun It's Scary!® - Only Days Until HALLOWEEN!
1 - 2 of 2
Sort by:
1 of 1
Sort by:
1 of 1
Philadelphia Phillies Adults Superskin Costume
Hit it out of the park! Play ball, party at the game or prowl the town on Halloween in this officially licensed and totally awesome adult's Philadelphia Phillies superskin costume. The costume completely conceals your identity yet you can both see and breath though it with ease.
MLB Philadelphia Phillies Uniform Set
…ship to Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, or a P.O. Box. Step up to the plate and knock them out of the park when you wear this officially licensed MLB Philadelphia Phillies Uniform Set. The grey and red team logo shirt comes complete with a matching team player helmet and two embroidered wristbands.
Sort by:
1 of 1
Sign Up Today & Receive Discounts, Exclusive Offers & Breaking News!
I agree to receive Spirit Halloween Superstores LLC's newsletter containing news, updates and promotions regarding Spirit Halloween Superstores LLC's products. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Please refer to our Privacy Policy or Contact Us for more details


text:
designed and made in NYC
- Loading...
@JackThreads is out of this in a L! What to do?
More from MilesstuffFollow
Other things you might Fancy
Added to these lists
Recently Fancy'd by
- Sam Taba samtaba Follow
- Ervin Perez ervinperez16 Follow
- Robert Heister heister504 Follow
- Jordi Jacko JJJ21 Follow
- Seila Taing seilasayz Follow
- Nic Williams nicknac_nic Follow
- Danilo Bumaye DaniloBumaye Follow
- Dalton Emrich demrich Follow
- Abdulaziz Abdullah Almansouri drmansouri2006 Follow
- Marco Antonio Velez psymark92 Follow
- Marc Torres mtp9078 Follow
- Tyler Ripley RipFlow Follow
- Thomas S Tstrawn85 Follow


text:
Preview 2007 - Defense
2007 Tennessee Preview |
2007 UT Offense Preview
2007 UT Depth Chart
2006 CFN Tennessee
What you need to know:
Is there a defense in America that's produced less with so much
promise and potential? The Vols have a who's who of top high
school prospects that haven't quite panned out, and now that has
to change to have any hope of winning the SEC East. Jerod Mayo
will move from the outside to the middle and Jonathan Hefney
returns at free safety to give the Vols two All-America caliber
defenders to build around. Now there needs to be more of a pass
rush after coming up with an inexcusable 17 sacks, and the new
starting tackles have to quickly emerge. The secondary has to
replace three starters, but should be fine in time, while the
linebacking corps, if healthy, will be among the SEC's best.
Jonathan Hefney, 96
Jerod Mayo, 5
Interceptions: Jonathan Hefney, 5
Star of the defense: Senior FS Jonathan Hefney
Player that has to step up and become a star: Senior DT
J.T. Mapu
Unsung star on the rise: Sophomore LB Rico McCoy
Best pro prospect: Hefney
Top three all-star candidates: 1) Hefney, 2) LB Jerod
Mayo, 3) DE Xavier Mitchell
Strength of the defense: Athleticism, Hefney and Mayo,
Weakness of the defense:
Living up to the potential, defensive tackles
Defensive Line
Projected Starters: One of the team's most
experienced position is defensive end, but the veterans have to
be far better. 6-2, 255-pound junior Xavier Mitchell is
the team's best linemen and most likely All-SEC prospect. Coming
off a shoulder problem, he was a decent pass rusher with four
sacks and 13 quarterback hurries, to go along with 32 tackles.
Extremely athletic, he's quick off the ball. If he starts to
finish off his plays with bigger hits and more sacks, he has a
shot to be the difference maker the line needs.
On the other side will be 6-3, 270-pound junior Antonio
Reynolds, a bulky end who failed to generate much in the way
of pressure. He made 37 tackles and a sack after getting a
full-time job, starting ten games and missing two with a neck
injury. While he struggled throughout the year with his
consistency, he came back from his injury with his best game of
the year in the bowl loss to Penn State. He's too strong and too
quick to not do more.
While more s hoped for from the ends, the tackles are the bigger
issue. 6-4, 290-pound senior J.T. Mapu was a
mega-disappointment after spending two years away on a church
mission. Considered a top talent before leaving, he only made
eight tackles and didn't do nearly enough to show he deserved a
bigger role. With tremendous quickness, the hope will be for him
to turn into a great interior pass rusher.
Taking over at the other tackle spot will likely be 6-6,
290-pound junior Demonte Bolden after making 22 tackles
and four tackles for loss. A superstar prospect when he came to
Tennessee, he hasn't come close to playing up to the hype. He
started to come on over the second half of last year to offer
hope that he'll eventually become the key stopper on the inside
many expected him to become long ago.
