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The Broker Line is an LTA train line that serves the outer neighborhoods of Broker and Dukes in Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto IV.
The lines are elevated, not subway. Between Hove Beach station and Schottler station the eastern track has a side track that goes to little rail yard. Between Huntington Street station and Francis International Airport subway terminal there is an extension connected by a T-juction. This extension has one station called Dukes Boulevard Station. This extension ends after station and is not served by the LTA trains, since it has been temporary shut down for maintenance.
- Route 8 trains run clockwise in Broker, counter-clockwise in Dukes
- Route 3 trains run counter-clockwise in Broker, clockwise in Dukes
- Immediately after departing Hove beach, Route 8 services change to Route A for the Algonquin Outer Line with a corresponding announcement of "This is the A train, the enxt stop is Easton station."
- Like the counterparts of the J/3 lines, Manganese East is the first stop where Northbound J trains for the Algonquin Outer Line are referred to. As a north-by-westbound Route 3 service prepares to depart Huntington Street Lower Level Station, an announcement will play saying "This is the J train, the next stop is Manganese East station," followed by the stantard door chime and departure.
Listed as per Route 3:
- From Easton on Route J (interchange with Algonquin Inner Line)
- Hove Beach
- Schottler
- Huntington Street (Upper) (crossover)
- Francis International Airport
- Lynch Street
- Huntington Street (Lower) (crossover)
- Becomes Route J to Manganese East
For trains in the opposite direction (Route 8), the connections are with Route A.

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Can someone with the Big 11 network please post updates during the meet?
Cyclone.com is having live updates on each meet.
Live Wrestling Results From No. 2 Iowa State at No. 1 Minnesota - Iowa State University Athletics Official Web Site - www.CYCLONES.com - Iowa State Cyclones Sports
Here is also the latest rankings at each weight to keep track of who is going up against who and how they rank nationally.
InterMat: Wrestling, from every angle
Does anyone know if it is going to be on the radio in central IA?
for all those with Big 10 Net., please keep us mediacom folk informed the best you can...thanks
"The Constituiton...is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please."- - -Thomas Jefferson, Sept. 6, 1819.
The intermat coverage is pretty good.
Minnesota 4 ISU 0. Kist got beat 10-0
Fanthorpe wins 3-1. Minn 4 ISU 3
Fanthorpe wins, now Mn 4 ISU 3
Sweet. Nick Fanthorpe pulls the upset with a 3-1 victory. 4-3 MN.
The kist match wasnt good. He gave up 4 points worth of stalling points. Was never in the match and never was aggressive.
Fanthorpe was good. Upset his man to take some points i didnt think ISU would get.
Let's go Cyclones! Way to go Fanthorpe!
~Go Cyclones!
~Only you can make it happen.
~Never give up!
Nice. Let's pull this out!
i kno every one keeps talking about big11 net.. so that means u dont have that..ur screwed on watching huh?..
Iowa State: Anyone who's a true college basketball fan needs to see a game at Hilton Coliseum. Nice is in the DNA of Iowans and the fans here are particularly gracious -- even when the home team loses but gives a great effort, they are appreciative.
ESPN.com picked Hilton Coliseum as the "Hot Arena" in the Big 12...coaches in the league noted that, "regardless of talent, the Cyclones have a home court like no other."
Gallick got beat 3-7. Minn 7 ISU 3.
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DALLAS, TEXAS -- I am currently staying at the Live Aqua Hotel in Cancun, MX. My reservation was cancelled by Travelocity, after I was told specifically that my hotel reservation was adjusted for my wife and I to arrive the following day on July 09, 2013.
We missed our original flight on July 08, because we were told by the Travelocity booking agent that there was no need for passports to travel from Dallas, Texas to Cancun, Mexico and that a birth certificate would suffice. I asked him to make sure and he absolutely stated that it would not be a problem. We trusted the word of this booking agent way too much. So, we showed up excited for our 10-year anniversary trip and get turned away by Spirit Airlines, because my wife only had her birth certificate on hand.
I called Travelocity and requested a full refund expecting that we would not be able to continue our trip, even at a later date. One representative said that I needed to cancel my reservation with the airline before we could receive a refund. I cancelled the reservation with Spirit Airlines while on the phone with the representative. The Travelocity representative continued to say that the airline reservation was still active. I was at the airport staring at the Spirit Airlines agent and he assured me he canceled the flight reservations.
Finally, the representative said she needed to place me on hold and speak with the hotel. We were on hold for 30 minutes. She did have the courtesy to check in now and then and say that she was still on with the hotel. She finally came back on the line and stated that unfortunately, she could not cancel the reservation. I was speechless.
After a few seconds, I said, "What? What do you mean you can't cancel the reservation?" She stated that the hotel could only cancel the reservation via an email and that a refund would be given then, but they could not refund the full amount. Again, this was not acceptable. I told her I needed a refund in order for my wife and I to travel to a US destination as we were still at the airport.
The agent placed me back on hold and after several minutes, came back on the line and said that the hotel could not cancel the reservation at this time so a refund was not possible right now, but she would have to send an email to cancel the reservation and potentially get a refund, but it was not guaranteed. She said that I could call back in two hours or so to check. I was not pleased at all. I asked to speak with a supervisor.
I was placed on hold again. She came back and said that a supervisor was not available, but she could arrange a call back. After some more words, I said OK. She then stated that a supervisor would call me back or I could call back in a couple of hours. My wife was in tears. I went back up to the Spirit Airlines desk and asked another airline representative for possible flights to Miami and Las Vegas. They were all oversold. I told her about the situation, and she advised me that we could still fly to Cancun by getting a passport that day as long as we had a flight receipt.
I was not very trusting, so I inquired some more. She said that there was a passport office in downtown Dallas that would issue a passport the very same day as long as we have a receipt showing that we had a scheduled flight reservation for the next day. I immediately called Travelocity to instruct them NOT to cancel our hotel reservation, while I booked a next day flight to Cancun. I specifically told the Travelocity representative and NOT cancel the reservation, but instead adjust it for next day check-in. She placed me on hold to speak with the hotel.
She came back on the line and stated that she had adjusted the reservation for us to arrive the following day (July 09), but unfortunately I would not be refunded for the first day as the hotel refused to do so. I was not happy again, but I said OK I will fight that battle later. I asked about the ground transportation. She stated she could take care of that and placed me on hold again.
She came back on the line and said that we were all set and that it was taken care of for us to arrive the following day and we would be picked up. I said this is fine for now, but I advised that we had spent extra money due to bad advice from one of their agents. I asked to speak with a manager. She stated a manager would call me back. We had left the airport, hailed a cab and headed straight downtown to get my wife a passport. The cab driver said he knew of the passport place and barely got us there on time to submit the application. Luckily, we got the passport. We were told by Travelocity that our reservation was still good and adjusted for the next day.
