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Is your Property Manager licensed?
Hello Albany — we have a problem! This is something that is not new, but it is getting a little ridiculous. I am talking about Property Managers in New York State. In the past few weeks I have come across a Property Manager that tried to tell my home seller that they have a prospective […]
Incorporating a Home Office in your Buffalo Home
The world has changes significantly over the past twenty years. There are new ways to do business. No longer does one go to an office to work. Many Buffalonians are working from home. Across the USA this is a popular work solution for many business people. There are many Buffalo residents that are joining the […]
Black Rock Real Estate Market Report
Black Rock is one of Buffalo's most historic neighborhood names dating back to the city's very beginnings and the name comes from the stone that was here prior to the construction of the Erie Canal. Read Also: Black Rock: Why not make it the place to be? Black Rock borders the Niagara River on the […]
Buffalo NY — No greater place to call home!
Buffalo NY just lost our greatest ambassador in Tim Russert. Two weeks after his death we had an amazing weekend that celebrated everything he loved about Buffalo NY. I was an honored to be a member of a group of Buffalo ambassadors that organized this event. I returned to the Buffalo area after 21 years of being away to be closer to family late last year. Inspired by Oprah's "Big Giveâ€; I gave some time and expertise to Buffalo Homecoming. In doing so, I made new friends and was inspired by the many wonderful Buffalo Ambassadors we have right here in Buffalo NY. I got something that I didn't expect in giving. It is this wonderful feeling inside of me. My connection to the Buffalo New York region strongly rooted, and confirmation that I belong here. Marti Gorman lead the way, with a steering committee of community leaders and a core group of 20 somethings lead by Matt Carlucci and Joe Malczewski, who just wanted to make a difference was the reason Buffalo Homecoming was so amazing. The people that organized this event believe in our community and at every turn showed how Buffalo NY is an amazing place to call home. Not only was it the Cultural Arts, Sports, the Career Opportunities, the progressive new companies but it was the people that made this event so special. Visit www.buffalohomecoming.com for more information and the blog for details about the weekend. While you are there, you can find out how to sponsor and volunteer and get that feeling I was talking about!
So you have a bad tenant…
It is easy to end up on the losing side of an eviction if you don't meticulously adhere to the rules. Western New York has a variety of duplex, triplex and Quad homes available to investors. With that brings the need for tenants and the potential for the need to evict a bad tenant. Eviction reasons, processes, periods, and participants vary from state to state.
Buffalo Community Profile – Black Rock
This waterfront community is bordered by the Niagara River and the Scajaquada Creek. Views of the Niagara River and Fort Erie Ontario. Home to Riverside Park has a mixture of marinas, restaurants and residential homes.
Are you a Licensed NY State Property Manager? Then we need to talk!
In this business it is important to know what you are good at and what you should refer out. Over the last several weeks several of our clients have found that they are in need of a Property Manager. We want to assist them, but Property Management is not what we want to do.
Buffalo NY – The city of good neighbors!
This is a great city, Buffalo NY. You might not know it, but there are videos on this topic of proud Buffalonians sharing how great this city is! Here is another video that I found regarding how proud Buffalonians are about their City of Good Neighbors! Hope you enjoy it!
2010 Black Rock Closed Sales
Single-family Homes Closed Sales in Black Rock as of October 11, 2010 There has been 13 closed sales with an average sold price of $36,146 Highest closed – $75,000 – 260 days on the market Lowest closed – $9,900 – 8 days on the market Address MLS# Days on Market Original List Price Closed Date […]
Eco-Friendly Western New York
Interesting Green Facts about Western New York: Buffalo NY is the sunshine capital of the Northeast in the summer with 67% of sun filled days during the June – August time period! And you thought Buffalo was only famous for our snow! The University of Buffalo is the largest purchaser of Wind Power in New […]


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CZ 75 B is used by more Governments, Militaries, Police and Security agencies than any other pistol in the world. The CZ 75 is quite possibly the perfect pistol.
Designed in 1975, the CZ 75 is the flagship model of the CZ handgun line with over one million produced. An entire family of pistols is available based on the basic CZ 75 design: compacts, decockers, single action only, ambidextrous, alloy frames as well as competition pistols.
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Construction is set to begin on Monday, June 11, 2012. Construction will be Monday through Friday from 7:00am to 5:00pm. There will be no work on holidays or during the Park City Arts Festival. Crews will begin mobilizing and working on the water and sewer lines beginning on the 11th. Drivers may experience some delay while crews are working.
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August 5, 2010—The IAB releases "An Evaluation of Methods Used to Assess the Effectiveness of Advertising on the Internet," which examines the methodology behind site intercept studies, a common form of consumer advertising effectiveness research. It is the first thorough, public assessment undertaken of the state of online ad effectiveness research.
The IAB will be leading an industry effort to undertake additional research to ensure that brand-effectiveness studies adhere to established principles for the conduct of market and consumer research.
Through a detailed review of relevant academic literature and multiple interviews with experts at research vendors and media companies, Dr. Lavrakas concludes that three prevalent flaws in site intercept studies jeopardize their results:
The IAB Research Council commissioned Dr. Lavrakas to provide a foundation for a comprehensive initiative that will improve online brand effectiveness research. As next steps, the IAB will:
Download: Evaluation of Methods Used to Assess the Effectiveness of Advertising on the Internet
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WASHINGTON – Fairfax County police say a body has been found near a park in Annandale.
The body was found by a man walking in the woods near the park by the Hidden Oaks Nature Center around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 21.
Police are investigating. Sex, age nor race have yet been determined.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Crime Solvers at 1-866-411- 8477, text "TIP187″ plus a message to CRIMES/274673 or call Fairfax County Police at 703-691-2131.
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Ragini MMS 2 is a Bollywood horror thriller 3D film directed by Bhushan Patel and co-produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures and ALT Entertainment. Stars are Sunny Leone, Sandhya Mridul & Anita Hassanandani. Movie released on March 21st 2014.


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New! Sailing Lessons in Annapolis
We have two sailing schools on the Chesapeake Bay. We operate the Upper Bay Sailing School at Green Point Marina in Worton, Maryland where we offer our 3-day Instant Cruiser® Sailing Lessons. These sailing lessons are great way for beginners to learn to sail or to prepare for day chartering. Our Upper Chesapeake Bay Sailing School provides some of the best sailing opportunities on the bay, with open water just 5 minutes from the dock. We are also close to the most popular destinations on the bay and frequently visit St Michaels, Annapolis and the Baltimore Inner Harbor. In addition, it provides convenient and easy access from all points on the Western Shore as well as Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and points north.
We also offer our Instant Bareboater® class. This trip offers some of the finest sailing the Chesapeake Bay with typical visits to St Michael's, the Baltimore Inner Harbor and of course some of our favorite Eastern Shore secluded anchorages. (click here to see a typical Bareboater® sailing lessons itinerary). The Instant Bareboater® sailing instruction fee is inclusive of on board meals, mooring and docking fees and all other on board expenses (except alcohol). This is a great way to see the best of the Chesapeake Bay while learning how to sail!
We also offer advanced sailing instruction in a complete circumnavigation of the Delmarva Peninsula. These are advanced sailing lessons covering the material in US Sailing's Coast Navigation course and the fun Night Time Sailing Course too. This is fantastic sailing covering the entire length of the Chesapeake Bay and C&D canal, plus extended time in the open ocean and the Delaware Bay. While this sailing instruction is advanced, these sailing lessons are great fun (and ok, some hard work too!) covering just about all the sailing environments the East Coast has to offer. A super advanced sailing trip for the advanced sailor.
We also offer Ocean Passage Sailing Lessons in our annual trip from the Chesapeake Bay to the Bahamas.
