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Nora McCarthy: In the Early Morning Light
In the Early Morning Light
Nora McCarthy (vocals, spoken word)
Circle Completing
Nora McCarthy (vocals, spoken word),
John DiMartino (piano).
Composed by Nora McCarthy.
Recorded: New York, July 2007 and March 2008
Rating: 85/100 (learn more)
During a recent conversation with a friend, we got into the worth of poetry. He wondered why anybody would bother with a "clever" rendering of something when a more direct description would suffice. I tried to steer him to the fact that most poetry attempts to distill a particular idea to its essence (something lost on most high-schoolers, who are drowned early on in things like rhyme schemes and other poetic minutiae). A good poet can tell a story with a minimum of text. So when Nora McCarthy tells the story of lies that have been "swept under the carpet / all scramble like roaches in the early morning light," she extends the idea in a couple of directions at once – with a kind of vocalese, aided by skittery piano bits. The presentation says far more than a couple of paragraphs could, that's for sure.
Reviewer: Mark Saleski
Tags: 2000s jazz · jazz vocals
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It seems like a new spa of some kind is popping up in Greensboro every week. Day spas, nail spas, tanning spas, even pet spas. Spa experiences offered in the Greensboro area can be broken down into seven main categories.
1. The Grandover is the only resort/hotel spa in Greensboro, offering extended stays with access to exercise facitlities, pools, and various spa services. Grandover hosts weddings, conferences, and boasts a five-star golf course- the Piedmont's version of The Grove Park in Asheville.
2. A day spa offers pampering services like massages, facials, manicures and pedicures. Clients can go for a single service or spend the better part of a day. Establishments like Balance Day Spa or Sorella Spa have chosen to focus on the body and omit hair salon services from their menu.
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4. Medical spas are the biggest trend in spa right now. Plastic surgeons, dermatologists, chiropractors, and dentists are expanding their practices to include spa services. Sona Med Spa, located in Friendly Shopping Center, is part of a national franchise of medical spas.
So what exactly is a medical spa? Basically, a medical spa is a cross between a doctor's office and a day spa. Med spas offer services like laser hair removal, laser skin resurfacing, body contouring, dermal filling, tattoo removal or permanent make-up. The services are non-invasiive, typically semi-permanent and usually require maintenance visits. Anesthesia isn't used and recovery is usually less than 36 hours.
Services are performed by highly trained technicians, usually certified medical estheticians or registered nurses. North Carolina requires that a doctor be present in the spa at all times when procedures are in progress.
5. Full-service salon/spas are the consumer's answer to one-stop beauty shopping. Salons like Jade in New Friendly and Chakra's Spa by Panache are rooted in the Aveda philosophy, with hair color, cuts, and styles as their primary emphasis. Jade Aveda is a lifestyle salon, is open 7 days a week, and offers a full spa menu of nail, skin care, and massage services. Chakra's also has a complete spa menu but has expanded their spa to include medi-spa treatments like permnent make-up, laser hair removal, body contouring, and spider vein removal.
6. Mini-spas are coming into a class of their own. Typically, these spas are smaller in square footage and don't staff a large team of operators or stylists and may be owner run and operated. The practitoner may choose to specialize in one or two areas like nails or skin or tanning.
Clients are re-discovering smaller salons and spas like Amanda's Pink Nail on Battleground Ave., Ra Sun-Spa & Nail Therapy of Summerfield, and HotHeadz of Stokesdale because they tend to be extremely cozy and client-centered and offer popular services that might parallel or exceed those of your higher-end spas without the expense.

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Bike parade begins at 10:30am on July 4th, but participants are encouraged to be there at 10:00am.
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The Ports Authority reports that in 1996 it handled more than 87 million tons (60 million in exports, 27 million in imports) of goods other than petroleum, an increase of 11 percent over the previous fiscal year. Over the past twelve years, the Ports Authority has realized SR 9 billion (U.S. $ 2.4 billion) in surplus revenues. Recently, a three-year project was concluded for the maintenance and operation of Jeddah Islamic Port's container terminal, which is one of the largest in the region, and with a depth of 14 meters is designed to receive seven huge vessels at any one time. During 1996, this terminal handled more than 827,000 containers, 72 percent of the total for the Kingdom.
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This is a great time for being outside walking, jogging and playing with our FFBF. However, we must remember safety for our four footed pals. They are not going to consider the consequences of jumping into a lake that is 40 degrees colder than the surrounding land temperature. This is why they have us. And in that genera we must remember they have evolved in their biological systems which many years ago would have possibly protected them from poisoning when eating garbage; today we feed them special food and this has weakened their ability to eat, tainted foods. And of course there are those people we don't thing about discarding something to the ground, then it lays therefore two or three hours in the sunshine and just like us tour pets are ill. This can result in death for our friends.
Just when we were ready to go to the off-leash area, we find it is closed due to some kind of contaminate. This is not the time to go back behind the area, up in the greenbelt or hiking trails (not designated off-leash) and let our pals run and enjoy themselves. Go to www.Offleash.com and (your area); this is fairly basic; however there are plenty of off leash dog parks and trails. For safety make sure our pal knows and observes the major commands without any reservations. This is for their safety and ours, sit, come, down, back, heel and no; they should immediately follow a command given by us, with no hesitation, whether on leash or not.
These simple directions will make for a safe and wonderful summer with many quality hours spent enjoying each other's company.


