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John Kasich & Scott Walker on Ohio's Uphill Battle Against Govt. Unions
Six reasons why collective bargaining reform will likely fail in the Buckeye state.
1:21 PM, Nov 6, 2011 • By JOHN MCCORMACK
Although the polls show Ohio's collective bargaining reform headed for repeal in a referendum Tuesday, Governor John Kasich has no regrets he signed the legislation last March. "Everybody's got to face this sooner or later," Kasich told THE WEEKLY STANDARD in a phone interview. "This is part of an overall plan to get reform from top to bottom. It's extremely difficult. No one has tried this level of reform, that I'm aware of in the country, including Wisconsin."
"People will learn from this," Kasich says. "And we'll see what happens on Tuesday."
If an October 25 Quinnpiac poll is anywhere close to being accurate, the law will be struck down on Tuesday. "It's going to lose because this is a very large complex piece of legislation," says Quinnipiac pollster Peter Brown. "It has two major components. One component requires public employees to contribute [at least 10 percent of their wages for their pensions and 15 percent of health insurance premiums]. And that is popular. But the other part of the law—the part that the debate has most focused on—is about limitations on the ability of public employees to collectively bargain and certain other union rules."
The Quinnipiac poll showed voters opposed the law—which was never implemented—by a 57 percent to 32 percent margin. But dig a little deeper and what the poll really shows is that voters don't seem to understand what "collective bargaining" means. Fully 60 percent of Ohio voters support "requiring public employees to pay at least 15 percent of their health insurance premiums," but 56 percent of Ohioans oppose "limiting collective bargaining for public employees."
Here's the problem with that: In order to require public employees to pay more for their health insurance and pensions (which is popular), collective bargaining must be limited (which is unpopular).
For whatever reason, it has proven difficult in states like Wisconsin and Ohio to convey the message that limiting collective bargaining is necessary to help local governments manage their budgets. Perhaps when voters hear "collective bargaining" they simply think it's the ability of workers to petition management for better pay and benefits. What collective bargaining really means is that a union effectively has power to veto changes to union members' benefits--forcing local officials to choose between laying off public workers or raising taxes.
And yet, while a similar level of opposition to limiting "collective bargaining rights" existed in Wisconsin, the reform has succeeded, so far, in the Badger state. Why are the Ohio reformers much worse off? There are at least six significant differences between the two states.
(1) As Kasich emphasizes, Ohio's law is more comprehensive. It would affect police officers and firefighters, while Wisconsin's reform exempted those groups. The Ohio law "places our police and our communities at risk," according to one pro-union ad. In another ad, a paramedic says the law will cause "slower response times" during emergencies.
(2) Wisconsin Republicans were unified behind collective bargaining reform. Only one state senator voted against Walker's reform, but six state senators abandoned Kasich. That helped unions make the case that opposition to the bill was bipartisan.
(3) The Wisconsin law had been in effect for months--yielding positive results--by the time state senators faced recall elections in August, while the Ohio law was blocked once unions obtained enough signatures to get the issue on the ballot.
According to Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, this is "the number one reason why they're having trouble with their referendum" in Ohio. Prior to the Wisconsin recall elections, districts were able to balance their budgets pretty painlessly, while unions refused changes to their benefits in some districts where collective bargaining remained, forcing hundreds of teacher layoffs.
"The mayor of Milwaukee, who ran against me for governor, had said in March this is going to kill us, it's going to be devastating, it's going to be awful for our budget," Walker said. "Well, the day before the recall election, August 8, they had to acknowledge [a new report showing] their net savings for the city of Milwaukee came in the range between 11 and 17 million dollars per year."
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2010 IoN News Archive
- Professor Alan Thompson elected as Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology
- Michael J. Fox Foundation awards IoN researcher grant to advance Parkinson's research.
- Traces of the past: computer algorithm 'reads' memories
- Professor Lees awarded first Lord Brain Memorial Lecture
- Award for Professor Chris Frith
- Professor John Duncan appointed as NIHR Senior Investigator
- Queen Square Symposium success
- IoN brings the scientific method to London primary schools
- Robot trainer to benefit stroke patients
- Researchers to study how the brain 'rewires itself'
- St Peter's Medal for Professor Clare Fowler
- Elections to the Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowships announced
- New website to help stroke survivors learn to read again
- Queen's Birthday Honours
- Brain study reveals that agreement is rewarding
- Wellcome Success
- Win for IoN at Shape of Science Symposium
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- Lizard venom offers hope for Parkinson's disease patients
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- Developing a cell library resource for dementia research
- Stents may double the risk of stroke in patients over 70
- Scientists identify link between introspection and brain structure
- IoN scientist lands £329k funding boost from dementia research charity.
- Study results consistent with earlier estimates of vCJD prion prevalence in Britain
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Developing a cell library resource for dementia research
10 September 2010
Exciting research will develop an essential research tool for dementia scientists around the world.
Professor Martin Rossor (Department of Neurodegenerative Disease), and Professor John Hardy, Dr Selina Wray and Dr Patrick Lewis (Department of Molecular Neuroscience) have been awarded a grant by the Alzheimer's Society and BUPA to set up a new cell library (biobank) for inherited dementia patient cells.
"Much of our understanding of the biology of dementia has been discovered through studying people with rare causes of dementia caused by genetic traits, or mutations. This research cannot be carried out on living people, and there are many pitfalls associated with replicating these genetic traits in cells in the laboratory."
A new technique allows scientists to take a skin cell and transform it into a nerve cell. The resulting cells will have the exact genetic makeup as the person they originally came from.
The biobank will enable more and better research into the underlying causes of dementia, as well as the development of new treatments.
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Salt Lake City – On a trip to China in the summer of 2012, Michael Ferguson and Seth Anderson became immersed in the world of tea. The couple had enjoyed tea together for a while, but in China they were in the place where tea is grown and where tea is a huge part of the culture. They learned about the biology of tea plants and the ways tea has influenced the course of history for centuries. Soon they had an idea: What if they started their own tea business back home in Salt Lake City?
When they got back to Utah they wasted no time. Ferguson and Anderson began importing high-quality ingredients from tea-growing countries such as India, China, Japan and Sri Lanka and devising some of their own tea blends. In September 2012 they incorporated their business, The Queens' Tea, and by that November, they had begun selling at farmers' markets in Utah. Their first big break came the following January, when they were asked to cater a tea room at a venue in Park City during the Sundance Film Festival.
Since then, word has continued to spread and the range of products offered by the company has grown. It now operates from a small shop at 800 S. 423 West, Ste. A109. The two have made return trips to Asia, where they worked on a Japanese tea farm.
Ferguson and Anderson see tea as more than just another drink, and they see their business as more than a way to make money. "What drives us is the ability to bring people together through tea," Ferguson said. They like to point out that tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world, and that it is closely woven into the histories of many cultures and nations. The history of tea illuminates European colonial histories throughout Asia and Africa. Tea also facilitates social connection within and across cultures. "Tea becomes a prism to understanding culture," Ferguson said. "If you can talk tea, you can talk to everybody. Tea is the original social media."
