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What Skyrocketing Student Debt Means For the Economy
TheStreet) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's quarterly survey on household debt revealed some eye-popping statistics on the growing problem of student debt. Total student debt has essentially tripled in the last eight years to $966 billion in 2012 and is now the second largest category of household debt after mortgages.Student debt was the only category to see an increase in the recession as enrollments increased and more students opted to stay in college in light of a miserable job market. The cost of education has also risen with college fee increases and more students pursuing graduate education. But the rising cost of education was a problem long before the recession started. The number of borrowers and the average student debt balance have each risen by about 70% between 2004 and 2012. The pursuit of higher education has the obvious promise of better job prospects and incomes, but a significant proportion of students appear to be trapped in debt. As many as 6.7 million borrowers or 17% are more than 90 days behind on their payments- considered seriously delinquent. That is up from 10% in 2004. The 17% delinquency rate actually understates the problem. This figure factors in borrowers who are not technically required to make payments because they have a period of forbearance before they have to begin paying down their loans. Excluding those borrowers, the delinquency rate shoots up to 30%, with students below 30 being disproportionately affected. Student debt, unlike other forms of debt, is not discharged through bankruptcy. A recent Fortune Magazine article offers reasons why the student debt crisis hasn't quite received the attention it deserves from the market. One obvious difference is that the student loan market is still a fraction of the mortgage market. Student loans are also now being disbursed directly by the government and banks are not involved. So a student loan bust won't likely spark a financial crisis. But as the article goes on to note, the government is using faulty accounting that encourages risky lending. That of course has serious implications for the taxpayer.NEW YORK (
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Duke Nukem Forever Dated and Rated
Posted by Jay in Duke Nukem Forever, Media on January 21st, 2011
Duke Nukem Forever, the game that has been in development for over 12 years, is definitely coming, and sooner than expected. Gearbox Software has revealed that the game will be released on May 3rd (May 6th in territories other than NA). Of course, it hasn't gone gold, so it could change, but here's hoping it doesn't :lol:. The game has also been rated by both the ESRB and PEGI with M and 18 respectively.
Duke Nukem Forever Demo with Purchase of Borderlands GOTY
Posted by Jay in Borderlands, Duke Nukem Forever, QuickNews on October 6th, 2010
The Game of the Year edition of Borderlands will include early access to the Duke Nukem Forever demo, most likely the same one shown at PAX West not too long ago. There is currently no word when that demo will become available, just that those who buy the game will get early access to it.
Duke Nukem Forever Multi-platform Release [Video: Update]
Posted by Luke in Duke Nukem Forever, PS3 on September 3rd, 2010
Just announced out of PAX is that Duke Nukem Forever has been revived by Gearbox. This is going to be a multi-platform released as the heading suggests and that it's in the polishing stages. What has also been confirmed is that it will include a multiplayer option. All we know as of right now is that it's going to be released sometime in 2011. Hopefully this time it really makes it out the door.
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IMF expects grave growth in Azerbaijan Oil Fund's assets in 2013, despite of its active spending plans
Baku, Fineko/abc.az. The IMF staff mission, which visited Baku on 8-20 November, has published an aide-memoire on the results of the mission's visit.
The mission concluded that the assets of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) in 2012 will reach $35.3 billion and in 2013 increase up to $37.369 billion.
At that, the Fund estimates gross official international reserves of the country at $12.887 billion for 2012 and $14.387 billion for the end of 2013.
The IMF forecast on SOFAZ assets were not affected by plans on increase of transfers to the state budget from the Fund and expected deficit budget of Azerbaijan Oil Fund for 2013.
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David Wilson has built his entire football career on speed. Everything he does is done fast.
Taking things slow? Not so much, as you would expect, so just imagine his anxiety as the waiting game keeping him from a full-fledged return to the field and the Giants continued Wednesday despite his confidence that it would end.
The Giants running back was hoping to receive medical clearance for contact in a Wednesday morning appointment to check out his surgically-repaired neck. While progress was made, a source indicated the recommendation is for another follow-up prior to the start of training camp, which is set for mid-July in East Rutherford.
This is a step forward, not a setback, and Wilson tweeted: "Dr love what he saw and I love what I heard not ideal because I love practice but SOUNDS LIKE DAVE WILL BE READY 22 ROCK WEEK1 FoSHO."
Wilson is recovering from what was once feared to be a career-threatening neck injury suffered in an Oct. 6 game against Philadelphia. He underwent surgery in January and general manager Jerry Reese has indicated throughout the process that the Giants are not placing any expectations on their 2012 first-round draft pick.
Both the player and the team remain cautiously optimistic that Wilson will gain the necessary clearance for him to play this season, although Reese has repeatedly said anything the Giants get from Wilson will be a "bonus."
Rashad Jennings was signed in free agency to be the leader of a backfield that also includes veteran Peyton Hillis, Michael Cox and fourth-round draft pick Andre Williams, a Heisman finalist from Boston College. Wilson has been a limited participant this spring, fielding kicks and punts during OTAs and taking some reps in non-contact offensive drills.
Wilson has repeatedly said he feels no pain and was hoping the MRI would provide the medical staff enough confidence to clear him as a full-go.
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Opinion: Health care reform
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Albany (Ga.) Herald on health care reform:
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to release its decision sometime this month on the constitutionality of some or all of the Obama administration's health care reform plan that was rushed through Congress in late 2010.
... there are some indications that it won't go Obama's way to some degree. ...
UnitedHealth Group, Humana and Aetna — three of the nation's biggest insurance providers, a group that is no fan of the health reform law — said they will keep parts of the overhaul law that have been popular with Americans, such as coverage of children until they are 26 years old on their parents' insurance plans, covering preventative care such as immunizations and screenings with no co-pay requirement and offering a simply process for appealing health claims that are denied.