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Have fun making these and let me know if you do...I want to see all the cute piddies out there. :)
And thanks so so much for all of the great feedback from yesterday!! It was so good to hear from ALL of you...isn't the blog world great? :) You are fabulous and wonderful...each and every one of you. :)
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We at Stone count ourselves lucky to have so many fans of what we do and the beers we create. Most of those who've tagged along as we forge through this hop-studded journey have taken fandom to new heights. That level of devotion is something we don't take lightly and work to reward by coming up with new beer recipes and getting those brews into our staunch supporters' hands and pint glasses. As devotees keeping a watchful eye on us will attest, 2013 was a big year for new Stone brews. But even our most keyed-in fans were probably unaware of just how big. We say this, because after examining 12 months' worth of brewing schedules, even our jaws dropped to the floor when we discovered that we had delivered 74 new beers outside our not-so-standard standard-issue brews this year. So, join us, won't you, as we revisit them and other notable Stone happenings from the year that was.
Rolling Stones: The 2013 Great American Beer Festival
You've heard the legend of a cavernous hall filled to the brim with beer from around the country. Maybe you've even experienced for yourself the glories of unlimited pours of more than 3,100 brews. But you haven't seen the Great American Beer Festival—the country's largest annual suds celebration—from the perspective of Team Stone before…until now. We just got back from this massive and spectacular event, and are ready to give you a behind-the-scenes view of our GABF experience


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TransMontaigne Partners quarterly profit falls 49%
(5:42 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- TransMontaigne Partners LP TLP, +1.98% late Friday reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $1.91 million, or 6 cents per basic limited partner unit, down 49% from $3.77 million, or 48 cents per basic limited partner unit, in the year-ago period, as operating costs and expenses rose. The Denver-based petroleum products transport company said revenue in the quarter ended Dec. 31 rose to $19.3 million from $11.9 million last year, while operating costs and expenses increased to $9.5 million from $4.1 million.
Nortel narrows fourth-quarter loss; sales rise 10%
(5:04 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Nortel Networks Corp. NT said late Friday its fourth-quarter loss narrowed from a year earlier, when it booked a huge one-time legal charge, as sales rose almost 10%. The Canadian network-equipment maker reported a loss of $80 million, or 19 cents a share, for the three months ended Dec. 31, compared to a loss of $2.3 billion, or $5.26 a share, in the year-earlier period. Sales rose to $3.32 billion from $3.03 billion. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial expected Nortel to report earnings of 19 cents a share, adjusted for onetime items, on $3.25 billion in sales. The company's gross margin, or the percent of sales left after subtracting manufacturing costs, rose slightly to 39.8% from 39.4% in the third quarter. Nortel has struggled in recent years to boost growth and profits. Last month, the company said it would eliminate 2,900 jobs and shift another 1,000 positions to "lower-cost" locations as part of an ongoing transformation in how the company does business.
CORRECT: Kirkland's earnings, revenue rise
(11:48 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Kirkland's Inc. KIRK, -0.22% said fourth-quarter earnings rose to $11.4 million, or 58 cents a share, from $10.1 million, or 51 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue increased 9.2% to $167.5 million from last year's $153.4 million, while same-store sales fell 6.1%. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial had been expecting earnings of 58 cents a share and revenue of $165 million, on average. For fiscal 2007, the Jackson, Tenn. home décor retailer expects a loss of 10 cents to earnings of 10 cents a share, revenue of $445 million to $460 million and a same-store sales decline of 2% to 6%. The stock closed Thursday up 58 cents at $5.57. (This replaces an earlier item that incorrectly reported the time frame of the company's outlook.)
CVS sees Caremark deal closing early to middle of next week
(10:49 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - CVS Corp. CVS, -2.11% on Friday said it expects its $27.6 billion acquisition of pharmacy benefits manager Caremark Rx Inc. CMX, +0.00% to close early to mid next week, right after the vote is certified by the independent inspector of election. The tender offer for 150 million of CVS/Caremark's outstanding shares will commence about five business days after the closing. The special cash dividend of $7.50 a share will be payable at or promptly after closing of the deal to Caremark shareholders of record as of the close of business on the day immediately preceding the closing date.
Accuray quarterly loss narrows slightly; shares fall
(10:49 AM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Accuray Inc. ARAY, -5.86% shares fell 8.4% to $22.42 in Friday morning trade. Late Thursday, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based robotic radiosurgery company reported a fiscal second-quarter net loss of $7.29 million, or 45 cents a share, versus a net loss of $7.94 million, or 50 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose to $19.3 million from $7.6 million.
Allion Healthcare shares tumble on fourth-quarter results
(10:40 AM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Allion Healthcare Inc. ALLI shares tumbled 19% to $4.10 in Friday morning trade. Late Thursday, the Melville, N.Y.-based provider of pharmacy services reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $380,462, or 2 cents a share, versus $378,453, or 3 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose to $57.9 million from $37.8 million. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial were expecting a per-share profit of 5 cents on revenue of $59.9 million. The company expects first-quarter earnings of 2 cents to 4 cents a share on revenue of $57 million to $58 million.
DXP Enterprises' quarterly profit rises; shares surge
(10:32 AM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- DXP Enterprises Inc. DXPE, +1.89% shares surged 15% to $37.81 in Friday morning trade. Late Thursday, the Houston-based distributor of maintenance, repair and operating products reported a fourth-quarter net profit of $3.5 million, or 68 cents a share, up from $2.08 million, or 43 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose to $79.4 million from $54.7 million. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial were expecting a per-share profit of 54 cents.
Micromet shares soar on quarterly results, Tracon deal
(10:23 AM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Micromet Inc. MITI, +5.08% shares soared almost 60% to $4.60 in Friday morning trade after the Carlsbad, Calif.-based biopharmaceutical company reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $3.4 million, or 11 cents a share. In the same quarter last year, the company posted a net loss of $6.73 million, or 42 cents a share. Revenue rose to $13.8 million from $8.68 million. Micromet said separately that the company and Tracon Pharmaceuticals Inc., have reached and agreement granting Tracon exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize Micromet's D93 antibody for the treatment of cancer. Under the agreement, Tracon will pay Micromet upfront and milestone payments of more than $100 million, if D93 is successfully developed and commercialized. In addition, Micromet will receive royalties on worldwide sales.
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good!!!!!!!!!!!! But the feds get .18 and state gets .23 per gallon and Exxon nets .04 per gallon. Total Govt take is a bit more than 10 times what the company makes.
In the tradition of Jeff Foxworthy…
you love the fact that you can now marry whatever you want. (Or if you've decided to marry your horse, for example.)
you believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene, but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% isn't.
you believe the government will do a better job of spending your money than you could.
freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.
you think that when we [someday?] pull out of Iraq you trust that the bad guys will stop what they are doing because they now think we are good people.
you're way too irresponsible to own a gun, and know that your local police are all you need to protect you from murderers and thieves.
you believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if you don't start driving a Prius.
you're not concerned about the slaughter of millions of babies so long as we keep the death row inmates alive.
you think illegal aliens have a right to free health care, education, and Social Security benefits.
you believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to just break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as the politicians see fit.
you believe the judges need to rewrite The Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters.
your head is so firmly planted up your @r$e that it is unlikely that you'll ever have another point of view.
good!!!!!!!!!!!! But the feds get .18 and state gets .23 per gallon and Exxon nets .04 per gallon. Total Govt take is a bit more than 10 times what the company makes.


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Viewing convention Program information from 2013
Session Details
598. Premodern Affects in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century France
Tuesday, 5 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m., 202, Hynes
Program arranged by the Division on Sixteenth-Century French Literature and the Division on Seventeenth-Century French Literature
Presiding: Juliette Cherbuliez, Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities; David Paul LaGuardia, Dartmouth Coll.
