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Els Segadors
|English: The Reapers
Senyera (flag of Catalonia)
National anthem of Catalonia (Spain)
|Emili Guanyavents, 1899
|Francesc Alió, 1892
Els Segadors (Eastern Catalan: [əɫs səɣəˈðos], Western Catalan: [eɫs seɣaˈðos]; "The Reapers") is the official national anthem of Catalonia (nationality and autonomous community of Spain).
Though the original song dates in the oral tradition to 1640, its modern lyrics were written by Emili Guanyavents, who won a competition in 1899. The music was standardized by Francesc Alió in 1892.[1] The song is based on the events of 1640 known as Corpus de Sang during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) between Spain, England, France and Austria, the event that started the Catalan Revolt or Guerra dels Segadors (Reapers' War)[1] where Catalans fought against the Count-Duke of Olivares, the chief minister of King Philip IV of Spain.
The Catalan government adopted "Els Segadors" as the national anthem of Catalonia in 1993.
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- ^ a b Generalitat de Catalunya: National Symbols
- ^ "These people" the oppressors of the Catalan people, who back in that time invaded Catalonia
- ^ the Segadors Revolt which the song references took place in June.
- ^ The verb in the Catalan original—seguem—is from the same root as segadors; that is, they will cut the chains as they cut the crops.
External links[edit]
- Generalitat de Catalunya: National Symbols (official page in English, with official version recordings in mp3 formats)
- History of the anthem


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I've been thinking about China's political system for the past few days, since I watched this TED Talk by Shanghai VC Eric X. Li (who, for the record, I think is full of crap). Li's argument is far too tangential to technology to discuss here, but it has caused me to reflect on the ways in which China's political system affects its technology sector. And I think that China's biggest disadvantage in the global technology game may be that its system discourages disruptive technology.
Although China has shifted from a socialist economy to a capitalist one over the past three decades, vestiges of the old system still remain. Whole industries — including the internet and telecom industry — are totally dominated by massive-state owned companies run by government bureaucrats. The problem with this, of course, is that the state both owns these companies and sets the policies that regulate their industries. Often, this means that state policy squashes innovative and disruptive new technology simply because it would be unwanted competition for the state-owned firm.
Perhaps the best recent example of this is China's online train ticket sales platform. The thing reportedly cost nearly $100 million, but it was (and to some extent remains) buggy, sometimes-broken, and very user-unfriendly. This was possible because it fell under the auspices of China's Railway Ministry, which maintained an absolute monopoly over the process, shutting down third-party apps, add-ons, and websites that attempted to simplify the process for users. Instead of allowing private Chinese companies to take aim at the train ticket purchase system and possibly disrupt it for the better, the government banned them from participating at all.
The good news is that things seem to finally be getting better. Over the past few months, we've seen the government refuse to intervene to protect China's giant state-owned telecoms from WeChat even though the app is eating into their phone revenue. And after early indications local governments were trying to stamp out the taxi app industry entirely, the city of Beijing at least has reversed its position somewhat and allowed the apps some room to grow. The Railway Ministry has also been disbanded and trains are now under different authority, so there's hope that more innovation and disruption will be allowed in that space, too, although we haven't actually seen much yet.
China is already producing top tech talents and they are more than capable of creating all kinds of innovative and disruptive projects. The next challenge for China's government may simply be to get out of the way so that these people can disrupt industries in new ways that are good for consumers — even if that disruption shakes up the status quo and poses new threats to state-owned firms or state-controlled industries.

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Sprint hiking early cancel fee to $350 in time for iPhone 5
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Sprint raises ETF on September 9
A leak late Tuesday has pointed to Sprint being one of the last major US carriers to dramatically hike its early termination fees. Dealers have been told that, as of September 9, the cancellation fee for smartphones, tablets, and other "advanced" hardware will jump from $200 to $350. The fee spike seen by SprintFeed would only apply to new contracts after that day and will still be prorated.
Sprint's move will follow those from AT&T, Verizon, and others, and may be motivated by similar factors. Carriers who have hiked ETFs in the past have justified it as compensating for the higher cost of subsidizing phones and the possible loss if a customer exits a contract early.
The timing is nonetheless suspicious as it comes just days before the Epic 4G Touch reaches the network and about a month before the presumed Sprint iPhone 5. Both AT&T and Verizon instituted their own ETF increases right as major flagship phones like the Motorola Droid and iPhone 4 were arriving, making it harder for any new customers to switch providers.