In addition, UnitedHealth and Humana said they won't impose lifetime dollar limits on insurance policy payouts, a benefit to those fighting chronic diseases and cancer, and they would not pursue retroactive cancellation of a customer's coverage except for cases such as fraud.
Again, it's difficult to see why those insurers ... would make those statements if the top officials in the companies expected the decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the law in total. ...
An AP-GfK survey in February showed that just over one-third of Americans surveyed — 35 percent — favored the health care reforms passed by Congress in March 2010, with 17 percent strongly favoring them. Nearly half (47 percent) opposed the health care reform law, with more strongly opposed to it (36 percent) than the total who support it, according to the survey.
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BOCA RATON -- Residents packed City Council chambers Tuesday night to oppose a proposed childcare center in Bible Town Estates.
The Council voted unanimously to deny plans for a 15,000-square-foot day care center for 200 children at 101 Pine Circle over concerns about the size of the project and traffic congestion.
"We are so worried and concerned about the size and scope of this project that is totally incongruous with the neighborhood," said Eric Reid, a resident of the neighborhood.
The Planning and Zoning Board denied the plans to build The Learning Experience on March 3, after a similar outcry from neighbors, but the owner and developers on the project appealed the decision.
"I have to sell the building," said Chris Baczewski, who owns the building. "We found a suitable use. We have rights to use those streets just as much as the residents on the streets do."
Experts presented evidence to the Council on behalf of residents about inadequate parking, inconsistency with building codes and inappropriate use of landscape buffers.
"There's one thing that we need to keep in mind, and that's the integrity of the community and the neighborhood," Councilwoman Constance Scott said before she moved to deny the appeal.
Mayor Susan Whelchel said she hopes that the city will get The Learning Experience on a larger piece of property.
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Inimitable K-Rock voice falls silent
The one and only 'Big Tom' Fitzgerald has signed off for the last time.
The news reverberated this morning like an earthquake, followed by a tsunami of memories, tributes and tears.
Tom Fitzgerald, better known as Big Tom, the outgoing and jovial deejay with 97-5 K-Rock, died early this morning of heart failure. He was just 39.
Tom took sick just over a week ago, and has been in hospital since then. However, people were hoping for and expecting a recovery. No one was quite prepared for this.
So young, so talented. Loved by all who knew him, and thousands of listeners who felt as though they did.
"Everybody says good things about somebody when they pass, but the fact of the matter is that Tom Fitzgerald was a great guy," said John Steele, president of Steele Communications (owner of K-Rock), in a phone interview from Calgary.
"He was very committed, worked very hard, and I think the secret for Tom's success was, what you heard on the radio was him, you know? He was a very genuine guy, and people connected with him. He enjoyed a good laugh – even ones at his own expense – and he didn't take himself too seriously. He was game for anything."
A native of Bell Island, Tom had no formal training and learned his craft by working around the edges, in advertising sales and then creative. Then the day came, close to 10 years ago, when he applied for the deejay position. It was something of a long shot, because Tom didn't have a rich radio voice – it was gruff, coarse, and uniquely his own.
"I remember that day clearly," Steele recalled. "He wanted a shot at going on the air, but he didn't think he would get it. I talked to him, and man, he was so bummed out. The wind was out of his sails. He wanted to do it so bad."
Of course, Tom DID get the job, and immediately thrived in the role of radio personality.
"He wasn't a traditional radio guy, in that mould. He didn't have any formal training. He was just a real guy. He was totally a natural at it, and was able to connect. You will find people with smoother deliveries, formal training, who can give you the time and weather and all that stuff, but they don't connect. But Tom had that great ability to connect, and that's something you can't learn. It's just something that you have, and he had it. He had charisma… We (at Steele Communications) may have set him loose on the world, but it was Tom who created himself. He was the real deal, and that's why he connected – why he was so successful at it."
The station conducts market research constantly, and Steele said Tom's personality was "very strong" in the local market. And while he was easygoing with people, Tom took tremendous pride in the quality of his work.
"He was very competitive. He was a likeable, lovable guy, but when it came to his work, he didn't like anyone getting in front of him, in the parade. He didn't mind leading the parade. He had a great following in the Shed. K-Rock is oriented towards males, but he had a great following among males and females. So he liked that a lot – was very proud of it… I remember one time, I asked him, 'Tom, if I could give you a million bucks, or the equivalent of a million dollars worth of celebrity, what would you take?' Without hesitation, he said, 'I'll take the quantified million dollars worth of celebrity, and I'll make you a million bucks.'"
Tom had a booming, boisterous laugh that was highly contagious and something of a trademark. One can imagine Tom, busting a gut at one end of Western Brook Pond, and a hiker at the other end of the fiord asking what's so funny. In fact, his laugh was so big, it's difficult to comprehend that it has been silenced.
"He probably laughed 30,000 times a day," Steele said. "He chuckled at anything, sometimes at his own expense. But he was never hurtful with his humour. He was just a warm guy. If Tom ever hurt anyone, he would be hurt himself."
Tom also did a lot of community work, Steele said, and was up for helping out any cause. Perhaps his best-known charitable gigs were the two weeks he spent in 'The Shed'; by himself for Daffodil Place, and with Candice Udle and Mike Campbell for Ronald McDonald House.
"He was a guy who loved doing things, including charitable things. He was a really giving guy. He just had this real zest for life."
Tom was popular with listeners, but was also "big in the building," Steele said. "He had a big following among his co-workers. And he was very good friends with Candice and Mike. They hung out together, had a lot of respect for each other, and did a great job together. There was a chemistry they had that you can't fake. They really were friends."
