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THE world's largest democratic election is about science too. As India votes over the next two weeks, the major parties are touting policies on nuclear power, the internet, climate and genetically engineered crops.
Although the ruling Indian National Congress and its main opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), place the battle against corruption and inflation at the heart of their manifestos, both have visions for increasing broadband connectivity and e-commerce. The fledgling Aam Aadmi Party, whose principle goal is to fight corruption, also advocates research to validate the traditional AYUSH practices – Ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, Unani, siddha and homoeopathy – which are part of Indian healthcare.
The two major parties vow to pursue nuclear power strategies, for energy and defence. The BJP says: "we will follow a two-pronged independent nuclear program, unencumbered by foreign pressure and influence, for civilian and military purposes". It backs continued development of nuclear reactors based on the radioactive element thorium, which may be safer than reactors based on uranium.
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RALEIGH - United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court today United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced SANDRA ELLIOTT, 47, of Linden, North Carolina, to 120 months' imprisonment followed by three years' supervised release. The Court also ordered restitution of $1,885,196.40.
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Learning Links primarily billed and received payments from Medicaid and Tricare, both of which are health care benefit programs. Tricare is a benefit program for military members and their dependents. Medicaid is a federally subsidized program administered by North Carolina for economically disadvantaged or disabled individuals. Through its routine billing to these programs, Elliott expanded the Learning Links operation to four locations in Fayetteville and Dunn, and was planning to open other facilities.
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My husband and kids loved this budget-friendly, lower-calorie recipe!
- Prep Time : 15 min
- Cook Time : 20 min
- Ready Time : 35 min
- 4 steelhead trout fillets (from Costco) 6 oz each
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Splenda (or sugar, honey, or agave)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- fresh pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare a baking dish by spraying it lightly with olive oil. Lay the trout fillets in a single layer in the prepared dish. In a small bowl stir together the Splenda, mustard and fresh lemon juice. Spread this mustard sauce evenly over the trout fillets. Toss the breadcrumbs and dried thyme (and pepper to taste, if desired) together and sprinkle it evenly over the sauced trout fillets. Bake uncovered for 20 minutes, or until cooked through. NOTE: It's easy to make seasoned breadcrumbs from leftover challah! Toast sliced challah in a 250 degree oven until light brown. Grind toasted challlah in a food processor with garlic powder, paprika, and Italian seasoning (or spices you prefer).


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MIAMI, FLORIDA: Practice Day
Q. Dwyane, you guys have had some incredible rolls this year, including the 27‑game winning streak. Is the way it's gone the last few weeks simply a matter of the competition or have you guys gotten away from some of the stuff maybe you were doing during some of the really peak times of the season for you guys?
DWYANE WADE: Well, obviously it's the playoffs, it's not the regular season. These are the best of the best teams. It's more challenging. No team in history‑‑ I don't know, but I don't think no one swept straight through. Anyone ever swept straight through the playoffs? No. It's impossible. So it's not going to happen.
I think that we've had some games where we've played unbelievable basketball, and I think we've had games where we haven't. We would love to be a little more consistent with it. But you have to give credit to other teams of taking certain things away.
But I think we've always done a good job of once they do that of coming back and making adjustments we need to, as the good teams do.
Q. Dwyane, LeBron was just saying how you run so much of your offense through Chris Bosh. But so much of the time now he's far away from the basket shooting long twos and threes. Do you need him to get closer? Do you need him to demand the ball in the paint and look for him down there now?
DWYANE WADE: We just want Chris to mix it up. Chris is one of the best shooters, especially big‑man shooters in this game. He hasn't found the fine line of mixing it up. And that's not always easy, because of the dynamic of how many players we have on the court that's live at all times. So he can't just sit in the post and demand the ball. He might not get it every time.
So Chris is trying to find his place and his position. And some nights it's effortless, some nights it's easy, and some nights it's difficult. That's the challenge that we have on this team. But he'll figure it out.
Q. Dwyane, Chris just talked about the time when you guys met last week and sort of helped one another out. Really talked about stuff off the basketball court. How important is it to sort of get your mind away from it in order to get your game back together?
DWYANE WADE: Well, we're brothers. We spend more time together than anything. So there's times where you need to hear something different. There's times where you have to take your mind away from the game and just look at other things and see how blessed that you are.
So you know, just going over Chris' house, hanging out. He's playing video games and I was just watching at first. Just chitchatting about whatever. Sometimes that lets you know how important you are to another person, how important you are to the success of the team. So just showing brotherhood.
Chris, I think, from that point, I think he's been more aggressive, more assertive. I'm sure Chris will find his way of being who Chris Bosh, what we've became accustomed to. Right now it's just trying to do this offense that's a little different than last year and the year before that. He's just trying to figure it out.
We have many guys that have tried to figure it out from game to game. But I don't want him to think that him being great is just him scoring the basketball. Chris can do so many other things for us. Obviously blocking shots, rebounding the ball, making other guys better by his screens, et cetera. On this team your value is not always seen by your point total. Because you're not going to get those opportunities that you normally will get somewhere else. So I hope he has erased it out his mind.
Q. Dwyane, Spo was talking about whatever it takes at this point. I'm just wondering for you is there any enjoyment now? Is it fun or is it just because of the knee, just a grind to get to the finish line, just get me there and give us four?
DWYANE WADE: Playoffs ain't fun, man. I'm sorry to bust anyone on the outside's bubble. As a player in the playoffs, you have no joy until it's over and you won. If you don't win, you have no joy for a while. So for us it's the grind every day as a team of trying to win the series, trying to win four games in the series.