The company's early success is likely due at least partly to the rise of foodie culture in recent years. People have become more interested in high-quality ingredients and exploring flavors they haven't before tried. Scientific studies have also shown tea to have a wide range of health effects, including providing antioxidants and benefiting the heart. For many customers, tea has become more than just a beverage; it's become a hobby and a way of life.
Tea involves so many variables—a huge range of flavors, ingredients, brewing techniques and equipment—that it lends itself well to obsession and collecting. Ferguson and Anderson are happy to be a resource for people who prefer their tea experience to involve more than just opening a Lipton box and soaking a tea bag. They offer tea classes, where participants learn about the different types of tea, the history and biology of tea, brewing methods and other tea-specific topics.
In addition to the commercial aspects of their business, Anderson and Ferguson are in the midst of developing a philanthropic wing of the business, called DigniTEA, with which they intend to raise funds to benefit organizations that serve homeless youth in Utah.
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Father: My 5 yrs. Old son is very naughty. He made all our female servants pregnant. Dr: how? Father: He took a pin & punched holes on all my CONDOMS
think i should tell you what people are saying….
think i should tell you what people are saying behind your back.……. Nice Ass!!!!!!!
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Lady: why didn't you tell me when I was removing my CLOTHES?
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Bigde rishte na bane to khudai kis kam ki,
Beshak apni manzil tk jana h,
Par jaha se apne na dikhe wo uchai kis kaam ki…
There have been many time in 2012
There have been many time in 2012
when I may disturbed you
troubled u
irritated u
bugged u
today I just wanna tell you
I plan to continue it in 2013.
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Banta calls up "white house"
Banta: "I want to be the next president of USA"
Obama: "Are you an idiot??"
Banta: "Why?? Is it Compulsory???
A Chini was in hospital
A Chini was in hospital.
SANTA went to meet him.
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SANTA went china 2 know thea meaning, that was-KUTTE OXYGN K PIPE SE PAIR Utha.
Anniversary k moqe pr SANTA
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Apni biwi k liay gulab ka phool le kr aya.
BV: Mujhay ye nai chahiye,
Koi soney ki cheez do.
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May the miracle of Christmas fill your heart with warmth and love.
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Contact Information Renae GreenExecutive Director205 N 3rd EMountain Home, ID 83647(208) 587-4334 Office(208) 587-0042 FaxSend us an E-mailTo become a member, please visit the Membership Information page and complete the application.Please visit the Membership Directory to view or contact current members.
History of Mountain Home Seven miles northeast of town on Highway 20, the pavement meets the Oregon trail and the junction of the old Kelton-Boise Stage Road. The junction was a Pony Express stop known as Rattlesnake Station, formerly Mountain Home. In the 1870s, Commodore Jackson purchased the station at Rattlesnake Springs and used it as a ranch. When the Oregon Short Line Railroad arrived in 1883, Jackson moved south to a 160-acre homestead, a place that eventually developed into the city of Mountain Home. In 1891, the county seat was moved from the mountain mining community of Rocky Bar to this desert setting.


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Looks nice and comfy!
I would love to get a memory foam mattress when my pillow-top mattress is warn out.
I would like to try the Harmony gel mattress. Next time I am in the market for a new mattress, I will definitely consider Aria. Thanks for the review.
I've often wondered if these would be comfortable. I really need to replace our mattress. This sounds like an alternative for now.
This mattress sounds like a dream come true! It's amazing how it arrives in such a small box, but I can see that once it fills with air, it's very nice and fluffy looking! I hope some day to be able to enjoy the luxury of a mattress like the Novosbed. Thanks so much for your review and enjoy your new bed
This sounds like a great mattress! Thanks for the review!
This bed looks super comfy. Not sure if I would be able to climb out of it in the mornings!
I like that you can pick from 4 different styles of this mattress. It sounds so comfortable and I could sure use a new mattress for my back . thanks for the information
Would love to try this. It sounds great and maybe it the mattress i been looking for
I have a bed similar to this. It's amazing that it comes in a box like that and puffs up when you take it out!
You are a great mom! Your son is lucky, because that mattress looks awesome!
I can understand your son's new-found love for his bed as a result of the memory foam. I "inherited" my mom's when she moved to Hawaii to be with her new grandson. It is heaven! Hopefully you'll be giving one away sometime soon, because she did wind up moving back here, and needs her own memory foam (she won't let me give it back to her). Thanks for the review, because it will help me focus on the right companies' products to look into.
i need the gel one! i bet any of them would feel good on my back though!
I really need to replace my sons mattress and this looks like it is really comfy. I will have to go check them out.
That's so cool how it comes rolled up! I need a new mattress too and this one sure looks comfy
i think this is a wonderful review ,maybe some day i can get me one these…
This is a great way to add some cushion to a mattress.
Now that looks like luxury! A pillow top and memory foam sounds fantastic. I can't believe they could package that into a small box. I would have thought they were delivering the wrong things! I need to buy my daughter a bed very soon. She has quickly outgrown her crib. I will definitely check out Novosbed when I search for a new one!
This looks so cozy! I have a memory foam pillow and love it, I'm sure this bed would make it even better!
I like the 3 layers of this mattress and really looks like it is so comfortable to sleep on. It is heavy because of the well constructed way it is made. I would love to own one of these!
This looks so inviting…
I really need a new mattress badly on our bed. We are hoping to get one this year, and I want a high quality memory foam
This looks pretty amazing…I'm like you, I'd get a new mattress to replace my relic, and end up giving it to one of my kiddos… Still, this looks like it would be well worth it…and since I plan on seriously mattress shopping this next year, this is definitely something to keep in mind!
This was a great review! I really will consider the Novosbed Aria Pillow-Top Memory Foam Mattress. I have been wanting a memory foam mattress for my aching back but financially, we couldn't afford it. This mattress is more in line with my finances. I loved how it sets up–the kid in me would be thrilled watching that mattress expand. I think I would choose the soft gel mattress in King size.
This looks sounds amazing! I've been seeing a lot on memory foam mattress and pillows popping up throughout the internet. The Novosbed Aria Pillow-Top Memory Foam Mattress sounds like a great product. I would love to try it out.
This is awesome and it comes in a compact box. Never thought that would be possible and be comfortable also.
This is kewl i would love to have one of these. My bed is hard as a rock , I never get a full night sleep toss and trun trying to get confortable
We just bought a new matress about 6 months ago. I tried several of the foam matresses and couldn't find one that I felt comfortable in. Not gonna lie – I think I'm more of a pillow top girl
I need the gel one, and may get one the old mattress gets worn enough
I have broken cartilage in my knees, going to physical therapy, and I believe this would do wonders for me.
I've slept on other foam mattresses. They are very good nowadays!
these are nice and comfy,I would fall fast asleep in it
This looks great, I would have to try it out for myself to see how my back would do.
what a well written review, whew .. made me want to find one to sleep on… the part about the wet sand captured my attention.. it sounds like my kinda bed , I only wish I could afford one, I am sure they are worth every penny , and it even has a 25 year warranty !! thanks
This sounds awesome! I really could use a new one…maybe one like this!
This mattress sounds so awesome I'm going to check into buying one!