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I just spend all day on trying to get my system to boot again, I'm getting a bit desperate...snif. The setup is as follows:
- a debian installed in a luks encrypted usb hard disk with lvm volumes for system and swap
- a usb stick with an ext partion for /boot, with grub installed to the mbr of this stick
Ok, so I was stupid enough not to have a backup of the usb stick and now I lost it.
So I set off recreating /boot on another stick with great difficulty. This is what I have so far booting from a live cd:
# mount everything so we can chroot
vgchange -a y
mount /dev/lvm/system /mnt
# the stick for /boot
mount /dev/sdf1 /mnt/boot
mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev
mount -o bind /dev/pts /mnt/dev/pts
mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc
mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys
chroot /mnt
# get some kernel files in boot
rm /initrd.img
dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image3.xxxx.deb
apt-get purge grub-pc
apt-get install grub-pc
# here is the first problem. The usb stick I formatted with palimpsest
# (mbr) and created an ext2 primary partition on it. Grub complains that
# 'your embedded area is exceptionally small, core.img won't fit in it..'
# start over:
fdisk /dev/sdf
o (reformat with dos partition table)
n (new partition)
1 (partition number 1)
2 (set the starting cylinder to 2 in order to have more space behind mbr)
+100MB (size)
w (write results
mkfs -t ext2 /dev/sdf1
# now grub installation works.
When I reboot, I do get grub, but drops to rescue mode with unknown filesystem
>insmod ext2
hd0 (have nothing but the usb stick on this machine)
>ls hd0
unknown filesystem
> ls (hd0,0/1/msdos1)
all give: no such partition
I have been faffing around for hours now, trying on other machines, trying to change /boot/grub/device.map mainly with /dev/disk/by-id/xxx:0 and xxx:0-part1.
No avail, wherever I boot all disks are "unknown filesystem", and all attempts to check a partition give "no such partition" both on the usb stick and on other drives in the machines I test on.
The problem is that I don't find any details about the inner workings of grub. I don't even know if device.map is read on boot at all, or if that plays only by the time grub.cnf is being parsed (and thus /boot/grub has already been found). I have the impression that nothing is being read from my stick except the core.img right after the mbr, however I have no idea how core.img knows which partitions to boot from, is that hardcoded in on install? Is the device.map thus important to get right on running grub-install? I also don't know if the partition should be bootable, I suppose not since grub is installed to the drive, but I find little info about all these more detailed issues.
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The Stuttgart Police Department is investigating an alleged robbery after a Valero cashier said an unknown black male came into the store at 5:52 a.m. Monday, pointed a gun at her and demanded money from the cash drawers.
"After watching the video from the incident I observed a black male come into the store (located at 901 N. Buerkle St.) from the west side of the building at or around 5:48 a.m. with a light brown jacket with blue or black lines on it," SPD Ptl. William Basore wrote in his incident report.
The suspect had a short, stocky build and was also wearing black or dark blue jeans with white shoes and a green shirt over his face, according to the officer's description.
"The male subject ran behind the counter and began taking the money out of the drawers," Basore said.
During the robbery the suspect asked the cashier where the "drop money" was and she pointed toward the area. The video then shows the man come out from behind the counter and try to exit the store, but the eastside door was locked. The man then ran out of the south-facing doors running toward the Dollar General parking lot.
The suspect stole an undisclosed amount of money, according to the report. Other stores' cameras in the area were checked, and the investigation was turned over to SPD Criminal Investigation Division. Anyone with information can contact the police at (870) 673-1414.
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Members of the military honorably discharged because of their homosexuality since Nov. 10, 2004 will receive full separation pay after a settlement reached yesterday between the Defense Department and the American Civil Liberties Union.
The ACLU and the ACLU of New Mexico filed a class action lawsuit representing 181 honorably discharged veterans who had had their separation pay cut in half due to the discriminatory policy. Approximately $2.4 million was withheld from gay veterans under the law, which was not part of the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
According to the ACLU, all servicemembers covered by the lawsuit will be notified by the government that they are eligible to receive their full separation pay. Federal law entitled those involuntarily and honorably discharged from the military after six years of service to separation pay in order to ease the transition to civilian life. Due to the statute of limitations, the settlement only applies to those discharged since Nov. 10, 2004.
Under the settlement, all servicemembers covered by the lawsuit will be contacted by the government and notified that they are eligible to opt in to the settlement and receive 100 percent of the separation pay that they would have received had they been discharged for any other honorable reason.
"It makes no sense to continue to penalize service members who were discharged under a discriminatory statute that has already been repealed," said Joshua Block, staff attorney for the ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Project, in statement. "The amount of the pay owed to these veterans is small by military standards, but is hugely significant in acknowledging their service to their country."
The lead plaintiff in the case, Richard Collins, said the decision was momentous to those who were forced out of the military because of their sexual orientation.
"This means so much to those of us who dedicated ourselves to the military, only to be forced out against our will for being who we are," said Collins, a nine-year Air Force veteran who was stationed in New Mexico when he was discharged after being seen kissing his boyfriend off-base. "We gave all we had to our country, and just wanted the same dignity and respect for our service as any other veterans."
[Photo: Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (Courtesy of Tech. Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey, U.S. Air Force/Wikimedia Commons).]
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Trail Planning, Design, and Development Guidelines, by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Section of Trails & Waterways Division, 2007.
Purchase from Minnesota's Bookstore
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Minnesota Invasive Non-native Terrestrial Plants - an Identification Guide for Resource Managers, by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 2003
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St. Michael the Archangel Church / 1892 / Its 232-foot Gothic spire rises as sharp and narrow as a lance. Its rock-faced stone has turned coal black with age. Often considered Cleveland's most artistically significant Catholic church, it's now a center of the city's Latino community. 3114 Scranton Road, Cleveland
Old Stone Church / 1855 / Louis Comfort Tiffany designed some of the stained-glass windows in this landmark, Public Square's oldest building. Legend says the front pews were saved from an 1884 fire because President Lincoln's family mourned in them after his death. 91 Public Square, Cleveland
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College: SE Louisiana
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The EC cleared Pfizer's oral kinase inhibitor Inlyta® (axitinib) for the treatment of adult patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) after failure of prior therapy with sunitinib or a cytokine. The drug was approved by FDA in January for treating advanced RCC after failure of one prior systemic therapy, and is also sanctioned in other countries including Switzerland, Japan, Canada, Australia, and Korea.
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Just like any other time I mean to write a deep, meaningful, serious blog entry, I think of nothing but funny blog topics, and then my little brain starts chugging away in all different directions. So here we are.
Anyways, I've reevaluated my priorities and just how willing I am to wade through the epic horse shit that is online dating profiles, and the resounding results show that I'm not all that willing. It's funny, don't get me wrong, but if I read that one more guy is "laid-back, easy-going and adventurous", I'm going to stab someone in the eye with a pick axe (no doubt my pick axe from my super adventurous trip unearthing rare fossils in Egypt - lookit how adventurous and exciting I am!).
I fear, however, that not a lot of people really get what I mean when I talk about the ridiculous shit I get from guys online. "No guy can be that stupid" or "Are you serious that that one guy said that?" Well, ladies and gents, I do know how to read, and I'm with you - I didn't think guys could be that ridiculous.
Oh, how wrong I was.
And this blog entry I'll be using my good ol' pal, screen shots. Because let's face it - I can. And if your OK Cupid username has the word "penis" in it, let's face it - you've got bigger issues than me screen shotting you in my blog.
So I give you - the best of the best of the best jackasses and hopeless folks of online dating.
This gentleman, "William, The Puerto Rican" seems genuine and kind of information generator. This was the first message I got from Sir William, and yet I did not reply. As much as I want a dude with a boat.
This guy was interesting in a self-deprecating way. He was a VERY handsome man of black and Irish heritage, tall tall tall, and seemed promising. What made him not my type was the two children he had with two women, both of whom were in fierce custody battles with him. Look, I have a hard enough time keeping my own shit in line most of the time, I don't need to invite anyone else's to the fruit basket party.
Now, THIS DUDE. OH LAWD. All he wanted to do was kiss. Just meet up for a "spontaneous makeout session, no pressure". This kinda sounds like the perfect "How To Catch A Predator" situation. I'd be surprised NOT ONE BIT if I saw Chris Hansen pop out of the bushes with a camera crew. Note the date: November 16th. This Eric dudebro had first messaged me IN JUNE. This means it had been going on for FIVE MONTHS of still trying to get together to make out. I told him I'd be willing to meet him for a drink, some dinner so we could get together and know each other. He said that was too much pressure. Uh.... are you a real human being? And then the dick pics came. And oh, my. Some gents shouldn't send dick pics. Especially completely unsolicited dick pics. Because when a woman says "no", it actually means "send me a picture of your genitals". But to Eric, I say thank you. I've sent your dick pics to several other homeboys who feel the need to show me their manhood. I send them yours and say "I didn't know we were playing show and tell!"
Now, we've looked at some of the gentleman who have talked to me. We haven't talked about the people I just see as I peruse through the sites.
He must have a great personality.
Again - GREAT smile. Very open and he seems personable.
And the coup de grace: I had sent a guy a message just saying hi and made some breezy yet charming joke about something on his profile *flips hair and laughs* and this is the message I received back. I have never face-palmed harder in my LIFE. This and this alone was pretty much the straw that broke the camel's back for me for online dating.
You, Mr. "I'll Be Upfront And Honest" are a gem. While you ARE honest and up front, you leave a lot to be desired in any kind of company.
The above representation of online guys is probably why I've gone pretty silent on the online dating front. I'll pop into my profile once a week or so just to see who's creeping around, but generally it's the same vermin who've been around before.
Up next - another dating entry, but from my perspective on other people's dating life :-) Stay tuned, my lovely readers!


