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By Jeanne Dennis: My youngest daughter, who has Asperger's/autism, was in second grade at Bowman Woods at this time. Within a few days after 9/11, as she was outside playing, she came running in our front door terrified that she saw and heard a plane. She asked me with big, wide eyes and a tremble in her voice, "Mommy, is that a good plane or a bad plane out there?" This just tore my heart out the instant she asked this, and I then realized just how much she was impacted by this horrible attack on our nation.
I tried to shield her from repeated viewings of those events, but everywhere you went, it was there around you. You could not change the channel fast enough at times to keep these from being the only images seen on a replay loop.
I reassured her that it was definitely a "good" plane and that only military planes were allowed to fly for a while so they are keeping us safe. Well, she "decided" not to go back out and play for quite a while, and that really broke my heart -- that her fear of planes in the sky was so real -- and we just had to allow time to pass, to help her work through it and to trust the skies above her once again.
It was a big challenge to know what and how much to say to two young daughters, and it was extremely challenging to explain and comfort a child with autism. These kiddos take everything very literally. They don't relate well to generalizations and expressions. It was a fast-ball learning experience for me on what helped my daughter, as well as what created more questions.
As parents we can protect our kids from many, many things, but the sky is sooo vast -- and typical storms overhead are the usual things Iowans worry about--and after not hearing a single plane over the skies above us for a while during this tragedy, I had to look at this eerily quiet rarity and imagine all of this from a child's point of view.It gave me great pause as I was caught off guard not really knowing exactly how to act or speak about this with complete parental confidence in this uncharted moment in time.
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As the country celebrates 50 years as an independent nation, kindling the philanthropic spirit in Jamaicans will be key to helping the nation's disadvantaged live out the Jamaican dream, some young business leaders say.
The professionals, who were guests at a Gleaner Editors' Forum at the newspaper's North Street offices, agreed that while they were all fortunate to be "living the dream", it would not be complete if the masses are left out.
"People need help getting a fair leg up and it's something I would like to see as part of my dream," stated Krystal Chong, who is the director of marketing and business development at Honey Bun Limited.
Chong believes that while ordinary citizens have a role to play in helping others move along in life, Jamaicans need to demand more from the Government, which has a large role to play in helping to lift people from the rut to realise the dream.
"I would like to see people demand more for themselves. I think the reason why private companies work is because your customer is the person who determines if it's working, if you are going to go out of business, and I think it should be the same for the public sector. People need to realise that they are customers and they are paying taxes," Chong said.
In the meantime, GraceKennedy Brand Manager Rachael Browne believes the natural patriotic spirit exhibited by Jamaicans can be exploited to ensure the country's disadvantaged achieve the dream.
"It's great to see it, it's great to see the Jamaican people pull together and support our athletes and support our upcoming anniversary and I hope that it continues, because then you see the dream coming out," she said.

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CaSE continues to reject the idea of imposing limits on the number of talented scientists and engineers who can enter the UK. It seems that the Government has yet to accept the notion that the UK needs international talent more than international talent needs the UK.
However, within that context, CaSE feels that the Government proposals for reforming the immigration system are now moving in the right direction. If done correctly, we may be able to maintain the status quo, or even fulfil the Home Secretary's promise of bringing more scientists into the country.
Around one in seven science and engineering academics in the Higher Education sector alone are from outside the EU (Universities UK analysis). It is critical for our academic and research base, and for our commercial competitiveness, that the UK can continue to be a global hub for science and engineering.
The Government will impose an annual limit of 21,700 for non-EU economic migrants coming into the UK. This includes people coming in to work in science and engineering occupations.
(A summary of the proposals is available here)
Ministers of religion, footballers, entrepreneurs, investors, anyone commanding a salary of more than £150,000, and people being brought in from abroad by multi-national companies, won't be counted under the cap.
The resulting message is that the UK does not wish to limit the number of such individuals arriving in the UK, but does wish to limit the number of scientists and engineers. CaSE finds this deeply unfortunate.
The absolute cap of 21,700 is a down roughly a fifth on the number of migrants that came into the UK last year. It should be borne in mind that 2009 was a recession year, when economic migration was already reduced. However, under the new immigration rules, nobody without a degree-level qualification (and a job that requires it) will be considered for entry to the UK – unless they are considered 'exceptional talent', and don't need a job offer.
CaSE understands that this will eliminate roughly a third of the applicants for skilled worker visas. Therefore if the rules are correctly calibrated, we hope that enough scientists and engineers will be able to enter to the UK to meet the sector's needs. A UK Border Agency (UKBA) official said:
"We will be working with CaSE and other expert bodies over the next few months and will publish the detail of our plans in early 2011."
The new system will come into force in April 2011.
For scientists and engineers, skilled worker visas will be split into Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent), Tier 2 (General), and Tier 2 (Intra-company transfers, or 'ICTs')
Tier 1:
The new Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) category will be limited to 1,000 people, annually. As well as top scientists and engineers, the Government also envisages exceptionally talented individual from other fields – such as the arts – coming in via this route. Individuals who are awarded Tier 1 visas do not need a job offer in order to enter the country.
Having spoken to the UK Border Agency (UKBA), we understand that they will look to identify 'competent bodies' which would be able to identify individuals who have exceptional talent. Although the consultation process is ongoing, these bodies could include Research Councils, National Academies, or the Arts Council.
CaSE has made representations to say that as well as scientists and engineers who have already attained international prestige, 'exceptional talent' must be taken to include early-career researchers who show exceptional promise. Criteria to be used in such decisions should include highly competitive funding awards and/or fellowships.
It would be counterproductive and damaging to the UK's interests to limit the number of elite scientists and engineers entering the UK under Tier 1. We therefore argue that they should be exempted from the Tier 1 limit of 1000, in the same way that investors and entrepreneurs are.
If the cap of 1000 remains for these individuals then the UKBA faces the challenge of how to divide those places between different sectors. For instance, do they allocate 700 places to Academia, 200 to the Arts, and 100 to everything else? If so, on what basis are those decisions made? It is difficult to see how such allocations could be anything but arbitrary, especially given the timescale for the decisions.