Thankyou for the very interesting review. I am so glad your son is happy and can sleep so much more comfortable now..I know you are too! Moms always want whats best for their children and Yes we do put their needs before our own. That is what makes us so special! The mattress from your description seems awesome! I will keep this Brand in mind nest time we mattress shop..Take care & God Bless~
This pillow top memory foam mattress sound super comfy. We've been using a memory foam mattress for the past few years and I don't think I would ever want to go back to a regular mattress again.
This looks great. Love how it comes compact and then just "fluffs" up. Great addition to much needed sleep.
I would love to have one of these mattresses! My boyfriend and I both have terrible back pain, so this sounds like it would be the perfect mattress for us! I am so jealous of you for already having one!
I also sleep on my side, and have a horrible time getting up in the morning because of our saggy mattress – I have to sleep with one leg curled up and one straight out so I don't fall in…lol..and if I need to roll in the middle of the night, forget it! 20 min and lots of groaning… argh! I am already starting to shop now for the mattress I plan on buying at some point this next year – this sounds like a dream!
It looks very comfortable.
OMG it must be like heaven!
I desperately need a new mattress this year. This one looks so comfy, I might look into it!
I would never get out of bed! This is the perfect bed
This looks so comfortable and would be like sleeping on a cloud. My mattress I have now equates to sleeping on a hay bale..lol
Looks really comfortable. My mattress is lumpy in some places and I wake up all the time with a kink in my neck..I would love to try this one…thanks for the excellent review makes me want to go out and buy one.
Wonderful review! Makes me want one too!
It looks very comfy.
It looks so comfy!!!
This is so much more economical than buying a whole new bed. Something to look into.
We tried a tempurpedic bed once and it was absolutely horrible. It made my arms got to sleep at night, every night. I slept horribly and woke up incredibly sore. We have a memory foam hybrid bed now and it has been pretty great. I also have had back injuries so finding the perfect mattress will probably never happen for me.
I think my husband and I could sleep better on this one.
This would be so nice to try! Lots better than my lumpy mattress!
Very interesting that this mattress arrives in a box inside a space bag. I tend to not like memory foam mattresses as they tend to trap heat and, in turn, make me hot. If I would be in the market for one though, it seems like a good one.
It comes in a BOX? That's crazy!
You are a super nice mom to give your boy that mattress. I would have done the same thing, though.
I would love to have a foam memory mattress. With our old mattress I have to roll over and push myself up just to sit up and then push myself up to then stand up. My back and legs are aching almost every morning upon awakening. Wish I could afford a mattress like this.
You are a great mom to have given the mattress to your son. Thank you and your son for the great review.
I would love a new mattress. Especially a memory foam mattress. I have been married for 6 years now and been through probably as many mattresses. Not one of them new. We are poor so they have all been hand-me-downs.
I have heard good and bad things about the memory foam. I really want to get one
I have heard a lot of good things about memory foam mattresses. It sounds great.
We REALLY need a new mattress (if's been 20 years now!) and I know the "TECHNOLOGY" of bedding and mattresses has evolved since the last time we shopped for one. The need became even more pressing when we found out my Honey/Hubby needed a new / total hip transplant surgery! Having a quality mattress with the proper level of firmness could be very essential to his prompt successful recovery.
I like the way this one sounds (and I could sure use those pillows for my own back, neck & shoulder issues.) We will definitely be looking into this one before we make a final decision. Thanks for the helpful review!
I would love to have one of these mattresses. I've never owned a memory foam one before. I've always been worried about that "sinking" feeling. I do not like that at all. But from the review it seems as though it's not a problem. I toss and turn all night, and most mornings wake up with a stiff body. This might be our next mattress! Thanks for the review.
Thanks for the review! This sounds like a great mattress. I need a new mattress and this looks like a great option. It look so comfortable.
I love the way they ship it! Even with the weight, that would be SO much more convenient than trying to maneuver a regular mattress through the house and drag it up the stairs!
A Memory foam mattresses is what I want to get next time when I get one. I love my memory foam pillow so I'm sure the mattress is just amazing to sleep on too.
This mattress looks very nice. Thanks for the interesting and informative review!
I really need this bad and so does my husband
You are great salesman. I want one! I would have given my son my old mattress and taken the new one though. You are far too generous. Thanks for sharing!
This would be great to own! My husband and I just had to get rid of our old memory foam topper! It got wore out big time!
I would love to have this! Looks amazingly comfortable!
That does sound so comfy! I love the images of it springing to shape….I would never have guessed they could fit a mattress in that size box!
I could use that right now. I was coughing so hard that I pulled something in my rib cage. It hurts to move or take a deep breathe.
i wouldn't mind having a new mattress…
Thanks for the graphics that show the difference in the densities and thus firmness between the different mattresses. It makes shopping for a mattress much easier. I agree with you about being amazed the mattress came in a small package and plumped up to mattress size.
I LOVE how this bed gets delivered! Much easier than having to arrange for a mattress to be delivered from the department store!
i think this would work on our bed beacuse of the back with the weather si cold an shoulder lock up on my right side
looks like a really nice mattress. I like that it inflates in 4-6 hours from that small roll. My hubby and I have allot of back problems. This might be the answer!
We have a old mattress and could really use something like this.
WOuld love to try this mattress out. I have one that is about 5 years old and it seems like it is already worn out. Features on this one would give a good nights rest
My husband and i really need a new bed i just had surg. and we have a small mem foam topper but this sounds perfect maybe i wont wake up so stiff and tierd. Thank you
Oooh! This looks and sounds so comfy! I love the pictures you post! It's funny how a great mattress pad can change your whole sleeping experience! I like that you had Derek review it! =)
WOW. that is amazing they give you a few months to see if you like it. And a 25 year warranty is a LONG warranty! When you invest in something like this you'd like to know you are covered. I do wonder though if it emits a chemical smell when you first unwrap it. I have some family members that have purchased these type of covers and it was horribly smelly and had to be aired out for a few days. Pillows too. That is one reason we have not gotten one…I am super ehcmically sensitive. I can't imagine having the comfort of this. Also have bad back and neck issues. Someday!
This looks so comfy! We really need a new bed. Neither I or my hubby has been sleeping well lately. We plan to buy a new one when we sell our current home. We'll have to look into this one!


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Figure 84: Main Menu 3 of 3
To cancel navigating to a destination, tap the map screen to bring up the Main Menu, then tap the lower-right arrow to scroll to the third menu page (Main Menu 3 of 3), and tap "Clear route".
I'd prefer to have the button to cancel navigation right up-front on the main menu screen, instead of three pages deep.
Figure 85: Clear route?
Confirm that you want to cancel the current route by tapping "Yes" on the "Clear route?" screen.
The GO 920T has limited speech recognition capabilities that can be used to enter an address using your voice.
Most other Voice Recognition (VR) enabled GPS devices I've tested utilize some form of a wake-up command that tells the GPS to "listen" for a verbal command. Magellan's VR-enabled Maestro units "wake-up" when a specific word is spoken, while Garmin's nuvi 880 includes a remote control with a "wake-up" button. TomTom's GO 920T, on the other hand, uses a combination of touch-screen and voice input, creating a less-than-optimal solution.
Let's take a closer look at the speech input features on the GO 920T:
Figure 86: Main Menu 1 of 3
Begin entering a destination by tapping "Navigate to...", just you would when entering an address or POI without using speech.