Projected Top Reserves: Pushing Bolden for
starting time at left tackle will be 6-3, 310-pound sophomore
Dan Williams, one of the team's biggest linemen. He only
made two tackles last year, but he had a nice spring and should
grow into a starter sooner than later. He has a world of upside.
6-3, 260-pound junior Robert Ayers turned into a great
reserve with a couple of spot starts when Reynolds was out. He
finished with 25 tackles, but didn't do nearly enough to get
into the backfield with just one sack and three tackles for
loss. With tremendous speed, he should play a bigger role on the
right side.
Watch Out For ... a possible shift from time to
time to a 3-4. The coaching staff played around with it this
spring, and while it won't be a regular alignment, it could be
used more than everyone might like if the tackles don't start to
Strength: Potential. The line is full of big-time
prospects that came to Knoxville with a boatload of promise.
Bolden, Mapu and Mitchell were just a few of the sure-thing NFL
stars-in-waiting who haven't been remotely close. If the light
clicks on for just a couple of the starters, the production all
across the front should be tremendous.
Weakness: Tackles. Forgetting that Turk McBride and Matt
McGlothlin have to be replaced as run stoppers, the Vol line has
to start generating more pressure from the inside. If Mapu,
Bolden and Williams don't start to be more active, there won't
be much of an overall defensive improvement.
This might be the most important unit in the SEC race. If
everyone starts to play up to their potential and everyone
starts to get into the backfield on a regular basis, the defense
could be tremendous and Tennessee will be a true player in the
East. If there's a drop-off from last year, when there was no
pass rush and not enough done against the run, it'll be another
disappointment season. All the Janes have to start playing like
Rating: 7
Projected Starters: If and when he can stay
healthy, 6-2, 230-pound junior Jerod Mayo will be an
All-America caliber difference maker who'll be the leader of the
defense. Third on the team with 83 tackles, while leading the
way with five sacks and 12.5 tackles for loss, he's a disruptive
force who'll move from the outside to the middle. The problem is
his luck with injuries, suffering ankle and knee problems that
kept him out for a stretch in spring ball. With strength and
speed, he has it all to grow into something special.
Starting in Mayo's place on the weakside will be 6-1, 215-pound
sophomore Rico McCoy, who got the starting nod in the
last two games of last year and finished with 38 tackles and
three tackles for loss. While undersized, he has all the makings
of becoming an all-conference talent in the near future with
tremendous speed and toughness.
Back on the strongside after starting every game is 6-0,
218-pound Ryan Karl. While he isn't the team's most
talented linebacker, he's tough as nails and holds his own well
against the run with 66 stops and nine tackles for loss. He's
not bad against the pass and is strong at cleaning up everything
that comes his way.
Projected Top Reserves: If Mayo is banged up or
ends up playing on the outside for any stretch, 5-10, 225-pound
junior Ellix Wilson will take over in the middle after a
13-tackle season. He might not be big for an inside linebacker,
but he's tremendously fast and could play on the weakside if
needed. He's the brother of former UT star receiver, Cedrick
Playing behind Karl on the strongside will be 6-2, 215-pound
junior Adam Myers-White, a smart, decent reserve who made
nine tackles. More of a safety than a linebacker, he'll see a
little bit of time at several spots throughout the year, but
he'll mostly make his mark on special teams.
6-2, 215-pound sophomore Dorian Davis is a star special
teamer with good potential on the weakside. Built like a safety,
he also runs like one and should be a good reserve behind McCoy.
He should be a key part of the rotation.
Watch Out For ... Mayo to grow into an
All-American. He has tremendous talent to go along with plenty
of heart, and as long as he stays healthy, he'll be a difference
maker to build a defense around.
Strength: The starting three. There aren't many better
linebacking corps in the SEC if Mayo, Karl and McCoy can stay
together for a full season. There's decent depth to rely on in a
pinch and should be able to be folded into the mix without a
Weakness: Injuries. The corps is relying on Mayo, who
hasn't been able to shake knee and ankle problems, and McCoy,
who missed a year with a foot injury, to be the steadiest
defenders in the front seven. There are a lot of chips riding on
their health.
Size is a bit of an issue with safeties playing on the outside,
but everyone is tough, everyone can hit, and Jerod Mayo makes up
for any overall problems by moving to the middle to take on an
expanded role. The pressure will be on the corps to shine right
away and carry the D until the line and secondary come around.
This group is good enough to do it.
Rating: 8.5
Defensive Backs
Projected Starters: Only one starter returns, but
he's a superstar. While undersized at 5-9 and 185 pounds, senior
free safety Jonathan Hefney is a superior hitter and
sure-thing tackler with 226 career stops with nine
interceptions. 2006 was his best season yet with 96 tackles, led
by an incredible 17-tackle game against Air Force, with five
interceptions. Tough as nails and speedy like a corner, he's be
a sure-thing top ten draft pick if he was about ten pounds
heavier and a little bit bigger overall. Along with being one of
the nation's elite defensive backs, he's a top punt returner.
