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Software bills got you down? Here at Intellectual Property Magazine (championing intellectual investment since 2012!), our studies show that the share of an average household's budget for software rental has increased from 10% to 23% from 2040 to 2056. Today our experts will share* some money-saving ideas!
*Please note a licensing fee of $50 for initial use of the ideas in this list, and an ongoing monthly charge of $5.
Did you know?
Did you know there used to be a "free" software movement? It was made up of people who believed that software should be free to use and copy without restrictions. These people actually argued that patents and intellectual property laws would hinder innovation.
Fortunately, this was a short-lived movement. The Intellectual Property Advancement Convention, signed by over 120 countries in 2014, retroactively granted 100-year software patents for existing software ideas and effectively ended the damaging effects of the free software ideology. The ideas presented in this article demonstrate the abundant creativity that is fostered when innovation is protected.
Microsoft Office is one of the biggest budget items for the families we surveyed. We all appreciate the work that Microsoft did back in the 1980s and 1990s to develop this important suite of applications and we cheerfully acknowledge that they should be perpetually rewarded for it. But let's face it, we'd like to save some money on this line item.
Microsoft has developed an innovative way to help you manage your Office costs. "Office-Share" is patent pending, and we should all give thanks to the enduring patent system that provides a fertile environment for new ideas such as this one. With Office-Share, you no longer have to pay rent on those times of day when you're not using the software. You can now share a full subscription with other households!
For example, you might sign up for the nightly 7-8pm slot so that little Bobby can write his report before bedtime, while Ms. Smith next door signs up for the 8-9pm slot to work on her novel. (Let's hope she properly licenses those story idea patents!) You can realize further savings by signing up for the graveyard shift. Fees drop by as much as half for the 2-4am time period. A great deal for you night owls out there!
Can you imagine?
It may be hard to imagine now, but free software once presented a real danger to innovation in Office software. Competing free office suites such as the copycat OpenOffice.org could have put a halt to new ideas from the Microsoft corporation, had it become unfeasible to sell this kind of software for hundreds of dollars per license.
RealPlayer is much appreciated for its deep integration with the Windows operating system and for advertising its availability prominently. It also serves as a good example of innovative partnering between two companies. We're happy that Real's monopoly on streaming video enables them to profit from all their good work and focus on future improvements, but still, we'd like to save some money on the use of this great product.
And just as Microsoft has done with Office, Real has stepped up to the plate with a creative offering. For an additional charge of $5 per month (stay with us here!), you will be entered in a drawing for a three month discount on your rental rates, for a total savings of $100! One out of fifteen entries will be a winner. All it takes is one drawing per year to save money, and you have twelve opportunities to win!
Everybody's favorite compression program is WinZip, but unfortunately some people don't seem to appreciate the value it delivers when they begrudge the standard $20 per month licensing fee. We were surprised that many people are unaware of great opportunities for saving already built in to the product. The monthly rental fee includes unlimited use at the standard compression level, but if you choose a faster setting with less compression, you can save up to $6 per month.
Yes! A 30% reduction in your monthly bill for a program that runs faster! It's difficult now to imagine a time when the state of the art in software licensing was a one time charge for a single version of a program. (And let's not even mention again the absurd "free" license foolishness!)
Clearly, the 2015 IP Advancement Convention has served us well.
Boy, are we embarrassed about this one. We had a great money-saving idea that could have saved you tens of dollars a year, but we found out late in the publication cycle that we failed to license it properly. Negotiations for publication rights were not concluded in time and we can only offer this apology in its place.
We have extensive IP review procedures here at IPM, and we are currently investigating how 150 hours of due diligence on permitted-use clearance for this article could have resulted in such an oversight. It's likely that we'll be able to offer the idea to you at a later time for a small additional fee.
Reconsider: should your goal be to save on software rental at all? Remember, if we don't pay companies enough money, we won't see continued advancement in software innovation. Think about it: in 2006, WinZip was on version 10. Today it's up to version 84, and WinZip International LLC is still innovating strongly thanks to the recent licensing of One-Click Installation from Microsoft.
We ask you:
Does your son or daughter really need braces? Do you really think you're going to be able to retire someday? Perhaps you should save less and spend more!
I already hawked this one last week, but for a similarly silly tale of software licensing, patents, and DRM gone awry, please visit the Moving to Freedom web site at http://www.movingtofreedom.org for my science fiction story, Picnic. More recently, an oldie-but-a-goodie quote from Thomas Jefferson.
Reusable with this attribution, and please note if modifications are made: Copyright © Scott Carpenter, 2006. Originally published in Free Software Magazine. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA-2.5).
Free as in Beer?
Just a quick question: could you please provide me with a good description, a link, or a fragment of one of the more popular licenses that ensures you're "free to use software, without charge"? I have to admit I failed in finding those. FSF speaks about "free as in speech", and the licenses tell that you can get the source, modify it, probably have to freely distribute it again and may not charge for the source (more or less) - but quite some commercial software is licensed under a "pay by use" modell (number of CPUs, number of users, number of installations, etc). So even if they would give you the source, allow you to change the source, etc. this does not mean you're allowed to actually use the program w/o paying them.
Please don't flame, as this proves my point has not been understood. I do want to believe OSS gives you the right to freely use the program, but without actually seing it in the licsense I can't. All I can see is that these licenses grant you the right to the source, and nobody asks for money, so everyone thinks it's free (as in beer) and no problem. But where does is actually written? Who stops you from demanding usage fees from all users even if your software is, say, GPL'd?
Re: Free as in Beer?
Software, in copyright law, is no different than any other piece of work, say a recipe for pasta. The first is used by a computer to manipulate data and produce results, the second by a person to manipulate ingredients and produce food. Sure, software is more complex than a lasagna recipe, but it is the same in principle. When was the last time you called a publisher asking him if you had the right to use a recipe you found in one of their books to cook dinner? Right, thought so. Another important distinction is that copyright protects the actual work, not the general idea. If I print a book with 100 pasta recipes, it doesn't mean that anyone else wishing to print a book containing one of those recipes, is out of luck. He can still print one, and similar recipes would be OK as long as he can reasonably claim that he didn't copy it from you, that it wasn't derived from yours, or, in the case of a traditional recipe like carbonara, claim that both recipes derive from a public domain recipe so that noone can claim rights. Software is similar... just because you wrote a sorting algorithm that works in one way, doesn't mean that noone else can. Everyone else can take the algorithm and implement it, and in many cases the implementation will be very similar. Copyright will not protect you from that, there's patent law for that, and software patents is another big subject.
So, they don't grant you the right to use the software because they can't take it away to begin with, it's an implied right. What the corps do though is use end user license agreements (EULAs) in which they grant you specific rights if you agree to a contract, or no rights if you don't. This has nothing to do with copyright or patents, this is contract law. This is like agreeing with someone to sell you his top secret recipe for ultra delicious cookies for $200 while signing a contract prohibiting you for using that recipe for commercial purposes, like setting up a competing business.
So, there's patents, copyright and contract law. A software that doesn't use patented methods, and that is provided to you without you having to agree to a contract, is only protected by copyright law, which only restricts your right to redistribute it. If the author grants you this rights, then you can do pretty much whatever you want with it. Check for example the (revised) BSD license:
It is simple and elegant.
patents worse than you think
"A software that doesn't use patented methods, ..."
You do realize that if the currently granted patents were rigourously enforced then virtually all modern software would be impossible without licensing patents? The US patent office has granted patents which when translated into non-legalistic language cover things on the generality level of "sending a message from a computer to another computer in order to elicit a response" which convers any computer to computer communication.
Now, such patents can almost certainly be overturned as insufficiently specific and subject to prior art. But if the company owning the patent is (say) a £1000Million+ company (and they hold many such patents) you only stand a chance if you are another company of a similar size. And you might have hundreds of such patents to invalidate, held by several large companies.
So rigourous software patent enforcement does effectively kill all free and open source software unless (say) IBM was prepared to put a LOT of its money on the line.
freedom 0
The first liberty (#0 for fomputer people) allow use to run a program for ANY purpose : ie no one can't tie a price to a SPECIFIC use...
(time, commercial/personnal, number of use...)
That beign said, nothing prevent to SELL an Open Source software, in fact that's why the term Open source was created : beccause those software are free as speech and not as beer...
Your only guarantee is that you won't have 'use fee' but only 'selling price'.
My disclaimer: IANAL.
You can sell Free Software
OK, as long as people are willing to buy it from you. The same for Open source software.
The term Open Source doesn't convey the freedom nature of the software as well as the Free Software terminology* but for all practical purposes, they represent the same thing. Please see the OSI FAQ where you can check the relation between them.
*But then see also this link on the origin of the Open source terminology : "Free" is ambiguous.
Let's go party.
