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reminds me of the classical economist (pre-keynesians) vs. the keynesians.
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reminds me of the classical economist (pre-keynesians) vs. the keynesians.
You hit it.
Overpayment of premiums results in a MEC.
Or, if the insurance carrier is forcing money out of the policy through force-outs and you are not accepting them.
If a policy does become a MEC you lose...
Nope nothing wrong at all with that.
I don't presume you live on harbor island or davis island?
was it through a savings and loan?
Some of you may have life insurance policies or you have family member that have life insurance policies.
Just a friendly reminder to all those out to check with your insurance agents to make sure...
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All I want to hear is that this guy is gonna hike rates to the point that housing prices tumble so then I can actually buy a house around here, write...
I believe JP Morgan makes the distinction at $250M.
Most people would argue that the definition of a qualified(accredited) investor satisfies the definition. $1,000,000 liquid net worth, annual...
Comparing Google to Berkshire Hathaways is ludicrous.
Do i think google will split - why should they? What's the purpose of a split. The NYSE and NASDAQ aren't set up like the FTSE where stock...
grades don't mean crap. Look at me... Schools don't either, I know a lot of people from Wharton that are idiots, harvard too.
Each and every single time we get into a debate and they lose, they...
Future Cashflows...
What good is using past EBITDA if you just signed on a new client, or if your main product is still in the growth phase of the product cycle.
it's gambling if you buy at a whim.
it isn't gambling if the company is going to be bought up by another company...
or has a new innovation that will become mainstream.
refco the only other 5 letter word that scares the bejezuz out of anyone in the securities world.
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I highly doubt that. Assuming they plan on staying employed. He's pretty much viewed as a clown by the Street. ....and his record isnt great.
It gets tricky here.
1. It benefits you to convert from traditional to Roth if you don't need to dip into the account to pay the taxes. IE, you pay the taxes out of pocket.
2. As for what tax rate...
since it's play money and no-one will take my absurd stock picks and apply it to their own money.
i invested in a small independent film company - up 25% in 3 days. Clue 1 : they are coming up with...
Who mAkes the Microprocessors for the new macs to be releaseD soon?
3 questions.
1. You can buy stock at 15% under market price and you are allowed to sell it immediately? Congratulations you have found an arbitrage opportunity. You have for all intent and purpose...
rolling the money from a 401k to a an ira-rollover involves no tax burden.
going from IRA to Roth IRA is where there is a tax burden.
Author of the Roaring 2000s.
Advisor to Van Kampen funds, has his own fund. Father of demographic analysis, etc.
Anyway I met him last night, interesting guy. Amazing public speaker. He's teamed up...
It's so over the top.
i like the way that he used to be a finance guy, very analytical looking at future cash flows and projections, now he has taken a dramatic turn.
some of the stocks that he...


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The Higher Power of Lucky
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Publication Date: December 30, 2008
Lucky, age ten, can't wait another day. The meanness gland in her heart and the crevices full of questions in her brain make running away from Hard Pan, California (population 43), the rock-bottom only choice she has.
It's all Brigitte's fault -- for wanting to go back to France. Guardians are supposed to stay put and look after girls in their care! Instead Lucky is sure that she'll be abandoned to some orphanage in Los Angeles where her beloved dog, HMS Beagle, won't be allowed. She'll have to lose her friends Miles, who lives on cookies, and Lincoln, future U.S. president (maybe) and member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers. Just as bad, she'll have to give up eavesdropping on twelve-step anonymous programs where the interesting talk is all about Higher Powers. Lucky needs her own -- and quick.
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These days it seems everyone is either talking, texting, or browsing the web using their iphone, Blackberry, or other smartphone.
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Beverly Selby tells us, "I had a heart attack!"
The Colorado Springs mother has five cell phones connected to a family plan.
She says, "There was a $500 charge and it was too late to do anything about it and I wasn't warned."
The FCC identified "bill shock" as a big problem last year and came up with a solution, getting all cell major cell phone providers to agree to alert customers by text or call that they're about to go over their minutes when it comes to voice, text, data or international roaming.
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So, with DD I was SO bad about remembering to write down everything, but I did post about every single thing she was doing on facebook and took loads and loads of pictures. My idea was I was going to make scrapbooks, so I didnt need to keep a baby book. HAHAHA. That was before life happened, tragedy happened, and twins happened....
Well, my parents have really been on my ass about not writing every.single.thing that the babies are doing down.
When I got to thinking about it, I thought I did want to keep baby books for the twins, just so I wont confuse memories in my head about which baby did which thing. Well, then I thought it wasnt really fair to keep books for the twins without DD having one. Long story short, I bought three books- one for each kid.
There is SO much in a baby book that you are supposed to fill outs it happens, because
you are supposed to describe how you feel. I cant keep up!
Does anyone else keep baby books? If so, do you fill them out at the time or do you go back and fill them out later?
Holly and David
Adaline (3/20/10), and Charlie (1/26/12- 4/10/12) and our identical twins Callie and Wendy (01/04/13)
SIDS happens.
I try to get to it about once a month. I read through the whole thing and made mental notes of what needs to go in them and when I know something happened that's supposed to go in there, I send my parents an email. They write every day 4-5 times anyway asking what's new, so if he grew a tooth or took a step, I just write them and I can search the exact date later when I go to fill out the book.
I have a blank diary that I keep for each of my children that I write things down in....little notes, when they rolled over, something cute they said, what I was feeling on a certain day. It eliminates the pressure of making sure everything gets filled out (even the silly things that I wouldn't necessarily do (e.g. the one I was given had a page to fill out "gifts"....who gave them and what it was. Something I wasn't worried about including).
Mama to F (3/09) and S (3/11); and never forgetting my babe gone too soon (4/10).
Thanks guys! I think that once a month thing is a good idea, and Im going to try that. Maybe I can do it on the 4th of every month, which is the day they turn "X" amount of months (they were born on Jan 4)..
Mamazee, I cant see it presenting a problem, other than if I didnt keep one my children may grow up and think I didnt care enough to write their stuff down or something. My mom kept a baby book for all of us, except my youngest sister and I remember her holding a lot of resentment that we all had one and she didnt. I also remember it being such a treat to get it out and go through it and look at stuff like my first lock of hair, etc.
I wonder how social media is going to change the tradition of people keeping all of their kids information in one spot...
Holly and David
Adaline (3/20/10), and Charlie (1/26/12- 4/10/12) and our identical twins Callie and Wendy (01/04/13)
SIDS happens.
I keep notes on my phone to remind me. I always have my phone with me so it's easy to just jot down the date and "first smile" etc.