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For some NBA players, 36 points and 13 rebounds would lead to a postgame celebration.
After the Timberwolves' 91-73 victory over Cleveland on Friday night, Dec. 7, at Target Center, a weary Kevin Love had his head down in front of his locker and wasn't smiling.
At first glance, one would think the Wolves (9-9) had lost and Love had missed the potential game-winning shot at the buzzer.
More than anyone, the two-time all-star and Olympic gold medalist understands what his performance level should be, and Love would be the first to admit he's not there yet. Thirty-six points and 13 rebounds are a significant achievement for any NBA player, but Love's high standards prevented him from reveling in the moment.
"It might take me 15 to 20 games to get back where I want to be," a somber Love said. "I've been putting in the work, but it's just one game. Hopefully, it's not fool's gold. It's a step in the right direction."
Though Love appeared sharp, making 10 of 19 shots from the floor and 14 of 18 free-throw attempts, he had the postgame look of a player who's still trying to find his rhythm.
That has eluded him since October, when he broke his right hand while doing knuckle push-ups and reported to training camp in subpar condition after a busy summer playing for USA Basketball in the Summer Olympics.
Love has become one of the NBA's most effective players with his routine double-doubles and scoring versatility, but in his mind, he's not playing at a dominant level.
"I thought he shot the ball well," Wolves coach Rick Adelman said. "He was very active, and he got to the line."
There were a few things for Love to be pleased with beyond his search for his rhythm. Small forward Andrei Kirilenko returned to the lineup after missing four games because of back spasms and made an immediate impact on the Wolves' defense with four steals and three blocked shots.
Kirilenko was a factor in limiting Cleveland to 73 points and 34.5 percent shooting, season lows for a Wolves opponent. With Kirilenko back, Love had help against Cavaliers center Anderson Varejao, who had a streak of 10 consecutive games with at least 10 points and 15 or more rebounds.
The streak ended when Varejao pulled down 14 rebounds but managed just six points. He came into the game leading the NBA with 15.4 boards per game.
"We held him under his average," Love quipped.
Cleveland was the ninth opponent this season to score fewer than 90 points against the Wolves and the fifth to shoot less than 40 percent.
The numbers lifted Love's mood and provided an indication of how effective the Wolves' defense can be with him and Kirilenko on the floor together.
Kirilenko scored just eight points, but he had six assists. The presence of him and Love helped the Wolves overcome a sluggish offense that committed 21 turnovers and shot only 21.1 percent (4 of 19) from three-point range.
"We don't always have to score at a very high level because defensively we're a lot better," Love said. "All the way around, guys stepped up defensively."
Love had one of the Wolves' eight blocked shots and one of their 13 steals. The Wolves' defensive effort made up for any concern he has about his progress, but there was a look in his eyes that suggested he intends to get himself right.
Adelman gave the players Saturday off, since the team doesn't play again until Wednesday against Denver at Target Center.
That gives Love some additional time to rest, regroup and retool. He plans to put in more work to strengthen his hand and find that elusive rhythm. When he does, the rest of the league will know it.
"The four-day break will be great for me," Love said. "I'm looking forward to it."
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WASHINGTON— About 3.8 million veterans will not receive disability compensation next month if the partial government shutdown continues into late October, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki told lawmakers Wednesday. Some 315,000 veterans and 202,000 surviving spouses and dependents will see pension payments stopped.
WASHINGTON — Federal auditors say a job-training program designed to help veterans re-enter the workforce has more than 60,000 empty slots, left unfilled despite efforts to reduce the jobless rate among veterans.
The program is geared toward unemployed veterans between the ages of 35 and 60. It covers up to one year of tuition for training in high-demand jobs at local community or technical colleges.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama raised nearly $2.5 million Friday at three fundraising events, including one where he crossed paths with President Bill Clinton. The other two were hosted by a Virginia businessman and philanthropist who helped hundreds of struggling Americans attend Obama's inaugural in 2009.
WASHINGTON — Gabrielle Giffords, the recently retired congresswoman from Arizona who was shot in an assassination attempt 13 months ago, returned to Washington Friday for double honors. The Navy named a ship after her and she saw President Barack Obama sign the last piece of legislation she authored into law.
In a ceremony at the Pentagon, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus unveiled an artist's rendering of the USS Gabrielle Giffords, a littoral combat ship. The craft is among the Navy's most versatile and can operate in shallower coastal waters than larger ships.
WASHINGTON — In an effort to cut the unemployment rate among veterans, President Barack Obama is calling for a new conservation program that would put veterans to work rebuilding trails, roads and levees on public lands.
The president also will seek more grant money for programs that allow local communities to hire more police officers and firefighters.
WASHINGTON — The signals are strong. One year after being shot in the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is on a mission to return to the job she so clearly loved.
Her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, and people near the three-term congresswoman say she is highly motivated to recover from her injuries and get back to work in Washington, potentially using her inspirational story as a way to mend political differences in the U.S. capital. She faces a May deadline to get on the November ballot, meaning she has a few months to decide her next step.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, struggling to form the words in her first extended interview since a January shooting rampage, said Monday she will not return to Congress until she is "better."
"No. Better," she said in response to a question about whether she wanted to return to Congress.
As she gestured as if to help her form the words, her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, completed the thought: "She wants to get better."
WASHINGTON — Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, in her first public interview since she was shot in the head in Tucson last winter, doted on her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, and called him "brave, brave, brave" as she kissed his bald head.
Giffords appears on ABC's "20/20" show Monday night. It's her first extended interview since the January rampage that killed six people and wounded 13.
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For Wednesday, December 19, 2012
POSTED: 1:30 a.m. HST, Dec 19, 2012
Wahine 11th in final volleyball poll
The Hawaii volleyball team finished at No. 11 in the final AVCA Coaches Top 25 poll released Tuesday.
The Rainbow Wahine (27-3) ended their season in the NCAA second round with a five-set loss at Washington. The Huskies (25-7) were No. 9 in Tuesday's poll.
Texas (29-4), winning its first NCAA title since beating Hawaii in the final in 1988, finished No. 1. National runner-up Oregon (30-5) was second, followed by Penn State (33-3), Stanford (30-4) and Michigan (27-12).
Higgins, Kan on All-America team
Senior setter Tayler Higgins and senior hitter Carly Kan, who led Punahou to two consecutive state titles, have been named to the MaxPreps Volleyball All-America teams
Higgins, who has committed to Hawaii, was one of 15 players honored on the first team. She had 439 assists in 50 sets last season as the Buffanblu went 18-1 and finished No. 8 in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 rankings.
Kan, the Star-Advertiser's state player of the year, was named to the 15-member third team. She has committed to Missouri.


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Salisbury coach Jim Berkman, left, poses with his son, Kylor Berkman, after winning the National Championship in Baltimore in 2007. FILE PHOTO
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Seven years ago, Kylor Berkman stood on the field at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore celebrating Salisbury Universitys seventh Division III National Championship. The following season, as a junior, he was part of the eighth.
Berkman, who played his high school lacrosse at Parkside, played his last game as a Sea Gull in 2009, when the team dropped an 11-9 decision at Stevenson.
But he wasnt done with lacrosse.
He has the distinct honor of being one of two Division III student-athletes to be selected to play in Major League Lacrosse. In 2009, he was drafted by the Baltimore Bayhawks.
But it seems he may have been destined to follow in the footsteps of his Hall of Fame coach father, Jim Berman.
Kylor served as an assistant coach (offensive coordinator) at his alma mater in the fall of 2009.
In 2010, he joined the coaching staff at Division III Aurora University as a graduate assistant. By the fall of 2011, he was the head coach. In the spring of 2012 be became the assistant athletic director as well.
In his third season with the Spartans, the team is 8-3 and is undefeated in the Midwest Lacrosse Conference. His career record is now 37-11.
Salisburys 8-7 overtime loss at unranked Christopher Newport on April 7 was more than unexpected by the then-No. 2 Sea Gulls.
The team rebounded, but looked a bit sluggish in an 11-6 home win against St. Marys before blowing out outmatched Wesley on Tuesday.
We have practiced well, head coach Jim Berkman sad. It was learning a lesson. You have to play hard every game. You lose a game and if you learn, it makes you a better man then that is what athletics is all about, and that is what life is all about.
The Captains employed a matchup zone defense against the Gulls, stifling the offense and slowing the attack. If they should meet Christopher Newport again or face another team that decides to try the same tactic, the coach thinks they have learned their lesson.
Hopefully our zone game is a lot better at this point, because we have been working on it a lot more, Berkman said. Our decision-making will be better regarding the zone offense, so that if we see that match zone again, well be ready to tear it apart.
Last nights contest against No. 2 Cabrini will be followed by a walk-through against Southern Virginia today, but follow that up with games on the road at Marymount on Wednesday and at No. 3 Stevenson on Saturday.
We are 13 games into the season, Berkman said. We only have four games left in the regular season and with two games against the Top 3 within a weeks period and another big conference game, it is time to be peaking and getting better for this run here at the end of April and into May.
The Sea Gulls should earn a first-round bye n the Capital Athletic Conference Tournament, meaning they would then host a game on April 26.
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Baize Named Chairman of STC Board of Directors
John Baize, managing director of Act Global Sports, was recently re-elected to the Board of Directors and then named Chairman of the Synthetic Turf Council (STC) during its Annual Membership Meeting in Dallas, Texas. Baize's re-election recognizes his leadership position within the industry overall. Read More
New Turf at Parkview Field
The Motz Group is installing 89,000 square feet of blue grass turf at Parkview Field. The former field had to be replaced because the team discovered Poa annua soon after the sod was first laid ahead of the TinCaps' 2009 debut season. Replacing the turf will cost about $140,000. Read More
High Lead Levels Shut Down UNH Field
The University of New Hampshire has shut down an athletic field with artificial turf because of high lead levels. University officials say Memorial Field was shut down immediately after the school was advised that the turf had degraded to the point where measurable lead levels were detected in dust samples. Read More
Architect Suggests Dome for Browns
In reaction to incoming Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam's recent intimations that he might consider building a dome over the lakefront stadium, architecture and engineering firm Ralph Tyler Companies has suggested a free-standing, glazed geodesic dome, 100 feet wide and 380 feet high. Read More
KC Grounds Crew to Host Homers for Hunger
Royals Charities and the Kansas City Royals Grounds Crew are hosting the first-ever Home Runs for Hunger event at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday, November 10. Fans who donate canned food items or make a cash donation will have the opportunity to take batting practice on the field. Read More
New AstroTurf Practice Field Coming to NDSU
The North Dakota State athletic department finalized a deal with AstroTurf that will give the football program another artificial surface practice field. The $350,000 agreement will be funded by the Team Makers booster group. The cost includes installation, which is expected to take about two weeks to complete. Read More
Beavers Field Gets New Infield
About 28,000 square feet of synthetic turf is being installed on the infield and around home plate at Beavers Field in Lancaster, Pa. The outfield will remain natural grass. Officials expect to be able to host more than 200 games per year with the new infield surface. Read More
Oklahoma Town Building Four Fields
The city of Owasso, Okla., is pouring more than $1 million into the construction of four new youth baseball fields. The base bid of $527,723 will cover construction of the baseball fields, Langford said. The remaining funds will go toward field lighting and irrigation, a warm-up area and replacing existing asphalt with concrete. Read More
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In a Nutshell! performed for 10 area schools on Friday, Nov. 30 at Sherwood Hall in Salinas.
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The National Steinbeck Center presented Tandy Beal's "In a Nutshell - A Nutcracker for the 21st Century," featuring a cast of more than 40 singers, dancers, and circus performers from around the world. The performance for the general public took place Dec. 2 at the Steinbeck Institute of Arts & Culture at Sherwood Hall, 940 N. Main St., Salinas.
"In a Nutshell," a family-friendly was performed by Mixed Nutz, world-class circus performers with costumes that rival Cirque du Soleil. The six-voice a cappella vocal group SoVoSó accompanied the action on stage. On Nov. 30, the performance was given to local school children.
Tandy Beal has served as artistic director for Tandy Beal and Company ('71-present), Pickle Family Circus ('92-'00), and Moscow Circus in Japan ('94-'96). Beal has created 20 full-length shows and approximately 100 shorter works that have toured 48 states and worldwide. These have included a State Department tour of Eastern Europe and performances in Japan, sponsored by the Japan US Friendship Commission. Her most recent projects include directing an opera for Bobby McFerrin in Moscow, Abu Dhabi and Basel, and performing in New York for the Nikolais Centennial.