It's a good point, and one
It's a good point, and one that's particularly pertinent under English law. As I understand it (and I am not a U.S. qualified lawyer) under the U.S. copyright act, there is an implied license to use software which is otherwise licensed to the user for various purposes. This is what allows US users of GPL software the right to use it.
Under English law, there is no such statutory implied right to use, but fortunately it's pretty well agreed between commentators that the GPL is to be read with an implied right to use the software, even if this not made explicit.
It is one of the problems with the GPL (v2), which despite being a great piece of drafting does have a problem or two. Unfortunately, even though Eben Moglen (co-author of the GPL) agrees with me on this issue, it has not been explicitly dealt with in any of the current drafts for GPL v3 that I have seen.
I suppose it's up to me to do something about that!
- Andrew
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The way I understand it is that money can be charged for the source code, but once you (or someone) buys it, no further restrictions can be placed on it. So let's say you buy source code from some shady guy in an alley, and later he turns around and demands usage fees. According the license, he has no legal backing for this. (However, look out if he has some underling named Chainsaw that tries to persuade you to pay up.)
Is there also something about any fees charged needing to be "reasonable?" Whatever that would mean?
But regardless of the amount, I don't think a business model could be made around charging extravagant amounts for the source code, since there is no way to prevent the next person from distributing it for less or free. Now, I suppose Company X might get a distribution of GNU/Linux and make some changes and then sell the revised version for $100,000 to Company Y. Company Y might not want to just give it away after investing that amount. So they don't share either. But is this a big problem? These two companies are going to be outside of the flow. They will have a lot of work on their hands to maintain their isolated versions in-house. They won't have the wider community supporting and improving their version. And I don't think many copies will go for $100,000 so it doesn't seem like a viable business model.
As far as the versions that are out there that are essentially free as in free beer because so many people are using them, to a large extent you are relying on the community to keep this thing going so you can continue to enjoy using the software for free. Theoretically you have the source code and can maintain it yourself if the community went away, but that's not very likely in practice.
But the system works great so far and we've reached critical mass for a lot of projects. And success keeps breeding more projects. It's lots of fun, and I can't wait to be more immersed in it. (Too much time writing and not enough time playing with this great free stuff.)
These are just some random thoughts. I haven't studied the licensing all that closely and am instead relying on the reassurance and opinions of others. I welcome any feedback about why my scenarios above are wrong or way out of line or irrelevant in some way. They're not meant to be authoritative, just speculative :-)
"reasonable fees"
There are a few "open source"/"free software" licenses which carry a restriction against charging for the software, but they allow you to charge a "reasonable fee" for distribution, etc. They also allow you to bundle the software with something else (i.e. "aggregation") that you do charge for.
These aren't very popular licenses, though (and I don't feeling like diving to find one at the moment -- I just remember reviewing licenses of this type).
The popular GPL license, has no restrictions against sale price. However, because it removes all of the monopoly advantage, it lets the market drive the price to nearly zero (to be exact, it drives it to the "marginal cost of reproduction and distribution", which for web-based distribution can mean "less than what you get from Google ads on the page", so essentially "free").
Strictly speaking, of course, we are paying something in the form of our local internet providers. Peer-to-peer distribution (and Bit Torrent, which uses the same technological approach), attempts to leverage this by distributing the cost of distribution over the whole network. Thus, you essentially pay-in-kind for the distribution cost when you pay your ISP for bandwidth. Some of it will be used to send files on to other people.
As for charging for the source code, the GPL specifically ties the cost to the cost of the binary distribution. GPLv2 said they had to be equal, GPLv3 loosened this up to "within 10X the cost" and provided some multi-channel costs. This is mainly to accomodate things like embedded devices for which source distribution "on like media" is potentially troublesome.
The 10X rule is also useful for artistic works, where the sources might be much larger than the final product (e.g. the movie "The Lord of the Rings" was maybe 10 hrs long all together, but the footage shot for it may well have run into 1000+ hrs, with all the re-takes, multiple component shots, unused scenes, etc). A "source" distribution of a big movie like can easily be many times the size of the "binary". So far, there isn't a lot of free-licensed art of this caliber, and it can be argued that GPLv3 won't be used for it anyway (but rather, say, CC-By-SA), but it is interesting.
Orwellian Software
This view on intellectual software is interesting and I would say Orwellian. If it were possible this sort of business model would have been implemented years ago
I would say that the deciding factor here is the overall economy and lawmakers instead of software companies.
The Future
Right -- it hasn't been possible, previously. If it became possible in the future, then you can bet companies would like to extract every penny they can. (It's their job, after all.)
Despite the miserly future presented, I'm actually pretty optimistic about the promise of free software and its ability to compete with proprietary software. *If* it is allowed to go on as it has, and that's where politics comes in to play. Software patents are a big threat.
if you are talking about personal use, here is what i have to say:
1. interesting. i didn't know that
2. have you ever heard of "real alternative" or "quicktime alternative"? which are free!
3. 7zip - also free
4. -
5. software should be free
You are sooooo 2006!
You are sooooo 2006!
its a joke
its a joke
And so is the reply. ^_^
And so is the reply. ^_^
QT and Real Alternative
Real Alternative and QuickTime Alternative aren't free as in freedom, and they might possibly violate the EULA of the respective products. They're simply packages for Windows that installs the codec modules of both, but without the GUI of either.
I found that those financial
I found that those financial programs for accountants really help in budgeting. Though of course not just for software per se. And I am not the one who uses it primarily. My wife does, an accountant, and it helps me budget all my expenses. Excuse my rambling. The tips show a lot of promise and I hope to save more with it!


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'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,' Season 3, Episode 9, 'Can I Say…?': TV Recap
After four weeks of back-to-back (or cheek-to-jowl) episodes, the good folks at TLC decided to string things out for the last month of season 3 of "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" by switching to single, 30-minute vignettes.
Much as strung-out heroin addicts are weaned off the stuff with methadone, our favorite family started the night by trying to cut down on their cussing. And while it can be hard to go cold turkey, they girded for bird when oldest daughter and would-be culinary student Anna/Chickadee tried to make a chicken pot pie.
Things got under way with Mama June yelling at Jessica/Chubbs and Lauryn/Pumpkin for cursing, as Papa Mike/Sugar Bear observed, "Sometimes, it feels like I'm living in a house full of truck drivers.… No offense to truck drivers."
June took an empty container of what I'm guessing was cheese balls and made a swear jar. Curse, and it's a 25-cent penalty, which with this bunch could've bought them the house with all the bathrooms from a few weeks back. The winner got a steak dinner; the losers (well, aren't we all?) had to eat salad. Everyone tried out their favorite four-letter words to make sure they were verboten, and Alana/Honey Boo Boo let us in on some of hers, including "booger-licker," "fart face" and a propensity for telling others to "shut the front door."
The plot shifted to food, and after Pumpkin intimated that ham comes from bears, Chickadee, now a high-school graduate with a decided lack of spelling skills, planned to make the pot pie. June recalled working at a restaurant as a single mom, saying "it's gonna get real" for Anna, mom of three-thumbed Kaitlyn, "when the bills come in."
The contest kicked in, and when Chubbs was caught, she explained that she was "under durets"(sic, very sic). With a quarter not enough of a disincentive, June stepped things up by making family members eat raw vegetables along with coughing up change. Saying the "girls know how to push my buttons, especially my cuss button," June herself coughed up – in this case, a mouthful of penalty broccoli, and later offered Sugar Bear "a little bit" if she doesn't have to eat a carrot he's put before her. More coughing ensued.
By then, it was getting close to suppertime, and Anna took to the kitchen in a homemade chef's toque with a lot of moxie, and even more butter. HBB helped out by using the chicken "to moisturize my knees." Dinner was served, and despite Pumpkin's fear that "it's gonna be a salmonella pie," the family by and large liked it, and Sugar Bear asked for seconds.
We closed with June tallying up the swear-jar total, knowing that it "looks like I'll be eating a f'ing salad." And so it went: June brought up the rear, with 67 of the 127 recorded cusses. Sugar Bear turned in a perfect performance, not cursing once, and won himself the steak dinner in Milledgeville, which he happily consumed while the family looked on, their salads untouched, as if they could eat a horse. Well, shoot…


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It's probably not on your calendar, but World Yoga Day takes place on Feb. 24. As more people have discovered its healthful benefits, yoga has grown in popularity. But whether or not you practice yoga, you can apply its lessons to other areas of your life - such as investing.
Specifically, consider the following yoga-related themes and how they might translate into investment habits that may be beneficial:
• Balance: If you observe advanced yoga practitioners, you will be amazed at the balance they exhibit during certain positions. But for serious yoga students, the idea of "balance" goes beyond physical movements and extends to a concept of life that emphasizes, among other things, an avoidance of extremes. As an investor, you too need to avoid extremes, such as investing too aggressively, too conservatively or too sporadically. By building a balanced portfolio, and by investing regularly, you can help improve your chances of making progress toward your financial goals.