I have also just bought them beautiful boxes to keep things which won't fit in the books like the cards we were sent when they were born etc
Mother of two spectacular girls, born mid-2010 and late 2012
Yes, I have a baby book for each kidlet. I have to say, though, I love filling out any sort of form -- even filling out new patient paperwork at the doctor is super fun for me. So to have a whole book to fill in about something I actually care about? Is heaven for me.
I keep the baby book in the kitchen.
I LOVE it!! Now that it's been over a year, I'm getting to see what we did each day last year as I go through the cards to jot down what we're doing this year. The kids like getting to hear what we did on this day last year -- it's fun to read it just before dinner, and then talk about other details we remember from that day. And this would be a super compact, easy way to keep track of all a baby's milestones too.
As Asiago said, I keep this in the kitchen, so it's simple to just grab it and jot down a quick note every night before bed.
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I have a dedicated server.its specifications are as follows Intel xeon processor 2GH x 2, 3GB Ram, 500 GB Hard disk drive. I am using SQL server 2008 r2 express as database The website is developed in Visual studio 2010. The server will also serve database to vb.net applications within the firewall. Is it enough. Since i'am using sql server express edition however it will only consume 1 GB of ram. But for other operations is it enough. I'am not expecting much traffic on my website. i am using windows server 2003 as OS on my server. Also should I upgrade to Windows server 2008.
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You tell me. I have a car, it has 2 seats, one steering wheel and four wheels. Is it good enough?
This is not meant sarcastic. The MOST critical part for database performance mostly is disc performance. You tell you ahve a 500gb hard disc - that is slow. Now whether this is good enough or not depends on what you do. "database driven site" is anything from my personal blog (hardly any readers) to twitter that uses a cluster of servers.
In general it is a not slow but outdated server with pathetic little RAM (3gb IS low for a server, especially given the price of RAM - I am just buying 32gb for a could of hundred USD) and a slow disc. If it is good enough it is good enough. If not it is not. Chances are it IS good enough, but that is all tending around your "I am not expecting much traffic" statement. Without stupid (and I mean utterly stupid) programming it should suffice. Example for stupid programming: we once had a forum where we showed the number of registered users at the bottom of every page. Due to - ah - programmer blackout - we pulled the hole user table every time and counted in memory. On every page.Switching that to (a) a count statement in SQL and (b) using a stored value refreshed once every 15 seconds, async, separate from page refresh. The the whole page load went after some time from SECONDS (2digits) to instant. DO not do stupid things like that and you should be fine.
The moment you are not fine anymore you may want to replace the disc with an SSD ;)
Upgrading to 2008 is always good. You really want to work on outdated tech? You also should make sure you run 64 bit - in case you ever put some real ram in you can just access it.


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Arizona Cardinals
Wide receiver Anquan Boldin should be able to return to the lineup, but don't expect him to play the entire game Sunday against Carolina. Boldin, who suffered a fractured sinus membrane against the Jets in Week 4, practiced all week. The Cardinals will be short at tight end. Leonard Pope hasn't practiced recently and his foot remains in a boot. He's listed as questionable. Backup Ben Patrick did a little bit on his sore knee Friday. He's questionable. Defensive end Travis LaBoy is also questionable. He has a groin injury and was able to do only limited work Friday.
Atlanta Falcons
Four Falcons are listed as questionable, but they all have chances of playing against Philadelphia. The biggest question is rookie left tackle Sam Baker (hip). He was able to do limited work Friday, enhancing his chances of playing. Cornerback Brent Grimes is questionable (knee). He grew up in the Philadelphia area and is angling to play. Cornerback David Irons is questionable with an Achilles injury, but there is a good chance he will be deactivated. Defensive tackle Grady Jackson is questionable with a knee injury but is expected to play.
Baltimore Ravens
The Ravens added wide receiver Mark Clayton to the injury report as questionable Friday because of a thigh injury. Wide receiver Demetrius Williams (ankle) is questionable and wide receiver Yamon Figurs (knee) is doubtful for Sunday's game against Oakland. Wide receiver Derrick Mason was sick this week, but he was fine Friday and will play. Safety Dawan Landry (neck), cornerback Samari Rolle (back) and offensive tackle Adam Terry (knee) are out. Cornerback Chris McAlister (knee) didn't practice Friday and is questionable. Safety Ed Reed (hamstring) is questionable, but he practiced Friday.
Buffalo Bills
The defense is expected to be without two key players, defensive end Aaron Schobel (foot) and cornerback Ashton Youboty (foot), who haven't practiced all week. Youboty is listed as questionable, but don't expect him to play. Cornerback Terrence McGee returns to the lineup after missing a couple of games with a knee injury. He practiced all week. Dick Jauron said it would be a game-time decision for McGee, but McGee is expected to play. The offensive line also has major questions. Offensive lineman Brad Butler missed his third consecutive day of practice because of a knee injury and was ruled out. Center Melvin Fowler was limited in Friday's practice because of an elbow injury and is questionable. Duke Preston took most of the snaps with the first team and is expected to start.
Carolina Panthers
The offensive line must continue to operate without two starters: center Ryan Kalil (ankle) and right tackle Jeff Otah (ankle). They didn't practice all week and are listed as doubtful for Sunday's game against Arizona. Don't expect them to play. Wide receiver D.J. Hackett had a full practice Friday, but the team lists him as questionable with a knee injury. He could be available. Linebacker Thomas Davis is probable with a shoulder injury and will play.
Cincinnati Bengals
Ruled out for Sunday's game against Houston are quarterback Carson Palmer (elbow) and wide receiver Andre Caldwell (foot). The Bengals placed fullback Reagan Maui'a (chest) on injured reserve and replaced him on the roster with linebacker-defensive end Eric Henderson, who was on the practice squad. Cornerback Jamar Fletcher (hamstring), linebacker Corey Mays (ankle), tight end Ben Utecht (chest) and wide receiver Jerome Simpson (elbow) are listed as doubtful. Tight end Nate Lawrie is questionable with a back injury, but he has a chance to play.
Cleveland Browns
The Browns must wait until game time Sunday against Jacksonville to see if safety Mike Adams (hamstring) and defensive end Corey Williams (shoulder) will be able to play. Both are listed as questionable. Adams has less of a chance of playing than Williams, who has a better than 50-50 chance of playing. Defensive lineman Shaun Smith was ruled out with a broken hand. Right tackle Ryan Tucker (knee) and linebacker Shantee Orr (foot) are doubtful and didn't practice this week. They won't play. Tight end Steve Heiden is probable with a pectoral strain, but he will start because Kellen Winslow was suspended for the game by the team.