I asked Candice if she was up for making a comment, and received this reply:
"I don't really know how much talking I can do right now. Words can't describe how I feel right now. Still in shock... Tom has been like a big brother to me. Not only did I lose a co-worker, but I lost a best friend. Just knowing Tommy has made me a better person. We shared some wonderful moments together. We shared a studio, an office and even a shed for a week. These memories I will have forever."
Tom leaves a daughter, Sophie, who Steele says was "dearly loved – the apple of his eye" and a former wife with whom he remained close. "I had a good, long conversation with Tom, just a couple of days before all this happened, and we talked about a lot of things. He said he had a very good relationship with his ex-wife, and was very pleased about that, you know? It's a big loss, a big loss. But it will be felt the most by his family. It's very sad."
When this news broke this morning, I invited friends on Facebook to message me with their recollections of Big Tom. Here are some of those. (And please, leave a comment if you'd like to share a memory or offer a tribute.)
Michelle Butler Hallett:
I worked with Tom for about seven years when I was with VOCM and NewCap. Teased him mercilessly, and he always tormented me back. I usually won any linguistic gross-out competition, but he was always up for one. His death comes like a kick in the gut.
Two quick stories, from a big fund ...
When I was still nursing my daughter and had not long come back to work from maternity leave, I explained, all serious, how let-down works, how the sound of a crying baby makes milk flow. Tom then did a very good imitation of a baby crying. I let down -- began to leak -- and had to leave the room to mop up, laughing so hard I cried.
Second story ... Tom always warmly encouraged my fiction writing. When my first book came out, he made a point of taking a copy to Jamaica, and leaving it on a bench for someone else to find. He meant is as a gift to whoever would find it.
Brock Ballard:
I was lucky enough to work with him a number of times. From getting him tattooed with Alice Cooper's autograph on his arm, to painting him as the Incredible Hulk and many, many charitable events. I can't believe we lost this incredible man and all the energy he gave to the community and anyone who knew him.
Nancy O'Connor:
Had the opportunity to work with him last year - he emceed a client event and he was fantastic. What a terrible loss.
Jesse Stirling:
Sending my condolences to the entire Steele Communications family. I interacted with Tom quite a few times over the years, he was always upbeat and positive, and just plain NICE. Talented guy and a loss for the province.
Gerry Phelan:
Tom is one of the few people in the world I can honestly say I never saw angry. He had a lust for life, and his laugh and smile were contagious. Just passing him in the hall at VO was worthwhile. He could bring you 'up' in an instant. There is something special about people like that. Something special indeed.
Damian Follett:
Big Tom not only made me feel like a rockstar every time he interviewed me, but most importantly he made me feel loved and liked. He made me feel like a lifelong friend. A good soul he was... with a big heart.


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Im interested in theses little guys to keep my plants and surfaces clean. My Royal Pleco can only do so much. Plus theyre just cool looking. However i know NOTHING about them. Whats there temperament? Do they get nasty like other algae eaters? I was told they get around 2.5 inches but thats about it. If anyone keeps them any info on your experience would be greatly appreciated. :-)
I looove Panda's! They love River type eco-system's with lots of rocks and faster moving waters. They generally get to 2.5-3 inches although some will reach 3.5 at times I believe. They will be fine solo but tend to get aggressive with their own species and other's in their territories but are fine with mid-high level dwellers. But each are different with their own personalities.
That's pretty much all I know about them :-) http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/garra-flavatra/
Will they be ok with Corys and Angels? I know that other algae eaters tend to grow fond of slime coating on other fish especially broad sided fish like Angels. Is there a "magic" number I can keep cuz id like to keep more than 1?
That I don't know because I haven't actually kept them, I just did a bunch of research on them a while ago when I wanted to keep them.
Pandas prefer company :) I'd say a minimum of three 3 should be kept~
they will establish a pecking order ^_^
Because of their big personality and friendly nature, They're one of my favoriiitteee fish!
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i am 18 wks pregnant and have been recently having a thick yellow vaginal discharge no odour, it happens more after i have sex, has anyone experienced this?? i did urine and blood test and everything was ok im confused??
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I think it's normal. I'm not sure though. I'm 20wks and have discharge as well. It's got a bit of a yellowish tint to it. I read about discharge being pretty normal earlier in pregnancy.. just don't remember if it said it's normal later on as well. I would assume it's normal :)posted 10/10/2012 by victoria7752
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CLARKSTON, Ga. (AP) -- Democrat Michelle Nunn says she is running for the U.S. Senate from Georgia in 2014.
Nunn, the daughter of former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia, said Monday evening that she is seeking the seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss.
Nunn said she plans to draw on her experiences working as CEO of one of the nation's largest volunteer organizations, Points of Light, to run a campaign focused on critical issues such as the federal deficit.
She says she believes in the power of the individual to foster change, work with others and solve problems.
Nunn becomes the first major Democrat to enter the race. On the Republican side, U.S. Reps. Paul Broun of Athens, Phil Gingrey of Marietta and Jack Kingston of Savannah -- along with former Secretary of State Karen Handel -- have entered the race.
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Some students describe Miami Dade College as a dull, gray and dead school, but inside these jail-like campuses are a variety of opportunities that students either do not know about or just do not feel like pursuing.
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There are many clubs on the list such as the Imagination Federation Club, Student Government Association, Mu Alpha Theta, and the Distinction Society.
There's no reason to complain because the activities and clubs are right in front of us but some students either do not know where to look or just do not feel like searching.
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Brandon Boykin returned to Eagles practice just four days after suffering a concussion in Minnesota. (USA Today Images)
Brandon Boykin believed all along he'd be OK.