Me, the last couple of days I've been coming in, get my work in that I need to, and the last two games that I've stepped on the court I felt better physically. So hopefully I can continue.
Q. Do you know day in and day out before the game that you're feeling better? Or really is it only once you get out on the court that you know?
DWYANE WADE: It's only once you get out on the court and you figure it out. A couple of nights I got out before the game, I thought oh yeah, this is my night. I got out there and it was oh no, it's not. It's one of those things, like I said, it's from quarter to quarter.
But that's nothing. You're on the basketball court, you have to do whatever you have to do. You have to make some kind of positive impact while you're on the basketball floor. If you can't make a positive impact, then you need to sit down.
So when I'm out there, some moments I'm scoring, some moments I'm rebounding, some moments I'm doing other things on the basketball floor to try to make a positive impact to give ourselves a chance to win the ballgame. And that's all you can do.
Q. Dwyane, you talked after the game last night about fatigue associated with maybe the seven‑game series against Indiana. You got two days off. Is that enough to eliminate some of that or is it a cumulative thing you're going to have to deal with going into Sunday's game?
DWYANE WADE: Well, by no means no stretch I don't want nobody to think that's a crutch, that we were tired. So what? We have to play. I said we looked like a team that came out of a seven‑game series in the fourth quarter. We died down a little bit physically and mentally by making mistakes.
So you have to fight through all that. It's The Finals. There's no other series after this. There's no tomorrow after this, from the standpoint of basketball.
We'll figure it out. We're a team that always makes the adjustment. I'm not saying it's guaranteed we're going to make the adjustment that's going to win us the game. But I feel we'll play better, especially when we're in those moments. That's kind of what we pride ourselves on. We'll be better in the fourth quarter in Game 2. If we're not, then we're putting ourselves in a big hole. So I believe we will.
Q. Dwyane, do you take any comfort in the fact that the two times you won a championship you lost Game 1, but the one time you lost you won Game 1?
DWYANE WADE: No, man. Not while you're in it. When you're in it, you want to win. You want to win every game. That history‑repeats‑itself‑hopefully thing, that would be great. But right now we have to figure out how to make the adjustments to win Game 2. We're playing against a very, very good team. Very intelligent, smart team. And we have to break the code. We have to crack the code. And figure out how to be more effective, you know, in Game 2 than we were in Game 1.
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The latest National Standards data shows an increase in the level of achievement by primary and intermediate students, Education Minister Hekia Parata says.
Introduced in 2010, National Standards in reading, writing and mathematics are designed to provide signposts to teachers and parents of the level of which their children are learning at.
At a briefing this morning, Parata gave credit to New Zealand's teachers, saying that progress is being made "child by child and school by school".
But the opposition says it would scrap the system.
"It's very clear that the national standards data is incredibly unreliable," Labour's education spokesperson, Chris Hipkins, said.
"They're not necessarily comparing apples - different teachers make different judgements."
But according to data, the National Standard in relation to reading in 2012 increased to 77.4%, a rise of 1.2% in comparison from 2011.
With regard to mathematics, the reported achievement increased by 1.4% from 72.2% in 2011 to 73.6% in 2012.
However, the standard for reading received the biggest increase with achievement rising 2% in 2012 to 70%, up from 68% in 2011.
Around 450,000 students were assessed using National Standards.
Parata said that Pasifika children showed the greatest increase on last year, improving by around 3% in all three standards.
"It's great to see that around 70% of children are at or above the National Standards and the increase in Pasifika achievement.
She also said that this year's data gives a more complete picture of education in New Zealand because it includes Nga Whanaketanga Rumaki Maori information for the first time.
"It is also exciting that we now have the Nga Whanaketanga Rumaki Maori information," she said.
"Our children in kura and schools using Nga Whanaketanga Rumaki Maori are generally at a level where they should be for korero, panui, tuhituhi and pangarau, but the information also shows us where there is room for improvement.''
Around 22,000 students were assessed against Nga Whanaketanga Rumaki Maori standards, Parata said.
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However, Parata admitted that shows disparity continues to exist in the education system, in particular achievement is significantly lower for Maori and Pasifika learners than for others, and boys trail girls.
This is the first year that National Standards data has been disaggregated by year level which shows some concerning trends including a decline in the rate of achievement as the year level increases, especially in mathematics.
"This data is extremely powerful for both identifying and providing support to all children, and targeting professional development to teachers to continue to improve their overall judgements against the standards.
"This is only the second year that National Standards data has been reported and we expect the quality to continuously improve each year. It gives us a very comprehensive picture of our system and what we need to be focusing on," she said.
Parata added that a range of support initiatives, such as Reading Recovery and Reading Together, have been put in place to help aid students.
"We expect school leaders and teachers to use their data and to be targeting resources to the areas where extra support is needed.
"We are also looking to introduce the Progress and Consistency Tool for National Standards and Te Waharoa Ararau for Nga Whanaketanga Rumaki Maori later this year which will help support teachers to make reliable and consistent judgements," Parata explained.
Meanwhile, the Ministry has established an advisory group of experts in the fields of literacy and numeracy and asked them to consider National Standards data and other information and make recommendations about what we can do better to address these issues.
"Ensuring each and every child gets a good education is the most important thing our Government can do to raise living standards and create a more productive and competitive economy," she said.
Individual school data will be released later this month on the education counts website along with Regional and Territorial Local Authority analysis.
