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Mary Jo Kilroy has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 15th district of the State of Ohio, since 2009 (map).
- 1 Positions, record and controversies
- 2 Bio
- 3 Money in politics
- 4 Committees and affiliations
- 5 More background data
- 6 Contact
- 7 Articles and resources
Positions, record and controversies
Kilroy supports expanding tax credits for those who buy vehicles powered by alternative fuels and build infrastructure that supports the alternative energy vehicles,expanding refining capacity and refocusing government resources on developing more alternative energy technologies and making them commercially viable.Kilroy also supports making oil companies use their unused land in the U.S, or face losing the leases;other oil companies will get to bid on the land, and the profits can be invested in alternative energy. She does not support tax breaks for oil companies.
Kilroy supports a market based cap and trade policy to reduce carbon emissions and tax credits and incentives for people to install energy saving technologies in their homes and businesses. She also believes that it is important for all Americans to get involved by doing their part, such as getting reusable grocery bags and energy saving bulbs. [1]
Kilroy says she will ease the burden on the middle class by expanding the college tuition tax credit and increasing the child care and elder care tax credit. She supports providing transitional heath care for workers between jobs and incentives to save for retirement by offering matching contributions to retirement savings accounts.[1]
Iraq War
Kilroy does not support the war in Iraq, and wants the troops withdrawn as soon as possible. She also believes that Iraqi government needs to do its share of the work. [1]
Kilroy supports expanding veteran's benefits to ensure that they are receiving proper healthcare including treatment for mental health disorders such as PTSD and TBI, reducing the amount bureaucracy in the VA that prevents veterans from receiving benefits in a timely manner, and ensuring the veterans have access to good jobs when they return from war.[1]
The Economy
Kilroy says she will work to end tax breaks to companies who outsource jobs to other countries, and fix trade agreements so that American can maintain its manufacturing advantages. [1]
Kilroy says she will support a universal healthcare system where the coverage is portable, covers pre-existing conditions, allows for a choice in doctors, and preventative medicine is utilized to reduce costs. [1]
The daughter of a pipefitter, Kilroy was born in 1949. She attended Cleveland State University and was trained as a lawyer at Ohio State University. She was a partner in a law firm as well as a member of the Columbus School Board and Columbus City Council before running for U.S. Congress.[2]
2006 elections
Kilroy's challenge to Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce was seen as a possible opportunity for Democrats to pick up a congressional seat and as a bellwether race for the election, particularly given Pryce's leadership position in the Republican congressional delegation.[3]
Two debates were scheduled for the 2006 congressional race. The first was held September 18th and the second was on October 12th. In the first, Kilroy and Pryce discussed the war in Iraq, the war on terror, taxes, social security, the federal deficit and President Bush.[4]
The second debate, which took place at Ohio State University, was vitriolic. Kilroy referred to Pryce as a "right-wing apologist" and said that "Deborah Pryce continues to distort my record." Meanwhile Pryce described her opponent as a "far left" fringe Democrat" and said that Kilroy, "spews lies and misinformation."[5]
Kilroy's race against Pryce was very close, as Pryce held a lead of 3,536 votes after an initial count. The count did not, however, take into account 19,000 absentee and provisional ballots from the district.[6] After the additional ballots were counted, Pryce was certified as the winner.[7]
2008 elections
Kilroy won the Democratic nomination to challenge for retired incumbent Rep. Deborah Pryce's (R-Ohio) vacant seat in the 2008 congressional elections.[8][9][10] Kilroy defeated Republican challenger Steve Stivers in November 2008 general elections. [11] [12]
Money in politics
Committees and affiliations
Kilroy is assigned to the House Committee on Financial Services.
More background data
Background information on Deborah Pryce, whom Mary Jo Kilroy challenged in the 2006 congressional elections:
Email: http://www.kilroyforcongress.com
Phone: 614.267.2006
Mail: 3391 North High St.