Taking over the full-time job at strong safety will be 6-3,
200-pound senior Jarod Parrish after not doing much
throughout his career, hurt by a knee injury, and making two
tackles last year. He was a superstar high school basketball
player and a top baseball player. Now he has to show he can be
steady in place of the booted Demitrice Morley.
Both starting corners need to be replaced, but 5-9, 180-pound
Marsalous Johnson appears to be ready to step in and shine.
A track star who tore off a 10.4 in the 100, handling the faster
receivers won't be a problem. Once he gets a little bit of
experience, he should grow into a major player and the team's
number one corner, as well as potentially a top kickoff returner.
Emerging on the other side will be 5-9, 180-pound senior
Antonio Gaines, who made seven tackles and broke up a pass
as a reserve. A top prospect a few years ago, the former running
back has yet to make much of an impact and will have to battle
to hold on to a job.
Projected Top Reserves: Forget about the depth
chart; things are going to quickly change this fall when several
newcomers get a shot to play. JUCO transfer DeAngelo
Willingham will find a spot somewhere after two big yards at
College of the Desert in California. A speedy corner with
tremendous athleticism, he'll push Gaines hard for a spot.
Fighting for the starting strong safety job will be JUCO
transfer Nevin McKenzie, a 6-2, 210-pound big hitter who
can rush the passer and move like a corner. One of the best
athletes in the secondary with speed and phenomenal leaping
ability, he might be too promising to keep off the field.
On the way to become the team's new star corner is true freshman
Eric Berry, considered by many to be among the nation's
best recruits with next-level speed and athleticism, and the
smarts to possibly grow into a quarterback-of-the-defense
secondary. It's asking a lot for him to be the main man right
away, but the expectations are sky high.
Watch Out For ... the secondary to be better than
many will make it out to be. There's always a huge concern when
you have to come up with three new starters, but Hefney is a
star to build around, and Gaines and Johnson should grow into
decent corners with a little bit of time.
Strength: Athleticism. All across the board, the Vol
secondary is loaded with players with next-level measurables.
The backups can all move with many likely able to step in and
handle most receivers by being faster. Almost no one will be
able to run by this group.
Weakness: Overall inexperience. This would've been a
great secondary if Demetrice Morely could've figured out where
the classrooms were and if rising corner Roshaun Fellows didn't
get booted off the team.
It helps to have a free safety like Jonathan Hefney to patrol
the field and clean up everything against the run while giving
the new corners some help. Antonio Gaines and Marsalous Johnson
are promising corners, but they'll have to battle to hang on to
their jobs with a slew of good newcomers on the way. Will this
be a physical enough secondary? That remains to be seen.
Rating: 7
Special Teams
Projected Starters: Death, taxes, and a Colquitt
punting the ball for Tennessee. 6-3, 205-pound junior Britton
Colquitt might be the best of the family after averaging
44.9 yards per boot and putting 18 inside the 20. He has a great
leg who can hang it high and consistently pin teams deep. While
he'll start out as the team's placekicker, trying to replace
James Wilhoit, who hit 18 of 22 field goals. The hope will be
for redshirt freshman Daniel Lincoln to ease Colquitt's
burden, but he hasn't quite stepped up when given the chance.
Watch Out For ... Colquitt to be one of the team's
top weapons. For a defense that'll need time to jell, and an
offense that might not be consistent to start out, having a
punter who can blast the ball 60 yards if needed.
Strength: Colquitt and Jonathan Hefney. Hefney might not
be an All-America punt returner, but he's not far off after
averaging 12.1 yards per try. Colquitt will get several all-star
Weakness: Kickoff returns. The Vols have had a bizarre
block when it comes to kickoff returns over the last few years,
and bottomed out last season averaging 16.05 yards per try, good
for last in the SEC and 117th in the nation. Top running back
Arian Foster will try to add more pop.
It's a Jekyll-and-Hyde situation. The punting and punt return
game will be among the best in America, while the placekicking
will be an issue and the kickoff returns can't be a big-time
weakness again. With Britton Colquitt double dipping his kicking
duties, he can't let his punting suffer. Jonathan Hefney is
special returning punts, but he doesn't return kickoffs.
Rating: 7


text:
BURLESON Burleson parent Amanda Gunning is gearing up to send her son Cade to school for the very first time, and she wants to make sure she gets his dress code right.
'We went shopping the other day, and I got the list and checked,' she said.
It's a list parents pore over; what colors their kids can and can't wear to elementary school. So imagine the surprise last week when Burleson ISD posted some big, new additions to that list online.
'Pink, purple, grey those were a couple of them,' said BISD spokeswomanVictoria Johnson.
There's no telling how many people saw those posts. There was just one big problem:
'BurlesonISDadministration made a mistake,' Johnson said.
