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Minutemen fans will remember that Gurley actually declared for the draft last year at the end of the 2009-10 season. Though Gurley ultimately decided to return to UMass to finish his senior year, he managed to work out with the Cs, apparently getting tips on how to improve his game. It isn't clear just how serious Gurley was about entering the draft or whether he planned on coming back to the Minutemen all along. Gurley said at the time that he "got good feedback" at the 2010 workout and that he was "excited about our season coming up at UMass."
Also in town for the backcourt-heavy workout were UMass guard Anthony Gurley, Morehead State guard Demonte Harper, Georgetown guard Chris Wright and Indiana guard Jeremiah Rivers, the son of Celtics coach Doc Rivers.
If NFL labor talk wasn't giving you your fill of legal fun, the NBA appears ready to follow suit as rumors of a basketball lockout continue to gather steam.
If the NY Daily News is right, the NBA Las Vegas summer league won't be happening this year. The league is usually a chance for rookies to prepare for their first season, while players who were undrafted, or played int eh D-League or overseas can use the league as a chance to get an invitation to somebody's camp. This helped earn Gary Forbes a job last year. Without a summer league there'll be fewer chances for someone to crack a roster.
If there is a work stoppage, even a short one, that postpones the start of the 2011-12 season. It's likely that NBA will have shorter training camps. Players with NBA experience will be safer invites to people camp. For someone like Gary Forbes, who'll be a free agent after the season, this is a good thing.
For someone like Tony Gaffney, who played this season in the D-League, or Anthony Gurley, who isn't expected to be drafted, there is less chance of becoming the next Gary Forbes.
Read about the game in the following recaps.
• Daily Hampshire Gazette: Gurley hits critical 3 as shot clock expires to key UMass win over URI
• Daily Hampshire Gazette: UMass notes: Bailey bobbles big moment (but scores anyway)
• Springfield Republican: Hashim "Big City'' Bailey delivers a big play at a big time
• Masslive: UMass beats Rhode Island 64-54: Highlights and Postgame
• Boston Globe: UMass numbers start to take shape
• Worcester Telegram: Big City's rumble sparks Minutemen
• CBS 3 Springfield: Minutemen Take Down URI, Now 5-2 in A-10
• Daily Collegian: Gurley, Bailey make big plays over URI
• Daily Collegian: Minutemen defeat Rams
• Providence Journal: UMass 64, URI 54: Not much goes right for Rams
• Providence Journal: URI journal: Knee injury knocks out Outerbridge
• ESPN: UMass continues to roll by topping Rhode Island
Here are stories from the win in Springfield.
• Springfield Republican: Gurley's 20 points lead UMass basketball to win in Springfield
• Daily Hampshire Gazette: Minutemen survive last-minute mistakes to defeat La Salle at MassMutual Center
• Boston Globe: Minutemen locate their comfort zone
• Boston Herald: BC beats buzzer, not the U
• Worcester Telegram: Minutemen craft a total team effort
• Philadelphia Inquirer: La Salle falls at Massachusetts
• ESPN.com: Massachusetts 74, La Salle 71
• WWLP NBC22: UMass bounces back, beats LaSalle
• Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia: NCAAB Wrap: Penn State falls just shy vs. No. 2 OSU
Here are stories about the game:
• Boston Globe: UMass thrilled with 'ugly' win
• Boston Herald: Minutemen pretty happy with ugly win
• Worcester Telegram: UMass wins league opener at foul line
• Daily Hampshire Gazette: Minutemen open A-10 play with win over Dayton at Mullins Center
• Daily Hampshire Gazette: Correia's return provides lift for UMass
• Springfield Republican: For the image of UMass basketball, beating Dayton could not have come at a better time
• Springfield Republican: With grit if not grace, UMass shuts down Dayton
• Daily Collegian: UMass defeats Dayton, 55-50, in first conference game
• Dayton Daily News: Poor shooting, lack of energy sinks Dayton
• Dayton Daily News: Flyers say rebounding hurt by lack of urgency
• ESPN: Massachusetts 55, Dayton 50
• WWLP NBC22: Defense dominates, UMass downs Dayton
• FSN Ohio: Ugly A-10 Battle in Amherst; Flyers fall to the Minutemen
It's not every day that a men's basketball team enters conference play with an 8-5 record, trying to convince its fans the sky isn't falling. But that is what the University of Massachusetts will try to prove, starting with Sunday's Atlantic 10 opener against Dayton at the Mullins Center.
"Our backs are against the wall, but guys have been coming to practice with unbelievable intensity,'' UMass senior guard Anthony Gurley said. "The chips are stacked against us, but we have to put the last game behind us. We're a family, we lose together and we win together.''
After the toughest week of the season so far, University of Massachusetts senior guard Anthony Gurley knows little is expected of the Minutemen as they start Atlantic 10 play at the Mullins Center.
"We know we're pretty much all we got. No one's really expecting us to do much in conference play. But we're going to go out there and surprise some people this year," Gurley said. "I think everyone has a chip on their shoulder. We're all kind of embarrassed about what happened the other night. That was uncharacteristic of us. We still think we have a lot to prove."
The first time Anthony Gurley laid eyes on Derek Kellogg, he was convinced good days were ahead for the UMass basketball program.
"You could tell he wasn't just here for the job," said Gurley, a senior guard for the Minutemen who made his way to Amherst via Newton North High School with a brief stop in Winston-Salem, N.C., along the way. "Coach Kellogg has done a great job of putting together a blueprint of a top-25 program and putting us on the rise. I'm very confident in the direction this program is headed."
urley has a scorer's mentality, a focus that frequently resulted in individual play in his first two seasons at UMass. Now a senior, Gurley is scoring more than ever. But he's also become an all-around player, with career-highs in rebounds, steals, field-goal percentage and 3-point shooting. Most importantly, UMass is 7-0 entering tomorrow night's Boston Tip-Off Classic game against Boston College at the Garden.
"I think I've matured a lot," said Gurley, a Roxbury native and former Newton North star. "My game has expanded. I'm trying to play a more complete game, get my teammates involved more and just play to my strengths."
University of Massachusetts senior guard Anthony Gurley enjoyed the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team's Saturday night win over New Mexico State, but warned against getting too excited.
"Last year we had a big time win against Memphis and in the next game we had a let down against Boston College," Anthony Gurley said. "It's important that we keep steady progress. We're not satisfied yet. We want more."
Anthony Gurley thinks the University of Massachusetts men's basketball team is going to be good this year. After finishing 12-20 last year, the senior guard is excited about that possibility.
But as the Minutemen get set to open the 2010-11 season tonight against Rider at 7:30 p.m. at the Mullins Center, Gurley is wise enough to know that his optimism doesn't make him any different than almost every other Division I basketball player on the eve of the start of the season.
"Everybody thinks they're good at this time of year. Everyone feels like they can do something," he said. "We're anxious to get in a real game and see where we stand."