Columbus OH 43202
Articles and resources
Related SourceWatch articles
- 2008 U.S. congressional elections
- Portal:Ohio and the U.S. Congress
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Mary Jo Kilroy- ISSUES
- ↑ OH-15 Mary Jo Kilroy, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
- ↑ Karen Tumulty, "Campaign '06: No Politics Is Local in Ohio," Time, October 16, 2006.
- ↑ James Nash, "Pryce, Kilroy trade jabs on Iraq, Bush, tax cuts," Columbus Dispatch, September 19, 2006.
- ↑ Darrel Rowland, "Sparks fly as Kilroy, Pryce spar," Columbus Dispatch, October 13, 2006.
- ↑ Eric Kleefeld, "The Latest On The Last Up-For-Grabs House Races: No One's Conceding," TPM Cafe, November 13, 2006.
- ↑ "Republicans Clinch House Races in Ohio, New Mexico," Associated Press (via Washington Post), November 22, 2006.
- ↑ 2008 Race Tracker page on Ohio's 15th Congressional District
- ↑ Kilroy for Congress, official campaign site.
- ↑ Cleveland.com, "The Latest Ohio, Presidential and Senate Election Results", "Cleveland.com", March 5, 2008, Accessed March 10, 2008
- ↑ "Ohio 2008 General Election", TheGreenPapers.com, November 4, 2008
- ↑ New York Times Election Results- Ohio
External resources
- 2008 Race Tracker page on Ohio's 15th Congressional District
- Kilroy for Congress, official campaign site.
Local blogs and discussion sites
External articles
- Karen Tumulty, "Campaign '06: No Politics is Local in Ohio," Time, October 16, 2006.
- James Nash, "Pryce, Kilroy trade jabs on Iraq, Bush, tax cuts," Columbus Dispatch, September 19, 2006.
- Darrel Rowland, "Sparks fly as Kilroy, Pryce spar," Columbus Dispatch, October 13, 2006.
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Having opened the scoring with eight minutes on the clock, the Bulgarian removed his shirt to show the message 'Keep calm and pass me the ball'.
The play on the 'Keep calm and carry on' posters might have had Berbatov laughing, but Jol was less than happy about the booking which inevitably followed when he removed his shirt.
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The State Ethics Commission ("Commission") issued a Decision and Order ("Decision") today in which former Massachusetts Turnpike Authority ("Authority") Director of Toll Operations Robert Cole ("Cole") was found to have violated the financial disclosure law, G.L. c. 268B, by failing to timely file his 2008 Statement of Financial Interests ("SFI"). Pursuant to the Decision, Cole was assessed a $250 civil penalty.
According to the Decision, Cole was employed by the Authority until March 2008. Pursuant to the financial disclosure law, his position had been classified as a major policy making position. Because Cole served in that position for more than thirty (30) days during 2008, he was required to file a 2008 SFI with the Commission by May 1, 2009. Cole did not file his 2008 SFI until March 22, 2010, after the Commission's Enforcement Division filed an Order to Show Cause seeking to enforce the statute.
The Decision states that because Cole also failed to timely file his 2007 SFI, he could have been assessed a $1,000 civil penalty as a repeat late-filer. However, due to extenuating family and financial circumstances, the Commission exercised its discretion and only imposed a $250 civil penalty, which Cole has six months to pay.
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Assemblyman Bill Monning on Friday brought more than a dozen public health advocates together to push for a new tax on soda and other sweetened beverages, comparing health problems caused by obesity to those caused by cigarettes.
"This is an immediate public health crisis. It is fair to compare it to tobacco use, and cancers," said Monning, who chairs the Assembly Health Committee. "... This bill doesn't take any product away from the consumer. It starts to price it commensurate with the public health crisis that it's creating."
But the bill, AB 669, faces headwinds in the Capitol, as lawmakers face a public reluctant to support any new taxes during a slow economic recovery. Monning, a Carmel Democrat, said the penny-an-ounce tax was needed to fight maladies linked to increased sugar consumption, including heart disease, diabetes and hypertension.