Figure 87: Navigate to...
Tap "Address" to enter a destination address.
Figure 88: Spoken address
Two methods are available for entering an address using voice recognition:
Since I want to test all speech recognition features the GO 920T has to offer, I'll tap Spoken address (dialog).
Figure 89: Preparing Speech Recognition
There's a brief 2-3 second delay while the speech recognition loads.
Figure 90: Listening
When the GO 920T is listening for verbal input, the speech recognition icon is displayed in the upper-right corner, and "Listening..." is shown in the upper-left corner, as shown above.
Figure 91: Say the city name
When you say the city name, the GO 920T produces a list of six names that (hopefully) match what you said.
If the correct city name is already highlighted, say "Done" or "OK" or "Yes" or "One" to select it. If the correct city name is one of the other six choices on the list, say the line number of the correct city.
If none of the six choices are correct, say "Back" or "No" or tap the Back button to return to the previous screen and try saying the city name again.
Figure 92: Say the Street Name
Next, speak the street name.
Figure 93: Select a street
If the correct street name is already highlighted, say "Done" or "OK" or "Yes" or "One" to select it. If the correct street name is one of the other choices on the list, say the line number of the correct street.
If none of the listed choices are correct, say "Back" or "No" or tap the Back button to return to the previous screen and try saying the street name again.
Figure 94: Say the House Number
TomTom says numbers should be spoken as one continuous sentence. For example, "one hundred and thirty five". "One three five" also worked for me, as did "one thirty five".
Figure 95: Begin Navigating to the Destination
Once the address is fully input, the normal routing options screen appears. Tap "Done" to begin driving to the destination address.
Voice Recognition can be a powerful features that makes GPS navigation both easier and safer, allowing the driver to control the GPS without taking his or her eyes off the road. Unfortunately, TomTom's relatively limited Voice Recognition implementation feels like a work in progress, and is of very little value until more functions are supported.
The biggest problem with TomTom's speech recognition is the limited functions it supports, and the spotty accuracy. There's no way to fully input an address without having to touch the screen at least twice, nor is it possible to use VR for hands-free calling or any other Bluetooth features (such as dialing a phone number, viewing the address book, reading an SMS, etc.).
You also can't use voice commands to control on-screen menus, nor will the GO 920T recognize any verbal shortcuts, such as "Find nearest Starbucks" as Garmin's nuvi 880 supports.


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Komilla lectured on the debilitation of the planets as 5 planets are debilitated at the same time during October - November 2009. Avasthas, States of Consciousness of the planets. Planets work on 4 levels of consciousness- waking, dreaming, sleeping and transcendental states. Understandging the Avasthas of planets give us a new look at the debilitation, and its connections to spiritual growth. Why debilitated planets may not be as negative as long as we understand how to use their energy in the right way. As we are experiencing the Debilitation of Jupiter in 2009 and then in October- November 2009, Sun, Mars, Venus will also be debilitated together with Jupiter, therefore understanding how to empower of debilitated planets will help us deal with these transits.
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Boy slain after 'changing into a tiger'Comment on this story
Durban - A Durban man claims he acted in self-defence when he killed a Chatsworth boy because the child and his friends had transformed into tigers before his eyes.
Sibusiso Madiya, 26, of Savannah Park, pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder in the Durban Regional Court on Thursday.
Madiya told the court through his Legal Aid attorney, Hycenth Mlotshwa, he saw the "tiger" - Grade 1 pupil Lindokuhle Mabhena - approach him at a Shallcross park in June last year and thought he was going to attack him.
He had stabbed the boy with a knife he had found on the ground earlier.
It was only after a group of people arrived that he realised it was not a tiger but a human being, he said.
Madiya said this at the start of his murder trial on Thursday before magistrate Trevor Levitt.
Mlotshwa told the court his client believed in supernatural powers. In the prison where is being held during the trial, he saw fellow inmates transform into animals.
Prosecutor Krishen Shah said the accused had been referred for mental observation and was deemed mentally fit to stand trial.
Mlotshwa said at around midday on June 15 last year, Madiya was skateboarding at a park in Peak Street, Shallcross, when seven young children, who had been following him, approached him. He said they all suddenly transformed into tigers.
Lindokuhle's friend, who is now 10 years old and cannot be named because he is a minor, testified in camera on Thursday.
Sitting with his back to Madiya and facing the magistrate, the boy bravely recalled the day he tried to help save his friend.
In Grade 3 at the time, he was the oldest in the group of friends who went to play in the park that day. The others were all in Grade 1.
He said they had played on the swings and were on their way out of the park when they noticed Madiya, who they did not know, sitting on the ground with his skateboard. He said the accused asked them to find him a container for water and they had obliged.
Madiya told them to fill it with water for him, so they walked to a nearby garage to do so. When they returned, the accused took them to nearby bushes, saying he could not eat in front of people.
The boy said the boys followed him and Madiya shared his bread and chips with them.
He told them to look for more empty containers and promised them more food but they refused.
The boy said Madiya lent them his skateboard and the friends, except for Lindokuhle, played with it on the steep road near the bush. Lindokuhle sat on the verge of the road and Madiya went further into the bushes as if he was looking for something.
"We were going up and down the road on the skateboard. While we were playing, we had our back to Lindokuhle and (Madiya). We then saw the uncle (Madiya) running towards us and he took the skateboard, saying he was going. When we looked back, I saw Lindokuhle lying on the ground and we ran to him," he recalled.
"He was bleeding from a hole in his neck. I carried him to the lawn nearby and I lay him down. He was crying softly. I asked him what happened and he pointed out to the uncle (Madiya). We could still see him. I called to another uncle for help and he said he'll call the police," he testified.
The police arrived and the man who had called for help questioned the little boy about what had happened and he described a young man wearing different coloured shoes.
The man said he knew who the child was talking about and informed the police, who went in search of the suspect.
Under cross-examination, Mlotshwa argued that Madiya said "something strange happened" at the park when the boys transformed into tigers and that Lindokuhle had threatened injury to his client.
The child witness said he and his friends were just playing and had not done anything wrong to Madiya.
The trial is set to resume next month.
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Finding one of those "before they were famous" gems is one of the great joys of the internet. From uncovering the early sketches that have since become Portlandia to discovering on Netflix instant the film Noah Baumbach never wanted anyone to see.
Today, Nerve.com dug into their archives and unearthed Tight Shots, the webseries created years ago especially for the cult sex and dating site by Lena Dunham. Then a precocious 20-year-old, now the writer/director/producer/star of the new HBO series Girls, Dunham's come a long way in her career since the series' inception in 2007. While her star has certainly risen, her mind still remains where it did back then: on the intimate sexual encounters of her educated, upper-middle-class, white peers.
Tight Shots sees Lena playing a version of herself; a writer/director working on a film project about the sexual awakening of a girl in the deep South—a place none of them have actually been (although Lena has been to Florida, so…).
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A community health and wellness fair is scheduled to be held in Detroit on June 1.
SER Metro-Detroit, Jobs for Progress, Inc., in partnership with the Wayne County Health on Wheels Mobile Health Unit Program and local healthcare providers, will offer free healthcare screenings for all southwest Detroit neighborhoods.