After we arrived home attempting to reconcile what had happened, I received a call from a ** number. It was the supervisor from Travelocity. He said, "Mr. **, I see you have modified your reservation to arrive tomorrow, are you satisfied now?" He said nothing about our hotel reservation being cancelled. I acknowledged that we were arriving the next day, but I advised him we had to spend several hundred dollars extra, due to bad advice from the original booking agent.
He told me he could offer a discount on future travel. I asked how much. He said $50. I chuckled and stated that I had spent way more than that. He then offered to extend my trip if I could get Spirit to place me on another flight. We could not do this, because of our work schedules. It was obvious to me that he was not trying to help. I asked for his name and he hung up in my face. I was too stressed out to call back and was fed up with the level of customer service your company provided so far.
Now, my wife and I are preparing to leave the next day. We have a friend pick us up again the next morning. We arrive in Cancun and we get transported from the airport by Olympus and arrive at the hotel. We go to the front desk to learn that our reservation was not showing up. After several attempts, the young lady came back and informed us that our reservation was CANCELLED! I was livid. I told her that Travelocity assured us they adjusted our reservation for check-in the following day (July 09, 2013). She said that I would have to speak with Travelocity.
I called your company and the first associate looked up my Trip ID and said that my hotel reservation was still active and then placed me on hold to speak with the hotel. ONE and A HALF HOURS later, basically on hold the entire time, listening to that ** music and several associates telling me that I cancelled my reservation and me telling them that I was confirmed for the next day, I was told I would have to pay $1,800.00 for a new reservation with the same hotel (Live Aqua) by a supervisor named **.
I asked for the money I already paid to be applied and I was placed on hold again. He came back and informed me that the "hotel" requires another email, but that would take several days. I asked to speak with a manager, and ** transferred me to a **. I had to repeat the situation to **, and he placed me on hold AGAIN! I have now been on the call for TWO HOURS. My wife is in tears and distraught, staring into the hotel floor. My head is pounding and all of a sudden, the phone rings and another agent answers. I had been disconnected by **.
I'm furious and seriously considering litigation. I then walk over to the front desk of the hotel and asked to book a room. I told the manager that my 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY was ruined by Travelocity. I paid another $1,800.00 (a higher rate) on top of the $2,436.00 (original vacation price) plus several hundred I paid for the screw-up the previous day to salvage our vacation. No one from your company apologized or even attempted to truly help us.
My wife's eyes were bloodshot red from all the crying. Do you think we are in a mood to enjoy our vacation now? I have spent more time writing this letter. The hotel told me that Travelocity has my money. The hotel never received the funds from when I booked the vacation package back in May of this year. And it doesn't make sense for a hotel to keep all your money, when you are not staying there.
If I am not made whole for this debacle and the pain and suffering we have encountered, then I will seriously consider escalating this matter. And with your reputation online, I think we will get way more than what you are now refusing to refund, because you seem to have systemic flaws in your service delivery model. And I'm being nice. I could be perceived that you defraud your clients. I am requesting a full refund. It is NOT RIGHT for me to pay for a hotel TWICE, because YOUR company's coordination skills are poor.
The last communication I received from your company (a supervisor) before we boarded our flight today was that my reservation had been modified successfully and we were all set. We were still not totally satisfied, but we would still get to enjoy Cancun. Now, all the money I had budgeted for expenditures is gone to keep my wife from totally breaking down and to keep me halfway sane. Your company will not be successful treating its customers like this. I am in the hotel room spending my time doing this instead of enjoying my 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY. Please salvage any bit of reputation you might have and HELP US!!!
TEXAS -- We had a very bad experience with Travelocity.com site. My boyfriend booked a trip to Punta Cana in October 2013. He paid 2,700 dollars for hotel+flight vacation package... In two weeks later he had a credit for 1,300 dollars in his bank account. We call Travelocity and they said that the trip was canceled but after several phone calls we understood that not all trip, only the hotel reservation was canceled. On my question why the Travelocity did not e-mail or call us, the customer service had no answer. The supervisor offer us the second time to book the same hotel but for 300 dollars more. I think that the Travelocity.com are scam artists.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -- As I was booking my 4th trip to Las Vegas, Travelocity changed the price in the middle of my booking. A red box popped up above my price stating, "The Price of this Package has Increased. Due to availability changes, the price of this package has increased by $115.71 from $771.80 to $887.51. All totals have been updated below." I have used several other website that offer vacation packages, but have NEVER had that happen to me. That is no way to do business when in a competitive field of service. Ended up finding a better deal for the same days, same hotel room and same flight times. DON'T USE TRAVELOCITY!!!
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -- I rarely write reviews on anything but I am so frustrated with Travelocity that I am taking time off my holiday to write a review on them. This is the first time I purchased a travel package on Travelocity and it will be the last. They keep changing the deals they offer online, so if you found something that you may have liked, in the morning most likely it will be more expensive or not the same deal at night.
The package I purchased had a deal of $2000 credit to be used at the resort and after I checked out and received the confirmation that deal is not confirmed, instead the deal I got was Free Green Fee, which is not what I purchased. Spent half an hour on the phone getting transferred and explaining to 2 different people that could not help and when I got transferred to the third one, I got disconnected.
In addition to my unhappiness, the flight I selected was not the same that was confirmed. Now my husband and I will spend 10 hours in Atlanta before getting to our destination. Nice way to start a vacation. I always buy at Cheaptickets.com and never had a problem. I thought it would be the same with Travelocity but these travel websites are all scumbags and they are all trying to rip you off!
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- I booked a vacation package with Travelocity for traveling to Hawaii from NYC, and after booking they changed my itinerary without my consent!!! Had to spend over 10 hours on the phone with them to have my original itinerary honored, only to be disconnected toward the end of the process.
After so much frustration, my boyfriend and I decided we no longer even wanted to do business with them. We asked to cancel. That also was a run-around game b/c they refused to issue a full refund, and they did not budge on the $150 fee per passenger. What they also failed to mention was the $62 "commission fee". This, of course, was only revealed after the cancellation was already processed. Why exactly did I have to pay a commission fee for horrible customer service and misinformation?? Lesson: book with another travel agency.
I booked a 7 night vacation package to Cancun on AirTran website which ended up being really through Travelocity. (The 5 night trip was more than the 7 night, that is why I booked it for 7 nights!) When I got my emailed itinerary it was for a 5 night trip. I did not print my paperwork until Thursday (I booked it Wednesday night) & I really didn't look at it until Friday.
When I called they offered to cancel it for $1100.00 non-refundable fee. It is Travelocity 'policy' to be unable to make changes even if the airline & hotel allow it. I have nothing that says the trip I booked was for 7 nights, all I have is the itinerary they sent me. I know I booked for 7 nights because I read over the confirmation page to my husband over the phone and it said from Tuesday, July 21 to Tuesday, July 28, plus I had a problem with my payment info going through so I rechecked it 3 times. Still they would not fix it.