More than 25 million Americans suffer diabetes, a spike of one million over last year, and the cause is linked to diet. Many of the speakers at Marina's Moneterey Bay Science, Education and Technology Center talked about the effect of soft drinks on children.
Martha Quintana, a nurse with the Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust's Diabetes Health Center, said she's seen children as young as 8 seek treatment,
"It's not uncommon to see kids develop diabetes, and that's really sad to see," Quintana said.
In Santa Cruz, about 56 percent of adolescents drink one or more sweetened beverage a day, lower than the statewide average of 62 percent, according to a 2005 UCLA survey.
But last year, a similar bill went nowhere with the legislature. Bob Achermann, executive director with the California/Nevada Soft Drink Association, said the bill faces another tough road.
Achermann also said consumers have a choice about which beverages to drink, and that calorie counts will soon be posted on soft drink labels and vending machines. He objected to the tobacco analogy.
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He also said the proposed tax would amount to several dollars for a case of soda, and would hit poorer taxpayers hardest.
Dr. Hugh Stallworth, Monterey County director of public health, said he supports the bill. He objected that farm subsidies have kept prices for corn - and by extension, corn syrup and soft drinks - low, while prices for fresh fruits and vegetables have shot up.
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Spurs beat Swansea City 3-1 at The Liberty Stadium with a reinvigorated Emmanuel Adebayor scoring twice.
In the first half, chances were at a premium as both teams struggled to find any rhythm. Swansea had the brightest start to the game, with Jonjo Selvey bringing a good shot from Hugo Lloris and hitting the bar with two long-range shots. Swansea also had a claim for a penalty turned down when Michael Dawson pushed Wilfried Bony at a corner.
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Should Spurs invest in the transfer window? Arguably most of their problems this season came with the challenge of integrating so many new players after just one transfer window. Tim Sherwood finally has Spurs playing with understanding, so more new players could disrupt that.
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Decreases in Pet Overpopulation Allow for More Community Outreach
Now celebrating its 30th year of operation, The Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley (ASWRV)in Hailey is starting to reap the rewards of its programs, including the No-Cost Community Spay/Neuter Clinics and Paws for Hunger pet food bank. The Shelter used to be plagued by the same issues of dog and cat overpopulation that many other shelters across the country continue to struggle with. The Shelter is now leveraging this success to increase its community impact and expand its outreach to under-served populations.
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As the first animal shelter in the State of Idaho to adopt a "no-kill" policy, instead of the mass euthanasia of otherwise adoptable animals, which is common elsewhere, the ASWRV decided to focus on prevention. Six years ago the Shelter hired a veterinarian and began offering free spay/neuter services for any Blaine County residents, in addition to the policy of spaying and neutering 100% of animals adopted through the shelter. The Shelter now alters an average of 650 dogs and cats annually.
As a result of their spay/neuter policy, community education and outreach programs, the Shelter is now seeing marked decreases in problems related to local pet overpopulation. While there are still plenty of adoptable dogs and cats in the Shelter waiting for their forever homes, Shelter staff is now able to focus on training, enrichment and other activities—rather than struggling with overcrowding—that improve the lives of the animals in their care and make them more adoptable. According to Executive Director Dr. Jo-Anne Dixon, "While we still see seasonal influxes of kittens and puppies, we are now able to absorb them into our regular population, quickly get them vaccinated, altered and adopted out into the community, resulting in a much better quality of life for all of our animals."
According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), "The only method of population control that has demonstrated long-term efficacy in significantly reducing the number of animals entering animal shelters is the voluntary sterilization of owned pets." They also identify accessibility of services and cost as two of the primary barriers to people spaying and neutering their pets. The Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley has removed these barriers in their community through their free clinics.
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In addition to the spay/neuter programs it offers, the Shelter also partners with the Blaine County Hunger Coalition to offer a pet food bank, Paws for Hunger. This partnership helps ensure that during times of financial crisis, people don't have to choose between feeding their family and feeding their pets. Formed during the recent economic downturn, Paws for Hunger has been instrumental in preventing a large influx of surrendered and abandoned animals coming to the Shelter from otherwise loving homes that can no longer afford to feed them. Since it began in April 2009, over 25,000 pounds of dog and cat food have been distributed to pets in need, helping an average of 45 families per month keep their beloved animals.