Sponsored by SER YPLP Youth, health screenings for HIV/AIDS, body mass index, blood pressure, cancer, cholesterol, BMI, stroke risk and dental exams will take place Saturday, June 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Professor Charles S. Robb Named to FBI Advisory Board
Federal Bureau of Investigations Director Robert S. Mueller, III, today announced that the Science and Technology Advisory Board will be renamed the Director's Advisory Board. Director Mueller also named four additions to the board. These members are George Mason Professor of Law and Public Policy Charles S. Robb, Lee H. Hamilton, Richard L. Thornburgh, and James Q. Wilson.
Director Mueller said, "I am gratified that these four distinguished individuals have agreed to serve on the Advisory Board. Each brings a wealth of experience and knowledge and a proven track record of accomplishment in government service and the private sector. I look forward to working with them and getting their insights on a wide range of issues. We will be discussing where the FBI should be going in the short and long term, how to adapt to a changing mission, and the FBI's role in a shrinking world. They will be a tremendous asset to the Bureau."


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Dear Editor:
The Greenville Water Dept. more than doubled my water bill for February 2013. I was in shock when I received the bill in
late March. My bill went from $29 to $64.20 so I called the Water Dept. April 1 and complained to Brena that this was an error and she said her computer said it was correct. So I asked her to send someone out to check my meter. When my March bill came this $64.20 was still there in arrears. On April 25 I called and complained to Brena again because I had expected a corrected bill. Her computer showed I had used all that water.I told her it was wrong and got mad. Incidentally, I complained to her each time I called because the loud music sounded like a juke joint in that dept. I wondered how much accurate work was going on in there. I asked her to have my meter checked. She said she would the next day, April 26. When I asked how I would know it was done, she said a sticker would be placed on my door. It was never done.
I e-mailed this same complaint about my more than doubled water bill to Mayor John Cox per Greenville Code of Ordinance
Sec. 7-55. Right to Administrative Hearing prior to termination; reconnection and re-installation charges (See: NOTICE OF
TERMINATION AND RIGHT OF HEARING on back of water bill). Mayor Cox's response to my e-mail was to turn my complaints
over to the water Dept. Evidentally the Mayor did not read my email. I told him how I use the city water in my apartment, such as I don't drink or cook with the city water I buy distilled water. I do not use my bath tub nor shower. I take bed baths. I cant even turn on the water due to physical limitations. I wash clothes maybe three times a week and mop floors as needed. So if he had read this information, he would have known that I could not have used more than doubled water. His email indicated that he would get back to me. He never did
On May 21, 2013 I received my April water bill in the amount of $122.20 because I had not payed for the previous month waiting on a resolution to my complaint. On May 22, 2013 when my Assistant came to bathe me and get me out of bed there was a notice in my mailbox saying that my water had been cut off for non pay. I got on the phone and called the Mayors office about 1:15 p.m got a recording and left a message and I did this two other times. I indicated in the message that I had a emergency. I than called the Action Line at 2:00 p.m and left a message. I than called the city clerk's office and asked if the Mayor's office was closed and the Action Line was closed and at the time I was told that the Mayor had been in meetings and that they were out now, so she connected me to the Mayor's office. Again no answer so I had to leave another message. Finally the Action Line person called and I told her what the problem was and that it was an emergency and that I needed to talk to the Mayor and could she contact him. She said he had been in meetings since 7:00 a.m. I told her I didn't care and that she could reach him on his cellphone.
I received a called from the new manager of the water Dept.,Cory Adams around 4:10 p.m and he told me that the Mayor had referred my complaint to him. The result of the conversation was that he agreed with the charges of my water bill and I told him I was mad as H***. He asked me how he could resolve the problem and I told him to charge me $29 and turn my water back on. He said he could not do that because he would be breaking the law and I told him that the City has already broken the law for over charging me for water that I did not use, and that I didn't need to talk to him because my problem was with Mayor Cox. The next call I received was from Mayor Cox and I told him that I had complained by email to him and that my water was cut off today and that he never had a hearing for me. And he said that the City had some old laws that need to be changed and that there was no use of having a hearing. He told me he would talk to the water Dept. manager because this is his problem now and that he would get back in touch with me. But he never did.
So since I couldn't get my water turned back on Wednesday my Assistant had to use bottle water (heat it up) just to bathe me and that's how it was for twenty four hours. When my Assistant came Thursday at 1:00 p.m I wrote a check for $122.20 to the water Dept. and put a protest note on the bill regarding the $37 over charge that was included. When she paid the bill at the water dept. she was told that I will be charged a $25 reconnection fee on my next bill.(Sec.7-55 said that the reconnection fee is $5). Shortly thereafter the water was turned back on.
Mayor Cox broke the law by denying me a hearing. The water meter, the computer, and the water Dept. personnel made a criminal out of me by finding me guilty of using water that I did not use. And the Mayor and the Water Manager judged me accordingly. I am not a criminal. I did not lie but I did not have a hearing to determine the truth. My water was cut off immediately without notice and so I was a prisoner in my own apartment without city water for over twenty four hours.
I am a black 75 year old widow with Multiple Sclerosis and I live alone and I have help to take care of me twice a day. I did not lie about my water. I did not deserve to be treated the way I was by Mayor Cox and the water Dept. I am the first black elected official in the City of Greenville and I served for 22 years and the last 4 years I was Vice Mayor. I pay all of my bills. I have lived in Greenville for 49 years and I have never had my utilities turned off. the City of Greenville has new water meters, computers and personnel that apparently don't make mistakes. And a Mayor who denied me DUE PROCESS. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In March when I turned 75 years old and SARAH H JOHNSON LN was dedicated, I said I love Greenville and will probably live here until I die. Now I have to rethink what I said if this is the way a senior citizen or anybody else is going to be treated in Greenville. LORD HELP US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mrs. Sarah H Johnson
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Greeenville, MS
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How much does the average Louisianan pay for health care? Too damn much. Roughly 17 percent of your income goes towards your health care, on average. Now research from Harvard shows that health care spending will grow faster than the economy for at least the next 20 years.
Obamacare was supposed to prevent this - but it can't. Rather than reform health care, Obamacare merely expanded health insurance - a costly system that leaves patients behind and is largely responsible for spiraling costs.
Americans know this intuitively. Any mention of health insurance elicits moans and groans. This is ...


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Brani Vidakovic, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Biostatistics and Data Management
Professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Location: 828 West Peachtree Street, NW - 220E / UA Whitaker Biomedical Building - 2101
Email Address: Contact Brani Vidakovic
Personal Homepage: http://www.bme.gatech.edu/facultystaff/faculty_record.php?id=86
Brani Vidakovic is a Professor in Biostatistics. Dr. Vidakovic came to Georgia Tech from Duke University, where he had been an Assistant Professor and tenured Associate Professor. Dr. Vidakovic holds a Ph.D. in statistics from Purdue University.
Dr. Vidakovic's research interests include wavelets, Bayesian methodology and Statistics in Health and Medicine. He is an elected member of Internatioinal Statistical Institute and member of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the American Statistical Association, and the international Society for Bayesian Analysis. He has authored or co-authored four books and numerous journal articles.