Dallas Cowboys
Quarterback Tony Romo won't play in Sunday's game against Tampa Bay because of his broken pinkie. Also ruled out are cornerback Terence Newman (abdomen), guard Kyle Kosier (foot), halfback Felix Jones (hamstring) and linebacker Anthony Spencer (hamstring). Linebacker Kevin Burnett will play despite his calf injury. Wade Phillips said Friday morning that safety Patrick Watkins is back and will play after being out with a sore neck.
Detroit Lions
Safety Dwight Smith will miss the Redskins game Sunday because of a foot injury. Linebacker Jordon Dizon (hamstring) and tight end Michael Gaines (knee) haven't practiced recently and may not be able to play. The Lions have three defensive tackles on the injury report, but they all practiced Friday. Shaun Cody (elbow), Chuck Darby (calf) and Cory Redding (knee) are banged up. Of the three, Darby might be the one who plays the least.
Houston Texans
The Texans ruled out wide receiver Andre Davis (finger surgery) and safety Dominique Barber (hamstring) for Sunday's game against the Bengals. Defensive end Mario Williams (shoulder) is probable and will start.
Indianapolis Colts
The Colts are expected to be down four players for the Monday night game against the Titans. Safety Bob Sanders (knee), cornerback Kelvin Hayden (knee), wide receiver Roy Hall (knee) and halfback Joseph Addai (hamstring) are expected to miss the game. Addai has been practicing on a limited basis but the team doesn't want to rush his comeback from the slight hamstring tear. Cornerback Marlin Jackson (shoulder) and defensive tackle Daniel Muir (illness) are expected to be available. Tight end Jacob Tamme was added to the injury list as questionable Friday with a sore knee. Officially, the only Colt ruled out Friday was Hall, but Sanders, Hayden and Addai aren't expected to play.
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jaguars have a simple injury list. Wide receiver Mike Walker is out with a knee injury. Defensive tackles John Henderson (hamstring) and Rob Meier (knee) and guard Tutan Reyes (knee) are probable and will play.
Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs listed punter Dustin Colquitt as questionable because of a groin injury. He didn't practice Friday, so there is a good chance Steve Weatherford, who was claimed on waivers Wednesday, will handle the punting. He's the only player on the injury list. Running back Larry Johnson will be inactive.
Miami Dolphins
The Dolphins lost cornerback Mike Lehan for the season by placing him on the injured reserve list with a hamstring injury. They signed cornerback Joey Thomas to replace him.
New England Patriots
The already thin Patriots backfield should be even thinner with the growing expectation halfbacks Sammy Morris (knee) and LaMont Jordan (foot) aren't going to play. Both players missed most of the practices this week. Right tackle Nick Kaczur (ankle), defensive end Jarvis Green (ankle) and linebacker Eric Alexander (calf) returned to practice Friday and have a chance to play. All three were doubtful last week. Linebacker Shawn Crable (shin) and cornerback Lewis Sanders (hamstring) missed practice all week, and their statuses are in question.
Morris, Jordan, Sanders, Alexander and Crable are listed as doubtful. Kaczur and Green are listed as questionable.
New Orleans Saints
Tight end Jeremy Shockey apparently survived the scar tissue tears that he endured during last Sunday's game against the Panthers. He's practiced most of the week and is listed as probable for Sunday's game against the Chargers in London. Center Jonathan Goodwin is doubtful with a knee injury and will probably miss the game. Defensive tackle Brian Young is questionable with a sore knee, but the fact he didn't practice Friday could indicate he's not playing. Young is also bothered by a sore foot. Defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis will return to the starting lineup after missing three games because of a knee surgery. Running back Reggie Bush is out because of knee surgery.
New York Giants
The only Giant who won't play Sunday against the Steelers is linebacker Gerris Wilkinson, who was ruled out for his second consecutive game because of a knee injury. Middle linebacker Antonio Pierce will start at middle linebacker. Wide receiver Plaxico Burress practiced Friday despite a sore shoulder and neck. He's probable and will start against his former Steelers teammates. Left tackle David Diehl is also probable and will play despite a sore back.
New York Jets
Don't rule out wide receiver Laveranues Coles, who has to be cleared to play for Sunday's game against the Chiefs despite a concussion. The Jets are usually conservative in regard to concussions. For example, there is a good chance safety Eric Smith won't play. He has a concussion and is questionable. Coles wants to play so the team will have to wait until game time see if he can go. The Jets list Coles as probable. Tight end Bubba Franks is expected to join kicker Mike Nugent (thigh) on the sideline and not play. Franks is listed as doubtful. Right tackle Damien Woody is expected to play despite a calf injury. He's questionable. Tight end Chris Baker (back), guard Brandon Moore (foot) and wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery (shoulder) are all expected to play. Woody is listed as questionable.
Oakland Raiders
The biggest questions are defensive end Derrick Burgess (triceps) and linebacker Jon Alston (foot), who aren't expected to play. They haven't practiced all week. Of the two, Burgess is the least likely to play. Both players are listed as doubtful. Nose tackle Gerard Warren missed practice early in the week because of an ankle injury, but he has been fine the past couple of days. Running back Darren McFadden is on the injury report because of a toe injury but he's fine. Warren and McFadden are officially listed as questionable. The Raiders added quarterback Andrew Walter as questionable with a calf injury.
Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles have a simple injury list. Guard Shawn Andrews is out at least six weeks after back surgery. Halfback Brian Westbrook used the bye week to recover from his fractured ribs and will start. Wide receiver Reggie Brown is questionable with a groin injury. The Eagles aren't trying to rush Brown. Coach Andy Reid said there hasn't been a setback in Brown's recovery. If he plays, he will be a backup behind DeSean Jackson and Kevin Curtis, who is coming back from sports hernia surgery.
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Steelers deactivated wide receiver Santonio Holmes for Sunday's game against the Giants because of the distraction caused after he was stopped Thursday and marijuana was found in his car. Coach Mike Tomlin announced the decision Friday without saying whether Holmes is being suspended or fined. He was told not to report to the sideline but to report to work Monday. Halfback Willie Parker missed Friday's practice because of a knee injury and is expected to miss the game. He's listed as doubtful. Cornerback Bryant McFadden (forearm) and linebacker Keyaron Fox (back) have been ruled out. Left tackle Marvel Smith (back) has been ruled out and will be replaced by Max Starks. Defensive end Aaron Smith is questionable because of some personal issues.
San Diego Chargers
Cornerback Antonio Cromartie missed a second day of practice Friday in London and is questionable for Sunday's game against the Saints. He's bothered by a groin injury. There is a chance wide receiver Chris Chambers (ankle) and linebacker Jyles Tucker (hamstring) could be available. They have taken part in their most extensive practice work in weeks. They are listed as questionable and coach Norv Turner will make a game-time decision whether they will play. Wide receiver Craig Davis is out with a groin injury.