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Charlottesville area Memorial Day Weekend celebrations in 2014 embrace beer, mountain air and wine, usually in a beautiful natural setting with live music performed by local artists. Join in the merriment and go ahead and make the holiday weekend interesting: why not travel the Shenandoah Valley Region from one end to the other sampling from among the best liquid Virginia products available? Here's your Friday, May 23 guide to what's happening where and when, so you can make the most of your travels.
Laying off the sauce? No worries. There's plenty of other ways to celebrate your Memorial Day weekend in Charlottesville. Grow your brain cells with a historic walking tour or take in an art show. Ride the Hatton Ferry in Scottsville or visit a local American castle. Pick strawberries or select other fresh produce at local farmers markets dispersed through the region. You can even attend a Mystery Dinner Theater, a local flea market or an antique car show.
Kick-off the holiday weekend straight out of the workday gates with The Chickenhead Blues Band at Friday's After Five from 5:30-8:30 p.m.; but don't let your evening end there! Keep reading below to add additional events to the start of your holiday weekend.
Also on Friday May 23, from 6:00-9:00 p.m., enjoy Judy Chops live music at Glass House Winery, with food for purchase from Morsel Compass Mobile Kitchen and $5-$8 wine tastings. Or bring your own picnic or purchase cheese, crackers and meats at the Glass House. No additional cover charge; the winery is located outside of Crozet at 5898 Free Union Road in Free Union (434.975.0094).
Later in the evening on Friday, enjoy a local brew at Devils Backbone Brewing Company in Nelson County while catching a live performance with Elizabeth Wise at 8:00 p.m.; or arrive early for dinner and add experiencing a Virginia mountain sunset to your itinerary. Devils Backbone is located at 200 Mosbys Run in Roseland (434.361.1001).
From 8:00-11:00 p.m. on Friday, the Jimmy Stellin Trio will perform live at Wild Wolf Brewing Company. Dinner can be served alfresco on the patio, and a nice evening can be enjoyed by all. Wild Wolf is located at 2461 Rockfish Valley Highway in Nellysford (434.361.0088).
A little deeper into the mountains on Friday, at 8:00 p.m., Wintergreen Resort kicks off its holiday weekend of events with a bonfire and storytelling at its Discovery Ridge Adventure Center. The fun then moves to The Edge for live entertainment from 9:30 p.m. to midnight. Wintergreen Resort is located off the Blue Ridge Parkway at 39 Mountain Inn Loop in Wintergreen (434.325.2200).
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Dolphins top needs in '08
With the free agency signing period inching closer to the starting line later this week, and the draft just two months away let's take a look at what the Dolphins' top needs are in 2008.
And boy are there plenty! Most of these aren't WANTS, they are NEEDS because the roster has been gutted by poor draft classes, mismanagement in 2007, and Bill Parcells and his clan cleaning house.
Here's a look at what the Dolphins HAVE TO ADDRESS in free agency or the draft.
1. Offensive tackle – Cutting L.J. Shelton and Anthony Alabi depleted depth significantly. At left tackle Vernon Carey got the job done, but his ability as a run blocker makes him better suited on the right side. Moving him back to his natural position could strengthen the line. Julius Wilson, a rookie who spent most of the year on the practice squad, is the only other tackle on the roster. From what most NFL people are saying this is the best draft crop of tackles in the past decade, but can the Dolphins bank on filling the need for starters and backups in the draft?
2. Nose Tackle – The Dolphins will likely be playing a base 3-4, at least that's what their coaches are telling draft prospects at the NFL combine. That's a problem because there's presently no nose tackles on the roster, and that's actually one of the toughest positions to find in the NFL. Rookie Paul Soliai struggled big time, but the transition usually takes at least two years according to most coaches. Steve Fifita has the drive, but not the girth. Any draftee will probably take a couple of years to develop, and there will be competition to sign the decent NT's on the free agent market.
3. Two starting guards – Rex Hadnot likely won't be re-signed unless his price tag comes down. Chris Liwienski is a restricted free agent, and it's uncertain if he's in the team's plans. Ikechuku Ndukwe was picked up off the Ravens practice squad and added to the roster at the end of the season. The Dolphins new management kept him, but for how long. Rookie Drew Mormino, who can also play center, was played on injured reserve because of a shoulder injury. He's a possibility to start considering he had a strong camp showing, but does he have the size Parcells and crew like for their offensive linemen.
4. Receivers - Ted Ginn Jr., the 2007 first-round pick, should be viewed as the only potential starter because Derek Hagan is too inconsistent to be counted on right now. This means the Dolphins need a sure-handed possession receiver, big time, to run Dan Henning's offense. Keyshawn Johnson wants to be reunited with Hennings and Parcells, but he won't be cheap labor. Depth is also an issue considering Greg Camarillo, Kerry Reed and Chandler Williams are long shots to make the roster.
5. Inside linebacker – Cutting Zach Thomas means Channing Crowder is the only experienced interior linebacker the Dolphins have because Derrick Pope and Donnie Spragan will more than likely be allowed to walk as free agents. There are plenty of youngsters on the roster (Marcello Church, Edmond Miles, Kelvin Smith, Mark Washington) but none of them have the experience or size needed to play the scheme Miami will likely use. I'm told Parcells linebackers need to be in the 6-foot-1, 240 pound range.
6. Quarterback – The jury is still out on rookie John Beck, who is the front-runner to start in his second season based on the present options. The Dolphins need some alternatives that are better than practice squad QB's Matt Baker and Casey Bramlet, which means signing a veteran, or drafting a promising younger (if not both) is a must. The veteran free agent options are slim. Boston College's Matt Ryan is an option at No. 1, but is he worth at least $32 million in guaranteed money? He could be the next David Carr or Alex Smith. The Dolphins can't bank on Delaware's Joe Flacco being available in round 2, so that means some of the quarterbacks who might be available later in the second day of the draft (Kentucky's Andre Woodson, USC's John David Booty, San Diego State's Kevin O'Connell, Hawaii's Colt Brennan, LSU's Matt Flynn, and Tennessee's Erik Ainge) will need to get a good look.
7. Young cornerback – Re-signing Michael Lehan gives the Dolphins four experienced returning cornerbacks, but everyone outside of Will Allen was "just a guy" last season. But in fairness, until the pass rush is beefed up it's going to be hard for any cornerback to look good in the Dolphins defense. This position is best addressed in the draft, adding a youngster with the potential to be groomed into a starter. Boy did Tennessee State's Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie look good at the combine (Remember I put you onto him at the Senior Bowl). His performance likely means he's gone by the top pick of round 2, but don't be surprised if studs like Virginia Tech's Brandon Flowers, Oklahoma's Reggie Smith, or Auburn's Patrick Lee and Kansas' Aqib Talib are still available in round 2.
8. Safety help – It was unbelievable how many safeties (six) the Dolphins ran through in 2007, and problems at that position can be pinpointed as one of the three major reasons the defense fell apart (the other two are Zach Thomas' absence, and issues at nose tackle). Jason Allen is still a mystery. This could be the year he develops, or gets exposed. Travis Daniels might be moved back to the position he played in college. Renaldo Hill and Cameron Worrell are both coming off ACL tears and likely won't be healthy enough for the start of the season. Rookies Courtney Bryan and Tuff Harris, two undrafted rookie free agents from last year, haven't proven they are anything more than roster filler.
What's your plan? Which positions do you address in free agency, and which ones do you bank on the draft for?