One supervisor, however nice she was, said she could not do anything about the airline portion and the next supervisor could do something about the airline portion but charged me for more nights of the hotel. He also could not guarantee me a seat on the Tuesday flight back home, which he thought was acceptable for me to get stuck in Mexico, but I didn't. He could get me a flight on Wednesday if he could get AirTran to agree to reissue at no charge, even though the flight was cheaper on Tuesday (no refund either).
Next he said I would have to pay for the 3 nights for the hotel at $377.00. But I had already paid for 2 of those nights in the 7 night package I originally booked(?). After about 6 hours on the phone, I was totally exhausted and ill. I gave up and agreed to pay the 377.00 for the 3 nights hotel. After he got AirTran to agree to the change, which he had said he doubted they would do, he said he had made a mistake and the hotel was actually 565.00. He had already changed my flight so I didn't feel I had much choice but to pay the 565.00.
The end result is that I paid $2,398.80 for a trip that should have cost me (& still is available today for) $1865.24. The eight day package, today, would cost $1898.72. Approximately $500.00 difference than I originally agreed to pay for the 7 day trip I know I booked. I am so sick over the whole thing. I feel like I have been ripped off big time and spent about 12 hours trying to get it straight. All of that happened last night & today I am still very unhappy about it all.
My credit card company advised me to cancel the trip and dispute the charges. I would readily file a dispute if I had anything that showed I had booked the 7 day trip in the first place, but all I have is the itinerary they sent to me. I went to the AirTran website today & printed my same original trip but it is not the exact amount I was originally charged either even though it was close. I am still considering disputing the charges and taking my chances that it will work out. I'm not sure what I should do, or what I can do. I have also written letters to corporate headquarters in hopes that someone will believe me and do the right thing.
In August 2012, we booked a flight and hotel to Atlantis re a special they were running for mid-December. Their website, only after booking, at Travelocity Confirmation - "General Policies" states "We know that sometimes you have to change your plans, which is why we do not charge any cancel or change fees." Also, after booking at travel.travelocity.com/mystuff Page 3 states "if you make a change to the hotel portion of your trip prior to Mon, Dec 3, 2012, you will be charged a fee of $0.00."
Our adult son broke up with his girlfriend and we canceled one person on Dec. 2. They will not reimburse for one less person on the trip. This was a trip of a lifetime for us and I'm out $800. They're all smoke and mirrors. Again, do not use these blankety blanks. We didn't ask for the airfare back (about $350) but the plane was full. I believe they pocketed that for themselves.
I called Travelocity to book my vacation. The lady on the other end seemed not to understand English and I wasted approx 1 hr with her. Then she said she got kicked out of the system and when she logged back in the price was higher by $300 (in 1 minute). I went online and could see the package I wanted at the cheaper rate and told her I would book it myself, which I did and had no problems.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -- 4 of us booked our vacation through Travelocity to Cancun just before the hurricanes hit. We still wanted to take the trip since a lot would be rebuilt by the time we were to go. We called 1 week prior to departure to make sure of our reservations. We were assured all was fine, they would've notified us otherwise. We arrive to find they booked us into a hotel that was under construction.
I incurred over $300 worth of cell phone charges to call Travelocity to arrange new accommodations. We also were stranded on the side of the street with our luggage for over 4 hours until they made these arrangements. We paid for a 4 or 5 star hotel, but they supposedly only had a 2 star hotel to offer. Before they even made these arrangements, they wanted us to find our own hotel, pay for it, and submit receipts for reimbursement. We stayed in their 2 star for one night and made our own arrangements as they advised the next day.
Now after our vacation, they refuse to reimburse me for the hotel I had to pay for while I was down there. They ruined our whole trip, jeopardized our safety, and robbed us. They have refunded us for the hotel portion of our package and some of the cell phone charges, but credited it on my friend's credit card since it was the one used for booking our vacation.
How am I supposed to get my money back from her credit card when I paid phone bills in cash already? May I add that when you buy a package deal for hotel and airfare you get a deal. So the amount they are offering back doesn't come close to what I had to pay for while in Cancun. I DO NOT RECOMMEND TRAVELOCITY TO ANYONE. I am going to do all I can to post my complaint especially since I've seen all the other complaints on here about them. Wish I would've seen them before my trip, then I would've known better!


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Who Is Ready For Dessert??
We had dinner in the River Rock Lounge on the 4th of July. The Asian Sampler plate was very nice, with potstickers, sesame crusted shrimp, and crab eggrolls with lovely chunks of crab meat in them. The Flatbread was delicious - gorgonzola cheese over proscuitto with thin slices of pear and some nut crumbles. That was very good. But the best was last ~ Caramel Banana Bread Pudding! WOW!! If you like bananas - you need to try this dessert. I am not even a huge fan of bread pudding, but this reminded me of when Gramma made banana pudding with vanilla wafers...but BETTER!


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May 2, 2016
Crews from the N.C. Department of Transportation are looking at the impacts of the nor'easter on parts of N.C. Highway 12 that were already damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
The department said Thursday there is overwash on N.C. 12 in Kitty Hawk, but it's not stopping crews from moving and placing sand along the ocean side of the highway to rebuild the dune that was destroyed by Sandy. Workers are also removing pavement damaged during both storms from the roadway.
On Pea Island, the department said the nor'easter didn't hamper repairs to tension cables on the deck of the Bonner Bridge, but it has washed sand and water onto N.C. 12 at the temporary bridge. As the water recedes, crews will continue work to rebuild the highway approaching the bridge.
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Originally posted on Freescale's Smart Mobile Devices Embedded Beat Blog
Contributed by Mike Stanley
Last summer, Freescale broke ground with the announcement of its MMA9550L Xtrinsic Motion Sensing Platform (see Evolving Intelligence with Sensors). This chip represents a new class of device which is sometimes referred to as an intelligent sensor hub. Collectively, the industry has just scratched the surface of the things to be accomplished with these devices. There's a lot of opportunity to contribute from product, application and architectural perspectives. To help accelerate that trend, Freescale is one of the sponsors for the First International Workshop on Intelligent Sensor Hub (WISH 2011) to be held August 21-27, 2011 in Nice/Saint Laurent du Var, on the French Riviera. Held under the auspices of IARIA and hosted by SENSORDEVICES 2011, WISH 2011 is soliciting papers and tutorials from academia and industry on a variety of topics, including, but not limited to:
- Sensor data fusion
- Distributed sensor data processing
- Controllers and wireless sensor networks
- Motion sensing platforms
- Micro-Kalman filters
- Inertial Navigation
- Improved user interface
- Process control
- Robotics & Automation
- Remote monitoring/pointing devices
- Mobile and portable devices (phones, tablets..)