• Flexibility: Among its many benefits, yoga helps people increase their flexibility - and greater flexibility results in fewer injuries and an increased capacity to enjoy many physical activities. As an investor, you need to be flexible enough to adjust your portfolio as needed while still following a long-term strategy that's appropriate for your individual goals, risk tolerance and time horizon.
• Relaxation: For yoga students, proper relaxation is essential to achieving mental equanimity, emotional balance and inner strength. But relaxation doesn't always come easily - even experienced yoga practitioners need to work at it. As an investor, you also may need to train yourself to relax because, given the ups and downs of the market, it's not hard to become overwrought and make ill-advised decisions based on short-term events. Staying calm and maintaining a long-term view of things may help you make better investment decisions.
• Positive thinking: Our own thoughts and actions are largely responsible for creating our happiness and success, according to yoga teachings. And positive thinking can play a key role in investing, too. For example, if you were to constantly look at negative headlines, you might conclude that it is pointless to invest for the future because external events - economic instability abroad, political squabbles at home, natural disasters and so on - will just disrupt your plans. Consequently, you might decide not to invest, or invest in such a way that can make progress toward your financial goals difficult. But if you maintain a positive attitude, you may be more inclined to invest wisely for your future.
• Visualization: In yoga, visualization is often used to reduce stress. At any given time, you might find it difficult to relax, but you can use your imagination to see yourself - and put yourself - in a relaxed state. As an investor, you need to visualize your goals, such as a comfortable retirement, before you can define a strategy to help you work toward them. By seeing yourself where you want to be, you'll be motivated to take the actions necessary to work toward getting there.
Try putting the principles of yoga to work - they may help you become a better investor.
This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones financial adviser. Edward Jones and its associates and financial advisers do not provide tax or legal advice. Tina DeWitt, Charlie Wick and Kevin Brubeck are financial advisers with Edward Jones Investments. They can be reached in Edwards at 970-926-1728 or in Eagle at 970-328-4959 or 970-328-0361.


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All parents think, at some point, that their kids are possessed by demons. It's usually a figure of speech. Usually.
I'm sensing I may have a problem with my 4-year-old. We'll call her Lucy, because that's her name. But maybe we should call her Lucy-fer. I don't know if it's the growling or the eyes-rolled-back-in-the-head deal, but something may be amiss.
Every time another child gets near my wife, my sweet little girl flies toward my wife like a free safety going after a running back at the goal line. She growls like an rabid badger while wiggling her shoulders and kicking her legs, wedging herself between her mother and the other child.
Then the fun really begins.
Lucy hisses at her perceived competitor, which usually gets their attention. Then in that same demented Viking voice that little Regan used in "The Exorcist," she starts issuing threats in a language that can only be described as not of this Earth -- or any other.
We're hoping it's just a phase.
'Growling and hissing'
The other night, I came home and my wife pulled me aside to describe what happened when precious little Lucy's 10-year-old sister, Lorelei, had the nerve to sit next to her mother.
"It was really weird," my then-calm wife explained. "She started the growling and hissing. Then she started yelling at Lorelei in that voice, saying things I couldn't understand. It was like another language. Lorelei was laughing at first. But then Lucy kept doing it. She started rolling her eyes. She meant it. Lorelei looked at me and said, 'Is this serious?' "
I'm afraid so.
My wife was out of town for a few days last week, leaving me in charge of the ranch. The children and I had a wonderful time; we watched movies and went for a walk, we read books. Everyone was singing and smiling -- it was kind of like a Disney movie before the witch tries killing everyone hotter than she is.
Then Lucy went to the little girls' room, and Lorelei made a near-fatal mistake.
She sat down next to me.
Uh, oh
Suddenly, a bright red light erupted from under the bathroom door. The door frame began shaking, and the sound of a large, angry buffalo bellowed throughout the house.
Apparently, someone got too close to Daddy.
The door flew open and a blur headed straight for me. Suddenly, I was in the middle of two children in a life-or-death struggle for the space next to me. I either had to pull them apart or call for help.
"OK," I said. "Everybody go to a different room. NOW."
With one last angry glance at her sister, Lucy barked, "MARJELBARB LORANOG!" at her sister and stomped into the next room.
Realizing I had to get myself together and act fatherly or something, I mopped the fear-sweat from my brow and went to the next room to speak with Lucy, who was now happily humming while playing with her toy kitchen, as if someone just didn't almost get killed.
"Honey," I said. "You can't do that to your sisters, or anyone else, any time they get near Daddy or Mommy. It's not right. You have to share your parents."
"OK, Daddy," she said, sweetly, all traces of possession gone. "I will."
Well, that went pretty well, I thought. I went into the kitchen to fix myself a snack when I heard a low voice from the vicinity of the toy kitchen:
"Heh heh, narbelgag, heh heh ..."
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It's official: After 18 months of construction, the new Seventh Street Bridge will be dedicated at 10:30 a.m. Monday, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.
The bridge was closed for replacement in June 2011. The opening is only a few weeks behind an original Nov. 30, 2012, completion date for the project.
Ahead of the formal opening, a ceremonial ribbon-cutting will take place featuring PennDOT and elected officials, business people and other members of the community.
Though celebrated by residents in Stroudsburg, the announcement of the bridge's opening was met with a degree of derision by some on Twitter.
"vi�." @vic__vic__vic tweeted about the news: "Really? A bridge? Must be a Stroudsburg thing. In PV, we teleport places."
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W.P. Snyder update
Next step in riverboat's renovation begins soon
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For those who enjoy gazing at the W.P Snyder Jr. as they pass by its Front Street location, there are only a couple more weeks to get a glimpse until next year. In mid-October, the W.P....
I agree with Valvey: $2.5 million on an asset that could be gone with the next flood when we are swimming in deficits. Doing it for the tourist doesn't cut it with me.It is still tax dollars.
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Because Valvey..... we have to have culture, education and tourism. All three cost and make money. They are what you called development, a department which all large organizations have and see crucial for their futures.. Otherwise, places turn into the MOV.... little innovation, development and attraction.
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The Jones family are truly wonderful people and Amherst Madison is so very supportive of this area and other river communities. Valueguy...when we start letting go of things like this that mean so much to the history of our community we would lose so much more.
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If Marietta doesn't maintain some visual connections to the city's historical links to commerce and boat traffic on the Ohio River, what else would bring tourists and their dollars to the city? Too bad that the Snyder can't be brought back as a working boat, powered up for special events but then there are few remaining in the area who know how to work, maintain and repair boilers, the technology of the 19Th Century.
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I like the Snyder as well as anyone but you have to question the use of all those tax dollars on this type of project when we have such a large deficit.
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The week of Oct. 20-26, is Minnesota Manufacturers Week, which is co-sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Economic Development, the Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association, www.mpma .com; Dream It, Do It, www.dreamitdoitmn.com; and the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, mnchamber.com. In collaboration we mark the week with special events recognizing the economic importance of the manufacturing sector.
On a state level, manufacturing businesses can participate in a statewide tour of manufacturing in which the public can get tours of the modern facilities and variety of job opportunities. Today's manufacturing employee is highly skilled and often uses advanced technology and computer-controlled equipment. Manufacturing contributes $37 billion to the state economy and represents 15 percent of our gross domestic product.
Regionally, manufacturing plays an important role by being the largest employing segment in south central and southwestern Minnesota while representing 18.2 percent of all regional jobs in 2011. In the past year the manufacturing segment in southwest Minnesota increased 3 percent, which is three time faster than the total of all the other segments (.8 percent).
Locally, Sleepy Eye is blessed with a wide variety of manufacturing jobs that employ a large percent of Sleepy Eye citizens and other areas which draw people to Sleepy Eye. Each year the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors recognizes outstanding businesses that are contributors to the Minnesota economy, are committed to making Minnesota a better place to live and work, and have improved or increased technology needs in the workplace. It is with great pleasure to share with you, the 2013 award winner is Schwartz Farms Inc. They will be acknowledged in October for their achievement.
Thank you to all manufacturing businesses for what you do for the betterment of your employees, the local economy and being the "backbone" of the Sleepy Eye economy.
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WASHINGTON (December 21, 2012)--President Barack Obama told reporters Friday evening he is "ready and willing" to get a big package done to deal with the "fiscal cliff" and says there's no reason not to protect middle-class Americans from tax increases.
Mr. Obama said he spoke Friday with House Speaker John Boehner and met with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and said Congress should pass a plan to extend tax breaks for the middle class and extend unemployment benefits.
Mr. Obama says nobody can get 100 percent of what they want and said there are "real consequences" to how they deal with the across-the-board tax increases and steep spending cuts scheduled to kick in Jan. 1.