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Juan Pablo Montoya has played the scary-looking incident from last Monday niight's Daytona 500 over in his head all week and understand just how lucky he is that things ended up the way they did.
Montoya's fiery crash with a jet dryer working on the track in turn three was the result of a parts failure on his Target Chevrolet as he was trying to catch up to the field under caution.
"There was a vibration; an issue or the gear box broke," Montoya explained Friday at Phoenix International Raceway. "It started to feel weird because then I shifted and it depends on the rpm; it was like on or off. And I said (to the crew on the radio) look, I think there's something wrong. We looked at everything and everything was fine. And I went out again and we had a problem with the car and that was it, you know. We move on."
Montoya suffered what he calls minor injuries to his feet in the accident but other than that he's no worse for wear.
"I'm feeling okay," he said. "My feet are still a little sore, but not bad. It's kind of interesting a week later, or five days later, and you're looking back on that. And there's actually a shot that shows the impact, and I'm pretty lucky to be honest."
As Montoya's car sped down the backstretch and then went out of control heading for the jet dryer he saus all he could do is brace himself for what he knew was going to be a big hit.
"It sucks because the car spun and I'm going oh, driver's side, that's going to suck," Montoya said. "That's the only thing. You don't think oh my God I'm going to kill myself. Nah. You go oh, that's going to hurt. It wasn't too bad."
The spectacular crash became a worldwide sensation and was quickly known around the world thanks to television, social media and You Tube. Montoya says he's heard from other drivers in various forms of motorsports who all have praised the safety initiatives in NASCAR.
"I think overall, people were kind of amazed that I walked out of that one," he said. "Honestly, everybody was being pretty amazed. Everyone has been really supportive and everything. The bright side is you can joke about it."
Montoya's wife Connie may not yet be ready to joke about it but he says she was obviously relived to see him walk away from the crash so quickly.
She saw me get out of the car and it's like, it's all good," he said. "You know what I mean. As long as you get out, it's all good, no?"
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Nickelodeon is encourage kids to cast their vote for president of Bikini Bottom in an online promotion with supporters to receive three all-new episodes of SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS on Feb. 19, 2007, President's Day in the U.S. Top candidates are Patrick Starfish and Larry the Lobster. The Patrick for President programming event kicks off Monday at 5:00 p.m. with an interactive, two-hour marathon during which votes are tallied as they come in, and followed by three all-new back-to-back Patrick themed episodes (7:008:30 pm). An announcement of the new president-elect will cap off the premieres.
SPONGEBOB has been the number-one animated kids show on television for over five years and running. And who wouldve thought that after all this time Patrick would actually run for President? said Tom Ascheim, evp/gm, Nickelodeon Television. Its creative new programming events like Patrick for President that keep it fresh and funny, with viewers coming back for more.
Kids may pledge their allegiance and support to Patricks candidacy on nick.com/prezday. They can log on to read up on the latest election updates, vote for Patrick or Larry the Lobster, create their own video campaign posters and share them with friends, voice their opinion on why Patrick is a good President by submitting video testimonials, and create their own mash-ups using clips from the new Patrick themed episodes that will air on Presidents Day. In addition, kids will be able to sneak peek the three all-new episodes on TurboNick.com.
The marathon begins the countdown to the closest presidential race to hit Bikini Bottom. The race really heats up when Larry the Lobster leaves no shell, or starfish unturned and responds to Patricks promise to voters with a kelp-slinging smear campaign. Between episodes, votes are counted and the winners of various states are marked off as they are claimed by either Larry the Lobsters Crustacean Party (in red) or the Patricks Invertebrate Party (in pink).
Following are details on the three all-new episodes:
7-7:30 pm -- In Driven to Tears, SpongeBob has failed his driving testagain. Patrick is so outraged by the injustice of it all that he storms into the testing facility and takes the test to prove that it is unfair and impossible to pass. Only Patrick does pass and earn his license. In fact, as the one-millionth customer at the DMV, Patrick is awarded a brand new car! SpongeBob tries to be happy for his pal, but watching Patrick abuse his driving privilege and disobey common driving rules is more then he can bear. Then, in Rule of Dumb, an oversight in a Royal genealogy document reveals that Patrick is the next in line to receive a kingly title. Its not long before the power of the crown goes straight to the starfishs head.
7:30-8:00 pm -- In The Pink Purloiner, SpongeBobs favorite jelly fishing net is missing. Worst of all, Patrick may have been the one who stole it. But SpongeBob cant accuse his friend of anything until he can find some hard evidence that he does indeed have the net. Then in The Gift of Gum, its Best Friends Day and SpongeBob and Patrick trade presents. SpongeBob presents Patrick with a fancy robot, and Patrick gives SpongeBob his most prized possession: an enormous ball of used chewing gum. SpongeBob is touched. He thinks this gift is the coolest thing in the world. However, once he finally fits the giant wad of gum into his house, it slowly starts to creep him out.
8:00-8:30 pm -- In Rise and Shine/Waiting, a glimpse into the interior of Patrick Stars rock/home proves that his morning routine is anything but ordinary. Then, SpongeBob discovers that his breakfast cereal has an offer for a free toy. Once he responds to the offer, he must wait patiently for the toy to arrive. So SpongeBob sets up camp right next to his mailbox, determined to be present when the mailman shows up with his treasure. And, in Sing a Song of Patrick SpongeBob helps Patrick promote a song he wrote by securing some airtime at the local radio station.
Launched in July 1999, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS has since emerged as a pop culture phenomenon and one of the most popular series in kids television history. The Saturday morning play of the series currently ranks as the number-one rated program among kids 2-11. Nearly 67.2 million viewers tune into the show each month, including 24 million kids 2-11, 14.5 million tweens 9-14 and 32.9 million adults 18+. (Source: Nielsen Cume Data November 2006). Adult viewers also continue to tune in and have increased by 106% since the premiere of the show.
The most widely distributed property in MTV Networks history, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS is syndicated in 171 markets in 25 languages and consistently rates in the top three series among kids in every major market it currently airs in across Europe, Asia, Australia, Latin America and the U.S.
Nickelodeon, in its 27th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. The company includes television programming and production in the U.S. and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films. Nickelodeons U.S. television network is seen in almost 92 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for nearly 12 consecutive years.