- Medical applications
- Industrial applications
I should mention that I'm a member of the Technical Program Committee for WISH 2011, and plan to contribute one (or more papers) to the workshop. I hope you do too. Submissions need to be in by March 23, 2011, so please don't wait. Submit your entry for WISH 2011 now at the IARIA paper submission website.


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May 6, 2016
Newt Gingrich's second wife says the GOP presidential candidate asked her for an "open marriage" in which he could have both a wife and a mistress.
In an interview with ABC News' "Nightline" scheduled to air Thursday night, Marianne Gingrich says she refused to go along with the proposal.
The interview is airing just two days before the South Carolina presidential primary, and as Gingrich is gaining ground on GOP front-runner Mitt Romney.
Marianne Gingrich was the candidate's second wife. He is now married to Callista Gingrich, with whom he has acknowledged having an affair.
In excerpts of the interview released by ABC, Marianne Gingrich said Gingrich conducted his affair with Callista "in my bedroom in our apartment in Washington."
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Our love affair with the automobile began more than a century ago, when the first ungainly "horseless carriage" bumped its way into our hearts. These top 10 automobile museums display more than classics, more than an evolution of engineering and design. They also remind us of the automobile's impact on the world's culture and economy, and why we fell in love to begin with.
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Can you believe that Thanksgiving is next week already? The year has flown by and here in Gatlinburg we are already scrambling to prepare for the end-of-year festivities. If you are staying with us in one of our cabins during the Thanksgiving holidays, you can look forward to a clear sunny day around 55 degrees, according


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38 U.S. Code § 1312 - Benefits in certain cases of in-service or service-connected deaths
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(a) In the case of any veteran—
(1) who dies after December 31, 1956, and is not a fully and currently insured individual (as defined in section 214 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 414)) at the time of such veteran's death; and
(2) whose death occurs—
(3) who leaves one or more survivors who are not entitled for any month to monthly benefits under section 202 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402) on the basis of such veteran's wages and self-employment income but who would, upon application therefor, be entitled to such benefits if such veteran had been fully and currently insured at the time of such veteran's death;
the Secretary shall pay for such month benefits under this section to each such survivor in an amount equal to the amount of the benefits which would have been paid for such month to such survivor under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), if such veteran had been both fully and currently insured at the time of such veteran's death and if such survivor had filed application therefor on the same date on which application for benefits under this section is filed with the Secretary.
(b) In any case where the amount of dependency and indemnity compensation payable under this chapter to a surviving spouse who has children is less than the amount of pension which would be payable to
(2) such children if the surviving spouse were not entitled, under chapter 15 of this title had the death occurred under circumstances authorizing payment of death pension, the Secretary shall pay dependency and indemnity compensation to such surviving spouse in an amount equal to such amount of pension.
Source(Pub. L. 85–857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1128, § 412; Pub. L. 87–268, § 1(a),Sept. 21, 1961, 75 Stat. 566; Pub. L. 89–466, June 22, 1966, 80 Stat. 217; Pub. L. 94–433, title IV, § 405(9),Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1379; Pub. L. 98–223, title II, § 213(2),Mar. 2, 1984, 98 Stat. 46; Pub. L. 102–54, § 14(b)(3),June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 283; renumbered § 1312 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a),Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406.)
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The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, as amended. Title II of the Social Security Act is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 401 et seq.) of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Sections 214 and 202 of the Social Security Act are classified to sections 414 and 402 of Title 42, respectively. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.
1991—Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), renumbered section 412 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator" in two places in concluding provisions.
Pub. L. 102–54substituted "401" for "201" in concluding provisions.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted "Secretary" for "Administrator".
1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–223, § 213(2), substituted "section 214 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 414)" for "section 414 of title 42" in par. (1), "section 202 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402)" for "section 402 of title 42" in par. (3), and "title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.)" for "subchapter II of chapter 7 of title 42" in provision following par. (3).
1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–433substituted "such veteran's" for "his" in cls. (1) and (3) and in text following cl. (3) and "such veteran" for "he" in cl. (3).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–433substituted "surviving spouse" for "widow" wherever appearing.
1966—Pub. L. 89–466inserted "to a widow who has children", "to (1) such widow, or (2) such children if the widow were not entitled", and "such widow".
1961—Pub. L. 87–268designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 94–433effective Oct. 1, 1976, see section 406 ofPub. L. 94–433, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.
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Wallace Sampson, writing for Science-Based Medicine, gives an excellent overview of the last forty years of medicine and what went wrong. He points to several cultural trends that conspired together to allow the anti-scientific revolution to occur. These include political correctness – which has had the effect of rendering appropriate scientific criticism as impolite. The post-modernist influence in academia also played a major role, one aspect of which is the portrayal of science as just another narrative without any special relationship to the truth. In fact science, according to some post-modernists, is just a way for one group (in this case Western white males) to impose their power over minorities and the oppressed.
Add to this a general anti-establishment movement beginning in the 1960s. CAM proponents were successful in portraying scientific medicine as the Establishment – something that needed to be taken down. This evolved into the "health care freedom" movement, the ostensible purpose of which was to earn freedom for the public to access whatever health care they wanted. In reality the health care freedom movement is about earning freedom for practitioners to do whatever they want, free from any regulation meant to protect the public. I find it one of the greatest ironies of the CAM phenomenon that they have been able to pass laws that are overtly anti-consumer, in that they remove protection from fraud or incompetence, in the name of consumer freedom. Why hasn't Ralph Nader noticed this? What if the auto industry promoted "automobile freedom" laws so that consumers could buy any vehicles they wanted, free from any government quality or safety regulation?
This brings up the political dimension of CAM. Proponents have been successful at working both sides of the aisle, appealing to anti-regulation sentiment on the right and anti-corporate/anti-establishment sentiment on the left. Unfortunately, science has no political party.
And of course all of this is happening in a generally scientifically illiterate society. In my experience most of the public does not understand why homeopathy cannot possibly work (it's just water), why scientists are confident that there is no mysterious life force at work in the body, why chiropractic subluxations make no sense, and why megadosing vitamins or the latest fad tropical fruit juice cannot cure everything.
And yes, of course, there are legitimate criticisms of mainstream medicine. The system is under great financial strain. Technology, while extremely effective, is very expensive and may render some medical encounters very unpleasant and frightening. The ethical model in medicine has also shifted from a paternalistic model, where doctors just did what they thought was best, to a cooperative model that focuses on informed consent. This is a good thing, but it means that physicians are ethically obliged to tell patients the whole and unpleasant truth. We do not have the luxury of lying to patients to make them feel better. Charlatans have no such constraints.


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The Broncos (5-3) arrive with a three-game winning streak and have the two major elements to win in the NFL: a hot quarterback in Peyton Manning and a defense, led by linebacker Von Miller, that can rush the passer.