Alternatively, they could devise a system which applies equally to all sectors. This presents its own difficulties – how do you compare a scientific Nobel laureate to a world-famous ballet dancer? Would it simply be done on a first-come-first-served basis?
The announcement of a category specifically targeted to include elite researchers may partly be a response to CaSE's high-profile letter to the Times, which was signed by eight Nobel prizewinning scientists. The letter was featured in an article on the front page of the newspaper alongside a photo of David Cameron's 'Kitchener moment', the day after his speech at the Conservative Party conference.
However, it's not clear that the solution was fully fleshed out before being announced. We look forward to working with the UKBA as it tries to put the Government's proposals into practice. If done correctly, it could mean the non-EU migrant cap doesn't damage the UK's ability to attract the world's best and most promising researchers.
Tier 2 (General)
Applicants for Tier 2 must have a job offer in order to enter the country. Potential workers who are granted a certificate of sponsorship from their employer have three months in which to apply for their Tier 2 visa. Candidates must have at least a degree-level qualification and an offer of employment which requires that qualification to be permitted entry. The minimum level of English language competency has also been raised – from 'basic', to 'intermediate' level (B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference).
There will be 20,700 visas available over the year. We understand that this will likely be split into 1,700 visas being available each month. At the end of every month, all successful applicants are given a visa. In the event of under-subscription, the remaining quota would be rolled over into the next month.
In the event of over-subscription, individuals will be rated based on the quality of their application. It is important that this rating process adequately rewards those who have devoted their careers to science and engineering.
The likely criteria for this rating include:
- whether the applicant's job is on the Shortage Occupation List (includes biologists, physicists, chemical engineers, and a number of other science and engineering professions);
- whether the applicant has a PhD-level qualification or not;
- the applicant's salary in their new job.
It is important that the balance between these second two criteria is calibrated correctly. Many scientists and engineers command lower salaries than people with equivalent skill levels in other fields, purely due to the way this sector works. We must not continue with a system where researchers are discriminated against because they choose a relatively low-paying career; instead, they should be selected on the basis of their ability to contribute to the UK.
The UKBA have said that they will "apply a premium to occupations which require a PhD, including scientists". CaSE will be making further representations to the UKBA and to Government to ensure that this premium is sufficient to offset the salary discount.
Tier 2 visas last for three years, after which they can be extended by a further two years, providing there have been no irregularities. When the visas are extended, this will not count towards the cap in that year.
Should someone with a Tier 2 visa lose their job or become redundant, they will have a period of time – likely to be one or two months – in which to find a new sponsor, or leave the country.
Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfers):
Intra-Company Transfers, or ICTs, are the mechanism by which multi-national companies can transfer their employees into the UK. If the employees earn more than £40,000 they can stay for up to five years. If the staff earn between £24,000 and £39,999, they can stay for up to one year. CaSE will be consulting its industry members and stakeholders to see if this meets the needs of private-sector R&D in the UK.
ICTs do not count towards the overall annual cap of 21,700.
Tiers 4 (Study) and 5 (Youth mobility and short-term):
Non-EU graduate and postgraduate students come into the UK under Tier 4 visas, while Tier 5 visas are used by scientists and engineers here for short-term placements (e.g. sabbaticals and fellowships).
The UKBA will be consulting on both of these Tiers over the next few months, and CaSE will respond. It is important that both of them continue to allow scientists and engineers to the country. Tier 4 is a particular concern – many universities rely financially on foreign students, and it is clearly good for the UK if aspiring researchers begin their careers in the UK by doing their PhDs here.
CaSE will also continue to urge the UKBA to improve its data collection and release it on an ongoing basis so that once the new system is in place, it is possible to rapidly assess its impact.


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As Colorado lawmakers prepare for hard budget choices in the 2012 session, House Republicans are urging the state to reinstate an asset test for Medicaid recipients.
Their argument comes despite the fact that the new federal health care law bars states from adding asset tests and despite prior experience in Colorado and elsewhere that such tests aren't worth the time or money.
And because of federal incentives for enrolling children in Medicaid programs, Colorado would have lost $26 million if it hadn't already dumped its asset testing for families enrolling kids in health programs.
Republicans have not offered a solution to how they could institute an asset test on Medicaid recipients given current federal law.
House Speaker Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, for example, turned a recent discussion about means testing in another program — the state's property tax break for seniors — to the question of instituting asset testing in Medicaid.
Asked about means testing for the Senior Homestead Exemption, he said that to be fair, all benefits needed to be asset-tested.
Means testing, which takes into account a recipient's income, is different than asset testing, which looks at liquid assets like bank accounts and real property such as cars and homes.
Medicaid recipients are means-tested. The Homestead Exemption, which allows Coloradans 65 and older who have lived in their homes for at least 10 years to exempt 50 percent of the first $200,000 of the property value of their homes from taxes, is not tested for either means or assets.
While McNulty argues the state should impose asset tests on all its "entitlement programs," Medicaid is by far the largest such program, with half a million Coloradans enrolled in the health care program for the poor funded by the state and federal governments. Medicaid and other health programs consume about a third of the state's $7 billion general fund.
Republicans have pointed to the recent rapid growth in Medicaid enrollment — 72 percent over the past four years — as one of the key reasons for Colorado's severe budget woes. Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs, bluntly called Medicaid a "tumor" on the state budget in December.
Medicaid is means-tested, but the state in 2006 dropped testing of assets for "Family Medicaid," or coverage of poor families with children. For adult coverage of Medicaid, the state tests for assets but does not count primary homes and vehicles.
House Minority Leader Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver, a former budget analyst for the state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, said the state changed its policies on asset-testing for poor seniors to save money.
