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PHILADELPHIA – A Ukrainian man was sentenced Monday to life in prison for operating a human trafficking organization which smuggled young Ukrainian immigrants into the United States and forced them to work for little or no pay. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) as part of the Joint FBI Organized Crime/ICE Human Trafficking Alien Smuggling Federal Task Force.
Omelyan Botsvynyuk, 52, a Ukrainian national, was sentenced by U.S District Judge Paul S. Diamond. Omelyan and his brother, Stephan, 38, were convicted October 12, 2011 of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Omelyan was also convicted of extortion.
"The sentence handed down today sends a clear message to those who are involved in human trafficking," said Special Agent-in-Charge John P. Kelleghan, of Homeland Security Investigations Philadelphia. "HSI will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to ensure that those who commit these heinous crimes are held accountable for their actions."
According to court records, between 2000 and 2007, the Botsvynyuks conspired to engage in a pattern of racketeering activity by operating their human trafficking organization. Three other brothers were also indicted in the scheme: Mykhaylo and Dmytro Botsvynyuk are awaiting extradition from Canada; Yaroslav Botsvynyuk is currently a fugitive.
The brothers operated cleaning services with workers who were smuggled into the U.S. from Ukraine and kept in conditions of peonage and forced labor, through physical violence and threats of physical violence. Evidence presented at trial showed the brothers recruited workers from Ukraine, promising them good jobs making $500 per month and another $200 or $300 extra for expenses. The workers were told that room and board would be provided to them and that the defendants would handle all of the travel expenses with each worker expected to earn $10,000 after two or three years of working in the U.S. Rather than arranging for the workers to travel to the United States legally, however, the brothers had obtained only tourist visas to Mexico. Once in Mexico, the Botsvynyuk organization had operatives who coached the workers on how to enter the United States illegally, by wearing American-style clothing and stating "U.S." at the Mexican/United States border.
While some of the workers entered the United States, others were taken into custody by U.S. immigration officials, where they remained for almost two months. Once released and provided with immigration documents and summonses to appear for immigration hearings, the Botsvynyuk organization transported them to Philadelphia, either by bus or by plane. Once in Philadelphia, the immigration documents and return court dates were confiscated from the workers. The workers were put to work cleaning large chain stores at night, such as Target and Wal-Mart, as well as smaller stores.
Throughout their employment with the brothers, the workers lived up to five people in one room, slept on dirty mattresses on the floor, and were never paid. They were told that they had to work for the brothers until their debts, ranging from $10,000 to $50,000, were paid.
The brothers used physical force, threats of force, sexual assault and debt bondage to keep the victims in involuntary servitude. The brothers also threatened violence to workers' families still residing in Ukraine. Two female workers testified at trial that Omelyan Botsvynyuk brutally raped them on several occasions. Other victims testified at trial that they were struck and beaten if they attempted to quit or leave the employ of the Botsvynyuk brothers, or if they questioned the lack of payment or the broken promises made in Ukraine. Workers were struck in the presence of other workers, which served as a warning to the rest. After some workers escaped, Omelyan Botsvynyuk resorted to extorting the workers' families in Ukraine, threatening them with mutilation, rape and death if the workers did not return to work or pay their debts.
The Pennsylvania State Police, Philadelphia Police Department, the Department of Labor Office of Inspector General, Toronto Police Department, German National Police, Berlin State Police, Ukraine Security Service, U.S. National Central Bureau, the Department of Justice Office of International Affairs and INTERPOL assisted in the investigation.


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The Venue at d'Olyfboom is ideally situated for Conferences as it is central and in Paarl town and makes it very accessible to all the delegates to attend, giving them a choice of the best guesthouse in the area to overnight at and is also easily accessible from Cape Town.
The Conference Centre can host eighty people or sixty in a schoolroom setup and forty if we cater in the boardroom. Half day or full day options make our venue ideal for teambuilding sessions or management days. We also provide your clients or delegates with coffee on arrival, a mid morning tea break, delicious lunches and mid-afternoon refreshments. This can be arranged to your tailor-made needs to accommodate everyone's unique requests.
Your special day is just as important to us , as it is to you! The beautiful setting of d'Olyfboom Estate is perfect for a country wedding providing you with the backdrop of the mountains and vineyards that makes this area in the Cape so popular. The venue is unique because it is laid out on the slopes of the Paarl Mountain, providing you with stunning views all around you that will make your wedding photo's magnificent. Well manicured gardens and perfectly maintained historical buildings on the Estate is an added bonus that provides for interesting photo opportunities.
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A Quote by Ken Wilber on mysticism, physics, physicists, and mystics
Notice [in Quantum Questions] I was not saying that modern physics itself supports or proves a mystical worldview. I was saying the physicists themselves were mystics, and not that their discipline was a mystical or somehow spiritual endeavor resulting in a religious worldview. In other words, I disagreed entirely with books such as The Tao of Physics and The Dancing Wu Li Masters, which claimed that modern physics supported or even proved Eastern mysticism. This is a colossal error. Physics is a limited, finite, relative, and partial endeavor, dealing with a very limited aspect of reality. It does not, for example, deal with biological, psychological, economic, literary, or historical truths; whereas mysticism deals with all of that, which the Whole. To say physics proves mysticism is like saying the tale proves the dog.
Source: Grace and Grit : Spirituality and Healing in the Life and Death of Treya Killam Wilber
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The Passion for Catering
In the running and management of La Sosta dei Cavalieri our chef is helped by: Franco SaglioccoFranco Sagliocco, a professional sommelier and tireless storyteller, a careful and profound connoisseur of wines and cuisine, always passionate and dedicated to the explanation and the story for the pleasure and the culture of the people sitting at the tables of his restaurants. It was Giovanni who recruited him to sell his Tavern's shares to him and to Liano Pratesi, one of the historical chefs of the Tavern, who was with Giovanni also in his previous catering adventures. So from 2006 L'Osteria dei Cavalieri has become a company made of three people: Franco, Liano and Ettore Masi, another historical figure of Pisa's catering and founder, as already said, of the renowned Pisan restaurant well known for the quality and continuity of its proposals for nearly twenty years it is a certainty for customers who over the years have never been disappointed.