Denver pulls away
A Mike Adams sack of Cam Newton for a safety, a 5-yard Ronnie Hillman run for a TD and Matt Prater's 27-yard field goal in the fourth quarter pushed the Broncos to a 36-14 victory Sunday.
Broncos extend lead, but not the offense
The Broncos jumped out to a 24-7 lead going to the fourth quarter, but not because of Peyton Manning and the Denver offense.
Tony Carter's 40-yard interception return for a touchdown came after Von Miller chased Carolina QB Cam Newton around the backfield. Miller forced Newton into a long out-throw that Carter picked off.
Dumervil injured
Broncos defensive end Elvis Dumervil left Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers with a right shoulder injury and the team says his return is questionable.
Dumervil has six sacks this season.He left midway through the second quarter and has been replaced by Robert Ayers. — The Associated Press
Broncos up by 10
After Trindon Holliday's 76-yard punt return for a TD, the Broncos added a 53-yard field goal from Matt Prater to extend their lead to 17-7 going to the second half.
Prater, though, also missed a 46-yarder with 2:00 remaining in the half.
Peyton Manning has been on point for Denver. He completed 16-of-20 passes for 135 yards and a touchdown in the first half.
Cam Newton countered by going 9-for-16 for 127.
Holliday burns
Broncos returner Trindon Holliday opened the second quarter with a 76-yard punt return for a touchdown. He caught the punt deep in Denver territory, paused, waited, then sprinted to the right and tip-toed down the sideline for a score.
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Peyton Manning threw 6-for-7 for 69 yards and 1 touchdown. Carolina's Cam Newton went 6-for-9 for 81 yards and1 TD.
The Broncos' score came on a 10-yard pass from Manning to Brandon Stokley with 1:39 remaining in the quarter.
Newton's 4-yard TD pass to tight end Greg Olsen gave Carolina an early lead.
Broncos streaking
Last weekend in a 31-23 win at Cincinnati, Manning set an NFL record with his 48th career-winning drive inthe fourth quarter or overtime. He has thrown for nine touchdowns and no interceptions in the final period this season.
Miller comes off a three-sack performance against the Bengals and leads the NFL with 17 tackles for a loss. The second-year pro ought to be feeling particularly good about things, having no doubt watched the telecast of his Texas A&M Aggies' upset of Alabama on Saturday.
The Panthers (2-6) have been a disappointment. But Carolina did win last week at Washington to snap a five-game losing streak and second-year quarterback Cam Newton did not throw an interception against the Redskins. — Tom Kensler, The Denver Post
Harris still in for Porter
Broncos cornerback Tracy Porter and right guard Chris Kuper are inactive for Denver's game against the Carolina Panthers.
Chris Harris will start for Porter, missing his fourth straight games while being treated for an illness.
Manny Ramirez gets the starting nod at right guard.
Denver's other inactives include running back Knowshon Moreno, quarterback Caleb Hanie, safety Duke Ihenacho, tight end Julius Thomas and nose tackle Sealver Siliga.
Carolina's inactives include quarterback Jimmy Clausen, wide receiver Joe Adams, defensive ends Antwan Applewhite and Thomas Keiser, safety D.J. Campbell, linebacker Jason Williams and tackle Bruce Campbell. Williams was added to the team's roster earlier this week after being claimed off waivers. — The Associated Press
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- Title
- The role of culture in low involvement purchase decisions
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- Nayeem, Tahmid; Casidy, Riza
- Abstract
- This study investigates the relationship between individualism-collectivism and consumer decision-making styles applied to low involvement product purchases. An adapted version of the widely used Consumer Styles Inventory (Sproles and Kendall, 1986) was used to measure consumer decision-making styles. Based on a sample of 207 respondents from individualist and collectivist backgrounds, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted on Sproles and Kendalls (1986) CSI adapted for low involvement purchases. Results showed that collectivist consumers scored significantly higher than individualist consumers on 'confused by overchoice', 'rational buyer', and 'recreation-conscious' decision-making styles. There were no differences in the 'perfectionist', 'high quality conscious', 'brand conscious', 'careless-impulsive', 'habitual/brand loyal', and 'innovation conscious' decisionmaking styles between these two groups.
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- Proceedings of 'Sharing the cup of knowledge', the 2012 Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference (ANZMAC 2012), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 03-05 December 2012
- Publication year
- 2012
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- Collectivism; Consumer decision making; Culture; Individualism
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The detail-map looks very very good, ravs! I hope to see more in this style! And maybe a tut for it? That'd be awesome!
I'm experimenting on a nice bright style which is really quick to put down. This is what I have so far. I have to wean myself off my addiction to Star Raven's mountain brushes though and make my own ones!
It's a reasonably big continent, but I think that once I have all the elements, I should be able to get it all done in a day or two. Doing the elements for the first time is the time consumer. It's fun putting in all the little details like ruined forts, old temples and the like.
The detail-map looks very very good, ravs! I hope to see more in this style! And maybe a tut for it? That'd be awesome!
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Beautiful. Love the prominent natural borders on the closer-in map. I'm trying to get the same sort of look for a world-map I'm drawing now
Glad to see your Moj-O-Meter is tending upwards. The detailed map looks very good and the choice of colours is beautiful.
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@Eilathen, not much chance of a tut, since it's made in Serif Drawplus and I think there are only 3 people on the guild who use it!
@Tilt, it's made in Serif Drawplus which is a vector app with some raster functionality.
Seems a shame to do a test piece like this for a map which is never destined to be used for gaming. I've found someone in the maps requested forum who is looking for a map for his/her gaming group, hopefully it'll get taken up and then the map will actually have a purpose.
Ravells, you might mention there is a Serif DrawPlus starter edition which is free, dunno if it can do the same as the full version but, I downloaded it after you responded to one of my questions with a reference to drawplus.
Or, i could post the link *facepalm*
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OLPC Ethiopia
From OLPC
|2007 status: green
There are significant educational challenges in Ethiopia. Although Education For All (EFA) has tried to universalize access to primary education, current national figures demonstrate that only 60% of children are enrolled, with a teacher-student ratio of 1 to 72. Currently Ethiopia uses the long-established teaching model where rote-learning and student subservience are prioritized. Improving educational quality is a major goal which could depend on the pedagogical approach and curriculum structure. There is also a widespread lack of access to resources (including textbooks and extra-curricular learning materials).
Five Principles for OLPC in Ethiopia
detailed article:OLPC Ethiopia/Background
Two years ago the Ethiopian government formulated five principles to be considered in the One Laptop Per Child concept for Ethiopia which will be reflected in the implementation phase.
Principle Number One: eBooks
There are eBooks available around the world and the objective of OLPC is not to increase the quantity, but to improve the quality and accessibility of the customized content so printing cost will be minimized. It also means eBooks can be easily updated and distributed.
Principle Number Two: eLibrary
Content is an essential part of education. An eLibrary will help to access content easily. An eLibrary will not only have official Ethiopian textbooks but also additional supporting books. It is available in a master eLibrary out of which regional or local copies can be replicated.