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I have an HP G70-460US and updated back in July of 2010 to Windows 7 (32bit) and my internal micrphone quit working. If I plug in an external microphone then the internal speakers quit working. I've tried the new updates, both installing and uninstalling but nothing works either. Downloaded file SP45166 did not help and in fact the last update today did not resolve this issue either. It also said it could not find the device.
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One of the major components in a fusion reactor for which a safety analysis must be carried out is the magnet system. We attempt to provide a systematic answer to the hazard potential of superconducting magnets for fusion. Event trees are developed, demonstrating the predictable behavior in all cases. It can be seen that usual failure events cause only a temporary shutdown of the magnet system without damage. Less likely accidental events will lead to single-current arcs with moderate internal damage of a single coil. Only sudden complete rupture of a turn can be followed by a multiple-current arcing resulting in a very high power arc with a certain probability of burning through the coil case, thus damaging other reactor components before extinction. Missile generation of winding parts can only occur in the very hypothetical case of simultaneous rupture of the winding at a sufficiently large distance apart. Even then, the developed kinetic energy will be less than that of airplane crashes considered in the safety analysis of nuclear power plants.
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I'm curious to know how you think these 3 compare to the Sidi Adventures in terms of protection (specifically for the ankle and foot), comfort (on the bike and walking), weight and fit. Obviously the Adventures are at a much higher price point, but they are also highly recommended by many.
First, one thing: The Sidis are "Adventure Touring" boots, while the GX-1 / Terrain TX / M1.2 are MX boots. They are one of the more rigid ones, but to be clear they are a different boot category. (Apologies if you already know this.)
My feeling is that these, and MX boots in general, are more protective for a few reasons: they have a more rigid midsole (for frontal impacts) more plastic and thus support around the ankle and foot, and additional height that helps absorb / distribute twisting force, through a larger area and structure. They also allow use with offroad style knee/shin armor, something we feel is critical.
Conversely, MX boots are less walking friendly, because of the same factors.
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I am entertaining Summer Camp this year in Chillicothe, IL.
Tell me everything! What all amenities are included in VIP? Does VIP include better stage viewing? What is the cost? What about RV hookups in RV Camping?
What is the best and worst thing about this fest? About how many people attend? How are the restroom facilities? What are the onsite food options and cost?
The website is a little lacking in info.
Care to expand that thought? Alternative suggestions for betters fests in the midwest?
There is no better fest in the midwest. Ive never been personally, I live way to far away. He told me the grounds were amazing, but it gets extremely dusty (goes with pretty much any festty with over 10,000 people) so bring some wet wipes or something. UHhh lets see... he told me that your allowed to take your beer wherever you want (gotta be in cans)and that's fucking awesome. Save yourself allot of money. You get 3 sets of Umphreys..... Not much more to ask for. Damn i wish i could make it up there. Go to Bear Creek next year, just got back from that a month or soo ago. AMAZING.
Woops left this part out. My real good friend went last year
That's just what my buddy told me. He said that technically YOU'RE not allowed to bring ur own beer, but once you get it in you can just carry r cooler with you. I don't see him just making all of that up. It sounded like BS to me too when I first heard it. I'm def not 100% certain about it just sayin wat I've heard. and its "check" not "chaeck". What r u an English major or something? This is a music forum. I could care less about making my grammer correct.
I went last year for the first time. Made the 10+ hour drive because the lineup is dirty. Here's the good and bad:
- Sick lineup
- Once you're in the festival, the stages are completely open. You can come and go freely without any security checkpoints at the concert areas. This is the only festival of its size that I've seen that.
- Showers were affordable (like $4, I think?), if you like to shower at festivals (I never have. Haha.
- Festival grounds and staff were nice.
- FREE (FREE!) festival taxis for helping to get your stuff from the parking lots into the venue. Or for just riding around.
- Good selection of food and vendors.
- Port-O-Potties were generally clean and accessible.
- Security was pretty lax for me on the way in, although I heard differently from other people. I think that, just like any other festival, it depends on what line you get in.
- DUSTY! Take a couple of bandanas to wrap around your face. By the end of the weekend, I was coughing up black crud from inhaling the dust.
- Late nights (in the barn) cost extra money and you must buy tickets in advance. This was not really an issue because there was plenty of other stuff to see and do all night.
- If I remember correctly, I had to pay extra for parking (~$10).
- You are not allowed to bring in ANY outside alcohol. People snuck in beer and liquor, so we didn't have any issue buying it all weekend. The festival sells 12 packs for something outrageous (like ~$30). Be creative when sneaking things in, or just seek people out to buy from once you're in.
- It was hot as hell last year (abnormally so) and there is no shade unless you're in the woods or under your EZ-up.
- Overlapping sets. You CANNOT see every moe. and UM set, and you WILL have to make some serious decision about which shows to go to. I guess this is a blessing and a curse.
All in all, I would say 100% that you should go if you can afford the ticket. If it were more convenient for me, I'd definitely be going for the lineup.
They charge $30 for 12 racks? Ridiculous...
Summercamp is dope. Been there 5 of the past 7 years, cant make it this year. Sneak all ur beer in the first day spread out through all ur shit. depending on security theyll usually take a few n let u keep the rest. Clear liquor in water bottles is perfect.
Beer is expensive but compared to bar prices its not terribly. 12-15 for 12pack of cans and about 25 for good bottles like seirra, goosse island, magic hat.
But yea once u have ur beers inside u can drink them freely basicly anywhr without hassle even if its not beer they sell.
I went to Scamp in 2010 and 2011. It is awesome. I did VIP both times. It was either 100 or 150 more. I already bought my weekend pass and will get VIP when they go on sale.