"It's not going to be an easy season," the redshirt senior said. "We know what we have to work on. We've definitely got to continue to get better on the defensive end, rebounding the basketball, and just fine-tuning everything. "We've just got to keep our confidence and make sure we play as hard as we can every single time we step on the floor."
"College hasn't always been easy for me,'' the 6-foot-3 guard said, his eyes trained on the Mullins Center floor before practice. "But everybody here is working hard, and I definitely see improvement. I just want to end my career on a good note.''


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A steady stream of citizens converged on the Mother of Dolors Parish Center last Tuesday to study six maps on display during a four-hour public information meeting hosted by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
By Belinda Harpster
By Anna Jean Rhodes
The Kaskaskia College Community Education Office will offer an intermediate digital photography class at the KC Vandalia Campus.
The class will be held on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 6-7, from 6-8 p.m. The registration number for the class is COED 5428 VA03E.
Students will get to know their digital cameras a little better as they learn to take superior images and learn techniques to improve action, portrait, scenic, travel, outdoor and wildlife portraits.
Shown here are the students in grades kindergarten-third at Brownstown Elementary School who participated in Red Ribbon Week activities. The school totaled 5,786 gym laps and 3,185 track laps; together, that totaled 796 miles.
The New Approach Alternative High School for Bond and Fayette County students has announced honor roll for the first quarter.
The following students have maintained a "B" average or better for the term:
Keli Atwood, Kayla Bell, Lucrisha Eddy, Darlene Knolhoff, Devin Manning, Sara McGee, Jacklyn Pearson, Sheyanne Stevens, Marina Tate, Cheyenne Tinker, Becky Wattles, Jessica Wright and Dustin Wuehler.
Atmos Energy Corporation said it expects that most of its utility customers in Illinois could pay lower natural gas bills this coming winter, compared to last year.
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Originally posted by Extracrispy Nice addon, but there's no way to position the bars where you want them. That's a pretty big problem, in case you don't want both the bars and the warnings sitting on top of each other in the dead center of your screen. I agree completely, this kinda breaks the addon. As of right now I only hav...
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Originally posted by Goldpaw Interesting and weird. I have tons of theories as to what can have caused the problem, and none of them are very helpful. Anyway, nice that it works! :) Move the frames to the top of the Minimap? You're one of those that have the Minimap at the bottom of the screen? Sure, that can be done. I can easi...
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Originally posted by Goldpaw gStats position it's 2 frames right under the Minimap object on the screen. To see if your UI is doing something uncommon, you can try the following 2 commands to test if your Minimap is THE Minimap; /run Minimap:Hide() /run Minimap:Show() If that shows and hides the Minimap, then that's not the...
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The stats panel is nowhere to be found in my UI. It may be hidden off the screen somewhere but I don't see any commands to reset it to the center of the screen so I can move it elsewhere. It is also not attached to my Minimap. For reference I am playing at 1920x1080 and am using Chinchilla Minimap. Almost everything in the UI i...


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Care Package Items For Homeless Men And Women
Oh, wait.
Those were my kids.
They keep me honest.
Now that I've been around awhile, I know to not give a homeless person cash; it most likely only funds his addictions. Addictions, I might add, that are not Starbucks and PathWords.
I finally started keeping a stash of granola bars in my van, along with info about the nearest rescue mission taped on top. They're quick to hand out, meet a small need, and soothe my overactive conscience.
Since then, I asked my local rescue mission for ideas of other things that are of use to a homeless man or woman. This is what I was given:
- Socks
- Toilet Paper
- Toothbrush / toothpaste
- Individual anti-bacterial wipes
- Hand lotion
- Chap stick
- Small New Testament
- Fast food gift certificate
- Granola bars
- Bottle of water
- Soap
- Shampoo / conditioner
- Poncho
- Razor / shaving cream
- Deodorant
- Resource guide (homemade or more official)
- Gloves
- Hat
- Comb / brush
The idea is to keep these items in your car. Any of the items are useful on their own, or can be assembled into a small care package to be handed out at as well. This type of collection makes a great project for groups of all shapes and sizes to do.
For more tips from around the blogosphere, head over to Rocks in my Dryer.


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It's always such a joy to visit Weill Hall, but, when the visit includes a picnic supper on the lawn, the Santa Rosa symphony, Judy Collins AND a splendid fireworks on the lawn, well... that's damn hard to beat. Oh yes... before the concert there was high energy fun provided by The Dixie Giants, a Sonoma County Dixie Land Band; and that ladies and gentlemen was this year's 4th of July celebration at the Green Music Center's Weill Hall on the Sonoma State University's campus in Rohnert Park.
The 4th of July celebration Kicked off this year's summer long concert season, a season offering a mix of pop, jazz, classical and everyone's favorite ol' curmudgeon, Bill Mhar.
July: Tuesday, July 15 – Festival de Sole with violinist Pinchas Zukerman performing the Bruch Violin Concerto.
Sunday, July 20 - Lyle Lovett
Saturday, July 26 – The Hall plays host to The San Francisco Symphony and on July 31st, the Santa Rosa Symphony is offering a free concert for the entire community.
August offers a great line up including, the National Youth Orchestra, Sarah Brightman, Tony Bennett, Amos Lee, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, The Gipsy Kings and Bill Maher. The season continues into September with such guests as Elvis Costello, Gabriel Iglesias, Pepe Aguila and Ben Harper.
And remember, all these events will have family friendly lawn tickets available, so pack up your picnic supper and come enjoy fine entertainment in gorgeous Sonoma County at a world class venue. It just doesn't get much better than that.
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Hot Pockets has issued a voluntary recall from the Nestle stating that their Philly Steak and Cheese as well as their Croissant Crust Philly Steak and Cheese products are deemed unfit for human consumption for certain batch numbers and best before dates.
There is literally over 8.7 million pounds of beef products that are being recalled. The meats used according to NY Daily News in a report updating the recall information on Feb. 19 states that the beef used was from diseased and unhealthy animals and were processed without having a full inspection. The USDA agrees that the products are in fact unfit for human consumption.
The Rancho Feeding Corporation is a California meat production facility that makes Hot Pockets for Nestle and did use a small amount of this meat without issuing the required inspections. Currently no illnesses have been reported and all the products in question are being recalled as a public health safety measure.
Hot Pocket recall product list:
Hot Pocket Philly Steak & Cheese - 9 ounce - UPC4369507107
Batch numbers:
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- 3240544512 Best used before October 2014
Hot Pocket Croissant Crust Philly Steak & Cheese - 9 ounce - UPC 4369505634
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Stores are being alerted of this voluntary recall and to remove these products from their shelves. Consumers who have already purchased these products should discard any unused portions and bring their purchase receipt to Giant/Martin's for a full refund. For additional information on the recall call Nestle at 800-392-4057 or Giant/Martin's Customer Service at 888-814-4268.