San Francisco 49ers
Interim coach Mike Singletary scratched right tackle Jonas Jennings (shoulder), safety Dashon Goldson (knee) and defensive end Ray McDonald (knee) for Sunday's game against the Seahawks. Five other players who missed practice this week are probable and will be available: safety Michael Lewis (knee), wide receiver Josh Morgan (groin), safety Mark Roman (groin), kick returner Allen Rossum (groin) and cornerback Nate Clements (ribs).
Seattle Seahawks
Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck (knee and back) and tight end Will Heller (knee) haven't practiced all week and have been ruled out for Sunday's game against the 49ers. Wide receiver Koren Robinson is expected to play despite a knee injury. Wide receiver Deion Branch won't play because of a heel injury. He didn't practice Friday. Guard Floyd Womack was ill earlier this week, but he will be able to play.
St. Louis Rams
Halfback Steven Jackson did his most extensive work in Friday's practice, but is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Patriots. There is a better than 50 percent chance he will play. Defensive tackle Adam Carriker (ankle) will be a game-time decision. He's bothered by a sore ankle and is questionable. Wide receiver Drew Bennett (foot) is out. Cornerback Tye Hill (knee) is questionable but he probably won't play. Safety Todd Johnson (kidney) has been ruled out. Wide receiver Derek Stanley (concussion) is questionable even though he has been practicing the past couple of days.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
There is a chance wide receiver Joey Galloway could help out the banged-up wide receiving corps even though he probably won't start. Wide receiver Ike Hilliard is going to make the trip to Dallas, but he's questionable with a concussion. On Wednesday, he still had headaches. Hilliard practiced Friday so he does have a chance to play. Expect Michael Clayton and Antonio Bryant to start at wide receiver. Fullback B.J. Askew (hamstring) and wide receiver Maurice Stovall (hamstring) probably won't play. They are listed as questionable. Halfback Warrick Dunn was able to have a full practice Friday despite a sore back. He should be available. Dunn and Hilliard are listed as questionable.
Tennessee Titans
The Titans have a bunch of question marks heading into the Monday night game against the Colts. Wide receiver Justin McCareins hasn't practiced all week because of a hamstring injury. He's questionable. Wide receiver Justin Gage is questionable with a knee injury, but he has practiced all week. He should be able to play. Defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch did some running on the side Friday. He's questionable with a groin injury. Linebacker Colin Allred is questionable with a groin injury. Cornerback Nick Harper was added to the injury report Friday with a sore knee, but he should be able to play.
Washington Redskins
The Redskins expect to have four players miss Sunday's game against the Lions: cornerback Shawn Springs (calf), defensive tackle Cornelius Griffin (shoulder), wide receiver Malcolm Kelly (knee) and halfback Ladell Betts (knee). Cornerback Fred Smoot bounced back from a groin injury and is expected to play. Defensive end Jason Taylor (calf), safety Chris Horton (ankle) and halfback Clinton Portis (hip) practiced Friday and will play. Coach Jim Zorn said Taylor will have a procedure done Monday to drain fluid from Taylor's left calf.
John Clayton, a recipient of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's McCann Award for distinguished reporting, is a senior writer for ESPN.com.


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HOUSTON (AP) - The Texans needed a win over Baltimore to enter their bye with the AFC's best record.
The lopsided victory not only gave them that, it clearly separated them from the second-place Ravens and the rest of the conference.
Still, the Texans (6-1) know they can't be too impressed with what they've accomplished so far.
Star receiver Andre Johnson says: "You can't look at the big picture because when you get too far ahead of yourself, that's when bad things happen."
But with a dominant defense allowing the second fewest points in the AFC coupled with the second-highest scoring offense in the conference, they've become the team to beat in the AFC.


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A 52-year-old Jennings County man died in a three-vehicle wreck Thursday afternoon at U.S. 50 and State Road 750 west of North Vernon — an intersection that has drawn complaints since opening this past winter.
Gregory E. Green of North Vernon was pronounced dead at the scene of the wreck at U.S. 50 and State Road 750 by Jennings County Coroner Gene Rudicel, according to a news release from Indiana State Police Trooper Matt Holley.
Green was a pharmacist at Bevers Family Pharmacy on West Second Street in downtown Seymour.
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Stepaniak and colleagues present compelling evidence that OR efficiency can be improved using 2 simple methods. First, they clustered similar types of surgical cases on the same day. For example, they grouped all inguinal hernia repairs on one day and all laparoscopic cholecystectomies on another. Of the 2 methods, this one is most likely to be under control of the surgeon. Thus, we could all use this strategy, at least to some extent, to improve our efficiency starting today.
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You're Not Here I mixed media with Polaroid emulsion transfers 49 x 32 inches 1994
On Christmas Eve 1991, my husband was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. He was not a smoker. In eight months, he went from a man who jogged, wind-surfed, skied, and loved life to a man who couldn't walk, didn't want to eat and had trouble communicating. I was his primary caregiver until his death at home on September 10, 1992.
Unanswered questions, anger, grief, loneliness, what to do about everything -- this is what I was occupied with. I also had more time, and -- after not having painted since college -- I began to paint again. And because I was so raw and my thoughts on loss were so constant, I began what has turned into a series titled "You're Not Here." This series has helped me to express my feelings and, I hope, to make other people think about loss, time, and emotions.
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This painting portrays a disfigured x-ray and my anger concerning the treatment my husband received from his first doctor, who did not diagnose his lung cancer. To say this changed my whole life would be an understatement.
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Personalized learning isn't a Bedford County idea; it's the way the world is now operating.
Check out most college and university academic programs and you will find students being offered, and many compelled, to take online courses as part of their studies. Many students opt to spend their entire college career in an online program. Even the smallest colleges are utilizing this type of learning model.
Although we're still hearing a lot of fussing and fuming from Republican Party leaders about Donald Trump, I think they are going to come to terms with the fact that, like it or not, he is going to be their party's nominee for president. They will grudgingly begin to support him as the only alternative will be Hillary Clinton getting elected. That would be dreadful.
When you or your loved one suffers from a medical emergency, it is Virginia's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel who are relied upon to respond quickly to the call for help and provide quality prehospital care. Last year, EMS providers responded to just over 1.4 million calls for help in Virginia, approximately 3,879 incidents per day.
Change in old guard
From the Bower Center renovation, to tax abatement and economic development programs, to Bedford Main Street, we have definitely seen a change in the old guard that once prevented Bedford from flourishing.