"As of today, I am still ready and willing to get a comprehensive package done. I still believe that reducing our deficit is the right thing to do for the long-term health of our economy and the confidence of our businesses. I remain committed to working towards that goal, whether it happens all at once or whether it happens in several different steps," he said.
Economists fear the combination could deliver a blow to the U.S. economy.
Lawmakers have headed home for Christmas and the first family was heading to Hawaii for the holidays.


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Health & Parenting
Texting May Be New Arena for Bullies
Nov. 21, 2011 -- Texting among U.S. children is increasing in popularity, and as a result, more kids may be harassed or bullied via text messages, a new study finds.
The study included 1,588 young people aged 10 to 15 who answered questions online in 2006, 2007, and 2008 as part of the Growing Up with Media survey.
While there was not an increase in exposure to violent material, harassment, bullying, or unwanted sexual encounters on the Internet during this time frame, there was an uptick in texting-related bullying or harassment.
The study is published in Pediatrics.
Texting on the Rise
Rates of text messaging among adolescents increased from 59% in 2008 to 72% in 2009, while rates of Internet use remained stable at 93% from 2006 to 2008.
It is too early to say why harassment and unwanted sexual communication is increasing among adolescent texters, but not Internet users.
"It may be because aggressive behavior is shifting from online to text messaging or it may be because text messaging is relatively new and we're all figuring out how to communicate well using it; in this case, rates should stabilize as we become more familiar with it," says study researcher Michele Ybarra MPH, PhD, of Internet Solutions for Kids, Inc. in San Clemente, Calif.
Parents can also use filtering software to prevent children from accessing inappropriate web sites, but no such technology is available for cell phone texting yet, she says.
In the study, children were asked if or how often they visited violent sites, such as one showing images of war, death, or terrorism. They were also asked if they had been cyberbullied online or via text. Those who said they had been targeted were asked how they felt after their worst experience.
The online world may be becoming safer for children, Ybarra says. "Rates of violent exposures and experiences online do not seem to be increasing; nor do rates of distress."
The majority of young people are not harassed, bullied, or targets of unwanted sexual communication online or via text messaging, and most of those who are do not report extreme distress even by their most serious experience. "For most young people, navigating technology-infused relationships is generally OK," Ybarra says.
Still one in four children who are harassed or bullied online or via text are "strongly and negatively" affected by the experience.
"We need to do a better job of identifying these kids, and getting them the support and help that they need," Ybarra says.


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Upstate University Hospital chief medical information officer Neal Seidberg, MD, talks about a new era of technology where people are using wearable devices such as Fitbit™ to track daily activities and calories burned. Seidberg says this type of personal information, if desired, may some day be shared directly with your healthcare provider's electronic medical records.
Upstate's electronic medical records system, called MyChart, is a secure, password protected account accessible exclusively to the patient, that allows them to securely access test results, request prescripton renewals, view recent clinic visits and request appointments. For more information, visit mychart.upstate.edu, FAQ's or call our MyChart Patient Support Line at 1-800-231-6899. Read the "What's Up At Upstate" blog: Why electronic medical records are good for patients
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Story / Shocking new documentary tells stories of four Irish women forced into Magdalene laundries / Click here
Eddie Holt / Deafening silence over deaths of Irish babies / Click here
Story / Shock report reveals rampant child abuse in Irish Catholic institutions / Click here
Irish American activists are seeking to make the Irish government responsible for the maltreatment of young Irish women forced to work in Laundries. According to Mari Steed, spokeswoman of the group Justice for Magdalenes, the Irish government was complicit in the abuse the women suffered. It owes them an apology and compensation.
"Right now we're encouraging everybody to contact ministers," she says. "The thing is, we don't want to lose focus. We'd like to keep the wave rolling."
Last week, Minister for Education, Batt O'Keeffe, wrote in response to Parliamentary questions put to his department: "the Magdalene laundries were privately owned and operated establishments which did not come within the responsibility of the State and were not subject to State regulation or supervision."
But the women were Irish citizens and deserved protection, Justice for Magdalenes asserts. Some were children and should have been at school. The state knew of the abuse and allowed it to go on.
"In 2009 the state is denying any role or function in these institutions," says James M. Smith, an associate professor at the English department and Irish studies program at Boston College. "But the state's fingerprints are all over this. The state is now conveniently scapegoating the Catholic Church when in fact church and state were partners throughout most of the twentieth century."
It is hard to know how many women were in the laundries because the religious orders that ran them have not released their records. When they left the Laundries the women tended to emigrate. Many survivors are in the US.
"There are women in America – women in New York, probably in Philadelphia and Chicago too," Smith says, "wherever there were large Irish communities in the 1940s and 1950s. Many went into nursing assistant jobs, into healthcare – into institutions, not dissimilar from what theyhad left."
American parents adopted the children of Magdalene women. "Between 1948 and 1971 more than 2,100 children were brought from Ireland to America for adoption," Smith explains. "Many of the mothers likely would have been in Magdalene Laundries."
The Ryan Report highlighted the abuse children suffered in industrial schools and other institutions. Yet in 2,600 pages, the word "Magdalene" featured just once, in a background chapter, Smith says.
The Irish government has apologized to other victims of abuse, but it denies responsibility for what happened to the Magdalene women because it says they were private institutions.
In a letter to the Taoiseach last month, Smith wrote, "The State's judicial system routinely referred women to the Magdalene laundries. From my own research, I can document at least fifty-four instances dating from the mid-1920s to the mid-1960s."
Case files show how courts charged women with concealment of birth and would suspend the sentence if the women agreed to enter a Laundry, Smith argued. No records exist to document whether the women were released.
Smith put forward a scheme for compensating the women, but the government has rejected the plan.
Irish women's groups support Justice for Magdalenes. "Women in the Magdalen Laundries were in positions of forced labour with no wages, access to trade unions or rights as workers," said a spokesperson for the National Women's Council of Ireland. "Slavery is what they experienced. The survivors deserve what they ask for – which is for their case to be brought to the Redress Board, an apology from the state and compensation for the injustice they have experienced."
But in an email to Irish Central on Monday, the Minister's for Education's spokesperson said: "The abuse of any person is an abhorrent and shameful act regardless of the setting. However, this does not mean that the Government is liable for all incidents of abuse nor is it the function of the Government to determine liability in this matter."
The Irish government has already paid just under 1.3 billion euros to victims of child abuse, Smith says. Especially in the current economic crisis, additional payments to victims of the Magdalene Laundries could be a problem for the government's coffers.


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Meadows to speak at Hendersonville Country Club
Published: Monday, March 18, 2013 at 2:08 p.m.
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The Henderson County Chamber of Commerce will host a breakfast with Congressman Mark Meadows from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. April 4 at Hendersonville Country Club, 1860 Hebron Road, Hendersonville.
Meadows, the first congressman to have a district office in Hendersonville, will give a briefing on federal issues discussed in Washington. Long active in the Republican Party, Meadows has served as party precinct chair, precinct judge, county party chairman and on the Republican Party Executive Committee on both district and local levels.
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Connie Britton
UNDP appointed American actress Connie Britton as a Goodwill Ambassador on 2 April 2014 at UNDP headquarters. In this role, she will raise awareness of UNDP's work in poverty eradication and women's empowerment, advocating to the American and global public.
Throughout her career, Britton has devoted substantial time to a wide range of charity work both in the US and internationally. She previously travelled to Africa with the ONE campaign led by U2's Bonoto support humanitarian causes, and is well aware of the challenges facing millions of poor people around the world. She also has been passionately committed to supporting women's empowerment and women's health issues.
In her role as UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, she will support UNDP's mission with public service announcements, by participating in campaigns, and by visiting UNDP projects in the field.
In 2013, Britton earned her fourth Emmy nomination (Lead Actress in a Drama Series) for her role as country music star Rayna James in the ABC series "Nashville," which also earned Britton her first Golden Globe nomination. Britton is best known for previously starring for five seasons on the critically acclaimed NBC series "Friday Night Lights," for which she received two Emmy nominations for her role as Tami Taylor, a Texas high school principal married to the school's football coach.
She recently starred as Vivien Harmon on "American Horror Story," Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk's Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated series for FX, for which she received her third Emmy nomination. Television audiences also embraced Britton in her recurring roles on NBC's "The West Wing" and Fox's "24," and she also starred opposite Michael J. Fox in five seasons of ABC's award-winning comedy, "Spin City."
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In her role as Goodwill Ambassador, Connie will focus on Poverty Reduction and Women's Empowerment.
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The other night I had a bad dream (maybe it was due to the extra slice of veggie pizza). I went back to my home in the San Francisco Bay Area and paid a visit to an ex-boyfriend. It gets worse. I ended up giving him my sweet cat, Zen. In the morning I decoded the dream. During the ups and downs of a hectic author's work week I had lost my balance big-time.
