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SAN JOSE -- In a landmark ruling that could help shape city budgets around the state, a judge invalidated key parts of San Jose's voter-approved pension cuts but upheld other elements that could still save huge taxpayer costs.
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Patricia Lucas' tentative decision released Monday prohibits the city from forcing current employees to contribute significantly more toward their pensions, as called for in last year's Measure B. But the ruling allows the city to cut employees' salaries to offset its increasing pension costs.
That left each side claiming victory, even as both expected to appeal.
"It guts Measure B," said Ben Field, executive officer for the South Bay Labor Council. "Her decision affirms what we've been saying all along: The city cannot break its promises to its employees and its retirees."
But Mayor Chuck Reed, who championed the measure, argued the city got much of what it wanted, saying officials will be able to implement the pay cuts to get the savings they expect, roughly $68 million a year, or 7 percent of the city's annual budget.
"I think we'll get very close to what we had hoped for," Reed said.
The case stemmed from the unions' lawsuit filed a day after 70 percent of San Jose voters approved Measure B in June 2012.
The measure comes at a time when cities throughout California and around the country are grappling with soaring costs for guaranteed pensions that have been disappearing in private employment. Several cities, such as Stockton, San Bernardino and Detroit, have filed for bankruptcy in part because of growing pension costs and have been unable to legally roll back pension promises they can no longer afford.
Reed is now working on an initiative that he argues would allow California governments to negotiate changes in their employees' future pension earnings.
The fate of pension reform is likely to factor in next year's races to replace the termed-out Reed, as five of his council allies running for the post seek to defend the reform while a union-backed challenger, Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese, is against it.
San Jose, like many cities, in recent years saw its bills for employee retirement costs balloon after it handed out enhanced retirement plans in the past 15 years, allowing police officers to retire at age 50 with six-figure pensions, for instance.
Measure B called for existing employees, from cops to firefighters to bureaucrats, to pay 16 percent more toward their pensions to help cover some $3 billion in debt accumulated in the underfunded plans. Lucas ruled that invalid, arguing the city had long held itself solely responsible for such "unfunded liabilities" in the plan, creating a "vested right" for employees to have the city cover those debts.
But the judge also upheld a section of Measure B that allows city officials to obtain the savings by cutting workers' pay if the extra pension contributions were invalidated. Reed said city leaders will spend the next few months working out how to make the pay cuts before July 1 when they were to go into effect, saying the voters passed a measure to reduce employee costs and would want those changes carried out.
"It would be much better if we could deal directly with the skyrocketing (pension) costs, but there are limited things that we can do," Reed said. "The judge said all you can do is cut their pay."
City leaders may find it difficult to go through with the pay cuts, however. The City Council earlier this month approved 10 percent pay raises for cops, after police officers began fleeing the department for better-paying cities. The cop exodus has coincided with a huge increase in crime, above the California and national averages, while arrests have dropped in half in recent years.
Sgt. Jim Unland, president of the Police Officers Association, vowed to take the city to court if officials try to slash employee pay, saying the cuts need to be approved by the unions at the bargaining table.
Overall, the city won the right to enforce 10 of the 15 disputed elements of its pension reform plan. Those include allowing only medical experts to determine which employees are granted disability retirement, changing the definition of disabled employees to only those who cannot work and granting the right to stop bonus pension checks to retired workers when the retirement fund does better than expected.
But in the unions' favor, the judge also ruled San Jose can't suspend annual 3 percent "cost-of-living" pension raises for retirees even if city leaders declare a "fiscal emergency."
The rulings only impact the contracts for current workers. Measure B changes that forced new hires to pay more for their pension and other benefits were not challenged in court and are already taking place.
After the appeal, Reed expects the issue to ultimately be decided in the California Supreme Court.
Contact Mike Rosenberg at 408-920-5705. Follow him at twitter.com/RosenbergMerc.


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Thane Harrison Sadowski, infant son of Nathan and Emily Gott Sadowski, was born Sunday, March 10, 2013, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, and passed away Monday, March 11, 2013, at East Tennessee Children's Hospital in Knoxville.
Thane is preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Daniel Sadowski.
In addition to his parents, Thane is survived by his half-sister, Sierra Sadowski; his grandparents, Gloria Sadowski, and Nancy and Edgar Gott; and by several aunts, uncles and loving family friends.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday March 16, 2013, in the chapel of First United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge with the Rev. Stella Roberts officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested memorial gifts be sent to East Tennessee Children's Hospital or Methodist Medical Center.
Online messages to the family may be left at www.martinfuneralhomeoakridge.com. Martin Oak Ridge Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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EBC lecture to explore shifting economics and globalization
John Guiseppe, instructor in economics at Penn State Berks, and a panel of six students will discuss the shifting economy and the role of globalization at the upcoming Engineering, Business, and Computing (EBC) Division Research Interest Group lecture on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, at 1 p.m. in room 5 of the Luerssen Building. This event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.
The presentation titled "Shift Happens: Creativity, Imagination, Exponential Change, and the Role of Education," explores the trends in the rapidly changing world of economic and cultural globalization, as well as implications, goals, and objectives in American education at various levels.
The EBC Research Interest Group features Penn State Berks faculty and visiting experts who conduct research on a wide variety of topics. Topics are of broad and general interest and are accessible to the non-expert.
For more information, contact either of the co-chairs for the EBC Research Interest Group: Dr. Jui-Chi Huang, assistant professor of economics, at email@example.com; or Dr. Ada Leung, assistant professor of marketing, at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
How It Is Done
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test is usually done by an MRI technologist. The pictures are usually interpreted by a radiologist. But some other types of doctors can also interpret an MRI scan.
You will need to remove all metal objects (such as hearing aids, dentures, jewelry, watches, and hairpins) from your body because these objects may be attracted to the powerful magnet used for the test.
You will need to take off all or most of your clothes, depending on which area is examined (you may be allowed to keep on your underwear if it is not in the way). You will be given a gown to use during the test. If you are allowed to keep some of your clothes on, you should empty your pockets of any coins and cards (such as credit cards or ATM cards) with scanner strips on them because the MRI magnet may erase the information on the cards.
During the test, you usually lie on your back on a table that is part of the MRI scanner. Your head, chest, and arms may be held with straps to help you remain still. The table will slide into the space that contains the magnet. A device called a coil may be placed over or wrapped around the area to be scanned. A special belt strap may be used to sense your breathing or heartbeat. This triggers the machine to take the scan at the right time.
Some people feel nervous (claustrophobic) inside the MRI magnet. If this keeps you from lying still, you can be given a medicine (sedative) to help you relax. Some MRI machines (called open MRI) are now made so that the magnet does not enclose your entire body. Open MRI machines may be helpful if you are claustrophobic, but they are not available everywhere. The pictures from an open MRI may not be as good as those from a standard MRI machine .
Inside the scanner you will hear a fan and feel air moving. You may also hear tapping or snapping noises as the MRI scans are taken. You may be given earplugs or headphones with music to reduce the noise. It is very important to hold completely still while the scan is being done. You may be asked to hold your breath for short periods of time.
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CUR(EAT): Michael O'Malley
CUR(EAT): Michael O'Malley
"The oven project serves as an artistic gesture aimed at re-considering the built environment . Using a workshop format to teach oven building and bread making, the piece offers participants an opportunity to learn and reshape their social and physical environments." - Artist Michael O'Malley
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Saturday, August 3, 1 - 4 pm
The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts is proud to present the first part of a two-part exhibition with artist Michael O'Malley's installation of a mobile wood-fired oven sculpture in the Constance S. and Robert J. Hennessy Project Space as part of CUR(EAT). An exhibition of socially engaged artworks that combine learning and ritual with the sensory experience of taste in the creative and curatorial process, CUR(EAT) invites visitors to observe and participate in O'Malley's social sculpture. In addition to building the oven in the gallery and allowing visitors to observe and share in his construction process as part of the DCCA's educational programming around CUR(EAT), O'Malley will also offer dough-making workshops and the opportunity for visitors to learn about ovens and to bake their own bread.
