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GREEN BAY – Evan Dietrich-Smith could only shrug.
"Sometimes in the league," the Green Bay Packers center said, resignation in his voice, "you've got to just deal with stuff."
The Packers offensive line has dealt with more than its share of "stuff" this season. And the hits just keep on comin'.
The line was in makeshift mode during the team's 40-10 Thanksgiving Day loss to the Detroit Lions. A week later, looking to atone for its worst performance of the season, it was in even worse shape.
Dietrich-Smith, who initially injured his right knee Nov. 10 against Philadelphia and reinjured it against the Lions, sprained his ankle in practice Wednesday and sat out on Thursday. Because the Packers don't have a true backup center on their 53-man roster following Greg Van Roten's season-ending foot injury, right guard T.J. Lang shifts to center whenever he's sidelined. That, in turn, leads to more shuffling.
When Dietrich-Smith went down against the Eagles, right tackle Don Barclay moved to right guard and Marshall Newhouse came in at right tackle. Against the Lions, the Packers left Barclay – who was making his first start after missing two games with a knee injury of his own suffered against the Eagles – at right tackle and plugged Newhouse in at Lang's right guard spot.
Not long after, Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh burst between Lang and Newhouse to sack quarterback Matt Flynn in the end zone for a safety. Newhouse, the team's starting left tackle in 2011 and 2012 who has struggled almost every time he's come off the bench this year, was later pulled in favor of rookie Lane Taylor.
On top of that, rookie left tackle David Bakhtiari missed practice Thursday because he was sick, forcing even more shuffling of Newhouse, Barclay, Taylor and Derek Sherrod, the 2011 first-round draft pick who missed almost two years with a career-threatening broken leg and was activated from the physically unable to perform list last month.
All this, after losing starting left tackle Bryan Bulaga to a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee before the season even began and rookie fourth-round pick JC Tretter to a broken ankle in the very first organized team activity practice in May. Bulaga landed on season-ending injured reserve with his injury, which happened in the Aug. 3 Family Night Scrimmage; Tretter opened the season on the PUP list and took part in his first practice in pads in Thursday. He has yet to be activated to the 53-man roster.
Yes, the list is long. But Dietrich-Smith knows there is no point making excuses.
"You have to accept the fact that injuries are a part of it and some guys are going to be playing through it more than others," Dietrich-Smith said. "It just depends how bad you do it."
Against the Lions, the offensive line gave up seven sacks on Flynn, but Packers offensive line coach James Campen said it wasn't just injuries that were the problem.
"That's the way it happens," Campen said. "These guys, for T.J., he's played all over the place, Marshall's played left and right, the young guy Lane's been playing primarily right guard. So it shouldn't affect us that much as it did."
Campen said the team has confidence if Dietrich-Smith can't go on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons, and Lang had to start at center. Campen also said Tretter "did OK" and "did a little bit of everything" Thursday. Tretter's three-week PUP practice window opened on Nov. 20, and the team will have to decide whether to activate him to the 53-man roster or put him on season-ending injured reserve in the next several days.
Tretter could be activated for Sunday's game against the Falcons, just as defensive end Jerel Worthy and safety Sean Richardson were activated on Nov. 23 and played against Minnesota the next day.
McCarthy said that if Dietrich-Smith does not play on Sunday, he will look at the performances of Newhouse, Taylor and Sherrod to decide how he'd configure the right side of the line with Lang at center.
"If (Dietrich-Smith) can't go, I think you have to look at the other players," McCarthy said. "The opportunity that would be in front of either Lane, Derek, or Marshall it's something that needs to be earned. And performance will drive it."
Dietrich-Smith admitted after he injured his ankle that he was frustrated that his injury caused the reshuffle of the offensive line.
"I don't like putting anyone in that spot," Dietrich-Smith said. "If I didn't hurt it, I would be fine and nobody would be saying anything about it. But it's a crappy situation sometimes. The five guys that we have up front, we've got pretty good chemistry and when you've got to shuffle everything around, it makes it a little more difficult."
It's unclear whether Bakhtiari will return to practice Friday. If he doesn't, there'll be even more shuffling, and he admitted Wednesday that chemistry among the linemen playing is affected by the changes. For example, Bakhtiari said, he and left guard Josh Sitton took time to develop chemistry with one another, and the same is the case on the other side of the line.
"It's different because it's obviously new people are playing new positions," Bakhtiari said. "It's just something you have to adjust on the fly. It's not ideal, but you've got to make it work.
"Chemistry's the biggest thing. If Josh or me were to go down and we had to be working with someone else … it took us a month-and-a-half before we really started rolling and getting comfortable."
Bakhtiari said it's not just the chemistry with the other offensive linemen that is important; it is also difficult to protect a quarterback who he has not had much work with.
"I think I've had four quarterbacks," Bakhtiari said. "I did the same thing in college. It is a little tough, but you build so much chemistry with Aaron during the two-and-a-half (to) three months that I've been working with him. And then you shuffle in Seneca (Wallace) for a week, Scott (Tolzien) for two and a half weeks, Matt Flynn now. Different lingo, where they set, how they feel.
"You've just got to build that chemistry and work off of each other. It's the same thing with the shuffling of the line. You've got to feel comfortable with your quarterback, too, in the pass protection.
"We want to go out there and re-establish ourselves. People are doubting us. That's fine. Cool."
Sarah Barshop covers the Packers for ESPNWisconsin.com. Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/sarahbarshop.


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U.S. Marshals raided a Connecticut home and arrested a 46-year-old York man who fled the area after he failed to register as a convicted sex offender, according to a news release.
Deputy marshals arrested Horace Duncan without incident at 7 a.m. at a home in the first block of Read Street, Bridgeport, Conn., according to the release.
On March 21, 2001, Duncan was convicted of aggravated indecent assault in York County. This conviction required that he register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. On May 5, York City Police obtained an arrest warrant for Duncan after learning that he failed to update his registration after January 2013, the release states.
The U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force then tracked Duncan down, according to the release.
"This arrest demonstrates the long reach of the United States Marshals Service and its commitment to the pursuit of Megan's Law violators," U.S. Marshal Martin Pane said.
Red Lion man gets state prison for nude child pictures
Sex offender arrested after marshals find him hiding under a bed

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Politics Counts
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Yes, what he did is considered a fatal error in vital committee protocol, which is career ending with possible legal ramifications.
All of us at one time or another have worked with overbearing, self-important people who interrupt, demean other participants and who are downright rude.
Issa was all of that, and publicly dismissed and ignored Representative Cummings. Issa seemed to be play acting as if over the top proving he was not listening, purposely would not focus, and in fact looked up as if he heard a serenade of birds overhead.
Such a theatrical performance, looking to the ceiling as if bored to tears, checking under the seat, then to the right, standing up, getting something from the floor--just total over-acting to present himself as thoroughly disinterested in Mr. Cummings' assertions--to the point of presenting as fully hearing impaired. Quite the show.
Which has backfired on the man with the most elated sense of self in history. I will never forget that display of arrogance and abuse of power.
And can Paul Ryan, equally over the top, stop his Ayn Randian pretend concern over inner city cultural tail spin with men not working...These unveiled full on offensive racial attacks are as annoying as Issa's public display. Stop talking down to people who are poor and pretending you are not insulting blacks.
Pass the president's jobs bill and stop fighting him every step of the way. Get out of the gym and get to work.
How about congress does their job!! Do what is right for the country not your party
let me know when Issa is finally indicted for arson and insurance fraud
Issa, partisan, arrogant and incompetent.
He needs to stick to stealing cars.
Smoke and mirrors for the IRS and Louis Lerner. Change the narrative to Issa being the problem. Nice Wag the Dog move!
Issa made himself the story be acting like such a doofus right in the public eye. He was really offensive.
Thoroughly inappropriate and incompetent.
It's on television and internet video!! On CSPAN for goodness sake. It is part of the "permanent record."
Many watched it live then saw it countless times after that. He made a huge error in judgment and now he pays the piper. Goodbye chairmanship and he gets taken down a peg or two.