Speakers: Tom Clark Conley, Harvard Univ.; Katherine Crawford, Vanderbilt Univ.; Katherine M. Ibbett, University Coll. London; Erec R. Koch, Hunter Coll., City Univ. of New York; Lawrence D. Kritzman, Dartmouth Coll.; Christopher Semk, Yale Univ.
For abstracts, write to email@example.com.
Session Description:
As a kind of "in-between-ness," affect theory is concerned with bodies, movements, intensities, and relations of all kinds. The premodern world is a particularly fruitful ground for this type of analysis. Speakers might also concentrate on the problem of understanding the premodern from the perspective of this postmodern theory.
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5K Paw Walk in the Garden 2016
Saturday, February 20
9 am – 1pm
You can be a Paw Walk Sponsor
There are many wonderful sponsorship opportunities for the
4th Annual 5K Paw Walk in the Garden
For sponsorship information, please contact Nancy Kelly at 760/ 436-3036 x219
The San Diego Botanic Garden is teaming up with the Rancho Coastal Humane Society for the 3rd annual 5K Paw Walk in the Garden. Both organizations benefit from this event, so bring your furry friends and follow a 5K walk through our 37-acre garden. The route winds through some of the most spectacular areas of the Garden including California Native Plants, Australia, the Canary Islands, Hawaii as well as the bamboo, sub-tropical fruit and palm canyon areas.
Pet products, food (for people), treats (for dogs), lots of great information for dog lovers and (of course) lots of dogs and puppies are all a part of this great event at the Garden. Don't miss it!
Cost: Adult $32, Adult Member/RCHS Volunteer $21
Youth $21, Youth Member/RCHS Volunteer $14
Family/Team (first 4 on team) $92/ additional team members each $23
Member Family/Team (first 4 on team) $60/ additional team members each $15
Click here to register for the 5K Paw Walk
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San Diego Master Gardeners
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Sunday PMNovember 2nd, 2013 at 3:20 am by Bill Steffen under Bill's Blog, Weather
Sun. AM update: The last few sprinkles over mid-Lake Michigan are fading away and we'll be partly-mostly sunny this PM. For many of us, this will be the sunniest day in half a month. We saw temps. in the upper 20s and low 30s this am with many areas picking up some frost. It'll be a nice afternoon with light winds. Despite the wind and rain of late, there is still some good color out there to see.
Model update: The Sat. night run of the NAM (caribou) has temperatures in the upper 40s this (Sunday) pm, 53 and partly sunny on Monday and low 60s on Tues. The NAM keeps us dry thru Tuesday evening. The GFS would give us a light shower on Tues. with 0.81″ of rain from Tues. night to Thurs. am. We head into the 50s Mon. thru Weds. and back to the 40s Thurs. and Friday on the GFS. Saturday would be dry for the Kalamazoo Holiday Parade.
For Michigan weather observations and wind speeds, click here. Here's WOOD-TV looping Radar. Check out regional radar, GRR radar, northern Indiana radar, Chicago radar and Milwaukee radar. Here's the College of DuPage Radar Map (pick any radar in the U.S.), College of DuPage Grand Rapids radar, the West Michigan Lightning Tracker, National Lightning Tracker, the local warning/advisory map and the National warning/watch/advisory map, and a surface weather map. You can checkout the latest Grand Rapids NWS discussion, the Northern Indiana NWS discussion (includes the Michigan Counties that border Indiana), the discussion for Northern Lower Michigan, and Eastern Lower Michigan. Check out Storm Total Rainfall (until they reset it). Here's the Spyglass Condos Weather Station the S. Haven GLERL station, the Muskegon GLERL station, the Grand Haven Steelheaders webcam and weather station, and the weather station at Holland State Park. Check out the WOOD lightning tracker and U.S. lightning, the Maranatha Webcam at Lake Michigan and links to webcams. Here's the infrared satellite loop (night) and the visible satellite loop (daytime), Lake Michigan water temperatures. Here's storm reports from SW Michigan, Northern Michigan, NE Illinois, SE. Wisconsin, Upper Michigan and E. Michigan.


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Michelle T. Sullivan
Must Departments Make Accommodations for Pregnant Law Enforcement Officers?
Women, who continue to make up a small percentage of the law enforcement workforce on a nationwide basis, often encounter challenges when they are seeking accommodations at work for pregnancy-related issues. Questions involving light duty accommodations typically arise when complications or the advanced stages of pregnancy create the need for the officer to be placed in a light duty assignment.
Such issues for pregnant women are covered by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act ("PDA"), an amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As such, discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions constitutes unlawful sex discrimination under Title VII, which applies to employers with 15 or more employees, as well as state and local governments. Under the law, an employer is required to treat its pregnant employees the same as it treats other employees who suffer restrictions as the result of non-pregnancy related injuries or medical conditions.
Consider the following hypothetical: female officer, Jane, learns that she is expecting a baby. Her doctor advises her that she will not be permitted to work on road patrol at the beginning of her third trimester because of the increased risk of injury to Jane and her unborn child if she is involved in a physical altercation. Upon learning this information, Jane immediately seeks out her chief to discuss the possibility of a light duty assignment on station when she reaches her third trimester. The chief advises her that the department has no light duty to offer her, and she will have to begin using sick leave or Family Medical Leave when she is no longer able to work unrestricted duty on road patrol.
If the department consistently denies light duty to all officers, regardless of the cause of the need for restricted duties, a denial of light duty work to this pregnant officer is not a violation of the officer's rights under the PDA.
However, assume the department previously allowed light duty assignments for other officers who were suffered injuries or other illnesses that prevented them from working full, unrestricted duty. In this situation, a denial of light duty to the pregnant officer could constitute a violation of the PDA because the department would be treating the pregnant officer different than other officers with non-pregnancy related disabilities.
On the other hand, many small departments, who have a limited capacity for light duty work, may provide light duty assignments only to officers injured in the line of duty, but not for other employees who have work restrictions at the result of non-work related injuries or illnesses. Does an employer violate the PDA if it denies light duty work to the pregnant officer in this situation? The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed this question in Reeves v. Swift Transportation Company, Inc., 446 F.3d 637 (6th Cir. 2006). In that case, the employee, a truck driver, was discharged when she was no longer able to perform heavy lifting and required light duty in the late stages of her pregnancy. The employer had a policy of only offering light duty to employees injured on the job.
The court held that the employee's discharge was for legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons, recognizing that truck drivers must be able to lift heavy weight. The fact that the employer allowed light duty for employees with work-related injuries did not trigger application of the PDA. Citing other decisions on this issue, the court noted that the plaintiff was not making a claim of discrimination, but rather, a claim for preferential treatment. Id. at p. 642. "As long as pregnant employees are treated the same as other employees injured off duty, the PDA does not entitle pregnant employees with non-work related infirmities to be treated the same under [the employer's] light-duty policy as employees with occupational injuries." Id. (quoting Urbano v. Cont'l Airlines, Inc., 138 F.3d 204, 208 (5th Cir., 1998)).
Just as the PDA requires employers to treat pregnant employees the same as other disabled employees, employers cannot force pregnant employees from their assignments or prematurely force such employees into restricted duty assignments out of concern of injury to the officer or her unborn child. In other words, it is unlawful for an employer to remove a pregnant employee from her assignment in anticipation of limitations she may have or based on assumptions or preconceived notions of limitations her pregnancy may cause. See generally, UAW v. Johnson Controls, 499 U.S. 187 (1991).
In most cases, those who believe they have been the subject of discrimination under the PDA must look to federal law for recourse. However, some collective bargaining agreements address light duty and may afford the affected employee a remedy if that light duty has been wrongfully withheld. Anyone having questions as to whether these rights have been violated should contact their OPBA representative for the appropriate guidance.


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Future Pro Expo
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What will it take to improve America's standing in the Muslim world over the next four years? With conservatives and liberals calling each other Islamophobes and apologists, it often seems like there's nothing but disagreement about how to answer this question.