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December 1, 2015
BAXTER, Ky. (WYMT) - A Harlan County elementary school principal is facing charges after being arrested on charges of driving under the influence.
Dispatchers tell Mountain News troopers pulled 48 year old Edwin Stewart over Thursday afternoon around 2:30 near the Baxter post office.
Jail records show Stewart was arrested and charged with DUI, littering, drinking in a public place and possession of an open container in a vehicle.
Kentucky State Police trooper Jason Young arrested Stewart and said he had multiple beer cans in his car when he was pulled over.
"Where he alleged he bought the beer and where I stopped him was less than a half mile and I already found two open alcoholic containers in the vehicle," said Young.
Stewart, who is the principal at Black Mountain Elementary School, was released on a $7,500 bond Thursday afternoon.
Officials with Harlan County Schools were unavailable for comment.
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Our 18th century house is conveniently situated within easy walking distance of Marlborough's interesting High Street shops, cafes, restaurants and pubs.
We offer a warm, friendly welcome to our home, where you can relax in comfort, whether you are visiting Marlborough itself or touring in this lovely part of Wiltshire. In the morning we will be pleased to serve you a delicious breakfast using locally-sourced produce.
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Originally posted by Mah Hasan: Also, how did you know these topics are not covered in as much detail as needed for the exam?
Originally posted by Mah Hasan: I am sorry I think I wasnt clear before. While preparing for exam, how did you know topic x is not covered in enough detail in the Microsoft book?
I am an experienced java developer but have no experience with C#. I need to pass the certifications asap. I am reading the 70-528 book for the second time... but still dont feel comfortable to take the exam. If I pass the mock exams that come with the study guide with 80%, do you think I am ready for the certification exam?
Another question about 70-528: Do I need to memorize the properties for each control?
Also Theodore, is there anyway I can get my hands on your 536 study guide. It would be really helpful.
Do you think it's worth splashing out on the 'PrepLogic MegaGuides' for the 70-536 and 70-528 exams? Were they any real help in passing the exams?
Also, did you use any practice tests like Measureup or Transcender?
any tips on what specific books to read for MCTS Web?


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Emmitt Smith: Cowboys are "very close" to being a Super Bowl team
We just had a string of Webcasts up on our site and www.northtexassuperbowl.com that included Emmitt Smith, Daryl Johnston and some guy named Tim Cowlishaw. Maybe you've seen his work on our site.
Anyway, Smith answered questions for about nine minutes after making his tour through Radio Row. We touched on a few subjects ranging from the Hall of Fame selection that will come Saturday – I don't think I'm stepping out on a ledge there – if he could play today and the Cowboys' future.
On Saturday's Hall of Fame announcement: "This is just another steppingstone in the right direction in closing out what I perceive the final chapter of my career from when I was seven years old until up to this point," Smith said. "This is it. The credits are starting to roll."
On if he could've played with the two-back system that is prevalent today: "I could've played today but I don't think I could not having the ball in my hands over 20 times," Smith said. "That's tough to do. That's asking a lot of a running back. Matter of fact that forces a running back to do things otherwise he would not do. In other words, do spins and do anything in their power to make the big play and it might be over-pushing it and not letting things come naturally."
Smith said he is not ready to announce who will be his presenter at the Hall of Fame but he is already beginning to put together some thoughts on his speech. Michael Irvin set the bar pretty high with his HOF speech a few years ago.
"The only thing I can do is talk from my heart," Smith said. "I played from my heart. That's just me."
On if the Cowboys are close to being in a Super Bowl: I think they're very close. With the growth I've seen from a leadership standpoint, the talent has always been there but you look at that team and they turned a corner. Miles Austin. Thank you, Miles Austin. You made my 7-9 pick to 11-5. But without you at best they might be 7-9 because of what you were able to do. He gave them a shot of B-12 in the arm."


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March 12, 2013
For its This Car Matters movement, the Historic Vehicle Association is asking people to share their stories about special vehicles — ones that helped to shape their lives and communities, and our history and heritage. Check out the videos below, and if you haven't yet shared your story, head on over to the This Car Matters page on our website to find out how you can participate.
Coast to Coast, Brass Era Style
1912 EMF Touring Car
Joe and Betty Swann drove their EMF, one of the first vehicles of the Brass Era, on a 40-day, 4,200-mile cross-country odyssey.
Art Deco Graham
1933 Graham Blue Streak
Keith Flickinger talks about Nicola Bulgari's Graham, which is an example of revolutionary style and manufacturing changes from the early '30s, including lower suspension and beautiful art deco design features.
Swan Song for Stutz
1937 Stutz Pak-Age-Car
Jay Crist's milk truck is one of only six known Pak-Age-Cars in existence today—it played an important role in early twentieth-century American life and was the last vehicle produced by the Stutz Motor Company.
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St. Cloud FL winter address
thanks again for this car matters. Does anyone have the story on the Lincoln " ACE " also known as Continental Ace Deluxe? I beleive it was made only one year , 1933. I don't know if it was built by Lincoln. It had a 6 cylinder engine, and maybe the continental was a clue to engine builder Continental. thanks, JK