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WWE will tape this week's episode of Monday Night Raw this afternoon from the London O2 Arena in London, England.
The show will be headlined by Undertaker's first match on Raw in over three years as he'll team with Team Hell No to take on The Shield.
Triple H will respond to Brock Lesnar's challenge for a steel cage match at Extreme Rules next month.
Chris Jericho, who is currently in the UK touring with Fozzy, is officially advertised for the broadcast.
Expect to see the continuation to John Cena vs. Ryback with Ryback now a heel as well as the chase for Dolph Ziggler's World Heavyweight Championship. Both have announced title defenses at Extreme Rules next month.
Dot com takes a look at the following in their "Five-Point Preview":
1. Triple H headed to London
2. Can The Undertaker help stop The Shield?
3. What's next for CM Punk?
4. Who will make the next move in the World Title hunt?
5. How will WWE Champion John Cena respond to Ryback?
Join us at 2 PM EDT Monday afternoon for exclusive Raw spoilers and then again at 8 PM EDT for exclusive live play-by-play coverage featuring streaming discussion and results here at WrestlingNewsWorld.com.


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Overall satisfaction rates are high for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had total knee replacement or total hip replacement surgery, according to two new studies presented recently at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) 2013 Annual Congress. The studies also found that RA patients were as likely as osteoarthritis (OA) patients to see important improvements in pain and function after either surgery, even though some RA patients did not do as well as OA patients after hip surgery.
The findings call into question conventional wisdom, which holds that RA patients who undergo joint replacement surgery have worse outcomes than OA patients. Historically, RA patients, possibly because of their underlying disease, have not fared as well. But many of the studies were done before biologics were in widespread use.
"RA patients were just as likely to have significant improvement and on the questions of satisfaction, they were as satisfied. They were doing much better than when they went into the surgery," explains lead author of both studies Susan M. Goodman, MD, a rheumatologist at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. "But the likelihood of not doing well is higher for that RA group [getting a hip replacement] even though their absolute improvements are the same. They improve and are very satisfied with it – they just aren't doing as well as OA patients."
The two studies analyzed data from Hospital for Special Surgery's Total Joint Replacement Registry, which was started in 2007. Both studies assessed patients' pain and functional abilities before surgery and two years later, as well as patient satisfaction.
In the knee study, investigators compared 178 RA patients and 5,206 OA patients who had total knee replacements (TKR). RA patients had much worse pain and function before the surgery, but after the procedure they had similar outcomes and satisfaction rates as the OA patients.
The knee study also looked at patients who had revision knee replacement surgery (a second procedure on the same knee). The 32 RA patients and 342 OA patients had similar pain and function before the second surgery. But two years later, RA patients were doing better than OA patients: They had less pain and better function than the OA patients and a higher percentage of them (90 percent) were satisfied with the outcome compared to the OA patients (67 percent).
The same high level of improvement was not found when researchers compared RA and OA patients undergoing hip replacements. Among 202 RA patients and 5,810 OA patients having hip replacements, the RA patients had worse function and higher pain before surgery. Two years later, even though nearly all patients in both groups had a significant 10-point improvement in their function scores, 18 percent of RA patients still had poor function compared to only 4 percent of OA patients.
Similarly, 92 percent of RA patients (compared to 96 percent of OA patients) had significant 10-point improvements in their pain scores, yet 12 percent of RA patients still had poor pain scores compared to only 3 percent of OA patients. A significantly higher percentage of OA patients (96 percent) were very or somewhat satisfied compared to RA patients (89 percent).
Results were similar among RA patients who had revision hip replacements: The absolute outcomes were not as good as OA patients, even though they had significant improvements in pain and function.


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A new barrier to participation: Heterogeneous application of voter
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In democratic societies there is a tension between maximizing ballot access and minimizing voter fraud. Since the 2000 presidential election, this tension has been central to discussions about election reform at the national, state, and local level. We examine this tension by focusing on the implementation of voter identification laws in one state that has experienced significant issues in recent elections, and that is currently implementing election reform: New Mexico.We hypothesize that Hispanic voters are more likely to show some form of identification than other types of voters. Using a voter data set from New Mexico's First Congressional District in the 2006 election, we find that Hispanic, male and Election Day voters are more likely to show some form of identification than non-Hispanic, female and early voters. In addition, using an overlapping study of Bernalillo County 2006 poll workers, which almost entirely overlaps with the First Congressional District, we find no evidence that differences in poll worker partisanship or ethnicity produce differences in voter identification procedures. Our findings suggest that broad voter identification laws, which may be applied unequally, may be perceived as discriminatory.