Paws for Hunger is the newest Shelter program and has expanded their outreach to under-served populations in Blaine County. In August, the Shelter staff organized an event at the Balmoral apartment complex in Hailey, offering free rabies shots, collars and identification tags to over 35 families and their pets. Of the families who received services, many did not know about the Shelter's free spay/neuter clinics and were able to sign up that day to get their pets altered. By expanding outreach programs like this, the Shelter is hoping to make even more progress in the fight against pet overpopulation, preventing animal homelessness at its source.
The success the Shelter has seen in preventing overcrowding in their facility enables them to focus on the health and well-being of their animals, in addition to their various community programs. These programs include weekly animal visits to the Senior Center, providing valuable companionship to the elderly, Hikin' Buddies and Town Walks, giving the dogs socialization opportunities with potential adopters. Dr. Dixon said, "We are proud to offer quality services that clearly make an impact on our community and its animal population, not just helping the animals, but increasing the quality of life for all of us by connecting people and animals in transformative ways."
If you are a Blaine County resident and have a dog or cat this is not yet spayed or neutered, please call the Animal Shelter at 208-788-4351 to sign up for the Community No-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic today.
In 2011 alone, more than 1200 animals received vital services from the Shelter. This includes 390 animal adoptions, 259 lost animals reunited with their owners, 332 Blaine County pets spayed or neutered at our no-cost Spay/Neuter Clinic and over 10,600 pounds of food distributed through our Paws for Hunger partnership with The Hunger Coalition.
Now celebrating its 30th year of operation, the Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley is funded almost entirely by private donations and grants.For more information call the number listed above or visit their website at www.animalshelterwrv.org.
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GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Fire officials say a wildfire southeast of Glenwood Springs that prompted evacuations is 27 percent contained.
With better mapping, fire officials have determined the Red Canyon Fire was burning on about 390 acres Wednesday. That is up slightly from earlier estimates.
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When I lost my first husband, I learned the significant power of creating ceremonies and rituals. I'm not talking about the kind of rituals used in organized religions, but about structured activities with an intention, be they for celebrating, grieving, commemorating, even shopping. For the first year after Bruce's death, I would carry a picture of him on every trip I took, for business or pleasure and, holding the photo, I would set aside 10 minutes to sit and talk with him about my experience. It was a healing ceremony that helped me get through my personal grief process.
My mom, Marianne, passed away in 2010. This year on the third of May, Mom would have turned 90. Not long before Mom died, we talked about what she wanted to do for her 90th birthday if she were lucky enough to live that long. She said she wanted to go to her favorite resort on earth, the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on the Big Island of Hawaii. So on May 3rd, my husband, Gary, and I traveled there to celebrate Mom's birthday with a special ritual we created together in her honor.
Mom loved the beach at Mauna Kea. On our first day at the hotel, we let Mom's spirit guide us to a tranquil spot under a tree overlooking the pristine white sand and gentle waves lapping the shore. Gary decided that Mom should have a special flower every day because she cherished tropical blossoms. The first day's flower was plumeria. In the evenings, we would walk to Mom's beach spot at sunset or just afterwards, order a Mai Tai and then sit and talk with her and about her. We sang, "All Day, All Night Marianne." For the second night's ritual, with Hawaiian music playing in the background, I placed a fragrant tubarose lei in the tree and it remained there for the duration of our stay. In addition to plumeria and tubarose, each day Mom led us to choose flowers for the rest of her bouquet – white and torch red ginger, hibiscus and a stunning bird of paradise.
On the last day of the trip, while sitting under Mom's tree, I mentioned to Gary that I was surprised we had not seen a single rainbow or a gecko. Within seconds, a gecko chirped in the tree and when I looked up to see if I could spot it, I noticed a huge, glorious rainbow over the golf course. It was as if my sweet, funny mom had made both of these things happen. The natural beauty of the beach and the divine serendipity made it a rare moment of pure bliss.