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Phone: 609-799-0909 ext. 1408
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The Office of the Tax Collector is responsible for collecting all municipal property taxes and taxes that have been levied for the regional school district, fire district and Middlesex County. In addition, the office also:
- Provides tax searches
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Bank Lampung (PD. Bank Pembangunan Lampung), which officially opened on January 31, 1966 based on the business license of the Central Bank's No Business Minister. Kep. 66/UBS/1965 and Local Regulation No. grounded. 8/PERDA/II/DPRD/73 established with the intention of helping and encouraging economic growth and regional development in all areas and as a source of local revenue in order to improve the standard of living.
Bank Pembangunan Daerah Lampung then change the status of the Regional Enterprise (PD) is a Limited Liability Company (PT) in Lampung District Regulation No. 2 of 1999 dated March 31, 1999 and Deed Soekarno, SH No. 5 dated May 3, 1999 that have been approved by the Minister of Justice No. C-8058 H.01.04 Indonesia Year 2001 on May 6, 1999.
In line with the development of the economy and banking activities, to increase bank capital, competitiveness, expansion and business banking products and in order to provide opportunities for communities to participate in share ownership, with due regard to its function as a commercial bank and treasury holders,
In order to synergy the two sides, the Bank has launched Lampung Vision and Mission as the basis for operational management bank, which is "Achieving Success Together" which was then crystallized value is spelled out in beads of Corporate Culture behavior of PT. Bank Lampung. (Source)
- As the Bank is loved and owned by the community.
- Increase the active participation of society in order to stay ahead in the field of retail business through meeting the needs of financial services / banking and lending to the public to encourage regional economic growth, and constantly improve the ability of local financial management.
Jobs and Career Bank Pembangunan Daerah Lampung
Admission Requirements Employees:
- Male / female with maximum age 28 years
- Faculty of Economics, Department of Management / Accounting / Taxation
- Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Law / Civil Economy
- Faculty of Computer Science / Engineering, Department of Information Systems / Engineering
- Informastika / Computer Systems / Electrical Engineering
- Grade point average (GPA) Min 2.75 (4.00 scale)
- Good-looking, honest, hard working and responsible and not married
- Height: Male min. 165 cm, Female min. 160 cm
- Customer Service has a soul, to have integrity in the work, creative and innovative in making the breakthrough and be able to work in team and individual
- Do not have a nuclear family (parents, siblings, husband / wife) who works as an employee of Bank Lampung
- Willing to be placed throughout the office operations of the Bank Lampung
- Copy of diploma and transcripts that have been legalized
- Copy of valid ID card and family card
- 3R whole body size photos (2 sheets), passport photo size 2 × 3 (2 sheets) and size 4 × 6 (2 sheets)
- Police Certificate note
Submission of a complete application can be delivered directly or via the post made no later than February 29, 2012 (postmarked) to:
Division of Human Resources
PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Lampung
Jalan Wolter Monginsidi No. 182 Teluk Betung
Bandar Lampung 35215


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Mark Condie, front, prays during the annual Visalia Prayer Breakfast at the Convention Center Thursday morning. Hundreds attended the breakfast.
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John Moreno and Julie Harper called Thursday's Prayer Breakfast in Visalia a blessing. The guests described it as inspirational and powerful.
For the more than 500 people who attended Thursday's event, it was simply a way to celebrate the National Day of Prayer.
Pastors, city leaders, law enforcement and the general public filled the ballroom of the Visalia Convention Center to participate in the annual Prayer Breakfast. Organized by the Visalia Rescue Mission, the nearly two-hour event was headlined by Will Graham, the grandson of legendary evangelist Billy Graham. ...


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Gregg Doyel Previews Super Bowl XLVI
In case you didn't know, the Giants and Patriots will meet in the Super Bowl on Sunday. To preview the game, Bill Littlefield called on the expertise of Gregg Doyel of CBSSports.com.
In case you didn't know, the Giants and Patriots will meet in the Super Bowl on Sunday. To preview the game, Bill Littlefield called on the expertise of Gregg Doyel of CBSSports.com.
Dave Zirin of The Nation recently dubbed the Super Bowl "Woodstock for the 1 percent," but Bill Littlefield has some doubts about whether that's an accurate assessment.
Tiffany & Co. redesigned the NFL's conference championship trophies last season. With that in mind, we re-visit a 2009 story on the company from Only A Game's Doug Tribou.
With multi-million dollar television ads and "big day" radio promotions, the Super Bowl has long served as a way for companies to get their message to consumers. But, a recent pitch from a fast food chain has left Only A Game's Karen Given confused.
Seventeen is a magic number. Not only is 17 the number of syllables in a haiku, but coincidently this is the 17th installment of Only A Game's Super Bowl Haiku. With some pinch hitting from our listeners, this year's offering covers everything from Vince Lombardi to Aaron Rodgers.
The Steelers or the Packers will take home the Vince Lombardi trophy, but the Dallas Cowboys and North Texas expect to reap the financial benefits of the Super Bowl. Will the economic windfall be as big as they've hoped? Only A Game's Karen Given investigates how much Super Bowl host cities actually benefit from the big game.
Sunday will be a close game, but in the end only one team can be named Super Bowl champion. Will it be the hard hitting Steelers or the high scoring Packers? Bill gets a Super Bowl prediction and an update on the atmosphere in Dallas from CBS Sports.com columnist Gregg Doyel.
When Sunday's Super Bowl game is over, there will be celebration in Green Bay or Pittsburgh for a while. Then, thanks to labor uncertainty, football fans all over the world will start to worry.
As soon as Sunday's games established that the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers would meet in the Super Bowl on Feb. 6, speculation began regarding which team would win. With a break of two weeks, there is twice as much time as normal for alleged analysis.
It's been a long two-week break between the NFL's Conference Championships and the Super Bowl, and Bill Littlefield has grown tired of waiting. He shares his thoughts on the buildup to the big game, and recalls a few forgettable interviews from media week.