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Pictured Below: OFRA Executive Director, Diane Silman, Ruthie Wiggins Bank Compliance Officer, Melissa Morgan OFRA Director of Operations, and Michelle Hilton Shelter House Manager.


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TIME! What time is the BCS Championship Game on? Start time for the BCS Championship is just hours away. Texas vs. Alabama game fans are getting into line near the Rose Bowl as college football's biggest game kicks off tonight.
Brent Musberger will be doing play-by-play, Kirk Herbstreit the analysis. In total, 30 cameras will be used!
ESPN says of tonight's broadcast (on ABC):
"To be able to have two games this year through our good friends at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses in the Rose Bowl game and the championship game here in California is special for us to … get a jump-start on our full new BCS relationship next year."
Start time is 8 PM EST 5 PM PST on ABC.
For the season, McCoy is delivering a 71% completion rate with 27 TDs, 12 INTs, and 3512 yards. Newtown has 6 TDs on 102 carries over 513 yards. And Shipley has 1363 yards with 11 TDs in 106 receptions.
Alabama's McElroy is passing at 61% with 17 TDs and 4 INT over 2450 yards this season. Ingram has incredible 1542 yards on 15 TDs with 249 carries. Jones has 4 TDs in 42 receptions over 573 yards.
For LIVE continuing coverage all day today of the BCS Championship from Los Angeles on LALATE, click here: http://news.lalate.com/category/college-football.


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Fridge Logic
- LaCroix and his daughter survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius how? Yeah they might have survived the rubble, but even vampires in the show are vulnerable to fire and a pyroclastic flow is how much hotter than normal fire?
- They could potentially have taken to the air in time to escape the worst of it, if they saw it coming far enough ahead of time....vampire top speed was never determined on-screen.


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USED LCV values improved across the board in April by £44 (1%) – with prices for ex-fleet and lease vehicles leading the way – to reach £4,271 as average age, mileage andCAPperformance remained virtually static compared to March.
Average values remain relatively strong in 2012, following the 20-month high recorded in January and BCA's data shows average values also improved in the dealer part-exchange sectors – reversing falls seen the previous month in both cases. Values slipped in the very low volume nearly-new van sector, but that was as a result of model mix.
However, supplies of good quality vans reaching the wholesale market remain limited and competition from buyers for the best examples remains intense. That is seen most clearly in the year-on-year figures where values have improved significantly even with age and mileage rising.
Year-on-year, April 2012 was £302 (7.6%) ahead of the same month in 2011 (£3,969), despite the average age climbing by six months to 57 months and average mileage being 5,500 miles higher at 78,000. Performance againstCAPalso improved year-on-year, up nearly one and a half points to 98.9%.
Duncan Ward BCA's general manager – commercial vehicles, said: 'The overall market peaked in January this year, and values have flattened out in the following three months. But looking at the individual sectors paints a slightly different picture. Fleet values dipped in February but have risen since then – April values were identical to those recorded in January and are the highest in two years. This is despite average age and mileage rising and further underlines the shortage of stock as buyers are paying more in 2012 for older, higher mileage vans than they were a year ago.'
Ward added: 'Previous years suggest the summer months are relatively flat, with a significant spike in values in the early autumn. The difficult economic conditions mean that many businesses may defer changing their vehicles until there are signs of improvement. Countering this, many new small businesses and sole traders are starting up and a van is often one of the first things on the shopping list.'
Fleet and lease LCV values in April increased by £127 (2.5%) to £5,108 compared to March. Fleet vans averaged 99.1% ofCAPover the month, a marginal rise compared to March. Retained value against manufacturer recommended price over 44 months and 70,000 miles was 32.55%, down slightly on last month. Year-on-year, April 2012 was £587 (13%) ahead of the same month last year – some of that is value evolution over the period.
Part-exchange values improved by £50 (1.8%) in April to £2,759, largely wiping out the reverse experienced in March and the first month-on-month increase since the turn of the year. Nearly-new values fell by £989 (down 7.9%) to £11,388.


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John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. He is the one of whom I said, 'A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me
because he existed before me.' I did not know him, but the reason why I came baptizing with water was that he might be made known to Israel." John testified further, saying, "I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from heaven and remain upon him. I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.' Now I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God." [John 1:29-34]
John bears witness not only that Jesus is the Messiah but that he will redeem the world from sin by his violent death. The Baptist's testimony is portrayed as a model of the witness that Christians should bear to what they have seen and experienced through their belief in Jesus Christ: "All Christians by the example of their lives and the witness of the word, wherever they live, have an obligation to manifest the new man which they put on in Baptism, and to reveal the power of the Holy Spirit by whom they were strengthened at Confirmation, so that others, seeing their good works, might glorify the Father and more perfectly perceive the true meaning of human life and the universal solidarity of making" (Vatican II, Ad gentes, 11).
In calling Jesus the "Lamb of God" (v. 29), John alludes to Christ's redemptive sacrifice. Isaiah compared the sufferings of the Servant, the Messiah, with the offering of a lamb (see Is 53:7). Moreover, at the time of the Exodus the blood of the Passover lamb, smeared on the doorposts of houses, kept the first-born of Israel safe from death (see Ex 12:6-7).
After Jesus' death and resurrection, his disciples recognize him to be the true Passover Lamb: before receiving Christ in Holy Communion, that is, when about to share in the "marriage supper of the Lamb," they make this act of faith.
When John the Baptist says that Jesus "was before me" (v. 30) he acknowledges Jesus' divinity. As St Gregory puts it, it is as if he were saying: "Although I was born before him, he is not limited by the ties of his birth; for although he is born of his mother in time, he was generated by his Father outside of time" (Homiliae in Evangelia, 7).
The witness borne by John at Jesus' baptism also reveals the mystery of the Blessed Trinity (see vv. 32-34. The dove is the symbol of the Holy Spirit, who hovered over the face of the waters at the dawn of creation (see Gen 1:2).