Areas of Research
- Wavelets, General Bayesian Statistical Methodology, Statistical Modeling and Simulation of High Frequency Data, Functional Data Analysis, Multiscale Statistical Modeling, Denoising, Assessment of Scaling, Analysis of Signals and Images, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, Statistics of Turbulent Flows, Statistical Decision Theory
Educational Background
- Ph. D. Statistics, Purdue University, 1992
- M.S. University of Belgrade, 1981
- B.S. University of Belgrade, 1978
Selected Awards
- 1992, I. W. Burr Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Consulting at Purdue University
- 2005-present, President Georgia Section of American Statistical Association.
- Elected Member of International Statistical Institute.
- An Editor-in-Chief of Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Second Edition, Wiley.
- An Associate Editor of: Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Communications in Statistics, Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, and Bayesian Statistics.
Selected Research Publications
- Moloney, K., Shi, B., Leonard, K. V., Jacko, J., Vidakovic, B., and Sainfort, F., "Using multifractality for user classification: Dynamic pupil behavior affected by ocular pathology," To Appear in Special Issue of ACM Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction (TOCHI), 2005.
- Vidakovic, B., "Transforms in Statistics," Handbook of Computational Statistics Concepts and Methods Chapter II.7. Editors Gentle, J., Haerdle, W., and Mori, Y., Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 199?236, 2004.
- Vidakovic, B. and Ruggeri, F., "BAMS Method: Theory and Simulations," Sankhya, Series B, 63, (Special Issue on Wavelets), 234-249, 2001.
- Pensky, M. and Vidakovic, B., "Adaptive wavelet estimator for nonparametric density deconvolution," Annals of Statistics, 27, 2033-2053, 2000.
- Mueller, P. and Vidakovic, B (Editors), "Bayesian Inference in Wavelet Based Models," Lecture Notes in Statistics, 141, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1999.
- Vidakovic, B., "Nonlinear wavelet shrinkage with Bayes rules and Bayes factors," Journal of the American Statistical Association, 93, 173-179, 1988.
- Vidakovic, B., "Statistical Modeling by Wavelets," John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 384 pp, 1999.


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4 thiefs with Sledgehammers Vs 1 Old Woman with Purse
It was not her own shop either, but she fought with 4 thiefs who were trying to smash their way into a Jewelery store in Northampton, UK. The red coat pensioner is in her 70's began lashing out them with a large handbag.
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The first thing he stated is the fact that he doesn't "make outlandish promises" about playing time, minutes, positions, etc. In this case, what he doesn't say is also instructive -- Calipari doesn't say that he doesn't make promises about these things, he says that he doesn't make promises that he cannot keep.
That might sound like a small thing, but the concept of keeping promises by being honest is the single most important factor why Calipari's reputation with players is what it is. No matter what the media, jaded fans, and former coaches think about Calipari and his methods, past and present coaching, and no matter how many argue he's a "cheater" or he's "slimy" that we see from those that despise him, the truth is that today's recruits know him where most of the media pundits don't -- they know him, and moe importantly they respect him. For one single thing. He tells them the truth.
That's the reason none of his former or current players speak badly of him. Even players in the NBA who never played for him speak highly of him, and it''s not his charming personality or nice suits. He tells them the truth and keeps his word, because he obviously doesn't give it carelessly.
The second principle Calipari discussed:
The second part is that once the season begins, we are teaching players to be the teammate they want to play with. Our whole focus is on team play. I want individuals to play well but I'm getting them to understand nothing of significance will be accomplished by themselves.
There are alot of things, as most of us know, to being a good teammate than just practicing and playing hard. We have seen it the last two years at Kentucky when the highly reguarded recruits come in. They are used to being #1 on their high school teams and most, if not all, have never had to think in team concept terms, and what's best for the overall team and not just themselves.
The first and most important thing we all learn about being a good teammate is sacrifice -- we must sacrifice our desires, our wants and our glory for that of the team, and force our natural desire to excel into the proper place in a team concept. Every successful marriage learns how to do that eventually -- the two partners must give up things that they otherwise love to do, at least some of the time, in order to make the family work.
The final principle Calipari discusses is the thing that most of the media pundits ridicule--when the season is over, Calipari considers it his job to "help them make the best decisions, with the best information I can give them, for them and their families." Often, this means advising them to pack their bags and become a professional basketball player, to the apparent detriment of Kentucky basketball and Calipari's own personal best interests and goals.
How anyone can criticize this philosophy is simply beyond any rational defense. It would be unethical and selfish like those that condemn him if John Calipari tried to convince players to return to school and risk injury or a bad season rather than to take the millions of dollars represented by a NBA contract. As many have so often stated, there is no degree program in college that pays what an NBA team does to a first-round draft choice. There are no letters after your name that will earn you as much money in ten to fifteen years as an NBA salary will.
That makes the ideology that the press and many past and present college coaches continually tries to pass off on the public as genuine, valuable, and worthy one of the most dishonest, deceitful, forms of coercion or trickery in the history of college basketball as well as reporting. Simply because people who read and listen want to hear the viewpoint in detailed statements that "student-athletes" are players who come to school first, and play basketball second.
What I respect and admire about Calipari is that he has the courage to be honest. He's not a hypocrite that pretends to subscribe to the mainstream logic and falsely claims to support that he would prefer the old days and "how things used to be" or "how it should be" that the press always brings up this time of year to soothe and comfort the idealists, elitists, and college administrators.
Calipari doesn't tell players not to stay in school, he doesn't "push" anyone out the door, he simply points out to them life's realities, what the consequences of each decision is, and tries to get them as much information about what is likely to happen if they declare for the draft or stay another year as possible. The decisions these players make are the same ones anyone else would make. That's life. That's reality.
Most people just won't admit it.


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What about people I don't already know?
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A place for one photographer has become available on the Photography Weekend Course at The Selkirk Arms Hotel, Kirkcudbright, October 21st – 23rd.
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January 13, 2014 - Industry News
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London - British shares snapped a three-day losing streak on Monday as traders saw Russia's decision to pull back troops from near the Ukrainian border as a sign of easing tensions between Moscow and Kiev.
Late on Friday, Moscow's Defence Ministry said it had ended military exercises in southern Russia, which the United States had criticised as a "provocative" step amid the Ukraine crisis.
Talk of a ceasefire in Ukraine, however, evaporated as Kiev government forces kept up an offensive to crush pro-Russian rebels.
Fears that Russia could invade eastern Ukraine and tit-for-tat sanctions between Moscow and the European Union have knocked stock markets over the past month.
They compounded worries about conflicts in the Middle East, weak European economic data and the prospect of a tighter US monetary policy.
"It's very early to start celebrating and you've still got the negative effects of the sanctions, which are likely to filter through over the coming months," Michael Hewson chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK, said.