Four years after the 'idea of a new restaurant in the same street of the Tavern, a place with just twenty-five seats, where the intention, is to propose the historical dishes of Tuscan tradition, but concentrating mainly on the proposal of the highest quality fish, and never bred an possibly from our seas, enriching it with tasting dinners, ranging from small local producer to the great wine producer, with a single purpose, to educate customers to a quality of excellence in all its forms. It at this point that Mori decides to get back on the game, of the four shareholders, Ettore and Liano are the runners of The Osteria, and Givanni and Franco have the task to launch the Sosta.
The Sosta is not only history: together with the experience and skill of its shareholders, a group of young people, carefully selected, with a great ambition and passion, are a very important part of the restaurant staff. In the kitchen also collaborates Allan Reyes. In the hall with Franco, you will appreciate the kindness and competence of Enrico Olmeo, a boy of Sardinian origin who many years ago moved to Pisa to study engineering, he has always worked in middle-high level restaurants gaining a good knowledge and culture in the world of wine and cheeses. The hall is enriched with the sweetness and smile of Chiara Putrino.


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Network Effects and Legal Citation: How Antitrust Theory Predicts Who Will Build a Better Bluebook Mousetrap in the Age of Electronic Mice
Christine Hurt
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
Iowa Law Review, Vol. 87, p. 1257, 2002
As the Seventeenth Edition of the Bluebook is published and forced to compete with the ALWD Citation Manual, this article analyzes how the Bluebook has sustained its monopoly in the legal citation market, compares the Seventeenth Edition with the ALWD manual, and predicts whether the ALWD manual will be able to make an inroads into the legal citation market. The author describes the Bluebook monopoly as one created and maintained by network effects. In layman's terms, a network effect exists when the value of a product to a user increases with each new user of that product. Once a network dominance is established, any would-be challenger in a network industry will have significantly high barriers to entry.
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ARS is interested in developing a reliable pheromone lure for monitoring and managing brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB). Our project plan has two objectives that directly relate to this agreement: .1)elucidate factors associated with enhanced biodiversity and insect behavior to reduce pest damage and.2)develop technologies that increase biodiversity and modify insect behavior in novel production systems. The Cooperator is intersted in producing pheromone lures. The Cooperator has the expertise and infrastructure to effectively produce and market pheromone lures for BMSB.
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ARS will acquire the basic knowledge of the identification of the BMSB pheromone. This information will be used by both ARS to develop pheromone lures for this species. The Cooperator will provide commercially available lures containing methyl (2E, 4E, 6Z)-decatrieonate (a known attractant for the BMSB) for comparison with pheromone lures.
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The Home-Run Bat (or Homerun Bat) is an extremely powerful item in the Super Smash Bros. series. Fighters can grab the bat and use it to hit other fighters or throw it at them. The smash attack of the Home-Run Bat is very powerful, but the process takes a while, leaving the player open for attack. It can also allow the opponent to run away. It will hit any player struck by it instantly off the screen, but there is an exception for large stages, like the Temple.
While the Home-Run Bat does send opponents flying diagonally for most characters, the item operates differently for Captain Falcon and Sheik, but only in Melee; the two will send foes flying upwards with their Home-Run Bats, instead of diagonally. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Home-Run Bat has different animations for each of the different characters.
The Home-Run Bat reappears in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, with a new design: The main part of the bat is black and yellow, while the handle is red and golden. The Super Smash Bros. emblem also appears on it in gold on the handle end of the bat.
The Home-Run Bat is also used in the Home-Run Contest mode since Super Smash Bros. Melee.
To unlock the Home-Run Bat trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the player must hit the Sandbag in the Home-Run Contest at least 500 meters.
A similar bat can be found in Paper Mario: Sticker Star, as one of the many objects the player can find in the game.
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This plugin is an alternative to the existing Engrave plugin supplied with GIMP and found under
Filters -> Distorts -> Engrave.
This version registers itself under
Filters -> Artistic -> Engrave
to avoid collision with the existing one, and also because it seems a more appropriate place to me. The original plugin has a different approach which is perhaps more suited to smaller final images (more on this later). This plugin (I feel) works best on rather large final images (with 100 or more lines of varying width). This script is still somewhat work-in-progress, but I believe it is now usable.
Basically, the plugin transforms a grayscale image into a series of horizontal lines of varying widths. To get other orientations, just work on a rotated image, and rotate back at the end. Or edit the script...
Section 1 below explains how to use the plugin and the meaning of its parameters. Section 2 describes the process for those interested (with a bit on development history).
Version history:
Note also that the plugin overwrites the clipboard.
In the following, plugin parameters are normally quoted.
Bad (need hack)
As it works, the plugin will create a mask in addition to the final image, so it will need memory for two grayscale images of the final size. For example, a 300x300 image, with "Pre-processing -> Pre-scaled" selected and a "Line width" 25, would result in a final image of 7500x7500, about 57 Mbyte, so the plugin would need twice as much during processing.
Note that the image will be converted to grayscale as part of the process, but any image mode is accepted as input, with or without alpha channel.
The starting image I'll be using for the examples is the following
(cropped to 76x59 pixels, grayscale mode):
Wilber is the work of Tuomas Kuosmanen ("Tigert") and is GPL licensed.
In the following discussion, the examples assume the default values unless otherwise noted (except that "Line width" will be 15 instead of 25 to keep the examples smaller, and that "Pre-processing -> Pre-scaled" is always selected). Note that some adjustments are still being made to gamma, and hence the examples aren't quite right in this area (most are a bit too dark); I am working on this. In the examples below, I show a section of the eye (an interesting area for this script).
The parameters of the plugin are:
Line width = 15
Line width = 7
Gamma 1.9 (default)
Gamma 1.1
Cubic (default)
Center black (default)
Center white
Black on bottom
Black on top
Blur radius = 3 (default)
Blur radius = 1 (no blur)
Blur radius = 9
If the final image is to be viewed from a distance, such that the lines are barely visible, then a "Gamma" close to the standard 2.2 should be chosen, so that the gray levels are correctly represented. At "Gamma" 2.2, the quantity of black and white should result in proper gray levels (assuming I got it right, which is still TBD). For example, 50% gray, corresponding to a pixel value of 185 (x0b9), would result in a line which is half white, half black.