"A couple of years ago, the asset test for certain populations of Medicaid was removed for very good reasons, because the only way you got on Medicaid was you sold everything you had, and then you were on Medicaid and you were basically indigent and we had to take care of long-term care," Ferrandino said. "And it cost the state more. So the idea was, we wanted to make sure seniors can get on Medicaid without selling their homes and all their assets so we don't then have to put them in nursing homes."
State officials say their experience was similar to other states that have removed the asset tests.
A 2001 study done by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured found that states that dropped the tests said they were costly and time-consuming to administer and rarely resulted in someone being disqualified from Medicaid.
"You don't find a lot of low-income families with assets," Pennsylvania officials said in the Kaiser study.
"The cost the eligibility agency was incurring exceeded the cost of benefits that might have been denied," said officials in Oklahoma, which reported saving $1 million a year in administrative costs after dumping asset tests.
"These families are usually young, and we would rarely see younger families with assets," Oklahoma officials said in the study.
"The process is slow and cumbersome to verify bank account balances and the cash value of life insurance. It delays the eligibility process and resulted in so few denials that it was cheaper to make them eligible for the benefit without checking."
There may be a more immediate reason why Colorado is unlikely to reinstate an asset test for Medicaid: the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act prohibits doing so under its "maintenance of effort" provisions. Meanwhile, the federal Affordable Care Act will bar asset tests by 2014.
Department of Health Care Policy and Financing officials announced last week that Colorado, for the second year in a row, had been approved for $26 million in federal incentives for having increased enrollment of eligible children in Medicaid. But one of the conditions for getting the money is that the state not have an asset test for Medicaid programs covering kids.
Knowing the state would qualify for the money, the department built the $26 million into its fiscal 2012-13 budget, meaning that if it still had an asset test, Medicaid would have cost another $26 million.
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- Whenever the subject of measures to reduce the effects of ever-rising carbon dioxide emissions on the global climate is raised, someone is bound to argue that we have to balance measures to protect the environment against the need to protect the economy.
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HAWTHORNE, NV—Seven Marines are reported to have been killed as a result of a Marine Corps training procedure that went wrong at Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada late Monday night. It is also reported that eight other individuals have been hospitalized due to the accident.
The cause of the deaths and injuries is due to the premature and unexpected explosion from a 60 mm mortar round. Officials will not be releasing any names of those killed in the accident until 24 hours after every family member has been notified.
The Hawthorne Army Depot is a facility used to store as well as destroy ammunition that is no longer going to be in use by the military. It is also a training facility for Special Forces. For the 60 mm mortar, three or four Marines are needed to operate it and usually others observe the training nearby, causing those in the vicinity to have been in danger during the explosion.
The incident at Hawthorne Army Depot is said to be under investigation to find out if the Marines using the weapon followed the correct procedures in handling it or if the incident was a result of a malfunction that occurred in the manufacturing of a certain group of 60 mm mortars.
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Last night, a TON of our favorite celebs came out of the woodwork to help raise money for those hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy on MTV's "Restore The Shore" telethon. Among those visiting were the "Jersey Shore" cast members, Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, Mac Miller, and One Direction. The night also featured live performances from "American Idol" winner Phillip Phillips and Gym Class Heroes!
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Live from MTV's Times Square studio, both Phillip Phillips and Gym Class Heroes (with a little help from Oh Land) performed stripped-down acoustic versions of their hits. Phillip Phillips sang his indie-folk hit "Home," while Gym Class Heroes teamed up with Oh Land on "The Fighter," two titles meant to resonate with those still recovering from Sandy's aftermath. Catch up with the performances below in cased you missed them last night, and remember, you can still help provide relief and "restore the shore" by texting SHORE to 85944 to make a $10 donation.
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Renewable energy makes long-term economic sense, but how do we raise the capital needed and allow for longer-term Return on Investments?
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April 8 2014
Student Senate president circled-back for education
BISMARCK (UTN) – Gene Ramon Declay is president of the United Tribes Student Senate and a leader with experience.
He is White Mountain Apache/Akimel O'Odham (Pima) from the White Mountain Apache Reservation in East Central, AZ.
Being that he is a college student now, education is his top priority. He's studying Media Arts in UTTC's Art/Art Marketing program.
As a veteran, Gene Declay carried the Staff in the UTTC Color Guard. He likes the way veterans are supported here but says more could always be done.
At age 43, his presence runs counter to the trend of a declining average age in tribal college students. Nevertheless, his abundance of life experience makes him the kind of person who relates across the spectrum of those attending tribal college.
Declay would be the first to tell you that he has overcome many hardships and obstacles in life to be in this position today. He's a veteran, having spent two years in the light infantry of the U.S. Army.
Marian and Gene Declay
He's a family man who loves his family very much. His wife of 10 years, Marian, is a student in UTTC's Bachelors Degree program in Small Business Management. Both speak fluent Apache and are teaching their children. He believes language preservation is so important that he's working on a digital teaching application to help preserve the Apache language.
He has the outlook of an activist who tries to help Native People in whatever way he can.
And then there's this: Gene Declay's life is filled with music. He's known in music circles as "GENO," a musician, lyricist, performer and producer of hip-hop music and music videos.
He says the name GENO is an acronym for Get Every Native Organized. And God Empowers and Never Oppresses.
With hardly any education or background, he and his wife created their own independent record label: Native Organizations Entertainment. From humble beginnings, he says, "it was just persistence and learning as we go."
Before arriving at UTTC in 2012, they had produced and collaborated on over a dozen albums, attracting a small following of fans. His fourth solo rap/hip-hop album, "Unda Dogg Unda Godd," was released in December. A music video of the title received the "Best Sound Editing" award in last year's AIHEC competition and was shown at the 2013 Dakota Digital Film Festival.
With faith in the Creator and 12 years of sobriety behind him, he's a man for all seasons – a person with ideas and something to say.
If there was anything missing, it was schooling. He had the experience in life and business but was short on formal education.
"When people find out I'm from Arizona they want to know how we ended up in North Dakota," he said.
He told the story at a UTTC scholarship event last year.