But last September in Washington, D.C., a bipartisan, interfaith, and interdisciplinary group of 34 American leaders—including people as different as Madeleine Albright, Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder of the Cordoba Initiative, and former GOP State Department official Richard Armitage—came together and proved otherwise. This diverse group was convened by the nonprofits Search for Common Ground and the Consensus Building Institute. They had some advice for the next administration:
First, President Obama must start early with peace efforts in Israel-Palestine, listening to both sides in the first year of his administration, rather than putting it off until the last year, as Presidents Bush and Clinton did.
Second, the administration should start talking to America's adversaries. The new president should commit to diplomatic engagement with Iran as part of a broader movement that emphasizes diplomacy over military action. The current U.S. military budget is more than $600 billion, which is more than 40 times the budget of the State Department. More money would give American diplomats—the public face of our society on the ground—a greater presence in Muslim-majority countries.
The Obama administration must invest in targeted economic assistance, which is vastly more effective per dollar than military spending. During the Bush administration, when the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan caused America's image to plunge in many places, it spiked in Indonesia when American aid poured in after the tsunami. President Obama should declare America's new instruments of change to be books and business, not bombs. A good model would be the proposal for child education, adult literacy programs, health clinics, and infrastructure improvements in Pakistan that then-Sen. Joe Biden, along with Sen. Richard Lugar, proposed in July.
A huge number of young Muslims graduate from universities every year to a market devoid of job opportunities. The U.S. should encourage public-private partnerships to improve the economies in struggling Muslim-majority countries and work directly with foreign governments to secure property rights and reduce corruption. As an added bonus, expanding economies overseas could stimulate the U.S. economy as well.
AMERICA'S TARNISHED reputation means that direct aid will sometimes be ineffective; in fact, U.S. standing is so low that U.S. support can easily delegitimize a political figure or movement. For example, human rights activists in Iran spoke out against Bush administration attempts to fund democracy promotion in their country, saying that such efforts hindered internal reform movements. The next president must deliberate carefully on when to broadcast U.S. actions and when to work behind the scenes, allowing others to take the credit.
A lack of contact and knowledge has led American society and the societies of Muslim-majority countries to develop strong and often dangerously incorrect perceptions about each other. Such ignorance leaves people vulnerable to fear-based propaganda such as the video Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West, which practically equates Islam with terrorism, and which the little-known but well-funded Clarion Fund mailed to 28 million American households before the presidential election. To counteract fear and ignorance, the president should propose an educational initiative about the many faces of global Islam. High school social studies classes should learn about the core tenets of that faith, and they should do so in the company of exchange students from Muslim-majority countries.
Also, the U.S. should relax its visa policies so that more Muslim businesspeople, students, and refugees who want to work, study, or find refuge in our country are not unduly harassed at the border. Our system is strong and flexible enough to do a better job of welcoming the innocent while protecting us from terrorists—and people-to-people interaction works wonders for public diplomacy efforts.
America's standing in the Muslim world will not change overnight, but with a sustained and multifaceted approach, we can begin to repair the damage done over the last eight years. —Nate Van Duzer
Nate Van Duzer is policy assistant at Sojourners.
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In response to BloggetyBloop's comment:
Wow, my very own thread.. Thanks for posting everyone! I truly appreciate it. As far as an apology goes , what are you all talking about? I am not allowed to speak the truth? The article that I posted was from the Globe talking about a former Celtic who abused drugs. I then went on to say that I hope the Celtic organization has some safety valves in place to prevent any further tragedies from occuring in their organization, and mentioned another player that paid the ultimate price for his addiction. My advice to you all would be to quit blowing things out of proportion. Thanks, and I hope you all have a fantastic day and weekend!
Wow is right? You actually seem pleased about this one. You are allowed to speak the truth but truth isn't what you look for. Your starting to sound like a politician and you are spinning as fast as you can.
Blog, if your post wasn't over the top disgusting, it wouldn't have been removed.
Just hope you use better judgement in the future and not use tragedy as the brunt of a joke or pin such abuses as drugs as an issue that only one organization has to deal with and not the league in general. Unfortunately drug abuse stretches far and wide and we all need to help in stemming its growth.
You may want to let this one ride out. Because every post you make in reference to this thread makes you look worse and you lose more cred. Let it ride my friend. Just one mans opinion.


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- 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons fresh black pepper
- 6 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
- 2 cups plain nonfat yogurt
- 2 cups Special K cereal, crushed with a rolling pin or in a food processor or coffee grinder
- Nonstick cooking spray
1. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
2. In a large plastic bag, combine the thyme, oregano, basil, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Shake well. Add two breasts at a time to the bag and shake to coat the chicken. Continue until all the breasts are coated.
3. Place the yogurt in a large bowl, and the cereal on a large plate. Dip each breast in the yogurt and then in the cereal. Place the chicken breasts on a baking sheet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
4. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, until the chicken is brown and cooked through. Do not cover or turn the chicken during the baking process.
5. When the chicken is completely cooked, remove the baking sheet from the oven and let cool ten minutes before serving.
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The Lakers romped over the host Fruitport Trojans, 7-1, with Spring Lake's lone loss coming with a replacement player Blake Henning at No. 2 singles. Henning was filling in for Stuart Velarde, who missed the match due to a prior commitment. Fruitport senior Kelly Peterson took advantage, winning 6-1, 6-0.
It was the lone bright spot for the Trojans, as the Lakers romped in nearly every other flight, with six flights winning in straight sets. Each of Spring Lake's doubles teams won by identical 6-0, 6-1 scores.
"The kids played pretty good," said Spring Lake coach Charlie Bassett, whose squad is 5-2 overall. "It was a good outing for us."
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NORMAN — Law enforcement agencies and city officials are working together to address safety concerns on State Highway 9 and U.S. 77.
Norman officials, law enforcement target safety measures for highways
Norman police, Cleveland County sheriff's deputies and Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers will step up enforcement on the highways, particularly targeting speeding, inattentive driving and driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, officials said.
In a memorandum to the city council and Mayor Cindy Rosenthal, Police Chief Keith Humphrey and Public Works Director Shawn O'Leary detailed efforts to improve the safety of the two highway corridors where fatality accidents have happened recently.
Most recently, two people were killed and two others injured in a six-car pileup Dec. 11 on U.S. 77 at W Tecumseh Road.
On Dec. 6, a man was killed and others injured in a head-on collision on SH 9 at 120th Ave. SE. Another man was killed and others injured Nov. 21 on SH 9 at 136th Avenue Southeast.
A third fatality, involving a woman, happened on Feb. 20 on SH 9 at 120th SE, Humphrey said.
Humphrey said 36 fatal accidents have occurred in Norman between 2008 and 2012, with seven of them on SH 9.
Police supervisors review citywide traffic data every month to determine causes and locations that are particularly dangerous, the police chief said. The information provides a "starting point" for implementing accident prevention measures.
The department regularly sends out news releases emphasizing safe driving habits, Humphrey said, and reconfigures patrol beats as necessary to target those locations deemed particularly dangerous.
O'Leary said his department works specifically with the state Transportation Department to develop short-term, mid-term and long-term strategies to reduce traffic accidents, and especially traffic fatalities, on U.S. 77 and S H9.
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I agree that the operator was being a di*k but she's playing the innocent victim and most people are actually believing it.
Let me restate this in a way as to demonstrate my point: I am a health care professional. We are trained that it is a basic part of ethics to assume that the person we are dealing with is seeking help in the first place because they are dealing with a situation with which it is beyond their current abilities to cope well independently. We are supposed to facilitate the person getting their needs met, starting where they are. Honestly a police officer that gets that upset about a scared kid using the "f" word doesn't need to be a police officer. He needs a therapist to help him thicken his skin, soften his heart, and harden his resolve to actually serve the public as he has committed to do in his career.
i dissagree entirely and i heard somewhere that the dad diesd because of this 911 must deal with much worse mouths then hers i feel very bad for her
If she was really worried about her dad dying why did she call just to ask what the operators name was so she could sue him! Way to play the victim girl.