This ain't goin' away.
When is it the republicans turn to speak out on Obama care you know the hearings that are on live television every second of the discussion? Oh my bad just one of Obamas lies it was done democrats only behind closed doors and passed before being read.
Hey goof ball--ever hear of C-span?
Why do you think cameras are in the room? Did you not see cameras in the hearing Issa chaired and where he treated an african american congressman like crap?
Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, what an ugly man. The above pic does show his ability to sallow...that is hide the truth from Americans
Lerner needs to go to jail with her boss who directed this blatant misuse of authority.
....My biggest gripe here is against Journalists (like the guy who wrote this POS article Blogger John D. McKinnon)....Trying to make Issa & Cummings the story instead of Learner. Hey Mr. liberal journalist, who did you vote for in the last election cycle ? Well,well.....guess we know why you're projecting instead of reporting...
You fail to realize that Issa became the story as people reacted to how he ran that meeting. You may be unaware of important protocols that apply to hearings held by chairpersons. Issa violated those protocols by refusing to allow members to speak or ask questions or clarify procedures. As such, Issa is in violation of procedures and it is considered a fatal error in terms of House and Senate rules. He could be brought up on charges. Boehner will likely replace him asap. Meanwhile the racism attacking Representative Cummings appears as a comment here. Again, likely the commenter is unaware that his facial features were affected by severe beatings he received in the south as a young man due to racism and hatred inflicted on him. Do you have the humanity to understand that?
It is noticeable that commenters are unaware of issue such as these and just demand what they think it right.
....last week, when Lerner finally came back and continued to assert her constitutional right not to testify, Issa repeatedly attempted to adjourn the hearing and dismiss the witness and committee members.
In a memo sent to Cummings, D-Md., Wednesday, Morton Rosenberg a former emloyee at the Congressional Research Service who consulted on the matter with the Democratic Minority, concludes that "requisite due process protections" mandated by the Supreme Court to prosecute a witness in contempt of Congress "have not been met."
Rosenberg notes that Issa committed an error when he adjourned the hearing last week without making it expressly clear to Lerner that refusing to answer questions would definitely lead to criminal contempt proceedings.
"At no time during his questioning did the Chair explicitly demand an answer to his questions, expressly overrule her claim of privilege, or make it clear that her refusal to respond would result in a criminal contempt prosecution," Rosenberg wrote. "At no state in this proceeding did the witness receive the requisite clear rejections of her constitutional objections and direct demands for answers nor was it made unequivocally certain that her failure to respond would result in criminal contempt prosecution."
Stanley Brand, a former House counsel, added, "Making it clear to the witness that she has a clear cut choice between compliance and assertion of the privilege is an essential element of the offense and the absence of such a demand is fatal to any subsequent prosecution."
In his letter to Boehner, Cummings notes that the analysis completed at his request found that Issa cannot undo his apparent mistake because when he adjourned the hearing last week, Lerner was released from the subpoena that compelled her to twice appear before the committee."
1) Opening statements were made at the beginning of the hearing.
2a) Issa then proceeded to question Lerner.
2b) Lerner then refused to answer any questions, citing the 5th.
2c) Rather than waste the rest of the day, Issa decided to end the hearing and go do other work for the American people.
3) Cummings lauched into his planned theatrics, MAKING A(nother) STATEMENT, instead of asking a question like he said he had.
4) Issa declared the hearing ended.
Seems pretty straightforward to me; in fact, downright straightforward.
1. Ms. Lerner had the right to invoke the 5th amendment
2. Issa let his pride get the best of him
3. Issa seemed angered for one brief moment when he closed the hearing
4. When Issa realized Rep. Cummings wished to speak, he reiterated the hearing was over and to pull the plug.
5. Issa let his negative feelings get the best of him/
6. Issa told Ms. Lerner she was free to go
7. Issa screwed up
The disrespect shown for African Americans by commenters truly shocks
Issa has all of Ms. Lerner's emails and these documents have not aided him at all as he tries to make a scandal out of this. He dismissed the witness. "Free to go," he stated. It is obvious he did not say, "You will be held in contempt of this congress."
Issa let vanity, arrogance, need for power and control get the best of him. That was clear. And his first move was to save face with reporters, who nailed him. He fled to Fox Snooze for comfort and sympathy.
He did not further work to enhance the nation, as that is not his agenda
Issa, Issa, Issa. Never make any type of neck gesture when you are speaking to a Black man. Remember the hangings in the South during the times when that was happening.?
all Cummings wanted to do was bloviate and there is a scandal when one party spends all their time trying to not issue tax exempt status
Elijah Cummings is the second most worthless politician in Maryland next to Martin O'Malley...
Elijah Cummings is the same idiot that said "Well, death is a part of life..." after the Benghazi killings. I'm embarrassed to live in Md. with that fool in office.
I would like to know Cummings' IQ???
Once again, Mr. Cummings is the minority leader on the committee.
Ranking minority leader. He cannot simply be silenced by Darrell Issa, who looked like he was auditioning for a role in the Sopranos show.
Issa did not follow rules and protocols of hearings. He failed to tell Ms. Lerner she could be held in contempt of congress. He dismissed her fully right then and there. He said you are free to leave. He leaned over physically to pull Cummings' microphone. He totally lost it.
It has nothing to do with how you approve or not approve of someone's looks, or what you think they said on other issues. And I doubt you are correct on that.
I would think you people would be irritated with Issa--the rest of your party are.
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harsha balluru wrote:I tried declaring a non-static variable in an abstract class. The compiler did not complain. My concern is what can we do with a non-static variable inside an abstract class? You can not instantiate an abstract class anyways to access it. Alternatively think that you may use that variable in a non-abstract method in the same class. But again there is no way you can access that non-static non-abstract class because you can not instantiate an object. My question here is ... Do we see any logic in creating a non-static variable inside an abstract class?
But again if the non abstract subclass has a static variable with the same name, then the superclass' non-static variable value will be overridden correct?
harsha balluru wrote:It compiles.... Don't you think compiler should warn about this overriding where you will make the superclass' variable unusable.


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This information applies to legacy alerting. Learn more about converting to New Relic Alerts.
New Relic provides alert notifications by using alert policies for applications monitored by New Relic APM, servers monitored by New Relic Servers, and key transactions. New Relic also provides downtime alerts for applications and servers. Alert notifications can be set up for all New Relic account types, including Lite.
The End user Apdex value appears on the Browser Settings page for apps monitored by New Relic Browser. However, the app must also be monitored by New Relic APM in order to set up an alert policy and notifications for it.
You can also receive alert notifications for New Relic Mobile and New Relic Plugins. However, alert policies currently are not supported for these products.
Alert notifications
You can modify alert notifications by defining alert policies or by using the alert API settings in New Relic's REST API. You can have alerts sent to:
For more information about how to set up these notification types, see the Examples.
Event types
New Relic defines three grades of problem severity:
|An event has occurred that should be monitored before it becomes critical.
|Send alerts
|A critical event requiring attention has occurred.
|The server is not reporting to New Relic, or the application could not be pinged successfully by New Relic for more than the period of time specified in the alert policy.
Problems and other events (such as deployments) appear in the app's or server's Recent Events list. The associated application or server health status indicator also changes color in their respective pages:
|The server or application is fine.
|A Caution calls attention to some non-critical issues.
|A Critical alert indicates something is wrong, or that the New Relic agent is unable to communicate with the collector.
|No data is being reported for the server at this time.
With Alert policies, you can set conditions for Critical and Caution alerts on several metrics.
- Application conditions: Error rate, Apdex score, downtime
- Server conditions: CPU usage, disk IO, memory usage, fullest disk, downtime
- Key transaction conditions: Error rate, Apdex score
Metrics are evaluated in real time using a recent time window and moving average. When a monitored metric crosses a threshold condition for set period of time, this creates a problem event and corresponding alert notifications as applicable. For more information, see Minimum throughput for alerts.
You can also select a notification level. This allows you to control how often New Relic sends alert notifications through a specific channel when the alert policy passes its threshold. For more information, see Alert notification levels.