O'Malley's artistic emphasis on basic materials such as bricks and mortar recalls the significance that Minimalist artists of the 1960s and 70s placed on the reduction of art to its necessary elements. O'Malley also highlights the idea that sculptural objects can be generative models for meaningful work and collective cultural involvement. In 1960, the American artist Mierle Ukeles declared, "My working will be the work." Her focus on the act of cleaning and interacting with the sanitation service workers of New York City underscored issues of class and gender in the United States. While Ukeles focused on the value of traditional women's and blue-collar work, O'Malley combines a whole systems approach to his social and labor-intensive sculptural process—from growing and harvesting wheat to building ovens and baking bread—demonstrating the way many contemporary artists seek to reconcile disparities between art and life and nature and culture in their work. O'Malley's comprehensive creative process is an aesthetic form that confronts urgent environmental, social, economic demands.
Michael O'Malley was born in South Bend, Indiana, grew up in Northern California, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles and the Catskills of New York. He studied ceramics as an undergraduate at Alfred University in New York and while earning a Masters of Fine Arts from Stanford University, focused on large-scale installations that altered perceptual and social situations of the body. O'Malley has since engaged the aesthetics and conventions that shape the built environment, and his latest work explores ideas of community, social, and sustainable artistic practice. He is Associate Professor of Art at Pomona College, in Claremont, California.


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As much as he wanted to play some shows for his upcoming self-titled solo album, AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry has decided it's not going to happen, according to Launch Radio Networks. Perry told Launch that with AEROSMITH planning a tour and live album for the fall, there just isn't enough time to do his own thing: "I still need some time off before we hit the road with AEROSMITH, which is gonna be sometime in the last week of September, first week of October," he said. "There's gonna be a live album that's gonna come out around the same time. So that's right around the corner, and I didn't want to spend the next month-and-a-half or two months on a tour bus, only to turn around and start it up again — 'cause when AEROSMITH goes out again, it's gonna be for a while."It's possible that Perry could do a couple of "high profile" shows in New York City in conjunction with the album release, but that hasn't been confirmed. "Joe Perry" comes out May 3.
Upcoming AEROSMITH Plans Force JOE PERRY To Drop Solo Tour Idea
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Wednesday, 03/14/2012
Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Set 1: Horizon Line, Voices, Sailin' Shoes, Emotional Railroad > Meat > You Don't Mess Around with Jim[1], Dig Further Down, Don't Do It, River Niger -> Idea
[1] Mike Gordon debut.
Notes: This single-set performance took place in Max Hall and was part of the "Jam in the Dam VI" which also featured moe., Dark Star Orchestra, Lotus and Keller Williams. "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" (Jim Croce) was a Mike Gordon debut.
Musicians: Mike Gordon, Scott Murawski, Craig Myers, Tom Cleary, Todd Isler


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Watch WETA TV26 & HD this Saturday, September 6 for a classic feature film and two Independent Lens documentaries related to Hispanic Heritage Month.
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) airs Saturday at 9:30pmThis is a romanticized account of the notoriously violent bank robbing couple an
d their gang from the 1930s. Excited by Clyde Barrow's outlaw demeanor, Bonnie Parker joins him in a crime spree across multiple towns. Soon the pair joins Clyde's brother Buck and his wife Blanche in a bank robbery. Will they get away with the heist? How long can they pull off this lifestyle? This movie is packed with drama, action, adventure, and romance. Starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Gene Hackman. This film won the 1968 Oscars for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Estelle Parsons and Best Cinematography: Burnett Guffey. Also watch Sunday at 11:30am!
Independent Lens: Las Marthas airs Saturday at 11:30pmIn the lingering aftermath of the U.S.-Mexican War, the border town of Laredo, Texas created an annual debutante ball unlike any other. Las Marthas follows two Mexican American girls carrying this gilded tradition on their shoulders during a time of economic uncertainty and tension over immigration.
Independent Lens: The State of Arizona airs Sunday 12:30amThe turbulent battle over illegal immigration in Arizona that came to a head with Senate Bill 1070 frames this riveting documentary tracking multiple perspectives — activists, politicians, Latino immigrants, controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio, ranchers, and others — as America eyes the results.
Watch free movies without commercials on your TV this Saturday. Get a load of our jam packed Fall Movie Festival November 10, a feature film and FOUR documentaries on WETA TV26 and WETA HD.
The Art of Risk-Taking
Jumping out of an airplane, sampling frog's legs, or buying a lottery ticket all mean incurring some risk. A skydiver discovering mid-air that his parachute is defective may be a rare situation, but suffering a minor allergic reaction to an exotic food happens more often. In life, we're faced with both itty-bitty risks and all-or-nothing risks. This Saturday night, don't do anything dicey. Stay in the comfort and safety of your own home and live vicariously through risk taker after risk taker in a line-up of movies on WETA TV26 and HD that make you hold your breath—without taking any real risks.
Love's Risk
You never know who you'll meet on the bus. Fate strikes when two bus riders' lives coincidentally intertwine, proving that every personal encounter has a purpose. When the recently returned World War II veteran Paul strikes up a conversation with Victoria, he learns that she is pregnant out of wedlock and terrified that her traditionalist Mexican father will kill her upon her homecoming from graduate school. So Paul offers to play the role of Victoria's husband and Victoria accepts. Victoria's family believes the couple's announcement but the new son-in-law's social standing infuriates Victoria's father. The initial plan takes an unexpected turn when the family invites Paul to stay on the vineyard and assist with the annual grape harvest. The events that follow will convince you of the magic of fate. With family tradition, love, and hate all conflicting, you have the perfect elements to start off a Saturday night movie festival!
Watch A Walk in the Clouds (1995) Saturday November 10 at 9:30pm on WETA TV26 or WETA HD.
Risk for Reward
Though the classroom's filled with women from a colorful assortment of countries, their similarities outweigh their differences. Many stopped attending school at age ten, either because of the taboo of female education or because work took priority. All of the students have families back home, and all are mothers or grandmothers--a class requirement. Most of the students have never before left their village, let alone their
country. Many are also illiterate. These 27 disenfranchised women hail from four continents and make up a class of competitively selected candidates whose training at The Barefoot College in India will empower them to become solar engineers. Yes, solar engineers. In six months time, these women will return home with the ability, confidence, and skill to bring solar electricity to their villages. Learn more about the making of Solar Mamas from producer Mette Heide in this Independent Lens online exclusive!
Solar Mamas follows the journey of one particular Barefoot College class, shedding light (no pun intended) on the natural energy crisis and the challenges rural women face worldwide.
Watch Independent Lens: Solar Mamas Saturday, November 10 at 11:15pm on WETA TV26 or WETA HD.
Risking Life and Limb
The prospect of $20,000 and college tuition assistance in exchange for serving in the Michigan National Guard just one weekend a month seemed too good to pass up for a group of nine long-time friends who were fresh out of high school in rural Michigan. And it was…as most things that seem too good to be true usually are. Soon, they would all be deployed on a tour to Afghanistan, where they would search for roadside bombs with their explosives unit. After nine fearfull and uncertain months, nothing could prepare the once carefree "boys" for the obstacles they would endure upon returning home.
Where Soldiers Come From follows the lives of three of these men over the course of four years, from their basic training, to their deployment, and ultimately, to their tumultuous return home. The film illustrates the transformation of these happy-go-lucky teenagers into hardened and emotionally-scarred men. The film also paints a poignant portrait of the far-reaching effects of a far-away war, while touching upon politics, class, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Check out this powerful map of Veterans in the United States from POV Where Soldiers Come From.
Watch POV: Where Soldiers Come From Saturday, November 10 at 12:30am on WETA TV26 or WETA HD.
Risk on the Behalf of Others
On-call at all hours of the day and night, they rush to their "office" when the familiar phone call comes. A price could never be put on the free and generous service they provide with their smiles, hugs, and words of encouragement for men and women in uniform. At Bangor International Airport in Maine, a pack of senior citizens has made history by greeting and seeing off nearly one million American troops who are on their way to and from Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Way We Get By tells a moving story about growing old, finding purpose, and living life to the fullest. The film looks at three of the senior volunteers, as they deal with the inevitable effects of aging and find their reason to continue living. One volunteer must cope with a cancer diagnosis, while another must cope with the deployments of beloved family members. Meanwhile, one volunteer explains the group's goal very succinctly: "Make a soldier smile before he goes over." The parallels between the gray-haired volunteers and soldiers passing through the plane terminal reveal the film's central message: It is through service to others we find our purpose. Watch or read this POV interview with The Way We Get By filmmaker Aron Gaudet.
Watch POV: The Way We Get By on Saturday, November 10 at 2:00am on WETA TV26 or WETA HD.
Risking it all for a Dream
"We miss the shot, we get shot."