If the final image is to be viewed from closer, or if graylevel accuracy isn't desirable (eg. for a logo), then such a high gamma will probably result in too much black. In such cases, a lower gamma should be chosen. With a "Gamma" of 1.0, the amount of black and white will be proportional to the pixel value (so 128 will be half black, half white).
1.9 should be a good compromise for images to be seen from a distance, but where the lines are still quite clearly visible (as it was in my parent's photo). Even at 1.9, it seems like the image (see links below) is too dark from a distance, which means I may have gotten some things not quite right wrt gamma and end effects. I think it works better with more lines (15 is few, I think 25 is a minimum for decent results); fewer lines seem to result in a darker image. The best is to experiment... (for now, a lower gamma seems necessary, still working on this).
Final guidelines for gamma-correct results in "Version 2" might be roughly something like:
- "Line width" 15, use "Gamma" 1.6
- "Line width" 25, use "Gamma" 1.9
In version 1, gamma was achieved by unequally spacing the values of the mask to get the desired effect. If "Version 2" is selected (default), inverse gamma is applied to the image at the beginning of the script such that equally spaced values can be used in the mask later. The advantage of this second approach is in smoothing when doing the levels and blur at the end: to do a levels with something else than black=0 and white=1, we need equally spaced values in the mask.
Not yet available: For comparison purposes, here are four images (you could print them on 5x7 paper, or view them at max size, one at a time, on your monitor). In both cases, stand back 20 feet or more:
Then a pre-processing phase was added to the script so that one could work within the initial image size. This pre-processing reduces the image in both directions by "Line width" then the main part of the script does the expansion as described above. This results in loss of resolution in both the vertical axis (expected, since a group of rows is summarized in a line of varying width), but also in the horizontal axis (downscale, then upscale by chosen "Horizontal interpolation"). This is what I prefer, it results in the same resolution in both directions (both directions get "summarized", vertically by line width, horizontally thru smooth transitions in line widths). This approach is selected thru "Pre-processing -> Downscale both", and is the default.
However, the horizontal downscale followed by upscale can be seen as a waste of resolution. The choice "Pre-processing -> Downscale vertical" leaves the horizontal axis of the image alone. Processing is still done within the starting image size, but this results in much more detail in the horizontal axis.
This approach is very close to how the other GIMP Engrave plugin works. The GIMP 2.6 on-line documentation [from docs.gimp.org] has the following images:
Original image
"Engrave" applied
With the new Engrave plugin described here, a very similar result can be
obtained. This is what it looks like for this same image, varying "Pre-processing" option,
with the following other parameters:
- "Line width" = 10
- "Gamma" = 1.1
- "Horizontal interpolation" = Cubic (default)
- "Line type" = Black on bottom
- "Version 2" unchecked
- "Blur radius" = 1
Downscale both
Downscale vertical
The positions of the different pixels depend on "Line type", eg. distributed on alternating sides of a center row within the group, or from one edge of the group. This pixel values will be combined with the scaled image from previous step, using layer mode 'subtract' (in simple terms, if an image pixel is darker than the mask pixel, the output will be black).
To prepare the mask, we first prepare each pixel in a 1 x "Line width" vertical rectangle, copy the rectangle to the clipboard, then propagate this with bucket fill of the pattern. Whitest row of mask is blackmost in final result (only the whitest pixel values of the original image won't end up being black on this row). Here are two examples of the layer mask:
Center black (default)
Black on bottom
Brief note on development. I did a first plugin using gimp-drawable-set-pixel, but the result was horribly slow (hours for even a relatively small image). Such a direct approach would have to be done in C, but I didn't feel like getting into that: writing C is what I do all day, and my son kept telling me how great Lisp was (I had used Lisp 40 years ago, in university, now was my chance to get back to it).
Then I read Akkana Peck's excellent book, Beginning GIMP, From Novice to Professional, esp. the section on layer modes, and this was the start of this version.
P.S. to get the result in the plugin registry, the steps are approximately:


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Sondheim's 'Merrily' Returns 30 Years After Famed Broadway Flop
"Merrily We Roll Along," which opens the "Encores!" series Wednesday night at New York City Center, features one of Stephen Sondheim's catchiest scores, full of songs that have gone on to become standards.
Nevertheless, it had a miserable time on Broadway.
The Nov. 1, 1981, opening was delayed twice, the choreographer and lead actor were replaced in previews and theatergoers were fleeing at intermission.
"In those days you didn't have the Internet to chew him up," said James Lapine, a longtime Sondheim collaborator who's directing the "Encores!" edition. Even without amateur critics carping at keyboards, "Merrily" lasted just 16 regular performances.
What a difference three decades makes. "Merrily" is booked for the longest "Encores!" engagement ever -- 15 performances -- and demand for seats from producers and other insiders is robust, said Jack Viertel, the series' artistic director.
Although "Encores!" launched Broadway revivals of "Chicago," "Finian's Rainbow" and "Gypsy," Lapine is eager to lower expectations.
"I don't think we're bringing it back as much as celebrating it," he said in a City Center conference room. "I have no idea how it will be received."
Back in Time
Adapted by George Furth from the 1934 George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart play, it tells the story of three friends -- a composer, a lyricist and a novelist. The story is told in reverse order -- from 1981 to 1957 -- as characters devolve from cynical and successful middle-age to ambitious and idealistic youth.
Sondheim wrote in his book "Finishing the Hat" that he and director Hal Prince erred in casting actors in their late teens and early twenties. The intention was that they be disguised as middle-aged sophisticates and become their innocent selves as the evening progressed.
Instead, "actors that young, no matter how talented, rarely have the experience or skills to play anything but themselves, and in this case even that caused them difficulties," he wrote. (An exception was 21-year Jason Alexander, of "Seinfeld" fame. "...it was as if he had been born middle-aged," Sondheim wrote.)
Out of Ashes
The failure of the show ended, at least for two decades, Sondheim's unmatched collaboration with Prince, which had produced the landmark shows "Company," "Follies" and "Sweeney Todd," among others.
