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Toshiba REGZA 32HL67U Review – 32-inch LCD HDTVOriginally Reviewed on August 20th, 2007
The Toshiba 32HL67U is a 32-inch, glossy black, widescreen LCD HDTV. It has comparable features to similar sized LCD TV's and could be a great option if found at the right price. The 32HL67U is a great looking HDTV set and would look sharp in any type of room. It's medium sized makes it popular for smaller TV viewing room, bedrooms and offices. The Toshiba brand doesn't quite match up to the higher-priced big names like Sony or Pioneer but for the average TV viewer the Toshiba REGZA 32HL67U will still look sharp and amazingly better than your old tube TV.
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- Resolution: 720p (1366×768)
- Aspect Ratio: 16×9 Widescreen
- Response Time: 8ms
- Viewing Angle: 178 degrees
- Built-in Tuners: ATSC/NTSC/QAM
- Speakers: 2 (built-in), SRS, WOW
- Component Inputs: 2
- Composite Inputs: 2
- S-Video Inputs: 1
- HDMI Inputs: 3
- PC Compatible: Yes
- Picture-in-Picture: No
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"The Toshiba brand doesn't quite match up to the higher-priced big names like Sony or Pioneer…" Ouch. As the owner for a $4K Toshiba HDTV, I picked Toshiba for its quality over those brands.
I bought two of these for my kids at x-mas, and now one lost the picture. I have had many Toshiba products for many years, and never had a problem. Now I will never buy another, and recommend that you stay away. I have read other reviews with the same problem, and Toshiba should have recalled this TV and given a refund. Instead, they chose to treat their loyal customers badly, and trashed their reputation. I am going to the store where I bought these TVs and request that they stop selling Toshiba. Does anyone know where I can sell the other TV that we have to some other sucker?


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Seventy seven year old Allan Stewart Konigsberg, aka Woody Allen, the acclaimed American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician has a great deal in common with the 80 year old Rajmund Roman Thierry Polanski, aka Roman Polanski, the acclaimed Polish/French director, actor, producer, and writer.
The chief distinction between them is that Polanski is a convicted pedophile still on the loose and Allen merely abused "his" child and seduced Mia Farrow's 19 year old adopted daughter, his stepdaughter Soon-Yi Previn, when he was 56, took nude photographs of her, and is still bragging about his sick conquest.
Allen's history of "romantic involvements" with underaged girls such as 17 year old high school student Stacey Nelkin as well as his years of psychotherapy should have been a tip-off to Farrow that he had a screw loose somewhere before she began a twelve year unmarried relationship, but they didn't. During those years, they adopted Dylan Farrow (aka Eliza, aka Malone) and Moshe Farrow (aka Moses) and allegedly conceived a biological child, Satchel Farrow (aka Ronan Seamus Farrow).
Celebs and their issue seem to like "aka's."
Allen didn't legally adopt Soon-Yi Farrow Previn and following their split in 1992, after he admitted his incestuous relationship with Soon-Yi and after Farrow discovered nude photographs Allen had taken of her, Farrow and Allen split–but not before an ugly, drawn out, public custody battle. Farrow alleged Allen had sexually molested 7 year old Dylan and won full custody of their children. Allen was denied visitation rights with Dylan/Eliza/Malone, was allowed to see Ronan only under court supervision, and Moses chose not to see Allen at all.
Enter Woody Allen's "children" and his bloody hands.
In a 20-year follow-up after Vanity Fair's Maureen Orth report on that incestuous abuse case, Orth queried Farrow on her human-rights activities, her relationship with Frank Sinatra, life at home with her 14 adopted and biological children, and the incest scandal that nearly destroyed her family. Orth spoke to eight of Farrow's children, including Dylan/Eliza/Malone, who gave her first public comments on her sexual molestation by the man who called himself her father.
The revelations in Orth's interviews of Mia Farrow discussing her relationship with Frank Sinatra, saying Sinatra was the great love of her life, and admitting, "We never really split up" are going viral whereas the truth that Woody Allen "got some blood on his hands" has been given short shrift.
When Orth asked Farrow whether Allen's alleged biological son, Ronan Seamus Farrow, may really be Frank Sinatra's son, she responded,"Possibly," a response equivalent to "Who cares?" Orth also asked Nancy Sinatra about Ronan's being treated as if he were a member of the Sinatra clan, Sinatra cryptically answered in an e-mail, "He is a big part of us, and we are blessed to have him in our lives."
Frankly, who cares whether Sinatra or Allen impregnated Mia Farrow 20 years ago! Shouldn't our focus and concern be on her kids and the damages Woody Allen inflicted on them? Shouldn't we be focusing more on the fact Hollywood still regards Allen as one of its icons in spite of his serial, sexual molestation of a seven year old child?
Dylan, who now refuses to even say Allen's name, observed: "There's a lot I don't remember, but what happened in the attic I remember. I remember what I was wearing and what I wasn't wearing. The things making me uncomfortable were making me think I was a bad kid, because I didn't want to do what my elder [Woody Allen] told me to do. . . I was seven. I was doing it because I was scared. I wanted it to stop." She believed "This was how fathers treated their daughters. This was normal interaction, and I was not normal for feeling uncomfortable about it."
The ever-persistent, incredibly ballsy Allen subsequently contacted her twice by mail. The second time occurred during Dylan's senior year in college. A stuffed manila envelope arrived, filled with pictures of him and Dylan, with a phony return address, and a letter which read, "I thought you'd want some pictures of us, and I want you to know that I still think of you as my daughter, and my daughters think of you as their sister. Soon-Yi misses you."