For wildly successful filmmakers László Kovács and Vilmos Zsigmond, such a statement was not far from the truth in their native Hungary. Maybe it was luck and their innate talent that led to their success in the film industry, or maybe it was the day-to-day struggle of surviving in Hungary's hostile environment that taught them to fight. Whatever the case, that success certainly did not mushroom overnight. No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos honors the pair, all the while telling their story from struggle to triumph.
László and Vilmos quickly became friends back in film school, but little did they know that their friendship would thrive for decades to come and withstand as much as it did. During the Hungarian Revolution, the two fled for America, camera and film in tow. Remarkably, they managed to avoid ever getting caught and filmed many of the horrific scenes involved in their escape. Finding work was no easy feat, and for ten years they admirably kept their dreams alive by working on low-budget films. Their "big breaks" came in due time, and once Hollywood recognized their talent as Directors of Photography, America swooned. Thanks to their grit and persistence, László and Vilmos have changed Hollywood's standards for cinematography. Check out this No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos behind the scenes content from Independent Lens and director / producer James Chressanthis!
Watch Independent Lens: No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos on Saturday, November 19 at 3:30am on WETA TV26 or WETA HD.
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How is this [video game] news?
The release this year of Kinja, our new publishing platform, also saw the return of Kotaku Soundtrack, a happy little diversion we sometimes indulge in where we share the music that we're listening to, whether that be for work, for gaming or, if we're bold, for pleasure.
Since the feature is a little bit of fun, we figured we'd give it a little bit of a roundup, the contributing Kotaku staffers sitting down and picking out our favourite albums from 2013.
In no particular order, then, here they are. Feel free to call us names/share the good times/add your picks below.
Clutch - Earth Rocker
Autre Ne Veut - Anxiety
Deltron 3030 - Event 2
SubRosa - More Constant Than The Gods
Watch Husky Burn - Garnet
CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
Kurt Vile - Wakin on a Pretty Daze
The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
Earl Sweatshirt - Doris
Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
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Definition of rob in English:
verb (robs, robbing, robbed)[with object]
- While in Hawaii for a surf contest, Frank and Joe's hotel room is robbed.
- Being robbed of the £1,000 deposit for a new flat is the last thing Paul Hunt needs at the moment.
- When asked why he robbed banks, a noted criminal's famous reply was 'That's where the money is.'
- The works are being done but they (insurance companies) are just robbing us blind, " she said.
- The airline robbed me blind again, of which more in another post.
- This detracts from the impressions of true giants, robbing them of the respect they deserve.
- Overjoyed members of Ward's family said he had been robbed of six years of his life after the short hearing concluded.
- However big the reparation they receive, it will never replace what they have been robbed of.
rob Peter to pay Paul
- Take something away from one person to pay another, leaving the former at a disadvantage; discharge one debt only to incur another.Probably with reference to the apostles Peter and Paul; the allusion is uncertain, the phrase often showing variations such as 'unclothe Peter and clothe Paul', 'borrow from Peter …', etc.Example sentences
- It is an example of that adage of politics: 'Any program that robs Peter to pay Paul will have the enthusiastic support of Paul.'
- He described the move, which involves taking €20m from the third-level capital programme for this year, as robbing Peter to pay Paul.
- "While it has been great for local staff to have the opportunity to move up the ranks, it's been a situation of robbing Peter to pay Paul."
rob someone blind
- see blind.
Middle English: from Old French rober, of Germanic origin; related to the verb reave.
The words rob and robe come from the same ancient root, a word meaning 'booty'—clothing would have been the kind of property stolen in a raid. To rob Peter to pay Paul is to take something away from one person to pay another. The expression probably refers to the apostles St Peter and St Paul, who in Christian art are often shown together as equals. Although the earliest examples feature robbery, other versions have cropped up over the centuries, such as unclothe Peter to pay Paul and borrow from Peter to pay Paul. The last example probably helped in the additional meaning 'to pay off one debt only to incur another'. The Scottish and English reavers or reivers, who plundered each other across the border got their name from 'to reave', another form of the original word, and those who are bereaved (Old English) have also been robbed of something precious—bereft is the old form of the word. A rover (Middle English) was originally another form of the word, but to rove (Late Middle English) is a different word: it was originally a term in archery meaning 'shoot at a casual mark of undetermined range'. This may be from dialect rave 'to stray', probably of Scandinavian origin.
Words that rhyme with robblob, bob, cob, dob, fob, glob, gob, hob, job, lob, mob, nob, slob, snob, sob, squab, stob, swab, throb, yob
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An Oak Ridge man was arrested on a warrant on Christmas Eve after Oak Ridge police officers found a handgun on the soccer field at Robertsville Middle School.
Police Officer Chris Bayless arrested 21-year-old Leshawn Devon Graham, 289 Royce Circle, charging him with carrying weapons on school property.
Court records said police officers were sent to the area Robertsville Middle School about 2 a.m. Friday after Graham's mother called the Police Department and reported her son had a gun.
Bayless found Graham on the soccer field, but didn't find a gun at that point. Graham reportedly told the officer he'd had a gun but "laid it down in the field." He was, however, carrying five .22-caliber bullets, reports said.
Officer Ray Steakley and his canine partner, Bieka, returned to RMS and found the gun in the grass on the soccer field, reports said.
A warrant was issued and Graham was arrested.
Graham has an initial court hearing in General Sessions Court on Jan. 3. He is being held in the Anderson County jail on a $2,500 bond.
Beverly Majors can be contacted at (865) 220-5514.
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George V. Burbridge
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Sequence may not be in order actually managed. Rank or Pennants Won may not be given for some seasons.
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Minor league Total Zone (Rctch&Rtz, 2005-2009) data provided by Baseballprojection.com and Minorleaguesplits.com.


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Digital portfolios are something that are really starting to take off in schools. There are different software programs that will make "portfolios" easy to share, yet do we truly embrace the power that a digital portfolio can bring into our schools? Since it is "digital", we need to go beyond a portfolio that only represents one year of learning, but can show the progression over time.
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Quelques bonnes questions à se poser en cas d'utilisation d'un portofolio numérique.
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Uttering this innocuous-looking sentence is all it takes to turn a class of highly active and enthusiastic students to a group of yawning, mind-wandering kids.There are very few students who get super excited when grammar-teaching time comes along and even fewer who see any reason in doing grammar at all. Grammar is often associated with lists of rules, countless abstract examples and lots of written practice. I truly believe though that there are some very easy and practical steps we can all take to make the presentation and practice of grammar more tangible and fun!
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Learning to use a technology to complete a familiar task in a different way can feel awkward, but like anything, with practice, it becomes fluid. Maybe you've tried dictation in the past, and you are waiting for the technology to improve before adopting it. Well, the time has come to try it again. Dictation can offer you—and your students—much more, such as these five items.
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The time has certainly arrived for we educators to start incorporating dictation into the classroom. The technology has certainly reached the crossover stage for general use and a number of free apps (include Voice Typing in Google Docs) exist.
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The time has certainly arrived for we educators to start incorporating dictation into the classroom. The technology has certainly reached the crossover stage for general use and a number of free apps (include Voice Typing in Google Docs) exist.
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Here, There and Everywhere…Fall TravelsPosted in travel, Uncategorized on November 17th, 2011 by Betsy – 3 Comments
Life has been busy. Good busy. David and I've been traveling a lot the last few weekends, enjoying the beauty of fall, all over the country. Our first weekend away took us to Charlottesville, Virginia, one of our favorite places in the world.
We spent the weekend reading, walking around grounds, and we even made a visit to Monticello, the home of Mr. Jefferson. I'm embarrassed to admit that neither of us had been to Monticello since our senior years of high school. It was definitely worth the trip!
The following weekend we headed to Vail, Colorado. This trip was a bit more work than play. We stayed at the Westin Beaver Creek and enjoyed the gluten-free pasta on their menu. Delicious! (They also have GF pizzas available too.) While in Vail I filmed a "sizzle reel' for a potential travel show. This was quite an experience, as I've never been on camera before. I will say, it did help that I taught for five years, so am used to having an audience. I won't have much more information on the show until spring but the hope is that Food Network or Travel Channel will pick it up. I've got to admit, it was pretty hysterical to be referred to as "The Talent" all weekend. Stay tuned…
For the shoot, I did all kinds of fun fall activities (zip line, ice skating, shopping, etc.) and of course some delicious dining! The highlight for me was interviewing Kelly Liken, chef and owner of Restaurant Kelly Liken in Vail. I tend to be star struck by chefs and I was particularly impressed by Kelly's finesse on camera and ease with which she answered questions. (Perhaps Kelly's comfort in front of the camera comes from being a finalist on Top Chef DC and competing in Iron Chef.) She also made me some delicious, gluten-free food to try. Restaurant Kelly Liken takes very seriously food allergies and special food needs. They don't label items as "gluten free" on the menu because they are extremely accommodating to all diners and willing to tweak a dish so to fit the needs of the customer. It was truly a pleasure to interview Kelly and get to know her.