The job of someone handling a 911 call is not to police someone's use of language, nor is it their privilege to decide whether to help based on whether or not they think the caller is an adequately good girl. People calling 911 are usually not in a position to pull out their etiquette primers or review the Ten Commandments first. (Also did you notice that he responded to the caller by cussing back at her? Maybe he should have asked the guy at the next desk to arrest him?)
Cops like this are the sort that give the rest an unfairly bad name.
Ok let's analyze the difference between a 17 year old and a law enforcement officer. 17 year olds do not have college educations. Most haven't even graduated high school. 17 year olds are not paid 62K a year to f-ck over the very people who pay that salary. 17 year olds are not professionally trained and expected to handle any and all emergency situations. 17 year olds are KIDS. 17 year olds are expected to have foul mouths. 17 year olds are stupid, which is probably why you never see 17 year old cops. There is a reason people hate cops, because many are pieces of sh-t like this guy.
Excuse the language.
no no, its "God, what a typical cop. >:C"
*Sobs* I hate this place. I think we're already living in Hell.
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As of Saturday, June 29, 2013
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COVINGTON -- Covington residents are being asked by officials to stop putting yard debris on the street that could clog up the stormwater system.
Councilman Chris Smith reminded residents at the June 17 council meeting to keep limbs and other debris on their property and not put it into the roadways. Later, Smith said he has noticed debris on Floyd Street and other streets off the Square. The council agreed a reminder should be sent in utility bills.
It is unlawful to blow leaves, grass clippings and other yard debris into the roads or storm drains. Yard debris should be put on the curb, not into the roadway, although City Engineer Tres Thomas noted that even there, it's possible for some debris to blow into the stormwater system. Officials have in the past discussed implementing a bagging system to prevent that.
Some landscapers or residents also blow grass cuttings directly into the street, a violation of the city's stormwater illicit discharge ordinance.
It's not just vegetation that poses a problem. Litter, including plastic bottles, soda cans and potato chip bags -- anything "you don't put in the trash can like you should" -- can clog up the stormwater system, Thomas said. "Illicit discharge is not what storm drains are intended for. They are not garbage collection boxes," Thomas said.
The city is required by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to clean stormwater structures.
While some of the trash gets cleaned out, some inevitably floats into nearby waters and streams, Thomas said.
"If it rains really heavy, you'd be surprised the trash and water bottles you'd find in there," Thomas said. "It adds to the degradation of waterways."
That, in turn, adversely affects public health and safety, drinking water supplies, recreation, fish and other aquatic life, property values and other uses of land and water, he said.
Residents can call 770-385-2000 to report illicit discharge.
A warning is issued upon the first violation and a citation for the second.
TruthDetector 2 years, 3 months ago
Hey city council morons since you just approved a raise for yourselves how about you go clean out the storm drains in your spare time.
John 2 years, 3 months ago
I recall a little over year ago the C of C issued the same request for residents to put their yard debris on their yard close to the curb (typical an easement area if there is a sidewalk. but not on the road or bicyle lanes for pick up. But it seems some people didn't get the message, many did, or just refuse to break "old" habits.
I am not a bicylist nor do I live in the City of Covington but I do read & recall and travel Floyd street very often.
Billy 2 years, 3 months ago
This is common sense; it should already be being done. It's like good manners; if you have to tell someone...
John 2 years, 3 months ago
Billy, Totally agree with what you said. Common sense, good manners, self pride, self respect, respect for others, peers, parents, the law, law officers, teachers, etc. etc. are way too quickly going the way of the dinosaur. When I was knee high to a grasshopper and until I moved out of my home at 24 - the Golden Rule was repeated most every day either at home, in school (posted on the main entrance bulletin board), Sunday school, my sisters, friends, etc. Whoops - can't have that relgious based phrase in public schools, might upset a few - and it is not taught enough at home - too many young people can't tell you what it is or means and look what we have and look what we get.
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Archive for Thursday, October 27, 2005
Grant get's council nod, $293,000
With the Nov. 1 deadline drawing near for Eudora's downtown revitalization grant through the Kansas Department of Transportation, the Eudora City Council voted to commit its support to the project in the form of $293,000.
The money would only be spent should the transportation enhancement grant be awarded.
The $293,000, a 25-percent match for the total cost of the project, is part of a continuing effort to completely reshape the look of downtown.
The downtown revitalization project would be built in 2007 along with two other projected major capital improvement projects. The projects would span from Seventh to Ninth streets.
The city will also be looking to overlay asphalt on Main Street and improving the storm drain at Ninth and Main streets.
In order to maintain the uniform look of the street, B&G Consultants suggested the city look to expand its overlay project to five blocks instead of what's listed as part of the transportation grant. The council took no action on the last two projects but planned to look at budgeting for them in the coming year.
"I think by adopting this resolution we'll get some momentum going forward. It's a good place to get started," councilman Dan Gregg said.
By approving the funds, the city showed a concrete example of commitment to the project.
Work toward the current grant application attempted to shore up past weaknesses by focusing on gaining commitment from the city and downtown businesses.
During the course of the city's most recent grant work, City Administrator Cheryl Beatty formed a committee with both citizens and city leaders.The group has received letters of commitment from downtown businesses and agreement from Kaw Valley Back to offer low interest loans for storefront improvement, should the grant funds be awarded.
The transportation enhancement grant could open the way for more grants to create what city leaders envision as a downtown corridor.
"We'll go ahead and get the application submitted properly," Beatty said.
The results of the application won't be known until May 2006.
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The Lion and the Lamb: A tribute to Pope John Paul II
By: Deacon Keith A Fournier
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If the trumpet sounds in a city, will the people not be frightened? If evil befalls a city, has not the LORD caused it? Indeed, the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants, the prophets. The lion roars-- who will not be afraid! The Lord GOD speaks-- who will not prophesy! Amos 3:6-8
On October 22, 1978, Pope John Paul II stepped out on to the balcony in St. Peters Square and proclaimed:
"Be Not Afraid! Open up, no; swing wide the gates to Christ. Open up to his saving power the confines of the State, open up economic and political systems, the vast empires of culture, civilization and development�. Be not afraid!"
Affirmed by many as one of the chief architects of the Second Vatican Council and its extraordinary document on the relationship of the Church to the �modern� world� (entitled "Joy and Hope" or �Gaudium et Spes� in Latin), this strong, passionate, charismatic priest and Bishop now occupied the chair of Peter. At a critical time in the history of both the Church and the world, he stepped forward like a lion, with a prophetic roar.
He strode onto that platform with strength and vitality. This mountain climbing Polish Pope was so filled with the love of God it was contagious. A talented and gifted "man of letters", a playwright, a philosopher, an intellectual giant, a poet, but more importantly, a genuine human being with a heart that embraced the whole world, like the Heart of the One whom he represents on earth. He truly has been the �Vicar of Christ�, representing the Lord, the King of Kings, for so many millions throughout the world.
Like a lion in Peter�s chair, he consistently and tirelessly lived what he boldly proclaimed with great courage. Unafraid, he traversed the globe, proclaiming freedom to the captives and truth to the victims of failed false ideologies that had ravaged the people of the twentieth century, the bloodiest in all of human history. He has not stopped passionately re-presenting the classical, unchanging, Christian message with a prophetic urgency, profound clarity and contemporary relevance.
Communism, atheism, secularism, false humanisms � have now all been exposed in both their empty promises and the horrors that they unleashed in the wake of their false utopian claims.