After all, back in April 2011, I went on a mega quest to find the purr-fect cat. I took my finicky cat checklist and went on the big hunt for two challenging weeks to find a special feline to fill the void of Kerouac, my beloved black cat whose nine lives were done. An ad on Craigslist caught my attention. A black/brown and white, blue-eyed Siamese mix, two-year-old male: Adorable, playful, and likes dogs. Born and raised in a rescue home. It took 11 days for "Zen" to adjust to my Type-A Brittany duo and provide a calming balance to my lifestyle.
On Thursday, I couldn't squish in a much-needed swim and hot tub so I turned to baking a batch of double chocolate brownies. The chocolate aroma filled the house so it smelled like a chocolate chip cookie shop. It is an easy recipe that promises comfort with a capital "C". And I decided to healthy it up with stress-reducing, antioxidant-rich nuts in search of finding a sense of calm and let go of the sci-fi type of spooky nightmare.
Super Nutty Brownies with Peanut Butter Frosting
1 package store bought premium brownie mix
1⁄3 cup extra virgin olive oil
1⁄3 cup water
1 brown egg
11⁄2 cup mixed nuts (macadamia, pecan, walnuts), chopped
In a large bowl, combine mix, oil, beaten egg, and water. Fold in nuts. Lightly grease (with olive oil) an 8-inch by 8-inch glass square dish, pour and spread brownie mixture. Bake at 325 degree for about 40 minutes. Cool. Frost. Serves approximately 18.
Peanut Butter Frosting: 3⁄4 cup creamy low-sodium, natural peanut butter, 3 tablespoons European-style butter,11⁄2-2 cups confectioners' sugar, 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla. Mix butters with sugar and vanilla.
These brownies are so special. Not only do the nuts (rich in protein, good fat, minerals and vitamins) make these favorite treats healthful (in moderation), but the nut butter frosting is so creamy. A small brownie square served with fresh blueberries or raspberries paired with a cup of hot chamomile tea, and enjoying a content cat like Zen purring on my lap is as good as it gets.
Motto: If you're stressed-out, try chilling and savor a small portion of comfort foods with nature's superfoods.
- Cal Orey is an accomplished author and journalist. Her books include The "Healing Powers" series (Vinegar, Olive Oil, Chocolate and Honey) published by Kensington. Her website is www.calorey.com.


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August 24, 2005
Picture your high school gym class. Now think of who was running the track and who was walking in the back. Often, it's teenage girls who detest fitness. But a University of South Carolina study finds there are ways to change that. Three of the school in their study were in Aiken County. News 12 is on your side with how their participation is now encouraging a lifetime of activity.
P.E. for many girls is a stretch.
"Do I like P.E. class? It depends on the day," said 9th grader Amanda Kitchings.
"Sort of, it can be a little boring at times," said 9th grader Cassie McRee.
"Often those early physical activity experiences are not as positive for girls as we think they should be," said Dr. Russ Pate, USC Public Health.
Researchers at the University of South Carolina studied what helps girls enjoy exercise through a program called "Leap." Twenty-four schools participated for four years. In Aiken County, South Aiken and Silver Bluff High Schools regular P.E. classes were studied. Aiken High tried the Leap program.
"More of a way of life as opposed to just a P.E. class," said Barbara Garlinger, P.E. teacher.
Coach Barbara Garlinger says Leap completely changed how she teaches.
"I've carried over a lot of things in my classes," Garlinger said. "A big part of this program was teaching girls to exercise in real life and that sometimes meant leaving the school gym. They did things like take walks in nearby neighborhoods."
And girls also visited health clubs and learned how their teachers continue to exercise as adults.
The study found girls in Leap work out more than girls in traditional P.E., and are more likely to exercise later in life. Now, as the nation applies the study's findings, Aiken High hopes to get more girls on the go.
The study ended at Aiken High School three years ago. All the students who participated have since graduated.
There are plenty of places in Augusta where you can improve your fitness level. The newly renovated YMCA on Wheeler Road has a variety of aerobics and yoga classes, including a "Kardio Kidz" class and a "Kids Yoga" class for the youngsters. There's also a "Teenfit" personal training program, at all of the local branches. Women and girls can also visit "Curves International," a fitness center that offers a 30-minute workout for women on the go. Visit the YMCA's website and Curves' website to learn more about their programs.


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Obama spoke after meeting Wednesday in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH'-hoo).
The West says Iran's program is aimed at developing nuclear weapons technology. Iran says its program is for peaceful purposes.
Iran has defied the international community's urging that it consent to nuclear inspections.
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Sarasota mayor to seek County Commission seat
Published: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 4:05 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 4:05 p.m.
Sarasota Mayor Shannon Snyder will challenge his fellow city commissioner for an open seat on the county board in the November election.
Name: Shannon Snyder
Age: 48
Job: Mayor of Sarasota, retired Sarasota County Sheriff's Office deputy 25 years
Education: Manatee Community College
Family: Wife, Teresa Taft, and five children
Political affiliation: Republican
Snyder, 48, said he is filing Wednesday to run for the District 2 county commission seat. He will face off with City Commissioner Paul Caragiulo and Sarasotan Pete Theisen, a retired acupuncturist and perennial candidate in local races. All three men are Republicans.
Snyder is a third-generation Sarasota resident who retired nearly four years ago after 25 years with the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. He said he decided to enter the race because he wants to serve the whole county and ensure that the government lives within its means.
His decision was also spurred by a number of issues. He is concerned about Sarasota County's struggle to keep medians mowed, the condition of roads and how staff handled the firing of ethics coordinator Steve Uebelacker.
Snyder plans to announce his candidacy in North Port in an effort to show from the start that he values all of the county's communities.
"I will be serving the whole county, not a select few," he said.
The district that he is running in includes part of the city of Sarasota and Longboat Key. Commissioner Joe Barbetta has held the position for the past eight years. His term limit expires this year.
Caragiulo, who announced that he was running last August, has a financial head start on Snyder. He has already received $35,527.40 in contributions, including in-kind donations and loans. Of that, $6,137.40 has come from Caragiulo, through in-kind contributions and an initial $5,000 loan.
Theisen has raised $2,298.80, about half of which he loaned to the campaign.
Caragiulo is a restaurateur whose family owns Sarasota hot spots Caragiulo's, Nancy's Bar-B-Q, Owen's Fish Camp and Shore. He said he wants to bring a small business owner's perspective to the public sector, he said before he filed last year.
Caragiulo has received some financial support from members of the development community, who have helped other county commissioners get elected.
Snyder said his campaign will be grassroots, and he knows that, "I'm going to be up against the overall political machine."
"I'm too big to fit in anybody's pocket," Snyder added.
He is known as an outspoken voice in Sarasota politics, often decrying what he views as corruption or overspending.
"The mayor will stand up and say it the way it is," Snyder said of his reputation. "He certainly doesn't sugar-coat it."
Another county commission seat will be open in the upcoming election.
Neighborhood activist Lourdes Ramirez is competing with Al Maio, vice president of design and engineering firm Kimley-Horn, for District 4. The district includes Gulf Gate, Palmer Ranch and Siesta Key.
The primary election for the spots is Aug. 26 and the general election is Nov. 4.