Factors to consider when setting a threshold condition include:
- Does the alert report above or below the threshold?
- How long can the threshold be exceeded before reporting?
Before adding a new app, server, or key transaction to an existing alert policy, evaluate whether the policy's alert thresholds are appropriate, or create a new policy. A policy triggers alerts based on conditions after you add an app, server, or key transaction to it.
For example, you are monitoring a new server that is already 90% full, and you add it to a server alert policy that triggers at 85% full. New Relic will not trigger an alert because the new server's metric already is above the threshold. The metric must cross the threshold to trigger an alert, and it did so before monitoring began. In this situation, you may want to create a new alert policy for the new server.
Alert timing
New notifications are created for a policy only when there are no currently open incidents for that policy. Downtime notifications will still be sent if a critical event is open for that policy.
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Downtime alerts are sent after a server has stopped sending data to New Relic or an application has not responded to a pinger for a period of time as defined in the alert policy.
A recovery notice is sent when all downtimes in a policy clear (pinger can reach the apps, or the servers start reporting to New Relic).
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When all Critical events closed, the alert is also considered closed. New Relic sends a final closing notification when the alert has been closed for five minutes.
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Caution events are triggered when a threshold condition has been exceeded for a period of time as defined in the alert policy. The associated status indicator changes to yellow.
Caution events by themselves will not cause alert notifications.
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New Relic sends one alert for an alert policy. If several problems occur simultaneously on multiple servers, New Relic sends one alert when the first problem occurs. New Relic also sends one notice of recovery when all critical server problems end.
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New Relic sends individual alerts for the associated application alert policy. When all critical problems for an application end, New Relic sends a final, closing notification.
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New Relic sends individual alerts for the associated key transaction alert policy. When all critical problems end, New Relic sends a final, closing notification.
Apdex alerts
With legacy alerting, New Relic does not automatically send Critical alerts for low-traffic apps and key transactions. Throughput for the app or key transaction must exceed 10 requests per minute before New Relic sends Critical threshold alerts. This rate is based on a two minute rolling average with a sample size greater than 20.
Testing alerts
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Additional documentation resources include:
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- Key transaction alerting (Key transaction event timing, types, and options)
- Alert policy configuration (timing, types, and options for notifications)
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I found this story written by Lisa Ackerman. We are facing the same problems and I feel that we have to do something. We are considering the Paleo diet or reinstating the GF diet. But seriously, how do you get a kid to eat. More to come on this but here is the link and a snippet to her post.
Picky Kids, Eating, And Autism
Getting healthy nutrition in the bellies of babes is often the discussion, angst, and battle for many parents. Ask the parent with an autistic or special needs child about nutrition and their child and the response of groans of desperation and exasperation often prevail. Good nutrition and autism children rarely go hand in hand. Often, parents give up and pick their battles elsewhere.
1) You eat the food next to the child and comment "this ___ is yummy." (It was important to make sure you had his attention and observed you eating the new food.)
2) A friend of the child or a highly reinforcing person eats the food next to the child comments "this ___ is yummy." (Again, it is important to gain attention on this step and all others.)
3) In home therapy time, school, and down time, have the therapists/parents take a picture of the desired food and talk about it. Do therapy or sort foods into similar categories. We moved from pictures to actual whole bananas and other fruits into his therapy and play activities. (Remember when mom said "don't play with your food"? Well, forget about that!)
Eating outside the home, while still preserving the GFCF, organic, dye-free, allergy-free healthy diet principles, is now possible and enjoyable. Jeff now has some favorite restaurants, we can go to family gatherings without a cooler (with a little education to our families about Jeff's dietary restrictions), and mom gets a break from cooking now and again. Here's to solving your picky child syndrome!
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Since 2007 thousands of Illinois' families have suffered through the debilitating effects of unemployment. It is our duty to create both long and short term solutions that realistically address the underlying issues of unemployment. We need to secure a more stable economic future that will ease the despondency of our communities and bring a return to economic vitality. [more...]
Education provides the answer for a 21st century workforce that will be able to meet the growing demands of an innovative and technologically driven economy. Educational research has been the principal catalyst for economic growth and advancement in healthcare. While a high school education is one of the primary indicators for ending the cycle of poverty, by 2014 most jobs will require a least some post-secondary education. Education funding can either support our families, or slam the door on their economic future. [more...]
According to the Kane County website there are 1,984 tax-exempt non-profit organizations registered in Kane County's 30 different zip codes, serving a population of 515,269. Each of these organizations has been impacted by an unprecedented increase in demand for their services due to the unyielding unemployment of Illinois citizens. As the pressure on Kane County and Illinois's non-profits to provide a wide array of social services increases, their funding resources have decreased. [more...]
Illinois finds itself faced with an unrealistic repayment plan to the retirement systems. Indeed twenty cents out of every tax dollar goes towards our pension liability. The growing pension contributions combined with a decrease in the number of employees contributing into the system and a limited General Revenue Fund has led many to call for major pension reforms. Illinois has only set aside only 45% of what it needs to meet its public-worker pension obligations. The fifth most populous states unfunded pension liability is growing by $12.6 million a day. [more...]
The Illinois Property Tax Burden and Its Impact upon our Families and Our Children.
Supposedly, there are two things in life we can't avoid -- death and taxes. But just because we can't avoid taxes doesn't mean we can't have some relief from too heavy tax burdens. People today are struggling to find jobs, to pay bills, to keep their homes. When they are hit with an annual high real estate tax, it can put them under water. Many residents in District 25 are faced with just this dilemma.
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The public is invited to hear guest entertainers Dartmouth College's "The Aires." Their vast repertoire, some of which was performed on "The Sing-Off" on national TV, features a mix of contemporary favorites, traditional Dartmouth tunes, sketch comedy and an occasional piece of opera.
The event will begin with a cocktail reception and upscale silent auction featuring many items such as jewelry, gift baskets and gift certificates. A live auction will feature unique items such as an elegant 18-carat gold Kwiat diamond necklace featuring a 1.
The event includes dinner, followed by dessert and coffee service.
For more information contact Amy Leonard at 717-533-4001, ext. 156, or firstname.lastname@example.com. To register online, visit www.rmhc-centralpa.org.
READING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: The Reading Symphony Orchestra's opening night on Saturday, Oct. 13, marks the celebration of the symphony's 100 years of music - making it one of the nation's oldest and most successful symphonies.
Joining Andrew Constantine and the orchestra to ring in the 100th season will be world-class pianist and Steinway solo artist, Fabio Bidini.
Bidini began his musical career at age 5. His early start and dedication into the field earned him 11 of the most important awards in Italian piano competitions, according to a news release, and he also graduated as one of the youngest students of the prestigious Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Today, he is considered one of the top professional young-generation pianists. Bidini has also worked with many of the top symphony orchestras and holds an extensive repertoire.
The concert will begin at 8 p.m. at the Sovereign Performing Arts Center in Reading. For more information or tickets call 610-373-7557 or visit the website www.readingsymphony.org.
CARSIE BLANTON & JOE FLETCHER: A special musical performance by Carsie Blanton, with Joe Fletcher, will be held Wednesday, Oct. 3, from 7 to 11 p.m., at Tellus360, 24 E. King St., Lancaster. The event is sponsored by Tellus360.
A limited amount of tickets are available for $5 online and at the store. This will be a BYOB event for ages 21 and older.
Blanton is a young singer-songwriter who grew up in rural Virginia and landed in Philadelphia in fall 2006. Since then, her soulful, playful, intelligent music has earned her international respect. In her brief time as a performing songwriter, she has toured extensively throughout the U.S. as a headliner, and as tour support for Paul Simon, Shawn Colvin, Bruce Hornsby, Joan Osborne, The Weepies, Loudon Wainwright III, John Oates, The Wood Brothers and others.
In 2011, she performed a live set on the nationally syndicated NPR program "Mountain Stage," returned to Europe for her second time as a performing songwriter, and joined Simon to open several dates on his "So Beautiful or So What" tour. In January, she released her third studio album, "Idiot Heart," produced by Oliver Wood of the Wood Brothers.