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Last week, the 2009-10 nominations for the AriZoni Awards were announced. In 2010, the ariZoni Theatre Awards of Excellence celebrate their twentieth anniversary, an admirable milestone. The Zonis are a truly wonderful way to acknowledge most of the incredible theater available to all in the Valley of the Sun.
The Examiner can only wish that the endless lists of nominees for this most auspicious award were edited to the point of validity. The New York theater has two very reputable and coveted honors that stand side by side with the American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards: the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards.
The Drama Desk was founded in 1949 and began presenting its awards in 1955. It is the only critics' organization to honor achievement in the theater with competition between Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions in the same categories. By far, it is the most democratic of all the theater awards presented in New York.
Celebrating its sixtieth season of bestowing awards for excellence in the field of theater, the Outer Critics Circle is an organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater with members affiliated with more than ninety newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, and theater publications in America and abroad. The awards are compartmentalized into twenty-three categories, and, unlike the Drama Desk, the Outer Critics Circle separates Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
The AriZoni Awards fit more closely with the Outer Critics Circle, as its nominations and awards are are separated by contract and non-contract houses, sort of a nod to the Valley's "Broadway" and "Off-Broadway" productions. Personally, The Examiner prefers the more democratic approach of the Drama Desk Awards. Theater is theater, no more, no less. The AriZoni Awards' choice of five nominees, per category, for "contract" houses is fine. Choosing ten nominees for "non-contract" houses, per category, ultimately awarding the Zoni to two of the nominated productions, is excessive and dilutes the prize.
Now for some nagging questions! How can two of the Valley's most accomplished theater companies, Arizona Theatre Company and Arizona Jewish Theatre not be among the nominees? I am certain that the decision to be excluded is the choice of the two mentioned companies. Why they would not wish to participate is perplexing? Certainly, there was no production staged this year that could compete with ATC's magnificent The Glass Menagerie. The exclusion of AJTC's staging of The Immigrant, in any form of award, seems frustrating and remiss. I really can't blame the AriZoni adjudicating process for overlooking these two superb productions. I can only ask why ATC and AJTC would choose not to have their formidable work considered by the Zonis?
Another nagging thought? The Examiner cannot understand why or how college productions are allowed to compete for the Zoni against the Valley's local and community theaters. The Examiner has no prejudice towards the admirable productions mounted by ASU Lyric Opera Theatre, Mesa Community College, Chandler/Gilbert Community College Performing Arts Department or Paradise Valley Community College. It is simply difficult to accept their competing with such reputable and established local theater companies like Stray Cat Theatre, Nearly Naked Theatre, Mesa Encore Theatre, Desert Stages Theatre, Tempe Little Theatre, Theater Works or Fountain Hills Community Theater. The Examiner does not dispute the quality of their work, it simply feels it more appropriate to grant these schools a separate category for awards, removing them from competition with established Valley theater companies. No New York theater award places the Metropolitan or the New York City Opera companies in direct competition with Broadway, Off-Broadway or Off-Off-Broadway. And that is as it should be!
A bit more nit-picking! In what universe would the roles of Miss Adelaide and Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls be considered featured or supporting characters? Susan Hogle and Gary Caswell were more than superb in those roles in Hale Centre Theatre's Guys and Dolls and certainly deserve their nominations, no matter what, but as featured performers? No! Seriously, Faith Prince's Miss Adelaide won her Best Actress in a Musical Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Guys and Dolls in 1992. Nathan Lane was also nominated for the Best Actor in a musical Tony Award as Prince's Nathan Detroit. That year he won the Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Actor in a Musical, tied with Gregory Hines. Jane Krakowski's Miss Adelaide won the 2006 Best Actress in a Musical Olivier Award. This year's Tony Award winner for Best Actor in a Musical for La Cage aux Folles, Douglas Hodge, was also nominated for the Olivier as Best Actor in a Musical for his Nathan Detroit opposite Ms. Krakowski. Featured or supporting role? No longer likely!
That said, The Examiner congratulates the long list of AriZoni Award nominees and wishes them all well.


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This is another piece of the puzzle. Mass surveillance, tracking our every movement, cell phone kill switches, militarization of local police forces, military exercises in cities, and blatant disregard for the 4th Amendment are there for all to see. The sheep are being penned in and they don't even realize it or care. They'll care when they are herded towards the slaughterhouse. But, then it will be too late.
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"Little White Boxes"
OR: How the USDOT (US Department of Transportation) and their partners know more about you than most other agencies combined.
(Part 1 of 3)
When you drive to work today or your friend's house or your family's house for Easter, open your eyes a little bit wider as you pan the side of the road and your surroundings.
On the side of the road, or above you on the overhead sign you'll notice harmless looking devices appearing like a "Little White Box" with an antenna maybe with or without a solar panel. They are attached to signs and permanent fixtures like this highway traffic board pictured below. They are on tens of thousands of DPW highway trailers. It doesn't look scary; it has no camera on some do, but we'll discuss that later. Most of you don't know what it is, or what it does, or have never even noticed them before.
They are part of the world's largest violation of privacy network ever assembled and what it knows about you and its potential are beyond Orwellian comprehension.
They are on overhead signs, overpasses and also just entirely stand alone setups with no traffic timing information. You'll see them every few miles, before and after bridges and major interchanges. What that little white box is doing is collecting all the Bluetooth radio identifiers from your vehicle assigned to a time stamp. All of them. Anything within 330 feet of that "Little White Box" is being cataloged every time you pass.
There are literally 10's, 100's of thousands of these deployed globally.
This means it can collect information from both sides of the highway provided that the two directions are within the listening radius.
In some cases, the boxes are deployed in conjunction with cameras, meaning that the state is collecting a picture of you, your car, it's occupants and an association to all the electronics in your car including your car. All programmatically.
In this photo above, it's obvious what's happening, as it's part of a test that is already in progress to monitor the residency status of the citizens driving below. Experiment is one thing, but the entire network to do this nationally an internationally is already built and running today.
The small antenna is a cell phone antenna on the above examples used to relay the information back to the regional centers, and ultimately national centers as is illustrated here in this diagram on the DOT's own website from section 5.1 shown below in the diagram. Don't let the technological speak fool you, it's really just a bunch of jargon outlining a language by which all of this information moves around, from collection to aggregation to hand off to governments and private partners:
An example communications framework diagram showing the interrelationship of the key communications standards that would be used in a deployment is shown below.
In simple terms, the collection devices sit at the very bottom, connected to the "plant" the "center-to-center" or "C2C" connections and information sharing with other government entities and private companies occurs at the top of the structure.
Your babies iPad 1.0 that doesn't have a cell radio in it that is entertaining them in the back seat. Your new Fitbit which is monitoring your heartrate or step count. If you have a vehicle with built in Bluetooth cell phone, that too has an ID. Your old Apple iTouch, it too although not on the cellular network is also cataloged. Yes, all your phones are cataloged too, but since you already willingly give up that telemetry information to authorities in meta-data we'll avoid that topic for now.