Gary and I started an end-of-day ritual 12 years ago. When we were both home from work, we would spend an hour just sitting in a special place like the front porch or the beach down the street or even in the man cave, and talking about the day. It was our "Ward and June Cleaver" time together before dinner. And then one day we didn't make the time. That one day turned into a year. Our relationship suffered, no doubt in part because we had ceased our weekday ritual. Thankfully, we started it up again last year and we brought it with us to Hawaii to celebrate Mom. Our relationship is stronger now.
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I'm planning on making CLs Oven Fried Chicken Fingers tonight. I don't have instant minced onion, and apparently I don't have onion powder either [which I thought I would sub]. Is there anything else I could sub in for the coating mix? Or just leave it out? [I don't have honey mustard dressing for the dipping sauce either so it won't exactly be an authentic try at the dish anyway......]
Oven "Fried" Chicken Tenders with Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce
CL July 1999
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup spicy brown mustard
1 1/2 pounds chicken breast tenders (about 16 pieces)
1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
1/2 cup coarsely crushed cornflakes
1/4 cup seasoned breadcrumbs
1 tablespoon instant minced onion
1 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
To prepare sauce, combine honey and mustard in a small bowl; cover and chill.
Preheat oven to 400�.
To prepare chicken, combine chicken and buttermilk in a shallow dish; cover and chill 15 minutes. Drain chicken, discarding liquid.
Combine cornflakes and next 5 ingredients (cornflakes through pepper) in a large zip-top plastic bag; add 4 chicken pieces to bag. Seal and shake to coat. Repeat procedure with remaining chicken. Spread oil evenly in a jelly-roll pan, and arrange chicken in a single layer in pan. Bake at 400� for 4 minutes on each side or until done. Serve with sauce.
Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 2 chicken tenders and 1 tablespoon sauce)


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Members of the Shanty Town Circus will perform several times during the West Virginia Strawberry Festival this week in Buckhannon.
Debuting in 2012, Shanty Town Circus brings juggling, acrobatics, music, hoops arts, fire arts, clowning and miming together. Each member brings a special skill to the troupe: O'Ryan began juggling eight years ago while traveling internationally, and has recently participated with educational and performance groups such as Some Kinda Circus and Slackline Pittsburgh. His repertoire of skills now ranges from acro-balance to miming, musical skits to unicycling and beyond.
Rene is a talented hoop artist, costume designer and makeup artist. Not only does she create on-of-a-kind hoop routines, but she also manufactures her own hoops.
Raedio began playing violin 16 years ago and went on to study violin music education at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C. During the past four years, she's worked to combine her music education with performance art. Her latest works range from original solo musical pieces to miming and juggling.
Shanty Town Circus also features guest performers from the region, as well as traveling performers.
This troupe of entertainers will participate in the Grand Feature Parade on Saturday, which begins at 1 p.m.
For information concerning festival events, anyone interested can log on to the festival website at www.wvstrawberryfestival.com or call the office at 304-472-9036


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2011: Started all 61 games for the Cougars, compiling a batting percentage of .252 and driving in 24 runners ... swiped eight bases on eight attempts ... tied a career high with three RBI against The Citadel on April 9.
2010: Batted .286 in 48 games with 43 starts... Added 12 doubles and four homers with 26 RBI... Had 12 multi-hit games... Finished the season on a 10-game hitting streak, 4th longest of the season... Was the team's lone representative on the Southern Conference All-Tournament Team... Named to the CollegeBaseball360.com Primetime Performer Weekly Honor Roll after his performance at the NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional.
Played at USC Sumter JC ... Rock Hill, S.C. ... JC Academic All-American ... second team JC All-Region ... at USC Sumter JC, hit .301 with a homer and 11 RBI ... 3-0 with a 2.94 ERA over 64.1 innings ... had 52 Ks and just 17 walks.