The letter was signed, "Your father."
Dylan understandably wondered, "How do your daughters think of me as their sister? How does that work?"
Farrow's son Fletcher Previn has obliterated Allen from every family photo and edited him out of every family video. His reasoning: "We can look at them [now] and be reminded of the good and not be reminded of the bad." Regarding his family's reaction to the Soon-Yi scandal, he and his many siblings "thought of [Allen] as another dad. It can disrupt your foundation in the world. . . . There were casualties, who were totally derailed. It had a different impact on everyone, but everyone had a reaction."
Fletcher cited his sister Lark Previn, the Vietnamese-born adopted daughter of Farrow and Previn and mother of two girls. She died on Christmas Day, 2008 at 35 apparently from a tattooist's AIDS-infected needle. Fletcher added, "I really do think he's [Woody Allen] got some blood on his hands." (http://tinyurl.com/pbt3qrv)


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This test measures the amount of calcium in urine. All cells need calcium in order to work. Calcium helps build strong bones and teeth. It is important for heart function, and helps with muscle contraction, nerve signaling, and blood clotting.
See also: Calcium - blood
Urinary Ca+2
A 24-hour urine sample is generally needed:
A urine collection bag is needed for infants. This is a plastic bag with an adhesive paper on one end. Wash the area around the child's urethra. For boys, place the entire penis in the bag and attach the adhesive to nearby skin. For girls, place the bag over the labia and secure into place with the adhesive. You can place a diaper over the bag.
This procedure may take a couple of attempts -- lively infants can displace the bag. The infant should be checked frequently. Change the bag after the infant has urinated into it. Drain the urine into the container provided by your health care provider and deliver it to the laboratory or doctor's office as soon as possible.
Your doctor may tell you to temporarily stop taking any drugs that may affect the test results.
Drugs that may increase urine calcium measurements include antacids, anticonvulsants, carbonic anhydrase inhibitor diuretics, and loop diuretics.
Drugs that may decrease urine calcium measurements include adrenocorticosteroids, birth control pills, and thiazide diuretics.
NEVER stop taking any medicine without first talking to your doctor.
If the 24-urine collection is being taken from an infant, a couple of extra collection bags may be necessary.
The test involves only normal urination, and there is no discomfort.
This test is used to diagnose or monitor diseases of the parathyroid gland or kidneys, which can cause a calcium control disorder. If there is not enough calcium in your body fluids, it can lead to hyperexcited nerves and muscles. Too much calcium has the opposite effect.
The most common type of kidney stone contains calcium. This test may be used to diagnose such stones.
If a person is eating a normal diet, the expected amount of calcium in the urine is 100 to 300 mg/day. If eating a diet low in calcium, the amount of calcium in the urine will be 50 to 150 mg/day.
Note: mg/day = milligrams per day
High levels of urine calcium may be due to:
Low levels of urine calcium may be due to:
There are no risks.
Wysolmerski JJ, Insogna KL. The parathyroid glands, hypercalcemia, and hypocalcemia. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 266.
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Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) demanded details last Thursday from Brian McKeon -- President Obama's pick to take over as principal deputy undersecretary of Defense for policy -- to help determine whether the Obama administration delayed notification to Congress that Russia might have violated the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
The lawmakers suspect Obama officials of having dragged their heels on transparency about Russian compliance as senators considered in 2010 whether to ratify the New START nuclear-arms reduction pact with Moscow.
However, McKeon said indications of the possible Russian intermediate-range arms-control violation began surfacing just as Congress was considering approving the separate strategic-reductions pact three years ago.
New START went on to be ratified in both nations and will take Washington and Moscow down to 1,750 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 fielded delivery systems apiece.
Speaking at his Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Tuesday, McKeon said U.S. intelligence agencies might have "flagged" the possible violation "literally the day before" the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted on ratifying New START in late 2010.
"I believe ... that the [intelligence community] and the executive branch were committed to providing timely information about potential concerns," McKeon said.
Wicker suggested, though, that this week once again McKeon is providing pivotal information too late for senators and their staffs to handle.
The GOP lawmaker said he and Ayotte had received McKeon's reply to their questions at 8 p.m. on Monday of this week, "after most staff had left and after the Senate had finished voting and people were on their way home."
He said congressional aides would have needed extra time to determine how the lawmakers could follow up on the classified answers during McKeon's public nomination hearing on Tuesday.
"If I were cynical ... I would question the fact that the response was delivered so late and ... in such a way that we're really not able to get into the answers to our questions in this hearing," Wicker groused.
McKeon blamed bureaucratic hurdles for his delayed response.
"One of the great joys of working in the executive branch as opposed to the legislative branch is, you get to coordinate your letters with about 50 people. And the clearance process took longer than I would have liked," he said.


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BARNSTABLE — As Cape Cod's population has grown and changed over the past 30 years, so has its regional government.
In 1980, the budget for Barnstable County, which includes the Cape's 15 towns but operates independently, rung in at $7.4 million and the county's total population was less than 148,000.
After a spike in development and steady growth through the 1990s, the region's population peaked near 230,000 by 2003. The county's budget likewise grew (even when adjusted for inflation) as it took on more responsibilities, including the Cape Cod Commission in 1990, and staff.
During that time, however, the county eliminated other services, including a hospital and a plane used to patrol for brush fires. And in 2009 the sheriff's office, which had been funded by the state through the county, was officially transferred to state control.
This year, after some contentious back and forth, county commissioners and the Assembly of Delegates — the county's executive and legislative branches respectively — passed a budget of nearly $28.5 million.