Everything with a Bluetooth radio in your vehicle has been identified as you pass the "Little White Box". You, your kids, your passengers, all of them. That identifier is unique, globally. Let me repeat that.
Every device you have with Bluetooth, has a globally unique identifier that is being collected every time you pass one of these "Little White Boxes".
This is a means of identifying who you are uniquely on a global scale. If you wondered why Osama Bin Laden only communicated by human messenger? this is a very good example of why. Any globally unique ID can be used to track your whereabouts as you pass these LWB's (Little White Boxes).
Origins of abuse
Under the guise of highway safety, and a bill passed back in 2010, the Department of Transportation has mandated that all of it's highways have these devices as part of it's "Intelligent Transport System, or ITS, and also tied to RITA (Research and Innovative Technology Administration). If you're in Eurpoe, you should start looking into "Little White Boxes" managed by this agency: TISPOL. Which motto is "Crossing Boarders to Save Lives"
In the US – Every state is mandated to deploy this system by 2016, and many have already, ironically all paid for by you the taxpayer. It's long term aims are even more egregious, including leveraging "in-vehicle" systems to automatically ticket you when you do something wrong or take control of your vehicle and correct your driving. At first, and it's even spelled out in their own internal documents, they will approach the concerned public with "safety fixtures" and things that serve "the public good", something easy for the public to latch on to, "ticketing people who overtake school buses".
How about private companies? Let's have a look at INRIX and their data publically available here.
We'll leave the grander capabilities of INRIX the ITS and RITA programs alone today and remain focused on the "Little White Boxes", as this alone should be enough to scare you of what's possible. INRIX's role in life is to "catch people wasting time and negatively impacting the economy" as their own public website states. Nothing against INRIX it just happens to be one of the directly connected partners to the whole system that anyone can identify with some simple Googling.
The governments stated purpose is that these signs are there to assemble a system of information meant to monitor the speeds of highway links as can be seen here in these puff pieces – which it does quite well. We have grossly traded our privacy in doing so based on how the system accomplishes this.
How it works is that all of the Bluetooth ID's are read at checkpoint #1 and then read again at checkpoint #2. The centralized database then compares the timestamps between the two checkpoints and calculates velocity of the ID's, this is being done locally,
Note that it has your GPS coordinates AND your globally unique identifier captured and reported back to a central server.
You might think that this database or central server is local only and who cares. It is not. There is an entire protocol developed around how these "Little White Boxes" all aggregate up regionally, then nationally called RTSMIP (Real Time System Management Program) and internationally as these systems are being deployed globally. You can read more about its origins here from 2009. Permitting government agencies to query the databases, and of course "private contractors" are also privy to this database as well.
How does the information move around the network and interconnect with agencies? Of course, this will be written about in the context of weather, accidents and public safety, and not the fact that its built entirely on your globally unique Bluetooth ID's. Note that the data and systems are not just meant for public entities, but also "development contractors":
Data Exchange Format Specification (DXFS)
In 2011, U.S. DOT began development of the Data Exchange Format Specification (DXFS) to facilitate the development of interoperable real-time traffic and travel information between public agencies, with other public agencies, and with private entities.
A primary objective of the DXFS is to establish a standards-based specification of key RTSMIP interfaces. To align with the objective the scope of the DXFS is the set of interfaces used to send traffic, transit, transportation-related weather, and traveler information from one agency to another. The provision of this data directly to travelers is not part of the scope of the specification. While the DXFS covers all the information defined in Rule 23 CFR 511, the scope of the DXFS has been expanded beyond the information defined in the rule to include transit information and additional traffic information that is relevant to the exchange of data between agencies (and other parties). The DXFS is a specification that can be used to define the information exchanges across a system-to-system interface, thus providing interoperability of systems that implement the DXFS. The DXFS does not specify communication protocols, but it does refer to existing standardized protocols that can be used for transferring the data.
The DXFS has been developed to assist the following groups of users to specify and then develop an RTSMIP implementation:
- Transportation Agencies. This group includes state DOTs and regional transportation related organizations (e.g., a municipal DOT or Public Works or a transit agency) that are developing systems that implement aspects of the RTSMIP.
- Public Safety Agencies. This group includes state, county, or local public safety agencies that develop systems that support RTSMIP.
- Traveler Information Organizations (Public or Private). This group includes providers of traveler information whether public or private that are involved in the development of systems that supportRTSMIP.
- Development Contractors. This group includes contractors who have been hired by transportation or public safety agencies to develop procurement packages that would specify aspects of RTSMIP, or contractors who have been selected to perform the development of RTSMIP related projects.
Programming junkies can take the protocol apart here, those who are familiar with SNMP and XML will see many similarities and instantly understand how you could query against a specific Bluetooth ID, e.g. MAC address (read individual).
The whole system of managing highway intelligence is predicated on violating your own privacy by collecting all your device ID's. The system in place already is massive, covering almost all major highways.
"I'm sure none of this will be used against us."
It should be noted that the system also has an eloquent method of determining where you get on and where you get off the highway. Deploy one nowhere near the exit, but deploy it in-between the exits as has been done in existing installations. If your ID is there at one checkpoint, and gone the next, well, we know you left the highway at approximately this time, calculating the velocity of your vehicle from the former checkpoints and understanding the distance between the checkpoint and the sign. We'll know you're not in traffic either, because your neighbors will still be going "highway speed". These systems are deployed now at most state boarders, cities and major interchanges.
Yes, the system knows when YOU get on and off the highway, who you are traveling with, how many times you run this route and even more interesting, when you're operating outside your "normal behavior".
The immediate argument that governments already have enough information from you from your cell phones to do this with. This argument is flawed, because the data around cell phone "meta-data" is predicated on who you call, and maybe when, but does not give the government the rest of the picture. This "LWB" system easily can build social networks of who you travel with, what devices you travel with and the rest of the five W's about your daily habits, all without your cell phone.
Even if you want to believe that the government has totally usurped your phone, which perhaps it has, then you can just consider this system another vector in how it can triangulate and monitor everything you do. At the very least, As we know in business, and the management of crowds, "everything that can be measured, will be managed". Anyone who works in public relations knows that you must have a solid assessment of who your customers are in order to spark behavior, the more intelligence you have about your customers, the more you can easily manipulate them.
In the management of large crowds of people, or citizenry, the more intelligence vectors you have on them, the easier it is for you to control and manipulate them.
DOT on the initial adaptation of these systems:
"When it was first unveiled, the Bluetooth detection system was referred to by some media outlets as a motorist tracking system. This description initially caused some public concern, but these issues were short-lived."
Lets say you usually commute with person A. The system would see that you always commute with person A, every day, same time in, same time out. Now you add person B to the carpool. The system now knows you have a new friend in your social network, a physical friend, with their devices, and all the intel that they already have about both person A and B is now linkable.