"Being I'm from Arizona, I'm usually darker than this," he apologized with a comedic pause and a grin to the chuckling audience. "Two winters here and this is the lightest I've ever been."
He and his wife began talking about expanding their music business four years ago. Both had good jobs with a large company in Phoenix when their weekend music business began producing more income than both made during the week.
They thought about California and New York.
"Honestly, North Dakota never crossed my mind. I apologize for saying that but I didn't think I would ever move here," he said, adding that we don't always know what the Creator has in store for us.
It took a nudge from Marian to give him faith they would do well on their own.
"I really love my wife, she's my best friend, always encouraging me," he said. "And she said, 'if I resign right now, would you?' I said 'sure.' And so she did, she resigned."
Declay says time soon proved it was the right decision. It felt good to be a Native American man with his own small business. "It felt good to get that respect from people throughout Indian Country."
What started as a weekend trip to sell at the Gallup Ceremonials in 2011, ended up becoming a year-long, life-changing experience. The couple, along with their two-year-old son, ended up at Crow Fair in Montana, thinking they would soon return to Arizona.
"The people we met started pulling us toward our destiny," he says describing the journey.
From Crow they went to Rosebud for the annual fair and powwow. Then the trail led to Cheyenne River, where "the Lakota's showed us genuine love and respect that we really liked."
"And people started talking about the United Tribes Powwow. And my wife said 'if we get to United Tribes, I think I'm just going to enroll.'"
At UTTC the unexpected happened. The powwow was great and it occurred that their booth was right in front of the admissions building. It was the last day to register for classes so they signed up. "We really felt like we wanted to be part of this," he said.
Another new friend, from the UTTC staff, guided them through housing and financial aid. Scholarships paid for Gene's first semester, so there was no financial aid from the government or a tribe and no student loan.
"Scholarships really do help people," he says.
To come all the way from Arizona was a huge step.
"But we didn't do it by ourselves. There were a lot of prayers. A lot of people prayed for us. And the Creator brought people into our lives to guide us here."
He and his family love North Dakota. He says the country is beautiful. As an avid outdoorsman, he enjoys fishing on the Missouri River. They've made lots of good relationships and friendships.
"I got a little North Dakota accent now," he said pronouncing it 'Nord-Dakota,' and getting a round of laughter from the audience. "When I call my friends in Arizona I say 'It's me, Geno.' And they say 'who?!' They don't recognize me."
He says it feels like family here. He's thankful for all who befriended them along the way.
Along with his educational program Declay believes that his service in the student senate is gaining him new organizational and leaderships skills. He believes in open meetings, community involvement and activism.
He hadn't expected student senate would take up so much time, particularly since the end of fall semester when the panel lost three of its members.
"That's the difficult part," he says. "We've all put-in extra hours. It's been tough at times. But we've managed and stayed committed to our weekly meetings, our events and activities."
"The main challenge is communication," he says. "It's always getting the word out there, letting people know of events well ahead of time."
Another challenge is getting people involved.
"Student Involvement isn't always as great as we'd like. But we're working hard to change that."
Waylon Black Crow and Gene Declay in Washington, DC with U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp.
Declay and fellow student senate member Waylon Black Crow (Oglala) accompanied UTTC leaders in February to the 2014 AIHEC Annual Winter Meeting and Capitol Hill Days in Washington, DC. They joined 75 other students from tribal colleges and universities in preparing for and making Capitol Hill office visits, promoting tribal colleges to Congressmen and Senators and their staff members.
It was a challenging learning experience filled with lots of information and ideas that he believes will be useful in the future.
"I'm willing to learn as much as I can," he says. "And I hope that we can accomplish more together. My leadership abilities are evolving, and I know there's much more to learn."
Declay is glad to have circled-back and made it into school.
"I'm proof that it's never to late to get an education," he says. "All we need is to take that first step. If I can do it, anybody can do it."
Gene Declay will graduate with an Associate Degree during UTTC's 2014 Commencement Ceremony in May. Marian Declay will become a Bachelor's Degree graduate in December.
GENO's music work is available online and on iTunes.
Gene Declay was named UTTC's 2014 AIHEC Student of the Year
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Adlift campaigns can now be bought in malls including Belle Epine and Créteil Soleil in the greater Paris area
The format uses high-quality vinyl posters applied to the surface of lift doors.
Matt Gordon, managing director of Limited Space, said the Adlift expansion constituted the "first natural step towards the international development of Limited Space".
Gordon said the company's aim was to be able to deliver "national distribution" in France by the middle of 2010.
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Vanishing Act
In search of Eva Tanguay, the first rock star.
Once Tanguay does come into focus, you can't unsee her. Her impact is, in certain cases, a matter of historical record. Mae West began her career as a Tanguay impersonator. Sophie Tucker cited her as an influence; so, surprisingly, did Ethel Waters. It's difficult to hear much Eva in Ethel, the blues queen famous for her queenly diction. But perhaps Waters transmuted her lessons from Tanguay to her own most famous fan, Billie Holiday? Can we detect in "Billie's Blues," the song that the Holiday swiped from Waters in 1936, a trace of the slurry sound pioneered three decades earlier by a vaudeville heroine? That may be a stretch, but consider some other names: Betty Boop, Lena Lovich, Cyndi Lauper, Gwen Stefani, Björk—a lineage of screwball songstresses that descends directly from Tanguay.
Today's pop feels more than ever like one big reiteration of Tanguay's career. The braggarts and battle-rhymers of hip-hop—who can doubt that Tanguay got there first in "Eva Tanguay's Love Song" (1904), "Tanguay Rag" (1910), "Egotistical Eva" (1910), "If I Only Had a Regiment of Tanguays" (1917), and other haughty "songs about herself"? The divas that dominate the pop charts and tabloids, with their shape-shifting makeovers, extravagant song-and-dance routines, and multiple costume changes? Lady Gaga's wild headgear? In 2009, Tanguay is nowhere and everywhere. She's forgotten, but not gone.