Fletcher will visit Tellus360 as a solo performer without his band the Wrong Reasons on his first-ever stop in Lancaster, promoting his new EP that will be released on Oct. 2.
For more information, call 717-393-1660.
A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE: Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg will present the Harrisburg-area premiere of Martin McDonagh's black comedy, "A Behanding in Spokane," which opens Friday, Oct. 19, and runs through Nov. 4.
Filled with adult language and dark humor, "A Behanding in Spokane" tells the story of Carmichael, a man who has spent 27 years looking for his left hand, which was severed by a bunch of "hillbillies." Enter a pair of lovebirds who claim to have the missing hand, a hotel desk clerk with a desire to be a hero that borders on a death wish and the stage is set for heart-pounding shocks and hilarious moments, according to a news release.
Tickets are $14 and can be purchased anytime online at www.ltmonline.net. Tickets may also be purchased by calling the box office beginning Oct. 1 at 717-766-0535.
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2 medium carrots, peeled and diced
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 large sprigs rosemary
1 pound dried pinto beans, soaked overnight
1 tablespoon coarse kosher salt, more to taste
2 cups dry red wine
Extra-virgin olive oil, for serving (optional)
Coarsely grated Parmesan, for serving (optional)
Coarsely ground black pepper or red pepper flakes, for serving (optional)
1. In the bottom of a large pot over medium-high heat, brown bacon until golden, about five minutes. Stir in onion, celery, carrots, garlic and rosemary. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender, five to seven minutes.
2. Drain beans and add to pot along with 1 tablespoon salt. Pour in enough water to just cover the beans (about seven to eight cups). Bring liquid to a boil; reduce heat and simmer gently until beans are just tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
3. Meanwhile, in a small pot over medium heat, simmer wine until it is reduced to 2/3 cup, 20 to 30 minutes.
4. Remove rosemary branches from bean pot and discard them. Pour wine into beans and bring to a simmer. Cook for 10 to 20 minutes longer to meld flavors and thicken broth to taste. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with Parmesan, if desired; add more salt and black or red pepper to taste.
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This was not one of those nights.
The York Revolution opened the 2013 Atlantic League season Thursday evening at Sovereign Bank Stadium against Bridgeport.
The Revs have a new manager in former pitching coach Mark Mason and only eight players on this year's Opening Day roster who finished the season with the team last year.
One of those eight is right-hander Corey Thurman, who begins his sixth season with the Revs and made his fourth-straight Opening Day start.
Thurman went five innings, allowing four singles and a walk, but a three-hit fourth plated the lone run of the game as Bridgeport scored a 1-0 win against York.
"For Thurm's first time going five this year, he pitched out of a couple of jams, I was happy with him," Mason said.
The 34-year-old Thurman, York's all-time leader in wins, starts, innings and strikeouts, opened the game by surrendering a single to Adam Greenburg and a walk to No. 2 hitter Austin Krum before settling in and retiring the next nine hitters.
"Thurm was able to make his pitches when he was behind in the count," Mason said. "I also thought he worked both sides of the plate more so than he's probably ever done in this park. I stressed it last year with him a lot, but he went inside a bit more today than he normally does and it helped set up all his better pitches that are down and away. He changed speeds great."
The Bluefish plated the only run of the game in the fourth as No. 3 hitter Daniel Mayora lined a base hit to left and righty-swinging Luis Lopez followed two batters later with a single high up off the 37-foot, 8-inch Arch Nemesis wall in left that moved Mayora to third.
"That first single was way up and (Mayora) just tomahawked it," Mason said. "Luis Lopez hit a good ball off the wall, but that was only a single. (Jason) Repko played that ball outstanding to hold him to that."
Lefty-swinging Matt Spencer then stepped up and singled to center, scoring Mayora.
Thurman left after 74 pitches and was replaced by 6-foot-7 right-hander Stephen Penney, who regularly topped 90 miles per hour in his four-batter stint. Penney fanned one and induced three ground outs to second before yielding to lefty Joe Torres in the sixth.
"The bullpen was outstanding," Mason said. "Penny looked good. Joe Torres did a great job coming in. I matched them up best I could. They came through and threw the ball really well."
Southpaw Yunior Novoa and righty Josh Judy tossed the final two innings of scoreless ball for the Revs.
Bridgeport starter Mike Parisi, celebrating his 30th birthday with an Opening Day start, hurled four innings of two-hit ball before yielding to righty Matt Sommo.
York got both of its hits off Parisi to open the second, but Parisi sandwiched a strikeout between two fly outs to get out of the jam.
"We had a couple of guys in scoring position the first three innings, but we couldn't do anything," Mason said. "After that, we were pretty much out of it until the ninth inning."
Sommo gave Bridgeport three no-hit frames, striking out two, before being replaced by righty Adam Carr to open the bottom of the eighth. Jeff Fulchino earned the save in the ninth.
York No. 9 hitter Salvador Paniagua lined a two-out single off Carr in the eighth to break a streak of 16 straight batters retired by Bridgeport.
"Bridgeport pitched well," Mason said. "They commanded the bottom of the zone on the outside part of the plate when they had to. They went up. We really didn't get too many good swings on them. Sometimes, you just have to tip your cap. That's it."
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Browsing on few blog aggregators in the last 40 hours – Penggabung Suara …, Debat Rakyat, X-Blog, and few others – , where is the ceasefire? The SoPos are still pounding away. Those attending the luncheon don't seem to do so too. (Prima, SH Al Attas, Kuda Kepang, Abu Bakar Ninggal, M Sayuti, Zabidi Saidi, and others)
Bet Dato Aziz Chemor must be feeling restless. He predicted our politics could run us to the ground like whats happening in Indonesia. Having gulped few slices of expensive salmon and half a dozen mussels, and something on the side before departing the group, this blogger is bought. Aziz bought himself from any "shelling", literally speaking, from this blogger.
By the way Pak Habib, blogger Tunku preferred me as Senator Nominee rather than Pak Ya and Pak Dharma … hmmm new blood perhaps? Nomination closed. Shall the SoPo bloggers vote?
(Feeling overconfident that the generally younger bloggers will prefer the hipper me over them. This Berani Berubah supporter has no fear of losing, but tangan kosong ...)
If we can't get a seat like the OKUs and Actors, let's replace someone. The Senate needs the OKU representative, Professor Ismail Salleh. He is brilliant and furthermore, in the spirit of cronyism, he is my mother's pupil.
This blogger believe anyone can replace Jefri Zain@Tan Sri Jin Shamsuddin. He should have stuck his shallow and cliché arguments in films and not in the honoured hall. He is still hallucinating from the illusion that Pak Lah's presence till June 2010 is necessary. His unfinished Pasir Salak film must be still short of funding, eh?
Dato Ron for MKT, why not? He still has some youthful vitality and still socialise with the young. He reads, and writes incessantly. Tolong brader, sup-plo pencalunan!
Jokes aside, Aziz's concern has its justifications. There are a lot of divisive issues wrecking our society today. The economic challenges are immense. And, the neo-colonialist threat are real.
The manner DAP and PKR is reviving decades old, if not century old, racial grudges and blood lies and disputes (do read history) will revive old anger and confrontation. This blogger is confidently sure.
The royal proclamation doesn't seem to stem criticism on the Social Contract.
Sadly, a Malay who benefited financially and decorated immensely from NEP, Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim is subtly leading the voice of defiance. By saying the right to discuss remains, he is questioning the Royal request to cease discussion. When penalised, Khalid will lie through his teeth and conveniently claim being misquoted using his stutter as an excuse.
While the Royal Proclamation is being questioned in a more subdued manner, Kalimullah and his band of gasing players are throwing fear factor in the midst of Gerakan and MCA party election.
Thanks to Musa, the raccoon disguised as retired politician, terms like Mahathirism, return of right wing politics, Malay ultras, Conservatives and other terms are recklessly brandished to label negatively the incoming new leadership team.