Principle Number Three: Direct Broadcast
Using the existing infrastructure in Ethiopia for the implementation of projecting the following:
-- Usage of school net: to broadcast existing learning materials directly on the notebook.
-- Usage of plasma screens for teachers: to demonstrate tasks for all students on the screen.
-- Broadcast video on plasma screen: for teacher training on notebooks, on how to reconfigure or maintain laptop for teachers, for local enterprises, and for students.
Principle Number Four: Interactive Learning
An active process in learning, engaging students in authentic tasks leads to success. The relationship between interaction and learning depends on what they already know. Interaction should be a mechanism to deliver knowledge. Problem solving and interactivity is the main goal of learning and by following this approach, interactivity learning will be driving idea educational concept in Ethiopia.
Principle Number Five: Innovative Learning
An action-oriented approach. Through this approach, students are expected to have acquired not only skills and knowledge obtained from qualifications, unit standards, and curricula, but they also have key competences such as problem solving techniques, communication skills, and the ability to work in a team. The main factor which determines success or failure of innovative action-oriented learning is a change in the role of teachers. Teachers have a big role in planning and structuring the learning process around tasks, problems, and questions. They guide and enable students to discover things on their own.
The Concept - Capacity Development
We create a conducive environment where high experts of the area share their experiences and officials from the educational bureau explain how individual efforts and skills would contribute immensely to the success of the project. We also participated in ICT exhibitions and school kids of grade two did a fine and convincing job of demonstrating what values the XOs add to them. Local medias have also done articles about the project.
Rema: The rural village of Rema is the first African village equipped by solar energy. On Sundays, teachers of Rema have this tradition of paying a home visit to parents who do not send their kids to school regularly. After the training, teachers suggested to mention the laptops in their visits in order to alleviate the problem of kids enrolment and attendance.
One cannot talk about a new educational tool for in and out of class activities and exclude the major part of classrooms – teachers. We deliver trainings for more than 220 primary school teachers in four schools found in Addis Ababa, Oromia region and Amhara Region. For many of the teachers, it was their first experience with computers. Ato Ashenafi is grade 8 Math teacher. In one training session, he was observed to mumble with a very angry facial expression. Assuming something must have gone wrong the trainer asked what the problem was. His answer was "Everything is okay. I am just angry that we did not have this opportunity long time ago."
In developing countries like Ethiopia instructive methodology is the most common way of addressing the lesson. In this methodology teachers use hard copy text books, this is not cost effective and even some times not possible to distribute equally with the total number of students. In order to minimize this problem initiatives like OLPC play a big role. It is also obvious that most schools in Ethiopia do not have additional reference materials which the kids can use as reference materials. Besides there should be a teacher who explains the different topics on the text books and as a consequence the kids do not develop learning by them selves, exploring and experimenting. In order to alleviate the scarcity and to support the current learning-teaching process on.e/ecbp (Ethiopia OLPC project) has collected the regional text books from the regional offices and converted in to the appropriate/supported format so as to install on the XO's. In collaboration with Eduvision and Macmillan on.e has produced interactive teaching materials (Melepo and Macmillan) which will be installed on the XO laptops. They are using the personal.
If you are interested to receive more detailed information about any aspect of the project, please don't hesitate to ask
* Markos Lemma - email@example.com * Eskender Andualem - firstname.lastname@example.com * Haileleul Mesfin -email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com
Pilot Project
GTZ/ECBP and Eduvision carried out a pilot project between September and December of 2007 in Ethiopia in order to test the sustainability of their educational software – melepo- in the Ethiopian classroom using the XO laptop (GTZ: "Low-cost devices in educational systems: The use of the "XO-Laptop" in the Ethiopian Educational System"). Some of their findings demonstrated that the software facilitated a change in learning styles while still operating within the constraints of the curriculum.
Break-down of Laptop Deployment
Locations of laptop deployments, number of laptops at each site, and grade levels included.
Two schools were located in the capital city Addis Ababa:
o Atse Naod: 800 XOs (grades 2-8)
o Menelik II: 2400 XOs (grades 2-8)
Two rural schools:
o Rema in the Amhara district: 500 XOs, laptops supplied with personal solar panels.
o Mullo Sayyo in the Oromiya district: 675 XOs (grades 2 through 7)
XO Implementation
Following a successful one-year test phase of 60 laptops in two primary schools in Addis Ababa, OLPC donated about 5,000 laptops as part of the Give One, Get One initiative. The city of Florence, Italy, donated several dozen as well. The laptops were given to four schools in June, 2008. The ECBP helped deploy the laptops and emphasized teacher training. During implementation, teachers were trained on how to use the computers and implement interactive tasks in their lesson.
The first 5000 laptops are going out with no translations. This is not of high importance, because children are taught English from grade 2 and all school materials (except for the Amharic language classes) are in English from grade 5 upwards. Also, many aspects of the laptops are usable without being able to read the text, and also all of the lower grade textbooks shipped on the laptop are in regional languages. Translations into Amharic and Afar Oromo are planned. Community involvement is welcomed.
Relevant Ethiopian Principles, Capacity Building, the educational concept, textbook availability & localisation and other relevant aspects are described in a handbook developed and approved along the first year of testing.
Roll-out-activities cover training (teachers will receive training on how to use the computers as well as how to implement interactive tasks in their lessons), implementation&support (digitization of content, distribution of laptops, execution of curriculum based education using XO laptops) and monitoring & evaluation.
The interest in the OLPC program was shown by the multiplicity of foreign stakeholders and evaluators involved in the pilot project. These institutions included GTZ, EduVision, University of Groningen, and ICT4D. The only local implementing partner was the ECBP, which through their efforts with the foreign stakeholders are trying to reform education in Ethiopia. The breadth and depth of the evaluations will provide a basis for reflection and future improvements to the program.
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Stakeholders Involved in the OLPC Deployment
The ECBP, GTZ, and EduVision are together coordinating their efforts in Ethiopia in order to improve the usage of the XO in the classroom. Together they are producing a series of documents that represent the progress of the deployment.
o Engineering Capacity Building Program (ECBP): an ambitious reform program aimed at accelerating industrial development in Ethiopia. (http://www.ecbp.biz/about.html). The ECBP has been working together with the Swiss company BlankPage, formerly known as Eduvision and represented locally by Apposit, on the One Laptop Per Child project in Ethiopia since 2007 [1].
o German Technical Assistance (GTZ): An international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. Promotes complex reforms and change processes, often working under difficult conditions. Its corporate objective is to improve people's living conditions on a sustainable basis [2]
o University of Groningen, Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, Nina Hansen: (Dutch) research on the influence of social identity on emotions and behavior within and between groups.