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Is the tired old man political? We've got NSA spying and the tired old man is writing about the idiot George Bush. Greenday took him on in real time. Springsteen's just a coward and he really needs to stop touring and recording. He's 65 this year, I'm sick of geezer rock — especially when it's cowardly geezer rock. Greenday showed bravery take on Bush when he was still liked and fawned over by the media. Springsteen's just a coward.
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Law Blog Lawyer-Turned-Writer Of the Day: Patric Verrone
We lost a bet with our wife. With the Law Blog's vast experience covering labor disputes, we thought for sure that the Hollywood writers would settle at the last minute. But the Law Blog's wife, who claims insider knowledge of the workings of the TV writers' guild, said they weren't going to back down.
She was right. The movie and TV scribes took to the streets yesterday, with boldfaced names such as Tina Fey and James Brooks picketing outside media company headquarters. Those must be some pretty funny picket lines! Patric Verrone, president of the West Coast guild, told the NYT: "If we had decided not to strike when we said we were, I think we would have sent the wrong signal."
Don't those sound like the savvy words of a law-school grad? Indeed, Verrone, 48, has helped lead his union's film and TV writers into their first strike since 1988. And he's done so with a law degree. The WSJ profiled him yesterday:
Born and raised in New York City, Mr. Verrone attended Harvard as an undergraduate and worked as an editor on the Harvard Lampoon. There, he met Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who went on to work on "The Simpsons" and develop the animated series "The Critic." But Mr. Verrone didn't head to Tinseltown following college. Instead he enrolled in law school at Boston College and afterwards, settled in Fort Myers, Fla., as a junior associate at a firm specializing in real estate and estate planning law.
Friends, including his future wife Maiya Williams encouraged him to drop his legal career in favor of screenwriting, so in 1985 he asked for a three-month sabbatical and moved to Los Angeles. He never went back to the law firm. His early writing assignments included writing one-line jokes for the short-lived "The Late Show with Joan Rivers" and the iconic "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." Out of work during the last writer's strike in 1988, Mr. Verrone took the California bar exam and later became involved with the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
Law Blog Video Clip of the Day: We don't watch "30 Rock" but plenty of people think we should. Recently, a colleague shared this Alec Baldwin tour de force in a scene called "Therapy, Jack Style." Click here and enjoy.


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Glitches Could Ding Exchanges' Credit Ratings, S&P Says
Major market glitches pose an increasing risk for exchange companies and could ultimately dent their credit ratings, according to a report Thursday from Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
A rash of recent system problems – S&P counted 24 around the world over the last year and a half – reveal exchanges' increased exposure to potential losses and higher costs driven by technology failures, according to S&P analysts.
"While we expect exchanges to continue playing a significant role in the financial markets, more high-profile snafus could lessen their competitive advantage and reduce their market share," S&P analysts wrote in the report.
Snafus have been on the rise lately. Last month a breakdown at a key data feed managed by Nasdaq OMX Group knocked out trading in Nasdaq-listed securities for more than three hours, spurring regulators to gather exchange bosses in Washington D.C. late last week to discuss fixes.
They got home just in time for the entire U.S. options market to briefly halt on Monday, due to a similar data-feed issue. Earlier this year, a software problem forced the Chicago Board Options Exchange to delay the opening of its markets for more than three hours.
Overseas exchanges haven't fared much better. The S&P report notes hours of trading downtime due to system failures at exchanges in Germany, Spain, Japan and Indonesia. Just last month, a "typo" in an order submitted to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange sent the stock of chemicals company Israel Corp. plunging by 99.9% before the exchange halted trading, according to S&P.
While technology problems haven't cost exchanges' corporate parents much money so far, the S&P analysts warned that "indirect effects" of the problems could be bigger. Damage to their reputations could make it tougher for exchanges to attract and keep business in trading and stock-listings, the analysts wrote.
"We haven't lowered any ratings as a result of these issues far, but exchanges whose operational risk exceeds industry averages could see rating actions down the road," according to the S&P report. "With competition heading up, the ability to ensure seamless operations could go a long way toward determining which exchanges come out on top."