While the population has declined by about 15,000 since its high water mark a decade ago, the county's budget has continued to bounce upward and, while some say this is government growing simply because that's what government does, county officials and supporters on both sides of the aisle say towns and taxpayers are getting a lot of bang for their buck. Despite frequent disagreements over its structure and relationship with agencies like the Cape Light Compact, the county, they say, is worth it.
"When I got there in the late eighties it was all about potential for the county to be undone," said former county commissioner and state senator Robert O'Leary.
There was a statewide move to get rid of county government, O'Leary said. Most county governments in Massachusetts were abolished in the 1990s with only six of 14 remaining in the southeastern part of the state (Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket, Plymouth, Bristol and Norfolk.) Barnstable County is considered among the strongest of those remaining.
In addition, Barnstable County was struggling under the cost of running a hospital in Pocasset it owned, he said.
"In some ways the level of government was in a lot of trouble," he said.
Then-county treasurer Mary LeClair remembers having to explain that the hospital was losing $1 million a year and would need to be shut down.
"We've got to put 106 people out of work," she told commissioners. "If we don't, the county is going to be gone in three years."
The problems sparked one in a slew of efforts since then to redefine the county.
Decisions such as closing the hospital helped the county survive and even paved the way for other opportunities, LeClair said.
Meanwhile the county has continued to provide a host of services like the fire and rescue training academy in Barnstable, services at Children's Cove for children who have been sexually abused, and the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, she said.
"If each one of the towns had to duplicate what the county does for the towns, they'd have to hire five to seven people," LeClair said.
The county's growth is a balancing act, according to LeClair and Cape Cod Commission Executive Director Paul Niedzwiecki.
"It is definitely a pendulum that swings back and forth," Niedzwiecki said. "At the commission we're just trying to balance that."
To do so, the regional land use agency has changed how it hires employees, Niedzwiecki said.
"Government isn't the kind of place anymore where you just hire somebody and somebody has a job for life," he said.
Instead the commission hires are based more on specific projects, he said.
That change has coincided with a shift for the agency from a regulatory focus to a planning focus, Niedzwiecki said.
The new focus requires more interaction with the towns and employees who can reach out to facilitate that, he said.
It used to be that the planners at the commission would all be doing regulatory work, he said. Now the regulatory department includes only three people and the planners are planning, including in multidisciplinary teams on so-called reset projects, where towns are trying to make changes to a particular area, largely driven by economic development goals, Niedzwiecki said.
The number of people working at the commission fluctuates depending on the projects underway, Niedzwiecki said. Currently there are 38 people working there, only three more than in 1991, a year after its creation.
The total number of county employees has also fluctuated recently from 410 in 2006 to 378 in 2013, according to figures provided by county administrator Michael Brillhart. (The earlier figure does not include employees of the sheriff's office which would have counted as county employees at that time.)
"Our budget really has not changed in terms of personnel," said Mary Pat Flynn about her six years on the three-member board of county commissioners. "I think we added a few personnel and (information technology.) That was consistent with our strategic plan."
The county has repeatedly reassessed its operations, Flynn said.
As a result of the county's strategic plan and the development of OpenCape, a federally funded broadband project supported by the county, there has been an expansion of the county's IT staff, she said.
The Cape Cod Commission, which is often the focus of critics, has reduced its staff over the past year, Flynn said. (Since its creation in 1991 the cost of the commission to the average household has gone from $15 to $20 per year but, when adjusted for inflation, it has actually decreased, Niedzwiecki said.)
A periodic personnel reclassification study helps determine whether employee salaries are aligned with the market, Flynn said, adding that salary decisions are also a balancing act.
"You want to make sure you can attract people to the jobs that you want to fill," she said. "You don't want to pay people too much or too little."
There were 10 county employees who made more than $100,000 in 2013, according to data provided by the county.
Flynn said her biggest concern is that the county's revenue is not sustainable because it's tied to the Registry of Deeds excise tax. County funds come from revenue collected on the sale of property, assessments to the Cape's 15 towns and grants.
The county's budget shouldn't be directly correlated to the Cape's population, Flynn said.
"It's more (based) on how much the towns change," she said.
Some believe the county should become larger, at least in its regulatory influence if not its budget or number of employees, said Leo Cakounes, Harwich's delegate on the 15-member Assembly and a candidate for county commissioner.
"There's those of us like myself that don't want to see that happen," he said.
Some people think the county (despite repeated denials by county officials) wants to do more than just help with wastewater management planning, it wants to act as a regional authority in the process, Cakounes said.
While he doesn't think that's the case, the Cape Cod Commission and county have overstepped in areas like the regulation of fertilizer, said Cakounes, a farmer who served on the commission for six years. (Others counter that a planning district the commission established for fertilizer actually gave regulatory control back to the towns.)
While he had high praise for his work, Cakounes said Niedzwiecki has too much responsibility and the county commissioners should be more proactive.
"The unfortunate thing is it all boils down to the leadership of the Barnstable County government," he said. "That's the county commissioners."
Department heads have done exceptional work despite the "lack of leadership," Cakounes said.
"I would not be rushing to bring somebody in to do a salary review," he said about pay scale for county employees. A review might show that employees are underpaid, he said.
Cakounes, who is among a group of delegates on the Assembly which has repeatedly butted heads with the county commissioners on a variety of issues, said any hiring problems at the county can be traced back to the leadership of the commissioners.
O'Leary said he's concerned that infighting between the Assembly and commissioners will lead to services moving away from the county, something that is already happening with the Cape Light Compact.