Dr Nina Hansen and Prof. Tom Postmes from the University of Groningen are currently involved in research that systematically and longitudinally tracks individual children to study the educational, psychological, social and cultural impact of OLPC in their life.
One goal of OLPC is to improve the educational outcomes of students, so called primary (i.e., educational) consequences of ICTs. These educational outcomes are being assessed in this project. However, this research also examines secondary consequences: changes over time in self-concept (such as goals and expectations), social networks (also referred to as social capital), cultural values, beliefs and practices, as well as changes in social equality (e.g., with respect to gender). These 'unintended' changes in psychology, social networks, communities, and culture may occur when laptops open new communication opportunities.
o EduVision/BlankPage: (Swiss) BlankPage is providing its innovative Akili Reader book viewer software which allows students and teachers to harness the true potential of this digital content.
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
The aim of the M&E activities for OLPC in Ethiopia is to assess the feasibility and impact of introducing `innovative learning' in Ethiopia consisting of capacity development, XO laptops and Melepo. In fact M&E serves to gain detailed information on the preparation (particularly teacher training) and the implementation phase, both in and outside of the school. Through a variety of methods, we assess the outcomes of the capacity development activities and the the teachers, students and additional stakeholders' perception of the program. Monitoring the preparatory and implementation activities, as well as the stakeholders' perception, provides insight into both the success of the XO integration and development of in the local social environment. Given these data, the implementing team is able to conduct follow-up processes during and to adjust internal steering mechanisms among local stakeholders.
The deployment in Ethiopia has been the subject of rigorous evaluation. The University of Groningen, David Hollow of the Royal Holloway University, and the GTZ with ECBP are the known organizations involved in the evaluation process. Though the evaluation is in its infancy stages, there are already a few published reports.
Links to evaluative documents
ECBP "Innovative Learning in Ethiopia" June 24, 2009 (document found at the bottom of the page under One Laptop Per Child)
Nina Hansen and Tom Postmes from University of Grongingen: "Does Technology Drive Social Change?" May 20, 2009
EduVision: "Ethiopia Implementation Report Sept-Dec 2007" February 2008
David Hollow (British): "Low-cost laptops for Education in Ethiopia: Summary of Addis Ababa Implementation Report, September – December 2007" May, 2008.
For further information, see The ICT4D Collective: www.ict4d.org.uk
ECBP YouTube: "OLPC in Ethiopia" January 17, 2008
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- Techtonic Italians confirm 50 000 OLPC donation to Ethiopia
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(Monday, November 11; Sioux Center, Iowa) Abigail Pollema, a senior at Western Christian High School (Iowa), has announced her intention to attend Dordt College and join the Defender volleyball program.
Pollema has been a defensive specialist for Western the past three seasons and has helped them to three state tournament berths in a row and they have claimed two runner-up finishes in 2011 and 2012. Pollema had 30 service aces in 2012 and 46 aces with a 1.71 digs per set average this season.
"Abby has been a steady back row passer and defensive specialist for a very talented Western Christian volleyball program and coach Tammi Veerbeek. Her positive attitude, quick athleticism and team first focus are attributes that we look forward to blending in with our current student-athletes for the 2014 season," said Dordt College volleyball coach Chad Hanson.
Pollema has claimed all-conference honors in multiple sports and is the daughter of Bryan and Barb Pollema of Rock Valley, Iowa.
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The time has come for the last time. Ash has his Gym Battle with Clair, the final Gym Leader in all of Johto. While Ash manages to beat Clair's Kingdra with his Noctowl, something happens. The Dragon Fang is stolen so the match will have to be called off. Who would do such a thing, where would they go to hide, will Ash ever earn his final Johto Gym Badge And what is that flying in the distance?
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The national swimming team performed poorly during the just ended ninth edition of the CANA zone three and four championship which held in Mozambique.
The team ended at the bottom of the thirteen countries competed at the games held at Zimpeto swimming pools in Maputo.
The country was represented by fourteen swimmers who managed to collect paltry five medals comprising one silver medal and four other bronzes.
Tanzania Swimming Federation (TSA) secretary general Noel Kiunsi could not say anything when asked to comment on results.
Leader of delegation Marcelino Ngalioma who is also TSA technical director could not respond to a telephone call.
According to CANA zone four and three official results, South Africa emerged champion by collecting a total number of 74 medals and were followed by Botswana with a collection of 44 medals.
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Namibia 46, Zimbabwe 27, Mauritius 24, Kenya had 42, Mozambique 52, Zambia 13, Malawi 9 and Angola 9.
Kenya and Mozambique collected few gelds and many silver and bronze medals the development which affected their grades at the final standings.
The fourteen swimmers who made the trip were Sonia Tomiotto of Stringrays swimming club, Agnes Kimimba of Tanzania Marine Swimming Club, Alizee Bollen, Anna Pityilla of Isimilo Club, Hilal Hilal, Adam Kitururu, Rachael Patel, Sakuta Ito and Ayas Shivji both from Tallis Swimming Club.
Others were Shaamrad Magesveran of Hopac club, Mariam Foum from College of Egypt, Gouri Kotecha from Nairobi, Adil Bharmal and Mubanga Peepercorn who are not attached to any club.
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Before the swimmers departed last Sunday Marcelino informed the media that the national team is leaving early for the games so that they can acclimatise with the Mozambique weather and remained optimistic over their performance.


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Maine's two U.S. senators made several joint appearances today to put a spotlight on the looming threat of sequestration. Susan Collins, a Republican, and independent Angus King visited Maine's two biggest shipyards: Bath Iron Works and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. They used the occasion to talk about the consequences of the $85 billion worth of automatic, across-the-board federal spending cuts that are now barely a week away if no deal is reached in Washington. Tom Porter reports.
"Part of the problem in Washington has been this blame game," says Sen. Susan Collins (shaking hands with a BIW worker in photo left), a senior member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
Collins says Republicans are blaming President Barack Obama for insisting on sequestration if his proposed tax hikes are not approved, while Democrats blame some Republicans, who are prepared to see sequestration go into effect if that's the only way budget cuts will occur. "I think we need to get beyond that, and we need to act what is in the best interests of our country," she says.
Joining Collins at Bath Iron Works Thursday morning, Sen. Angus King (with hand on chest in photo above) urged the White House to take a lead role. "Sen. Collins and I sent a letter to the president two days ago, urging him to step forward and become the catalyst for serious discussions to resolve this issue," King says.
King, who serves on the Armed Services Committee, says beyond the sequestration issue, Congress must also pass a defense spending budget in order to enable BIW, which is owned by General Dynamics, to go ahead with a multi-year procurement plan - something that would lay the groundwork for 10 more warships to be built.
Both senators stressed that failure to achieve this will cost more money in the long-term. "It's just totally irresponsible to allow the Department of Defense to keep operating on last year's budget, which is inadequate, creates tremendous uncertainty and ends up driving up costs," Collins says.