Even when he was diagnosed with a concussion.
"I felt good after the game," Boykin said. "I thought and I felt like I'd be fine."
Boykin, the second-year cornerback who leads the Eagles with four interceptions, returned to practice Thursday, just four days after suffering a concussion during the Eagles' loss to the Vikings at the Metrodome.
It's an unusually quick return after a concussion, but Boykin was cleared through every phase of the NFL's mandatory concussion protocol in time to practice Thursday afternoon.
"They just wanted my reaction time to be back on point," he said. "A lot of times that can get worse over the week, so they just wanted to make sure I was steady with that and I was ready to go."
Boykin played in all 53 possible games at Georgia and has played in all 30 games since he joined the Eagles.
Barring a setback, he expects to play Sunday night, when the Eagles face the Bears at the Linc.
"Very happy," Boykin said after the Eagles' rare late-season outdoor practice Thursday. "I hate missing games. I hate missing practice. It makes you feel like you're out of the loop and you don't know what's going on, so I'm glad I got back and have a chance to get adjusted before the game."
Boykin got hurt at the end of a 36-yard kickoff during the third quarter.
"I got flipped," he said. "I got cut at the knees and went airborn and landed on the -- I call it cement, because that turf is very hard in Minnesota.
"Facemask came down and hit my nose and I was bleeding. I didn't black out, I remember everything that happened, and that was a good sign."
Boykin said the concussion was his second. He suffered one in college but also didn't miss any games.
"Things like that are out of control when you play hard," Boykin said. "Pray nothing happens [again]."
Boykin faces quite a challenge Sunday. The Bears own the No. 2 offense in the NFL, with two receivers -- Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery -- that are both on pace for at least 90 receptions and 1,350 yards (see story).
"You're talking about guys who are 6-3, 6-4, and both playing at a very, very high level," Boykin said. "Normally, you have two good guys but one of them is better than the other. I don't think that's the case. They can throw to either one of them. Either one is capable of making plays."
Marshall and Jeffery both spend time in the slot, but Boykin will likely be matched up against Marshall more than Jeffery.
"There are times he'll be in the slot specifically and they look for him," Boykin said. "So I plan on being matched up with him a lot."


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text: Home Culture The Root Reading List: Love, Money and Harlem on Our Minds The year has started with a flurry of new releases. In the debut of her new column about books for The Root, Rebecca Walker recommends five titles across a broad span that she considers worth your time. By: Rebecca Walker Posted: March 3 2011 12:25 AM 0 How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly -- and the Stark Choices Ahead, by Dambisa Moyo (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25) How the West Was Lost offers a bold account of the decline of the economic supremacy of the West. Dambisa Moyo, author of Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is Another Way for Africa, examines how America's flawed decisions and blinkered policy choices around capital, labor and technology -- key ingredients for economic growth and success -- have resulted in a geopolitical seesaw that's now poised to tip in favor of the emerging world. Harlem Is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America, by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts (Little, Brown and Co., $24.99) For a century, Harlem has been celebrated as the capital of black America, a thriving center of cultural achievement. As gentrification encroaches, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts examines the epic Harlem of official history and the personal Harlem that begins at her front door, introducing us to a wide variety of characters, past and present. At the heart of their stories, and her own, is the hope carried over many generations, hope that Harlem would be the ground from which blacks fully entered America's democracy. Open City: A Novel, by Teju Cole (Random House, $25) Along the streets of New York City, Julius, a young Nigerian doctor doing his residency, wanders aimlessly. The walks meet a need: They are a release from the tightly regulated mental environment of his work, and they give him the opportunity to process his recent breakup with his girlfriend, his past and his present. Julius crisscrosses social territory as well, encountering people from different cultures and classes who will provide insight on his journey -- taking him to Brussels, to the Nigeria of his youth and into the most unrecognizable facets of his own soul. Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other, by Sherry Turkle (Basic Books, $28.95) Alone Together is the result of MIT technology specialist Sherry Turkle's 15-year exploration of our lives on the digital terrain. It is a story of emotional dislocation and risks taken unknowingly; it is also a story of hope. For even where digital saturation is greatest, people are asking hard questions and returning to what is most sustaining about direct human connection. At the threshold of what Turkle calls "the robotic moment," our devices prompt us to recall that we have human purposes and, perhaps, to rediscover what they are. Spousonomics: Using Economics to Master Love, Marriage, and Dirty Dishes, by Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson (Random House, $26) Have you ever gone to the "dark place" after a fight about who does the dishes more often? Do you worry that your job is destroying your marriage? Have you ever sat up at night, remembering how much more fun married life used to be? Two journalists from the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times present a new idea: Every marriage is its own little economy, a business of two with a finite number of resources that need to be allocated efficiently. Rebecca Walker is a frequent contributor to The Root. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Get what we're watching delivered to your inbox everyday! Sign up for our daily video newsletter below. Page 1 of 2 NEXT PAGE > Powered by Livefyre 0


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He is the deadliest American sniper ever, called "the devil" by the enemies he hunted and "the legend" by his Navy SEAL brothers…
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military history. The Pentagon has officially confirmed more than 150 of Kyles kills (the previous American record was 109), but it has declined to verify the astonishing total number for this book. Iraqi insurgents feared Kyle so much they named him al-Shaitan ("the devil") and placed a bounty on his head. Kyle earned legendary status among his fellow SEALs, Marines, and U.S. Army soldiers, whom he protected with deadly accuracy from rooftops and stealth positions.
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Q: Is Hosni Mubarak toast?
A: Nobody knows, and anyone who pretends otherwise is just guessing.