- You are not allowed to bring in any booze, but it is super easy to sneak it in, and once it is in you can take it to the stages. I would just load a bag of wine into a backpack and get drunk all day long.
- Watch out with trying to bring in drugs. There are a ton of cops in the towns outside of the festival that will pull you over and start searching your car. At one intersection I saw 5 cars lined up with their stuff thrown on the side of the road by cops.
- VIP includes one late night show in the barn. I highly suggest going to at least one show their. I saw Pretty Lights and STS9 one year and Big Gigantic and Lotus the next year.
- You can see every Moe and Umphrey's set, they do not play at the same time, but you would have to sacrifice seeing other bands.
- Thursday Pre-party is a must. It is like $25 or free with VIP. Future Rock plays a free show in the barn that night. Smallest crowds of the festival but still high quality acts.
- There is special viewing for VIP on the two main stages. That isn't the biggest deal, but it was nice to get to a set a little late and be able to get up front.
- It is the most legit festival (if you aren't camping it isn't a festival it is just a really long concert) within 3 hours of Chicago.
*TACO HEAVEN!!!* is the best! It saved me! lol Last year was my first year at Scamp and lordkundalini, your advice helped me a lot! Thank you! :) I camped in VIP and yes, it is totally worth it! Got to see Les Claypool late night! That was the 1 late night I HAD to have. The VIP camping is super intimate and is a very short walk from the main stage! For such a big festival, it really has a smaller, more intimate vibe! I love that! I went alone but met up with some awesome new people that later ended up camping with me! :)
*I had the homemade granola bars!* :)
Same rules apply as with any other festival...don't be stupid and you won't have a problem. There is NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL,they do enforce this and have several check points. They are on to every trick in to book, folks. I really recommend that instead of going through the heartache of getting your stuff confiscated, to just buy it there! I found drink prices are extremely reasonable for a festival and they have good beer! Bring water!!! :)
Found Scamp to be very handicap friendly! I have a knee and back injury that prevents me from being able to hurry from stage to stage, but the cabs were a big help! They are free for handicap, although I tipped them anyway cuz they were so cool! I think it was $4 dollars a ride, but they were helping people get their gear from their cars.
Camping...if you can afford the VIP upgrade, do it! The VIP lounge is great and drinks are super cheap there! There are woods to camp in, but if you like to sleep at night, wouldn't recommend it.lol Fun to visit though! Would definitely bring an EZ up and some taps for shade or rain! May is fickle!
I would bring a bandana for the dust, although the only place I found it to be an issue was the main stage. They were pretty good about watering down the streets.
Overall, Scamp is one of the best festivals I've been to and planning on doing it again this year! *Getting excited*
Yeah, too old and injured to be hauling my gear into festivals anymore. I did that for a long time! LOL That's actually the one thing that kept me from Summer Camp for so long, but no prob! The staff was a huge help and extremely nice. Really dug all the late night bluegrass last year - Infamous Stringdusters, Cornmeal. Nice to have a different "late night" music options! Liked that!
I'll be making my return to Scamp. Last time there was 2006. Since, ive hit up both Rothy's, both EFF's. This year the price for an EFF vip ticket is a joke. Plus i need way more jam in my life then EFF has to offer. Raging VIP at Scamp for sure. Lineup looks pretty good so far. Cant wait to see the rest
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For much of his adult life he'd been a slave to cocaine, marijuana, prescription pills and alcohol. Twice he had gone through weeks of intensive psychiatric and drug treatment at Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc., only to go back to using drugs on the streets.
By summer 2008, Stephen Brown was three months into his third stint at BBH. That's when the private treatment center in Southwest Baltimore deemed him ready for a new challenge: to manage a rented rowhouse where he would live with seven other patients. His duties included enforcing curfew, hunting for hidden drugs and unlocking a cabinet so residents could take their psychiatric medicine.
But he says the assignment, which paid him $120 every two weeks, caused serious stress. Not only did he receive no training, he says, but he was still in mental health treatment, still on antidepressants.
"I didn't really want to be house manager," said Brown, 53, a native of Trinidad. "I didn't want that kind of responsibility. It was too much for me, being a patient and just coming off 90 days clean from being on drugs. I accepted it because that's what they gave me. I said, 'Let me just try it and see.'"
The two-story brick house on South Fulton Avenue that he managed is part of a network of rowhouses that BBH rents in Southwest Baltimore. As of July, 150 of its roughly 800 outpatients were living in the houses, which are clustered in a battered working-class area where prostitutes ply corners before noon and city Health Department data show that more people die of overdoses than in almost any other part of Baltimore.
For BBH patients, many poor or homeless, the housing has meant not having to worry about finding a place to sleep. For BBH, it has attracted indigent patients whose outpatient care is usually paid for by taxpayers, according to interviews with former patients and staff at the West Pratt Street clinic. To help ensure that they attend treatment, BBH has vans that pick up patients in the morning for daily therapy.
But some former patients and staff as well as outside doctors say that BBH, which last year grossed $17 million, finds mental illness in patients whose main affliction is substance abuse. And state records show that drug users are three times more likely to be deemed mentally ill there than at treatment providers across Maryland.
The housing has become an integral part of BBH's model as a treatment center geared to helping people who struggle with both mental illness and drug addiction. Executives at the family-run nonprofit say their goal is to make treatment more successful by making it easier for patients to focus on getting well.