"To me that puts the whole thing at risk," he said. "If you don't have sort of critical mass there of useful and valuable and critical functions people will start to ignore you. Your ability to do good things in the future will be undercut."
Where some people see challenges, Mark Forest — former chief of staff for U.S. Rep. William Delahunt and Cakounes' opponent in the race for county commissioner — sees opportunities.
Among the recommendations in a regional wastewater management plan being developed by the Cape Cod Commission is the use of aquaculture as a tool to help clean local water bodies, Forest said.
The county might increase the assistance it already provides in this area as well as in monitoring the performance of wastewater management systems, Forest said.
"Why can't the Cape be a center for clean water innovation?" he said. "Cape Cod could be the Napa Valley of oyster or shellfish propagation."
The county could help facilitate and advocate for research funding as well as become even more involved than it already is in coastal issues like how to address the skyrocketing cost of flood insurance, he said.
But adding services or programs should be balanced by taking away programs that are no longer relevant or useful and by leveraging funding from outside the county, he said.
There has been a lot of thoughtful discussion about the future of the county recently, including a special commission on county governance, Forest said.
Although the Assembly rejected a recommendation by that group to merge its membership with the commissioners, those discussions produced a lot of useful information about county operations, Forest said.
Former Assembly delegate Charlotte Striebel said, despite some mixed emotions about the Cape Cod Commission, she's satisfied with the way the county operates.
"I think the county is moving with the times," she said. "I don't think I'd change anything."
The county is evolving, LeClair said.
"It's grown," she said. "It's not a teenager anymore."
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Google's strengths may also be its weaknesses, according to the Forbes article "How To Beat Google To Tech Talent." Google is seen by many as the ultimate employer, and Google has developed a lengthy hiring process to make sure it gets the "best of the best" talent.
A recruiter shares with Forbes some ways that Google's high standards and lengthy hiring process can actually be seen as vulnerabilities to be exploited by other companies trying to hire the limited talent available:
- Google's consensus-driven hiring process is slow. Act quickly and give limited-time job offers.
- Google has high academic standards. Target students outside the top tier or those from non-elite schools.
- Google's consensus-driven approach introduces the potential for one person to sink a candidate. Target socially awkward but brilliant engineers.
- Google stockholders reacted negatively to its recent hiring binge. Expect their pace to slow.
- Google stock shot high since its IPO, but may be leveling out. Give new hires an opportunity to share in your potential growth.


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Doctors say you should get flu shot, dispel myth it will make you sick
Jaywalking pedestrian in critical condition after he was hit by car on Lem Turner Road
Owner of new Jacksonville home: 'I have mold and puddles on my windows'
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office: 3 shot, 2 in serious condition after shooting on the Westside
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Vice President Joe Biden: President Barack Obama may take 'executive action' on gun control
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First images of giant squid in the deep are released
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis will not be returning for a second term, President Obama said Wednesday.
the last four years, Secretary Solis has been a critical member of my
economic team as we have worked to recover from the worst economic
downturn since the Great Depression and strengthen the economy for the
middle class," Obama said.
Meanwhile, White House officials said
three other Cabinet members will remain after the president's next term
starts Jan. 20: Attorney General Eric Holder, Health and Human Services
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric
In disclosing her resignation to Labor Department
employees, Solis trumpeted their work on job training and community
college programs. She also cited programs devoted to veterans
employment, worker safety, and reclaiming lost wages.
President Obama took very bold action, millions of Americans are back to
work," said Solis, a former member of Congress from California. "There
is still much to do, but we are well on the road to recovery, and middle
class Americans know the president is on their side."
Obama did not announce a replacement.
Solis is the fifth Cabinet-level to announce his or her resignation prior to the start of Obama's second term on Jan. 20.
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta,
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and Environmental Protection Agency
administration Lisa Jackson have also announced their departures.
president has nominated Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to replace Clinton at
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Elgin South Elementary School's fifth and sixth grade choir performed during closing ceremonies Sunday. / Bill Sinden/The Marion Star
Part of progress is saying good-bye to the old.
That farewell took place Sunday at Elgin South Elementary and Elgin Junior High schools. Alumni and residents of Prospect and Green Camp gathered as school officials and former students encouraged them to cherish their memories.
They also spoke of progress as Elgin Local Schools prepares to open a new K-12th grade building across from Elgin High School on Keener Road South.
We are coming to an end of an era here, said Elgin Superintendent Bruce Gast, who attended school in Prospect. All of us have some great memories. This building has served thousands of students through the years.
All things must end, he said as he talked of needed changes such as handicapped accessibility, air conditioning and wiring to handle new technology that will be in the new building. Its time to say so long to the Prospect building. You served your community well.
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Sheets of history handed out at Elgin South dated back more than a century, when the Prospect Grade Building opened in the 1880s. One page told how students rode wagons to school when the Prospect junior and senior high school building opened up in 1922, featuring 30 classrooms, six laboratories, a motion picture booth and a science lecture room.
Bill Isler, who attended Prospect High School until his senior year, remembered ordering class rings his junior year then being told his senior year would be spent at the new Elgin High School.
Its the school that we remember, but to me its the people, our teachers, classmates, he said. When we tell a story about the school, you cant tell it without people.
Former student Jean Kibler, whose maiden name was Schultz, shared memories, such as being a cheerleader.
While calling Elgin Souths closing sad, she said its great they are moving forward.
Elgin Junior High
Green Camp High School, built in the 1890s and demolished in 1969, stood near the parking lot of what is now Elgin Junior High School. The Green Camp Elementary School, built in 1953, became Elgin Junior High School when Green Camp, LaRue and Prospect schools consolidated to become Elgin Local School District in 1962.