I've got more to share with you about our travels, dining and fall adventures, but wanted to give you the quick update! I can't believe Thanksgiving's exactly a week away. I've barely even begun to think about it.


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The Guardian ad Litem program, which serves abused and neglected children across Polk County, is seeking volunteers.
Volunteer guardians help represent the best interest of children who are involved in court proceedings.
Guardians must be at least 21 years old and undergo background checks and a certification process.
For more information about the Guardian ad Litem program, call Diane Schmelz at 863-534-4605.
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Monday, 09/30/1991
The Dugout Lounge, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Set 1: CDTChalk Dust Torture, Foam, Fee, Paul and Silas, Stash, Forbin'sColonel Forbin's Ascent > MockingbirdFly Famous Mockingbird > Sparkle, 'A' TrainTake the 'A' Train, Llama
Set 2: Possum[1], Cavern, MangoThe Mango Song > Tweezer > MSOMy Sweet One, Horn, LandladyThe Landlady > LizardsThe Lizards, TweepriseTweezer Reprise, Happy BirthdayHappy Birthday to You[2], Love You > HYHUHold Your Head Up
Encore: GTBTGood Times Bad Times
[1] Two Charlie Chan signals and Simpsons and Claping signals.
[2] Performed by Trey, Page, and Mike. Sung by Fish and the crowd.
Average Song Gap: 8.13
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: Possum contained two Charlie Chan signals and Simpsons and Clapping signals. Happy Birthday was performed by Trey (on drums), Page, and Mike and was sung by Fish and the crowd. At the beginning of Love You, Fish said "It's the birthday boy's choice" and Trey responded "It's my birthday and I want to hear Honey Love You."
Song Distribution:
8 A Picture of Nectar
4 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
2 Rift
2 Junta
1 Stash
1 Lawn Boy
Songs by Debut Year:
This show was part of the "1991 Fall Tour."
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"Did you listen to it"
"Is it there?"
"Yeah it is pretty fair actually"
"I mean, pretty good?"
"Yah! Definitely"
"Aw, that's great. Hold on to that, I think its the only one here"
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Shawnee Playhouse will present an evening of solo and duet numbers in place of William Gibson's "Handy Dandy," which has been canceled.
In place of "Handy Dandy," the playhouse will present "Unexpected Songs," featuring Sara Ferguson and Midge McClosky. They will perform songs from a range of musical genres, including Broadway, jazz, classical and more.
Show times are: 2 and 8 p.m. today, 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for seniors and AAA members, and $10 for children age 12 and under.
For information, call 570-421-5093 or visit theshawneeplayhouse.com.
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The Smith College landscape is a constructed environment. When we are careful, it is artful; and if we are thoughtful, it will be shaped by an ideal vision. An ideal landscape composition cannot be created whole; once created it cannot be maintained in static form. It changes in response to the requirements of the people who inhabit it. College campuses are ordinarily designed with an unusual intentionality. Smith College's campus adds to usefulness and beauty a commitment to use the landscape as an integral part of the educational mission.
Over the years we have intruded into the original composition of the campus by building new structures, adding on to old structures and taking down standing structures. It is therefore time to arrive at a fresh understanding of our landscape, to explore the potential for enhancing the aesthetic, educational, intellectual and communal value of living on this campus. We must do this with a proper respect for the past, but also mindful of the fact that we now live in a world of tremendously expanding opportunities for women. And because change is constant we must seek a plan which allows us agility and flexibility.
The historical 27 acre campus conveyed Frederick Law Olmsted's 1890's vision of a painterly, 3-dimensional composition which preserved the natural scenery; it linked buildings with open lawns and carefully placed plants and trees, selected and grouped according to scientific as well as aesthetic principles. The degree to which Smith's landscape and Botanic Garden has been preserved and maintained is remarkable. I see as our challenge the need to expand Olmsted's historic vision; to integrate into it the additional 100 acres that now surround the historic core, while addressing the concerns and possibilities of our times.
The need to link through the landscape the several parts of our whole is of vital importance to the building of a community of teachers and learners. Decades of centrifugal growth of the campus have left us with too much disconnectedness, with a campus which does not give the sense of a harmonious, integrated whole. The Quad, for example, beautifully designed and integrated within itself, is neither visually nor spatially made to seem a part of the campus. We now own most of Green Street, but it is not visually incorporated either. It is vital to find a way to integrate the two sides of Elm Street. All of these are tasks for landscape design.
We also need to assess the architecture and quality of living spaces. Are our gathering places appropriately planted and furnished? Having closed off so many of the Olmsted vistas with new buildings, can we now find ways to open views? Do our walks and roads go where people want them to? Which of our plantings need to be replaced; where should new plantings go? Do we venerate our sacred places by taking proper care of them? What about puddles, icings, bogs?
The part of the original design which we have preserved most effectively is the scientific component, the result of a joint effort by William Ganong, Professor of Botany, and Olmsted. We are an arboretum full of distinguished specimens. Our trees are systematically labelled so that students who wish to learn, can learn. Our Botanic Garden is celebrated. These and the remaining parts of the Olmsted design must be preserved.
But in addition to preserving the past, we need a plan which will guide our hands in the future. A plan will help us locate new buildings, parking and roads, sculpture and memorial plantings. It will help us understand which open spaces must never be sacrificed and why. It will bring to the campus spatial and visual harmony, informed by the intellectual and political energy of women entering the 21st century.
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Democrats Dip Into GOP Primaries, Try to Pick Their Opponent
In the flurry of divisive Republican primary contests, some Democrats see an inviting opportunity: A chance to try and help pick their own opponent in Senate and House races.
Democrats increasingly are running ads against GOP candidates even before they win their party's nomination. By attacking GOP candidates while they are still embroiled in a primary election campaign, some Democrats have seen an opportunity to promote the GOP candidate they think is easiest to beat, or to weaken the one they consider strongest.
It's a tactic that has been tried mostly in Senate races, most recently by Sen. Kay Hagan, who attacked her leading GOP opponent, Thom Tillis, just before the Republican primary. In response, an ad for Mr. Tillis accused Democrats of "meddling in our primary to get a weak opponent for Kay Hagan." He went on to win the primary anyway.
A more effective use of the tactic came in 2012 when Sen. Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.) ran an ad that boosted the profile of the most conservative candidate in a contested GOP primary, Rep. Todd Akin, whom she went on to beat in the general election. In 2010, a group with links to Sen. Harry Reid (D., Nev.) ran an attack ad against an establishment-backed Republican, Sue Lowden, that contributed to her defeat by a tea-party candidate — who was then beat by Mr. Reid.
Now, even some House races feature Democrats weighing in on GOP primaries. In Ohio, just days before a GOP primary that pitted centrist Rep. David Joyce against tea-party backed Matt Lynch, the Democratic candidate in that House race ran an ad spotlighting Mr. Lynch's conservative record.
A spokesman for the Democrat, Michael Wager, said the ad about Mr. Lynch was designed just to tell voters "just how conservative his record is," including the endorsement from tea-party, antiabortion and gun rights groups. However, Republicans saw it as a ploy to boost Mr. Lynch's profile among the party because Democrats considered him easier to beat. Mr. Joyce ended up winning the primary by a 55%-45% margin.
Still, a national Democratic official said it is likely that more and more Democrats will take a stab at replicating successes like Ms. McCaskill's in shaping the outcome of GOP primaries. "It's a tactic people want to replicate and make successful all over the country," said this official. "To the extent you can pick your opponent, it's smart politics."
In Arizona, a GOP House candidate believes that is why he is being targeted by Democratic attack ads fully four months before the state's Aug. 26 primary. Andy Tobin, Arizona House speaker, is the candidate seen as the party's establishment favorite in a crowded candidate field of Republicans challenging Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, one of Democrats' most vulnerable incumbents. Mr. Tobin alone among the GOP challengers has been attacked in ads from the Democrats' House Majority PAC.