But a Baltimore Sun investigation has found that the arrangements raise concerns, including doubts about the wisdom of giving newly sober patients like Brown the key to the medicine cabinet. Among the findings:
•No aspect of the housing network falls under state regulation. Maryland's public mental health system has paid the tax-exempt provider more than $70 million over the past five years to treat thousands of patients, yet state health officials concede that they have no authority to regulate how the houses are run. Baltimore housing officials say that most houses leased to BBH were not properly registered.
•No houses rented by BBH have on-site professional staff. Instead patient-managers with as little as 60 days of sobriety are given the responsibility to enforce house rules and mediate disputes.
•The head of the state Mental Hygiene Administration, which oversees Maryland's public mental health system, says he worries that the housing may have been an "inducement" for some patients to enroll in state-funded outpatient treatment that they didn't need.
•BBH rents 10 houses from an investor group made up of three corporate drug salesmen, one of whom marketed prescription drugs to BBH. Separately, BBH has paid more than $2 million in house-finding fees since 2004 to a man who once ran several homes in Washington from which mental health officials ordered patients removed over issues of safety, disrepair and other "deficiencies."
•Though some former patients described houses in good condition, others complained that one had a rodent problem and no kitchen stove. Two residents of another house complained about living in a basement with no exit. And former patients and staff say illicit drug use is an enduring problem.
William "Kris" Hathaway, chief executive of BBH, declined requests for interviews and did not reply to eight written questions about the housing. In an e-mail in May, he told The Sun that BBH spent $3.4 million last year on "charitable services" such as patient housing. The services were "uncompensated," he said, meaning that they were not reimbursed and affected the nonprofit's bottom line.
Hathaway said giving patients a bed makes practical sense. "It is hard to focus on one's mental health or addiction issues when there is not a conducive living situation.
"It is otherwise ludicrous," he said, "to expect positive outcomes when the authorized level of care is outpatient-based for this segment of our population."
While Hathaway described the housing costs as uncompensated, there is an evident financial upside for BBH: For a given patient, the nonprofit has long been able to recoup several times the monthly rent it pays the landlords — $200 per patient, according to its housing director — by billing the public mental health system for treatment yielding payments of several thousand dollars a month.
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Was Jon Peter Lewis From Midas Whale on American Idol?
When folk duo Midas Whale took to The Voice Season 4 stage tonight (March 26), the duo's guitar player looked oddly familiar. It turns out that Jon Peter Lewis is the same Jon Peter Lewis who made it to Top 8 on Season 3 of American Idol.
The singer was infamously referred to as a "pen salesman" by judge Simon Cowell in his audition for the FOX reality show.
"Hey all. I auditioned for The Voice on NBC! Check it out on March 25th to see how I did. #thevoicemarch25," he tweeted on February 25.
In Season 3 of Idol, Fantasia Barrino went on to win the title, but Jon never gave up his love of music.
But the big surprise is that Jon isn't performing solo this time. He's teamed up with singer Ryan Hayes to create the folk duo Midas Whale.
Their rendition of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues" convinced all four coaches to turn during the March 26 blind auditions. After some fierce lobbying from the panel, Midas Whale picked Adam Levine.
Duos notoriously struggle on The Voice, but perhaps Jon's knowledge of reality competitions will help these two advance through the battle rounds, knockouts, and then through the live shows.
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Over the weekend 47-year old Michael Dunn was convicted of 4 out of 5 counts in the Jacksonville loud music case. Dunn, who shot and killed teen Jordan Davis after firing ten shots into his SUV, was convicted of three counts of attempted murder and one of firing into an occupied vehicle. That he was not convicted of murder has enraged critics of the states controversial Stand Your Ground law including Stetson Law professor Charles Rose.
"The very real difficulty with the jury looking inside the mind of the defendant, as the statute requires, and trying to decide whether or not the defendant, at that moment in time, felt that their life was threatened sufficiently that using lethal force was authorized. It's just another example of a fundamental problem with the statute as it currently exists."
The shooter claimed he saw a gun when he approached Jordan Davis in a Jacksonville convenience store parking lot. After 30-hours of deliberation, at least one of the 12-member jury must have believed that Dunn had adequate reason to feel threatened. Because the jury was hung on a first degree murder charges or lesser charges of second degree murder or manslaughter, that case could be re-tried. Regardless, Dunn faces at least 60-years in prison.
"The parents of the young man that was shot in the car, they have received justice. The family of the young man that was killed, this family has not received justice."
Hillsborough County NAACP president Carolyn Collins points out the state already has self-defense laws. But Rose, the Stetson law professor, says there are differences between self defense and Stand Your Ground. Self defense, he explains, comes with a stipulation that a shooter has to retreat if possible.
"It's a duty to remove yourself from a dangerous situation so that you don't have to use deadly force to defend yourself. In other words; someone threatens me, if I have an opportunity to just get out of the area, to avoid the confrontation, self defense law requires me to do that before I meet force with appropriate force to defend myself or others."
The verdicts in the November 2012 shooting case came down Saturday night. State prosecutor Angela Corey worked on the case herself after losing a similar Stand Your Ground case in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman. The NAACPs Collins says Corrie could have done more to prove their case that Michael Dunns shooting of Jordan Davis was premeditated.
"I just think that Angela Corey and her staff need to do a little bit more aggressive job on no more than the national media and everyone else. I think that if there was a letter that showed his biases it should have been presented in the case. I think that to insure that beyond the shadow of a doubt that if there were people that could have talked about him in some kind of way she has got to learn to be a little bit more aggressive in allowing people to see the person who's life had been snuffed out that's not been speaking themselves."