Ultra Malays are cheap labeling by racist in-denial of Malay right to the continuity of cultural and political sovereignty, refusal to foreign models and templates, and essentially believers in the Malaysian way or Malaysian compromise or Malaysian own unique solutions.
Khairy too is jumping on the labeling game. Malaysia Insider presented Khairy as trying to avoid returning back to right wing politics. He is now trying hard to present a Malaysian image and not merely Malay to garner public sympathy in his fight for Ketua Pemuda UMNO. He put the commitment to reunite after it's all over. BN Youth must unite too, he said.
Oh … behave! Vomit vomit …
Malaysian Malaysia in him is rearing its ugly head. Who will believe? MCA wants him taken in for ISA. Gerakan got a police report on him. Remember your own keris waving act and attack on Penang Gerakan? We lost Penang because of you!
Khairy will win by the Bradley effect and lots of Agong heads falling like rain.
Tumultuous Partisan Politics
Gerakan is threatening to get out of BN. SAPP already did, except their Bebas MPs are still pro-BN. MCA wants all sort of demands. Sure … can consider but please win your own Parliamentary and ADUN seats!
When MCA said UMNO should stop being a bully, PBS openly agreed. Harris and his Berjaya have some old score with PBS. "Remember, you stabbed BN at the back weeks before a General Elections!", he cried.
"Gerakan was together in it but chicken out at the last minute."
With Hindraf an outlawed organisation, things will get messy with MIC and their Indian support. Hey dey Samy … pencenlah! But ayoyo how to? No replacement. S Subramianiam only can tanni!
More is expected to come from Sabah and Sarawak.
PKR is silently hoping it could get some crossover. None of the Melayus are interested. Without the Melayus, Anwar will never get the royal blessing to form Government. All this bersedia call is merely to save his ass from reentering Sg Buloh. The case is air-tight. The DNA hoopla in Parliament was just diversion. This case is so air-tight that any new prosecutor can pin Anwar in court.
Without Anwar, PKR will disintegrate. Malay gets back to PAS and UMNO. Indian back to MIC or whatever multiracial party they think is multiracial. PAS and DAP will be back with their quarrels on Islamic State. If Khairy lost his Ketua Pemuda, he will join PAS ...
... thats a good one.
With all the chaos and unacceptable pre-retirement attempt at change, sleepy doesn't deserve another five more months. He should and he will go. And all his people – the Zahid Hamidis, Shaberrys, Mat Taibs, Ali Rustams, Norza Zakar-rias, Gay Azalinas, Noraesahs, Khairys, JJs, and other two bit players – must go!
Abdullah's continual presence will do more damage to the country and society. Prediction: December and not March.
Tantrum Tantrum …
This gave raise to the recent political exchanges where Abdullah was on tantrum of Dr Mahathir being election director.
What's wrong with my people, you asked? Frankly, they are sub-standard or mediocre in their capability, and moral standards. His young people are devoid of the Malay spirit and sense of belonging to the Malays.
As former PM and UMNO President for 22 years, don't Dr Mahathir has any right? Dr M easily rebutted. Tunku and Hussein Onn criticised him when he was PM. This Melayu (or precisely separuh Kwantung) selalu mudah lupa.
To those idiots defending the PM by shouting, "Stay out of UMNO matter!", here's the middle finger for you! Whatever happens within UMNO affect the whole alif, ba and ta. Badut-badut sekelian, are you asking the citizens to stay out of voting UMNO too?!
It's the Economy la, Stura
I know. I know. Too much politics. Headache.
Off the cuff, face fact that the capitalist system is doomed. The three pillar of capitalism – banking, equity market players, and Insurance – are collapsing. No US$100 billion will be sufficient to bailout the industry in US.
Blood is spilling everyday over the bourse floors of New York, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Dubai, Singapore, Shanghai, Tokyo and Bombay. Without sufficient fuel to finance trade, investment, development, Government deficit, and consumption, world economy will shrink drastically.
With the collapse of western capitalism, a Government statement that the economy will not be seriously affected is only to console themselves or wishful thinking for the people to hear.
Ready ourselves for a new financial system.
It must be one that is ethically based, complimenting real economy of goods and services, shared risk between owners of capital and entrepreneurs (not risk free), and not an economy based on growth by any account to compensate for interest cost and payments.
To revive back the economy, one needs to go back to the basics of real economic activity. Build and produce things. Provide services. Work hard. Reward the industrious. Think to overcome obstacles. Pay if we need to pay. Play fair. Socially just.
Before any attempt to revive the economy, lets not elude ourselves with cheap labour model which only remit some RM9 billion half yearly out of the country. Bring in technology, mechanisation, automation, and system to improve productivity with the higher wage structure . Make job work flow easier and working condition better. Seek ways to bring investment down through tax incentives or local production of R&D.
Cut off the blood suckers and their mambo jumbo finance and financial market out. Back to real role of comlimenting economic growth and not be the determinant of economy.
Review back the idea of Khazanah and its purpose and structure. If FDI is slow, why are micey GLCs following the Pied Piper (investing aborad) into the river? Maybank BII's foray is an expensive lesson.
Find the sector to lead the economic recovery. Maintain a low inflation policy and low at any cost.
The Tingkat 4 experiment is accountable for wrecking the capacity building, particularly in manufacturing sector and aerospace undustry. They effectively shelved the 5 year Industrial Masterplan by turning in into a 2005-2020 plan.
The Agriculture program should be sufficiently funded. As it is it, Pak Lah's agriculture and bio-tech plan is only a wet-dream. Without sufficient funding, it is pursuing non strategic specialty product instead of true import replacement.
Get to the nuts and bolts of economic development. Let's not turn what seemed as IT, Bio-tech, Economic Corridors venture into merely property plays. Dump the Economic Corridors for a less bureacratic and realistic central economic planning and coordination.
With the world shrinking and without a leading country to lead the global recovery, we have to unfortunately become inward looking. Make the domestic economy self sufficient. Impart patriotism in commerce and business. Buying Malaysian help local economy, job, boost competency, and keep Malaysian money inside.
Whatever it takes, protect the local institutions and strategic corporation from going under or being taken over by predators. Value Cap is fine as long the EPF money is not gambled to bailout personal vehicles of Abdullah & Sons like Scomi, Equine Capital, and etc.
He wanted IMF policies of liberalisation and market determined economy. Let him taste his own medicine. It would be sweater if "his people" didn't get to run due to insufficient nominations.
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A doe takes care of newborn twin fawns in June in Ephraim. Research shows it's uncommon for both twins to survive until September, when the average fawn ratio in each deer herd unit comes close to one fawn per adult doe. / Gannett Wisconsin Media
When a deer hunter comes home empty-handed from the nine-day gun-deer season, most of the blame for his or her failures gets pointed directly at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for not supplying enough deer in the hunters beloved unit.
The DNR promises however, it has a method to the deer population madness.
Jeff Pritzl, wildlife supervisor in the DNRs Northeast District, understands that every hunter wants to harvest a deer each season, but that is not the main goal the DNR is trying to accomplish. Its goal is to try and ensure that each year the population is strong enough to sustain itself so hunters get an opportunity to harvest deer each year.
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The DNR has more obligations than maintaining the deer herd in units across the state, but that might be the most analyzed and scrutinized aspect.
A number of things go into what the DNR uses to determine deer population and potential each year. The Winter Severity Index is a measuring tool to determine how harsh a winter the deer have had. There are three-dozen citing locations across the north where the DNR analyzes snow depth and weather measurements to determine whether the winter was mild, moderate or severe based on a 1-to-100 scale. The number then gives them an indication of the productivity potential for that units herd for the following year.
Its important to note that every unit has its own individual growth rate average. Just because one unit might have a growth rate of 40 percent does not mean the unit next to it is going to be the same. Productivity rate simply means how much the herd grows from January to September, meaning fawn survival rate. If a unit has a 40 percent survival rate, then for every 100 deer in January in an area, 140 deer would be in that area in September. Each unit has its own number, and they use the average to determine how difficult the winter had been. Once they have it, they can begin to determine the number of potential doe permits to hand out.