For a star of Tanguay's stature, though, forgotten is worse than gone. Her decline was precipitous. As late as 1922, the year she recorded "I Don't Care," Tanguay's weeklong stand at Loew's New York State Theater raked in record box-office grosses. But tastes were changing, along with technology; radio and Hollywood talkies dealt a deathblow to big-time vaudeville, and Tanguay's bookings dried up. She lost her fortune in the 1929 stock-market crash, a few years after she had definitively lost her stranglehold on the zeitgeist to the sirens of the jazz age. By the mid-1930s, she was living in Los Angeles, crippled by arthritis, half-blind with cataracts, and nearly destitute. In 1934, she wrote a letter to Henry Ford, begging him to give her an automobile.
This letter is from Eva Tanguay (of the stage). I hope you remember me, once you were in the audience when I played Detroit—and anyone who has seen me before the footlights is interested in me. … I was thinking in the generosity of your heart could give me a car. … I have always had a car having owned eleven, but now have nothing. I live off a sort of an alley in a small house which is set in back of a big one, there is no view other than the backyards of other houses. … It is very sad to have had so much and be cut down to poverty, but my illness prevents me from doing any work. Although I could sing on radio if the programme was without the audience viewing the entertainer, I have earned thirty-five hundred a week, three thousand and most always twenty-five hundred, so you may know I'm no tramp, having lived the very best, my home consisted of gold glasses silver plates and everything that meant refinement, now I'm alone and cut off entirely from my world I so loved. If I had a car I could go out afternoons and might connect some way with managers, agents—and find something to do.
This sob story failed to move Ford, whose secretary wrote to Tanguay expressing regret that her request could not be met. In her final years, Tanguay scraped by on her meager savings, and by selling her old stage costumes out of a storefront on Hollywood Blvd. Her name would turn up in the press occasionally, when reporters pilgrimaged to her home for a "Where are they now?" interview. In a Life magazine profile published shortly before her death, she complained bitterly that her legacy and—her word—"artistry" had been ignored. It seems Eva Tanguay did care, after all.


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Qingdao Travel Guide
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Qingdao, a picturesque coastal city featuring "red tiled buildings and green trees, azure sea and blue sky", is located at the southern tip of the Shandong Peninsula and borders on the Yellow Sea in the southeast.
Adjacent to the ocean with three sides, the city has a pleasant climate: humid air, plenty of rain, mild temperature and clear- cut seasons. It is neither too hot in summer nor too cold in winter, makes Qingdao a well-known summer resort in China. The highest temperature appears in August, an average of 25.1 ℃, and the lowest in January, an average of -1.2℃.
I feel fantastic when walking along the Seashore boardwalk, which is just located in the city. The Seashore boardwalk is approximate 36.9 kilometers with an open scenery. It connects major tourist attractions such as Zhanqiao Pier, the Xiaoqingdao (Little Qingdao) Islet, the Xiaoyushan Park, the Underwater World, the No. 1 Bathing Beach, the Badaguan Scenic Area, the May Fourth Movement Square, the Olympic Sailing Center, the Polar Ocean World, and the Stone Old Man Bathing Beach, etc., forming a unique seaside gallery.
Among all these scenic spots, Zhanqiao Pier is the symbol of Qingdao. Located in the Qingdao Bay, it is the extension of Zhongshan Road, the busiest commercial street in Qingdao. It is acclaimed as "a long rainbow on the sea". Walking on it towards the southern end, you feel as if you were entering the sea.
Qingdao is also a famous historical and cultural city. By the end of the 19th century, foreign colonialists built a large group of buildings of different architectural styles in Qingdao, which have turned the city into a metropolis with European-style architectures and added a special exotic touch. Badaguan (Eight Great Passes) area, one of the representatives, is full of European buildings and is known as the "World Architecture Museum". The scenic spots in the old urban area such as the former German Governor's Office and German Style Street are frequently visited by tourists.
It would be regret if you do not visit Mount Laoshan in your trip to Qingdao, which is the highlight of the city with magnificent peaks, fantastic cliffs and clear streams and waterfalls. Located in the eastern part of Qingdao, Mount Laoshan is known as the "First Mountain on the Sea" with a summit 1,133 m above sea level. Meanwhile it is a famous Taoism sanctuary with 9 palaces, 8 temples and 72 nunneries. Mount Laoshan also provides water resource for the world's famous Tsingtao Beer.
Qingdao is the hometown of Tsingtao beer, which has a history as long as the city's. People like Tsingtao beer for its good quality and taste. Every year, "Qingdao International Beer Festival" will be held, which opens on the second Saturday in August and lasts for 16 days. There are many performances and recreational activities during the festival. Maybe the most exciting thing, I think, is that you can taste various kinds of beer.
In the city, there are more than 200 bars in different styles, including the European Bar and South Korean Bar, artistic bar, movie bar, music bar and disco bar, etc. In December each year, a festival will be held to demonstrate the bar culture. There are also many other famous local festivals, such as: "Qingdao Ocean Festival" from late June to mid July every year, and "Qingdao Cherry Festival" from the beginning of April to the first half of May in Zhongshan Park every year.
Qingdao, leading other cities on the Shandong Peninsula, is also known as the Capital of Sails. It is a copartner city of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, hosting the sailing events. Mr. Henderson, Chairman of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), commented that: "Qingdao is one of the most beautiful cities in Asia, qualified enough to host the Olympic sailing competition. I believe Qingdao can be the best sea venue for sport event in Asia".
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When Jarvis Moss became a first-round pick in 2007, he received a gift, and a curse.
The gift was the money he received from the Broncos after they selected him with the No. 17 overall pick to become the pass-rushing complement to Elvis Dumervil. Moss collected $7.6 million as a Bronco — $4.4 million from a roster bonus he received at the start of his second season of 2008 — in less than four seasons before being waived Wednesday.
The curse was the expectations that come with all that money and stature as a top pick. He had just 3 1/2 sacks in his 3 1/2 seasons in Denver.