This Pope proclaimed that the �Redeemer of Man� (the title of his first encyclical letter), Jesus Christ, is the path to authentic personal, social and universal freedom! He authored more encyclical letters, apostolic exhortations, constitutions and letters than any Pope in the two thousand year history of the Christian Church. In these writings and so many allocutions, this marvelous man has given us a treasury to unpack for centuries.
He has meticulously and brilliantly developed themes during his service to the Church and the world. Among them; "The Culture of Life", "The Civilization of Love", "The New Evangelization", "The New Springtime of world missions ", "The Universal Call to holiness"; "Christian Marriage and family life as a domestic church"; "A Spirituality of Communion"; "The Theology of the Body"; "The Common Good"; "The Unity of Life"; "The New Humanism"; "The New feminism and the Feminine Genius"; "The Two Lungs of East and West"; �A New Catholic Action", and a �New Advent� for all of humanity in Jesus Christ.
His rich teaching sets a framework for what I believe will be a five hundred year renewal of the Church and, through her, a transformation of the entirety of human culture, including the arts, politics, the academy, and economic and political theory - because no area of human experience is �off-limits� to the influence of the Gospel and the Church. The Church is, in the words of the Fathers of the second Vatican Council, an �expert in humanity�.
Pope John Paul II has called all men and women to the Redeemer, Jesus Christ. In Him they are invited to discover the purpose and fulfillment of human life itself. He has proclaimed the profound truth that human existence itself is an invitation to communion with God and with one another. He has proclaimed to an age bent of �self fulfillment� that we only find our human fulfillment in giving ourselves in love to God and to one another. He calls us to live a dynamic, integrated Christian faith and lifestyle, what he calls a �unity of life�, wherein the implications of the Christian faith inform the entirety of ones life with no contradiction or separation.
Confronting and exposing the �culture of death�, wherein the human person is treated as an instrument to be used rather than an unrepeatable gift to be received, he has in its place proposed a different way, that of building a new �culture of life� where every human person, at every age ...
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Yesterday's live blogging of the WWDC keynote was a big success. Within the span of about 2 hours we received 20k visitors. Tyler did a great job of posting text and photo updates as they happened, thanks to his Verizon Wireless V740 ExpressCard.
Our main objective was to test the viability of using S3 as a platform for live blogging of events. Having watched sites like Mac Rumors struggle with this kind of service, we were curious to see how Amazon Web Services would handle the load, and how much it would cost.
We built a simple administration tool for managing Tyler's text posts and image uploads. Every time Tyler would post new information, it would rebuild a local copy of the html files, then upload them to S3 into our live.sitening.com bucket. The live blog page contained a javascript timer to refresh the text and image content every 15 seconds, which allowed for smooth updates, as well as keeping in line with the Google Adwords terms of use, which restrict the use of auto refresh on ad pages.
Event Stats:
- 7 pictures
- 130 text posts
- 20k visits
- 50k pageviews to the page
- 5M requests – this includes the 15 second content refresh and the images.
- 47GB of transfer
- content was 17k, images were 200k.
Cost for the event: $10.
We saw absolutely no performance degradation. The content remained quick and responsive throughout the event. S3 is an obvious choice for live blogging, given its capacity and cost effectiveness. Because it was so successful, we are continuing development of our live blogging platform, which we are expanding to support low framerate video with javascript and rapid image uploads.
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So basically, there is nothing that the card will limit. if i have a 30meg a sec card, its only the luxury of time that it sacrifices? i will still be able to shoot at 4fps on full, just have to wait for the files to be written?
is taht correct? or are there things that will say "require faster memory card" etc
You're good to go with your 30MB/s card for stills.
I haven't heard or seen any information regarding video, however.
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Inez Ross was the top predictor at the first Atomic City Roadrunners' pace race of the season.Ross finished with a prediction error of just six seconds at Tuesday's race, held at Sullivan Field's track. She beat out Anya Gonzales, who missed her predicted finish time by nine seconds, while Tom Sandford was 19 seconds off his predicted time.Ted Romero was the first finisher in the 1.5-mile race, recording a time of 9:12, ahead of second-place finisher Hal Marshall (11:07). Christie Kelly was the top female finisher with a time of 12:23, while Gonzales finished at 17:09.Next week's pace race will be held at Lower Bayo Canyon on the road toward the water treatment plant (near the junction of N.M. 4 and N.M. 502). The race will start at 6 p.m.For more information, call 672-1639.
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Adirondacks Travel Tips
Keep in Mind...
- Prepare for the outdoors Before trekking out into the wilderness, it's always a good idea to let someone know where you're going, to check the weather, and to pack plenty of warm layers and water.
- Prepare for bears There are large populations of black bears in the region, so it's best to research where you're headed and pack all your food in bear-resistant canisters. For more information, check out the Department of Environmental Conservation's website.
- Take it easy on the slopes Skiing in the Adirondacks is intense, especially on Whiteface Mountain. Keep the edges of your skis sharp, and pay close attention to the trail-difficulty levels.
A visit to the Adirondacks is best spent enjoying the great outdoors. Look beyond the luxurious cabin complexes built for yesteryear's local millionaires, and you'll find that the region holds a treasure trove of adventure activities. You can hike up High Peaks one day and kayak through the St. Regis Canoe Area the next. You can even take an airplane tour over Tupper Lake village or paddle down Old Forge's famous canoe route. And when you're ready to snuggle in your sleeping bag, you'll find that there are plenty of campgrounds waiting for you.
But there's more to the Adirondacks than the beautiful wilderness; you'll find another main draw is the bustling town of Lake Placid. Home to the 1932 and 1980 Winter Games, the little village proudly displays its Olympic history. And after the first snowfall, Lake Placid and its quaint neighbor, Saranac Lake, turn into winter wonderlands, complete with world-class ski slopes and an après-ski lifestyle for your inner Olympian.
How To Save Money in Adirondacks
- Skip the peak season Come after peak season, during the shoulder months of September and October, and you'll battle fewer crowds and find bargain hotel rates.
- Skip the shops Instead of purchasing expensive outdoor gear sold in Lake Placid, arrive prepared with plenty of layers, good hiking shoes, and ski supplies if you're planning to shred some powder.
- Skip the entrance fees The Adirondacks' best attractions won't cost you a dime. Escaping to the quaint Saranac Lake neighborhood and padding through the scenic St. Regis Canoe Area is completely free of charge.


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· 1998-1999
· 1999-2000
· 2000-2001
· 2001-2002
· 2002-2003
· 2003-2004
· 2004-2005
If present, follow the highlighted links to read reports
on the Princeton research provided by the fellows.
Unless otherwise noted, these fellowships have been funded by the Friends of the Princeton University Library.
·María Albin (Columbia University): "Allegories of Transgression: The Politics of Rewriting and Editing the Prose Fiction of Reinaldo Arenas"
· Rafe Blaufarb (Auburn University): "Absolutism and Revolution: The Proces des Tailles in Provence, 1547-1789"
· Su Chen (University of Minnesota): "The Gest Chinese Research Library at McGill, 1926-1936"
· William Drumright (University of Tennessee): "A River for War, a Watershed to Change: The Tennessee Valley Authority During World War II"
·Brett Gary (Drew University): "Morris L. Ernst and Cultural Libertarianism in the ACLU"
·Carol Harrison (Kent State University): "Restoring Catholicism in Postrevolutionary France: Gender, Belief, and Secularization, 1801-1870"-funded by the Cotsen Children's Library.
· Anthony Hirst (Queen's University, Belfast): "A Critical Edition of Cavafy's 'Acknowledged' Poems"
·Yonglin Jiang (Grand Valley State University): "Law Enforcement and Social Change in Late Ming Rural Communities"
· Christine Jones (University of Utah): "The 'Diverting Works' of Madame d'Aulnoy Charm the British"-funded by the Cotsen Children's Library
· Nina Kassianou (Panteion University, Athens): "Photographic Depiction as Testimony of the Historical Period 1940-1950 in Greece"-funded by the Program in Hellenic Studies.