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Matt Thornton, a spokesman for the House Majority PAC, said the ad was designed to counter the influx of ads from outside conservative groups that have already been attacking Ms. Kirkpatrick.
But Craig Handzlik, a Tobin campaign spokesman, views the ads as a clear sign that Democrats view Mr. Tobin as the strongest candidate in the field.
"Republican primary voters aren't going to listen to an ad paid for by (a Democratic) super PAC," Mr. Handzlik said. "If anything it's causing voters to realize that Andy Tobin is the candidate that Democrats know is the biggest threat in November."
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Originally featured in Canadian Interiors in 2006, this ultra-modern house located here in Toronto was designed and belongs to Elaine Cecconi, one of the partners in the award-winning Canadian design firm, Cecconi Simone. This 4 storey, 4,000 sq. ft. home is absolutely stunning and uses some of my favourite materials such as Corian, honed concrete floors and Brazilian Ipe perfectly and flawlessly. With a flexible floor plan with 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, the house was "designed to mimic an industrial warehouse or factory" and it is perfect for family living and/or professional use. Oh, and did I mention it is for sale?
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2013 United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™ Available January 8
WASHINGTON - Sales will open for the 2013 United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set (product code SV9) on January 8, 2013, at noon Eastern Time (ET). The set contains proof quality coins with reverse (tails side) designs honoring White Mountain National Forest (New Hampshire), Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial (Ohio), Great Basin National Park (Nevada), Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (Maryland), and Mount Rushmore National Memorial (South Dakota). All coins were struck at the United States Mint at San Francisco in 90 percent silver. The obverse of the coins (heads side) bears a restored version of John Flanagan's 1932 portrait of George Washington.
The United States Mint will debut new packaging for this product in 2013. The image on the front of the outer carton is White Mountain National Forest (the first quarter in 2013). The images on the back of the carton include each national park or site, its name, the state and the year in which the park was established as a national site.
The 2013 United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set is priced at $41.95. Orders will be accepted at the bureau's online catalog at http://www.usmint.gov/catalogand at 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). Hearing- and speech-impaired customers with TTY equipment may order by calling 1-888-321-MINT (6468). Customers should add $4.95 to all domestic orders for shipping and handling.
The United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set may also be purchased through the United States Mint's Online Subscription Program. For more information about this convenient ordering method, please visit http://www.usmint.gov/catalog.
The United States Mint was created by Congress in 1792. It is the Nation's sole manufacturer of legal tender coinage and is responsible for producing circulating coinage for the Nation to conduct its trade and commerce. The United States Mint also produces numismatic products, including proof, uncirculated and commemorative coins; Congressional Gold Medals; and silver and gold bullion coins. The United States Mint's numismatic programs are self-sustaining and operate at no cost to the taxpayer.
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Ryoko wrote:My wig came this morning, I'm not convinced Im going to use it yet, but its not as bad as I was expecting!
The pic however, IS bad... note to self, next time photograph more of wig and less of face.
Ryoko wrote:you should, we neeeeed to see it!! Your wig is too much of a teaser, lol!
chibinikki wrote:Heyyy these all look friggin awesome! I'll be doing android 18, not sure on which day though yet XD;;
SamW89 wrote:C'mon Rubi, show us your gi - teased us enough bout it being complete.
Just did Goku's front symbol from cutting the shapes out of leatherette. Looks OK actually, better than the results I've gotten with fabric paint so far that's for sure.
SamW89 wrote:Here's how the symbols turned out
Almighty-trunks wrote:O.k im finally going to do the first cosplay i ever wanted to do so add me down as Raditz!
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Liverpool Message Board
FFP...and how to avoid its penalties.
Since I first heard about this FFP system it ocurred to me that the big boys will all easily find their way around it and if anyone on the board cares to read all about it just check what its rumoured UniTURD intend to do in relation to FFP in order to circumvent any penalties via FFP if they can sign Christiano Ronaldo .Simply have him sign his contract with one of their principal sponsors thus having him become an employee of them and neither bought nor paid wages by UniTURD..HA ha ha ...so much for the toothless and maybe even gumless FFP as Id posted up here numerous times previously but many seem to think differently about FFP than I do but clearly UniTURD are more in lijne with my thinking than some on this board.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
United are not threatened by FFP and wouldn't be even if they were paying Ronaldo. The three clubs mostly threatened by FFP in the Prem are, in order of bad finances in the last few years: City, Chelsea, Liverpool.
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If UniTURD are not threatened by FFP how come all the talk of how they can find a way around signing Ronaldo by having him bought and paid for and contracted to eg owned by one of their sponsors? This was officially anarticle on Yahoo Sport just yesterday. The point I was making is that FFP will as Ive stated for many months now be absolutely toothless whenit comes up against the creative accountancy firms the BIG BOYS all employ. Only way around it would be for FFP to be constantly updated daily to try and plug the many loopholes the BIG boys will drive double decker buses through. No idea why u think everyone is naive enough to "playfair" ?
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Based on the information we currently have I'd say your right Robert, and it's well illustrated by the link:
Rank by cash flow and you've got a pretty good proxy to measure the order of who is, or who should be concerned about FFP.
However this is based on dated information (2010-11 financial statements) and the picture might be very different for some clubs now. We don't know for sure, but for example Chelsea turned a profit for the first time in years, so your concern might be a little more relaxed, and we all know our wage bill has come down dramatically in the last 12 months or so.
On the other side QPR are not listed here and may not be in danger of qualifying for Europe, but will still be subject to the domestic version of FFP whatever that is, and we all know they've been spending like drunken sailors and I can't image they have a huge income with a gate of less than 25K per match. I'd also be curious on where Spurs are right now. This report shows them very healthy; however they've been spending like a CL club for the last several seasons, but have not got the CL income each and every one of those seasons.


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Drawing on his experience as a physician assistant in the U.S. Army, Jeff Bailes helped get Marietta College's Dr. J. Michael Harding Center for Health and Wellness up and running.
But when it came time to actually start seeing students, there was a problem - despite training as a PA and serving in that capacity through a tour in Bosnia and two in Iraq, under Ohio law, Bailes wasn't a PA.
"I had not anticipated that, and I felt terrible," said Bailes, 49, a Marietta native who lives in Ravenswood, W.Va.
Ohio law requires a person to have a master's degree to be certified as a PA. That's the standard for the Army now too, but it wasn't when Bailes, a 24-year veteran, received his training. Bailes said his understanding of Ohio law led him to believe his military experience qualified him for certification as a PA in the state, but he was mistaken.
"They hired me partially because I have experience turning nothing into a clinic. We did that a lot in the Army," he said. "Here I was not too far out from providing medical care to the troops."
A bill recently passed by an overwhelming majority in the Ohio House of Representatives and now headed to the Senate would allow a person who served at least three consecutive years on active duty as a PA in the military to qualify for state certification. It also expands the duties of PAs and makes it easier for people certified in other states to be certified here.
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Authorizes physician assistants to perform additional services, including issuing do-not-resuscitate orders; determining and pronouncing death in certain circumstances; and prescribing, ordering or making referrals for physical and occupational therapy.
Allows individuals with a degree from an accredited program and at least three years of active-duty experience as a physician assistant in the military to qualify for a PA certificate in Ohio.
Allows a PA to qualify for prescription certification if he or she practiced in another state or worked for the federal government.
Source: www.lsc.state.oh.us
Bailes was in the House chambers on Wednesday when the bill passed by an 89-3 vote. His high school classmate, state Rep. Andy Thompson, R-Marietta, gave a floor speech in support of the bill and introduced Bailes in the gallery.
Thompson said the bill was already in the works when he found out how it would affect Bailes, so he doesn't take any credit for getting it passed, but was glad to support the legislation. He called the fact that military service didn't count toward certification an "oversight" that many agreed should be corrected.
"That service is certainly valid," he said. "We try to help veterans however we can because they take risks the rest of us don't."
Bailes said even the state medical board, that ultimately ruled the law did not allow him to be certified, felt he should have been.
"I'm in awe of the support that I've gotten from the state medical board, the college and the Ohio government in general," he said.
Bailes has been on administrative leave with the college and plans to return to the clinic once the law goes into effect.