The NAACP plans to take its anti-Stand Your Ground message to Tallahassee this March in advance of the states legislative session.
"The intent for us is to make sure that we continue to talk to the legislative delegation and our representatives as well across the state as need be from our president () with the state NAACP to send a clear message."
And Stetson professor Rose agrees the law either needs to be repealed or seriously reformed.
"In society it doesn't work really well to go back to the 1800's and have people walking up and down the street with guns strapped to their waist. And yet you could make an argument that Stand Your Ground has created that situation in Florida in a way that it did not before. And the really sad part about it is that this is not, it's designed to fix a problem that did not exist."
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Cedar Lake Theatre Welcomes DANCE FROM THE HEART, 1/23-24
Embarking on its seventh year, Dance from the Heart returns to New York City's Cedar Lake Theater on January 23 and 24 featuring performances by some of the most diverse dancers and choreographers working today.
This two-night benefit, produced by Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares, continues to draw a versatile lineup of talented companies and artists performing everything from Broadway and hip-hop to contemporary ballet and modern.
Reigning So You Think You Can Dance champion Melanie Moore will appear at all four shows, premiering a number choreographed exclusively for her by celebrated So You Think You Can Dance alumni Travis Wall.
Dance from the Heart also will showcase an original piece by Ray Mercer from Broadway's The Lion King in memory of Gail Perlman, one of Dancers Responding to AIDS' and Broadway Cares' most stalwart volunteers.
Choreographers Melissa Rae Mahon & Sean McKnight, veterans of numerous Broadway shows and national tours, will premiere a work that showcases their decidedly Broadway flare and razzmatazz. Mahon, who currently serves as dance captain for Broadway's Chicago, regularly choreographs and directs featured numbers at Broadway Bares and other Broadway Cares events.
Other performances set for Dance from the Heart include:
• Stefanie Batten Bland, mixing European subtleties with American fervor and demonstrating why she's frequently called the Josephine Baker of today
• The Chase Brock Experience, showcasing the crowd-pleasing, fast-and-furious work of rising star choreographer Chase Brock, whose choreography can be seen in Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark
• Jessica Lang Dance, performing a radiant adagio from "i.n.k." danced by Kana Kimura and Clifton Brown, who is a guest artist for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
• Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion, exhibiting the depth of an emotional chameleon whom the Boston Globe says visually creates "an intensely naked understanding of humanity"
• Cecilia Marta, displaying her original style of world jazz with a distinctive blend of contemporary and ballet infused with nuances of earthy funk and soul
• Jeremy McQueen, presenting a stylish and contemporary response to Bach's "Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins" with his exuberant, joyous and fascinating excerpt from "Concerto Nuovo"
• Jodi Melnick, transfixing her audiences with abstract and marvelously expressive movement influenced by Twyla Tharp, she's frequently called the "darling of the downtown scene"
• Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, performing an excerpt from Manuel De Falla's hauntingly beautiful "El Amor Brujo," described by The Washington Post as "flexible, fluent and feline smooth"
• Matthew Prescott and Misty Copeland, performing a contemporary ballet duet choreographed by Prescott. Copeland, described as "untouchable glamour," is only the third African-American female soloist in American Ballet Theatre history and starred in Prince's "Crimson and Clover" video and international tour
• Rennie Harris Puremovement, extending the reach of hip-hop's international ambassador after a critically acclaimed world premiere this month of "Home" at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
• Janie Taylor and Jared Angle, principal dancers at New York City Ballet performing an excerpt of Benjamin Millepied's "Plainspoken," hailed by The Village Voice as a "very handsome ballet with complex feelings and imaginative patterns"
• Michael Trusnovec, a member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company performing a solo piece choreographed by Christopher Gillis, a former Paul Taylor dancer who died from AIDS in 1993
• Jonathan Royse Windham, an emerging choreographer and member of Gallim Dance presenting one of his new pieces, "Oh! Darlin!," featuring Greg Dolbashian
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The court had been widely expected Sunday to declare the constitutional assembly that passed the draft charter to be illegitimate and to disband parliament's upper house, the Shura Council. Instead, the judges went on strike after they found their building under siege by protesters.
Three of Morsi's aides have resigned over his decrees. Two members of the official National Council of Human Rights quit Monday, describing the decrees as "disastrous." They expressed "real fears" of Brotherhood hegemony in Egypt.
The draft constitution has been criticized for not protecting the rights of women and minority groups. Critics say it empowers Islamic religious clerics by giving them a say over legislation, while some articles were seen as tailored to get rid of Islamists' enemies.
The draft has a new article that seeks to define the principles of Islamic law by pointing to theological doctrines and their rules. Another new article states that Egypt's most respected Islamic institution, Al-Azhar, must be consulted on any matters related to Shariah law, a measure critics fear could lead to oversight of legislation by clerics.
Rights groups have said that virtually the only references to women relate to the home and family, that the new charter uses overly broad language with respect to the state protecting "ethics and morals," and that it fails to outlaw gender discrimination.
In the past two days, social networks featured a widely circulated photo-shopped picture of the constituent assembly's Islamist chairman, Hossam al-Ghiryani, handing Morsi a copy of the draft. The cover of the document had an image of Mickey Mouse.
The powerful judges' union said Sunday that they would not oversee the referendum, as is customary — a move that would raise questions on the vote's legitimacy.
On Monday, however, the powerful Supreme Judiciary Council agreed to oversee the voting in a step that legal experts described as "routine."
In addition, Egypt's electoral commission, which is led by senior judges, was forced by law to hold a meeting Sunday to discuss preparations for the referendum.