The number of doe permits is also different in each area, but for a couple different reasons. Every unit has a quota success rate and a goal population. Goal population is determined by the previous years harvest, which is the mechanism for the Sex-Age-Kill formula.
The Sex-Age-Kill is short for the sex of each deer harvested, age of the deer when harvested, and the total harvested. This formula works because Wisconsin hunters have to register the deer they kill, which gives the DNR and the wildlife management team a more accurate perception of the population for each unit.
For example, Unit 50 has an average kill rate of roughly 30 to 35 percent for the doe permits the unit sells. The DNR knows this from the years of data it has collected from past gun-deer seasons, and sets a harvest goal based on the success rate of hunters in each unit, and the doe permit numbers hinge off that percentage.
Last season, of the 4,500 permits issued in Unit 50, 990 were filled, a 22 percent kill rate. That number is off the mark from typical years, but still is OK in the DNRs view because its only one harvest year. This season, Unit 50 has a harvest goal of 500, putting 1,575 permits for sale. Pritzl understands that when the initial permit numbers come out, they can be a shock to a hunters system, but the reality is the DNR has a pretty good idea from the research on each unit how many of that number are going to be harvested, and that number should be a hunters focus instead.
Every unit has its own personality when it comes to permits, Pritzl said. We often have arguments with people in March about the overall number, but as long as the success rate holds true, the large number wont be quite as a concern then.
Fawn survival also depends on what type of area the deer is born into. On average, there is a 60 percent survival rate in the agricultural areas and a 30 percent survival rate in forested land. Predation is a factor, but indirectly. The main cause is because the northern forest is not as fruitful in its production as agricultural land, despite the fact there is more forest land.
The 60 percent survival rate in areas such as Kewaunee or Manitowoc counties occur because the habitat is more plentiful, keeping the adult doe healthier and thus able to care for her young and protect and raise them during the early-development process.
Areas such as Florence and Forest counties typically have a 30 percent fawn survival rate because the adult doe may not be able to get the nutrients she needs. The adult doe may abandon her young simply because she cannot give it the care it needs because she is not healthy enough, thus allowing predation to occur. The better the body condition for the adult doe, the higher success rate for her young, making agricultural land much more successful for fawns to survive.
However, Pritzl said that by September, research shows the average fawn ratio in each unit comes close to one fawn per adult doe.
Generally, you are averaging one fawn to one doe, and that kind of covers the averages to the twins that survive to the does that lose a fawn or lose both fawns and have none when they get into September, Pritzl said. Twins are the most common number of fawns born, but getting both of them to September isnt very common, so it typically averages out by the time bow-hunting comes around.
All of this information is used and analyzed by the DNR to make the best decision in each unit regarding the health and future stability of white-tailed deer, all while trying to maintain quality customer satisfaction.
Its not a flawless system, but the DNR will continue to work hard each year so we have quality wildlife management for years to come.
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I've never worked with this fabric before, but I found some online in a gorgeous print that I just have to buy. Does anyone have any tips on sewing with it? I plan to make a very simple tunic/minidress with an elastic waist. Also, it's difficult to tell from the photo but I'm assuming it will be semi-sheer. Is this correct? If so, what can I line it with that won't affect the lightness and drapy quality of the fabric? Any help is appreciated.
I have. I can suggest you raise your presser foot pressure a little (lower number). Also, use a size 10 needle. It will fray on the cut edges, so be prepared! I don't know if you have a serger, but if you don't, you will need to enclose your seams.
Yes, it is semi sheer. Lining can be used in the same fabric, especially if the garment has a drapey hem. Londa of Londa's Creative Threads has a pattern for a French Lick skirt click here and it's down right drapey!
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Lightweight poly georgette is one of my favorite fabrics for summer travel tops. I find it generally very easy to work with.
If it looks as though it is going to be very squiggly and difficult when you lay out and cut your pattern, I find it helpful to take the fabric out onto a big sheet on the patio, spread everything nice and flat--single layer--and spray it with Faultless starch. It will dry very quickly, and afterward, without pressing, will have a crisp and slightly papery hand that will make layout and construction much easier.
When the garment is completed, just toss it in the washing machine to get rid of the starch.
Elona, you are a genius! The spray starch technique is timeless!
Thanks for the suggestions guys! Any ideas for a lining fabric that won't effect the drape of the georgette? I had considered lining it with another layer of georgette, but I'd like to keep things dress G rated lol. Do you guys think it would be opaque enough if I did that?
I am a fairly modest person, and I find that a nude-colored bra is all you need! No linings, etc, and that is a mercy in hot weather, isn't it?
I second the nude bra or nude cami for under issues. I've sewn a fair amount with this fabric. I always make a few samples before deciding on stitches and seams. I make the sample pieces on grain and on bias. Test out stitch length, needles, seam types. Most of the time I end up using a size ten Microtex needle and French seams. For hems I have used one of the following methods.
Kenneth King Tiny hem
Sewista sheer hem technique
Threads method of baby hems
The Kenneth King method is the easiest and fastest method and great for dealing with curves.
The Sewista method is the most difficult but gives you a nearly invisible edge and couture finish. You can see how it uses the spray starch. I use spray starch for all of these methods at this point.
The Threads baby hem method is a time honored method used by many.
Those poly georgettes can be quite seductive. Aren't the prints positively wonderful? I find the better quality ones aren't as prone to being hot and sweaty. Hope to see your make soon.
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I absolutely hate sewing with the stuff, but I succumbed anyway to a gorgeous feather print. I will try the starch technique, I assume Niagara spray starch will do the same trick.
For modesty's sake, make yourself several white or flesh-toned camisoles of cotton lawn. You can wear them under anything and they will keep you cool as well as modest, neither of which the georgette can do. If you make the neckline fairly high and decorate it, it's great for those blouses that show too much cleavage as well.
For construction, I recommend French seams - they are the traditional seam finish for georgette and always look nice, but they are best used for mostly straight seams. If you have curved seams, try the False French Seam. Flat-felled will also work but gives a more casual look.
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It is expected that House lawmakers will continue to consider various immigration proposals through the end of this year. Specifically, SHRM and its affiliate, the American Council on International Personnel (ACIP), will be working to champion the inclusion of an Identity Authentication Amendment to a House proposal, The Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 1772). Specifically, the Identity Authentication Amendment we are pursuing would: Create a fully electronic verification system that integrates the paper-based Form I-9 into the E-Verify system and moves toward a more secure system that authenticates identity and verifies employment eligibility, providing better certainty that the person being hired is authorized to work in the U.S. Provide employers with a voluntary option to use a knowledge-based authentication (KBA) system if they used it for 100 percent of their new-hire verifications, to assure the highest level of certainty, thereby significantly improving the prevention of identity theft in the employment verification process. Strengthen the safe harbor for employers for decisions they make based on information from the E-Verify system. Read more about the Senate-passed immigration reform bill and what it means for HR, click HERE. For background on SHRM's E-Verify efforts in the Senate, click HERE. Lawmakers in the House and Senate agree that revamping the tax code is a top priority and that Congress should work toward simplifying the tax code for both individuals and corporations. Staff on the House Ways and Means Committee spent the August recess crafting a tax-code-overhaul proposal, drawing on the work of 13 bipartisan working groups of lawmakers. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., says he intends to move legislation through the committee this fall. Similarly, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., has promised to consider a tax-code overhaul in 2013 or 2014. Specific to the HR sector, employee benefits such as retirement plans, education assistance and health care benefits may come under congressional scrutiny because of their tax-deferred status. SHRM, along with the SHRM-led Coalition to Protect Retirement, has submitted comments to the House Retirement and Pension Working Group. Sens. 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Considered the most expensive building of its kind, the $437 million Los Angeles Police Administration Building is also among the greenest, earning LEED Gold certification in May.
Housing 2,300 law enforcement officers and employees, the 10-story, 500,000-square-foot structure maximizes the advantages of daylighting and energy efficiency. The building features high-performance glass, recycled/recyclable aluminum framing and ornamental details, and environmentally friendly, durable paints.