The legislation makes additional changes that will benefit other individuals wanting to use the skills they've developed as PAs, said Gloria Stewart, director of Marietta College's Physician Assistant program. For example, a PA who has practiced in another state or been credentialed by the federal government would not have to undergo the up-to-1,800-hour provisional period to be certified to issue prescriptions.
"It will make it easier for me to come (to Ohio) and find a job as a PA," she said.
The bill also grants PAs the authority to do things like issue do-not-resuscitate orders; pronounce death in certain circumstances; prescribe, order or make referrals for physical and occupational therapy; and insert and remove chest tubes, as well as birth control devices.
Bradley Barnes, a first-year physician assistant student at Marietta, said physician assistants provide a valuable service, especially with a predicted shortage of family practice physicians on the horizon. The more PAs can do, the easier the access to services will be for patients, said Barnes, from Oxford.
"PAs are such an integral part of the health care system and are becoming a lot more integral," said classmate Ellis Thompson, from Akron.
The expanded authority won't require additional training, and it won't mean a PA is operating on his or her own, Stewart said.
"We're not giving PAs carte blanche," Stewart said. "We're still with that team concept of working with the physician."
Another portion of the law would remove barriers to PAs providing medical care in the wake of a disaster. Currently they would have to seek permission from the state board of medicine or risk providing care that wouldn't be covered by malpractice insurance. And those requests have to be made after the disaster happened.
"They couldn't even do it in advance," Stewart said. "We would lose vital time for helping people."
Under the new law, "the PAs, without having to go through a lot of rigmarole and all that, would be able to help under the supervision of their physician," she said.


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West Nile virus found in Dularge
Published: Saturday, July 26, 2014 at 4:54 p.m.
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West Nile has been detected in a sentinel chicken and samples from water that was breeding mosquitoes in Dularge, Terrebonne officials said.
A parish contractor is spraying insecticide in those and other areas, where the virus was detected in samples taken last week. Those tests came back Friday, officials said.
Officials ask Dularge residents to avoid being outside at dusk and dawn, when mosquitoes are most active. Apply insect repellent containing DEET to skin, and wear light-colored long-sleeve shirts and pants. Avoid perfumes and colognes, and ensure that windows have tight-fitting doors and screens.
Most people feel no symptoms from West Nile, but about one in five will develop a fever with other symptoms, and in rare cases, brain injury or death can occur.
The first sign of West Nile locally this season was reported earlier in July in Bourg.
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Detox Diaries: My Three Weeks on "Clean"
Think you've got what it takes to detox for 21 days? Here's how one woman did it, why (perfect skin, anyone?), and the info you need to decide if this plan is for you
Each day you can have a smoothie, juice, or soup for breakfast and dinner (from the recipes in Junger's book and on his website), and a lunch consisting of foods from his "elimination diet." Snacks of raw, unsalted almonds are OK if you're starving, but you have to leave a 12-hour window at night sans food.
Other "no's": No caffeine, no sugar (agave syrup is used in some of the smoothies but that's it), no wheat, no soy/tofu, no red meat, no raw fish, no alcohol. There are plenty of other foods that are off-limits as well -- including seemingly healthy foods, like strawberries -- but you get the gist.
You're also encouraged to take supplements, so I started popping a daily probiotic and a liver support supplement. Exercise and daily meditation are also recommended, along with colonics (but sorry, that ain't happening).
The promised benefits: more energy; clearer, firmer skin; weight loss; and improved digestive health. Some people even claim relief from allergies and long-term illnesses, but I'd settle for less tummy bulge and fewer breakouts.
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Can any please tell me what Detox diet plan is?
by _1990 Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 12:41AM Report as inappropriate
I'm getting ready to start this diet. Where are the recipes?? I didnt see them on the Clean website, just the products they're trying to sell. Help!! :)
by myriah_denk Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 12:41PM Report as inappropriate
by EricaF123 Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 06:36AM Report as inappropriate
This is a great article on this detox diet, but I don't think I would try this one. Maybe one of the other ones!
by WiccanLady Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 05:06PM Report as inappropriate
I actually tried this! I lasted a whole day and a half.
by Chris213 Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 08:42AM Report as inappropriate
Interesting. Thanks for the info.
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I'm reading through all the detox articles right now and loving them!
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The city of Granite Falls this year has paid out $8,177 in energy incentives on 50 residential projects; saving 25,000 in kilowatt hours, according to the Central Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (CMMPA) and Granite Falls Electrical Distribution Superintendent Don Reznechek.
"I think people are taking pretty good advantage of the conservation improvement programs and energy rebates we offer. Obviously, I always wish they'd do more, but we realize that money's tight and that the incentives have to be right for people," said Reznechek.
Available at the City Clerk's office at Granite Falls City Hall, or online at www.granitefalls.com/CIP.html, the city provides coupons and rebates for florescent light bulbs, Energy Star appliances, different heating and cooling systems, commercial food service tools and custom incentives for both residential and commercial customers.
Said Reznechek, "All people have to do is go online, or go to City Hall and fill out the right form. After that I take a look at them and make sure everything's right and enter them in. People will want to check back in after the new year to see if there are any new incentives offered."
A new incentive for installing an Energy Star rated central air conditioner was added this year to the city's offerings. The incentive offers $100/ton for installing a new air conditioner and $300 for replacing an air conditioner that's 12 years or older with a Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio of 14.5 to 15.9, or $600 if that air conditioner has a SEER of 16 and higher.
"This is one program I think people should check," said Reznechek. "(And) it may not be offered in 2013".
The air conditioner rebate comes under the CMMPA's Bonus Bucks program, through which Granite Falls has paid $4,200 in incentives.
Just in energy efficient appliances alone the city has processed about 35 applications and has paid nearly $1,227 in customer incentives while saving about 15,125 kilowatt hours and 2.74 in kilowatt demand.
These consumer incentives are all reviewed by the Minnesota Department of Commerce, Division of Energy Resources (DER). In the state, each electric and natural gas utility develops their own conservation plan as part of the Next Generation Energy Act (NGEA) of 2007. This act established an energy savings goal of 1.5 percent of average retail sales for each utility beginning in 2010. The NGEA allows electric utilities to count energy savings that result from qualified improvements to the generation, transmission, distribution, infrastructure or conservation of energy to the 1.5 percent goal.
The city also offers rebates and incentives for commercial consumers.
Businesses can receive rebates and incentives for updating their heating and cooling systems, lighting, any motors or pumps used for the business, any commercial food service appliances and for compressed air systems.
"Due to the economy, there hasn't been a lot of new construction. But there too, there are a lot of rebates for new construction projects that I'm not always sure that people know about," said Reznechek.
Page 2 of 2 - "Regardless of how big of a project you're planning-there's energy savings that you can find. There's just really a lot of good stuff out there. You can fill out a form and CMMPA has a representative that will figure the pay back and future savings."
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The Anamur Castle is one of the largest and best preserved castle complexes in Turkey. Started under the Romans in the 3rd century it was made part of a defensive line by the Armenians. A league with the crusaders brought some Frankish architectural influences, influence from Venetian and Islam sources can be detected as well. With the downfall of Little Armenia it fell to Cyprus, later to the Seljuks and the Turks. It was extended once again in the 19th century. It has 36 towers and two large courts, containing a mosque, stables, baths and a spring. It brought out the kid in me, and I climbed all of the walls and many of its towers.
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Cuivre River State Park near Troy is one of three state parks that will be closed for one weekend in December to allow for special deer hunts.
State conservation officials say the hunts are needed to ease deer overpopulations that are damaging the resources.
The parks will be closed that weekend to everyone except hunters who applied during the summer for special permits. The hunters were chosen through random computer drawings.
The special hunt is scheduled Dec. 8-9.
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Johann Rupert Quits Richemont as CEO, But 'Remains the Boss'
It's not entirely unexpected that Johann Rupert is stepping down as Chief Executive of Richemont .
He took on the role in 2010 on a temporary basis after Norbert Platt left for health reasons. Back then Mr. Rupert, now aged 62, said it was only a temporary measure and he would stay there until the economy improved.
In the two years he's been at the helm, he's overseen stellar performance, with sales rising from €5.18 billion in 2010 to €8.87 billion in 2012. Profit has also surged, from €600 million two years ago, to €1.54 billion last year as Richemont rode the luxury boom.
But what happens next? Has Mr. Rupert seen the peak of the luxury boom and is leaving the scene before the downturn?
Mr. Rupert through his family owns all the B shares in Richemont, giving him 9.1% of the equity and 50% of the votes. He also owns around 2.84 million A shares, or another 0.5% of the common equity of the company.