· Victoria Khiterer (Stanford University): "History of Hassidism in Ukraine in the Second Part of the 19th to Early 20th Century"
·Susie Lee (Cornell University): "Mapping Associations: U.S. Diplomatic Policy on East Asia and Domestic Race Relations, 1899-1937" -funded by Mudd Library.
· Kathryn Lowry (University of California, Santa Barbara): "The Editing and Publishing of Letters in Early Modern China: Fictions of the Self"
· Ryan MacPherson (University of Notre Dame): "America's Vestiges of Creation: Nature's Development and Divine Presence amid Pre-Darwinian Struggles for Civilization"
· Gregory Nobles (Georgia Institute of Technology): "Audubon's America: Art, Science, and Nature in the New Nation"
· Anastasia Stefanidou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece): "Poetry by Early Ethnic and Diaspora Writers of Greek America"-funded by the Program in Hellenic Studies
· David Wright (College of Michoacán, Mexico): "Description of Otomi Manuscripts for the Handbook of Middle American Indians"
· David Wrisley (American University of Beirut): "The French Translations of the Thousand and One Nights"


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Alan Radecki, aerospace and flight test photographer for Northrop Grumman and author of A Mojave Scrapbook, was featured on Aerotech NewsRadio May 31.
He shared how his experience as a professional photographer and passion for aviation history led to a rather unique blog, Vintage Air, which he began in September 2011. Though the blog has not been around for long, it has already started "getting world-wide attention."
Radecki has spent a lifetime in aviation and photography. He received his first camera when he was six years old.
"I was fortunate to have a father who was a journalist for a while, magazine editor and professor of journalism and graphic arts," said Radecki. He added that his father "happened to be an aviation nut" and took him to many air shows as a child. Since that time he continued to pursue careers in aviation and photography.
Radecki had begun to collect vintage aviation photographs that were "literally rotting away" in antique stores. "I'm passionate about history and about preserving history," Radecki said. He added that the history of photography and the history of aviation both came about at the same time and the images "are like snapshots in time."
Radecki researches the images in his collection and writes about the stories behind them. He recalled that writing about Jesse Brown, the first African American aviator in the U.S. Navy, was the first time he "got choked up" writing a blog post. Brown was flying lead on a mission from a Korean War aircraft carrier when he was forced to crash land due to ground fire. His wingman, Thomas Hudner, seeing that Brown was still living, crash-landed his own plane to try to save Brown.
Unfortunately, they were unable to retrieve Brown and Hudner was forced to leave with the helicopter before dark. After Brown died Hudner and his men bombed the area as kind of a "Viking" funeral to ensure that the Chinese would not desecrate the body. The soldiers read the Lord's Prayer over the radio as they bombed the area. Brown was the Navy's first African-American aviator, and was the first Navy casualty of the Korean War. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal, and had a ship named after him. Hudner was given the Medal of Honor. The image shown in the blog post features the squadron's aircraft on the deck of the USS Leyte just days before the incident happened.
The Vintage Air blog went viral after Radecki posted an image of a man strapped the fuselage of a DC-8 jet airliner flying at 250 mph at about 50 feet off the ground. The man, known as the Human Fly, made a name for himself as a wing-walker who took the 1920s practice a little further. The Human Fly would perform this stunt at various air shows with the help of pilot Clay Lacey. The image shown on the blog was taken at the Mojave Airport.
The Vintage Air blog can be found at vintageairphotos.blogspot.com and is a division of MojaveWest Media Works.
To hear the full broadcast, visit our radio page here. Aerotech NewsRadio is a weekly program broadcasting on Thursday mornings at 11 a.m. Tune into 1380 on the AM dial to hear the show live.


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"I'm not certain, to be honest with you," Caldwell said. "I kind of leave those things up to our physicians. Those guys went to school for a long time to get those medical degrees so what I do is try to focus in on what we're doing and I let them sort of navigate through it and then give me an indication at some point in time."
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The country's leading business organisations on Monday criticised Cosatu for its planned nationwide protest march against labour brokers and e-tolling – issues which they believe were still up for negotiation or could resolved through discussions.
They warned that disruptions to the country's workplaces would cause severe harm to the economy.
Cosatu and its affiliates have planned marches around the country to demand the banning of labour brokers and scrapping of e-tolling.
The marches are scheduled to take place tomorrow in major cities around the country and would involve disruptions to workplaces.
Business Unity South Africa (Busa) said in a statement it was disappointed that Cosatu had decided to go ahead with industrial action over labour brokers. "Busa considers that a well regulated broking sector must still play an essential role in job creation at a time when South Africa desperately needs to promote an employment friendly environment."
Busa said it was possible to find a regulatory framework for labour broking which eliminated abuses, while retaining its facilitative role in job creation.
South African Chamber of Commerce CEO Naren Rau said the decision to march was "premature, unnecessary and likely to harm the economy". "I don't believe a strike is the right way to deal with these issues since they were being discussed at Nedlac level.
"Cosatu needs to learn to be patient with processes. We have a serious a problem with the way we deal with issues in this country.
"We resort to strikes quickly; we have to be cautious."
Rau said the marches would be harmful considering the already low levels of production in the country compared with the developing nations.
Rau could not quantify the economic cost of the marches but said the repercussions would be severe. "The impact will be heavy if the participants disrupt the economic infrastructure or impede on roadway deliveries."
The Chamber of Mines' spokesperson Jabu Maphalala said his organisation had not made any plans to accommodate the marches. "These are marches and not a strike."
The Steel and Engineering Industries' Federation of South Africa (Seifsa), a national employer federation representing 35 independent employer associations in the metal and engineering sector, said the marches, aimed at putting pressure on the government, would come at a considerable cost to the workers and employers. The associations have a combined membership of 2290 companies employing 228495 hourly-paid workers, about 53% of the industry's workforce.
"Seifsa remains steadfast in its support for the retention of properly regulated and compliant labour brokers as the only viable mechanism available to metal industry employers in providing the essential flexibility required to capitalise on business opportunities under the prevailing economic climate," said Seifsa executive director David Carson.
He said the expected loss of a day's production and wages was regrettable, particularly as it came at a time when the majority of firms in the metal and engineering industry were struggling to remain viable.
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WASHINGTON — While much of Washington's attention is focused on looming budget cuts, immigration and guns, some members of Congress are also laying the groundwork for energy policies, and President Barack Obama is expected to address the issue Tuesday in his State of the Union speech.
New Congress prepares to weigh energy policies
Just last week, a House committee heard a panel of experts discuss record growth in domestic oil production, a Republican senator from Alaska unveiled an ambitious blueprint for expanding a range of energy sources, and the new chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources scheduled a hearing for this week on natural gas.
Some lawmakers also are pushing the Obama administration to approve the northern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline and sanction more exports of liquefied natural gas.
Whether agreements can be reached on the parameters for a national energy policy remains to be seen. The fact that the nation is enjoying a renaissance in domestic production won't alter long-standing divisions between those who favor more exploration on public land and those who fear the environmental consequences.
Promoting strategies
Obama told House Democrats that in his speech on Tuesday he would promote "an energy agenda that can make us less dependent on foreign oil but also … the kind of clean energy strategy that will maintain our leadership well into the future."
That's essentially the same message Senate Republicans on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee make in their 123-page blueprint released last week.
The GOP senators advocate for more fossil fuel production but also try to incorporate more than the "drill, baby, drill" philosophy into their plan; it calls for more conservation and development of clean energy.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, the top Republican on the panel, told reporters, "We have made considerable gains in terms of our own energy independence to the point where it's no longer just a slogan that we're talking about.