The district got ahead of itself, releasing what had been only a proposal as fact. A few hours later, they realized the mistake and took the post down.
The dress code remains the same as it has been in past years.
But it was too late for some. One family told News 8 they had already spent $140 on clothes based on the mistaken dress code guidelines. Others online were angry... one threatening on Facebook to send her $200 clothing bill to the district.
'We just regret the inconvenience and confusion it's caused parents,' Johnson said.
And late Wednesday afternoon, the district released this statement to parents and to News 8:
Burleson ISD administration regrets any inconvenience experienced by BISD families who may have followed the draft dress code guidelines that were inadvertently posted last week.
For those who purchased shirts in the additional colors, between the time that the draft guidelines were posted and the posting of the final guidelines can bring the shirts with receipt to your home campus for a refund.
Communication regarding dates and times will be forthcoming.
Elementary campus principals do not return to work until next week when we intend to set-up logistics for turning in these shirts.In the meantime, please retain any receipts or proof of purchase.
Again, we apologize and appreciate your patience while we address our mistake.
E-mail email@example.com


text:
Shortage of Hispanic marrow donors leaves blood cancer patients with uncertain futures
CORPUS CHRISTI - Young and athletic, Teresa Hurtado-Diaz thought nothing of the random bruises and bone pain at first, shrugging it off as soreness, then as an infection.
Weeks went by, and the pain increased, ushering the California girl into a San Francisco hospital, where she was poked, prodded and tested until finally, the leukemia diagnosis came.
She was 17 years old.
Doctors thought she'd need nothing more than two years of chemotherapy, but the disease worsened, and they recommended a bone-marrow transplant, giving her a surprising warning. Because she's Hispanic, she'd have a difficult time finding a bone marrow donor, they told her.
"I know our culture is not willing to donate organs because, at the beginning, before I knew (I had leukemia), I had never donated anything," she said.
Her parents and uncles registered to donate, but they weren't matches for Hurtado-Diaz. That's not surprising, said Kirsten Lesak-Greenberg, spokeswoman for the National Marrow Donor Program. Seventy percent of people who need bone marrow won't find matches in their family, she said.
Growing ever sicker, Hurtado-Diaz's name was added to a list of those awaiting marrow transplants.
'Their only cure'
Hispanics needing bone marrow have a harder time finding matching donors than do whites, Asians and American Indians because few Hispanics have registered to donate. Among the 8 million people signed up to be bone marrow donors, 800,000 or 10 percent, identify themselves as Hispanic or Latino, Lesak-Greenberg said. Though Hispanics comprise more than one-third of Texas' population, only 17 percent of registered bone marrow donors in the state are Hispanic, she said.
Overall, Hispanics have a 72 percent chance of ever finding a bone marrow donor, compared to whites, who have a 93 percent chance, according to the donor program. Only blacks fare worse, with a 63 percent likelihood of finding a donor.
More people of Hispanic and Latino descent are urgently needed to donate bone marrow, Lesak-Greenberg said. Patients needing marrow donations are more likely to find a match within their own racial or ethnic heritage because the tissue types used to match patients with donors are inherited, she said. Since most are unable to find donor matches within their family, patients are forced to rely on donations from others, often strangers, who are registered donors, she said.
The shortage of donors creates problems for Hispanics battling leukemia and other blood cancers.
"For a lot of these patients, their only cure is a transplant, so without one, a lot of times, they don't make it," said Yvonne Ybarra, director of the Be the Match Program for Central and South Texas.
Minorities register to donate bone marrow less often because of fear, misconceptions, lack of family support and financial concerns, such as worries about taking time off to donate, Ybarra said.
That's especially problematic for Hispanic children, who have the highest rates of leukemia among all children. Another blood cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, often treated with bone marrow donations, is the fifth most common cancer among Hispanics.
A match
Two thousand miles away from Hurtado-Diaz's hospital room, Lydia Gonzales' mother shook her from her slumber after a long night stocking shelves at Walmart.
"'You're not going to believe this, but you're a match,'" she said.
The Beeville woman registered in 2002 as a bone marrow donor to help a co-worker's daughter who needed a transplant. Though she wasn't a match for the girl, she remained on the list, and in an odd twist of events, the co-worker's daughter suddenly got better without a transplant.
By the time Gonzales got the call in 2006 that she was a bone marrow match for Hurtado-Diaz, she had forgotten she'd ever registered.
Life had changed for Gonzales in those four years. Her sister had died of stomach cancer. She'd given birth to a son and moved home from San Antonio to Beeville to live with her mother and get help raising her little boy.
All she knew of Hurtado-Diaz was that the girl was 17.
Gonzales could've backed out then, no questions asked, but instead, she traveled to San Antonio, where doctors took blood and walked her through mountains of paperwork.
"I saw my mother bury my sister," Gonzales said. "I don't want to see another parent bury their child. If that ever happened to my son, I would hope someone would step up and help."