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The Drought Tolerance project seeks to unlock the rich store of drought tolerance genes that exist in the USDA's preserve of soybean germplasm. This preserve was formed by scientists through decades of work, combing the globe to find exotic soybean. This reservoir of exotic diversity, although collected by scientists, was produced originally by over 3000 years of 'on-farm breeding' in Asia, in which farmers adapted the soybean to a range of climate conditions. Special genes for drought tolerance, bred into soybean so long ago by these ancient farmers, are key to coping with the problem of drought in the USA today. The drought problem is so severe for our farmers in the USA because U.S. varieties do not presently contain these special drought genes from Asia. The central theme of our drought tolerance work is that we can 'turn the tables' on drought in the USA by putting the world's genetic resources in soybean to work on U.S. farms. To that end, the United Soybean Board's drought tolerance project coordinates the research activities of 8 scientists and 7 research institutions in the Midwest and South. This effort is aimed at transferring drought genes from exotic Asian material into adapted genetic materials which will protect agriculture from damaging droughts.
In the first years of the project, novel genetic drought tolerant resources were found in later maturing southern types. As this research matured, the drought tolerance trait was transferred first to Southern breeding lines and then moved north to Midwestern breeding lines. More recently, new discoveries have occurred in exotic materials of Midwestern maturity. Drought tolerance from these Midwestern maturity types is being transferred to Midwestern breeding lines now and will soon be transferred to Southern breeding lines as well. This national rather than regional approach to drought has ensured a great cross fertilization of science, using advances in one region to spur advances in the other. An important aspect of the drought tolerance project in Nebraska is to develop advanced breeding lines carrying the slow wilting trait. Through extensive testing, a series of adapted lines were developed and tested in regional trials. More than 450 new breeding lines were tested for drought response in 2011, over several Nebraska environments. This Nebraska material is also being tested in other drought-prone states as a prelude to germplasm release. Over 2000 breeding lines are being evaluated for drought tolerance potential in 2012.


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Two of the WPIAL's top returning rushers are dealing with leg injuries that have limited them this season.
Brentwood senior Justin Vickless has tried to play with a partially torn knee ligament, and North Catholic junior P.J. Fulmore has been rehabbing an injured ankle. The two running backs were among the WPIAL's leading rushers a season ago. Fulmore was fifth with 1,824 yards in 2012, and Vickless was 11th with 1,521 yards.
But Vickless injured his anterior cruciate ligament on the first day of camp. Now wearing a knee brace, he has battled the injury and will play again Friday. In his first two games, though, the knee forced him to the bench both times. He had nearly a dozen carries Friday against Monessen before leaving in pain, his coach said.
"I feel horrible for him," Brentwood coach Kevin Kissel said. "All summer we worked on putting some different plays in just for him. He had almost 3,000 yards coming into this year and still had his senior season ahead of him. I feel so bad for the kid."
Fulmore wrote on Twitter that he expected to miss a couple weeks with an ankle injury. He aggravated it in the first half of the Trojans' 22-21, double-overtime win against Apollo-Ridge in Week 1 and missed last week's 35-3 victory over Springdale.
"If it was up to him, he'd be playing today, but there are trainers watching him," said North Catholic coach Bob Ravenstahl, who described the ailment only as a lower-body injury. "When they say it's time for him to go, he'll be ready to go. When that is, I don't know."
North Catholic (2-0) visits Northgate on Friday. Brentwood (1-1) visits Windber, an out-of-district replacement for Imani Christian.
Vickless has 92 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. Fulmore has had just seven carries for 19 yards.
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Through two weeks, six WPIAL defenses have not to allowed a touchdown.
Among them, Beth-Center, Clairton and Shady Side Academy haven't surrendered a point, though Beth-Center has played only one game, a 47-0 victory. Its Week 2 opponent, Geibel Catholic, forfeited.
Shady Side outscored its first two opponents, 84-0, and Clairton holds a 76-0 scoring lead. Bethel Park (52-3), Beaver Falls (82-3) and Central Catholic (89-3) each have allowed only a field goal this season.
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There were 26 coaching changes in the WPIAL before this season, and four of those new coaches remain unbeaten entering Week 3.
Carmichaels' Ryan Krull, Gateway's Donnie Militzer, McKeesport's George Smith and West Shamokin's Jon McCullough have 2-0 records.
A year ago, McKeesport and West Shamokin started 0-2, and Carmichaels was 1-1. Gateway began last year 2-0.
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The UTEP women's basketball team does a lot of things well.
Put turning bad starts into good finishes near the top of the list.
Playing without second leading scorer Jenzel Nash, who is ill, against a Texas Southern team that was supposed to be overmatched Sunday, the Miners turned a two-point lead early in the second half into a 87-61 victory that kept them humming along at 11-1.
What it didn't do was leave coach Keitha Adams happy.
"We were extremely sloppy," Adams said. "We turned the ball over way too much (14 times), unforced turnovers, carelessness. We won because of our half-court trap today. Other facets of the game were not very good.
"A lot of mental stuff. We're shooting a free throw, we didn't have anybody back and gave up a wide-open layup. We were good enough today to get beat against a good team. That's how good we were today."
The good team comes Thursday when UTEP travels to College Station to take on Texas A&M, and while UTEP doesn't go in with the momentum Adams would have liked, her team did sort itself out in the final 14 minutes.
Before that the game was tight, and the Miners led just 43-40 before a 15-3 run finally gave them space. As Adams mentioned, the difference was a half-court trap that harried Texas Southern into a rash of turnovers.
The Tigers gave the ball away just eight times in the first half, but came unglued when UTEP went into a trapping press and finished with 26 turnovers.
"Coach saw something," Kristine Vitola said of the press. "They struggled, it pumped us up. We got a lot of steals and baskets. That's why we won the game."
Kayla Thornton led UTEP with 23 points and five rebounds, which moved those totals to 1,243 and 895 respectively, good for third and second in program history. Vitola had 12 points, eight rebounds and four blocks, while Chrishauna Parker had 12 points, six rebounds and five steals. Camesaha Turner spent the last 16 minutes of the first half on the bench in foul trouble, a particularly big problem because of the absence of Nash, but still ended up with 10 points and seven rebounds.
Nash should be back at practice today.
"We were very sloppy," Thornton echoed. "TSU is a good team, but we could have played better. Against a better team, we would have gotten beaten."
Though Adams said she wasn't concerned with it, UTEP's biggest problem in the first 24 minutes was 3-point shooting on both ends. The Tigers made 4-of-11 in the first half while the Miners missed their first eight attempts before Stacie Telles (four assists and four more passes that led directly to free throws) closed the first half scoring with a 3 to give UTEP a five-point lead at the intermission.
It got as close as two early in the period before UTEP finally made its run, which included back-to-back shot jumpers from Parker that got the lead to 51-41. Thornton scored UTEP's next five points, then Turner capped the run with a steal on the press that led to her breakaway layup.
The Miners kept stretching the lead, but didn't leave happy.
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No one was injured when the two semis, a fuel tanker and one hauling produce, crashed just north of State Road 407 about 8:40 a.m.
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2014 Volkswagen GTI OverviewThe 2014 Volkswagen GTI comes only as a 4-door model. The front-wheel-drive GTI is powered by a 2.0L, 16-valve turbocharged 4-cylinder engine making 200 horsepower. Because it produces its peak 207 pound-feet of torque beginning at a low 1,700 rpm, the engine feels more like a V6 in many respects, while returning EPA ratings of up to 24 mpg city, 33 highway. It works especially well with the available DSG automatic transmission, which is actually two small manual gearboxes, controlled by electronics, to deliver confident shifts in less time than you could shift yourself. A 6-speed manual gearbox is also offered. DSG includes steering-wheel paddle-shifters and to get the most out of DSG, it includes a Launch Control feature so that you can launch especially quickly from a stop.