Elgin alumnus Roger Ruth talked about how Green Camp Township once had 13 different one-room school buildings. He offered what he called an eulogy to Elgin Junior High School, remembering his time at different Elgin schools that are being torn down.
I think this community will mourn the loss of this school, he said. It is part of the fabric of this community.
Ruth commended the school for completing its mission and shared some scripture, saying, It is written that, God does not dwell in temples made with hands.
The future
The new building will open Sept. 3 for the 2013-14 school year. Auctions of old supplies will be held at the high school on June 8, junior high on June 15, Elgin South on June 22, and Elgin West Elementary on June 29. Items to be auctioned include loose furnishings, such as cafeteria tables, kitchen equipment, chalkboards, chairs, tables, desks, and music and physical education equipment.
Elgin South, Elgin West, Elgin Junior High and the academic portion of Elgin High School will be torn down this summer.
Duane Basel, a 1962 graduate of Green Camp High School, joined others in saying good-bye Sunday. He said he had hoped there would be plans to use the building for another purpose once the school is gone.
Basels concern includes what will happen to the village, considering much of the activity in Green Camp is centered around the school building.
You take the schools out of a community, the community steps back and somewhat goes stagnant, he said. Its part of progress. To go with progress, you got to leave some things behind.
To remain vibrant, Basel said, villages will need to identify other sources of pride.
Farewells to the schools continue when the LaRue Alumni Club and Elgin Local Schools hold a closing ceremony at 3 p.m. June 1.
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A lawsuit filed against South Dakota's Attorney General by a Watertown man was dismissed today.
Charles W. Haan, of Watertown, filed a lawsuit against the Attorney General to certify Haan as a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, or to compel the Attorney General to order Secretary of State Jason Gant to certify Haan as a candidate.
A circuit court judge dismissed the lawsuit citing "that there is no law, and no arguable extension of the law, which would under any theory, authorize a circuit court to order the A.G. to order the Sec. of State to do anything."
In 2013, Haan filed a lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem. In court documents, he claimed that Rep. Noem breached the oath of office by not "ending federal funding of Planned Parenthood," among other charges.


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Lew Spence was born in Ashland, OH on January 17, 1928. On June 24, 2013 he joined his lovely wife, Jackie and his two daughters, Janny Lou, and Robin, and sister Gloria, (along with his dog Tracker.)
After high school he enlisted in the army during the Korean War. He served in the 82nd Airborne for six and a half years with one year in Korea. He continued his service by being a lifelong member and supporter of the V.F.W and the American Legion. He started his 19 year construction career by working for Lockman Drywall, Manley Sheetmetal, and Graham Heating and AC. His last job was working for the City of Fort Collins at the waste water plant. He retired in 1993.
After retirement he spent his time on his small farm raising animals and collecting. What did he collect? The better question is: what didn't he collect? Those that knew Lew understood that there was not a deal too good to pass up. He might have invented the phrase "One man's junk is another man's treasure". If he knew you needed something he would often show up a little later with exactly what it was you were looking for. His other love was animals and much like his collecting he raised a Noah's Ark variety of animals, for which he just had them to raise and enjoy for himself.
He is survived by his daughters, Mickey and Tina; sons, Russell and Doug; ten grandkids and 5 great grandkids; and his two sisters, Pat and Judy. All of whom he loved very much and would do anything for. Heaven had better have a lot of room because knowing Lew he will resume his love of collecting for all eternity. He will be greatly missed by all of his family and friends that have had the pleasure of knowing Lew Spence.
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Minnesota Gov. Dayton Wakes From Long Nap, Asks "Whatever Happened to That Vikings Stadium Deal?"
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The governor of Minnesota, Mark Dayton, apparently was snoozing last May when he signed into law the legislation approving a publicly-financed $1 Billion stadium for the Minnesota Vikings and its billionaire owner Zygi Wilf. Either Dayton was unconscious or we now have a text-book case of the perils of letting corporate lobbyists prepare "public" legislation for your signature.
You really ought to read the frickin' bill before you sign it.
Dayton surprised everyone Tuesday when he issued a blast from his Capitol Man Cave ripping the Vikings for raising the prospect of imposing "personal seat license" fees on Vikings ticket holders, an increasingly common tactic among NFL owners to raise large sums of cash by soaking their fans, making them pay $20,000 per seat, or more just for the right to buy game tickets. It's an odious practice, a naked and transparent bit of blood-sucking. And Dayton was right to denounce it.
But he was a little late. Six months, really.
Dayton, like his late mentor and role model, Gov. Rudy Perpich, has a penchant for getting wild hairs, and for going off on something without warning. But this explosion over seat licenses has to be filed under I, for Inexplicable. The only explanation I can think of is that Mark Dayton was not paying attention during all those closed-door meetings and high-powered strategy sessions last spring when he was leaning heavily on his staff, the Vikings and the Legislature to get a stadium deal done.
He succeeded. But maybe he just now is tumbling to what he actually accomplished. This is no "People's Stadium." It is, in fact, the "Rich People's Stadium" that he said Tuesday he did not want to build. The stadium deal, shamefully cobbled together in secret despite the clear requirements of Minnesota's Open Meeting laws, will not require the Minnesota Vikings to put up one penny of money they already have: All the team costs associated with the project will come from new revenues brought in by the deal — naming rights, private suites, advertising and, yes, seat licenses.