"Sometimes you're drafted to a team where the coaches try to make you fit their system," said Broncos linebacker Robert Ayers, a 2009 first-round pick. "People don't realize how much a system means to a player's success. I can definitely say that Jarvis Moss can play in this league. There's a lot of guys in the league who have been released and go on to have success. Jarvis knows that. He's going to be fine."
Considered an elite pass rusher when he was drafted from the University of Florida by the Broncos' previous coaching staff, Moss never fit in, either at defensive end or linebacker, victimized by his "tweener" size — 6-foot-7, 250 pounds. He's a little light when it comes to stopping the run as a defensive end, and a bit gangly as outside linebackers go.
Ayers said Moss worked hard to improve.
"It wasn't from a lack of effort," Ayers said. "I thought I worked hard this offseason but he beat me in the offseason conditioning (program)."
Moss became expendable because Ayers is returning this week, if on a limited basis, from his fractured foot. Replacing Moss on the roster is linebacker David Veikune, who was a second-round draft pick of the Cleveland Browns in 2009.
The transaction saved the Broncos a little more than $146,000 in remaining salaries, but this was clearly a football decision.
"Jarvis has tried to do everything we have asked him to do," Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said. "I know he wasn't drafted to play in this system necessarily. He has been a great kid for us. It just hasn't been a perfect fit and we wish him the best. Hopefully he can find a place that better suits what he does and does well."
Moss could not be reached for comment.
Initially discouraged by the switch to outside linebacker in the new 3-4 system McDaniels brought with him from New England last year, Moss took a couple days off from training camp to clear his mind.
What people might have forgotten about Moss is that the Broncos' personnel people who pushed to make him the No. 17 selection in the 2007 NFL draft — defensive coordinator Jim Bates and regional scout Jeff Goodman — were dismissed before they could see whether he made it. Bates was fired after the 2007 season; Goodman after the 2008 season.
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DigitalStorm Slade Pro Workstation PC Reviewby Dustin Sklavos on April 23, 2014 12:00 AM EST
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When we talk about workstation systems, the elephants in the room are typically Dell and HP, with Lenovo still going strong in ThinkPad sales and Apple picking up the rear for content professionals. Yet there remains a fairly vibrant market for system integrators to produce more specialized workstations. Today we have one of those systems on hand, an octalcore beauty from DigitalStorm that they dub the Slade Pro.
I've tested workstations from other system integrators in the past and I'll admit that I've often come up a bit perplexed with their component choices. I was unimpressed by some of the enthusiast level selections iBuyPower made with their Professional Series, and Puget Systems sent me a Genesis II workstation with a consumer grade graphics card in it and an unwieldy price tag. DigitalStorm faces an uphill battle; they need to compete on quality and on price because by virtue of being a smaller boutique, they're just not going to be able to compete on enterprise class service.
|DigitalStorm Slade Pro Specifications
|Corsair Obsidian 550D
Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
(8x3.4GHz, Turbo to 4GHz, 22nm, 25MB L3, 150W)
|ASUS Sabertooth X79
|4x8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3-1866
NVIDIA Quadro K4000 3GB GDDR5
(768 CUDA Cores, 810MHz/5.6GHz core/RAM, 192-bit memory bus)
|Hard Drive(s)
Samsung SSD 840 Pro 256GB SATA 6Gbps SSD
Western Digital Re 4TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gbps HDD
|Optical Drive(s)
|Power Supply
|Corsair CX750M 80 Plus Bronze
|Intel 82579V Gigabit Ethernet
Realtek ALC892
Speaker, line-in, mic, and surround jacks
|Front Side
Optical drive
Card reader
2x USB 3.0
Headphone and mic jacks
|Top Side
|Back Side
4x USB 3.0
6x USB 2.0
6-pin FireWire
2x eSATA
Optical out
BIOS reset
Gigabit ethernet
Speaker, line-in, mic, and surround jacks
2x DisplayPort
1x Stereo
|Operating System
|Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit
|20.9" x 8.7" x 19.5"
Card reader
80 Plus Bronze PSU
CoolIT closed loop liquid cooler
|Lifetime tech support, 1-year parts, 3-year labor
Starts at $1,881
Review system configured at $5,869
The Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 is the fastest octalcore processor in Intel's Xeon line at present. Boasting eight cores at a nominal 3.4GHz and able to turbo up to 3.6GHz on all eight or 4GHz on a single core, it strikes a good balance between optimized single-threaded performance and more heavily threaded workloads. Dissipating its 150W TDP is a closed loop liquid cooler with two fans in a push-pull configuration, and for a system like this, that cooler is actually a fairly smart idea.
I'm a little more circumspect about the ASUS Sabertooth X79 motherboard and Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3-1866 memory. This isn't necessarily a bad configuration, but it's not workstation class either; a proper workstation motherboard and ECC memory would, I feel, have been the right way to go.
Graphics duties are thankfully handled by an NVIDIA Quadro K4000. This card is based on the GK106 chip that powers the GeForce GTX 660 and bygone GTX 650 Ti Boost. It employs a single slot cooler, but has been cut down from the stock 960 CUDA cores to 768 and runs at 810MHz, allowing the TDP to drop to a respectable 80W. The flipside is the lack of any kind of double precision performance, but for that you'd have to spend up on a much bigger and more expensive workstation card.
The storage subsystem is also a strong point. The Samsung 840 Pro SSD is a solid choice and at 256GB features a healthy amount of capacity. For mass storage, DigitalStorm equipped the Slade Pro with a 4TB 7200RPM workstation class drive from Western Digital.
Where I'm going to get fussy again are the power supply and warranty coverage. The Corsair CX750M is by no means a bad power supply, but HP went 80 Plus Gold across the board some time ago. One year parts coverage is also just not going to cut it in this industry; HP and Dell both start at three years. You could reasonably argue that DigitalStorm is trying to use higher quality parts, but that doesn't do you any good when you wind up being the unlucky one with a bad motherboard.
All in all, this isn't a bad build, but it does continue to suffer from the same reliance on consumer grade parts that other SI systems tend to.