A fully-independent suspension, with front damper-struts and a stiff tubular roll bar, plus a 4-link layout in back help to give the GTI performance tuning that is responsive but not too jarring or coarse for passengers. An electromechanical steering system also loads up nicely and can compensate for crosswinds or road surfaces. Brakes in the GTI are a step up from those in the Golf, with 12.3-inch ventilated discs in front and 10.7-inch discs in back and there's an XDS cross-differential system and electronic differential that functions as a limited-slip differential and helps send power safely to the wheels that can best use it. Exclusive to the GTI are polished exhaust tips with a "sound generator" that brings more sporty engine sounds into the cabin during spirited driving.
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The 2014 GTI is offered in two trims: Wolfsburg Edition and the fully loaded Driver's Edition. Wolfsburg models feature 18-inch alloy wheels, tinted glass, fog lamps, air conditioning, heated front seats, a cooled glovebox, cruise control, Bluetooth connectivity and an 8-speaker sound system with Sirius XM satellite radio and iPod capability, as well as an auxiliary input. Driver's Edition models add bi-xenon headlights with LED running lights, touchscreen navigation, power sunroof and leather seats front and rear.
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For 2014, the Volkswagen GTI enters its final year of production in the current sixth-generation form, and just two trims are offered: Wolfsburg Edition and Driver's Edition. Each comes only as a 4-door.
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The Volkswagen GTI offers strong performance, yet it has essentially the same space-efficient interior layout of the Golf hatchback--and that's a major asset for those who need to use the GTI as a daily driver. It also offers impressive fuel economy--up to 33 mpg highway.
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Indigenous people around the world suffer so disproportionately from poverty, violence, disease and hunger that, in some cases, their very survival is threatened, according to a new United Nations report, "The State of the World's Indigenous Peoples."
Indian Country Today's Gale Courey Toensing summarizes its findings here:
In the United States, a Native American is 600 times more likely to contract tuberculosis and 62 percent more likely to commit suicide than the general population;
In Australia, an indigenous child can expect to die 20 years earlier than his non-Native compatriot. The life expectancy gap is also 20 years in Nepal, 13 years in Guatemala, and 11 years in New Zealand;
In parts of Ecuador, indigenous people have 30 times greater risk of throat cancer than the national average;
Worldwide, more than 50 percent of indigenous adults suffer from Type 2 diabetes – a number predicted to rise.
"We indigenous people say we are not poor, we are impoverished because our access to our land and territories and resources have been curtailed very drastically by states and also corporations, and therefore we've become poor," says Vicki Tauli-Corpuz, chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
"We should not be materially poor, but we are also saying that we are very rich in culture and also in knowledge in terms of how to address the issues of natural resources management."
The report stresses the crucial nature of indigenous people's lands to their survival.
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By: Scott Lacefield - Texas Tech Communications
Texas Tech opens its 65th season of baseball this weekend hosting No. 3 Indiana for a four-game series at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park. The Red Raiders are led by second-year head coach Tim Tadlock who guided Tech to a 26-30 record in 2013 while tallying the second most wins in school history by a TTU first-year head coach. Tech returns eight positions players from last year that started at least 20 games and also welcome back eight pitchers that made starts in 2013. This season marks the sixth consecutive year that Tech is opening its season at home. The Red Raiders have won five straight Opening Day contests. Indiana is coming off its best season in school history after its first-ever appearance at the College World Series (first by a Big Ten program in 29 years) with a 49-16 overall record in 2013. The Hoosiers return 22 letterwinners, including eight position starters and 10 pitchers. Indiana has four players who have received preseason All-America honors.
• Texas Tech is 41-23 all-time on Opening Day, including a 14-1 record since 1999.
• Tech has won five consecutive Opening Day games while capturing 14 straight at home (dates back to 1999).
• The Red Raiders are 28-5 all-time on Opening Day at home.
• Since 1986, Texas Tech is 20-1 on Opening Day in Lubbock... Tech is also 28-1 in home openers since 1985.
• Texas Tech is playing its first top-10 ranked opponent on Opening Day since 1989 (at No. 10 Arizona State).
• The Red Raiders are 8-11 against top-10 ranked teams at home since 2005.
• Texas Tech is 4-7 at home against top-five ranked opponents since 2004. Indiana marks the fifth opponent in that span.
• Tech and Indiana has never met before this season. Indiana marks Tech's seventh all-time opponent from the Big Ten.
• Texas Tech alum Tim Tadlock is 1-0 as a head coach on Opening Day (2013) and 2-0 as a starting shortstop (1990-91).
• RHP Dominic Moreno is the first Red Raider since Chad Bettis (2009-10) to start on Opening Day in back-to-back years.
• Moreno struck out 11 batters on 2013 Opening Day (vs. Northern Illinois) - the most by a Red Raider in over 27 years.
• Texas Tech's last six Opening Day starters (2006-2012) are all in professional baseball while four are in the big leagues.
• With a start Friday, Tim Proudfoot will be the first Red Raider in over 27 years to start at SS in three straight Opening Days.
• 2B Bryant Burleson begins the season with a 14-game hit streak. Longest by a Red Raider to end a season since 2001.
• LHP Jonny Drozd enters the season with 17.2 consecutive scoreless innings pitched dating back to last season.
• Tim Tadlock led Texas Tech to a 14-3 record during his first season in non-conference home games.
• Texas Tech's has a perfect 0.00 ERA during the last three Opening Day games (2011-13) allowing 11 hits and 1 run (0 ER).
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Hazel Hall Dedication, Sunday, November 6, 2005
On November 6, 2005 the Board of Visitors of George Mason University, President Alan Merten and the law school community will celebrate the naming of the building that houses the School of Law to John T. Hazel, Jr. Hall. The ceremony will take place at 3:00 pm in the Law School's Atrium. All law school faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited. To RSVP for the reception, call 703-993-2088. The parking lot will be open that day for guests attending the reception.
George Mason University's Board of Visitors voted unanimously to name the building which houses the School of Law after Mr. Hazel, commonly known as "Til," a long-time university supporter and visionary advocate for Northern Virginia. Mr. Hazel, a prominent attorney and real estate developer, led the effort to help Mason acquire a law school in 1979. He also has had a nearly 50-year association with Mason, going back to 1957 when the institution was created as a two-year satellite extension of the University of Virginia. Mr. Hazel, along with other community leaders, helped acquire the land in Fairfax on which Mason was built.
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The Tonganoxie youth football team won the Kaw Valley Youth Football League championship earlier in the year. Tonganoxie compiled a record of 7-1.
Members of the team include Alex Stewart, Cole Schuck, Calvin Morgan, Garrett Harris, Nick Teeple, Brett Pine, Cole Sample, Rylee Beach, Cameron Morman, Adam DeMaranville, Clayton Bryant, Jacob Morey, Grant Schuck, Jacob Miller, Ralphie Miller and Hayden Robbins.
Coaches include Mike Sample, Ralph Miller, John Morgan and Kasey Robbins.
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