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Wednesday, 4 May 2016
1. Prayers and acknowledgement of country
2. Documents to be presented, pursuant to standing order61- consideration at item 13
3. Tabling of documents by Clerk,including letters relating to the Senate orders on appointments and vacancies, and grants
4. Committees—proposed meetings to be authorised
Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee to meet today, from 11.15 am, for the committee's consideration of the 2016-17 Budget estimates-private meeting
5. Government business orders of the day
1—Tax Laws Amendment (Tax Incentives for Innovation) Bill 2016—resumption of second reading debate
Senate divided (9.53am) on AG committee amendments [sheet 7916]: ayes - 10; noes - 41 NEGATIVED
2—Tax Laws Amendment (New Tax System for Managed Investment Trusts) Bill 2015
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Managed Investment Trusts) Bill 2015
Medicare Levy Amendment (Attribution Managed Investment Trusts) Bill 2015
Income Tax (Attribution Managed Investment Trusts—Offsets) Bill 2015—resumption of second reading debate
3—Financial System Legislation Amendment (Resilience and Collateral Protection) Bill 2016—resumption of second reading debate
4—Social Services Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2015—resumption of second reading debate
running sheet
AG committee amendments [sheet 7910]:amendment no. 1 - AGREED TOSenate divided (11.34am) on amendment no.2: ayes - 31; noes - 12 (Schedule to remain in the bill)
Opposition committee amendment [sheet 7912] - not proceeded with as identical to AG amdt no. 1
5—National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment Bill 2016—resumption of second reading debate
6—Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2016 Measures No. 1) Bill 2016—resumption of second reading debate
Government committee amendments [sheet LL145] - AGREED TO
7—Australian Crime Commission Amendment (National Policing Information) Bill 2015
Australian Crime Commission (National Policing Information Charges) Bill 2015—resumption of second reading debate
At 12.45 pm
6. Senators' statements
At 2 pm
7. Questions
8. Motions to take note of answers
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9. Notices of motion
10. Placing of business
Postponements to be authorised:
business of the Senate notice of motion no. 1 postponed to 9 May 2016 (Senator Carr re disallowance)
Committees––extensions of time to be authorised
11. Formal motions
Matter of privilege
1—Senator McAllister—Reference to the Standing Committee of Privileges
Senate divided (3.39pm): ayes - 33; noes - 25
Business of the Senate
1—Senator Carr—Disallowance of the Migration Amendment (Offshore Resources Activity) Regulation 2015 [F2015L01937]
2—Chair of the Environment and Communications References Committee (Senator Urquhart)—Reference to the committee (flying fox colonies)
3—Senator Lambie—Reference to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee (Australian veterans)
proposed amended motion
Senate divided (4.09pm): ayes - 15; noes - 32 [question put again at 4.08 pm]
4—Leader of the Glenn Lazarus Team (Senator Lazarus)—Reference to the Finance and Public Administration References Committee (access of small and medium business to Federal Government contracts)
General business
1171—Senator Ludlam—Health facilities under international law
1172—Senator Simms—Australian Christian Lobby
Senate divided (3.58pm): ayes - 10; noes - 41
1173—Senators Brown, Bilyk and Moore—National Volunteer Week
1174—Leader of the Glenn Lazarus Team (Senator Lazarus)—Australia's shipping and maritime industry (notice of motion altered on 3 May 2016, pursuant to standing order 77)
Senate divided (3.47pm): ayes - 15; noes - 37
1175—Leader of the Glenn Lazarus Team (Senator Lazarus)—Australian sugarcane industry
Senate divided (4.05pm): ayes - 13; noes - 32
1176—Senator Smith—Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
1177—Senators Rhiannon and Dastyari—Bondi Pavilion
1178—Senators Xenophon, Madigan, Muir, Lambie and Leader of the Glenn Lazarus Team (Senator Lazarus)—Australian paper for ballot papers and election materials
Senator Rice moved an amendment in respect of paragraph (b) of the motion - NEGATIVED
Senate divided (4.24pm) on the motion: ayes - 32; noes - 26
1179—Senators Moore and McLucas—Establishment of a National Redress Scheme
1180—Senator Whish-Wilson—Barracuda-class submarines
1181—Leader of the Glenn Lazarus Team (Senator Lazarus)—Owner Driver operators
Senate divided (4.17pm): ayes - 4; noes - 41
1182—Senator Siewert—Income support for students
12. Matter of public importance - letter received from Senator Moore
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13. Consideration of documents tabled earlier today
14. Tabling of delegation reports
Senator Bernardi to present report of the Australian parliamentary delegation to the 134th Inter—Parliamentary Union Assembly
Senator Gallacher to present report of the Australian parliamentary delegation to Japan and the Republic of Korea, 9 to 21 November 2014
15. Committee reports and government responses
Economics References Committee—interim report—non-conforming building products (Chair, Senator Ketter)
Economics References Committee—interim reports—impact of Commonwealth legislation, policies and guidelines (Chair, Senator Ketter)
Select Committee on Health—6th interim report (Chair, Senator O'Neill)
Legislation Committees—Additional information relating to estimates
Standing Committee on Publications—24th report (Chair, Senator Reynolds)
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights—38th report of the 44th Parliament, and annual report 2013-14
Privileges Committee - 162nd report (Chair, Senator Collins)
Select Committee on Unconventional Gas Mining—interim report (Chair, Senator Lazarus)
Senator Lazarus, by leave, tabled petitioning documents
Community Affairs References Committee—interim report—Lyme-like illness in Australia (Chair, Senator Siewert)
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties—Report nos 161 and 162
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (Chair, Senator Fawcett):
Impairment of customer loans
Examination of the 2014-15 annual reports of bodies established under the ASIC Act
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee (Chair, Senator Gallacher):
Australia's bilateral aid program in Papua New Guinea
contamination caused by firefighting foams at government sites other than RAAF Base Williamtown and Australian Defence Force facilities
partial suspension of sanctions against Iran
Finance and Public Administration References Committee (Chair, Senator McAllister):
outcomes of the 42nd meeting of the Council of Australian Governments held on 1 April 2016
Commonwealth legislative provisions relating to oversight of associated entities of political parties
Select Committee on the National Broadband Network—Final report (Chair, Senator McLucas)
Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee-effect of market consolidation on the red meat processing sector (Chair, Senator Sterle)
Statement—Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit—Draft estimates for the Australian National Audit Office and the Parliamentary Budget Office for 2016-17
Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade-Australia's trade and investment relationships with countries in the Middle East
Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee—interim report—Commonwealth payments relating to asylum seeker boat turn backs (Chair, Senator Lazarus)
Government response—Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee—impact of the 2014 and 2015 Commonwealth Budget decisions on the arts
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Documents were tabled in relation to the following orders for the production of documents:
regional hospitals funding, diagnostic imaging and pathology services and the 2015-16 additional estimates unanswered questions on notice
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18. Messages from the House of Representatives
Bill for concurrence—
National Disability Insurance Scheme Savings Fund Special Account Bill 2016
[this bill is not subject to the bills cut-off order]
agreeing to the amendments made by the Senate to the following bills:
Omnibus Repeal Day (Autumn 2015) Bill 2015,Social Services Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2015, andTax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2016 Measures No. 1) Bill 2016
Assent to laws
Tabling of (further) documents by the Clerk
19. Business to be considered
Business of the Senate order of the day
1—Social Security (Administration) (Trial Area – East Kimberley) Determination 2016 [F2016L00307]—Motion for disallowance—Resumption of debate
Government business continued
8—Registration of Deaths Abroad Amendment Bill 2016—resumption of second reading debate
National Disability Insurance Scheme Savings Fund Special Account Bill 2016 (subject to introduction)
9—Governor-General's opening speech—Address-in-reply
The sitting of the Senate will be suspended from 7.20 pm till 8 pm
20. Budget statement and documents 2016-17
Party leaders and independent senators to make responses to the budget statement
Motion to vary the routine of business
Minister to move, by leave: That government business order of the day no. 7 (Australian Crime Commission Amendment (National Policing Information) Bill 2015 and related bill) be called on, and that the question for the adjournment of the Senate shall be proposed immediately after that order has been finally considered
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Oceanfront Cottage @ Kehena Beach
|Per night
|Per week
Our Gumamela (Hibiscus) Cottage is located in one of the most beautiful places on earth - Kehena Beach on The Big Island of Hawaii.
This spacious cottage is the closest rental to Kehena Beach on Kalapana-Kapoho Rd. The cottage has 1 bedroom w/ queen bed & full bathroom, fully equipped kitchen, beautiful lanai, washer & dryer, FREE Super fast WI-FI internet, land line w/ free long distance, Direct TV, flat screen TV, CD , blender, microwave, coffee maker, refrigerator/freezer, wood/tile floors, and typical household amenities that give you the feeling that "you are at home". There is a Hawaiian rock barbecue situated in our tropical garden w/ ocean view. It doesn't get much better than this.
It also has an ocean view from every room in the house, including the bathroom.
If you are interested in Yoga, we are situated in between two world famous Yoga Centers located here on 'The Red Road'.
Many people come to Hawaii to visit Volcano National Park - home of Kilauea and the periodic lava flows just a short distance from us. There are also Hawaiian jungles, tropical rain forests, beautiful coastal views, geothermically heated ponds, snorkeling, whale watching w/ dolphins that migrate to the warm Hawaiian waters from Alaska. You can often see them from our lanai off our beautiful coast - in the Kehena Beach area. Many of my tenants have told us that they were able to swim w/ the dolphins and you can too!
This is the place for water lovers - you should see the spectacular ocean view & sunrise over the south pacific from our lanai - where you may want to eat your breakfast!!
Also, did you know that the best and safest snorkeling area is just down the road in the Kapoho Tide pools? You can easily navigate all of these places from the cottage in Kehena Beach, it has come to be a very popular spot 'right in the center of all of these attractions'.
For those of you who are seeking night time entertainment, check out 'Uncles Outdoor Hawaii Bar' if you want to sip a beer, listen to live Hawaiian music, eat great food and enjoy a farmers market at the same time.
The Gumamela (hibiscus) Cottage is located in beautiful Kehena Beach on the Hilo side of the Big Island of Hawaii and just a short walk across the street to the world famous Kehena Black Sand Beach.
Pohoiki Point and the famous Kapoho snorkeling waters are also near by and remain popular snorkeling, surfing and swimming areas. Compare our rates to those in Kapoho - you will love our place.
Kilauea Volcano is just a 45-60 minute drive where you can walk through Thurstons Lava Tube and look in to Kilauea Caldera.