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If you don't know what Port Forwarding is yet, you might want to start by reading our What is Port Forwarding guide.
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To setup port forwarding on the Virata DSL906EU-WebCom router your device needs to have a static IP address. You should complete one of the following steps first:
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It's ok if you don't know your Virata DSL906EU-WebCom router's internal IP address. You can find it by doing one of the following:
Open a web browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox. Enter the internal IP address of your router in the address bar of your browser.
In the picture above the address bar has http://www.google.com in it. Just replace all of that with the internal IP address of your Virata DSL906EU-WebCom router. By default the IP address should be set to 192.168.1.1.
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If you are having trouble with this guide, then perhaps PFConfig may be your solution. PFConfig is a software tool that will automatically forward ports for your router to save you time and hassle.
Before we can forward ports for Shareaza, we need to figure out what ports Shareaza is using. Here is a brief walkthrough on how to do that. Go ahead and open up Shareaza.
Click Tools in the menu at the top of your screen. In the list that drops down click Shareaza Settings.
On the left hand side of the screen click Internet. Then click the Connection link in that menu. You should see a Port box on this page. You can set the port to be whatever you want, but using a port between 10000 and 60000 would be a good idea. ISPs do not usually block these high numbered ports. Please enter the port you chose into the box below.
Now that you are logged in to your Virata DSL906EU-WebCom router you should see the following:
Click the NAT inbound link near the left of the page.
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When you're finished, click Save config near the left of the screen to save your changes.
And that's it! You're done!
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text: Confessional Lutherans get excoriated for not admitting members of other churches to the Lord's Supper, though I don't hear many people complaining when that happens in Catholic or Orthodox churches, which likewise practiced "close communion." Some Catholics are taking this to another level by refusing to commune politicians who favor abortion. Some are considering refusing to commune regular laypeople who disagree with the church's other moral teachings. Is that a possibility for Lutheran parishes, or does our different understanding of the Lord's Supper and church discipline preclude that? [Read more…]


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Driving Directions
St. Paul's is located at the intersection of Columbia Pike and Leesburg Pike (behind Bailey's Crossroads Shopping Center and Office Depot). We're a short drive from Skyline Towers, Falls Church, Annandale, Arlington, and Alexandria.
From Leesburg Pike, turn onto Payne Street (at the BB&T Bank).
From Columbia Pike, turn on Courtland Drive (at El Zunzal Restaurant), then take the first right onto Payne Street.
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SIKESTON -- Consistency was what both coaches were looking for in the Sikeston-Jackson volleyball match on Tuesday night at the Sikeston Field House.
The Lady Indians found it. Sikeston did not.
"We have to learn how to put together one consistent match," Sikeston head coach Steve Beydler said. "And we're unable, at this time, to do that. That's what it amounts to. We have moments where we look fantastic and then we have moments where we look like we don't have much of a clue. The consistency for an entire match is just not there right now. I know they're capable of doing it."
Sikeston jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the second set with Keyarra Blissett responsible for two of those points with two kills. But, soon after that Jackson started gaining momentum and eventually took the lead after tying the game at eight.
"Consistency is what I was asking of them tonight," Jackson head coach Maile Gannon said. "And I thought we played pretty consistent. It's always hard to come down here and play in, what we call, 'the dome'. The ball tends to float a little bit more and it's just a different atmosphere all together."
Beydler credited the Lady Bulldogs success in the second set to communication on the court.
"They were talking," he said. "It's easy to play well when you feel good and your ahead. You have to be able to do that when something goes wrong. You have to be able to pull it together and maintain. They struggled with that tonight.
Jackson was led by Jill Rushin with eight kills and eight blocks. Rachel Meyr had 15 assists. MaryAnn Bradshaw added seven kills.
Blissett led the Lady Bulldogs with three kills and six digs while Tyanne Townsend chipped in with three herself. Mandy Moore had eight assists and Madeline Davis had two blocks.


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