A Richemont spokesman today said there were no signs that Mr. Rupert was going to reduce his holding, while during the analyst presentation today Mr. Rupert even joked that he was going to buy more shares rather than sell up because the company was doing so well. Richemont owns brands including Vacheron Constantin, Cartier and Baume et Mercier.
"Mr. Rupert is still a major shareholder, and he is staying on as chairman," said Richard Lepeu, the deputy CEO. "He is the boss and remains the boss, he is the guide."
Mr. Lepeu is being promoted to be joint CEO, a post he will share with Bernard Fornas, the current boss of Cartier, who leaves the famous jewelry house in January.
Analysts have voiced concerns about a dual CEO structure. Richemont, naturally, said it thought it would be a successful arrangement.
"It's very unusual to have two CEOs at a company and there could be problems if they have to decide something and don't agree," said Patrick Hasenboehler at Bank Sarasin.
But he doesn't think this will be an issue at Richemont, with Mr. Rupert remaining as a majority shareholder and likely having the decisive voice.
Other analysts noted that part of Mr. Rupert's skills were choosing the right people for the right jobs, something they say he has achieved again in picking his successors.
"For me, Johann Rupert has done a very good job," said Jon Cox, at Kepler Capital Markets. "He may no longer be so active on a day to day basis running the company, but he is leaving it in a very capable hands with Bernard Fornas and Richard Lepeu," Mr. Cox added.
Both Mr. Fornas and Mr. Lepeu had also worked together previously at Cartier, so their personal relationship is expected to be good.


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Homer L. Phillips, 80, Kansas City, formerly of Marceline, died Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at Carmel Hills Health Care and Rehab, Independence.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, July 5, 2013, in Grandview Cemetery, Hannibal, with Curtis Stephenson speaking. Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. Friday, July 5, 2013, at Delaney Funeral Home, Marceline, with Jack Hodgson offering prayers.
Memorials to Locke Cemetery may be left at or mailed to the funeral home, 1720 N. Missouri Ave., Marceline, Mo. 64658.
Homer was born September 1, 1932, in Westville, son of Homer and Hallie (Sportsman) Phillips. He married Anna Ruth Dorrell on July 4, 1958. She preceded him in death.
Homer was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone then AT&T where he retired in 1988.
Survivors include two brothers, Jerry Phillips and Patty, Mike, and Roger Phillips, Brookfield; four sisters, Mary Ethel Kramer and Dick, Burlington, Iowa, Janet Hodgson and Jack, Independence, Linda Stephenson and Curtis, Kearney, and Norma Niemeier and Terry, Liberty.
He was also preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Ray and Donald.
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"Sharknado" may have been absolutely fin-tastic, but now, what will the Antioch native who directed the low-budget flick do for an encore?
Anthony C. Ferrante, who watched his guilty-pleasure film fuel a social media firestorm when it aired Thursday night on Syfy, is already mulling ideas for a sequel.
"I don't know if there's going to be a sequel or not, but if there is, we have to up the ante," he said during a phone interview on Friday. "If we're going to do this, we better make damn sure we can exceed the original. Maybe, we should do 'Die Hard' with sharks."
Ferrante, who was previously best-known for his horror flick "Boo," admitted that he was blown away by the all snarky Twitter traffic the film generated during its airing. Even a host of celebrities were drawn into the conversation, with "Lost" co-creator Damon Lindelof joking, "I am going to write the Sharknado sequel and I am going to do it before Shaknado is over." Added NBC's Chuck Todd, "I follow about a thousand folks. Every one of them tweeting about SharkNado."
"It's the most insane thing I've ever seen," said Ferrante, who found himself doing interviews on Friday with a parade of major media outlets, including CNN, "NBC Evening News" and "Nightline."
"I've been around long enough to know that this kind of thing doesn't happen very often, so you just embrace it," he said. "What happened here was this crazy, insane communal event."
Ferrante, who grew up in Antioch, began his filmmaking career as a sixth-grader creating short films with friends using a video camera. He also wrote movie reviews for the school newspaper -- and later, for the Antioch Ledger Dispatch. He graduated from Antioch High School and went on to take film classes at Los Medanos College and San Francisco State University.
"Sharknado," which tells the story of a menacing storm that spews a horde of bloodthirsty fish on Los Angeles, was reportedly made for around $1 million and starred two past-their-prime actors in Tara Reid and Ian Zeiring. It was the latest offering from Syfy, which has given the world such fun, but non-award worthy films as "Dinoshark,"
"Sharktopus" and "Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus."
So why did this one hit the social media jackpot?
"We had a crazy little title and people wanted to see how we were going to pull it off," Ferrante said. "Then we just crammed as much as we could into the movie and tried to push it to the limit."
Any possible sequel, of course, would have to go even further.
"We may have to go back to the '70s and combine 'Towering Inferno' and 'Poseidon Adventure' with sharks," Ferrante joked. "Or better yet, we could channel 'Rosemary's Baby' and have Mia Farrow give birth to a baby shark."


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Obama tax plan is no small deal to small businessmen
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's plan to increase taxes on top earners would have only a small impact on the nation's economy, according to congressional budget experts. But don't tell that to small business owners facing a tax hike.
Obama's proposal would hit about 940,000 people who report business income on their individual or household returns, says the Joint Committee on Taxation, the official scorekeeper for Congress. That's only 3.5 percent of the people who report business income, but those business owners are projected to earn 53 percent of the $1.3 trillion in business income that will be reported on individual returns next year.
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|2012 Inductee (Football 1949-51/Basketball 1949-52/Baseball 1950-52)
Wendell H. "Windy" Byler was born in Ballinger, Texas, and later was a standout high school athlete in Slaton, where he earned four letters in both football and basketball as well as two letters in baseball. He enjoyed similar success at UCC where he was a three-year letterman in baseball, football and basketball for the Tarpon teams from 1949-1952. Byler recorded 13 home runs and an amazing .436 batting average during the 1951 season which earned him a contract offer from the Chicago White Sox. In 1952 he was selected as the "Most Valuable Tarpon."
Byler graduated from UCC with his degree in education in 1952. Like many young men in the early 1950s, he served his country with a two-year stint in the Army. While in the service he was a member of the 6th Armored Division All-Star teams in baseball and football. Upon discharge from the Army in 1954, he served eight years as a Registered Professional Sanitarian for the Texas Department of Health in Sinton, Texas.
In 1962, Byler entered the business world serving as a Licensed Administrator of a family-owned nursing home in Bangs, Texas, a position he served in for 30 years. That same year, he established the Byler Angus and Quarter Horse Farm and is a life member of the American Angus Association and the American Quarter Horse Association and has been a member of both associations since 1962. Byler has been a member of the Central Texas Angus Association and served as president for six years.
The Byler Angus Farm has won numerous awards in the show rings with its purebred Angus cattle including the Grand Champion Bull and female at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, the Louisiana State Fair in Shreveport, and most recently the Grand Champion Bull at the West Texas Fair and Rodeo in 2011.
Byler has raised his family in Bangs, Texas, and has been an active member in his community serving 12 years on the School Board (three years as president) of the Bangs Independent School District as well as being a member of First Baptist Church of Bangs. In addition to his service on the School Board, he coached numerous youth sports teams and has been honored by the Bangs FFA with the "Honorary Chapter Farmer" award.
Today, Byler and his wife, Erma, are semi-retired and he continues an active role with the Byler Angus Farm. The couple has three children, four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren, which bring them great joy.


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Observations on British and American English
by an American linguist in the UK
England and America are two countries separated by a common language.
--George Bernard Shaw
BrE = British English
AmE = American English
OED=Oxford English Dictionary (2nd edn. [1989], unless otherwise noted)
Sunday, August 27, 2006
In the pub last night, it was said of someone "Oh, she's a really jammy player." I've heard jammy used in this way before, but this time I just had to swallow my pride and ask Just what does jammy mean, anyway? Turns out it means 'lucky', or as the OED puts it: 'very lucky or profitable'. General consensus was that the word is used a lot more in the Scrabble world than in everyday life (but of course we have a lot of reason to talk about luck in the Scrabble world), and that it might be a little old-fashioned.