Sondheim went on to create "Sunday in the Park with George" and two other shows with Lapine. In 1985 Lapine staged a revised "Merrily" in La Jolla, California, with a more mature cast. He introduced projections to guide the audience to each period of the action.
"The thing you do is try not to make it something the audience has to think about," Lapine said.
Viertel, then a critic with the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, was impressed.
"From the ashes of one of the unhappiest of Broadway failures has come a musical that can stand among the finest works the genre has ever offered," he wrote.
The best-known songs include "Old Friends," the torchy ballad "Not a Day Goes By" and "Good Thing Going."
Fell in Love
"I totally fell in love with it," said Celia Keenan-Bolger, a 34-year-old actress who first heard the score as a teenager in Detroit. "It was about friends who wanted to be in show business. The show has always resonated with me so deeply."
After a Roundabout Theatre Co. revival fell through, Lapine approached Viertel about an "Encores!" staging.
The leads at "Encores!" are Keenan-Bolger, Colin Donnell ("Anything Goes") and Lin-Manuel Miranda, the composer and star of the musical "In the Heights" who's more closely identified with rap and hip-hop than ballads.
In "Finishing the Hat," Sondheim describes the original Broadway production, for all its tumult and disappointment, as "the most fun I've ever had on a single show."
Lapine, who has his own history with "Merrily," is skeptical.
"I think it's like childbirth," he said. "You remember the joyous part."
("Merrily We Roll Along" runs Feb 8 through 19 at City Center, 131 W. 55th St. Information: +1-212-581-1212; http://www.nycitycenter.org.)


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When Marietta native Paul M. Badgley died in 2003 at the age of 61, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery without the typical pomp and circumstance of military funeral rights, and without any formal obituary.
It was not that the retired senior sergeant major did not deserve it, however.
Because he refused to accept any recognition for his dedication to the U.S. Air Force and extensive work for the U.S. Embassy, his brother Don Badgley, two years his senior, honored his wishes and waived all the extra grandeur.
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Marietta native Paul M. Badgley, left, who was buried in Arlington National Cemetery after serving nearly 22 years of active duty in the U.S. Air Force, receives some of his earliest certification toward the beginning of his service period.
But now, as Arlington National Cemetery celebrates its 150th anniversary, Don, now 74 and living in Williamstown, said a decade is long enough to give his little brother the recognition he deserves.
"I don't think he would be upset, and I'm not, because I'm very proud of him," Don said. "He was aggressive with life, and when so many people would use life as an alibi, he pushed through it and became successful."
Paul Badgley was born on Feb. 26, 1942, and though he and Don shared a mother, the boys grew up in separate homes.
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Paul M. Badgley
Born: Feb. 26, 1942.
Died: May 9, 2003 (age 61).
Burial: Arlington National Cemetery; Plot: Section 5-HH Row 7 Site 2.
U.S. Air Force: Senior Sergeant Major.
Active service: 1962-1983.
"We had a split-up family, because I was raised by my grandparents, and he was raised in a children's home in Marietta," Don said. "Our mother had a serious illness that left her unable to take care of us."
Don said he was lucky to be the one child his grandparents were able to take in, but it was his brother's tough childhood that Don said made him the strong, determined soldier he grew to become.
"He qualified for college out of high school but like a lot of people had no income, so he joined the service instead," Don said.
Paul enlisted with the U.S. Air Force in 1962, and gave the country nearly 22 years of active military service, which took him to California, Texas, Illinois, Alabama and Washington D.C.
More than two decades of active service earned Paul the opportunity to attend the Community College of the Air Force, from which he graduated in 1979 with a degree to become an administrative assistant, though Don said the degree got put aside.
Instead, Paul spent four years in New Mexico with the U.S. Defense Attache's office in the U.S. Embassy, performing a long list of various civil service duties.
He retired from the Air Force in 1983, and went on to serve for the American Battle Monuments Commission, where he was able to travel the world.
Once Paul became sick, eventually breaking a hip, Don brought him back to Marietta in the 1990s, though his brother refused to move in with him.
"He was such a private person, and he really wanted his independence, even then," said Dolores Badgley, Don's wife of 50 years.
Don and Dolores took Paul to live at Arbors at Marietta, where they would visit him as much as possible.
"We grew up separate, but toward the end we had a truly great relationship with each other," Don said.
Don said in addition to traveling the world as a U.S. ambassador, his brother also served on Air Force committees for homeless veterans, and was a strong advocate of establishing more locations to house returning service men and women to keep them off the streets.
Paul Badgley died in Marietta of a brain tumor at the age of 61 in 2003, a life that though cut short, was one Don said was full and admirable.
"When he was about to expire, he said, 'Don, I never believed you'd do this for me, I love you,'" Don said. "Now, I wish I could be more like him, because he did everything in his life with no support from anyone."


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Will the Korean Pop Culture Boom Have Legs?
By Jeff Yang
A month ago, on a riotously lovely morning in Orange County, California, I stumbled into perhaps the most convincing display I've yet encountered of the potency of hallyu – a Korean term that literally translates as "The Korean Wave."
I'd been invited to be a panelist at KCON '12, which billed itself as "the first-ever large scale convention dedicated to the hottest entertainment coming out of Korea." The event was conceived of and organized by the cable channel MNET America, the U.S. branch of the hugely popular Korean music network that might be called the "MTV of Korea" (except that MTV is in Korea and MNET is way bigger).
I'll admit that my initial response was skeptical. Even as I accepted the invitation to speak, I suppressed a nagging fear that MNET was forcing into existence something that wasn't there, trying to engineer a need among K-Pop fans to gather as a collective from the top down, rather than letting it spring up from the grassroots.
It's a concern that worried the executive who spearheaded the event, too. "We knew that the fandom was out there. We'd seen these fan gatherings spontaneously manifest at other events we'd sponsored," says Ted Kim, EVP and U.S. chief of MNET America's parent company, CJ Entertainment America. "But we were struggling, because it's very hard to get good data when it comes to phenomena like this. You're just not able to quantify things. And at some point, you just need to make a leap of faith."