"The five W's: Checkmate"
Simple things that this "Little White Box" network with this data can determine every time you pass a government checkpoint:
· Who – easily associating Bluetooth ID to people from purchase databases, which companies maintain from point of sale data or manufacturers.
· What – the devices, including wearable tech, your kids portable tech, without cell radios and of course your newer Bluetooth enabled cars, which have unique identifiers as standard equipment, tied to your purchase of the vehicle. GM for example has a record of all of its Bluetooth ID's associated to the purchaser of the vehicle, as does any other auto manufacturer.
· Where – what routes you take and with what devices.
· Why – Why are you driving somewhere, or not. The pattern creation by daily habits is easily used to verify you are doing something normal or abnormal. Example: Hmm, this is weird, Citizen A who travels with Citizen B on Thursdays at 8AM and 6PM aren't doing that today, why are thy going towards another city? In two separate cars?
· When – What time you commute, or when you don't, and when you deviate from your normal behavior pattern.
"Putting it to use"
In Boston, during the recent scare and last years bombing, when you were asked to "shelter in place," lets say you decided to be a rebel and go out and drive around, this system knows that about you and can be used in the future to understand who was a "well behaved obedient citizen" and who needs to have "extra watching".
Assume during the Occupy Wallstreet movements that "LWB's" were watching, cataloging your assembly, your associations and your routines. All it takes to develop these intelligent databases of social behavior is a nefarious deployment of tiny boxes, their GPS coordinates and a cell phone antenna, the size of a shoebox. They can be powered by solar or regular commercial line power.
If you wanted a government enabled with the power to know where you are, who you are with and when, paid for by your taxes. You are already there, funneling your data points in real time into private corporations, and the Department of Transportation. This is not something coming, and this is something established, built and functioning.
"Pushing Back"
If governments and corporations want to demonstrate to the public that this system is not doing these things, they should start by immediately dismantling the collection of globally unique identifiers and leveraging alternative technologies right at the "LWB's". Bluetooth ID's shouldn't be listened for, they shouldn't be collected or even transmitted to the nearest cell tower, certainly not without your permission at a very minimum. Even in the purest of intentions and implementations, you have to assume that any entity is going to be at least as sloppy as a big retailer or big bank who has already had it's entire databases stolen by "bad guys". If this system is truly meant to ensure "public safety", then lets have it start by protecting your privacy at the constitution. This even in the tamest of interpretations is a violation of the 4th and likely 5th amendments in its implementation already today.
Or, how about we enable them only on vehicles we the public pay for? All of our public safety vehicles and government officials? Surely we the citizens should know where they are, how fast they are driving, who they are colluding with, how often, what devices they have with them. I'm sure they'd be all for that system of transparency. Right?
In the next segment, we'll explore the likely use of this system to develop a militia network profile of those who decided to go to the Bundy Ranch. Because Utah, Arizona and Nevada? Yes, they too are equipped with "LWB's", "Little White Boxes".


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Wherein we ponder vexing issues in infection prevention and control, inside and outside the hospital.
Monday, June 6, 2011
One more time: If you're sick, stay home!
On a more positive note, the Connecticut legislature has passed a bill that mandates sick pay, which should help to reduce presenteeism, though lack of sick pay was likely not the problem at the Chicago hospital. Nonetheless, I don't think that most hospitals are making a sincere effort to keep sick workers at home.
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I do think when you have 60% hand hygiene compliance nationally (if we are lucky) and only 45% compliance with staying home when sick, we need to make significant investments in research to figure out ways to improve compliance. At some point, we have to figure out ways to motivate people to do the right thing, which most people want to do, I think.ReplyDelete
I think this study is another example of the lack of investment in public health research. You get what you pay for...
Too many pressures to have people work sick, from lack of available float pool, to schedulers who don't encourage people to stay home. During the H1N1 concerns, we literally had to go floor to floor, sometimes taking staff temperatures and shooing them out the door, the scheduler was not happy, but it is my job. 12 hour shifts add an interesting wrinkle, even if individuals get sick pay. Many said they did not want to take off a shift because they were charged 12 hours, which they felt they could not afford to take (we use a Paid time off bank). Presenteeism is a huge issue.ReplyDelete


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Palm sugar (brown sugar) makers at Besan Village, Dawan, Klungkung, have difficulty to get raw materials or wine seepage of coconut tree. It happens because within the past few days, in Klungkung, particular at Besan, it always rains.
Actually, before Galungan and Kuningan the demand for brown sugar (also called Balinese sugar) increases. The price rises as well. During rainy season, sugar makers only acquire a small amount of wine. "Similarly, we do not dare to climb coconut trees, because it is slippery," said sugar maker from Dawan, Nengah Koyog, at his home.
According to Koyog and his wife, Nengah Yasa, they would get much sap of coconut tree during dry season. Climbing the coconut tree was not too worrisome because the trunk was dry. On that account, every day the sugar maker could harvest wine for two times, in the morning and afternoon. However, during rainy season, they could only climb once. Even, it highly depended on the condition of coconut trees. In dry season, a tree could produce 2 liters of wine. "But, in rainy season it only produces a little, nearly 1 liter," said Koyog.
However, the 65-year old man admitted if he no longer dared to climb because he was already old enough. Activity to slit into the bud of coconut tree for collecting its sap or wine had now been continued by his son, Nengah Sutarna. In normal condition, Koyog said, the wine obtained from nine coconut trees in his backyard reached up to 25 liters taken twice daily (morning and afternoon). Results of the wine seepage were directly boiled and could produce 4 kilogram of brown sugar. "Before Galungan and Kuningan, the price is rising. If previously was only IDR 13,000 per kilogram, now it reaches IDR 15,000 per kilogram," said Koyog who also collected sugar product of the surrounding residents.
Other than marketed in traditional markets across Klungkung, brown sugar produced by Besan Village was also sold to outside Klungkung such as Denpasar. Unfortunately, due to difficulty to get raw materials, this sweet sugar was tasted 'bitter' by the sugar makers. "I myself have a regular customer from Renon. In once delivery, it can reach hundreds of kilogram," he said. (BTN/kmb)
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03.28.2011 / Last Chance to see Big Backyard at The Omaha Childrens Museum
Dont miss your chance to the Big Backyard! Bring the kids and explore 10,000 square feet of outdoorsy fun including the newly restored Richman Gordman Zooland Animals, which were acquired by the museum last April. The exhibit is on display now through April 10th.
Areas of the exhibit include:
Play-Around Pond - This play dock is surrounded by "water." Kids will delight as they fish from the dock and get in and out of the water.
Discovery Path - A nature trail made with living trees and foliage from Mulhall's offers green nature-play. A scavenger hunt gets kids to take a closer look at their surroundings as they search for bugs and other backyard delights.