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Obama's NSA: "I take my daily orders from Henry Kissinger."
Remarks by National Security Adviser Jones at 45th Munich Conference on Security Policy
Speaker: James L. Jones
U.S. National Security Adviser Jones gave these remarks at the 45th Munich Conference on Security Policy at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof on February 8, 2009.
"Thank you for that wonderful tribute to Henry Kissinger yesterday. Congratulations. As the most recent National Security Advisor of the United States, I take my daily orders from Dr. Kissinger, filtered down through General Brent Scowcroft and Sandy Berger, who is also here. We have a chain of command in the National Security Council that exists today.
I think my role today is a little bit different than you might expect. Following the speech of the Vice President and the presence of our distinguished members from the U.S. House of Representatives, I thought that I would spend my time talking to you about how taking the President's guidance and the Vice President's comments yesterday, I would spend a few moments trying to discuss how the U.S. National Security Council intends to reorganize itself in order to be supportive. For decades, this conference in Munich has provided a truly exceptional forum for the kind of open dialogue and candid discussions that can only take place among close friends and allies. The Vice President's attendance and his speech yesterday should send I think a very strong and sincere signal about the seriousness of our purpose when it comes to listening, engaging and building stronger partnerships with all of our friends and allies because the President feels that the transatlantic alliance is a cornerstone to our collective security.
As many of you know, I have been here coming to this conference since 1980 and I have been privileged to work and know many of you here. I would like to salute my military colleagues with whom I have not only a deep friendship but shared many of the issues that we are discussing in a positive way today. And I am delighted to be back in an altered state, so to speak.
I know there is great curiosity about President Obama among many here. And there has been wonderful enthusiasm and new energy with regard to his election from people all over the world. I would like to take just a moment to speak to you about his approach to national security and in fact international security and the role that I see the National Security Council playing. First and foremost the President's strategic approach will be grounded in the real understanding of the challenges we face in the 21st century. We must simply better understand the environment that we are in. The President, if nothing else, is a pragmatist. He knows that we must deal with the world as it is. And he knows that the world is a very different place than it was just a few years ago. As he said in his inaugural address, the world has changed and we must change with it. And we certainly agree that the world is a multipolar place in the time frame of the moments we are in.
It is hard to overstate the differences between the 20th and the 21st centuries. We have already experienced many, many differences in the 21st century. When this conference first met, everything was viewed through the prism of the Cold War. And in retrospect, life was simpler then. It was certainly more organized. It was certainly more symmetric.
Year in and year out, the strategic environment was fairly consistent and predictable. Threats were "conventional." The transatlantic security partnership was largely designed to meet the threats of a very symmetric world. It was reactive. The NATO partnership was conceived to be a defensive and fairly static alliance. And I spent a good deal of my career in uniform serving within this framework. But to move forward, we must understand the terms national security and international security are no longer limited to the ministries of defense and foreign ministries; in fact, it encompasses the economic aspects of our societies. It encompasses energy. It encompasses new threats, asymmetric threats involving proliferation, involving the illegal shipment of arms and narco-terrorism, and the like. Borders are no longer recognized and the simultaneity of the threats that face us are occurring at a more rapid pace.
And as the President has detailed, a comprehensive approach to our national security and international security in the 21st century must identify and understand that the wider array of existing threats that threaten us. To name a few:
-Terror and extremism has taken many lives and on many continents across the globe.
-The ongoing struggle in Afghanistan and the activity along the Pakistani border is an international security challenge of the highest order.
- The spread of nuclear and chemical biological and cyber-technologies that could upset the global order and cause catastrophe on an unimaginable scale is real. It is pressing and it is time that we dealt with it.
- The overdependence on fossil fuels that endangers our security, our economies, and the health of the planet.
- Protracted tribal, ethnic, and religious conflicts.
- Poverty, corruption, and disease stands in the way of progress and causes great suffering in many parts of the world.
- Narco-terrorism that provides the economic fuel for insurgencies.
- And an economic crisis that serves as the foundation of our strength.
This list is by no means exhaustive. The challenges that we face are broader and more diverse than we ever imagined, even after the terrible events of 9/11. And our capacity to meet these challenges in my view does not yet match the urgency of what is required. To be blunt, the institutions and approaches that we forged together through the 20th century are still adjusting to meet the realities of the 21st century. And the world has definitely changed, but we have not changed with it. But it is not too late, and this is the good news.
In our country, one of the institutions that is changing is the National Security Council, which like so much of our national and international security architecture was formed in the wake of World War II and during the Cold War. So let me say a few words about what the National Security Council does and how President Obama has asked that I approach my job as National Security Adviser. The President has made clear that to succeed against 21st century challenges, the United States must use, balance, and integrate all elements of national influence: our military and our diplomacy, our economy and our intelligence, and law enforcement capacity, our cultural outreach, and as was mentioned yesterday, the power of our moral example, in short, our values. Given this role, the NSC is by definition at the nexus of that effort. It integrates on a strategic sense all elements of our national security community towards the development of effective policy development and interagency cooperation. But to better carry out the president's priorities, the National Security Council must respond to the world the way it is and not as we wish it were. And it must consider the fusion of our national priorities within the broader international context and interest. The NSC's mission is relatively simple. It should perform the functions that it alone can perform and serve as a strategic center – and the word strategic is operative here – for the President's priorities.
To achieve those goals we will be guided by several principles. As one of our great comedians in the United States, Groucho Marx, once said, "These are our principles. And if you don't like them, we have others."
First, the NSC must be strategic, as I mentioned. It is easy to get bogged down in the tactical concerns that consume the day-to-day conduct. As a matter of fact, it is much more enjoyable to be involved at the tactical level. But we won't effectively advance the priorities if we spend our time reacting to events, instead of shaping them. And that requires strategic thinking. The National Security Council I think is unique in its ability to step back and take a longer and wider view of our American national security and our role in the shared context of our international security as well.
Second, the NSC must manage coordination across different agencies of the government – increasing numbers of agencies. We have learned the hard way that this has real implications, both in terms of how policy has developed in Washington and how it is in fact executed. The NSC must therefore function as a strategic integrator by doing several things. One, by ensuring that dissenting views are heard and considered throughout the policy-making process. Two, by monitoring policy implementation to ensure that agencies are coordinating effectively in the field, and that the President's priorities are being carried out in practice. Third, the NSC must be transparent. We serve the President. We also serve other principal agencies of our government. And that's why I am committed to managing a process that is as open as possible so that we forge policies that are widely understood throughout our government by our people and by our partners around the world. Fourth, the National Security Council must be agile. We face nimble adversaries and all of us will have to confront fast-moving crises – from conflict and terrorism to new diseases and environmental disasters. To keep pace, we will have to move faster in developing policy and priorities than did our predecessors. The world is a smaller place. Communications is more rapid. And therefore our reactions must be swifter. And we must be able to communicate rapidly throughout the government and around the world in order to effectively respond.
And finally, the National Security Council must adapt to evolving challenges. There are traditional priorities that we will manage. But we must also update our outlook and sometimes our organization to keep pace with the changing world. To give you just a few examples, the NSC today works very closely with President Obama's National Economic Council, which is led by Mr. Larry Summers, so that our response to the economic crisis is coordinated with our global partners and our national security needs. The NSC has worked closely with the White House Counsel's office as we implement the President's orders to ban torture and close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. The National Security Council is undertaking a review to determine how best to unify our efforts to combat terrorism around the world while protecting our homeland. And this effort will be led by Mr. John Brennan.
The National Security Council will be at the table as our government forges a new approach to energy security and climate change that demand broad cooperation across the U.S. Government and more persistent American leadership around the world. And the NSC is evaluating how to update our capacity to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction while also placing a far higher priority on cyber security.
There is no fixed model that can capture the world in all of its complexity. What's right today will have to be different four years from now or eight years from now. And that's precisely the point. The NSC's comparatively small size gives it a unique capacity to reinvent itself as required and to pivot on the key priorities of our time.
Just as we change our ways at home, so too must we change our international partnerships in order to adapt to the 21st century. Minister Jung just pointed out some very good examples of how NATO could change. If there is one overriding characteristic to the world we face, it is the truth that security is shared. And as President Obama has said time and again, we are strongest when we act alongside our partners.
I know there will be much discussion over the next few months as to the future of NATO, so I am not going to dwell on the topic, although I am passionate about it. I do know that the President looks forward to addressing the future of the alliance at the 60th anniversary summit in April. I have been a fan and a participant in NATO since I was a child, watching NATO during the Cold War as I was growing up and as a military commander, watching NATO troops patrol the streets of Kabul and elsewhere in Afghanistan and the Balkans and the skies and in the Mediterranean. And I can tell you this. NATO is as relevant to our common security in the first half of the 21st century as it was to our common defense in the second half of the 20th century. We know that NATO is a strong alliance, perhaps the strongest the world has ever known. Its capacity does not just come from the strength of its arms but from the enduring democratic values that bind our nations together. And from the iron-clad commitment that ensures our collective security. But I also know this. NATO must also change. It needs to become less reactive and more proactive. I think it needs to become less rigid and more flexible. It needs to become less stationary and more expeditionary. And it needs to become more, not less, essential to our collective security. Our Secretary-General has been a strong voice for developing a new strategic vision for the alliance; and judging from this conference, this has been one of the finest conferences I have attended in Munich; and judging from this conference, the time has come to do so.
There is no doubt that NATO's involvement in Afghanistan poses an enormous task for NATO, but not just NATO, for indeed all international institutions located on the ground in an effort to bring this to a happy and satisfactory conclusion. Given the nexus of terror and extremism, drugs and proliferation, we cannot afford failure in Afghanistan. And that's why the Obama Administration will work closely with NATO and with the Afghan and Pakistani Governments to forge a new comprehensive strategy to meet achievable goals. This will be a shared effort with our allies. Afghanistan is not simply an American problem, it is an international problem. And as we work to meet these short-term tests, we must show the same strategic vision that mark NATO's founding six decades ago. Our predecessors had the vision to build institutions that were durable, that could meet the challenges of the day while adapting over the course of several decades. Now the world has changed, and history has called on us to change once more – and this, we must do. President Obama is committed to pursuing a national security strategy that is fully responsive to the challenges that we face. That means facing down current threats, while forging the lasting structures and capabilities that will protect our people and advance our interests well into the future. As part of that effort, we will take steps that I have outlined to be stronger at home and we will seek stronger partnerships with our friends abroad. Those partnerships will require continuous and rapid consultation. As part of that consultation, the Obama Administration will listen closely, be clear about what we are doing, and work hard to find common ground and develop common capabilities. I have no doubt that we are at another crossroads in history. Together we have fought wars and torn down walls of division and together I know that we can meet the challenges of this moment in history if we have the courage and the commitment to change with the times.
Thank you very much."
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WTF? He not only admits he gets his orders from global kleptocracy middleman Heinz Kissinger, but he flat out credits economic despair for putting power in their hands.
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Under a consent decree filed last week in U.S. District Court, dead people who used to live in Mississippi's Walthall County will no longer be allowed to vote there.
The AP on Thursday reported the deal, in which the county agreed to scrub its voter rolls of people who shouldn't be voting - a list that could theoretically include disenfranchised felons, cadavers used for medical research, Civil War veterans and people who are still alive but in Alaska.
Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann has long complained that the state's registered voter rolls are bloated. Walthall County, for instance, has 12,752 registered voters despite having only 11,219 voting-age residents in 2012, according to the AP. That's a difference of at least 1,500 registered voters who definitely should be purged from the list. But because only around 75 percent of the eligible voting population nationwide is registered, there's a good chance that thousands more no longer belong on the voting rolls either.
Conservative groups have pointed to these issues as a reason why voter ID laws are a good thing, though opponents say voter fraud isn't actually all that common and worry about suppressing qualified voters who lack identification.
The lawsuit that sparked the settlement was brought by what I can only assume is the conservative version of the ACLU, the American Civil Rights Union. The group apparently believes voting rights should be restricted to those who can perform such complex tasks as breathing and filling out a ballot.
The deceased voters of Walthall County could not be reached for comment, and I'm having a hard time finding other opponents of the decree.
Notably, the ruling does not explicitly address the voting rights of the undead - those who once died, and were then reanimated, like, say, a zombie. But because the process for disqualifying a dead voter involves cross-checking with the Social Security Administration and the Department of Health, there may be a way for disenfranchised corpses to retain their voting rights by reactivating their Social Security numbers.
But honestly, that sounds like an awful lot of paperwork to vote in the local tax collector's race post-mortem.
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A proposal the Jackson legal department said was illegal last year now enjoys a clean bill of health from? the Jackson legal department.
So what's changed since then? Their boss.
The proposal would create a grant program to help out residents who can't afford their water and sewer bills. It was first suggested by then-Councilman Chokwe Lumumba but was opposed by then-Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. During subsequent meetings, the city's attorneys warned council members that it might be illegal.
"It was argued by people that are still a part of the current legal department that it was a gratuity and we could not do it," Ward 6 Councilman Tony Yarber said last week. "I'm interested to see how there was an about-face. These are the same people (legal advisers), and now we can do it."
"I do remember the discussion," Mayor Lumumba replied. "I thought it was a little more political than legal to be honest with you."
Technically, the city attorney's office works for both the mayor and the Jackson City Council, but in practice, it works more closely with the mayor.
So which opinion is the legally sound one? We should find out soon enough. Yarber has asked the mayor to seek an attorney general's opinion on the matter. Unless Jim Hood is having trouble paying his water bill, his objectivity can probably be trusted.