That leap entailed booking the Verizon Amphitheatre in Irvine, California, for an event that combined workshops about organizing fan clubs and breaking into K-Pop, karaoke showdowns and dance-offs, autograph sessions, food trucks and merchandise booths and a grand-finale concert featuring some very attractive young people and a Technicolor SFX lightshow that could probably be seen from space.
"We kept on debating about how many people we should expect," says Kim. The number they finally hit upon was 10,000. "We thought to ourselves, if we can get that many people to come out for this, well, that's wildly successful. That's fabulous validation that the fandom does exist and that they do want to gather together. But I'm going to say right now that there was tremendous nervousness. Behind the scenes, we were secretly whispering, 'What if throw the biggest party in the world and no one shows up?'"
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The Jackson City Council approved $12 million in bonds to repave major city streets.
Mayor Harvey Johnson introduced the plan. Johnson said he will put $1 million from city savings every year for the next five years into the Street Resurfacing Fund to repay the bonds.
Some of the streets that will get improvements are Mill Street, Jefferson Street, Mayes Street, Ellis Avenue and McDowell Road.
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Mary Fallin
Mary Fallin, a Republican, is the governor of Oklahoma since January 2011. Previously she was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 5th Congressional district of Oklahoma 2007 to 2011.[1]
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Iraq War
Oil record
Mary Fallin has voted in favor of big oil companies 83% of the time on important oil-related bills. Among these bills, she voted for Iraq War Funding, against ending oil subsidies, against the 2007 clean energy bill, against a Climate Change Committee, and against a Clean Energy Tax. See money in politics below.[citation needed]
SBA Women's Business Programs Act of 2007
Fallin sponsored the SBA Women's Business Programs Act of 2007, which the House passed in a voice vote on June 18, 2007. The purpose of the bill was to expand efforts to assist female business owners and increase services in underserved communities.[2]
Born in 1965, Fallin was raised in Tecumseh, Oklahoma where both of her parents served terms as mayor. She graduated from Oklahoma State University. She has two children.
In 1990, Fallin was elected to the Oklahoma state legislature. After serving two terms there, she successfully ran for Lieutenant Governor, becoming the first Republican and woman to hold that position. As lieutenant governor, her duties included chairing commissions relating to tourism and film policy. Under former Gov. Frank Keating she held the cabinet position of State Small Business Advocate. But under Gov. Brad Henry, did not. She is a former Chairwoman of the National Conference of Lieutenant Governors and the former chairwoman of a national association on state aerospace policy. In 2006, she declined to seek a fourth term in order to run for a U.S. congressional seat. If successful, she will be the first woman elected to Congress from Oklahoma since 1921.[3][4]
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2006 elections
In the 2006 congressional elections, Fallin defeated Democrat Paul Hunter 61%-37% to replace retiring Rep. Ernest Istook (R-Okla.).[5]
2010 elections
In 2010, Rep. Fallin beat Lt. Gov. Jari Askins (D) in the governor race. Fallin, despite spending her professional career in politics, "has repeatedly campaigned using anti-Washington rhetoric and courted the tea-party vote without ever establishing herself as a member of the movement."[1]
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Oil contributions
Mary Fallin has received $129,750 in oil contributions during the 110th congress. $44,500 of those dollars were from industry PACS. She has also received a total of $302,200 from oil companies since 2000. See above for oil voting record.[citation needed]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mary Fallin profile, The Washington Post, accessed January 2011.
- ↑ Robert McElroy, "Managing America: Small Business," TheWeekInCongress, June 22, 2007.
- ↑ "About Mary," Fallin For Congress.
- ↑ "Biography for Lieutenant Governor Mary Fallin," Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
- ↑ "2006 Congressional Races in Oklahoma," Center for Responsive Politics.
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his defense and his base running, therefore, Trout was about 35 runs
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A woman's body found on the property of a Winston-Salem movie theater Monday has been identified as that of Jessica M. Jones, authorities said.
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The woman's body was found in a 1998 Honda CRV. Her family has been notified, police said.
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By Caitlin Buck Feis America LLC contributor
Remember in "The Lion King" how the hyenas flinch whenever someone nearby uttered Mufasa? I'm a competitive Irish dancer who started when I was 18. I have a flinch word too. Mine is... timing.
I had done high kick and jazz on my high school dance team so I was used to learning routines to 8 counts. I did pretty well competing in Irish dance until I got into Novice. In Novice, the dances were no longer taught count-by-count like in Beginner. There was no jump 2,3,4,5,6,7 over-one 2 point hop back... There were just movements taught and the dancers had to assemble the movements to music themselves. I began to struggle with timing. BIG time.
|"Listen. Listen to the music."
A friend confessed that when she started Irish dancing at 15 she thought if she started with the music and ended when the music did she was golden. When we would step up to dance our teacher would meaningfully tap his ear. Listen. Listen to the music. But something would happen after the 5,6, and here you go! It is like my brain would disconnect with the music much like a train might disconnect with railroad ties. Not having counts or words cues to stay with the music, I inadvertently focused solely on my steps.
"Slow down!!"
"Speed up!"
"You were behind from the beginning."
"You were 2 bars ahead the whole time."
Timing. Timing. Timing. My marks were always the same. Timing. Nothing else... but that one word. If it said turn out, flexibility, higher jumps, move more in the steps - those are all understandable corrections. The word timing does NOT pinpoint a problem that is easily fixed. It does not explain when or where a dancer gets off time or whether the problem lies in that they aren't fully completing a step or if they are adding unnecessary steps. It is in short... not helpful.
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So many dancers seem to have the gift of musicality. Like being born with blue eyes, they were born to put steps to music easy as breathing.
Timing. I would go home and put music on and listen as hard as possible. I would perform the dance with my hands and within my head visualize the steps. And I could see it. Then I would dance and be able to hear myself getting behind or speeding ahead. I loved Irish dancing, but I was beginning to feel like the world's most rotten dancer.


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An ugly reminder of a winter just-passed will be back to haunt Toronto on Tuesday. Environment Canada says you may even have to dig out the shovel, with as much as 5 centimetres of snow expected to fall in the city. Ice pellets will be mixed in with the snow, making the Tuesday morning commute a slippery one.Snow will begin falling between 6 and 8 a.m in Toronto and will continue into early afternoon, with some flurries possible after that. CP24 meteorologist Chris Potter says because the ground has been warming up, much of the snow will melt quickly.That is not the case for some areas of the province. About 10-15 cm of snow is expected for some areas east of Georgian Bay. You'll be smiling about the weather forecast for the remainder of April. Temperatures will climb back up to double digits for the weekend and generally hold there for the rest of the month.