For five days, Gonzales received injections of a drug to stimulate her bone marrow to make white blood cells. On the fifth day, doctors drew out stem cells in a procedure that Gonzales likened to dialysis. As the bag filled with an amber liquid resembling apple juice, Gonzales thought of Hurtado-Diaz's mother and father.
"I was excited about the fact that I could give a child back to their parents," she said. "It was exciting that I was going to save somebody."
Later, Gonzales would find out she had been Hurtado-Diaz's last chance.
"If she didn't want to donate, I was going to die," Hurtado-Diaz said. "She was the only one."
An angel
As Gonzales recovered in a San Antonio hotel room, Hurtado-Diaz prepared for the easiest procedure of that week. By the time she sat down for an infusion of Gonzales' stem cells, she had been through days of intensive chemotherapy and radiation treatments that left her dizzy, nauseous, tired and wincing from radiation burns inside her mouth and throat. The stem cell donation procedure took two hours and reminded Hurtado-Diaz of a blood transfusion.
"I never thought that I was going to die," she said. "I didn't allow myself to think that. I told myself I wasn't ready to die. I had a lot of things to do. I had my goals and dreams. That's what I told my mind."
She recovered for a month and a half in an isolated, sterilized hospital room before the doctors allowed her to go home. To their surprise, she recovered rapidly, returning to school within six months, just in time to graduate alongside her friends, she said.
The National Marrow Donor Program does not share the identities of donors and recipients with each other for the first year, in case problems arise during recovery, Lesak-Greenberg said.
Once during that year, Hurtado-Diaz gave program officials a book about angels to pass on to Gonzales. Inside the cover, she had scribbled an emotional "thank you" message, and signed it, "Love, Teresa." Program officials passed on the book but erased Hurtado-Diaz's name, Gonzales said.
Hurtado-Diaz said she was aching to meet her donor.
"She saved my life," she said. "Without her, I wouldn't be here today. I can say that. She's basically my guardian angel."
'We need to help'
This fall, National Marrow Donor Program officials picked Gonzales, 43, and Hurtado-Diaz, 22, to meet each other at the annual national conference for the first time. The program chooses only one pair each year to meet face-to-face. When Gonzales walked on stage, Hurtado-Diaz clasped her into a hug, sobbing and screaming into her ear, "You saved my life! You gave me a second chance!"
Over eggs the next morning, they swapped stories about their families and their lives. Hurtado-Diaz had developed seasonal allergies after the donation, an inheritance from Gonzales. A 1988 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that bone marrow recipients sometimes acquire the donor's allergies.
Gonzales couldn't stop watching Hurtado-Diaz with her 6-year-old son, marveling at the way a woman she just met bonded with her son, her heart melting when the two strode hand-in-hand through the sunlit park.
"I felt like I was meeting my long lost daughter for the first time," Gonzales said.
Hurtado-Diaz has since become an unofficial recruiter for Hispanic bone marrow donors. Fluent in Spanish, the now 22-year-old often speaks to Hispanic groups, trying to dispel myths that marrow donation is dangerous or deadly.
"It's not hard at all to donate bone marrow, and we need to help our community, we need to help our Hispanic people," she said.
Gonzales shies away from the limelight, shirking the praise heaped on her by strangers that hear her story.
"They call you a hero, but hero is a big word," she said. "I did what I think any of us would do."
What is stem cell transplantation?
The transplantation is the use of donor stem cells, most often collected from circulating blood, but they may also be collected from marrow. Siblings have the potential to match the patient most closely because the patient and donor received genes from the same parents, however, they do not always have closely matched tissue types. Umbilical cord blood is another source of stem cells for allogeneic transplantation, especially for children and smaller adults. About 70 percent of patients who need a stem cell transplant do not have a suitable donor in their family. An estimated 957,902 people in the U.S. are living with or in remission from leukemia, Hodgkin lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma or myeloma.
Source: The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Myths and Facts about Marrow Donation
Myth: Marrow donation is painful.
Fact: General or regional anesthesia is always used, and donors feel no needle injections during the donation. Most feel some pain in the lower back afterward for a few days.
Myth: All marrow donations involve surgery.
Fact: A majority of donations don't involve surgery because doctors most often request peripheral blood stem cell donation, a nonsurgical procedure. The second type of procedure, marrow donation, is surgical, but less common.
Myth: Donating marrow is dangerous and weakens the donor.
Fact: There are rarely any long-term effects from donation. After the donation, in which 5 percent of less of marrow is drawn, the body replaces the marrow within four to six weeks.
Myth: Marrow donation involves a lengthy recovery process.
Fact: For five days before donation, peripheral blood stem cell donors take a drug to stimulate bone marrow to make more white blood cells, and may experience headaches, bone or muscle pain, nausea, insomnia and fatigue. These symptoms typically disappear one or two days after donation. Marrow donors experience fatigue, soreness or pressure on their lower back and some discomfort walking, but can expect to be return to work, school and other activities within one to seven days.