Camp Have-Some-Fun - This area features a kid-focused camp site with tents and sleeping gear, a pretend campfire, storytelling and activities from Mid-America Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Plantin' Pits and Garden Shed - Kid-sized gardening and farming tools in the garden shed can be used in the oversized planting pits. Kids can use mowers and other equipment to help care for the Big Backyard.
BBQ Hut - Kids become chefs at this multi grilling station complete with real barbecue aromas and chef dress up. After they cook up delicious barbecue, children can serve their friends at kid-sized picnic tables.
Putt-Putt Place - This putting green has kid-sized putters and holes where kids can work on basic golf and coordination skills.
Trike Track - Kids can ride on the trike track, make deliveries and even test-drive a kid-sized semi truck.
Parents' Pergola - The pergola features three waterfalls and plenty of seating for visitors to the Big Backyard. A 42" screen shows the history of the Zooland animals and thanks exhibit supporters.
OCM Zooland - The new home for the restored Zooland Animals, OCM Zooland is the habitat for the elephant, camel, kangaroo and hippo!
"Big Backyard is extra special for many reasons including the beloved Richman Gordman Zooland Animals coming back for a new generation of children," said Lindy Hoyer, Omaha Children's Museum executive director. "Big Backyard is a wonderful example of what our community can do when they come together for our children. We cannot thank all those who have been involved in the creation of this exhibit enough."
For more information visit http://ocm.org/exhibits_traveling.aspx.
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* Wall St opens slightly lower after recent highs * Euro recovers from 2-week low, currency war talk increases * Brent crude slides under $118 a barrel * Most Asian financial centers shut for Lunar New Year By Leah Schnurr NEW YORK, Feb 11 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks faltered on Monday, taking a breather after hitting multi-year highs, while the euro recovered from a two-week low as talk of currency wars unnerved investors. Encouraging U.S. and Chinese data last week helped push U.S. equities higher, sending the tech-focused Nasdaq to a 12-year closing high and the S&P 500 to a five-year peak. With no major economic or corporate news on Monday, investors were left with little reason to push the market higher, for now. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen was due to speak about the economic recovery at 1 p.m. (1800 GMT). Still, technical indicators are "looking very good" and could give the market a floor, said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital in New York. He said the market will pay attention to Yellen's speech, but he does not expect any deviation from her traditionally dovish monetary policy stance. Shortly after the opening bell, the Dow Jones industrial average was off 45.76 points, or 0.33 percent, at 13,947.21. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 3.25 points, or 0.21 percent, at 1,514.68. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 8.81 points, or 0.28 percent, at 3,185.06. The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note was down 1/32, the yield at 1.9518 percent. MSCI's world equity index was down 0.46 percent, and the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index fell 0.7 percent. Tensions over whether some countries are deliberately trying to weaken their currencies were heightened, with French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici saying euro zone countries need closer cooperation on exchange rate policy. He said the issue would be discussed at a meeting of euro zone finance ministers later on Monday. The comments come after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi suggested last week that further euro strength could lead to an interest rate cut. French President Francois Hollande has also urged the euro zone to set an exchange rate target. The Group of Seven major industrial nations may be about to add its weight to the debate in an effort to cool the rhetoric. Two G20 officials told Reuters the group was considering making a statement this week reaffirming a commitment to "market-determined" exchange rates. G20 finance ministers and central bankers meet in Moscow on Friday and Saturday. "The idea of being interventionist in currencies is not particularly new. But at the moment, because some of the bigger players are at the forefront, it feels like a much more pressing issue for markets," said Daragh Maher, FX strategist at HSBC. The fear of competitive devaluations by major economies has been building since new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began putting pressure on the country's central bank to take aggressive easing measures to revive the nation's economy. The euro edged up 0.1 percent to $1.3369 as speculators bought into the dip after the currency touched a two-week low of $1.3325 earlier in Asian trade. Brent crude prices dropped below $118 a barrel as concern about the euro zone economy eclipsed stronger-than-expected demand growth in China. Trade data out of China had sent Brent crude to a nine-month high on Friday. Trade was set to be limited this week as many Asian markets are shut due to the Chinese New Year. Brent crude fell $1.27 to $117.63 a barrel, while U.S. crude futures slipped 42 cents to $95.30.
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Pierce Property Management has spent over three decades serving the Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, Dewey-Humboldt and surrounding areas near Prescott, Arizona. Pierce Property Management is one of the largest and longest-operating property management companies in the Prescott area and is now located conveniently located in Prescott Valley.
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UCLA's highest ranked singles player in the preseason, checking in at No. 39 ... Posted a 4-4 singles record ... Participated in the main draw at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla., reaching the consolation quarterfinals ... Defeated No. 8 Jean-Yves Aubone of Florida State, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of consolation ... Advanced to the second round of singles at both the ITA Southwest Regionals and the Southern California Intercollegiates ... Teamed with Kallim Stewart to capture the doubles title at the Southern California Intercollegiates ... Also participated at both the ITA All-American Championships (qualifying) and ITA Southwest Regionals with Amit Inbar.
Second-team All-Pac-10 selection ... Ended the season ranked No. 64 nationally in singles ... Posted a 22-13 overall singles record ... Was 10-7 in dual matches ... Played primarily at the No. 2 singles position ... Played at the No. 1 position during UCLA's five NCAA Tournament matches ... Highest ranked win came over No. 16 Bradley Klahn of Stanford ... Posted a total of eight wins over ranked singles opponents ... Semifinalist in both singles and doubles (w/Holden Seguso) at the Sherwood Collegiate Cup ... Ended the year with a 15-13 overall doubles record ... Partnered most at the No. 2 spot with both Seguso and Michael Look ... Listed at No. 37 in the Preseason ITA Singles Rankings ... Posted a 7-4 mark in fall singles play ... Reached the semifinals at the Southern California Intercollegiates ... Also reached the quarterfinals in singles at the ITA West-South Regionals at Pepperdine ... Competed in the main draw at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla. ... Reached the quarterfinals in doubles (w/Nick Meister) at the So. Cal Intercollegiates.
2007-08 (at Arizona State)
First-team All-Pac-10 selection ... Played No. 1 singles and doubles for the Sun Devils ... Ended the season listed at No. 67 in the Final ITA Singles Rankings ... Also ranked No. 40 with partner T.J. Bellama ... Defeated sixth-ranked Robert Farah of USC, 6-4, 6-4 in a dual match on April 11 ... Earned a total of five victories over ranked opponents in singles and five in doubles ... Reached the doubles final at the Pac-10 Championships with Bellama ... Ended the season with a 21-12 overall singles record, including a 21-10 mark in doubles play ... Named Pac-10 Player of the Week for the week of February 11-16.
2006-07 (at Arizona State)
Enjoyed a phenomenal first season of college tennis, earning Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors ... Second-team All Pac-10 selection ... Compiled an overall singles record of 27-11, playing primarily at the Nos. 1 and 2 positions ... Was 21-15 in doubles play, teaming mostly with Wesley Miller at the No. 1 position ... Teamed with Miller to reach the semifinals at the Pac-10 Championships in Ojai, Calif. ... Finished the season ranked No. 118 in singles ... Became the first ASU men's tennis player to earn Pac-10 Player of the Week honors.