Dayton acts as if he never heard of the seat-license part of the stadium deal until a Sunday story in the StarTribune mentioned fan opposition to being shaken down by the richest pro sports league in the world and forced to pay through the nose for their seats just to pay more for actual tickets.
"I strongly oppose shifting any part of the team's responsibility for those costs onto Minnesota Vikings fans," Dayton thundered in a letter to the Vikings. "I said this new stadium would be a 'People's Stadium,' not a 'Rich People's Stadium.' "
Bully!, as Teddy Roosevelt would have said. But, again, way late. If Dayton had stood tough for that principle last spring, the stadium deal he signed would not now be stinking in his nose.
That outrageous seat-license deal did not just pop up, Mr. Governor. It was being discussed in preliminary stadium talks a year ago. I wrote about it on this blog before Dayton signed the deal, including it in an analysis of what an obvious Give-to-the-Rich boondoggle the stadium bill had become. Other comment was rare from a compliant media that was pushing more for the NFL than for the truth. But Legislators understood that the bill included seat licenses, and some — notably Sen. John Marty – tried to stop the bandwagon.
Marty, a DFLer, said this about the provision allowing the Vikings to sell seat licenses in the publicly financed football stadium: "It's like asking the public to build a municipal golf course, then letting someone turn it into an exclusive country club."
Exactly. Where was the governor of Minnesota? Hellooooooo?
The bottom line is that Mark Dayton's righteous anger is six months late and a billion dollars short, and so is his sudden crusade on behalf of the Little Guy. The Vikings are understandably baffled. The man who held their hand last spring has now given it a slap, and pretended he knew nothing about his own deal.
Like the Vichy cop in Casablanca, Mark Dayton is shocked! Shocked to find gambling going on in here.


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The slide occurred Nov. 4.
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Kibbeh Balls without Stuffing
I guess the craving for kibbeh is not over yet :) This time it's with meat but without the stuffing. The recipe of kibbeh balls appetizers with stuffing is already posted in the appetizers section. This time I had some kibbeh left and decided just to make balls and fry them without the stuffing for a change. I like to have them with a green salad and some fries.
Kibbeh ingredients: (or any leftover kibbeh)
1 pound/lb or about 500g of minced lean meat
2 cups of fine bulgur wheat
1 onion chopped/diced
1 teaspoon of allspice or 7 spices
Salt & pepper (about half a teaspoon of each)
1/3 cup of vegetable oil
Wash the bulgur and drain, mix with the lean meat, onions, spices, salt & pepper and place in the food processor on low or mix by hand until the ingredients combine together then place in a bowl. Make the balls and fry them in vegetable oil until cooked and golden brown. Serve with fries and salad or just salad. I suggest making sandwiches like Falafel style sandwiches or wraps with greens, pickles and the dressing of your choice.
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5 comments:
- farida said...
Mag, long time to blogosee:) Thanks for stopping by my blog. Been so bad about checking other blogs lately. Your kibbeh looks and sounds delicious. I love kibbeh, although I have tried the Turkish version of it. I would love to make it the Lebanese way too. One day:)
- April 28, 2010 at 5:20 AM
- MAG said...
Thanks Farida :) It is kinda similar to the Turkish one. Glad you like Kibbeh :)
- May 1, 2010 at 1:08 AM
- tasteofbeirut said...
Yummy! I love it it is easy to give up making kibbeh when it is time-consuming with the stuffing and all! So this way, no excuse!
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Did you know that Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) was originally featured on JR's hit single Make The Circle Bigger, but wasn't actually in the music video? Did you know that HHP has Mozambican roots? How about the fact that the motswako artist considers it bad luck to get out of bed using your left foot instead of your right?
Okay, that third bit is totally made up, but the first two are interesting facts about one of South Africa's most celebrated artists.
They are also facts that are uncovered in The Making of …, a mini-documentary series that airs on TopTV's Top One channel every Wednesday. Every week, this show takes a look at the life of a celebrity – be it a musician, a dancer, an actor and more – and brings you the information you may not have been aware of. What's really cool is that there are always stories behind the story, giving the featured celeb a multi-dimensional look.
You can expect to see the genesis of groups such as Freshlyground reminisced upon straight from the stable of horses' mouths. The ups and downs of Zolani and 'em will be chronicled. How the band actually have social responsibilities and a responsibility to themselves to stay true to their individuality in such a large, celebrated group.
Former pioneers of the Motherland Crunk shortlived sub-genre and now pop-rap duo Jozi are also put in the hot seat. We suspect they will have to explain their Destiny's Child-like swopping and changing of group members.
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After a recent discussion on the Connect Community about what a particular column was used for in Personify, Rob invited Patty Gannon, Senior Software Designer at TMA Resources, to talk about the Personify Data Dictionary. She talks about using the … more
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My first attempt at any close up work.
I'm new to dSLR photography, so this was taken with a standard 18-55mm lens and a tripod.
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A nice detailed image, the flower is a lovely colour!!! For a first attempt this is good... I feel however that there is a bit to much green around the flower which keeps drawing the eye to the surrounding. Maybe a tighter crop or one the allows for most green at the bottom would enhance this. Hopefullibg giving the flower a look of growing upwards. This angle just looks a wee bit flat, esp where the flower has so much texture and colour..
Also perhaps giving it a black bg would truly make this stand out
I do not mean to be overly critical as I do like this shot... I hope this helps a little??
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Excellent first attempt. I too thought a tighter crop would work better, plus some blurring of the background and some tonal contrast work to add impact to the flower - so I did a mod to show you what I mean.
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Lianna and LynneJoyce
Thankyou very much for the feedback and advice.