By Congressman Robert Hurt
Did you ever have any old records or CDs that just got stuck after a while? When it comes to the United States' dealings with Iran, it seems like the record is stuck on repeat. Hardly a week goes by without another news story about Iran's questionable actions on the global stage. The Iran Nuclear Agreement was a bad deal from the start, and one that I firmly opposed. Now, several months into its implementation, it's easier than ever to see the flaws in this half-baked policy.
By Clay Chastain
Is Bedford ever going to get serious about a comprehensive and sustained revival of downtown? And, couldn't Bedford use a few more jobs and a bit more prosperity courtesy of a bustling downtown?
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Analysts: Apple could sell 600,000 iPad 2s during debut weekendAnalysts predict Apple could sell as many as 600,000 units of the iPad 2 during its debut weekend, a figure nearly twice the amount of the original iPad launch.
Analyst Brian Marshall of Gleacher & Co. sees Apple selling more than a half-million in unit sales on its way to outselling the original iPad, according to Bloomberg. By way of comparison, Apple sold 300,000 units of the first-generation iPad in its first 24 hours of availability last April.
Tim Bajarin, an analyst at Creative Strategies, also believes sales of the iPad 2 could top 500,000 this weekend. Apple has such a huge lead, said Bajarin. Competitors are going to be chasing Apple for many years.
According to the report, analysts from Romand & Renshaw and Piper Jaffray & Co. also expect the iPad 2 to outsell its predecessor. Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray predicts Apple will sell 5.5 million units of the iPad 2 in its launch quarter, handily beating the 3.27 million iPads the company sold during the original iPad's debut quarter last year.
Online orders for Apple's faster, thinner and lighter iPad 2 begin at 1:00 a.m. PT, 4:00 a.m. ET on Friday. Brick-and-mortar sales of the tablet start at 5:00 p.m at all 236 U.S. Apple retail stores and at more than 10,000 retail stores from retail partners Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Verizon and AT&T.
Early reviews of the iPad 2 have praised Apple for improvements made to the device that make it thinner and lighter, while preserving battery life and maintaining aggressive pricing.
On Topic: iPad
- More expensive iPad Pro helps boost Apple Q3 revenues despite lower unit sales
- First photos of alleged 'iPad Pro 2' surface in China
- Apple hit with lawsuit targeting AppleCare+ refurbished devices
- Despite 9% growth, Microsoft Surface sales remain stuck at around 1M units
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Another recipe from the internet, it's said to be one fantastic green smoothie! Zaar does not recognize one of the FIVE ingredients to be included in this recipe, so here it is -- One Aloe Vera leaf, filleted!
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- 2 bananas, frozen
- 1 orange, large, peeled (leave white pith on!)
- 1 cup orange juice, fresh (more if needed)
- 2 cups baby spinach leaves
- Put all ingredients in blender & puree at high speed.
- Pour into 2 tall glasses & enjoy!
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Yes, Sydney Mike! A winner. I look for good sales on bags of navel oranges, and keep a bag of peeled chunks in the freezer (along with nanner chunks, peeled when they've begun to freckle) so that I can always make one of these when the mood hits. And what a terrific use for the last of a bag of spinach. The mood hit about five minutes ago, and I'm sipping one as I type this! (And thanks, JanuaryBride, for the idea of turning them into popsicles! We're expecting our first grandDilettant(e) this summer, and I've begun a file of Sneaky Vegetable recipes---this goes in, for sure!)
Yummy, I just made this! What a great way to get your iron and Vitamin C!
I made this exactly as written, but the smoothie was a bit too thick so I added a bit of ice water to the blender mixture. As with most fruit smoothies, you can't really taste the spinach in this drink. This was the perfect way to use up some of my salad leftovers and oranges. Tip: Chilling the oranges in the fridge beforehand and using frozen bananas, makes for an icy smoothie without having to use ice cubes.
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this was great! You could not even detect the spinach leaves. I also added more orange juice than called for and I added in blueberries. Devine!


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Child Safety: School Bus Still Best
Using Seats for Safety
A key safety concept in full-sized school buses is called "compartmentalization." The thickly padded bench seats are spaced close together and have high backs, creating a compartment that protects passengers in a collision.
The NHTSA contends that compartmentalization alone is adequate crash protection, and that to mandate seat belts in addition would be messing with success. Seat belts, officials say, limit the number of kids who can squeeze into a bus seat. That might mean some schools would have to buy more buses, or else tell kids to find another way to school. "You're going to require that these displaced students use much riskier transportation modes," Bolton says, referring to the relatively low rate of deaths in school bus crashes.
"That's a position that we ascribe to as an industry," says Mike Martin, executive director of the National Association for Pupil Transportation. "We try to follow [NHTSA's] guidance whenever we can."
The American Academy of Pediatrics, however, wants to see three-point safety belts in every school bus, a position it has held since 1996. "We are still in favor of that," says Denise Dowd, MD, a member of the academy's Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention and chief of the section of injury prevention at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
Dowd says too little is known about injuries to conclude that buses are safe enough without seat belts. "There's not any good tracking system or accumulation of data for nonfatal injuries that you can tie directly to school buses," she tells WebMD.
What's more, compartmentalization is designed primarily to protect passengers in head-on or rear-end collisions. What happens if, for example, a bus tips over?
In October 2005 such an accident occurred in the rural community of Plainfield, N.H. A bus taking kids home from school ran off the shoulder of a narrow, winding dirt road and flipped on its side. None of the 28 children on board was injured. All but one were wearing seat belts.
It's easy to imagine how unrestrained kids on the high side of the overturned bus could have been hurt, or could have injured others, by tumbling out of their seats. But no one knows for sure, because this kind of accident hasn't been studied. "There's a lot of evidence that's lacking," Dowd says.
According to Superintendent Russell Collins, Plainfield school buses have been equipped with lap belts for more than a decade. But in a sparsely populated district, where the bus stops for most students at their own driveways, school administrators haven't had to weigh safety vs. reduced passenger capacity. "That issue has never come up," Collins says.
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When No One Dying Is Bad
'Torchwood: Miracle Day,' Starz, Friday
Starz continues to chase HBO and Showtime, this time with science fiction and special effects in a 10-part series based on a BBC drama about the fictional Torchwood Institute of alien hunters, a spinoff of its popular "Doctor Who"
series. In "Torchwood: Miracle Day," people all over the world stop dying, the human race quickly overpopulates and natural resources become scarce. C.I.A. agent Rex Matheson (Mekhi Phifer) investigates. The search to save the human race from itself leads agents to the shadowy British institute. Starz's original-series ambitions continue in spite of the cancellation of last season's "Camelot."