"So we need to think about what it means to go from an energy discussion that's focused on scarcity to one that's focused on relative abundance and what that means for us as a nation."
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April 18, 2000 [Source: AMD press release]-- AMD announced the Mobile
AMD-K6-III+ and Mobile AMD-K6-2+ processor families with speeds up to
500MHz. Hewlett-Packard has chosen the 475MHz Mobile AMD-K6-2+ processor
to power its Pavilion N3215 notebook PC, and Toshiba has chosen these
processors for its Tecra and Portege The first mobile devices to be manufactured
on AMD's advanced 0.18 micron technology, these processors support a number
of notable features including high-speed on-chip L2 cache, AMD's innovative
PowerNow! battery saving technology and an enhanced implementation of
AMD's 3DNow! instruction set with digital signal processing (DSP) instructions.
April 17, 2000 [Source: Toshiba press release] - Demonstrating its engineering
dominance in the computing market, Toshiba America Information Systems,
Inc. (TAIS), Computer Systems Group (CSG) announced the .80-inch-thin
Portg 3440CT portable computer with Super Cooling technology. A milestone
in thermodynamic design, Toshiba's Super Cooling enables increased performance
levels in ultra-thin designs.
1, 2000 - Phoenix Technologies Ltd., a leading BIOS manufacturer, announced
that PowerSuite 4.0 will allow notebooks to extend battery life by providing
the ability to control both the speed and the voltage level of the notebook's
CPU. The first products to use this will be part of Sony's VAIO product
line. Early testing indicated battery life extension of around 18% when
running one set of tests.
Although Intel currently controls the corporate notebook market, AMD is
winning in the retail space. This will help it gain a larger foothold
in Corporate America. In addition to the product wins for AMD, the PowerNow!
technology is another example of AMD taking the fight to Intel.
Intel announced its SpeedStep technology, seemingly in response to the
long-awaited Transmeta unveiling. The market welcomed the idea of being
able to increase notebook battery life, even if the products aren't shipping
yet. (Although the focus here is on AMD, Intel's SpeedStep technology
benefits the consumer, too.) AMD has been a half-step behind Intel in
some of its announcements relative to technology and marketing, that is
a lot closer than they were three years ago, and a trend curve might show
them passing Intel eventually.
We see HP and Toshiba as being winners here, as well. (Assuming the PowerNow!
chips work as promised.) Although the PowerNow! technology will not be
available until mid-year due to the need for a new BIOS and motherboard,
we expect these products to sell well.
doesn't want a notebook with much longer battery life? Battery life is
the third leg of a notebook feature trinity/Holy Grail: large screen,
lightweight, and long battery life. Previously, increasing battery life
meant beefing up the battery, which meant increased weight, this announcement
helps mitigate that. We believe that highly mobile users will be willing
to give up a little performance in exchange for much longer usage. We
expect Compaq will eventually follow suit for its Presario and "Notebook
100" lines, leaving only Dell as an Intel holdout.
In addition to the hardware technologies described, the new BIOS technology
from Phoenix will add yet another way to help users conserve power and
battery life. Although Phoenix has now made an investment in Transmeta
(CPU developer and new home of Linux creator Linus Torvalds), the new
BIOS will help Intel and AMD compete against one of Transmeta's big selling
points. There is a possibility that Phoenix will only let Transmeta use
the new BIOS, but we think that highly unlikely.
cannot resist making a comment on Toshiba's "milestone Super Cooling"
technology: as best we can tell, it's just a heat pipe. Heat pipes have
been around since the 1960's, and have been tried in computers before,
along with other types of ebullition (i.e., boiling) cooling. They are
terrific at cooling, but they ain't new. While we acknowledge that Toshiba
has probably made a good choice of cooling technologies, calling it a
milestone is not unlike calling Windows 98 a milestone.
"Road warriors", i.e., users who spend a lot of time away from AC power,
will want to check out these products. The AMD chips will be aimed at
the lower-price notebooks initially, and corporate users generally prefer
more bells and whistles, but we believe some businesses will be looking
at stretching their IT budgets, and this price-point may be where they
want to be.
As with any new technology (we mean the PowerNow!, not the "Super Cooling",
of course), users should make sure that they the test the hardware adequately
before making a major commitment to large quantities of these units. Although
Intel has had its own problems, AMD is not perfect.
the system requirements for Windows 2000, we do not currently recommend
users purchase these notebooks with Win2K pre-loaded. If you must have
something more robust than Windows 98, then Windows NT 4.0 should be considered
before Win2K. (Users of PowerSuite 4.0 excluded - it is currently only
compatible with Win 9x and Windows 2000.)
recommending that users look for PowerSuite 4.0 in their notebooks, we
suggest waiting until one of the major notebook manufacturers (e.g.,Compaq,
Toshiba, Dell) adopts it. Phoenix is a quality BIOS developer, but we
generally advise some caution with any new technology.


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In May/June 2005, the lab moved into the new Ronald Tutor Hall (RTH) of Engineering, Room 423. As the Interaction Lab has grown and matured, its focus of study has also evolved. Currently, the work is focused on socially assistive robotics, spanning problem areas including human-robot interaction (HRI), human-robot team interaction, human activity modeling, imitation learning and teaching, and therapeutic and educational uses of socially assistive robots. Please follow the links below to find more about the Interaction Lab.
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Previously lost loads so know it works - just need to get on with it!
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WASHINGTON – Loudoun County Fire Department is investigating a possible carbon monoxide leak Wednesday evening at a townhouse in Ashburn, Va.
Loudoun County Fire says 14 people have been taken to Lansdowne Hospital to be checked for carbon monoxide poisoning.
The leak was caused when someone left a car running inside a garage in the 22600 block of High Haven Terrance, a county spokeswoman tells WTOP.
All 14 people inside the townhouse were in the area for the holidays and have been taken to the hospital as a precaution. Loudoun County Fire says all were conscious and alert.
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Figure 3.
Fully resolved mammalian heme peroxidase phylogeny with duplication and loss events depicted. (a) Resolved ML tree for mammalian heme peroxidases. The bootstrap support values from 1000 replicates are shown on all nodes. The TPO primate clade appears here as a polytomy as the branch lengths are extremely short, however, this is in fact resolved with a low Bootstrap of 56%. The star symbol denotes those branches that were treated as foreground in the selection analysis. (b) The analysis of the resolved phylogeny using gene tree species tree reconciliation method implemented in GeneTree. The large filled circles represent gene duplication events, and the red branches indicate gene losses.
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Droid X vs. Samsung Captivate
Motorola Droid X vs. Samsung Captivate
And since both the Droid X and Captivate are being released this week (July 15 and 18, respectively), we thought now would be a good time to give you the lowdown on how these two phones compare. Check out the chart, and our breakdown after the jump.
Though we don't yet have any details on battery life or tethering options through AT&T, we do know that the Captivate pwns when it comes to display quality, but comes up short in the camera department.The Captivate features a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen, which gives richer color, quality, and depth than the Droid X's 4.3-inch LCD screen. Additionally, the Captivate supports six-axis sensing (just like in the iPhone 4), while the Droid X comes stocked with a three-axis accelorometer and a proximity sensor. This means the Captivate will be more responsive to your mobile gaming. Bonus — the captivate supports 3D graphics and sound to produce better quality games, movies, and music.
Where the Droid X really pulls ahead is the camera and video department. The Droid X comes with an 8MP camera, dual-LED flash, HD 720p video recording (with image stabilization, slow and fast speed modes), and HDMI out so you can watch your videos on an even bigger screen. The Captivate is missing all of these features, save the HD 720p recording, and comes with a single 5MP camera. As for price, both of these phones will be $200 after any rebates. If you're a big mobile TV or movie watcher, you can't beat the quality of the Captivate's Super AMOLED screen, but my money is still on the Droid X to give a better all-around mobile experience.