Gaballah, Morsi's legal adviser, said the election commission held the meeting to organize the referendum. The state-owned Al-Akhbar daily ran a front page photo of the senior judges at the meeting, and Gaballah said that the judges will oversee the vote.
But Yousseri Abdel-Karim, a judge and a former spokesman of the electoral commission, said its mission is purely administrative, and the meeting did not mean that judges are going to oversee the referendum.
"Judges don't retreat and we fear nothing, and we will not change our position," he said.
Opposition figures have raised concerns about referendums because in past votes, large numbers of Egyptian voters — many of them illiterate — were easily swayed by Islamists who used religious sentiment to influence the outcomes.
With little time left before the vote, the opposition has yet to come up with a strategy for the referendum. It could try to besiege the headquarters of the election commission. Or it could try to rally supporters to vote "no."


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"Fashion Police" star Kelly Osbourne stopped by "Chelsea Lately" on Wednesday (Nov. 6), where she talks about her tattoo removal
"I have a couple of tattoos that, let's just say, aren't my best choices in life. ... For example, I have a keyboard. I don't know how to play the piano, it's pointless. So I've started to get it removed so then if I did want to make way for something else that means something," says Osbourne.
Host Chelsea Handler jokes that Kelly should get "Fashion Police" tattooed on her arm and Kelly quips, "I would never do that, no. I would have 'd***' tattooed across my head before I'd have my job tattooed on me."
If you're curious, check out Osbourne's video of the tattoo-removal process. Yeouch.
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EUROPE's claim to be leading the world in cutting emissions of greenhouse gases is looking increasingly shaky as several European nations attempt to renege on promises made before the Kyoto climate conference in December 1997.
Last week, Britain's deputy prime minster John Prescott went to New York to sign the Kyoto protocol on behalf of the European Union. But even as he wielded his pen, his civil servants left behind in London were attempting to prevent the collapse of an EU deal, reached in March last year, on how to divide up their collective target for cutting emissions.
On the face of it, Europe should have no problem with its Kyoto commitment. The protocol requires the EU to make an overall cut of 8 per cent by 2010, substantially less than previously agreed national commitments. Taken together, these should amount to a 10 per cent cut across the EU.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Two members of a well-known Utah group spoke Thursday during a conference for crime victims.
They are grown women now, both married and still performing all over the world. But it is what happened to Desirae and Deondra Brown when they were children–they were sexually abused at the hands of their own father–that brought them to this conference and to give hope to others out there still suffering in silence.
Desirae and Deondra are two-fifths of the Five Browns, a world-renowned piano quintet made up of five siblings. A year ago, the public learned that the group's father, Keith, had sexually abused them for years, starting when they were children.
Now the girls are speaking out as survivors of sexual abuse.
"Hold your head high — as a daughter of God. Doing what is right. I say doing what's right is worth everything," Deondra said to those at the 25th Annual Utah Crime Victims Conference on Thursday.
Deondra Brown explained to the conference that healing occurs by talking with others who have gone through similar experiences.
It has been just over a year since Keith Brown began serving up to life in prison for sexually abusing his daughters. Both women say testifying against their father was the toughest decision they had ever made, but in retrospect, one of the best. And they want to share that with other victims out there.
"It took a lot of endurance, a lot of strength, but we have found here in the state of Utah, the prosecutors were so supportive. You will have the support you need," said Desirae.
After coming to grips with their own abuse, Deondra and Desirae decided it was time to speak out.
"One in four girls, one in five boys will be abused and 80 percent of that abuse will happen within the home and we started to realize there needs to be awareness about this problem — it's the biggest problem no one talks about," said Desirae.
And they are determined to change that.
"It won't be a quick or pain-free journey, but it will be so worth it, that I already know," said Deondra.
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But where the Ghost is special, where it really marks itself out, is when you come to a corner and realise that this isn't just a drag racer. Drive it, and you begin to understand Rolls' slightly confusing message that the Ghost is 'dynamic' but not 'sporty'. The steering - so light and swirly at slower speeds - weights up like it's bringing extra ganglia online to give more bandwidth for necessary sensation. You can feel what the front tyres are doing. And when all your senses are telling you that this big, long-bonneted, definitively mass-rich wedge of class divide is going to run wide with the nose at the very first hint of too much entry speed, it's a huge surprise to find the distant front end tucking up like a sporting saloon.


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You may be asking yourself how a quality system can be beneficial to you. Any company will benefit from greater consistency (repeatability) in its processes, identifying potential mistakes before they become an unwanted expense or result in the loss of a customer. A key component of a quality system is the concept of continual improvement. Continual improvement includes a corrective action plan that serves to remedy the current problem and changes the system (if needed) to prevent the mistake from reoccurring.
According to AutoWeek, Detroit's automakers are working quickly to install fuel-saving diesel engines in their light trucks. And Nissan and Toyota may join them as well. Diesels have been common in the domestic automakers' heavy-duty pickups, but as fuel economy concerns grow, as well as pressures form the competition, we may start seeing them in the light-duty trucks as well.
Hydraulic components are found many places in the automotive and specialty-equipment industries. They can be found on carbon-fiber hoods and the lift gates of SUVs. They are often slow and noisy. But some people have developed a product that could potentially replace standard hydraulics—the electromagnetic actuator.
Discover Financial Services recently conducted a survey asking consumers what they would be willing to do to save money during this time of high gas prices. According to an article in the Detroit Free Press, the survey found that 80% of Americans say their car or truck is very important to their everyday lives.