Myth: Donors have to pay for the procedure.
Fact: Donors never pay and are never paid to donate. The patient pays for medical costs and the National Marrow Donor Program reimburses donors for travel costs. Many donors do pay to have their tissue typed when they join the registry.
How do I register to be a bone marrow donor?
Visit www.marrow.org or call 1-800-MARROW-2 to join the Be the Match Registry or learn more about donating.
Source: National Marrow Donor Program
Incidence Rates, by all races, per 100,000 population
Leukemia: 12.3
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: 19.6
Hodgkin lymphoma: 2.8
Myeloma: 5.6
Leukemia, Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma are the most common types of cancer in children 19 and younger. Incidence rates per 100,000
Leukemia: 27.5
Hodgkin lymphoma: 7.2
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: 6.6
Leukemia causes about one-third of all cancer deaths in children younger than 15 years.
5-year survival rates
Leukemia in 1960-63: 14 percent
Leukemia in 1999-2006: 55 percent
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 1960-63: 31 percent
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 1999-2006: 69 percent
Hodgkin lymphoma in 1960-63: 40 percent
Hodgkin lymphoma in 1999- 2006: 87 percent
Myeloma in 1960-63: 12 percent
Myeloma in 1999-2006: 39 percent
Estimated new cases of blood cancers in 2010 in Texas
Leukemia: 3,240 (deaths: 1,410)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: 4,410 (deaths: 1,280)
Myeloma: 1,500 (deaths: 700)
Hodgkin lymphoma: 660 (deaths: 100)
Source: The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Subscribe to the Caller-Times
Need Help? Call us at 1-800-566-8098.
Monday-Friday: 5am-8pm / Saturday: 7am-12pm / Sunday: 6am-1pm


text:
Watch one of Australia's leading horticulturalists and international award-winning landscape designer Jamie Durie as he presents his Vertical Garden planter. Learn how to install and setup, how the planter works, and Jamie's own tips for growing your very own beautiful Vertical Garden.
Join for free today at templeandwebster.com.au
Learn more at jamiedurie.com
Loading more stuff…
Hmm…it looks like things are taking a while to load. Try again?


text:
News from WTOP
News from the AP
Mike Causey
Shows & Panels
Shows & Panels
- Agency of the Month
- Business of Government Hour
- The CFO Agenda: Delivering value from financial transparency and audit efforts in the public and private sector
- Cloud-Driven Data Insights in Government
- CXO Surveys
- Disaster Resilience for America
- Federal News Countdown
- Government Perspectives on Mobility and the Cloud
- Reducing Risk in the Cloud
- Reimagining the Next Generation of Government
Shows & Panels
- AFCEA Answers
- American Readiness: Renewable Power and Efficiency Technologies
- Ask the CIO
- The Business Case for Cloud Computing in Government
- Cloud-Driven Data Insights in Government
- Connecting the Dots: Digital Authentication in Government
- Cybersecurity Game Changer: Real-Time Event Processing in Government
- Data-Centric Approaches to Government in the Cloud
- Delivering the Digital Government Mission
- Federal Executive Forum
- Federal News Radio's National Cyber Security Awareness Month Special Panel Discussion
- Federal Tech Talk
- The Future of Government Data Centers
- Government Perspectives on Mobility and the Cloud
- Industrialized, Interoperable and Insight-driven Federal Health Panel
- Innovation and Tech Superiority through Acquisition Reform
- Mitigating Insider Threats in Virtual & Cloud Environments
- Moving Agency Applications to the Cloud with PaaS
- Reducing Risk in the Cloud
- Security in the Age of Targeted Attacks
- Air Traffic Management Transformation Report
- The Business of Cloud
- Cloud First Report
- Data Driven Cloud Series
- Disaster Resilience for America
- General Dynamics IT Enterprise Center
- Gov Cloud Minute
- Government in Technology Series
- Homeland Security Cybersecurity Market Report
- The Intersection: Where Technology Meets Transformation
- Modern Mission Critical Series
- National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
- The New IP for Federal IT
- The Social Platform Solution for the Department of Veterans Affairs
- Technology Insights
- The Cyber Security Report
- The Next Generation Cyber Security Experts
Shows & Panels
- Cloud-Driven Data Insights in Government
- Disaster Resilience for America
- F-35 Lightning II Program
- Government Perspectives on Mobility and the Cloud
- On DoD
- Pentagon Solutions
- Reducing Risk in the Cloud
- Reimagining the Next Generation of Government
- Transforming Business Operations at the Defense Department
ODNI News
New disclosure rules for sex assault victims
Friday - 4/5/2013, 4:00pm EDT
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal employees who have been victims of sexual assault will no longer have to disclose that they sought mental health support following an attack when they fill out security clearance applications.
Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper issued new guidance Friday saying the change is important to encourage victims to seek counseling or mental health services. Victims may have been reluctant in the past to seek help for fear they would have to acknowledge it on their security form and risk being turned down for clearance needed to access classified information.
Anu Bhagwati, head of the Service Women's Action Network, called the change a major victory. She said calls to the group's helpline suggest that fears of answering the counseling question kept people from seeking mental health services.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


text:
Birthday: Sep 1, 1953Website:
Member Favorites: 78
More:Also known as:
John Billingslea
John Daniels
John Hammond
Beau M. Billingslea (born September 1, 1953) is an American actor and voice actor. He is best known as the voice of Jet Black from the popular anime Cowboy Bebop. In addition to voice acting, Billingslea has appeared in many popular TV series as a prolific guest actor. Before he got into acting, he played football at the University of Connecticut.
Is there a casting role here that shouldn't be? Request to have it removed.
Add PositionAnime Staff PositionsThis person has not worked on any anime. Add anime work here.
Add WorkPublished MangaThis person has not published any manga. Add published work here.
Write a Comment


text:
Natren, Healthy Trinity, 60 Capsules (Ice) (Discontinued Item)
By Natren29 Reviews
Shipping Weight:?1.86 lbs (0.84 kg)
Shipping Weight
The Shipping Weight includes the product, protective packaging material and the actual shipping box. In addition, the Shipping Weight may be adjusted for the Dimensional Weight (e.g. length, width & height) of a package. It is important to note that certain types of products (e.g. glass containers, liquids, fragile, refrigerated or ice packed) will often require protective packaging material. As such, these products will reflect a higher Shipping Weight compared to the unprotected product.
- Product Code: NTN-60060
- UPC Code: 052557600608
- Package Quantity: 60 Capsules
- Dimensions: 2.5 x 2.5 x 4.6 in, 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Shipped in Ice:
This product is highly perishable and is kept refrigerated to ensure maximum freshness. iHerb ships this product in an iced, insulated package in order to preserve its potency while in transit. To ensure freshness while in transit, iHerb does not ship this product Thursday thru Sunday. We do not ship during these days to reduce the time the product resides in a non-refrigerated environment (e.g. truck or warehouse). If your order is not placed during the first part of the week, it will be held to the following Monday. Alternatively if you place your order by noon Pacific on Thursday and select a next-day shipping method, your order will be processed for delivery on Friday.
International Customers: For several reasons (e.g. customs review, weight of packaging, potential of leaking), iHerb is unable to send this product in an iced, insulated package to destinations outside the United States. While you may order this product (subject to country import laws), we strongly recommend that you purchase a stabilized form as a substitute.
- Volume Discount
Buy 2+
Save 10%
Buy 4+
Save 12%
Buy 12+
Save 15%
Product Overview
- Dairy Free
- Works Throughout the Digestive System
- Gluten Free
- 3 in 1 Healthy Trinity Probiotic System
- Guaranteed 100% Potency Through Expiration Date
- Probiotic Capsules
- Researched Formulated and Manufactured by Natren
- The Probiotic Specialist Recognized Worldwide Since 1982
- Probiotic Dietary Supplement
Viable super strain beneficial bacteria L. acidophilus NAS, B. bifidum Malyoth and L. bilgaricus LB-51 to optimize digestion, support absorption and regularity
Potency Guarantee: Each capsule supplies live, active beneficial probiotic bacteria of minimum of 5 billion cfu of L. acidophilus NAS super strain, 20 billion B. bifidum Malyoth super strain and 5 billion L. bulgaricus LB-51 super strain guaranteed through expiration date, if kept dry and refrigerated.
The Trenev Process unique oil matrix delivery system keeps beneficial bacteria super strains separate and noncompetitive while optimizing survival through low-pH, corrosive stomach acid. Bile resistance is an added feature to ensure 100% survival into the small intestine. This proprietary technology is available only with Natren products.
Suggested Use
Take one capsule daily with unchilled, filtered (chlorine-free) water, preferably with meals to optimize digestion, Take Healthy Trinity at least 2 hours apart from herbs, garlic and prescriptions drugs for optimal results. The Healthy Start System (powder formula) is recommended for children under 8 years of age and for those who choose not to swallow capsules.
Other Ingredients
Sunflower oil, gelatin and mixed tocopherols.
- Gluten Free
- Dairy Free
- Soy Free
- NO GMO's**
**Natren does not use ingredients produced using biotechnology.
Do not freeze or expose to moisture, heat or direct sunlight.
Do not accept is seal is broken.