An Enthusiasm for Sugar
'No Sugar Tonight,' Steppenwolf
Theatre Company, Chicago, starts Wednesday
Jeff Garlin, the sloppy sidekick from "Curb Your Enthusiasm," explores his addiction to sweets in this one-man show that has him comparing his love of sugar to a heroin habit. Life in the XL-size category and his quest to lose weight have been regular parts of the Chicago native's comic persona. When he performed the piece in London last month, a critic described audience members shouting their favorite "Curb" moments and Mr. Garlin responding with memories of the foods he ate before each scene.. "Curb" kicks off its eighth and last season Sunday on HBO.
The Women of China
'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan,' July 15, New York, other selected cities
"Only through pain will you find beauty," says a mother following her daughter's foot-binding in "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan," based on the novel by Lisa See. This cross-generational love story, directed by Wayne Wang
of "The Joy Luck Club," focuses on two pairs of laotong—unrelated women who become "sworn sisters for life": Snow Flower and Lily, living in 19th- century China, and the contemporary Nina and Sophia, a Louboutin-loving businesswoman and a free-spirited writer who after a big fight are brought together under tragic circumstances.


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(AP) A five-month-old mixed breed puppy is recovering at the Animal Medical Center after someone shot an arrow through its body.
In less than a week, two dogs have been shot and taken to the Anniston Veterinary Clinic.
Angela Hammond found the puppy on the side of the road in the White Plains area of Calhoun County.
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Auto Makers Ramp Up Production as Beijing Tries To Cool Its Hot Economy
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Despite official efforts to ease China's blistering expansion, foreign auto makers are investing billions of dollars in new factory production in a race for a slice of the world's fastest-growing major auto market.
The Chinese government has been taking steps to cool the country's overheated economy in various sectors, including auto manufacturing. With projected car-making capacity scheduled to outstrip demand by the middle of the decade, auto companies ranging from Volkswagen AG to General Motors Corp. GM 1.77 % and Hyundai Motor Co. are effectively gambling that Beijing can engineer a soft landing.
At the same time, the auto makers' additional investments are complicating Beijing's efforts to cool its economy, which include steps to tighten investment and credit. By pumping out more and more vehicles, the companies are stoking Chinese consumers' infatuation with the automobile. But with so much at stake for China in terms of jobs related to the burgeoning auto industry, the government is treading a fine line between trying to streamline growth and not clamping down too hard. Getting the car business right could be critical to China's overall efforts to get its economy right in the next few years.
Already, the pace of growth in overall vehicle sales is cooling rapidly. Total sales grew 36% last year to about 4.5 million vehicles -- still steamy, but down from an estimated 80% growth pace in 2002.
Gluts have proved inevitable in a range of other Chinese industries, from washing machines to mobile phones, and price wars have bloodied foreign and Chinese competitors.
Major auto makers, however, show no signs of slowing their expansion plans in China, and indeed some big players are accelerating their China strategies. China is the world's third-largest auto market after Japan and the U.S. By 2025, GM expects China could overtake the U.S. as the world's largest car market.
China: Growing Pains
Other stories included in the Journal's series examining China's growing pains and how its leaders are tackling them.
- Changes Are Reshaping China
- Culture Shifting at China Banks
- China Reshapes Finance Realm
- Small Banks: A Success Story Sours
Related Resources
Car Wars: See an interactive timeline of global car makers' rush to build plants in China.
Fueling Asia: See a graphic on what China's thirst for oil means for world-wide prices.
Detroit-based GM, the world's No. 1 auto maker, announced Monday that its array of Chinese ventures will invest more than $3 billion over the next three years to more than double capacity to 1.3 million vehicles, about 435,000 vehicles more than the company indicated in statements last year, said GM China Chairman Phil Murtaugh. GM also detailed plans to launch its Cadillac brand in China. (See related article)
"It's only going to be a matter of time before 1.3 million isn't enough," Mr. Murtaugh said. GM's goal, he said, is eventually to take leadership in China from Volkswagen, which has been in China since the mid-1980s and claims one-third of the China passenger-car market. VW will fight back hard, having previously announced its own $7 billion factory expansion.
The frenzied auto buying reflects monumental change unfolding in China's cities. The average resident earns a little more than $1,000 a year, but the country is quickly developing an upper class that splashes out for Mercedes or BMWs and a middle class able to save for a VW Santana under $10,000.
Industry executives are starting to predict that the jostling among the big global car makers in China's crowded market will precipitate a shakeout, driving consolidation among smaller players and winnowing out the less competitive.
"A China shock could be a very good opportunity for healthy players in the long term," says Koo Young Key, general manager of the China team at Hyundai Motor. The South Korean company, looking to China to help it vault into the ranks of the world's biggest auto makers, recently expanded capacity at a joint venture with Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. that manufactures passenger vehicles, namely the Sonata. By 2010, Hyundai and its sister firm, Kia Motors Corp., want to sell one million vehicles a year in China and hope to capture a 20% market share -- more than double GM's share in the country now.
The jockeying also is intense among companies that have come late to China. On Saturday, Italian sports-car maker Ferrari-Maserati Group, a unit of Fiat SpA, attracted hundreds of people to watch a parade of its models through downtown Shanghai, and toasted the opening of a showroom at a crowded reception. Ford Motor Co., a latecomer to China, is looking to expand its offerings in China, potentially adding its Volvo brand to its Ford-brand offerings. Germany's DaimlerChrysler AG is looking to broaden its foothold in the car and commercial-vehicle markets.
Altogether, auto makers are planning to boost capacity in China to about seven million passenger cars a year by 2009. But sales of passenger cars, excluding commercial vehicles, will likely increase to about 5.2 million vehicles annually, says Yale Zhang, director of emerging-markets forecasting for CSM Worldwide, a consulting firm. "The gap is there," Mr. Zhang said.
That gap is raising doubts as to whether car makers can smoothly downshift if the economy begins to slow. At the end of April, China's 13 biggest car makers were sitting on unsold stock valued at about 14.2 billion yuan, or about ($1.72 billion), a 28% jump from a year earlier, according to figures from the State Council.
Mr. Murtaugh dismissed concerns that the auto industry is heading for trouble. During a presentation to reporters in advance of the Beijing Motor Show, he forecast that by next year, China could displace Japan as the No. 2 vehicle market in the world. Assuming the car market settles at an 8% annual growth rate after 2005 -- essentially matching forecast gross-domestic-product growth -- Mr. Murtaugh projected that auto makers will sell 10 million vehicles, including passenger cars and commercial vehicles, in China by the end of the decade.
Meanwhile, China is torn between grappling with ways to cool its economy -- including trying to streamline the auto sector -- and not quashing an industry that has become fundamental to that economy. For every job created in China's auto sector, seven more appeared elsewhere in the economy, according to a study by the Development Research Center. The think tank under China's State Council, or cabinet, also found that China's auto industry accounted for about 1.5 percentage points of growth last year when China's economy expanded by more than 9%.