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The Kroger store had just opened about 7 Monday morning when a man with a Carhart jacket and blue jeans was seen walking in. Police say he did a good job of concealing his identity with a fake beard.
One worker at the front of the store was slightly roughed up by the robber. Police then say the robber took him to an office where money was stolen. He left less than a minute later, but police say not before letting workers know he meant business.
"He fired one round. In the counter. He told employees not to follow him," says London Police Det. Blaine Inman.
Police say no one was hurt, but people were shaken up because of what the robber said and way he acted.
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Police say they don't now what kind of car or truck he left in. They say he's about 5-10 or 11 and that he weighs about 150 pounds. He had a nickel plated handgun.
Police say he should be considered armed and dangerous and they warn people not to approach him. If you can any information, call 606-878-7000. Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
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It has been 33 years since the University of Maryland Eastern Shore last competed in collegiate football and now the wait will be nearly a decade before it could ever happen again.
On Thursday, the university announced that the sport will not make a return for the foreseeable future following the release of an appointed task force's recommendation. The group, whose recommendation was submitted to UMES president Juliette Bell in January, was formed in the fall to take a further look at the issue.
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Volvo Rents [1] acquired SoCal Rental Equip Rent, a single location construction equipment rental company in Glendora, California, lifting Volvo Rents' North American total to more than 80 stores in the past 12 months. The acquisition creates the sixth Volvo Rents location in California.
"Buying construction equipment requires tremendous capital outlay. A company might buy a piece of equipment for $50,000, but only need it for three months out of the year. We bring the equipment to them, pick it up and perform the maintenance so there's no downtime. It's also tax-deductible," said Mike Crouch, vice president of business development for Volvo Rents.
Peter Maginnis and the SoCal Rental EquipRent group will continue working at the Glendora location. Maginnis will remain active with the operations and management of the new Volvo Rents location as general manager.
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2013 NHL Lockout
The 2013 NHL season was delay because of a lockout. The owners of the teams locked out the players of the teams because the two sides could not come to an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement after the old one had expired. The new agreement was finally made and they agreed to play a compressed season of 48 games. The new CBA had a couple of key points that the owners and the players had to come to agreements on. The first one is that the new CBA is a 10 year agreement with an option to opt-out of it after 8 years. The next was, is that teams can only sign players for a max of 7 years, 8 if they are resigning with the team that they were on. The biggest disagreement the owners and they players had was how they were going to spilt the hockey related revenue. Last CBA the players were getting 57% of the HRR, which is a huge amount compared to other leagues. In the new CBA the players and owners came to an agreement of a 50-50 spilt. Another issue discussed was the salary cap. This season it will be $60 million for all teams with a $44 million floor. Next season it will be $64.3 with the floor being $44 million again. The next one is the variance of money that players will make over the different years of their contract. There used to be no rule against that so they came to an agreement that a player's salary can't vary from more than 35% of what it was the year before, and it can't change more than 50% over the entire contract. The final point was that teams will have revenue sharing, meaning that teams that make a lot of money will have to share some revenue with teams that don't. 13 of 30 teams in the NHL actually lost money last year, so this was a key point as well.