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Yahoo News reports a story about a colossal welfare fraud case. On Friday, Hennepin County, Minnesota prosecutor Mike Freeman announced the state will prosecute Colin Chisholm III and his wife Andrea for fraudulently collecting roughly $165,000 in welfare benefits from 2005 through 2012.
While living on a yacht in Florida, the couple collected food stamps and public aid from Minnesota. The couple has spent 28 months living on a $1.2 million yacht.
Although charges were filed in February, they remained sealed while police searched for the couple. The couple lied about living in Minnesota while they stayed in Florida. Colin Chisolm III was the CEO of a business and his wife bred and sold championship dogs. Over seven years, the couple deposited nearly $3 million into their bank accounts.
Seemingly, they forgot to report it to Minnesota officials. The article also reports they drove a $30,000 Lexus and collected welfare benefits in Florida.
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Para Determinar un Programa que Mejore la Instrucción del Español Oral en las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Chávez de Nuevo México
Date: August 1937
Creator: Fraser, Lewis E.
Description: This thesis...
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Leccioncitas Prácticas en Español Texto para Niños en la Escuela Primaria
Date: 1949
Creator: Uranga, Louis V.
Description: This group of lessons is intended to help the child who does not speak Spanish to learn the language. The text is based on the interests of a child; in his dramatic attempts; in his love of the beautiful and the natural. It is not entirely complete, but the author hopes that it serves to give an idea how these materials can be used.
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Las Novelas de Gregorio López y Fuentes
Date: 1951
Creator: Fulwider, James H.
Description: This thesis considers the novels of Gregorio Lopez Y Fuentes.
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La Poesía Lírica Colombiana
Date: August 1952
Creator: Orjuela, Héctor H.
Description: In this work, superficial to the extreme, it is my purpose to offer a review of the development of lyric poetry ("poesía lírica") in Colombia throughout its history. It is logical that because of the extent of the subject it is not possible to give a complete treatment of our political history, though I have tried not to leave out points of significance. The classification of authors and of poems, as well as the division of periods I have made arbitrarily, guided by my own criteria. Thus, I have the Romantic period divided into romanticism and post-romanticism, according to the dates generally regarded as the beginning and end of these two literary movements. In reality, romanticism only ended with the beginning of modernism, and one cannot therefore distinguish romantic poets from post-romantic poets. Due to the nature of this thesis, many poets--some of them well known--will not be mentioned. However, my intention is not to write a lyric anthology, but to reveal the spirit of Columbia through her poets and her poetry.
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Characterization in Ramón Pérez de Ayala's novels
Date: January 1958
Creator: Vaughn, Evelyn Ruth
Description: This thesis discusses characterization in Ramón Pérez de Ayala's novels.
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Max Aub as a Dramatist
Date: August 1962
Creator: Washington, Jessie Langston
Description: The purpose of this thesis is to make an intensive study of the dramatic works of Max Aub in order to determine his significance as a playwright.
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Elements of Tremendismo in the works of Carmen Laforet
Date: January 1964
Creator: Palmer, Joe Lerner
Description: The purpose of this thesis is to review and to analyze the part that tremendismo has played in the fiction of Carmen Laforet. To this end, each of her published volumes will be studied individually so that her relationship to tremendismo may be clearly seen in each of its various stages.
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Las Obras de Carlos Fuentes
Date: January 1966
Creator: Garcia, Lino, Jr.
Description: This thesis considers the novels of Carlos Fuentes from a thematic point of view, as well as looking at the place of the writer in Mexican narrative tradition. It also presents a brief history of the Mexican novel.
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The Sociological Aspects of Manuel Gálvez's Novels
Date: January 1966
Creator: Fulcher, Marverine Covington
Description: This thesis explores the themes in the novels of Manuel Gálvez. The summaries deal with a considerable portion of his work which may be generally classified as sociological novels.
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Enrique Pérez Eschrich
Date: January 1967
Creator: Tomassini, Juan B.
Description: No extensive study exists that covers the foundation of the dramatic works of Enrique Pérez Escrich, therefore we believe it will be a positive use of our efforts in this thesis to examine this aspect of his literary personality. We will divide his works between dramas and comedies, dedicating a chapter to each.
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Time for the other white meat: pork! I seasoned up some pork tenderloins with onion, pepper, paprika, garlic powder, and jerk seasoning. I actually was the griller this time and they turned out delicious!
Paired with applesauce with cinnamon and a side salad of organic greens with herbs, diced tomato, a sprinkle of mozzarella cheese, and a drizzle of Good Seasoning's Italian Dressing, this dinner made for the perfect summer meal.


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I have an interesting networking problem that I am trying to solve. I have two ISPs into my household. I have Verizon DSL, which I use as my primary connection to the internet. I also just got Time Warner Cable Video Gateway, which is essentially a cable modem which can only connect to twctv.com, so that one can use the TWC TV app. Both modems have their own DHCP server and broadcast on separate SSIDs. I am currently using the ethernet from the Verizon DSL modem and a wireless connection from the TWC cable modem. To connect to the TWC TV app, I have to disconnect my wired connection to Verizon DSL and enable my wireless connection to connect to the TWC wireless network.
Here are two scenarios that I considered. I am unsure of their feasibility or implementation, so that is why I am posting here.
Best case scenario: I would like to combine the two networks into one ethernet connection. I would set up some way in my router or switch so that all connections, except those to TWCTV.com are sent to my Verizon router and only connections to TWCTV.com are sent to the TWC Video Modem.
Other Scenario: I would like to have a wired connection to the Verizon DSL network and I would like to have a wireless connection to my cable modem. These connections would be simultaneous. All connections, except to those to TWCTV.com would be routed through my DSL and those to TWCTV.com would be routed over wireless.
Would any of those scenarios be possible?
Thanks in advance for all your help.


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Trigg Ison Fine Art hosts a wild evening sponsored by Whole Foods Market Beverly Hills to benefit In Defense of Animals, a non-profit animal rights group. The evening will include incredible hors d'oeuvres, wine tasting, silent auction, raffle and much more.
Attendees will include Jennifer Taylor (Two and a Half Men), Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter), Elaine Hendrix (Joan of Arcadia), Comedian ANT, David Dayan Fisher (NCIS), David Fralick (The Young and the Restless) Minter, Kristen (ER), Brandon McMillan (host of Animal Planet's Night), Kristin Bauer (True Blood), Tania Gunadi (Aaron Stone) and others toasting to a good cause.
The money raised will go to fund IDA's Chimpanzee rescue sanctuary, veterinary and spay-neuter clinics, and to help save abused and abandoned animals worldwide.
Founded in 1983 by veterinarian Dr. Elliot Katz, IDA's mission is to end animal exploitation, cruelty, and abuse by protecting and advocating for the rights, welfare, and habitats of animals of all kinds. Through their chimpanzee sanctuary in Cameroon, Africa, their veterinary clinics in Mumbai, India, and their 64-acre sanctuary for abused and abandoned animals in rural Mississippi, their work on behalf of animals spans the globe. IDA is involved in stopping the round up of wild mustangs as well as rescuing abandoned or neglected horses through sanctuary, Project Hope and their foster care program.
The event will be held Tuesday, March 30, from 6:30 – 9:30pm at Trigg Ison Fine Art, 511 N. Robertson Blvd., West Hollywood, CA. $30 tax deductible donation.
To get more information of how to become a member or help foster a horse in need, go to the In Defense of Animals website.