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Boston Criminal Defense lawyer, Brad Bailey, a Massachusetts native white collar, sex, drugs & violent crimes (including homicide) attorney, graduated cum laude from Harvard College in 1980. He received his J.D. in 1983 from the University of Virginia, one of America's premier (top 10) law schools. He began his legal career working for the New York County (Manhattan) D.A. as an Assistant District Attorney in the Nation's largest and busiest D.A.'s Office. While there, he prosecuted serious street level felonies, including armed robberies, burglaries, attempted murders, felony weapons charges and felonious assaults. He achieved a conviction rate of 94% and handled thousands of cases during his tenure. From there, he returned home to Massachusetts and joined the Middlesex County D.A.'s Office, where he continued his career as an Assistant District Attorney. A senior Trial Attorney assigned to both the Cambridge and Lowell regions, Brad prosecuted some of the most serious cases in the D.A.'s Office including murders, rapes, attempted murders, armed robberies, child sexual assaults, and cocaine and heroin trafficking. In a mere 22 months, he tried 26 felony cases to verdict in the Superior Court (an Office record at the time). Losing only twice, Brad achieved an overall conviction rate of over 92%. Brad moved on from the Middlesex D.A.'s Office to the prestigious United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts, where he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Boston, first with the Organized Crime Strike Force and later with the Drug Task Force (OCDEFT). While in the Strike Force, Brad directly participated in the prosecution of a number of members and factions of the Patriaca Crime Family of La Cosa Nostra (LCN) including reputed Underboss Charles Quintina, Capos Biagio DiGiacomo and Sonny-Boy Rizzo, and Soldiers Spucky Spagnuolo, Vincent "Dee Dee" Giachinni, Pryce Quintana and Freddy Chiampa. He also authored and oversaw numerous court authorized wire-taps. When in the Drug Task Force, Brad prosecuted numerous local, regional, national and international drug conspiracies, principally involving Colombian and Dominican distribution cells and Syrian and Lebanese drug traffickers. Also the co-lead prosecutor in a case involving the then largest marijuana smuggling ring in New England history, Brad never lost a trial as a federal prosecutor and achieved the Office's highest ranking: "Outstanding Prosecutor."
Brad went on to serve as Sheriff of Middlesex County for two years from 1995-1996. In that role, he was responsible for the daily care, housing and transportation of close to 2,000 inmates and detainees at correctional facilities in Cambridge, Framingham and Billerica and oversaw a staff of more than 750 county employees. He was also responsible for courthouse security and the service of civil process throughout Middlesex County. While Sheriff, he was honored as one of the 1996 "Ten Outstanding Young Leaders" by the Greater Boston Jaycees.
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In 2005, I lost my husband to a very rare cancer and during the week of his death, I found that I too, had cancer.
After 2 surgeries and during chemotherapy, I was so comforted by the constant presence of my dog Sugar (a poodle-Westie cross), and my daughter's miniature schnauzer, Kaptain.
During the course of my extended treatments, my daughter's terrier family increased to include 2 miniature schnauzer puppies, Kurious and Knosey.
During those endless months of chemotherapy, I was so very comforted by the love and attendance I received from these caring and entertaining dogs.
As I was part way through my treatments, my son-in-law brought me a tiny miniature schnauzer pup from Texas since my daughter, son-in-law and their 3 dogs were planning to return to their Texas home after spending nearly 3 yrs with me during my illness and partial recovery.
My little "Precious" was a very welcome addition to our household. She kept my son-in-law company, along with her surrogate puppy mommy, Knosey, and her surrogate human mommy, my daughter, on the long trip home from Texas to Canada.
She was became very sick as a puppy and her trip to Canada was delayed by 1 month, as she needed a clean bill of health to cross the border. She had a terrible bought of kennel cough, you can read about it by clicking that link.
Eventually, they nursed her back to health before bringing this Precious gift home to me!
She definitely endeared herself to Kimberly, Kenney and Knosey during these early days as a puppy with them. She still holds a special place in their hearts!
On arriving home to the welcoming arms of her new human mommy, she was boisterously welcomed by our 3 other terriers, Sugar, Kurious and Kaptain.
She had no fear in spite of the fact that the other animals were larger and that there were so many of them. They all quickly fell in love with her too and enjoyed mothering and fathering this new, tiny puppy.
To this day, at 1 1/2 years of age, she is still treated like the "Baby" by our other terriers.
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The preliminary figures for the 2011 black bear and fall turkey harvests are now out. I said in a column last year that the bear harvest should be a record in 2011. Well, this is not the first time I have been wrong on something like this.
The total black bear harvest for all the seasons combined last year was 2,007. This is a 16 percent decrease from the 2010 harvest of 2,392, which is the record. However, the 2011 bear harvest is the third highest in state history.
I do agree with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources that the mast conditions last year had a high influence with the 2011 harvest. In 2010, the acorn crop was one of the best since mast condition records have been kept. The 2011 mast levels were not nearly as good. This shortage of fall food drives the bears to den up sooner. This could be the main reason why the gun harvest was down during the traditional December season.
Firearm hunters took 1,388 bears in 2011. Hunters took 631 bears in the early September season, 76 during the concurrent buck/bear season, and 681 during the December season. The top five counties were Randolph (148), Greenbrier (141), Pendleton (132), Pocahontas (112), and Webster (110).
Archery hunters took 619 bears in 2011. The top five counties were Randolph (70), Preston (56), Nicholas (44), Webster (41), and Wyoming (34).
In counties of local interest, total bear harvest for all seasons combined are as follows: Barbour (31), Tucker (90), Grant (88), Pendleton (146), Pocahontas (127), Webster (151), Upshur (8), and Randolph (218).