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March 1st. It's coming. Opening day of catch-and-keep trout season. Calendars are marked. Vacation days are scheduled. The anticipation is rising exponentially. When it arrives, men, women, and children will arise long before daylight, travel to the nearest trout park, and join thousands of other early risers in the line to buy a trout tag at the bait shop. Once properly tagged, the search for the perfect spot along the river will begin. With the intensity of a lion stalking its prey, they walk the banks, peering into the crystal clear waters looking for the right combination of trout, water flow, and space between the other anglers. Once their claim is staked, they wait patiently in the dark, rod in hand, ears perked. Ready to test their skills against the nearest trout lurking in the shadows. The unmistakable sound of "the whistle" will unleash a flurry of rods whipping, lures flying, drags singing, and fish jumping. Tangles are inevitable as are missed strikes, lost fish, and the frequent changing of lures, but it's the excitement of the morning, the challenge of outsmarting a fish that others couldn't, the potential to fill a stringer, and the opportunity to socialize with people that share the same love of trout fishing that brings thousands of Missourians out for "the opener" every year.
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All four trout parks are open and stocked daily from March 1 through Oct. 31. Anglers need a fishing permit, unless exempt, as well as a daily trout tag. The daily trout tag is $3 for adults and $2 for those 15 and younger. At Roaring River State Park, a daily tag or a trout permit may be used for fishing from the first bridge below the old dam in Zone 3 to the downstream park boundary.
The daily limit is 4, and you must stop fishing for any species after having 4 trout in possession. Ask for details about area regulations when you purchase your tag.
Catch-and-release fishing is available from Nov. 9 through Feb. 11. Parks are open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday through Monday. A fishing permit, unless exempt, and a trout permit are required. Only flies may be used.
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Flashback Video: Young Brian Warner on MTV Introducing His New Band "Marilyn Manson" – 1992
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This Saturday, July 19, marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Marilyn Manson's debut album, 'Portrait of an American Family.' In celebration, we're looking back at some classic Manson moments.
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Dr Semugoma (a.k.a. GayUganda) on LGBT Invisibility in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Jim Burroway
August 9th, 2012
Yesterday, I posted a video interview of Dr. Paul Semugoma (many of you know him as GayUganda) talking about the challenges of confronting HIV/AIDS in a country with such rampant homophobia that it is dangerous for LGBT people to disclose themselves to their doctors. Dr. Semugoma also spoke at a plenary session at the International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. on July 27, discussing "The Dynamics of the Epidemic in Context," the particular context being that in many governments around the world are unwilling to address the reality that gay men exist in their countries.
In addition to the video above, you can find an error-laden transcript of his talk here(PDF: 160KB/55 pages). While Dr. Semoguma had come out in Facebook and other social media, this was his coming-out moment, quite literally, on the world stage (at about the 3:15 mark):
Men who have sex exist with men, everywhere. You know, it's kind of interesting to start like that. When we talk about men who have sex with men, actually I am also a man who has sex with men. [applause.] It's a major and important point to point out that men who have sex with men exist everywhere. If we say that they don't exist then we don't know how to deal with them, we don't know how to get to the challenges that we have in HIV prevention with them.
He then described a pivotal moment in his life which showed him that the epidemic would never be dealt with successfully unless gay and bisexual men are included in HIV-prevention messages (at about the 4:35 mark):
I want to tell you a story about the patient who changed my life. This was in 2004. I was by then a medical doctor. I had studied in two medical schools, that is at Muhimbili Medical Center in the University of Dar es Salaam and I had also studied at Makerere University. I had a bit of work up country, and then I'd gone back to Kampala, which is the capital city of Uganda, to start work in private practice.
As I said, I'm a gay man. I had been dealing with HIV amongst Ugandans and I knew it was a disease that is spread by sex, but I had not been confronted by then by the fact that HIV is also spread by gay sex. I didn't have that link. So I was faced by this guy. He was gay. I knew him. He had bisexual practices meaning he used to sleep with men and at some point in time he had slept with women. And He had been recently diagnosed with HIV.
One of the things that he told me was, "One of my lovers must have slept with a woman." I was like, "You didn't sleep with a woman at this particular point, you must have got it from your lover." But his point was since I've been seeing all these nice photos of men and women and the government telling us, "Be careful, love carefully." These are the ones who spread HIV; it is the women who give it to us. But he also asked me a question: how do I protect my lovers? And that was the question that changed my life. I knew at that particular moment that I didn't know how to protect him, how to give him the information, how to tell him to protect his lovers, and that was the changing point because I then discovered that because I didn't know, I was ignorant. I was in sort of denial because I was a gay man and I am still a gay man. I just needed to know.
I had access to the internet and I quickly educated myself, something which we all have to do. It is important that we leave from being just friendly to MSM, to men who have sex with men, to being competent in care. [applause]
This ignorance and denial it didn't happen just with me. It is also with everybody. Just a few months ago, about three months ago in Uganda the first LGBT clinic was opened by one of the groups, one of the LGBT groups. They were saying that, well, we do not have a clinic, the doctors don't really know the problems that we have and we need a clinic. They got funding (very good) put the clinic in Kampala (very good) and then made sure that the government
didn't know.
Then, what touched me was that three doctors were asked in Uganda. "What do you think about this?" They were saying, "We do not discriminate because we are doctors," which is fantastic. Then, they said, "We do not discriminate because we do not ask about sexual orientation." Now, if you do not ask about sexual orientation then that means that you are not aware that men who
have sex with men actually come and sit with you in the consultation room, and that men who have sex with men actually have a higher risk of HIV. [ applause]
This ignorance is part of what is there. We have to ask ourselves the question. Are we going to an AIDS-free generation without including MSM? Actually the answer from the science that we have is that no, we are not going to do that.