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Dead Space 3 DLC announced
Visceral Games today announced that Dead Space 3 owners can extend their gameplay even further with Dead Space 3's first DLC pack, Awakened.
In Dead Space 3: Awakened you'll be able to experience the franchise's "darkest chapters as the Necromorph battles become even more gruesome and terrifying than ever before" EA have said.
It'll be available in March on the PlayStation Network and PC via EA's Origin service for $9.99 and on the XBL Marketplace for 800 MS Points.
Dead Space 3 will be available on February 8th for players in Europe, while it's already being enjoyed by folks in North America.


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Gareth Bale: Real Madrid and Spurs talks at advanced stage
Tottenham and Real Madrid are in advanced talks over a deal to take winger Gareth Bale to the Bernabeu.
The transfer has yet to be agreed, but it could happen in the coming days and is set to eclipse the £80m world record fee Real paid Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009.
Wales international Bale, 24, is determined to join the Spanish club.
Biggest price tag? I loved it
"When I was the world's most expensive player, I loved it. I joined Newcastle for £15m from Blackburn in 1996. I thought it was a crazy amount of money, as it is now with Gareth Bale, but you are worth it if someone is prepared to pay that for you.
"I took great confidence from that. I didn't feel a burden. I loved the idea that I was the world's most expensive player. I loved the idea that everything I did was under the microscope and would be analysed more so than ever and that will happen to him if it goes through."
He did not travel for Thursday's Europa League tie with Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia because of a foot problem.
It is an injury that kept Bale out of most of Tottenham's pre-season programme and their Premier League opener at Crystal Palace.
"On Gareth I am not able to comment on anything, that has been my tone since the start of the season and I will not come out of it," said boss Andre Villas-Boas after his team's 5-0 win in Georgia.
Any deal will not be announced before Real's friendly with Qatar side Al Sadd on Thursday. The match will mark the return of Real legend and leading scorer Raul, who now plays for Al Sadd.
The number 11 shirt, which Bale wears at White Hart Lane, has been left vacant at Real Madrid in the expectation their new record signing will take it on his arrival.
And there were reports on Thursday that the Spanish club were selling a Bale replica shirt, although shortly after screen grabs appeared on the internet the site was taken down for maintenance.
To help compensate for his possible departure, Spurs have twice broken their previous transfer record this summer, recruiting Paulinho from Corinthians for about £17m and Roberto Soldado from Valencia for £26m.
The additional purchases of Nacer Chadli and Etienne Capoue have taken their total outlay to about £60m, while Anzhi Makhachkala attacker Willian is in talks over a £30m move and Roma playmaker Erik Lamela is also rumoured to be part of Spurs' plans.
Bale joined Tottenham for £10m from Southampton in 2007 and scored 26 goals for the north London side last season.
His impressive displays led to him being named player of the year by both the Professional Footballers' Association and Football Writers.
Bale's camp told Spurs at the end of July that he wanted to speak to Real.
Real coach Carlo Ancelotti's subsequent claim that they were "in talks to find a solution" to the transfer angered his Tottenham counterpart Villas-Boas.
But it looks increasingly likely that Bale will become Real's fifth summer signing.
Real Sociedad midfielder Asier Illarramendi and Malaga playmaker Isco have arrived for reported fees of £34m and £23m respectively while Dani Carvajal has signed from Bayer Leverkusen and Casemiro has been given a permanent deal after a loan spell from Sao Paulo.


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Malcolm Brown, director of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, moderates this web seminar with Bridgett Piernik-Yoder. As discourse regarding the evaluation of teaching has evolved, an established definition of the standards of scholarship of teaching has emerged. In adhering to these standards, it becomes imperative to document teaching practices and investigate methods that support the examination and sharing of teaching practices. Whereas the concept of scholarship of teaching has been defined, little information is available regarding specific tools and processes to support scholarship of teaching.
The purpose of this presentation is to illustrate how course portfolios are one effective tool in documenting teaching practices to support reflective technique and invite peer review. The use of an electronic course portfolio as a flexible tool to support scholarship of teaching will be highlighted. Additionally, the challenges and benefits of developing electronic course portfolios will be presented, as well as suggestions to facilitate the development process.
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New Zealand is looking forward to Rio+20 as an opportunity to re-energise and realise our common objective of sustainable development. For us, an ideal outcome would be a renewed political commitment to sustainable development, underpinned by agreement on focused forward looking actions. We must not only bank the achievements made since the first Rio Conference under each pillar of sustainable development, but also update and strengthen them to reflect today's reality and look towards to a more sustainable future for us all.
We have been asked to consider today the structure and format of the zero draft document. There are a number of possible precedents, some of which are long and detailed. Time is not in abundance to complete our work. New Zealand values quality over quantity. We need a document that will inspire us all, one that is tightly focussed on future action and concrete outcomes. In that regard, we should be ambitious yet pragmatic. We should be clear in our vision, yet take into account the multitude of different circumstances. Our blueprint for the future needs to be challenging yet attainable.
This week we have heard much about creating Sustainable Development Goals, a proposal that has potential to capture the imagination at Rio. New Zealand is open to constructive dialogue on coverage, content and measurability of possible SDGs. Like others, we would see this as a separate process from achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, which should remain a key priority.
New Zealand's submission focused on areas where we see potential to make real and substantial differences.
We mentioned yesterday, in the statement given on behalf of Pacific Islands Forum members, some specific concrete outcomes that we are seeking relating to oceans. Priorities for New Zealand are commitments relating to:
To underpin these outcomes, the institutional framework for sustainable development must become more effective and efficient. We first need a common understanding about what we want reforms to achieve. Institutional structures should not be an end in themselves but should facilitate the achievement of objectives that the international community sets. Form must therefore follow function. Perhaps the zero draft could begin by identifying the elements where there is common ground in the submissions rather than suggesting a particular structure at the outset.
For instance, before supporting the creation of new structures New Zealand would want to be sure that they would result in improved policy coherence and implementation of sustainable development objectives. We would also want to avoid the short-comings of the current international environmental governance framework which are well known. Change –whatever form it takes- should not provide an opportunity to shelter continuing poor coordination, communication and out-dated processes. And whatever structures we have must represent good value for money. All stakeholders, and particularly the institutions involved, should prepare themselves to work in new and innovative ways to support sustainable development.
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The Eudora Lions Club will have its annual fund-raiser from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday in the commons area at Eudora High School, 2203 Church St.
The event will be in conjunction with the high school basketball games against Wellsville.
Proceeds from the fund-raiser will be used to furnish eyeglasses for needy students, support Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, send students to Lions State Band and support the Eudora High School all-night prom event.
Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children under 12.
Used eyeglasses and hearing aids will also be accepted the night of the event. They may also be left at Byrne's Pharmacy, 101 W. 10th St.
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