Preliminary figures for last year's fall turkey season show a kill of 1,172 birds. This is four percent higher than the 2010 harvest of 1,126 birds, but nowhere near to being a state record. The top five counties for 2011 were Randolph (142), Greenbrier (91), Preston (76), Pocahontas (68), and Monroe (63). The DNR game biologists predicted the 2011 harvest for fall turkeys would be close to the 2010 harvest which held true. The counties of local interest were: Grant (27), Pendleton (36), Tucker (17), Upshur (42), and Webster (44).
Right now the trout stocking trucks are rolling, and warm weather is in the forecast for some of the weekend and one or two days next week. The following area lakes and streams have been stocked in January: Cedar Creek Lake, Spruce Knob Lake, Blackwater River, Elk River, Laurel Fork, and Shavers Fork at Bemis.
It may seem like a long way off for some people, but area sportsmen and women need to mark their calendars for March 13. The DNR will hold their annual regulations open house meeting in Elkins on that evening (most likely at the Operations Center). This meeting used to be held in Elkins each year; but for the past six years, it has been held in Buckhannon. The attendance at the Buckhannon meeting was much lower than the one in Elkins.
I just wish the DNR would go back to using the old captive-audience or classroom-type format.
While the open house format offers a more relaxed atmosphere, everyone who attended was better informed about what the DNR would be doing for the next two years using this old format.
I cannot argue that some of the ideas that were presented from the various nimrods and anglers present would sometimes lead to heated discussions. However, there was never any hostilities or nasty name calling from anyone present.


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PARKERSBURG - Parkersburg Catholic Schools has had an eventful year with new principal Karen Robinson taking over at the high school for Marie Held who retired in June, the elementary school seeing library improvements and the capital improvement campaign moving ahead.
Kevin Simonton, Parkersburg Catholic Elementary School principal, said enrollment is holding steady at 163 students.
"Our library is becoming fully automated, hardware and software donated. It will be connected to all county libraries, with accelerated reading programs, and everything, the students will be able to borrow books from all over. It was made possible through private donations," Simonton said.
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Karen Robinson, the new principal at Parkersburg Catholic High School, with Skip Roedersheimer, left, director of advancement for the schools, and Kevin Simonton, Parkersburg Catholic Elementary School principal.
"Our music program continues to grow. We've expanded it, and have more students enrolled. We've made some changes, one teacher does violin up to fourth grade and fifth- and sixth-graders are playing brass and wind instruments with another teacher, and now, with the new band program at the high school, they can continue their music studies there," he said.
"We've also adopted new math textbooks for the coming year," Simonton said.
Skip Roedersheimer, director of advancement for the Catholic schools in Parkersburg, said the capital improvements campaign is going well.
"Currently, we are at a little over $2.6 million raised. The campaign, Our Faith, Our Future, will go through 2012. St. Sebastian Center (named for the patron saint of athletes) was completed in November of last year, the bishop dedicated it and it's fully functioning and gets a lot of use," he said.
"The center is a health and wellness facility for our students, athletes and alumni at Parkersburg Catholic. It includes a weight room, locker rooms, cardiovascular and free weight equipment. The next stage will be parking lot improvements, and the next building campaign stage will be the science wing at the high school. That is probably two years away, hopefully," Roedersheimer said.
"We continue to do little projects throughout the school, revamping classrooms, improving storage facilities, relocating the custodian staff to give them better facilities," he said.
"The support we received from the local parishes and supporters in the area as been tremendous. It is not a great economic time, but we are encouraged by the successes we have had. At the same time, we also realize we still have a lot of work to do to achieve all our goals," Roedersheimer said. "Our ultimate goal is to have a new elementary school on the campus of Fairview Avenue and improve the science classrooms and also build a new chapel on campus."
Parkersburg Catholic High School's new principal, Karen Robinson, of Vincent, Ohio, started her new job on July 1.
Prior to coming to PCHS, she had been employed at private and public schools, starting her career at DeSales Heights Academy in Parkersburg, then working in private and public education as a teacher and principal in Washington County, Zanesville and was at New Lexington Elementary when she learned of the PCHS opening. She said she wanted to come back to the area, her husband is the athletic director at Athens High School, and she wanted to return to the Catholic schools system.
One of the changes at the high school is a new band program.
"We have a brand new teacher with the band program, who is awesome, and we are encouraging him to put a band on the field next year. I'm getting to know the curriculum and the standards, it's an educational process for me as well. I have all kinds of goals," she said.
Robinson said she's reviewing policies and procedures and has re-implemented the quarterly academic achievement awards, and plans mid-term meetings with students and parents to encourage struggling students to achieve their fullest potential.
"I have a very capable and caring faculty that has really worked with me to help me understand the inner workings at the school, they have been wonderful to work with," she said. "Our athletic program is terrific and the kids are very dedicated to their success there," she said.
"We have also just started a consortium this year, the Mid-Ohio Valley Catholic Schools, all working together including St. John's and St. Marys, the elementary and high school so we can allow people in the valley to realize all their opportunities for Catholic education," Robinson said.


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National Hockey League Fines Scott Walker
Forward incurs $2,500 fine for incident at 17:13 mark of third period of Game 5
RALEIGH, NC—The National Hockey League today announced that Hurricanes forward Scott Walker has been fined $2,500 for an incident that occurred at the 17:13 mark of the third period of Game 5 against the Boston Bruins. There will be no additional punishment assessed.
"We are satisfied with the league's ruling," said Hurricanes President and General Manager Jim Rutherford. "After our team received several punches throughout the series leading up to Game 5, it was a matter of time before one was going to be thrown back."
"I accept the league's decision," said Walker. "Based on what was said on the ice as I was dropping my gloves, it was my understanding that I was engaged in an altercation."


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To Discuss Avon Lake Power Plant
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur will join Avon Lake Mayor Greg Zilka and NRG Energy regional president Lee Davis at the Avon Lake power plant, where NRG plans to add gas-firing capability.
NRG officials announced Monday in Houston that they intend to keep the plant open and retrofit existing coal-fired boilers to burn natural gas by the summer of 2016.
The plant had been expected to close, but now will remain operational to feed power into the grid during "peak load" times, such as extremely hot days. The retrofitted plant would retain approximately half the current work force of approximately 75.