"You can see the government won't curb the auto sector because car consumption can be so effective in stimulating the economy," says CSM Worldwide's Mr. Zhang. "Provinces aren't putting up new barriers to the industry; they are eliminating them."
This month, China's State Council announced an auto policy aimed at shrinking an industry with 120 or so auto factories. The policy will impose investment and approval requirements and take other steps to buttress the biggest state-run companies.
The reaction among auto makers to the new policy has been cautious, but mostly positive. Likewise, it appears that car makers are prepared to risk some short-term bumps in order to capitalize on what they see as China's enormous long-term potential.
— Gordon Fairclough in Seoul, South Korea, contributed to this article.
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Total automotive-vehicle sales in China grew 36% last year to 4.5 million vehicles, about the same rate of growth as in the previous year. Chinese sales of passenger vehicles alone grew about 80% last year. Total vehicle sales growth is expected to moderate this year to 26%, according to J.D. Power & Associates, a California market-research firm. This article incorrectly said the growth rate of total vehicle sales slowed last year to 36% from 80% a year earlier.


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Skip to comments.Everyone Hates the Cap-and-Trade Bill [Greenpeace just came out in opposition to the massive....]
Posted on 06/26/2009 8:31:59 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Everyone Hates the Cap-and-Trade Bill
Greenpeace just came out in opposition to the massive, 1,200-page bill the House is considering today. I say 1,200 pages, but it may have expanded to 1,500 overnight, as there's a rumor than 300 pages of amendments were added around 2 a.m.
Conservatives quickly took to Twitter to laud Greenpeace, which is opposing the bill for entirely different reasons than the Right, but nonetheless.
Thus, the cap-and-trade bill solved global warming for free, before even being passed, because Hell hath officially frozen over.
The House has been slugging it out all morning on the floor over this monstrosity. After their moment of silence for Michael Jackson, they'll be back to it. Americans for Prosperity has a target list for voters to call, and activists on Twitter have been referring followers to the Congressional switchboard.
President Obama himself called fence-sitters yesterday, but the winds do not feel favorable for Pelosi's giant, sweeping overhaul of the energy economy. If the bill narrowly passes, as was predicted yesterday, it's likely to make life difficult for a bunch of Blue Dog Democrats in 2010.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
Oooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo! The transparency is blinding me!!!!!!!!!!!
I heard that not a single Republican was going to vote Yes on this idiocy.
Yea I heard around various blogs, this dog isnt going to hunt. That 20 vote margin of defeat is growing as all but the hardcore leftists 150 members are wavering. I think its 70/30 it fails in a solid defeat.
Liberal rags with articles against cap-and-trade:
Cap-and-Trade Does More Harm than Good
Legislation Gnomes
Cap and Trade in the Dark?
Creating a Pollution Casino:
Why the Energy Bill May End Up a Boon for Our Dirtiest Industries
Why we cannot support this bill
Environmentalists raise concerns about cap and trade
.... feel free to add to my list if you find others
Greenpeace hates it because it only spends $2 Trillion to save the whales?
Only because Greenpeace wants a carbon tax. The saying should be expanded to say "The enemy of my enemy is a friend until that guy is dead and then I will shank him in the kidney before he can refocus on me."
I wonder why Greenpeace opposes it.
Oooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo! The transparency is blinding me!!!!!!!!!!!
Joseph Goebels (sp) would be proud of Hussein 0bama's propaganda machine, which includes the State Run Media.
"Since the Waxman-Markey bill left the Energy and Commerce committee, yet another fleet of industry lobbysists has weakened the bill even more, and further widened the gap between what Waxman-Markey does and what science demands. As a result, Greenpeace opposes this bill in its current form. ..." More
But I want to (maybe, possibly, if I wish real hard) lower global temperatures by two tenths of a degree by 2100.
This sucker's gonna pass, according to the Hill correspondents C-SPAN has been interviewing.
You've got to be kidding !
"After their moment of silence for Michael Jackson, they'll be back to it."
Seems the far left 'groups' are sending a message to the empty suit.
He's not listening.
It's congress, stupid.
Also remember: "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
Greed wins...Congress is into only handing out bread and water to the masses now, after WE pay for it, of course.
Does it matter if it passes? The left holds all the chairs and will simply have each department implement it via policy.
"as there's a rumor than 300 pages of amendments were added around 2 a.m. "
According to Republicans on C-SPAN today, the amendment (200+ additional pages) was delivered at 3:09 AM this morning.
This doesn't need to be rushed, it needs to be SLOOOWED DOWN!
Live C-SPAN discussion thread at:
Ok, that makes sense then. Evidently there is something in the bill to make EVERYONE mad.
I wouldn't insult our Canine-American friends by comparing them to the sewer in Washington.
What we have in the House is a collection of sewer rats!
not harsh enough....
They should call this turd the "Congressional Personal Interest Enrichment Act"
"I wonder why Greenpeace opposes it."
It does not go far enough. it only rolls back CO2 a little, from GP's point of view. It should reduce CO2 about 10 times more for them to be happy.
Plus, the bill still allows for some choice, and corporations can still profit.
"Everyone Hates the Cap-and-Trade Bill"
Everyone, that is, except those enemies and traitors in Congress.
And yet again.... I hear NO REPUBS on TV speaking AGAINST this and explaining the CONSERVATIVE view on the fictional Global Warming.
That's true too. But then again, mostly the propaganda machine is too busy talking about Michael Jackson. They love the mindless distractions to push their tripe thru the treasonous halls of Congress.
Gawd, I hope you're right.
Well acording to Rush we may just lose this in the last 2 minutes of the 4th qtr. Like Mark Levin says, can we stop all this Blue Dog Democrat crap and go after anyone with D after their name with the same vigor. Pelosi thinks we are chumps with this Lucy and the football scam here. Watch the Dow crash 500pts Monday by close. Hey union coal miners in Pa, Ohio..Hope and Change baby! Hope you like dealing with the Obama administration Save our Home program as you have to choose between groceries and the mortgage payment on your house. I guess like my kids, the country has to learn a lesson the hard way.
They probably think it is too weak.
Here a new plan they might like:
Get rid of all non-solar transportation.
Make non-solar electrical generation illegal.
Ban windmills because a birdie might get hurt.
Ban the non-solar heating of homes and businesses.
Ban batteries because they contain dangerous chemicals.
Feel free to add your own.
Thus, the cap-and-trade bill solved global warming for free, before even being passed, because Hell hath officially frozen over... If the bill narrowly passes, as was predicted yesterday, it's likely to make life difficult for a bunch of Blue Dog Democrats in 2010.