Highly transparent glass and windows were incorporated throughout the building's exterior to invite natural light and sightlines that connect the city's law enforcement with the community it serves. Light colors and finishes are used to further communicate this sense of warmth and openness.
Along with the custom silk-screened glass, the curtainwalls' deep sightlines and shadow boxes add visual interest to the façade. Similarly, the window pattern of 429 "punched" openings avoids a grid-like layout in favor of an open, yet secure, staggered arrangement.
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Within its finished interior, the building has dedicated spaces for administration and investigative operations, a Police Commission hearing room, conference center, state-of-the-art communications and command center, 200-seat café, and a 450-seat auditorium. Many of the building's large assembly areas are used for civic and community functions as are its outdoor plazas and gardens.
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The Nokia Maps app comes free of cost saving some pennies of your hard earned money. Many of you would have enjoyed the free app instead of having to spend a lump sum of money to navigation solutions which would burn holes in your pocket. This week has witnessed the launch of a new product from the Finnish company Nokia. Nokia Corp. unveiled its new Mapping and Location service "HERE".
HERE is nothing but an interesting platform based on locations and services customers. It is powered to work on the cloud services and also on an array of other operating systems and devices. HERE is the world's first location map that works on cloud and delivers the best service across various operating systems and multiple screens.
Stephen Elop, the chief executive of Nokia stated that people are looking for great maps and HERE Nokia offers the best service to people so that they can share, discover and explore their world with high level confidence. He was also sure that 20 years of hard work that Nokia put in maps and locations can be easily accessed by everyone besides Nokia customers.
Nokia has started its battle with the already fighting comrades Google Maps and Apple Maps. And the best of all, Nokia has designed the HERE application for Apple gadgets like iPhones and iPads which run on iOS software. The HERE maps application for idevices is based on HTML 5 and they come with some thrilling features like direction of public transport, offline capabilities and walk navigation that is voice-guided. It is a known fact that Apple maps were a huge disaster. Many criticized Apple for omitting cities, key landmarks and the like. Apple maps also failed to identify the correct location which put them in a bad state.
Apple was clear about the consequences and encouraged its customers to use other alternatives for maps. Just at the right time Nokia has decided to roll out its mapping service. Apple customers keep a close watch on the app store in Apple. HERE maps which can be downloaded for free will become available to you in the coming weeks. However, whether it will survive the competition with Google maps is still unknown. Michael Halbherr, the executive VP of Nokia who is in charge of "HERE" states that it is difficult to get the maps right. But once set right, the idea is revolutionizing and the technology makes it possible to connect to any part of the world within fractions of a second. He mentions that Nokia will keep investing on maps to evolve into the world's best and powerful location service company. Nokia has a strong belief in this "HERE" platform.
Nokia has also disclosed that it is partnering with the famous browser Mozilla Firefox and acquiring Earthmine so that customers can enjoy 3-D views of their Nokia map. Computational mapping was stressed by the Nokia executives because it is capable of generating a variety of maps from the Here.com cloud based services. Looking at the importance that different companies give for mapping, it is emerging into an application that plays an important role in mobile computing.
You need to be aware that Nokia purchased the U.S. based Navteq digital map maker company way back in 2008. Although Nokia has lost the battle in mobile phones with Apple and Android, my instinct says that they are not ready to give up on the maps application. What do you think?


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Yea no problem
Alright show will go up, I need to compile and stuff, most people will be asleep but it will be up. It takes me forever to compile although it does save time on posting
Late reply but you deserve the mention.
Well thank you! can't take all the credit though .
Posted the AAP promo in HQ, left some spots open for Ziggler, check it out.
You read it already? 0.o
Do you have the Sting promo? And what about the debut promo?
We also need to do our AAP promo as well. I'll push the show till tomorrow, to many missing promos. All my matches are almost done and will be posted tonight
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8 Things to Know About Olive Oil
Italy produces 25% of the world's olive oil, coming in second place to Spain* who produces over 45%. The olive harvest (la raccolta delle olive) for 2013 is now complete, and yields look to be up in comparison to the previous year, when poor weather affected the amount produced.
But what's so special about this natural food product? Well, for years, scientists and nutritionists have been telling us about the health benefits of having a diet rich in olive oil. We already know about its health maintaining properties, and the cardiovascular and digestive benefits of what is now referred to as the 'Mediterranean diet'.
Now, Italian researchers from the University of Florence have found that one of the polyphenols contained in extra virgin olive oil may prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease; meanwhile, French scientists are also researching the theory that olive oil can lead to improved cognitive function, especially among older adults.
So versatile is olive oil that it can be used as an integral part of both your diet and beauty regime. Walk around any supermarket and alongside bottles produced for use in the kitchen you will spot soaps and creams also made from the humble olive oil.
Here are eight facts about this glorious gold-green liquid that you may not already know:
1. A regular intake of extra virgin olive oil can decrease and maintain both your diastolic and systolic blood pressure.
2. Storing mackerel, sardines and anchovies in olive oil maintains the omega 3 oils contained within the fish.
3. Monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFAs), of which olive oil contains 75%, has been proven to protect against heart disease and cancer.
4. Applying olive oil to your hair will help repair the damage caused by extensive heat and styling products.
5. Ooleocanthal, one of the compounds found naturally in olive oil, has an anti-inflammatory action similar to those found in non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as Ibuprofen.
6. To maintain the health boosting properties within olive oil, it must be kept in a cool place and away from direct light. The oil properties are protected if stored in stainless steel tins or dark green or brown glass bottles.
7. Five tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil in your bathwater will leave your skin feeling like silk. Italian actress Sophia Loren said the secret to flawless skin is regular olive oil baths.
8. A study was recently conducted at the University of Monastir in Tunisia demonstrating that regular consumption of extra virgin olive oil may protect the liver from cell damage associated with oxidative stress**.
Finally, here's something for our male readers: Should you find you've run out of shaving cream, wet your beard with hot water and massage in a few drops of olive oil and then shave as normal. Believe me, this really works, I tried it with three-day growth and I obtained a close shave with no razor burn and my skin felt great afterwards.
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** Source: Medical News Today.


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Stewarts Creek's Jalen Fearn goes up for a shot as Independence's Joe Holdheide during Stewarts Creek's first home basketball game Tuesday night.
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Stewarts Creek boys basketball coach Arnett Bodenhamer has his team shoot free throws every day in practice.
It paid off Tuesday night in the Rutherford County first-year school's first home basketball game.
Stewarts Creek held off Independence 64-58 thanks in part to a 18-of-22 performance at the free-throw line in the fourth quarter. And the Red Hawks (2-1) were 16-of-18 from the foul line in the game's final three minutes. ...


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Coming week?
Do you have any plans this next week?
My oldest does not have school on Monday. I am hoping it will be nice out. So we can go to the park. I have to work every day but Friday(well I better have it off. She is it writen as off. But I know how that has been changing lately). Have knitting to do and would like to get in the basement to and get it some what more clean.
Yah! I have to make shirts and we are doing an Autism walk on saturday
This is going to be the BEST week!! Once Tuesday rolls around that is ;)


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I did live in the 1850s; all our eternal souls pass through eternity through reincarnation and this has now been proven through the scientific method (including experimentation).
John Brown was the John the Baptist of his day. His actions heralded the return of the Christ.
I also invite everyone here to decide for themselves how someone could still be "defending" the evil actions taken by Texans in the Civil War?
Synchronism of GOD=7_4 or coincidence?
After yesterday's 2nd Round of the PGA Tour Championship, Zach Johnson was in 7th place and Dustin Johnson was in 4th place.
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A judgment today at the European Court means passengers will now be able to claim compensation from airlines for delayed flights in some situations. Following the judgement, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is offering new advice to passengers in the event their flight is delayed.
Today's Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) judgment in the case of TUI Travel and others v CAA confirms that passengers whose flights arrive more than three hours late may be entitled to compensation for the delay in line with EC Regulation 261/2004, unless extraordinary circumstances, outside their airline's control, delayed the flight.