Sequestration meanwhile, is, according to the Pentagon, likely to mean about $41 million in Defense Department civilian payroll cuts in Maine, if it kicks in March 1. This would affect thousands of jobs.
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- "Son, I could shoot a fly off your head at 80 feet."
- ―Phil Cassidy
Phil Cassidy is a character in Grand Theft Auto series who appears as major character in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,and minor character in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, and Grand Theft Auto III, chronologically. Phil was voiced by Gary Busey in GTAVC and GTAVCS, and by Hunter Platin in GTAIII; his voice actor in GTALCS is unaccredited.
In all of his appearances, Phil is featured as a war veteran and heavy artillery arms dealer, selling the protagonist military-grade weaponry such as Grenades, Rocket Launchers, Miniguns, etc. He presents himself as ex-military, regularly talking about his exploits in Vietnam. Cam Jones claims that he was never actually in the army, and army records indicate that Phil was repeatedly turned down for service due to his alcoholism and unstable personality. Ray Machowski refers to Phil as an old military buddy, but from Nicaragua rather than Vietnam.
Phil has been featured as a heavy drinker. He distills "boomshine", a highly explosive mixture that can get a man drunk off its fumes, which he started distilling and selling in Vice City around 1984. During a phone conversation with Tommy Vercetti, he explains that due to his heavy boomshine consumption he is blind in his left eye.
One of Phil's most notable features is his one arm. He lost his left arm in 1986 after he was caught in the blast radius of a boomshine bomb. In his appearance during GTA VCS and GTA VC, he still has both arms, but in his last appearance, in VC, he blows off his arm with a boomshine bomb while drunk. In GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA III, Phil has only one arm.
Events of GTA Vice City Stories
In Phil's first chronological appearance, he is introduced to Victor Vance through Sergeant Jerry Martinez. Phil is Jerry's gun dealer. Jerry sends Vic to help Phil get rid of some Cholos that are giving him trouble. Through Phil, Vic meets Phil's sister Louise Williams and Phil's brother-in-law Marty Jay Williams.
After completing some jobs for Marty and eventually killing him because he tried to pimp Louise, Vic returns with Phil and saves him from Jerry's goons who want to finish him for betraying Jerry. After being saved by Vic, Phil promises to stay sober from now on; however, he begins to drink again when Armando Mendez kills Louise. Phil, wanting revenge with the Mendez Brothers, gets drunk and blows up the entrance of Fort Baxter Air Base so Vic can steal a Hunter helicopter to attack the Mendez compound.
In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Phil is sporting a handlebar mustache. Between 1984 and 1986, it has been removed.
Events of GTA Vice City
In his next appearance, Tommy Vercetti hires Phil to pull off a bank robbery in the mission The Shootist. Phil is the one who suggests Tommy should employ Hillary King as a getaway driver in the mission The Driver. After the robbery (The Job), Phil invites Tommy to work for him in order to get fixed with firepower. After Tommy kills Phil's rival gun dealer Pedro Garcia, a drunken Phil invites Tommy over to check out a Boomshine bomb he had set up, wired to a remote detonator. The remote doesn't work the first time, so Phil changes its batteries for fresh ones sitting beside the bomb. Now standing one meter away from the powerful explosive, in inebriated carelessness, he accidently squeezes the remote's trigger, detonating the bomb and blowing off his own arm. Tommy drives Phil to an ex-army surgeon to be patched up.
In Vice City, Phil's mobile home can be entered. Gun Racks displaying several handguns, submachine guns and rifles are on the wall. When his bedroom is entered, his bed consists of a camouflaged mattress, an American Flag styled pillow and a few girlie posters on the walls. A Kaufman Cabs calendar can be seen in his mobile home also. He also has a Patriot parked in a shed near his home.
Events of GTA Liberty City Stories
Phil makes a short appearance during the mission "More Deadly Than the Male" as Toshiko Kasen's gun dealer. Heavy artillery can be bought from his gun-store, Phil Cassidy's Fully Cocked Gun Shop.
Events of GTA III
In the mission Arms Shortage, corrupt LCPD cop Ray Machowski commissions Claude to go and meet Phil at his shop, since some members of the Colombian Cartel tried to extort weapons out of Phil. Phil and Claude attack the Cartel men as they arrive and kill them, preventing them from stealing Phil's weapons. During this mission, Phil claims to have lost his arm in Nicaragua, but it is been revealed later in GTA VC that his arm was blown off in a boomshine bomb explosion. This could be due to embarressment about the true events surrounding the loss of his arm but since it has been suggested that Phil never served in the military it is more likely that he is just prone to making things up. This also calls Ray's claims of serving in the military into question.
In the credits for the game, he is listed as Phil the One-Armed Bandit.
VCPD Crime Tree Record
- Redneck arms dealer.
- Believed to be involved in weapons trade.
- Gun enthusiast. Member of various second amendment organizations and various Vice City gun clubs.
- Sources suggest he also distills "boomshine" in own stills.
- Fighting war with Mexican gun-running gangs.
- Linked with "Cam" Jones. Jones and Cassidy believed to have worked together numerous times although Cassidy has avoided convictions.
- Degenerate.
- Patriot.
- Also believed Cassidy claims to have served in various divisions although Army records show he was repeatedly rejected for service because of drunkenness and an unsuitable temperament for combat.
Mission appearances
- GTA Vice City
- The Shootist
- The Driver
- The Job
- Gun Runner (Boss)
- Boomshine Saigon (Boss)
- GTA Liberty City Stories
- GTA Vice City Stories
- Cleaning House
- Conduct Unbecoming
- Cholo Victory (Boss)
- Boomshine Blowout (Boss)
- Truck Stop (Boss)
- Marked Men (Boss)
- Blitzkrieg Strikes Again
- Lost and Found (post-mission pager message)
- Over The Top
- Phil's Army Surplus (GTA III)
- Phil's Place (GTA Vice City)
- Phil Cassidy's Fully Cocked Gun Shop (GTA Liberty City Stories)
- Phil's Depot (GTA Vice City Stories)
- In the cutscene in the mission Boomshine Saigon, Phil is clearly seen having his right arm, not his left arm, blown off. This is likely simply a mistake in the creation of the cut scene. Successfully delivering Phil to his friend's place shows him correctly, missing his left arm and still having his right. Phil's later appearances also show him with his left arm missing and his right arm intact.
- Phil is one of two characters in the 3D Era to appear in the most GTA games; appearing in four. The other is Salvatore Leone, appearing in three.
- Phil tells Claude in a GTA III mission that if he fought with him in Nicaragua, he would still have his left arm, but in GTA: Vice City, his arm blows up in a boomshine explosion. This is likely an continutity error because GTA: Vice City was made after GTA: lll, which in VC, he had a much bigger role.


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Former Tennessee coach Derek Dooley is headed to the Dallas Cowboys as wide receivers coach.
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