You are also close to the lava viewing area, tide pools, snorkeling, fishing areas, Akaka, Kahuna and Rainbow Falls, Boiling Pots, hiking, Farmers Market (1/2 block away), Space Community Arts Center, Keck Observatory, Kilauea , Uncles Bamboo Tiki Bar w/ live music, cafes, food markets, Volcanoes Nat'l Park and so much more - are just 10-45 minutes away.
My mission is to make sure that you have what you need to make your visit a happy, and memorable experience ! This is also a great place to relax and enjoy nature. Many people come to Kehena Beach to 'get away from it all and breath clean air, eat great food, soak up the sunshine, exercise, commune with nature, and meet some wonderful people. So come and find out 'what the aloha spirit really is'. We invite you to come Hawaii..it truly is one of the most beautiful places on earth.
You will love this place - picture yourself sitting on the lanai w/ the sound of waves crashing on the cliffs below while gazing at the South Pacific through ocean front coconut trees that are swaying w/ the Hawaiian trade winds. This is truly the Hawaii that you dream about. Call Andre to inquire. (View from this cottage is shown in our pictures)
NOTE: We also have a special provision for weddings. Pastor Thomas Monago is our wedding officiant who will perform your wedding at the beach or local park.
This is also the perfect 'honeymoon suite' where you can actually sit on your lanai and see whales and dolphins off shore...along with the boats and cruise ships that cruise by.
Pohoiki Point is also near by and is a popular surfing and swimming area.
Kilauea Volcano is just a 45-60 minute drive where you can walk through Thurstons Lava Tube.
Lava viewing is just a 10 minute drive down the Red Road.
This cottage is new and impeccably clean, has 1 large bedrooms w/ 1 bath, lanai overlooking the ocean,wood and, tile floors, Direct TV, DVD player on flat screen, CD player, and typical household amenities that give you the feeling that 'you are at home'.
No mosquito problems. VOG is rare in this area as we are not down wind from the volcano.
Come to Kehena Beach, Hawaii..you will love it !
Property Rates
|Jan 01 2015
|Dec 31 2016
|1 Night
|Check In: 4 p.m. Check Out: 11 a.m.
|Lodging tax: 13.416
|Deposits: 50%
|Payment Options: Discover, Mastercard, PayPal, Personal Check, Visa
|Other Fees: Cancellation fee is 50% up until 1 week of your arrival then 75% afterwards.
This was a note left by another happy tenant.
Dear Andre & Susan,
Thank You very much for all of your help making our anniversary trip AMAZING. I am so glad that I upgraded to this cottage. It is such an amazing view. I was able to watch the sun rise over the south pacific every morning while enjoying my coffee. If we ever make this adventure again, I hope to se you again. Ryan and Debra
Thanks so much ! This is a lovely home and we were especially impressed by the circular stairway in the main house. We really appreciated you allowing us to use your house. Greg
A QUIET AND BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO REST Christina and Jacob unknown
Review Submitted: Date of Stay: Thank you for providing us with a quiet and beautiful place to rest. We love being able to sit outside at night and not be bothered by the invasive sound of cars. This place is a perfect vacation spot. I never wanted to leave. I left you some beautiful flowers. It's the least we can do. Owner Submitted Review Helpful votes: 0/0.
A BEAUTIFUL ROOM Clayton and Laura unknown
Review Submitted: Date of Stay: Aloha Andre. Thank you so much for a beautiful room. I will recommend your rental to others. Mahalo! - Clayton and Laura Owner Submitted Review Helpful votes: 0/0.
Pleasure in Paradise Daniel Vaughn Vincennes, IN
Review Submitted: Date of Stay: We stayed 11 days and were very satisfied. The ocean breezes were consistent, the views gorgeous, the neighborhood friendly and colorful. The 3BR/1.5Bath unit is in great condition with plenty of towels and linens. The water filtration works great and the water is fine for drinking (although a big "jug" of bottled water was there as well) I'm looking forward to a future stay(and I lived on the Big Island for 10 years previously). We had a great time. Mahalo nui loa Andre. Rating: 5 out of 5Respond to Review
Owner Response: Aloha Dan, Thank You so much for the nice comments and it was a pleasure talking w/ you. We want you and your wonderful family to come back again soon...I know that you loved the barbecue so I will be sure to put a couple Ahi steaks in the freezer for you - is that a deal ! There will be another bike as well - promise ! Mahalo nui loa to you and family as well.
Recommended for: Girls Getaway , Sightseeing , Families with Teenagers , Families with Young Children , Romantic Getaway Helpful votes: 0/0.
Comfortable and Accomodating Betsy Okabe Anaheim, Ca
Review Submitted: Date of Stay: Andre was extremely accomodating. We had a booked at a hotel in Hilo, only to find out that is was not such a nice place to stay. I contacted Andre at 7pm and on the same night, we were arrived to this rental. We booked the two studios as the 3 bedroom was taken. None the less, we spent two nights here. The beds were comfortable. Lynn was very informative about things to do. They have information for local services like a personal chef, massuse, or tour guide available at the rental. We had a great time while we were there, and were much more comfortable staying here than the place we had originally booked in Hilo. The prices are unheard of. Our stay was very reasonably priced. A word about Hawaii... there are bugs and they are to be expected. If the lights are on, they will come. Lynn was nice enough to warn us about this. We quickly understood what she was talking about. If you are afraid of bugs, this is not the place for you. We were not expecting the bugs so it was a bit of a surprise for us, but we dealt with it by keeping the doors shut and the screened windows open. The rental itself, is clean and modern and comfortable. The beds were comfortable. We would stay here again. We had a great time. Thanks Andre & Lynn. Rating: 5 out of 5Respond to Review
Owner Response: Aloha, glad that you loved the place and you are certainly welcome back anytime. We always ask tennants to avoid leaving the outside lights on at night because 'everyone knows' that lights attract insects' any where that you go in Hawaii . Some people forget or disregard what they are told and find a few cane beatles outside on the porch lights. This is normally not much of a problem to most people as we keep our land cleared around the house. During the day, insects are not an issue at all. Please don't let a few harmless cane beatles scare you away from Hawaii because that would be a shame. LOL Mahalo and aloha.
Recommended for: Age 55+ , Adventure Seekers , Girls Getaway , Sightseeing , Families with Teenagers , Families with Young Children , Romantic Getaway Helpful votes: 1/2.
Wow, I loved this place. It was so close to everything and the building is brand new and very clean. adam nguyen Portland, OR
Review Submitted: Date of Stay: We stayed at Coconut Palms and had such a wonderful vacation. And it was so clean, which is very important to me. The building is just a year old so everything is in great condition. It had a full kitchen, fridge, sink, dining room and all. I would love to have this as my home all year round. Kehena beach is so close so we spent a few days suntanning and swimming there. One morning (go early) there was a pod of dolphins we swam with..that was a big wow for us. Kehena is black sand from the lava and so pretty. Andre, the owner, made all the difference as he is so helpful and really cares that we have a good vacation. I find this to be very unusual as most vacation rentals managers don't really care. The lookout bedroom (3rd floor) is amazing with all the windows and a 360 degree view, so when you come with family be sure to get dibs on this room! Another day we went to the Kapoho tide pools and snorkeled..another wow place. The fish and coral is so pretty. We loved what a great location Coconut Palms is to everything we wanted to do. Another day we went to the Uncle Roberts' Awa bar (local hawaiian family) and listened to hawaiian music and one lady even got up and did some hula that was so enchanting, from here we walked out to a brand new black sand beach as he lava created it just a few years ago. Be sure to be there on a Saturday morning if you can as we walked not a block to a local farmers market at a place called Space...how charming and we even had our breakfast there...be sure to ask Andre about it. Well, I just had to share all this with everyone as reviews help me so much to choose good places to stay. Thank you Andre. Rating: 5 out of 5Respond to Review
Owner Response: Hello Adam, I think I should hire you as my advertisement advisor. Gee, I appreciate the kind words and am really glad you all had a great time over here. Feel free to come back ANYTIME !
Recommended for: Age 55+ , Pet-friendly , Adventure Seekers , Girls Getaway , Tourists without a Car , Sightseeing , Families with Teenagers , Families with Young Children , People with Disabilities , Romantic Getaway Helpful votes: 1/1.
Wonderfully off the map!!!! Sicily Kamaka Waikane, Oahu
Review Submitted: Date of Stay: I wanted to be able to relax and cleanse from my Oahu life, for my 30th birthday. I couldn't have found a better place! Mahalo nui loa e Andre! We were truly "off the map", which is what I wanted. There was more than enough room for my ohana to be comforable. The value is beyond words! Only recommendation I have: darker curtains in the downstairs master bedroom. Other than that WE LOVED EVERYTHING!!!! Rating: 5 out of 5Respond to Review
Owner Response: Aloha Lahela, Thank you so much for the positive comments and I agree that this is the best deal around. We will continue to provide 'the best vacation rental experience' for your hard earned money - as long as we can, and we love hearing that people really appreciate Coconut Palms and Kalapana.