I haven't played around much with Photoshop or other editing software, so I wouldn't have been able to do what you've done with the shot. This is another area where I need to have a play around and try a few things out. I must admit though, it does make the whole shot look better.
I took this shot as part of my homework for a short "Introduction to dSLR Photography" course that I'm doing, but perhaps I'll print your one out instead hehe
Once again, thanks for the feedback.
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PLAY with Photoshop - its one of the best ways to learn, plus buying one of Scott Kelby's books on Photoshop for photographers. His language is very accessible and his lessons brilliant, well worth the investment.
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Hi, Neil, and welcome to the critique gallery. This is a good start and there are lots of helpful tips above and I'll add a few thoughts. Lynne's mod is excellent and a good point to aim for.
The composition could, I think, be improved in one of two ways. Coming in close and filling the frame with the flower is a good way to showcase its detail but it does mean that the areas above and below seem a bit redundant -- with that big, pink flower in the frame, nobody's going to be interested in looking at the background of leaves so a square crop makes more sense to me. Alternatively, step back or zoom out a bit and show the flower more in its environment. In that case, positioning the flower off-centre is likely to lead to a more interesting composition and the rule of thirds is a good place to start.
Sharpness is a bit of an issue here. Ideally, this sort of shot would be taken with the camera on a tripod because working close-up makes you more susceptible to camera shake. Close-up work also needs a narrower aperture (higher f-number) to get everything sharp because depth of field is limited when the distance to the subject is small. Here, the middle of the flower is reasonably sharp but the edges, being farther back, aren't quite in focus. I'd try to aim for an aperture of f/11 or so for a shot like this, which should give enough depth of field to get the whole flower sharp -- check the image on the back of the camera after shooting and zoom right in to see if everything's sharp. However, it will also slow your shutter by a factor of four, which means you'll either have to up the ISO and risk noise or will need a tripod to hold the camera still.
One disadvantage of using a narrower aperture is that the background will come more into focus. To be honest, I don't have a problem with the leaves in this shot, as the flower is strong enough to stand out. If you do want a cleaner background, here are two ways to do it with minimal use of an image editor. In many cases, a small amount of work at shooting time will save you a lot of work with the editor and that can be a big time saving. If you want a more out of focus background, try to get more distance between your subject and its background, which may or may not be possible. To get a completely clear background, hold a piece of card behind the flower -- black and white work well but so will any colour that complements the flower. If you can't hold the card in place, another option is to cut a slit to a small hole in the middle and mount the card on the stem. In that case, you'll need to clone out the slit for the final image but that's much less work than painting the whole background.
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David, many thanks for your feedback. The shot was taken with a tripod, but I think the issue with the Sharpness was due to the low f/5.6 aperture. I'll give it another go when we get some better light and try increasing the aperture to your suggested f/11. The flower was actually "borrowed" off a bouquest that I'd bought my fiance and it was placed outside on a Rhododendron bush to try and get some background. I'll get some coloured card and try that too. Hopefully you'll see some improvement with the pictures over the coming months.
Glad I followed someones advice and opted for the Critique instead of the Votes. Lots more helpful feedback.
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Ah, I thought the flower might not have matched the leaves. That also means you can mount the flower farther from the background to get a little more blur on it. On a tripod, shutter speed is irrelevant for static objects so you can always stick it on f/11, ISO-100 (for least noise) and shoot away, even if the shutter stays open for a second or two.
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ATLANTA — A 14-year-old student was wounded in a shooting at a middle school Thursday, and a suspect was taken into custody, authorities said. No other students were hurt.
Police swarmed Price Middle School just south of downtown Atlanta after reports of the shooting at 1:50 p.m., while a crowd of anxious parents gathered in the streets, awaiting word on their children. Students were being kept at the locked-down school some two hours after the shooting but television footage showed some of them being dismissed.
Atlanta police spokesman Carlos Campos said the wounded boy was taken "alert, conscious and breathing" to Grady Hospital. Atlanta Public Schools said on their website that the suspect also was a student at Price.
Calls to the school district were not immediately returned.
Atlanta Fire Cpt. Marian McDaniel said the teen was shot in the back of the head and a teacher was treated at the scene for minor cuts.
Shakita Walker, whose daughter is an eighth-grader at the school, said she received a text from her that said "Ma, somebody's shooting and somebody got shot." Walker, who works at another school, said she jumped in her car and was thinking "just hurry up and get there."
Walker said her daughter called to tell her that they were being kept in the gymnasium, but she said she was anxious to see her to make sure she was OK.
The fear and anxiety was palpable in the crowd, as one person yelled "Does anyone know what happened?"
Laquanda Pittman said she still hasn't heard from her sixth-grade son. She said she heard the news of the shooting on TV and immediately came to the school.
"All types of stuff went through my head. I'm wondering whether it was my child who got shot, is my child OK, did he see what happened?" Pittman said.
She said she just wants to see her son.
"As a parent, you just think you can send your child to school and you hope they come home OK," she said.
TrueLife 2 years, 9 months ago
I wonder what his family structure is. These little pranksters don't think about the next move. What's so serious that you need to take a life and give up yours in return. In this case, thank god his aim was bad, but now another young brotha lost in the system. Sad:( Wake up!
cherokeerock 2 years, 9 months ago
Not suprising in ATL. Someday the focus has to shift from the boys underwear showing in the classroom and focused on education. The parents who pay 1o,ooo a year for their daughters to go to private schools should be a wake up call. The money they have to invest to avoid the poor leadership in county schools says something to some of us.
maryinga 2 years, 9 months ago
Time for some parents to wake up and get in their kids business. Glad this young man is ok, listened to others talk about him and he sounded like a good kid. It's the good kids that are getting the worse end of all this. Get infored of what your kids are doing and saying.....I did!!