Keep refrigerated and dry to maintain potency guarantee.
|Supplement Facts
|Serving Size: 1 Capsule
|Serving Per Container: 60
|Amount Per Serving
|Calories from Fat
|Total Fat
|less than 1 g
|Vitamin C
|2 mg
Lactobacillus acidophilus
|5 billion cfu
|Bifidobacterium bifidum
Super Strain Malyoth
|20 billion cfu
|Lactobacillus bulgaricus
Super Strain LB-51
(L. delbrueckii, subspecies bulgaricus)
|5 billion cfu
|†Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
§Daily Value (DV) not established.
iHerb Customer Reviews
I take antibiotics frequently and also have celiac disease, both of which affect intestinal function. After years of searching, this probiotic really works for me when all others have failed. Expensive but well worth it.
I took these during a course of antibiotics and they helped my stomach so much, I kept taking them.


text:
Product: Mobile > Cell Phones > Sprint Cell Phones > SPH-I325
How Do You Activate Voice Command On The SPH-I325 (Ace)?
To activate Voice Command follow the steps below:
Once you have stored contact phone numbers in the SPH-I325 (Ace) handset contact list, you can initiate a Voice Command session to any contact saved in the contact list. Voice Command software automatically voice activates all contacts for voice dialing and searching, no pre-recording or training needed.
For more helpful hints about using Sprint Voice Command, including a list of recognized commands and an interactive tutorial, visit http://www.talk.sprintpcs.com.
For more information on the SPH-I325 (Ace) or click here.


text:
Fiscal cliff deal raises payroll tax
Dan Bobkoff
Interview with
Jan 2, 2013 The 2 percent payroll tax rise means that a person who earns $50,000 a year will pay $1,000 more in taxes.
U.S. still awaits a final fiscal cliff deal
Jeff Horwich
Interview by
Jan 1, 2013 The Senate deal permanently raises income taxes for individuals making more than $400,000 a year. It delays -- for just two months -- most of those automatic spending cuts that were set to kick in. And it includes a number of other provisions to stave off the most pressing aspects of the fiscal cliff.
The IRS in limbo as fiscal cliff debate continues
Eve Troeh
Jan 2, 2013 The IRS faces a ton of decisions, changes and updates in the fiscal cliff deals. But until there is a deal, the federal agency is as uncertain about the future as everyone else.
Marketplace's Guide to the Fiscal Cliff
Ethan Lindsey
Dec 31, 2012 Check out Marketplace's explainers and decoders of the fiscal cliff. Find out what exactly could happen to your personal budget -- and learn how we got to this point.
French court says au revoir to 75% tax on wealthy
Sarah Gardner
Dec 31, 2012 The high court in France has rejected President Francois Hollande's controversial 75 percent tax on millionaires.
Alternative Minimum Tax increase looms
David Gura
Dec 31, 2012 If no adjustment is made to the Alternative Minimum Tax, millions of Americans could face a whopping tax hike next year.
Online privacy in 2013 and trading old school correspondence on Lettrs.com
Ben Johnson
Dec 28, 2012 Gizmodo's managing editor Brian Barrett talks his tech predictions for 2013, and Lettrs.com offers a new way to trade old school correspondence online.
Letters: Does checking your credit score affect your credit score?
Tony Cox
Interview by
Dec 28, 2012 Can you monitor your credit report frequently without it damaging your credit score? Does removing a secondary user from a credit card affect your credit rating? Personal finance guru Liz Weston answers listeners' questions about money.
New taxes take effect to fund Affordable Care Act
Dan Gorenstein
Oct 10, 2013 Fiscal cliff deal or not, some taxes will go up either way.
A look ahead at Washington's 2013 agenda
David Gura
Interview with
Dec 24, 2012 Fiscal cliff negotiations will likely dominate the conversation in the weeks ahead, but what economic issues will Washington be talking about the rest of 2013?


text: No recent wiki edits to this page. Saarai was till training to become a Sith on the Planet Korriban. When Darth Krayt was killed by her father, her father placed her in charge of guarding the tomb of Darth Krayt while he was in "Stasis". While standing guard, she was met by a recovering Darth Stryfe who demanded to see Darth Krayt who claimed that he could not sense him, but she refused. This lead to a battle of Force powers that ended with Saarai bending Darth Stryfe's body. It was on Darth Wyyrlok arrival from the Stasis chamber that Saarai did not kill him. Darth Wyylok told her to continue to guard the chamber and allowed Darth Stryfe to enter. Far later, she was seen by her father's side on the planet Coruscant as they both felt the presence of a revied Darth Krayt through the Force.


text:
Evangelical History and 'Nonperson' Women
I recently stumbled across the book The Young Evangelicals by Richard Quebedeaux. Published in 1974, it gives a sociological overview of evangelicalism in America and the emergence of a (then) new generation of Evangelicals. The author seemed to have hoped that this new generation (who were more globally minded and service oriented than their fundamentalist counterparts) would define the future of the movement. Of course in hindsight, there was a backlash against these more progressive voices (i.e. Jim Wallis