The right to compensation for delayed flights is not set out expressly in Regulation EC261/2004, so TUI and others brought the case, which has now clarified the situation. Today's judgment offers clarity for consumers and the industry.
The CAA has now updated its Passenger Portal – a dedicated passenger advice section of its website - to ensure that people have access to clear, unbiased information about their rights and what they should do if they have a complaint.
Access the advice here
Iain Osborne, CAA Director of Regulatory Policy said, "Every year around 200 million passengers travel on two million flights to and from the UK, with the vast majority experiencing no problems. However, when something does go wrong, there are regulations in place to protect travellers, and the CAA is ready to ensure companies abide by them.
"Today's judgment from the Court of Justice of the European Union offers much needed clarity for passengers, the airline industry and the CAA about when compensation must be paid following delays."
As the UK's enforcement body, the CAA provides a free mediation service to any passenger having trouble resolving complaints against airlines or airports. Before contacting the CAA, passengers should contact the airline first, to give them an opportunity to consider their claim.
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2. Today's judgment confirms a previous decision by the CJEU about the right to compensation for lengthy delays in the case of Sturgeon v Condor Flugdienst GmbH and Bock and others v Air France (19 November 2009).
3. The High Court in the UK (alongside the German High Court) asked the CJEU for further interpretation of the judgment given in the Sturgeon case following a challenge by several airlines to the CAA's willingness to enforce claims for compensation for delays.
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What are Raspberry Ketones?
Red Raspberries are not new and have been around for a very long time for medicinal and nutritional purposes. Over millennia we have come to all relate and agree that natural fruit berries such as raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, etc have health promoting benefits for detoxification.
Eating natural fruits can provide systemic (whole body) detoxification and result in weight loss because ALL of the excess toxins and metabolic waste is stored inside your fat cells as your body's defense mechanism.
Our bodies are naturally programmed to put on fat for energy. We do this in case there is not enough glucose (sugars) present.
Then we can bust up the excess fatty acids and fat cells to use for extra energy in our body. The by-product of this fatty acid metabolism and heat burning mechanism are called ketones. Ketones derived from red raspberries can act as an alternative energy supply while burning up fat cells for fuel.
Ultimately, this is we need to begin returning to nature to provide our diet on high quality fresh, whole foods which our body knows how to utilize and store better.
The problem is most of are carrying physically damaging toxins and can be considered a walking chemical cocktail.
These overburdening chemicals, toxins and harmful substances that control and manipulate our hormones are also effecting our innate weight management system. Weight loss hormones and body weight are controlled by your internal and external environment.
Most of us don't realize how nutrient deficient boxed and processed foods are which cause hormonal imbalances and is proven to cause overeating. Overeating is arguably the number one reason why people gain weight in the first place.
Does that mean supplying the body with more "raspberry ketones" can increase fat loss stimulation and improve the weight loss hormone?
Fat Loss with Raspberry Ketones
While studies are limited using raspberry ketones as an aid in weight loss, it currently holds strong promise helping lose weight by increasing lipid metabolism and fatty acid breakdown. However, the only known and public clinical study using raspberry ketones was conducted with mice being fed a diet high in fat and calories.
Essentially they fattened up mice to then elevat their level of ketones to analyze their natural weight loss potential.
This weight loss study concluded their research after 10 weeks showing raspberry ketone supplementation stunted both kinds of fat gain (abdominal (visceral) and subcutaneous) while supporting in the breakdown of fatty acids and further preventing fatty liver development.
Based off this ketone study, it is safe to say raspberry ketones contain anti-obesity effects. Many of us need to improve our diet and food choices which also supports burning body weight and avoiding metabolic syndrome or overload.
Metabolic Syndrome is when your body's metabolism is impaired and thus raises your risk of disease and many other health related problems.
Along with metabolic syndrome, conditions such as metabolic acidosis, where too much acid (look up alkaline vs acid) is in body fluids and acts as an underlying problem to most health challenges we face today.
Too much acidity in the body is a breeding ground for dis-ease, ailments, sickness, and deficiencies. Body fat is acidic by nature. Too much of it limits your body's natural ability to respond and take care of itself.
Doctor Oz promoted raspberry ketones for losing weight by helping break down excess fatty acids which allows the removal and elimination of excess toxic fat most of us are carrying around.
How Do Raspberry Ketones Work?
The advertised Raspberry Ketone health benefits are centered on activating weight loss pathways in a few different ways.
1. Increases body's natural ability to oxide fat (fat oxidation) for more effective fat burning
2. Modulates the weight loss hormone adiponectin
3. Slows down and prevents fat uptake and absorption
4. Increases lipolysis or boosts lipid metabolism which frees fat from cells
5. Stimulates heat production or thermogenesis which burns BAT or brown adipose tissue
6. Acts as a natural glucose and fructose (sugars) replacement for the body's energy supply.
7. Limits the accumulation of fat and suppresses fat production
The most interesting health benefit is raspberry ketones effect on adiponectin hormone and BAT.
What is Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT)?
As we alluded to earlier, the body has, manages, and utilizes two distinct types of fat. The unique fat tissue known as Brown Adipose Tissue creates heat versus storing it. This special characteristic has put the limelight of weight loss research on the body's ability to stimulate metabolically active depots of BAT within the body. The correlation between Raspberry Ketones and losing weight stems from this concept. Raspberry Ketones ability to increase fat burning production in the body and melting excess calories can result in quicker weight loss.
What is Adiponectin Hormone? – The Fat Cell Hormone
Adiponectin, pronounced (edi-po-nectin), is the fat cell hormone. Most associate fat cells as calorie storehouses in the body. As technology improves and weight loss research continues, we are beginning to understand the importance and significance hormones play on our body's natural systems towards losing weight and fat storing habits.
Fat cells produce and secrete hormones as they are being utilized, absorbed, and assimilated. Adiponectin is found within adipose tissues and acts as the good hormone regulating and modulating weight management in the body.
As we stated previously, raspberry ketones positively effect adiponectin levels which has been shown to:
lower blood sugar (glucose),
reduce levels of triglycerides (fatty acids),
improve sensitivity to insulin
increase fat burning ability.
What's even more impressive about adiponectin is its linkage to being a; anti-hypertensive, anti-diabetic, anti-atherogenic, anti-inflammatory, and promoting anti-cancer functions and properties.
While all of the research doesn't seem to be available or finalized, raspberry ketones already have been shown to improve secretion levels of the weight loss hormone adiponectin which have great health benefits and provide weight loss results.
Raspberry Ketones Dosage
After most look over the raspberry ketone information available, they can start to connect the dots of it having weight loss benefits and wonder what the optimal dosage is. Obviously eating highly processed and refined foods loaded with excess sweeteners and sugars should be your first priority if your serious about losing weight. No amount of raspberry ketones will ever offset poor dietary habits and choices.
Dr Oz recommended a serving size of raspberry ketones to be around 100mg. He then said you can bump it up to twice daily dosage of raspberry ketone supplement if you feel comfortable. My advice is to allow your body to warm up to the ketones and safely start to eliminate the breakdown of fatty acids and fat tissues.
Consuming natural red raspberries would require eating nearly ninety pounds to gain the amount of ketones effective for fat boosting and burning.
After you feel out your optimal raspberry ketone dosage level, it is best to supplement 30 minutes before a big meal to increase production of ketones and boost metabolism for better food digestion and breakdown.
Which Raspberry Ketone Supplement?
the most asked question we get is "which raspberry ketone supplement is the best?"
The answer to that in our humble opinion is Raspberry Ketone. They are not the cheapest raspberry ketones product but are sourced and manufactured better and contain other fat burning ingredients like African mango, acai berry, grapefruit, and kelp.
Understand that no pill, product, or potion should ever be considered a cure all for weight loss. Raspberry ketones should act as a kick start to your weight loss lifestyle and used in conjunction with appropriate exercise and diet.
The best part about Raspberry Ketone supplement is that it comes with a 60 day money back guarantee which means you lose weight or you get a refund! Just remember to use raspberry ketones as a jump start to a new, healthier lifestyle full of wholefoods, fitness, and love.