Dr. Semugoma then gave an overview of the populations most at risk, including not only gay men, but also within the gay community, black gay men. And he also discussed the general problems of reaching "pariah" communities in different countries, including here in the U.S., Canada, and Britain. He then returned his attention back to Africa and the structural barrier that those of us who have been following events in Uganda are all too aware of: criminalization (at about the 15:00 mark):
Criminalization. I have heard this over and over again. You are dealing with a criminal population and the criminal population somehow seems to not be citizens, somehow seem not to fit to have intervention, somehow they just don't seem to deserve the attention that others get even in HIV prevention.
This is the relationship between criminalization and sex practices. Untargeted expenditure. This is for HIV programming. We saw that HIV burden is actually higher amongst MSM but what actually happens when the monies for HIV
prevention go to the countries there's attenuation. Less and less gets to the MSM because of the stigma, because they are criminals.
…This case study is of Senegal. Senegal is a country in West Africa has an epidemic which is concentrated amongst MSM. They actually were one of the first African countries to do an MSM-targeted HIV prevention effort. They did a study, which I was very happy to come across in 2004. They saw that they have a concentrated epidemic with HIV 20 times higher amongst the MSM than in the general population. They did comprehensive outreach in place for MSM.
In 2008, we had this ICASA, ICASA is the equivalent of AIDS meeting for Africa. During that ICASA, they actually came to tell the rest of the country about what was happening that they are doing some HIV prevention amongst the highest risk population in Senegal. After ICASA, nine outreach workers were arrested and prosecuted. They were released April 2009. They had been convicted of spreading homosexuality most likely. The issue was that happening actually almost destroyed the HIV outreach amongst the highest risk population in Senegal.
Now, let's talk about my country, Uganda. Uganda had a study done in 2008, a study done in Kampala. The HIV rate was almost 14 percent, but it's 13.7 percent amongst MSM in Kampala, compared to a rate of 4.4-percent amongst other men in Kampala, which actually means that this was a high-risk population. During the time of the study the Director General of Uganda AIDS, the national program, said that for the first time he actually admitted that MSM exists in Uganda — which was a positive — but he said we are not going to deal with them.
Now, what happened is that some of us decided that no, this was a bit too much and we had the Implementers' Meeting happening in Uganda, and we decided to come and storm the meeting and held a five minute protest. What happened after that was that some of us were arrested and they continued to be prosecuted for demanding for HIV prevention program amongst MSM in Uganda. For demanding for an HIV prevention program amongst a vulnerable population in Uganda. That's why there were prosecuted.
Now, this had an effect on the study which was happening in Kampala at that time. Those people were studying the respondents, that MSM were not coming to the study, the respondents who are not coming. The recruitment dipped, it recovered sometime later, but then dipped again, because Uganda unfortunately is a very highly homophobic country. They got about 300 respondents, which in six months was very few homosexuals, compared to Kenya, compared to Tanzania, compared to Zanzibar. In two months they'll get 500 people. In the first study in Kenya they actually had to stop the study, because in Nairobi they were getting more than 500 gay people.
Now, Uganda has definitely been one of the worst offenders in HIV prevention for MSM. They want to ban the agencies which work for gay rights. That was about last month I think. And the LGBT clinic, it needs to be shut. All this homophobia is actually happening when we have a study done with folks that we have a vulnerable population, which actually is responding to the homophobia in the country. Okay, HIV prevalence amongst the MSM was related to external homophobia.
Dr. Semugoma ended his talk with a stirring call to action, which hinged on increased visibility of gay men and the elimination of homophobia, anti-AIDS stigma, and ignorance about HIB/AIDS. He also remembered that the advocacy fights to achieve those aims are not without cost (at the 26:30 mark):
Now, I wanted to acknowledge the fact that a lot of people have helped me to prepare this speech, but I remembered that I can acknowledge also those people who have lost this fight, I mean who have been killed, the price of advocacy. Advocates are beaten, they are arrested, they are killed. I just wanted to remember these few, Alim Mongoche in Cameroon; Steve Harvey in Jamaica, David Kato in Uganda, Thapelo Makutle in South Africa [applause].
One of my most enduring memories of David Kato is of him when we went into the Implementers' Meeting when he wanted to engage the speakers, and then running very fast on this big road with the police behind him. They wanted to arrest him because we had barnstormed the Implementers' Meeting.
Many stories are untold and unreported. It is tough to achieve comprehensive HIV prevention and treatment in this context, but it has been done. It has been done before. It is being done now. It is going to be done again. We have tried and they continue to try.
At the end of his talk, he acknowledged his partner, whose name I did not catch. But it was very heartwarming to see him lean into the microphone and say, out loud, "I love you."


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Super cute Australian picture story book about being yourself and trying to please other people
Edward the emu was sick of the zoo. There was nowhere to go, there was nothing to do. And compared to the seals that lived right next doo. Well being an emu was frankly a bore. Tired of his life as an emu, Edward decides to try being something else for a change. Sheena Knowles' upbeat, rhyming text and Rod Clement's deliciously droll illustrations are sure to make readers laugh out loud in this whimsical picture book.
Possible book for differences, not my favorite
Edward the emu is bored with life in the zoo. It seems that the seals have much more fun than he does, and so Edward decides to sneak into the seals' enclosure to swim and sunbathe. But Edward is startled when a zoo visitor states he much prefers the lions to any other zoo animal, and so Edward, thinking the lions must have it best, sneaks into the lions' enclosure to roar and growl. Each day, Edward moves around the zoo to find the animal who seemingly has it better than the emu. However, one zoo visitor's proclamation that the emus are his favorite makes Edward realize that he's just fine with being an emu after all.