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A 2006 graduate of Uxbridge College in Uxbridge, Middlesex (UK) ... Was Student of the Year in 2005 ... A member of the Hillingdon Academy of Tennis, Esporta Academy.
Parents are Roy and Dee Brooklyn of Hillingdon, Middlesex (UK) ... Has a younger brother, Jonny ... Born August 13, 1987 in London ... Full name is Matthew James Brooklyn.


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Many college courses will help prepare you for a career in journalism. Writing and editing classes will cover the specifics of style. Courses in ethics will teach the guiding principles of journalists. And technology courses will ensure that you have the computer skills that are necessary in today's newsroom. It's also important to have well-rounded selection of core classes in history, science and the arts to provide perspective.
Writing and Editing Classes
Journalism writing can require a very specific style. The University of Georgia offers "Public Affairs Reporting," which covers techniques in writing and reporting about local government, business and health. You can also take courses that cover critical writing and reviewing for film, theater and music. Syracuse University offers the course "Reporting," in which "students report and write news stories from information gathered through interviewing, document research, database retrieval, and observation." Editing courses will typically teach and require adherence to the Associated Press Stylebook for grammar and style, which is typically the industry standard. Arizona State University offers "Introduction to Editing," which covers editing text, pictures and headlines. Courses will differentiate between writing for newspapers and magazines.
Broadcast Journalism
Arizona State offers "Television Reporting," which "builds storytelling techniques and news judgement." You can also take a course on videography to learn how to tell a story with pictures and sound. A course in newscast producing provides hands-on experience by requiring students to produce the school's nightly newscast. Howard University features courses in the fundamentals of scriptwriting and the principles of cinematography. Boston University offers credit for an internship offering on-the-job training at a radio or television station.
Courses in Laws and Ethics
It's important to have a foundation in journalism ethics and communication law. Law courses cover topics such as First Amendment issues, libel, obscenity, confidentiality, privacy and access to information. Principles and ethics courses cover the history of journalism and a variety of current issues that journalists face. For example, Boston University offers a course in media criticism that tackles subjects such as Iraq War coverage and whether "news-oriented personalities such as Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert elevate or debase the political process."
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A recent study suggests that playing video games for extended periods of time may lead to hallucinatory experiences. The study was conducted by Angelica B. Ortiz de-Gortari and Mark D. Griffiths of England's Nottingham Trent University, and focuses on the visual aspect of Game Transfer Phenomena (GTP). The researchers surveyed users across 54 online gaming forums. This turned up 656 accounts of hallucinations, recalled by 483 different individuals.
Some subjects reported seeing menus or other prompts appear during conversations, while others visualized the heads-up display (HUD) found in racing games when driving. These incidents made some feel uncomfortable or embarrassed, leading a few to question their own mental health. Others found it difficult to sleep or concentrate on tasks while experiencing visual GTP.
While this study is fascinating, its validity is questionable. Researchers had very little in the way of personal information about each subject. This includes each person's psychological background, which could be a major factor in determining who is susceptible to these types of hallucinations, or whether gaming could be considered the root cause of their symptoms. Doubt can also be placed in the reliability of those contacted over the internet, as a message board poster's truthfulness can be difficult to gauge.
Regardless of the inherent flaws of this study, it does offer a more in-depth look at the growing issue of GTP. Hopefully more studies will be conducted regarding this phenomena and how it may affect the other senses as gaming continues to become a more prevalent aspect of our society.
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CHICAGO, August 6, 2009 – The racial gap in higher education is narrowing as an increasing number of minority students are enrolling in college. In fact, in 2005, about 5 million minorities enrolled in higher education, up from 3.4 million in 1995 – an increase of 50 percent. Diverse Issues in Higher Education annually ranks the top degree granting schools to minorities and today American InterContinental University (AIU) Online announced that it ranked among the top five in several categories for the 2006‐2007 school year.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz continued his month-long focus on summer weight loss by discussing how small diet changes can help you slim down more quickly on the May 12 episode of the Dr. Oz Show.
1. Protein, fats and carbs. Dr. Oz said whether you're shaped like an apple, a pear or a box, eating a combination of protein, healthy fats and complex carbs at every meal can help you trim your midsection.
Dr. Oz's guest was nutritionist Dr. Rovenia Brock, who suggested having a breakfast burrito with eggs, cheese and beans to start your day. For lunch, Dr. Brock suggested having a turkey sandwich with tomato, avocado and some olive oil.
2. Increase dairy intake. Research shows that consuming more dairy sources of calcium, such as cheese, yogurt, and milk, accelerates weight loss by raising your metabolism and boosting your body's fat-burning furnace. According to a University of Tennessee study, eating 3 servings of dairy a day significantly reduced body fat in obese patients.
3. Daily multivitamin. Another natural way to enhance weight loss is to take a multivitamin, said Dr. Oz. Research shows that a daily multivitamin curbed appetite and promoted greater weight loss, especially for women.
4. CLA supplement. Conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) burn belly fat and increase lean body mass, according to several recent studies. CLA supplements work by speeding up the process by which your cells release fat. The catechins from green tea combined with the fat-fighting properties of CLA deliver a powerful one-two punch when it comes melting belly fat, said Dr. Oz.
5. Cocoa powder. Dr. Oz said raw, organic cocoa powder is a potent weight-loss weapon because it satisfies your sweet tooth at a fraction of the calories. Organic cacao also contains more antioxidant flavonoids than green tea, red wine, and blueberries, and is a good source of magnesium, calcium, zinc, iron, copper and potassium.
High Intensity Interval Training Blasts Belly Fat
While fitness experts concede that diet is more important than exercise when it comes to weight loss, Dr. Oz said exercise has benefits beyond mere calorie-burning, including improving mood and releasing anti-aging human growth hormones.
Obesity expert Dr. Michael Mosely, who lost 20 pounds by following the intermittent-fasting plan he detailed in The Fast Diet, said you can get an effective fat-burning workout in under 7 minutes. The key to torching fat and accelerating weight loss is doing short bursts of intense exercise instead of long, drawn-out workouts.
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OMAHA, Neb. - President Bush shopped his tax-cut plan across four states on Wednesday, presenting his budget as all gain, no pain. He prodded Americans to call, write and e-mail their congressmen: "Encourage them to be open-minded."
"I know the rhetoric will be, `Oh, he's focused on the billionaires,' and all that business. That's called class warfare," the president told workingclass crowds in the nation's heartland.
"We're going to reject class warfare."
Everyday taxpayers picked by the White House chipped in.
In Beaver, Pa., Bush called on factory technician David Berger, who is raising two young girls on the $59,000 he and his wife earn. "I'll give you a loaded question," Bush said. "You want some tax relief?"
"All you can give," Berger replied.