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I have a folder that I keep all my downloads in for the month. I would like to be able to hit a key combination and have all the downloads for that month deleted. Would that be at all possible? The key combination can be anything. Here's where I keep all my downloads if needed.
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adopting the Silver Fern as the national flag because they
identify with it more than the Southern Cross, a leader for a
republican movement claims.
Flag campaigner Lewis Holden said New Zealand needed a flag
that Kiwis connected with and related to, rather than one
which gets confused with the Australian flag.
"It's important that we talk about this on our national
holiday, these issues of symbolism. Because it is actually
quite important, feeling like you're part of something," he
Mr Holden, chairman of the Republican Movement of Aotearoa
New Zealand, was involved in the 2005 campaign to hold a
referendum for a new flag.
The petition attracted about 100,000 of the 270,000
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London, very few people actually had New Zealand flags - they
were all draped in Silver Ferns or Southern Crosses."
Labour spokesman for Arts, Culture & Heritage, Charles
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said the Government needed to address the issue.
"We should be able to openly debate who we are as New
Zealanders, as a Pacific nation, but also one filled with
many other cultures."
Mr Chauvel's bill, which is waiting to be drawn, seeks to
create a commission which must spend 18 months seeking public
input on the status of the national flag.
The commission would be appointed by the Prime Minister after
consulting all parliamentary leaders.
As part of its functions, it would hold a nationwide
competition for new flag designs, ranking the three that best
reflect national identity, aspirations, culture and heritage.
It also advocates flying the current flag at occasions within
New Zealand, but to use the new flag overseas.
Mr Chauvel said it was time to address the national identity.
In a 2010 Herald survey of 18 of the 22 members of the Order
of New Zealand, 11 believed it was time for a new flag. Five
opposed a change, one was unsure and one was unwilling to
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In the process of skin tracking of video, Skin color model often can't get expect affection in some environment. This paper brings out double-models based on analysis of color space and traditional skin color models. Using the interaction of two models, We can adjust their parameters which can adapt to the environment. The skin color modeling include two steps. First it is stat stylebooks' parameters. and Second is dynamic parameters' adjustment. This paper chooses ellipse clustering model and SGM as basic models and YCbCr color space to describe the pixels. We use the minimum outer rectangle to get ellipse clustering model's static parameters, and use the Fisher threshold rules to compute the SGM's chromaticity diagram. When adjust the dynamic parameters, we look on the result of these two models recognition based on static parameters as some stylebooks. From the result of experiment, double-models have the advantages of strong robust and can boost the segmentation efficiency.


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BLUF: Athletic right-hander that oozes projection and risk but owns a number two ceiling.
The Player: Joe Ross (RHP, San Diego Padres) – The Padres first-round pick that received a $2.75 million signing bonus in 2011. He pitched just one inning after signing and then struggled in six starts with Low-A Fort Wayne before a bout with shoulder tendinitis and a demotion to the Northwest League. Posted a 2.03 ERA in the NWL after his injury, allowing just 16 hits in 26.2 innings and striking out 28 batters.
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Body (6-3, 185): Long, lean and projectable body. Extremely athletic. Great frame to start from and build. Plus-plus body.
Delivery/Mechanics: Easy, smooth arm action; the ball just jumps out of his hand. Footwork and approach to balance point are not consistent and keep him from commanding the ball. Good extension on the follow through with good balance at the finish. Potential for picturesque delivery but needs work with consistency. Has to find what works for him.
Fastball (FB) Velocity (Wind-up): High – 96, Low – 90, Average 92-93, Grade – 60/70
Fastball (FB) Velocity (Stretch): High – 96, Low 91, Average 92-93, Grade – 60/70
Fastball (FB) Movement: Jumps out of his hand and has plus life that can deceive hitters. No consistent sink or cut but could develop that as feel improves. Natural life is at least average. Grade – 50/50
Overall Fastball: Really promising pitch; potentially dominating. Has velo projection thanks to easy arm action, extreme athleticism and projectable frame. Combination of velo and life could push pitch to plus-plus range down the line. Fastball will be feature pitch throughout career. Grade – 60/70
Slider (SL): Showed progress in 2012. Tight spin and sharp bite at times. When on, SL shows two-plane break with good tilt. Can miss bats but it lacks consistency. Shows confidence in pitch and will throw regularly. Mechanical inconsistencies work against pitch. Fringy pitch right now with plus potential as mechanics get ironed out. Grade – 40/60
Change-up (CH): Needs work. Well below-average pitch but has average potential long term. Has plenty of arm speed on FB but slows arm on CH, rather than trusting his trip to gain velo separation. Could be quality pitch that plays off electric FB but has two-grade jump to make it to average level. Tough to see average without an initial step forward first. Grade – 30/40
Control: Typically throws strikes but can lose delivery and release point, causing him to lose the strike zone. Generally average control now with projection because of how the arm works and his overall athleticism. Just kind of throws it toward the plate without regard for where it's going. Needs to mature as a pitcher before control profile will really step forward. Grade – 50/60
Command: Command is a long way off because of crudeness and inconsistencies. Has command projection with athleticism and arm action. Tough to project better than average given how raw he is right now. Future scores could make a jump down the line. Grade – 30/50
Summation: Extremely crude and in need of significant development. FB is tremendous pitch with projection remaining. Great natural life. Can miss bats with FB and could have plus-plus velo at physical peak. SL flashes plus and has potential to really take a step forward as mechanics are cleaned up. Good two-plane breaker that could pair with FB to pile up plenty of strikeouts. CH is hard to see right now but he will occasionally show some feel for the pitch; mostly when he trusts the grip and lets it fly with his plus-plus arm speed. CH could see biggest developmental gains over the next two years. Control and command have projection because of athleticism and general looseness of arm. Needs big steps and must evolve past being a thrower. Flashes raw ingredients to be a number two starter.
Relative Risk: High. Enormous risk profile with tons of development required.
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After uploading my Kohana project to my Godaddy server, I noticed my standard .htaccess file wasn't working sufficiently to provide the clean URLs. After some guidance, I ended up with the following rule:
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This got my nice-URLs working again, but today I find out that it may be breaking my internal search-engine, which also uses GET-style variables:
The values aren't being found by the scripts. They are on my development-server which doesn't have the modified RewriteRule, but not on the Godaddy server which does use the RewriteRule.
Am I right in assuming that rule is breaking any scripts ability to read from $_GET, and if so how can I remedy this?


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This is a couple of quite familiar stories, which the author acknowledges, but they are presented in a contemporary and fresh way by a very competent company of actors and an adequate set. There is a nice mixture of humor, pathos and action. Perhaps the only criticism is that it is a tad too long, but it is a fun evening, worth supporting.