It puts a new spin for me on the biscuit name Jammie Dodgers, which I had not heretofore reali{s/z}ed could be a pun. The alternative spelling of jammy could be for trademarking reasons. One also sees the spelling jammy dodger for ones that are not made by Burton's Foods. There is a far-fetched etymology here (search down the page for 'name' to get to it). The writer claims the name goes back to the 1500s [from French jamais de guerre]. But (a) the name works as a literal name--it has jam and dodger is a dialectal word (now used in Australian military, apparently) for sandwich--and this is what we'd call in the US a sandwich cookie, and (b) Burton's Foods has only been making them since 1960. While the biscuit could go back a lot further than that, the story has the hallmarks of folk etymology. Does anyone out there know more about the history of jammie/jammy dodgers? (I've written to Burton's and will update if there's any news.)
See the etymology link if you want to see a photo of a Jammie Dodger--and reviews of Jammie Dodgers. The computer I'm at won't allow me to upload one.
15 comments:
- sumrandom said...
I must firstly admit I'm not a native french speaker, but to me "Jamais de Guerre" is ungrammatical. If it is grammatical then certainly there is no future or subjunctive that would justify "Never shall there be war" as the english gloss.
I think you're right, it's got to be a folk etymology.
- 27 August, 2006 13:42
- Gwyn said...
It´s heard a lot in pub games such as pool, usually in conjunction with the insult, git, when someone flukes a shot in you´ll invariably hear "You jammy git!"
- 27 August, 2006 17:01
I agree with gwyn, usually it's 'jammy git' (often pronounced more-or-less like 'get'), or 'jammy bugger'.. Though I should possibly bow to the greater knowledge of the people at the OED, it doesn't really just mean lucky: i'd say it would only be undeserved luck that you'd (or that I'd) call 'jammy'. There can also be a connotation of smarmy-ness - like if you got a job that you weren't perhaps the most qualified candidate for, but you chatted up your interviewer or something. That'd be dead jammy.
- 27 August, 2006 19:38
- lynneguist said...
I think we can say that the French etymology is a bit of dodgy jam.
Ally and Gwyn have
finessed the definition.
- 27 August, 2006 20:20
- Rebecca said...
My family doesn't say 'jammy' that often but we do say 'Oooh, you've more jam than Hartleys!' (Hartleys being a big producer of jam, of course). This is often said when we're playing cards and someone takes an unexpected hand....
- 28 August, 2006 13:49
- Sally's Life in DisShire said...
See the website of Nicey and Wifey - www.anicecupofteaandasitdown,com
featuring 'biscuit of the week' and all you ever wanted to know about every biscuit ever enjoyed with a nice cup of tea and a sit down.
- 28 August, 2006 13:57
- lynneguist said...
That's the very website on which the dodgy jammie dodger etymology is posted. You can get to it through the post above.
- 28 August, 2006 16:10
- KathyF said...
Yes, I was going to recommend NCOTAAS's review of Jammie Dodgers, in which they say "jam plays a pivotal role" in the biscuit.
I would also take everything they say with a grain of salt, or a crumb at least.
- 29 August, 2006 10:27
- Janet said...
OK...I'm compelled to ask...how ARE you doing in the tournament????
- 29 August, 2006 14:03
- lynneguist said...
There was a warm-up tournament, which I led for the first 2 games, but ended up with 3 out of 6. The main tournament was 18 games, of which I won only 8. However, in my own defen{c/s}e, I had opted to 'play up'--i.e. I was in the highest division rather than the second-highest, where my rating would have put me. I did play stupidly on Saturday, though. No room for that!
I stopped studying for Scrabble when I started studying Swedish, so I don't expect to improve my rating anyhow...
- 29 August, 2006 18:28
- lynneguist said...
Burton's Foods (AmE) has/ (BrE) have got(ten) back to me. It seems that they've changed ownership so often that there's no one around from the 'old days' to talk about the Jammie Dodgers name, though the rep has said she'll try asking around a bit more.
- 30 August, 2006 13:18
hehe real nice...
someone called me a jammy grit at the online poker table...
I'm dutch so I had to find out about this odd saying...
- 11 May, 2009 23:10
- GingGangGoolies said...
We rarely say 'jammy', I think, because 'jam' is shorter and punchier.
I most often hear 'Pure jam' for unwarranted luck.
- 06 March, 2010 21:29
- Matt said...
I think I'm increasingly hearing 'spawny' rather than 'jammy' in a sporting context. No idea what the derivation is...
- 17 October, 2011 14:20
The current Burton's website says the 'Jammie' part is because it has jam inside, and the 'Dodger' part is named after a cartoon character named 'Roger the Dodger'.
- 26 August, 2016 19:16


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Another elite East Bay girls basketball player is leaving the West Coast.
Natalie Romeo, a 5-foot-7 point guard from Carondelet High, committed to Nebraska on Thursday, choosing the Big 10 program over finalists Utah, Louisville, St. Mary's and Oregon State.
"I felt right there," said Romeo, the reigning East Bay Athletic League MVP. "I loved the people, the coaches, the team and the campus... Of course I'm going to miss my family but it will be cool to go somewhere else and start new."
She will join a Nebraska program that last year took second in the Big 10 and reached the NCAA tournament, where it lost to Duke in the Sweet 16.
Romeo, a four-year starter for her Cal Stars Elite club team, missed part of the recent summer basketball circuit after dislocating her kneecap and straining her MCL at the End of the Trail tournament in Oregon in early July.
But she expects to be ready for the start of the high school season, and will try to end her career by leading Carondelet to a third consecutive North Coast Section Division II title. Last season, Romeo averaged 21.4 points, 6.7 assists and 6.3 steals for the Cougars.
Two of Romeo's Cal Stars teammates also made commitments this week with Salesian's Mariya Moore choosing Louisville and Archbishop Mitty's Kelli Hayes picking UCLA.


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A few weeks after a rumor broke concerning the future plans for City Market in Eagle, company representative Joel Starbuck addressed the Eagle Town Board during a packed meeting Tuesday night, saying that the supermarket chain has no intention of leaving the community.
However, he also noted that the company would like a bigger store in Eagle. If that isn't possible then Starbuck said City Market might consider a second, downvalley location.
The City Market issue popped up recently as Eagle residents prepare for the May 22 Eagle River Station referendum. Proponents of the project cited the fact that the supermarket contributes approximately 40 percent of the town's sales tax revenues and noted the Kroger chain, which operates City Market stores, has been moving to larger format stores.
Starbuck introduced his remarks by noting City Market has operated in Eagle for 15 years and that the company owns the property where its 38,000-square-foot store is now located. He said the Eagle store is profitable and the company has no concerns with the operation. However, he acknowledged the Eagle site is constrained.
"We are not able to expand at our current store," said Starbuck. "We wish it could be larger."
As the company considers how to handle an Eagle store expansion, Starbuck said he has looked at alternative sites in both Eagle and Gypsum.
"Gypsum has no effect on our Eagle store. If Gypsum could support a store, I would locate a store in Gypsum but Gypsum is not an alternative to Eagle," he said.
"City Market has absolutely no intent of leaving the town of Eagle. Regardless of what happens on May 22, we are here to stay," said Starbuck.
Although he initially said his plan was to make a statement and not take questions, town board members wheedled him into answering a few queries.
"You packed the house. It's like Tony Bennett is here. You have to let us ask questions," said town board member Scot Webster.
Webster commended Starbuck for coming to Eagle to address the rumors that have been circulating around town.
"If I worked for a corporation, I don't know how I would feel standing there. You have kind of been caught in the middle of our decision process as a town," said Webster.
Webster asked if City Market would be willing to sign a letter stating it was the company's intention to keep a store in Eagle for the next 10 years, noting that it might be a difficult promise to make. Starbuck responded that no, he really couldn't offer that kind of a guarantee.
"Such a large amount of our sales tax revenue comes from one store, people get nervous," said town board member Scott Turnipseed.
Turnipseed cited two specific issues - the findings of town consultant Arne Ray showing that City Market is moving toward a 60,000-square-foot format for stores in Western Colorado and the recent issue in Carbondale where the company wanted to expand to a 60,000-square-foot store. He said in looking at those specific issues, the town became concerned about the future for its largest single sales tax generating business.
"There's nothing the town can do but work with you the most we can to keep you here and we will do that," said Turnipseed. "We don't want to see City Market leave because there is no room for them to expand or no other suitable spots."
"If there is an alternative that presents itself in Eagle ... that makes economic sense, we would love to build a bigger store in Eagle," said Starbuck. "We would like a bigger store."