Said Bush, "It is so important for members of the Congress to realize what the average citizen is going through today."
But in Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and Iowa, Bush played down how his budget would curtail spending - in areas such as transportation, public housing, Medicaid and farm aid - by holding its growth next year to 4 percent, or slightly above the inflation rate.
"Now some says 4 percent sounds like a small number," Bush said.
"It is less than what the Congress spent during the last three session, I readily concede. But we've got to be careful about overspending in Washington, D.C. We shouldn't have bidding contests in Washington. What we ought to have is rewards for people who are concerned about overspending, it seems like to me."
The 2001 budget approved last year by Congress and President Clinton represented an 8.5 increase in the government's discretionary spending.
Bush insisted to his crowds that he could cut taxes, improve education and Medicare, and pay down the national debt with budget surpluses without any downside.
During last year's presidential campaign, Democrat Al Gore kept criticizing Bush's $1.6 trillion 10-year tax cut, saying it was too deep, favored the really rich and risked a return to budget deficits.
Bush contends "the country has been mislead for the past year about his tax relief plan and what the country's heard has often not been accurate or right," said senior White House adviser Karen Hughes.
Nebraska, which Bush won by about 30 percentage points, was not visited by Clinton until the final two months of his presidency.
"I'm glad I came," Bush said as a crowd of 4,000 roared its hello inside the Civic Center.
Before settling in Little Rock, Ark., for the night, Bush moderated a discussion in Council Bluffs, Iowa, that nominally was on the debt. an issue he mostly ignored during the campaign while Gore focused at debt repayment as a prerequisite to fiscal responsibility.
Bush emphasized his commitment to repaying gradually, as it comes due, the nation's $3.2 trillion publicly held debt. The White House distributed placards reading "Debt-Free America" for audience members to hold.
"Listen to what we have to offer," he said. At every stop, he acknowledged local members of Congress in his entourage and said he hoped to be able to count on them "in a pinch." He asked his audiences to flood Capitol Hill with supportive letters, phone calls and e-mail.
The president promised these campaign-styled stops were just the kickoff to "a grand tour of the country." He embarked on this two-day, five-state tour the morning after his maiden address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber.
He reveled in the mostly positive reviews of the speech and afterward, uncharacteristically stayed up until midnight at the White House visiting with friends, his spokesman said.
For the former governor relying heavily on his one-on-one Texas charm to sell his Washington agenda, the atmospherics for Tuesday night's speech were as important as the words.
"I was prepared. I spent enough time with the speech to be comfortable with what I was going to say. I was struck by how cozy the confines were in the hall," Bush told reporters.
"I passed the initial review. My wife thought I did all right."
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'Glee': A Preview of Songs From the Season Finale
"Glee" is nearly gone. With the season finale airing tomorrow, we'll all have to figure out some other place to get our weekly fix of Broadway show tunes, classic rock covers, and Top 40 remakes. Maybe the new Lady Gaga album can fill the yawning void.
For now, here's an advance listen to two of the songs featured in the season finale: "For Good" (From "Wicked") featuring Lea Michele and Chris Colfer; and "I Love New York (Madonna)/New York, New York (from On The Town)" featuring the members of New Directions.


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Struthers Mayor Terry Stocker fires up two methane generators at the city's wastewater-treatment plant. The city cut the ribbon on the generators, which were built with federal stimulus funds, Friday morning. The generators run on methane gas.
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Designer Michele M. Walden Mcphee (MICHI) has crafted her knitwear into custom-made designs that can fit women of all sizes.
MICHI recently showcased some of her original knitwear at the posh Parlor Social Club located at 286 Spring Street at the corner of Hudson Street in New York City. The patrons anxiously awaited her MichiKnitWear models that wore her gorgeous original knitwear creations. The beautiful models wore MICHI's colorful and textured creations like a Paris fashion presentation. The patrons sipped their flavorful beverages and enjoyed their tasty hor d'oeuvres provided by the Parlor Social Club. The club was buzzing as the patrons interacted with models and the designer. MICHI model JaTawn Avant wore several colorful silhouetted knitwear designs as she allowed the attendees to take her picture which they thoroughly enjoyed.
" Designer Michele M. Walden Mcphee brings chic to the term "knitwear." Through her MICHI knitwear designs, Walden Mcphee creates sophisticated knits that are easy to wear and easy to pack. With off-the-shoulder designs and hip-hugging evening attire, or loose and breezy, summer afternoon wear, MICHI knitwear makes a unique statement for all women – tall, short, large, small and in between. Walden Mcphee custom designs and fits the piece for her client and does not call the outfit complete until the customer is satisfied.
A Queens, NY native, Walden Mcphee, has been knitting over 20 years. Initially hand knitting all of her designs, Walden Mcphee's fashion statements have included jumpsuits, bathing suits, dresses, suits, two-piece outfits, sweaters, shrugs and scarves. After completing courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), Walden Mcphee has become proficient in using the knitting machine to create the majority of her pieces. These include what is quickly becoming one of her trademarks: knitwear adorned with cowrie shells. Each of her pieces, whether completed by hand or on the knitting machine, is either a one-of-a-kind or limited edition creation. She uses carefully selected yarns that vary from silks to rayon, wool to linen, and run the gamut of colors from orange to muted tans to fuschia and olive green.
"Thus, Michi began from my passion for knitting. It represents an extension of me. A woman who is fashion forward, confident, creative and seeking to be stylish in her dress by wearing custom made, one-of-a kind or limited edition knitwear pieces that can also be classified as wearable art" states Walden Mcphee.
MICHI has shared her creations in numerous fashion shows: "Harlem Phasion Week" hosted by Sophia "Brown Sugar" Davis of BTETV; "My Style" with Fashion Arts Exchange (FAX); "Dangerous Curves… The Tour" with Devoe Signatur Events; "Fashion and Fusion" at the Apollo Theatre with Cathleen Laporte and the Black Fashion Designers Association, Inc.; "Fashion on Broadway" with Dee Simmons; "Tropical Divas" with the Unforgettable Woman of Richmond, Va.; "30 Fashionable Years" for Harlem Week; and the "28th Congressional Black Caucus Fashion Show" sponsored by the Spouses; the DC Fashion Week in Washington, D.C.; "Intrigued", a midnight fashion show @ the Baton Rouge. Currently she is one of the guest designers for L.A.s Runway Rhythm, participating in shows from Sacramento, Oakland, Los Angeles, Phoenix and the latest with Punch TV in Carson City, CA. Recently Michi participated in "A Night In Paris", Where Theatre Meets High Fashion Runway, a theatrical presentation by Donna Rayford, CEO of Crown Jewel Studios. In addition to participating in Transformations, Michi showcased in Fashion Arts Xchange New York Fashion Week Fashion Show @ ArtsEcho Galleria and
Queens Fashion Week @ York College Performing Arts Center.
For further information contact MICHI:718*465*2336."
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