The DigitalStorm Slade Pro possesses an extremely powerful processor, a healthy amount of memory, and a solid workstation graphics card. In standard testing it's not going to really go the distance, but when we get to workstation tests it should prove its worth.
Note that some of these benchmarks have been updated and as a result, no comparison results are available.
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PCMark 8 is predominately a consumer performance metric and not really designed for systems like this one; AVADirect's recent Silent PC review consistently outscored the Slade Pro, owing largely to the overclocked Intel Core i7-4770K and beefy NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780.
Note that there are no 3DMark results; 3DMark results have virtually no bearing on the performance of a system like this. A cut down GK106 isn't a compelling GPU for gaming (especially not with Maxwell running around), but the Quadro K4000 isn't a gaming card either.
DigitalStorm's system is faster across the board than every system we've tested up to this point in PCMark 7, owing to both its high IPC and high core clocks; the Sandy Bridge-EP generation E5-2687W is ~300MHz slower than the newer E5-2687W v2.
While the DigitalStorm Slade Pro is solid if unexceptional in more garden variety consumer level tasks, it fares much better when tested in workstation applications. SPECviewperf11 is a reliable suite that should give us a pretty good idea of how an 80W Kepler GPU can stack up against some of the older Fermi architecture cards.
The march of progress continues unabated. In most tests, the Slade Pro is at or near the top. At least where workstation benchmark performance is concerned, this is a well rounded, solid machine.
Lightwave 3D 9.6 is traditionally CPU bound and fairly well threaded; the only system to consistently best the Slade Pro's powerful octalcore Xeon is the Lenovo D30, which features two octalcore Xeons (albeit from the previous generation.) As workstation CPUs go, the Xeon E5-2687W v2 is actually very close to as good as it gets for a single socket system.
I've already aired my grievances earlier regarding DigitalStorm's choice of components for the Slade Pro. The mishmash of a consumer level motherboard and memory with a Xeon that accounts for nearly half the system's price tag rubs me the wrong way and feels like a bit of a waste; if you're going to spend that much on a CPU, it should be bolstered not by a high end consumer board or high end consumer memory, but by a full on workstation board and ECC memory.
Actual fit and finish of the build is very solid. DigitalStoorm gives you room to grow, and the rear-mounted push-pull closed loop liquid cooler ensures that heat gets properly exhausted out of the case. Meanwhile, the 80W NVIDIA Quadro K4000 doesn't spit out much in the way of heat. This is more or less an ideal use of a silent case; minimal fan noise that's brought well below 30dB by the case itself. At the very least, where noise is concerned, DigitalStorm is in the ballpark of the big boys and even faring a bit better.
Cabling is fairly neat and makes ample use of the channels in the enclosure.
Power consumption is also extremely low, with the bulk of it going to the CPU.
Idle and load power are both excellent. The DigitalStorm Slade Pro isn't just a quiet workstation, it's an efficient one as well. Keep these power characteristics in mind when you flip back to the last page; consistently low power consumption, consistently high performance.
When it comes to performance, the DigitalStorm Slade Pro is definitely a strong contender. The octalcore Ivy Bridge-EP CPU is one of the best workstation chips you can buy, and the NVIDIA Quadro K4000 is an efficient and capable partner for professional rendering tasks. If performance is your primary deciding factor in looking at a workstation, then DigitalStorm certainly has you covered here.
As far as pricing, we're still in the ballpark, but it's a little hazier. Dell will charge you $5,527 for a similarly configured Precision T5610 system, ~$300 less than this one, but theirs includes a dual socket workstation board and ECC memory and comes with a three year professional level warranty complete with on site service. HP wants nearly $3,000 more for a comparable system, pricing them out of competition. Even with their 20% coupon code, you're still looking at ~$1,500 more. And Lenovo wants a hilarious $3,500 premium just for a $2,000 CPU. Ultimately, Dell continues to be the one to beat.
And that's kind of the issue that DigitalStorm ultimately faces. There are things you can get from DigitalStorm that you can't get from Dell: the 4TB hard drive, the blu-ray reader, the liquid cooling. But these are comparatively small potatoes. As long as Dell is this hungry in the enterprise space, system integrators are going to have an extremely hard time producing a value proposition to compete with them. Dell's cheaper, their service is more capable, their warranties are longer, and the parts are workstation class across the board.
Compared to other system integrators, DigitalStorm makes a solid argument for their Slade Pro. The performance is there, it's quiet, it's efficient, and the components are generally quality. But the elephant in the room for SIs is going to continue to be Dell for the foreseeable future. They win on price, arguably win on service, and on value adds. The Slade Pro is the finest system I've tested yet from DigitalStorm, and for small businesses who just need one or two solid workstations it's a fine alternative to ordering from the evil empire. But for everyone else, I'd still strongly recommend sticking with Dell.


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State regulators, who have the final say on Citizens Property Insurance's proposal to raise sinkhole rates by 429 percent, said they haven't decided yet on whether to hold public hearings on the request.
The board of state-backed Citizens, Florida's largest home insurer, approved the sinkhole rate hike Wednesday by a 4-to-0 vote. Board members Tom Lynch and Carol Everhart, who were re-appointed recently by Senate President Mike Haridopolos, both abstained from voting because they're both insurance agents whose firms can earn commissions on Citizens' policies.
Citizens' six other board members are also up for re-appointment. Haridopolos and three other state leaders – the governor, chief financial officer and House Speaker – each appoint two board members. They have until Monday to either reappoint the current members or appoint new ones.
Under Citizens' rate request, average sinkhole premiums in parts of South Florida and the Orlando area would increase 13-fold and 21-fold, on average, respectively.
There are 84,908 policies in South Florida with sinkhole coverage, largely because it costs very little, about $3 to $20 on average. Citizens automatically adds sinkhole coverage to policies except in Pasco and Hernando counties.
Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, wrote Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty on Tuesday to request statewide public hearings on the request before a decision is made. "In light of these almost incomprehensible rate increases I respectfully expect that all Floridians be given the chance to have their voices heard," he wrote.
The Office of Insurance Regulation isn't required to hold hearings but it has the power to for proposals to raise rates by 15 percent or more.
OIR Spokeswoman Brittany Perez said the office hasn't decided yet whether a rate hearing is needed. "It would be premature to provide further comment at this time as the Office has not yet received" the rate filing, she said.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Sammy Zeglinski scored 16 of his season-high 21 points in the first half to help Virginia beat Boston College 68-62 on Thursday in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
Mike Scott had 11 points and 13 rebounds for the ninth-seeded Cavaliers (15-15), who won their first game in a month and their first tournament game in four years. Virginia had lost nine straight heading into Greensboro, but pushed ahead late in the first half and led by as many as 11 points midway through the second half.
Virginia hadn't won a tournament game since beating Virginia Tech in the first round of the 2006 tournament in Greensboro.
Now the Cavaliers and first-year coach Tony Bennett are headed to Friday's quarterfinals to face fourth-ranked Duke, the tournament's top seed.
Rakim Sanders tied a season-high with 22 points for the eighth-seeded Eagles (15-16).
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Police say they have arrested a suspect in last Sunday night's murder of a Cottondale man.
Nineteen-year-old Terinthius Ramarcy Giles was arrested by Cottondale police late Friday. He's been charged with the murder of 33-year-old Lamond Poole.
Poole was shot in the face outside his home near the Stedman Mobile Home Park on Highway 90.
Witnesses told NewsChannel Seven earlier they saw Poole walk across the street to a neighbor's home earlier that night. He was returning home when they saw a man jumped out from behind a shed, argued with Poole and then shot him in the face.
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To be sure, computer science is thriving in some high schools. On the west coast, the High Tech High Schools (their slogan: "You can play video games at HTH, but only if you make them here"), the brand new Academy for Software Engineering in New York City and selective high schools in major cities throughout the nation have a strong CS curriculum. But those schools are the exceptions rather than the rule. Most high schools haven't figured out what a solid computer science curriculum should look like, who should teach it and which students should take the courses.
Part of the problem is that while industry titans and economists say computer skills are central to our economic viability, computer science is marginalized by high school administrators. Only nine states have made computer science courses count as a graduation requirement. In the majority of high schools computer science is considered an elective—like home economics or shop. For many kids who are keeping their eye on college, computer science is an afterthought.
Schools that offer computer science often restrict enrollment to students with a penchant for math and center the coursework around an exacting computer language called Java. And students frequently follow the Advanced Placement Computer Science curriculum developed by the College Board—a useful course but not for everyone. "What the computer science community has been slow to grasp is that there are a lot of different people who are going to need to learn computer science, and they are going to learn it in a lot of different ways," says Mark Guzdial, a professor of interactive computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology and author of the well-respected Computer Education blog, "and there are a lot of different ways people are going to use it, too. "
Over the next five years, with support from the National Science Foundation, an equally rigorous but more wide-ranging and widely applicable course called "Exploring Computer Science" is expected to take a place beside AP computer science. It's about time, says Guzdial. "Giving students a course that will provide them with the computer skills they need—not to become a programmer but to easily interface with computers in their own fields, " he believes, will help stoke flagging enthusiasm for the subject by appealing to a broader range of high school students and align education with useful career-centered computer skills.
Getting different kinds of computer science classes in high schools may be particularly effective in widening a field dominated by white and Asian men and getting more students of color to develop computer skills. In a survey of 1400 Georgia college students enrolled in introductory computer science classes, Guzdial found that 44 percent of the students who come from underrepresented communities (Black, Hispanic, Native American or multi-racial) had taken some computer science in high school, compared to 27 percent of the white students. White students, it seems, were more likely to take a risk and sign up for a college level course in a subject that had only heard about. If you want to encourage a more diverse workforce in computer science, he says, "Early experience counts."
But hurdles remain. As it is, schools struggle to find qualified teachers to instruct students in AP computer science courses. Finding educators to teach Exploring Computer Science will be a formidable task. Adults who have computer skills readily command salaries that are double those of a starting teacher. Computer whizzes with a yen to teach also face Kafka-eque certification requirements. (For example, there are states that require computer science teachers to take a "methods" course in computer science but then have teacher colleges that don't offer such a course.)
Dr. Chris Stephenson, executive Director at the Computer Science Teachers Association, says ultimately it's up to parents to lobby principals and school boards to invest in the kind of rigorous, wide-ranging instruction students need. But first, she says, parents need to understand just how little their kids know. Most parents, she says, wrongly assume their children "know about computers" because they are so adept at using technology. "But being a consumer of technology—using a device—is using someone else's code. What we need for tomorrow is students who know how to adapt computers to their own use and for their own interests," says Stephenson.
Back in Harlem, Cristo Rey junior Byron Acosta says that while he enjoys learning code, he won't major in computer science in college. He plans to study political science or history and with luck, end up as a lawyer. "By the time I get to be a lawyer, you may need some computer science skills." If that happens, he wants to be ready.
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Swansboro in Onslow County is considering allowing backyard chickens. A town law prohibits livestock within town limits, but it doesn't specifically list chickens.
A group of Swansboro locals would really like to have a few chickens in their backyard, so they went to town officials to try and get an ordinance passed to allow just that. Many people consider their chickens pets, and some homeowners in the town limits say they want the companionship and their eggs to feed their families. Some other perks are chicken fertilizer, and chickens eat insects and leftovers.
"They're quiet. They're easy maintenance, and they're fairly easy to take care of. I think that everyone moving back to a more localized conception of eating and living and simplifying their lives, I think its a great part of it."
said J.R. Sweet of Sweet Poppy Farm in Swansboro.
Swansboro has to decide how many chickens are reasonable, if they should allow roosters, and coop size expectations. The town will hold a special meeting next month to discuss backyard chicken laws. They will then draft an ordinance based on their decision.
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