Recommended for: Adventure Seekers , Sightseeing , Families with Teenagers , Families with Young Children Helpful votes: 1/1.
Good Deal, Great Location, Nice Home J Colleen Brown Cleveland, Ohio
Review Submitted: Date of Stay: Andre was so sweet to meet us at the house after our flight got delayed and we had trouble finding the place after dark. The home is very nice and a great deal. It was in the perfect location for us: close to the heated pools along the coast, the lava-covered beaches, and even for driving the Saddle Road and around Mauna Kea. Our HAWAII THE BIG ISLAND REVEALED was helpful in giving us some tips of local things to do! We loved the local market for a fantastic Ono fish breakfast. Be sure to stop at the Farmer's Markets to get STRAWBERRY MANGOs. We were disappointed that the balcony bed was a double (though we understood - since it's up spiral stairs), and that there was a plastic sound to the mattresses on each of the beds. (?) We awoke in the morning to tropical birds, a dog barking, and a child running up and down the stairs and stomping in the studio apartment in the house. Oh well. Still a great deal and a great location. Thank you for your hospitality, Andre. Congratulations on your wedding and mahalo again! Colleen Rating: 4 out of 5Respond to Review
Owner Response: Aloha Colleen, We are so glad that you enjoyed your stay. We are getting quite popular and more families with kids are staying at Coconut Palms and kids will be kids. Hopemyou return soon and thank you for the congrats..I feel blessed to have found this very special person.
Guest Comment Entered by Owner .Guest: Cindy from Alaska
Date of Stay: 03/18/11 Review Submitted: 03/29/11
Tennant from Alaska who stayed 9 nights in one of our private studio writes: Mahalo Andre - very sad to leave. Loved staying here! Thank You again and again for opening up your heart & home to me. Cindy
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..Guest Comment Entered by Owner .Guest: Skye, Penny & Liz
Date of Stay: 03/18/11 Review Submitted: 03/29/11
A customer from Australia writes: Andre, Thank You for the use of Coconut Palms, we really enjoyed staying here.
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..Aloha ! We May Have the Best Deal in Puna & You Have Options !
5/5.Beautiful, clean, brand new house with plenty of space
Guest: CJ(Grayslake, IL)
Date of Stay: 02/01/11 Review Submitted: 02/22/11
My wife and I loved the house and staying in Kalapana to see the lava flows as well as explore Kilauea. The house is large and everything is new, clean and maintained. The owner took several of our calls and emails with no problems. The night time walking lava tour is recommended, going to the local beaches and small towns like Pahoe.
Recommended for: Age 55+, adventure seekers, sightseeing, romantic getaway.
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..Aloha ! We May Have the Best Deal in Puna & You Have Options !
5/5.The best vacation spot for us. We'll be back.
Guest: Sabine(Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Date of Stay: 02/06/11 Review Submitted: 02/21/11
This was the best vacation rental experience I ever had, from the beginning when inquiring about the place to the very last minute. Andre was so wonderful in accommodating us every day. He helped us find the best things to do and took us even to some spots we would not have found. He helped immediately when we had a problem with loosing the key to our rental car in the ocean. We love to come back as soon as we can.
Owner response: Hi Sabine, glad that you and Mo had a great experience. You do have to come back because there is so much you haven't seen yet. Give me a call when ready...mahalo
Recommended for: Adventure seekers, sightseeing, families with teenagers, romantic getaway.
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..Aloha ! We May Have the Best Deal in Puna & You Have Options !
5/5.Beautiful, clean, perfect in every way!
Guest: Kay(Louisville, KY)
Date of Stay: 02/03/11 Review Submitted: 02/20/11
We stayed in the studio apartment in the house, and it was perfect for the two of us. It was immaculately clean, and nicely decorated with 2 comfortable beds. The house is new and in an excellent location for exploring Puna. There is a lovely lanai around 3 sides of the house (from which you can see the ocean) with a table and chairs where we ate all our meals. In one direction we could see the sun rise over the ocean,and in another we could see the sunsets. On our last day there was a giant double rainbow right in front of the house. We loved walking in the safe, quiet neighborhood and shopping at the wonderful farmer's market (just a half block away.) Our host, Andre, was so welcoming and helpful. We loved the studio and Puna so much we cancelled two other reservations, so we could stay longer, In all we stayed at three other places on the island all of which were much more expensive and not nearly as nice as this studio. What a bargain! We loved the black sand Kehena Beach, and the Aloha spirit we found everywhere in the area. SeaView Estates is beautifully remote with wonderfully clean air which makes the stars seem so huge and bright. Most of all we loved the peace we felt there. We are planning to return as soon as possible. It was by far the highlight of our time on the Big Island.
Owner response: Aloha, Now, this one of the best reviews I have ever had. I'm very flattered by your thoughtful comments. I hope you and your daughter do come back. Maybe Susan and I can take you out to the Kalapana cafe' for an Ono Burger when you come back. Hope to see you again soon.
Recommended for: Age 55+, pet owners, adventure seekers, girls getaway, sightseeing, families with teenagers, families with young children, romantic getaway.
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..Guest Comment Entered by Owner .Guest: The Clarkes
Date of Stay: 02/04/11 Review Submitted: 02/06/11
We love this place, Andre, can we stay another day? This is the best place that we have ever stayed at - it is PERFECT! Thank You
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..Guest Comment Entered by Owner .Guest: The McD. family
Date of Stay: 01/25/11 Review Submitted: 02/06/11
Andre, we heard of it in Costa Rico but experienced it in Hilo, Hawaii. We took the extreme UF zipline experience this day. Our guides (Josh and Daniel) were great. We are in our sixties and a little pudgy. They handled us safely and respectfuly even when we needed an extra hand. Even the trip up the hill in the van was fun! I give 5 stars to you guys. for a chance of a lifetime and another experince crossed our bucket list. Kocur, Florida
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..Guest Comment Entered by Owner .Guest: Bob & Jolee
Date of Stay: 01/03/11 Review Submitted: 02/06/11
Thanks andre. We had a great time and we DEFINITELY will be back, this place is GREAT! Bob and Jolee
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..Guest Comment Entered by Owner .Guest: Family who stayed in house and studio
Date of Stay: 01/31/11 Review Submitted: 02/06/11
Thanks, the accomodations were excellent for our family. We enjoyed this end of the island.
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..Guest Comment Entered by Owner .Guest: Robt K. and wife
Date of Stay: 01/11/11 Review Submitted: 02/06/11
We really loved the studio - it was perfect. Thanks for letting us use the bikes and snorkeling equipment. We had a blast. if you ever need a reference, they can call me.
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Conference to focus on reducing obesity
Published: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, February 18, 2013 at 11:35 p.m.
By Morgan Taylor
14th Annual Rural Health Conference
Where: Ferguson Center Ballroom, University of Alabama
When: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday
Cost: $25 for students, $125 for professionals
Registration: Online at http://rhc.ua.edu.
Special to The Tuscaloosa News
TUSCALOOSA | The South has one of the highest obesity rates in the nation, at 29.5 percent, with often higher rates in rural areas.
To fight the epidemic, the Institute for Rural Health Research has teamed up with rural communities for the 14th annual Rural Health Conference, hosted by the University of Alabama's College of Community Health Sciences.
The conference, which will be Wednesday at UA's Ferguson Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., will focus on partnerships that can reduce obesity in rural communities.
"We have the highest rate of preventable diseases, and we have to start to change that," said Lea G. Yerby, assistant professor of community and rural medicine. "We see that living in a rural area can increase your risk of obesity for a lot of reasons."
Yerby blames the rise in obesity on the decline of farmers in Alabama.
"We have to make growing our own food and cooking our own food a part of the culture again," she said.
Keynote speakers at the conference will be Michael Minor, the national director HOPE Health and Human Services Partnership of the National Baptist Convention USA, and Ravi Patel, founder of the Nashville Mobile Market.
The conference is an opportunity for health care professionals, community leaders, researchers, government officials and policymakers to hear from experts in the field in terms of obesity, said Sheena Quizon Gregg, assistant director of nutrition services at health promotion at UA and co-chair of the Alabama Obesity Task Force.
Alabama's obesity problem and the various intervention programs that are being executed in rural areas will also be discussed.
The conference will have breakout sessions with focusing on topics like the community and behavior, the clinical track, the Alabama Diabetes Network/Alabama Cooperative Extension and the Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation.
"In my presentation, I will specifically address the Alabama Obesity Task Force and its role in making a healthier lifestyle more accessible for Alabama citizens," Gregg said.
For more information or to register for the conference, visit http://rhc.ua.edu or call the Institute for Rural Health Research at 205-348-0025.
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