Readers will assuredly be entertained by the large, colorful illustrations of Edward tangled up with a snake, and the picture of an emu's feet on top of a disgruntled lion's head will make any reader giggle. Plus, the slight twist at the end will delight readers as well (and perhaps encourage them to read the sequel Edwina the Emu!). The story also provides a chance for adults to discuss with children about being comfortable with who they are, and this charming story of an emu who decides that he doesn't want to be anyone else but himself is the perfect opportunity. Highly recommended. Grades pre-K to 2.
I like the rhyming and rhythm of the story. I like the pictures too.
"Edward the Emu" is a great book teaching students about individuality.
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Edward the emu was sick of the zoo,
Tired of his life as an emu, Edward decides to try being something else for a change. He tries swimming with the seals. He spends a day lounging with the lions. He even does a stint slithering with the snakes.
But Edward soon discovers that being an emu may be the best thing after all. And so he returns to his pen, only to find a big surprise awaiting him. . . .Edward is tired of being an emu, so he decides to try being something else for a change. First he spends some time swimming with the seals. Next, he lounges with the lions. He even slithers with the snakes. But Edward soon discovers that being an emu may not be so bad after all. So he heads back to his pen, only to find a big surprise awaiting him . . .Sheena Knowles' upbeat, rhyming text and Rod Clement's deliciously droll illustrations are sure to make readers laugh out loud in this whimsical picture book by the creators of Edwina the Emu."If you buy one book...for sheer fun, there's no question it should be this one." San Diego Union Tribune
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Apologies to Dr. Seuss, but it seems fitting to conjure the good doctor when inspecting the travel records of the Gloucester Board of Supervisors. A Freedom of Information Act request yielded some good news on the 2008-09 supervisors' travel expenses: As a group, they spent less this year. With a just a couple of weeks left in the budget year, the supervisors have spent a grand total of $6,015.16. This year's budgeted amount is $14,000, which works out to $2,000 per supervisor. The previous budget year the supervisors spent $9,683, according to county records.
Supervisor Gregory Woodard is the big spender of the bunch this budget year, with the taxpayers forking out $3,361.52 for his travels to various conventions, meetings and retreats. That's more than all the other six supervisors combined. Supervisors Christian "Buddy" Rilee and Louise Theberge haven't spent a dime. Nor a penny. Supervisor Michelle Ressler is the second-biggest spender at $1,652.23. Supervisor Teresa Altemus -- who has spent $99.59 this year -- has much of her travel covered by the National Association of Counties because she is first-vice president of the organization.
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The prime minister has faced backlash from health and safety professionals following yesterday's pledge to change a number of the industry's regulations.
Speaking to small business owners at a PM Direct event at Intuit's headquarters in Maidenhead, David Cameron promised to kill the "health and safety monster" and tackle the "excessive health and safety culture that has become an albatross around the neck of British businesses".
The prime minister introduced changes to a number of health and safety rules, including:
- Plans to abolish up to half of all existing regulations by the end of the year.
- Capping the amount that lawyers can earn from small value personal injury claims up to £25,000
- Businesses will no longer have to report minor accidents in the workplace from 6 April
- A new panel will give firms the right to challenge controversial inspection decisions; and
- Changes to the health and safety law on strict liability for civil claims.
Steve Radley, director of policy at manufacturers' organisation, EEF, was also adamant about the need not to confuse 'compensation culture' with overall 'health and safety culture', which was a "different issue altogether".
The government's focus on reducing health and saftey follow the chancellor's announcement in his autumn statement that employment law and health and safety reforms would be tackled in the next phase of the Red Tape Challenge.
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something sensible at long last
We can but hope.......probably too late...
most of these laws were not really about health and safety...largely a common sense issue...but overbearing government interference demanding that most of the day is taken up form filling....most of it being nanny state nonsense.
Great for lawyers and the whip lash claimants culture if you haven't filled in your forms.
No body cares that the check was carried out so long as the form was signed to say it has been .
We had to have door closers fitted....so the doors could hit you in the back and knock hot tea out of your hands.
I completely agree with the
I completely agree with the Prime Minister and agree with what he / they are setting out to change. I speak as a small businessman in the construction industry with 40 years experience. Those who are apposing these changes, do so only because they fear they will have less room to manufacture gains for themselves. In particular the Lawers should be "struck off " from their policy of Fear Mungering and then making a fortune out of their apalling "service" to the comunity.
Without Lawyers and Insurance companys, this Country could become solvent overnight.
Tom Barfoot-Saunt - Brakefield LLP
I agree - remove this
I agree - remove this bureaucracy
Yes, let's get rid of this nonsense
Yes, let's get rid of this nonsense, and while we're at it let's get rid of that senseless regulation which stops us sending perfectly capable children up chimneys. After all, those were the days when this country could run an empire.
"Nanny state": this phrase always perplexes me - my Nanny was an old woman who lived in a dark victorian house; she showed little interest in me and, to be honest, I found her a little bit scary. That does describe the state as I know it but doesn't seem to be what others are referring to.
I once saved a man from drowning.
what did you do ?
I took my foot off his head.
perhaps you are right.....outsourcing to India and the like is the future...we have tax credits and Tescos to spend them in, so will be ok.....and the credit card is only just on its limit so no need to worry yet.
I had to laugh when a man dressed up as a spartan (spartan run) could not pose for a photo because his imitation spear was classed as a live weapon....
It has got out of hand !
Bungee jumping over the Zambesi ? wonder if the fact that Crocs don't feed in January was on their risk assessment. Or whether the Jumper thought it was all without risk having been brought up believing that even the dangerous looking was safe so stuck her head in the oven just like all the others.
are you saying I am Fat !