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So You Want to Negotiate A High-Tech Deal
I have been practicing law for approximately 25 years and concentrating my practice in the area of negotiating and drafting contracts for the purchase or sale of High Technology for the last 13 years. I recently came across Mark Grossman's guest blog posting in IP In Brief entitled, "A How-To Guide for Negotiating Tech Deals". This is a must read. If you are considering making any high-tech purchase, I highly recommend that you take the time to read this article in order to gain an insight and perspective that is little discussed but impacts your deal greatly. As a practitioner in this area, I found myself one early Saturday morning sitting in my office reading Grossman's article and shouting "Yes, Yes, Yes". I was fist-pumping and if anyone was near to me they would have gotten a high-five. His approach is straight-forward and no nonsense.
Andrew Berger's introduction sets the stage and reveals to the reader for the first time the concepts of "unwritten industry norms" and "choreographing your concessions around areas where you're not likely to win the battle anyway". Grossman starts his analysis by pointing out the obvious (i.e. the first drafts of the agreements are poorly written). I think this was my first "Yes" that I heard myself say out loud while reading in my office all alone. I can't tell you how many times I've received new templates or first drafts of proposed new agreements which were simply a mishmash of cuts and pastes from older useless documents. My second "Yes" and my first fist-pump was Grossman's admission that the sales teams are in charge of the deal. I freely admit, and in the spirit of full disclosure I happily accept that the sales team is the entity that brings the deal to me. Without them I would be out of work. However, Grossman points out, without actually stating it, that the sales team views the attorney as an obstacle that must be overcome. Perhaps it was the way he explained the process of requesting a revision to some contract language to more accurately describe the issue and then commented,
"All the while, I can feel the sales team seething at me because of my absurd requirement that the contract accurately state the deal".
That comment garnered fist pump number two and a loud chuckle. I would have enjoyed it if Grossman had discussed the mirror image on the buy side. I have represented both Buyers and Sellers. By the time the deal comes to me from the buy side (i.e. the Project Team), there is what is commonly called a "love affair" with the functionality of the proposed software package. In essence the Project Team "has been sold" and they know that they cannot live without having this software in their repertoire. As an attorney, I get that same glare from the Buyers when revisions for clarity are requested.
Grossman has a very salient section on the "Norms in the Industry". To put it simply, why waste your time arguing points that will not be changed. These "Norms" need to be understood simply due to their peculiarity. He has an excellent section explaining Warranties in the industry and how they differ from what would be expected. Limitations on Liability is another section worth reading because it goes against what a Buyer expects and readily requires from its vendors. I must confess it was good for me to read these sections simply because I have been so inculcated with these industry "Norms" that I needed a refresher on why outsiders would consider these absurd.
He concludes his article by stressing the practical side of mutuality. A software vendor can and usually does readily accept revisions to sections to make the obligations mutual. One must remember that the parties are usually starting from paper that was first drafted by the vendor and so the natural urge to make the language one-sided must be addressed and overcome where possible.


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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Apple's senior vice president for industrial design Jonathan Ive also spoke, these people said.
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NEW CASTLE, Ohio — A WKBN.com article has reported the death of Chico, a 6-year-old K-9 who was found unresponsive in the back of a cruiser over the weekend.
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London - Banks lending in the $15 billion (R157bn) diamond-financing industry are cutting the amount they will offer to clients amid fears that gem prices are rising too fast.
Antwerp Diamond Bank and ABN Amro Group, two of the biggest lenders to the industry, have reduced the amount they lend to 70 percent of rough diamond purchases from 100 percent, demanding that buyers of the stones front up more of their own cash.
"It relates to concerns that we have about the industry," Bruno Nelemans, the executive vice-president for strategy at Antwerp Diamond Bank, said yesterday. "The bank was not feeling happy about the pricing of rough diamonds compared to polished prices and diamond jewellery."
Diamond cutters, polishers and manufacturers are being squeezed as mining houses demand they pay more for rough stones, costs that have not been fully passed on as increased jewellery prices. De Beers, the biggest producer, has cut the discount between its selling prices and the secondary cash market since Philippe Mellier became chief executive in 2011.
"Over the last 12 to 18 months, we've seen major diamond producers adopt more aggressive pricing policies and we expect this to very much continue," Anish Aggarwal, a partner at Antwerp-based industry consulting firm Gemdax, said. "As trader profit margins are squeezed – in part by more aggressive producer pricing – banks are reassessing their exposure to the diamond industry."
De Beers sells diamonds at 10 events each year at a price and to customers selected by the Anglo American unit.
Under Mellier, the company has changed its pricing policy to discourage buyers from flipping rough stones instead of polishing them.
"Speculation hurts us as much as anyone," said Howard Davies, the commercial head for De Beers's global sales. "The banks have played a good role this year by not providing surplus liquidity."
Rough-diamond prices rose 10 percent last year as the US economy recovered and Chinese consumers bought more. Prices have more than doubled in the past five years, according to data from WWW International Diamond Consultants.
"They've pushed up prices to unreasonable levels," Nelemans said. "The manufacturing and trading industry is less profitable than it used to be and we feel it is affecting the quality of our lending, the quality of our assets and the quality of our balance sheet."
ABN Amro said it had reduced the ratio of its loans to better spread the risk between the bank and diamantaires, as cutters, polishers and manufacturers are known, to try to entice new lenders to the sector.
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