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Health & Pregnancy
Toxic Landfills May Boost Birth Defects
Jan. 24, 2002 -- Children born to mothers living near hazardous-waste landfills may face higher risk of many types of birth defects, including those involving DNA abnormalities.
Researchers from the U.K. previously reported a 33% increase in the risk of non-genetic birth defects among people living within a two-mile radius of one of 21 European hazardous-waste sites. Newly released findings suggest a similar increase in risk for defects that have DNA links, such as Down syndrome.
"This is only an initial study, and it doesn't tell us anything about what kind of chemicals were in these sites or whether people were directly exposed to them," lead author Martine Vrijheid, PhD, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, tells WebMD. "It is very hard to conclude anything definite from these studies. But they do suggest that there may be a very real public health concern."
The European study, which appears in the Jan. 26 issue of The Lancet, compared babies born to mothers living within about two miles of selected hazardous waste sites to the children of mothers living from about two to four miles from the sites. This type of comparison is just one step in figuring risk, says Kathy Skipper of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
"Generalized studies of hazardous-waste sites are probably of marginal utility, because each site has its own unique characteristics," says Skipper, who serves as chief of public affairs for ATSDR. "Those characteristics include things like the type of materials located in the sites and whether the landfill is built on bedrock or sand."
When evaluating the safety of a particular site, ATSDR's detectives first conduct a pathway analysis in an effort to determine how environmental contaminants might be endangering the health of a community, Skipper says. They measure the air, soil, and ground water and then try to establish links between contaminants and sickness.
Only two such contamination cases have been recognized by the agency over the last two decades. Both cases involved an excess of childhood cancers linked to toxic chemical contamination in ground water, and both made headlines.


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President Shimon Peres, during a meeting at his Jerusalem residence with the
leaders of the Catholic Church in Poland, congratulated the new Pope.
President Peres said, "The newly elected Pope represents devotion, the love
of God, the love of peace, a holy modesty and a new continent which is now
awakening. We need, more than ever, a spiritual leadership and not just a
political one. Where political leaders may divide, spiritual leaders may unite.
Unite around a vision, unite around values, unite around a faith that we can
make the world a better place to live. May the Lord Bless the new Pope."
President Peres invited the new Pope to visit Israel and said, "I would like
to take this opportunity to invite the newly elected Pope to pay a visit to the
Holy Land at the earliest possibility. He'll be a welcome guest in the Holy
Land, as a man of inspiration that can add to the attempt to bring peace in a
stormy area. All people here, without exception, without difference of religion
or nationality will welcome the newly elected Pope."
Addressing relations with the Vatican President Peres said, "The relations
between the Vatican and the Jewish people are now at their best in the last 2000
years and I hope they will grow in content and depths."
President Peres also spoke about the outgoing Pope and said, "I have much
respect for the resigned Pope, Benedict, I found him a dear friend of our
people, a profound thinker and he really contributed so much to bringing
together, historically and otherwise, the relations between the Catholic Church
and the Jewish people. I'm sure that the new Pope, Francis, will continue. He
will remind all of us , as a shepherd of our time, that the Lord loves the poor
not only the mighty, that the Lord calls us to peace not for hatred, that the
Lord calls us to serve each other, to build a world where people are together
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This week's installment concludes the story, with Smiley's trap for the mole being put into action very early on in the events. I won't spoil it by telling you who the mole turns out to be, as you'll find out quickly anyhow. For good or bad, it is close to the end of the Smiley character. George is an enigma, and quite the opposite of the Bond version of espionage. LeCarre described George Smiley as, "a short portly man of the most unimpressive type. A gait that doesn't inspire, part of the meek that shall inherrit nothing, certainly not the Earth." Several accomplished actors have played Smiley in the past, including Anthony Hopkins, David Niven, and now Gary Oldman besides Sir Alec Guiness. Guiness was the only one to deliver a portrayal described as iconic. That may not be fair however, as Guiness was the only one to get the chance in movies of sufficient length to fully explore the complexities of LeCarre's work.
Smiley continues on with the service after this episode and manages to reinvent a crippled MI6, rebuild the relationship with the Cousins, and eventually force the defection of Karla to the West. At the time that LeCarre wrote these novels, the Cold War was seen as something permanent, having been raging for a full 30 years, and would still rage for 15 more. In retrospect, when we see the eventual end of Smiley's participation, believing in the futility of the whole game, it seems fitting that it ended soon after George's departure. When the dust settled in the world of reality, the games played by the spies on both sides had little to do with the eventual outcome. In real life, the Soviet spies out did us at almost every turn, but the failure of their socioeconomic system could not support their own nation. That was the truth of the cold war. The Soviets lost due to their own ability to keep playing being destroyed by what they were.
Agent – A spy recruited by a foreign government to spy on their own country. This term should not be confused with a case officer, the intelligence service member who recruited and then handled the spy.
Babysitters – Bodyguards
Circus – MI6, the British intelligence service.
The Competition – MI5, British counter espionage service. Also referred to as the, "security mob."
The Cousins – The CIA or any American intelligence service.
Distress Rocket – An emergency signal to a logistical support structure that a crash meeting or other prearranged measures are necessary, often involving new identities and emergency legends.
Ferrets – Tech people who find and remove bugs, cameras, or an attempt to spy on the good guys.
Honey Trap – A sexual trap intended for black mail or murder.
Housekeepers – Internal auditors or accountants who are used to insure discipline within the service.
Inquisitors – Interrogators who debrief agents or defectors.
Janitors – Headquarters staff and guards of internal secure areas.
Lamplighters – Watchers, surveillance staff, couriers.
Legend – A false biography and accompanying documents for a covert operative, be they a control officer or a mole.
Mole – A recruited agent who does not begin spying on his target for a long period of time. Usually they have worked their way up through an organization until such time as a preset target has been reached, and then activated after a period of years. In, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," for instance, Gerald was recruited in 1955 and not activated until 1972.
Mothers – Secretaries, researchers, clerical staff, most trusted by case officers.
Nuts and Bolts – Logistical support.
Pavement Artists – Specialized surveillance teams who can follow without getting caught.
Priests – The Legislative overseers of MI6. (Intelligence oversight committees etc.)
Scalp hunters – Professional thugs, handling assassinations, bribery, break ins, beatings, kidnappings etc.
Shoemakers – Forgers, they provide false identities in the form of passports, drivers licenses, etc.
Wranglers – Intelligence analysts, cryptographers, the people who look at raw reports, documents, photos, etc., and pass on authenticity, meaning, scope, etc.