According to WardsAuto, the Hummer H2 has become the modern icon of conspicuous consumption. For the specialty-equipment market, it has become somewhat of an icon for customization. For 2008, the next Hummer H2 will be more powerful than ever.
According to Honda, the next-generation FCX Concept fuel-cell vehicle made its European driving debut at the Gotland Ring in Sweden. They claim the vehicle is 60% energy efficient, about three times that of a petrol-engine vehicle and twice that of a hybrid.
Mercedes-Benz just announced pricing for its C class models, according to AutoWeek. The automaker actually cut the cost of the upper trim levels of the 2008 C class, but increased the base price by $1,500. The new C class will be available on August 7 in sport and luxury trim levels that feature suspension tuning and distinctive front ends, wheels and interior trim.
The Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG, which according to AutoWeek will go on sale in spring 2008, is expected to challenge BMW's new M3 for outright driver appeal. Tobias Moers of Mercedes-Benz says that the C63 has more development miles than any other cars in AMG's 40-year history.
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By Noriko Sanefuji (Curatorial Assistant) and Christine Chou (intern)
This year's Day of Remembrance (DOR) was special for many reasons. Not only is it the 70th anniversary since the signing of Executive Order 9066, the action that led to the imprisonment of more than 110,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, it was also to honor the Japanese American WWII veterans that were recently awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
The program began with a keynote speech by Secretary of Veterans Affairs General Eric Shinseki (watch the video clip above or download his speech here). He reflected on the roles of Japanese Americans who volunteered in the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Military Intelligence Service during World War II. General Shinseki recognized their merit in receiving the award and stated that their legacy shows what it means to be an American to future generations. He said:
"In all my years in the military, I can find no better, no more compelling, and no more inspiring story of what it means to be an American than the stories and battle histories of the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Military Intelligence Service. They were premiere warfighting units ranking among the very best in U.S. military history. The legacy of those who served in those units is a tradition of patriotism, loyalty, courage, honor, dedication and sacrifice that's as old as the American Revolution. Their's is an American story."
General Shinseki's keynote speech was followed by a film highlighting the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony. Afterward, there was a panel discussion that included Grant Ichikawa, MIS veteran; Gerald Yamada, Japanese American Veterans Association (JAVA) president; Christine Sato-Yamazaki Chairperson, National Veteran Network; and Doug Sterner, author of Go For Broke. The panel was moderated by Franklin Odo, former director of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program. Everyone provided insights about the significance of the Congressional Gold Medal and the process of recognizing Japanese American WWII veterans.
Dr. Odo began the discussion by asking the panelists: "What does the Congressional Gold Medal mean to you?" Mr. Ichikawa recalled his experiences in the MIS and reflected on how proud he is to be a recipient of the medal. Ms. Sato-Yamazaki expressed her feelings on how the award ceremony represented the completion of a difficult, two-year effort to obtain congressional approval for the medal. Mr. Sterner explained how the medal was the highest honor bestowed by Congress. According to Mr. Yamada, the award gives JAVA the chance to make the Nisei soldiers' legacy a living story, rather than just a historic one.
Museum visitors viewed the actual Congressional Gold Medal up close during the event. Objects made inside the barbed wire camps during WWII were also on display at a nearby education cart. Artifacts were brought out of storage for DOR, and experts were also available to answer questions from the visitors at the education carts. Representatives from the U.S. Mint were there to discuss how the medal was created.
Smithsonian APA Program intern Christine Chou designed a second educational cart as an interactive way of learning about daily life in internment camps. Objects on display included typical mess hall food, tools from working life, school artifacts, leisure items (like a baseball), and craft materials used for art projects. Historical photos complimented the objects to provide a more complete picture of camp living conditions. Everyone was encouraged to pick up and touch the objects. Some of the most popular items were the medical tools, including a stethoscope, head mirror, and elbow splint, which visitors were free to try on and use.
Another popular item, the dog tags of a Japanese American World War II veteran, belonged to Grant Ichikawa, who was interned before joining the military. As visitors held his dog tags, they were told that Mr. Ichikawa was actually in the museum that day to tell people about his experiences, and it was a quietly powerful moment. For visitors and volunteers at the cart that day, having the opportunity to interact with these artifacts helped foster a deeper connection to our national history.
Related Links:
- View the original post for DOR 2012
- Education Resources from American History
- More about the Congressional Gold Medal
- Photos of this event on Flickr
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- Day of Remembrance: 70 Years After Executive Order 9066
February 13, 2012 – Written by one of our interns for American History's O Say Can You See blog, this entry features photos of Asian Pacific American WWII artifacts.
- A Day of Remembrance
February 27, 2012 – A recap of the day of events written by Sarah Emerson, a fellow in the Office of Public Affairs.
- Day of Remembrance: An interview with Grant Ichikawa
March 5, 2012 – Blog from Noriko Sanefuji, curatorial assistant at the APA Program and program assistant in the Division of Work and Industry at the National Museum of American History.
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Curatorial assistant Noriko Sanefuji interviews Grant Ichikawa, a U.S. veteran who enlisted after being relocated to a Japanese American internment camp with his family in 1942. Allowed to join the army after a need for interpreters, Mr. Ichikawa served the country proudly. In 2011, he and other veterans were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his service.
We also utilized the National Museum of American History's TalkBack Boards program to invite the museum visitors to post their comments.
Today the U.S. Mint will be presenting the Congressional Gold Medal to Japanese Americans to honor their service during WII. How do you think America should honor its veterans?
You can join the online conversation by clicking here.