What is the connection with health and safety reform ?


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Parallel Verses
New International Version
He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.
New Living Translation
The winds are your messengers; flames of fire are your servants.
English Standard Version
he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire.
New American Standard Bible
He makes the winds His messengers, Flaming fire His ministers.
King James Bible
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
Holman Christian Standard Bible
and making the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
International Standard Version
He makes the winds his messengers, blazing fires his servants.
NET Bible
He makes the winds his messengers, and the flaming fire his attendant.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He makes his Angels the wind and his ministers burning fire.
GOD'S WORD® Translation
You make your angels winds and your servants flames of fire.
JPS Tanakh 1917
Who makest winds Thy messengers, The flaming fire Thy ministers.
New American Standard 1977
He makes the winds His messengers,
Flaming fire His ministers.
Jubilee Bible 2000
who makes his angels spirits, his ministers a flaming fire,
King James 2000 Bible
Who makes his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
American King James Version
Who makes his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
American Standard Version
Who maketh winds his messengers; Flames of fire his ministers;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who makest thy angels spirits: and thy ministers a burning fire.
Darby Bible Translation
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flame of fire.
English Revised Version
Who maketh winds his messengers; his ministers a flaming fire:
Webster's Bible Translation
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
World English Bible
He makes his messengers winds; his servants flames of fire.
Young's Literal Translation
Making His messengers -- the winds, His ministers -- the flaming fire.
Parallel CommentariesMatthew Henry's Concise Commentary
104:1-9 Every object we behold calls on us to bless and praise the Lord, who is great. His eternal power and Godhead are clearly shown by the things which he hath made. God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. The Lord Jesus, the Son of his love, is the Light of the world.
Pulpit Commentary
Verse 4. - Who maketh his angels spirits. Professor Cheyne renders, "Who maketh his messengers of winds;" and so (in substance) Jarchi, Aben. Ezra, Rosenmuller, Professor Alexander, and even Hengstenberg. The difficulty in adopting this rendering is that furnished by the application of the passage in Hebrews 1:7; but the arguments of Hengstenberg go far to meet that difficulty. It is to be noted that our Revisers, while admitting either rendering, have preferred that of Professor Cheyne. And his ministers a flaming fire; or, "his ministers of flame and fire."
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Who maketh his angels spirits,.... The angels are spirits, or spiritual substances, yet created ones; and so differ from God, who is a spirit, and from the Holy Spirit of God, who are Creators and not creatures; angels are spirits without bodies, and so differ from the souls or spirits of men, and are immaterial, and so die not; these are made by Christ, by whom all things are made, Colossians 1:16 and so he must be greater and more excellent than they; for which purpose the passage is quoted in Hebrews 1:7. Some render it, "who maketh his angels as the winds"; to which they may be compared for their invisibility, they being not to be seen, no more than the wind, unless when they assume an external form; and for their penetration through bodies in a very surprising manner; see Acts 12:6, and for their great force and power, being mighty angels, and said to excel in strength, Psalm 103:20, and for their swiftness in obeying the divine commands; so the Targum,
"he maketh his messengers, or angels, swift as the wind.''
His ministers a flaming fire; angels are ministers to God, stand before him, behold his face, wait for and listen to his orders, and execute them; they are ministers to Christ, they were so at his incarnation, in his infancy, when in the wilderness and in the garden, at his resurrection and ascension, and will attend him at his second coming; and these are ministers to his people, take the care of them, encamp about them, do many good offices to them in life, and at death carry their souls to Abraham's bosom: these are made a flaming fire, or "as" flaming fire, for their force and power; so the Targum,
"his ministers strong as flaming fire;''
and for their swiftness as before; and because of their burning love to God, Christ, and his people, and their flaming zeal for his cause and interest; hence thought by some to be called "seraphim": and because they are sometimes the executioners of God's wrath; and have sometimes appeared in fiery forms, as in forms of horses of fire and chariots of fire, and will descend with Christ in flaming fire at the last day; see 2 Kings 2:11. Some invert the words, both reading and sense, thus, "who maketh the winds his angels, or messengers, and flaming fire his ministers"; so Jarchi, Aben Ezra, and Kimchi; we read of stormy wind fulfilling his word, Psalm 148:8, he sends out his winds at his pleasure to do his errands; as to dry up the waters of the flood, to drive back the waters of the Red sea, and make dry land, to bring quails from thence, and scatter them about the camp of Israel, and in many other instances. So flaming fire was used as his ministers in burning Sodom and Gomorrah; and multitudes of the murmuring Israelites, and the captains with their fifties; but this sense is contrary to the order of the words, and the design of them, and to the apostle's sense of them, Hebrews 1:7 which is confirmed by the Targum, Septuagint, and all the Oriental versions.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
4. This is quoted by Paul (Heb 1:7) to denote the subordinate position of angels; that is, they are only messengers as other and material agencies.
spirits—literally, "winds."
flaming fire—(Ps 105:32) being here so called.
Psalm 104:4 Additional Commentaries
O Lord, My God, You are Very Great
…3He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He makes the clouds His chariot; He walks upon the wings of the wind; 4He makes the winds His messengers, Flaming fire His ministers. 5He established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not totter forever and ever.…
Cross References
Hebrews 1:7
In speaking of the angels he says, "He makes his angels spirits, and his servants flames of fire."
Genesis 3:24
After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
2 Kings 2:11
As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.
2 Kings 6:17
And Elisha prayed, "Open his eyes, LORD, so that he may see." Then the LORD opened the servant's eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
Psalm 103:21
Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will.
Psalm 147:15
He sends his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
Psalm 148:8
lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding,
Ezekiel 1:13
The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.
Treasury of Scripture
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