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More than 200 images of days gone by in Helena-West Helena and Phillips County are featured in the latest popular Images of America series simply titled, "Helena and Phillips County." Bill Branch and Paula Oliver, on behalf of the Delta Cultural Center penned the 128-page picture book. The book tells the history of this corner of the Delta primarily in photographs. The county's history dates back to the 1820s and was named after one of its earliest settlers, Sylvanus Phillips. The city of Helena, which eventually became the county seat, was officially incorporated in 1833. It quickly became a major economic and social center of this region. All sorts of mills, including lumber and cotton-oil, and railroads began to spring up in the area. These along with burgeoning river traffic contributed to a thriving economy. Several ethic groups, including African Americans, Chinese, Lebanese, Greek, Italian and others played created a diverse and unique society and culture. Located at what author Mark Twain describes as one of the most beautiful locations along the Mississippi River near the southern end of Crowley's Ridge, Helena's claim to history includes visits by explorer Hernando DeSoto and Father Jacques Marquette. It was also home to seven Confederate generals during the Civil War. Phillips County's rich Delta soil attracted many farmers that turned the forests into plantations with luxurious homes. Over the years, the county's economy has suffered a major decline in employment and population. Highlights of Helena and Phillips County include: • Photos of the development of the area's education system with images of past students. • The King Biscuit Blues Festival and other musical influences in Phillips County. • The early settling of the area and its growth as a result of its situation on the Mississippi River. The book officially goes on sale Monday, March 18 and will be available at area bookstores, independent retailers and online retailers. It is available directly from the publishing company Arcadia Publishing at (888) 313-2665 or online. About the authors Branch is the curator of the Delta Cultural Center and Oliver, a native of Helena, is the center's public information officer.
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March 15, 2014 | Vol. 95, No. 63
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WALKERS GATHER before the final Superior Snowshoe Walk of the season Wednesday at Wolverine Ski Trails in Ironwood Township.
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Eighty-five people took part in the last official snowshoe walk of the Superior Snowshoe Group under a beautiful moon at the Wolverine Ski Trails Wednesday.
"You could not have asked for a better evening," said Sam Davey, one of the event's organizers.
The last walk of the season was followed by a potluck, along with a cookout.
"Everyone brought some amazing food to pass around along with hamburgers, brats and hot dogs on the grill," Davey said. "No one went away hungry with all the great food and desserts."
There were also door prizes, a 50/50 raffle and a bonfire.
"The group would like to thank all the sponsors that make our snowshoe walks such a great success," Davey said. "Without them, it would not be what it is: Totally awesome."
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The banking industry uses a special type of character-recognition technology that can be seen at the bottom of most checks. It is known as MICR encoding, and it allows for these financial documents to be easily read when they arrive at the clearing house. MICR fonts work in a similar way to barcodes, with one distinctive difference. Unlike barcodes, which are a series of lines and dots, MICR fonts are easily readable by humans. Although it seems like a simple form of technology on the surface, there is actually a lot more than what meets the eye.
Understanding the history of how checks were processed can help you to recognize the need for automation. Prior to the mid 1040s, all checks were sorted and processed by hand. This was a very time consuming process, especially as the number of checks that cleared continued to increase. In the 50s, new standards were initiated to help bring the banking industry into a more uniform state. This included the development of the first MICR font (E13B). This font was later set as the standard by the American Bankers Association (ABA), and the first checks began to be printed in 1959.
MICR technology is not only used in the United States, there are many other counties that have adopted this technology as well, including the UK, Canada and Australia. (Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_ink_character_recognition). Another MICR font was also developed, the CMC-7 font, which was used in Italy, France and other European countries starting in 1957. Although the 2 different types of MICR fonts have the same objective, there are some differences between them. Here is an overview of their specifics.
E13B - This is the first MICR font and is widely used as the standard in most of the world. It was designed using a 0.013" grid, which is why it has the number 13 in the name. This font contains the decimal digits and additional symbols. The additional symbols are used to delimit the transaction amount, bank branch (routing number), customer account number and to separate parts of the numbers.
CMC-7 - The CMC-7 font is the latecomer, in comparison to the E13B MICR font. It is widely used as the standard in several European countries and was developed by Groupe Bull in 1957.
Although most countries have a standard, major lending institutions typically have both types of fonts available. Since they are printed, typically on a specialty printer, it is necessary to order the appropriate font kit to match the printer model.
One other thing that should be considered for MICR fonts and the printing of checks is security. Workplace security has become a hot-button issue in recent years. In fact, it is estimated that up to 75% of employees have stolen at work at least one time and up to half of them steal multiple times. (Source: http://www.hirepowerassociates.com/pdfs/StepOneSurveyII.pdf). Having the proper fonts and using other security equipment options can help to make this less likely to happen.
As the financial industry continues to grow and develop, it is difficult to know where it will land. The MICR font of today may just be history at some point in the future but for now, it is the standard by which we live.
Corey Rogan is the author of this article about different MICR fonts. Sources for this article can be found at http://www.troygroup.com/products/digital/index.aspx. Feel free to connect with him over at Google+.


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Since this column started two years ago to mark our 30th anniversary, it has been illuminating to look back to the early days of HCB and see how little has changed. Sure, there have been improvements in overall safety levels, there have of course been massive strides in IT – no email in those days, for one thing – and new products and designs rolling off the drawing board.
But looking at the January 1982 issue, the reader is struck immediately by how familiar editor Mike Corkhill's comments sound even today. As he wrote at the time:
Carriers lambast the shippers and their agents for submitting, on occasion, goods that are incorrectly declared, packaged and/or labelled. And if they transport goods by sea, these carriers often have unkind words for the port authorities who, they contend, impose unrealistic and archaic quantity restrictions on certain classes of dangerous goods on board ships transiting their ports.
So far, so familiar. But he went on:
On the other side of the coin, shippers say that too often their correctly documented, packaged and labelled goods are loaded by the carrier with scant regard for proper stowage and securing, not to mention segregation.
Ah well, maybe the next Amendment to the IMDG Code will help sort that one out. But wait, there's more:
And if that isn't enough, these various industry sectors are not above joining forces to censure the perpetrators of dangerous goods transport regulations and the lack of unison on that side of the fence. … industry often feels frustrated by the attitude of certain national competent authority staff who insist on doing everything by the book. They contend that these civil servants often do not remain in a department long enough to become familiar with the job.
There were other complaints too: that most of the work of the regulatory authorities is undertaken by a handful of committed countries; that the various modal authorities even within countries fail to communicate, resulting in different positions being taken on the same topic at different regulatory fora; and that 'junior' legislators are too keen to defer any decision they feel unable to make.
On the other hand, Mike said, "Despite the current cool economic climate [still sounds familiar], most companies remain firmly committed to further improving the sound safety record of dangerous goods transport."
Indeed, he concluded that the regulators and industry have "already produced the wherewithal to ensure the safe transport of hazardous cargoes". Those regulations have developed further in the 30 years since he wrote those words; that process has not been without argument and disagreement and the process continues still. Nevertheless, it is that dialectic process of argument that has provided the basis for regulatory improvement. The friction at the modal interface is one way that regulations move forward and we should not be frightened of it – merely be aware.
And all of that is just as true today as it was in January 1982.