WHO: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur
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Rome, GA – The Augusta GreenJackets (23-17) needed 13 innings to beat the Rome Braves (13-26) Wednesday as Augusta came away with an 8-7 win. Brock Bond scored the winning run in the 13th and Daniel Turpen pitched two scoreless innings in relief.
With the score tied 7-7, Bond began the 13th inning drawing a walk then stole second base to get into scoring position. Garrett Baker then hit a line drive to left field and Cody Johnson misplayed the ball having it skip out of his glove allowing Bond to score and give Augusta an 8-7 lead.
Turpen (2-1) allowed two hits in two scoreless innings and allowed one walk while striking out one.
The GreenJackets tied the game at 7-7 in the eighth inning when James Simmons stole third base then came in to score on the throwing error from catcher Javier Dominguez. Simmons pinch ran for Thomas Neal after Neal connected for a one-out single.
Augusta had leads of 3-0, 5-3, and 6-5 in the game before the Braves took their first lead of the game in the fourth inning. Freddie Freeman connected for a two-out two-run homer to right-field for a 7-6 lead off of starter Craig Clark.
Clark worked four innings and allowed seven runs, six earned, on eight hits for the no-decision.
Augusta and Rome traded runs over the first two innings and the game was tied 5-5 after two innings of play. The GreenJackets took a 6-5 lead in the fourth inning when Angel Villalona connected for an RBI double scoring Garrett Baker.
The GreenJackets and Braves finish their series Thursday night with Augusta sending right-hander Daryl Maday (2-2, 1.88) to the mound. The Braves counter with lefty Chad Rodgers (1-6, 4.13) as Rome looks to avoid the sweep. First pitch is at 7:00 p.m.
Game Notes:
The GreenJackets improved to 13-5 on the road this season and has won a season high six straight road games.
Augusta has won seven straight games against the Braves
Culberson has hit safely in seven straight games.
Angel Villalona finished 3-for-6 with a pair of RBIs.
Andrew Davis, Garrett Baker, Thomas Neal and Nick Noonan all collected an RBI in the game.
The Augusta bullpen of Orlando Yntema, Joe Paterson and Dan Turpen combined for nine shutout innings and six hits.
Augusta batters struck out a season high 15 times.
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LeAnn Rimes has come under attack online on several fronts in the last few years.
Now, she's making a video to fight back against rumors that she has an eating disorder. Many online have speculated that LeAnn's lithe physique comes from never eating, but she and her trainer, Michael Jackson, plan to show otherwise.
Michael told a Fox News entertainment blog that the rumors bother LeAnn. "We're in the process of putting a video together that [LeAnn] will post to her blog so that people will see what it is that we're doing to get her in shape," he says.
"I know she's really anxious to show people . . . that she takes her [fitness] seriously."
That video will be ready in a month or so.
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Harkin Opens Door To Bankruptcy Option for Student Loans
A top Senate Democrat is set to unveil legislation Wednesday that would allow a small portion of Americans' student debt to be discharged through bankruptcy proceedings, a measure that would likely hit the profits of private lenders.
The bankruptcy option is part of a long-awaited bill on federal higher-education policy from Sen. Tom Harkin (D., Iowa), chairman of the Senate panel on education.
Federal law currently prohibits, except in rare cases, private or federal student loans from being discharged in bankruptcy. Backers of the current law, including the banking industry, have argued it helps keep a lid on interest rates by reducing the risk that borrowers will walk away from their debts in court.
Consumer advocates say the prohibition is keeping some borrowers trapped under high debt burdens that they'll likely never be able to repay. Most other types of consumer debt, including money owed on mortgages, credit cards and auto loans, can be discharged in bankruptcy.
Mr. Harkin's measure would allow only student loans issued by private lenders — rather than the federal government — to be discharged in bankruptcy court. Private lenders hold only about 10% to 15% of the nation's $1.1 trillion in outstanding student debt, with the U.S. Education Department holding the rest.
The measure, if it gained traction, could threaten the student-lending business at major lenders such as SLM Corp.'s Sallie Mae, Wells Fargo & Co. and Discover Financial Services.
The bill includes a series of other measures designed to ease lower student costs, toughen up against schools with high default rates and force colleges to publish more data on the outcomes of their students.
The bill isn't likely to pass this year, given the midterm elections and broad partisan disputes over higher-education policy. But it sets a stake in the ground for Democrats in talks on a final bill.


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The group Hike for KaTREEna will distribute 500 free trees in an event set to take place on Jan. 26 in Houma.
The trees -- in containers ranging from three to five gallons -- will be given out at the Terrebonne Parish library at 151 Library Dr starting at 9 a.m.
It is the sixth such event sponsored by the nonprofit group whose mission is to replant at least 100,000 trees lost to Hurricane Katrina.
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> not even close to 8%
Seriously. Who gives a ****...
Other than *you* lot. Obviously.
Get a ****ing grip and have a word with yourselves. You're all just a
bunch of folk out spoiling for a pointless fight.
There is no point in any of this banality.
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Now playing at S&S Cycle: a new video of Jay Leno and his X-Wedge-powered bike online.
Leno took delivery of the bike, built by S&S, last November. Since then, he has appeared on the bike in a number of photos supporting the striking members of the Writers Guild of America.
S&S has video of Leno taking delivery and his first ride on the bike at along with plenty of information on the new engine and what it means to S&S and the v-twin community.
Leno is a contributor to Popular Mechanics Magazine and additional video and information about the bike and Leno's impresssion of the X-Wedge is available in the Green Garage portion of the website.


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This week also marks one year since the President transmitted the CTBT to the Senate for its advice and consent to ratification. Unfortunately, one year later the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has yet to hold its first hearing on this historic treaty.
Mr. President, this delay in considering the Treaty not only hinders the Senate from carrying out its constitutional duties; in light of the events in India and Pakistan, it is irresponsible for the Senate to continue to do nothing. It is irresponsible for the security of this nation and the world.
The Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests in May served as a wake up call for the world. We are confronted with the very risk of a nuclear arms race beginning in South Asia. India and Pakistan, as well as their neighbors, have emerged less secure as a result of these tests. I believe that these tests demonstrate the tragic significance of the Senate's failure to take action on the CTBT. We can no longer afford to ignore our responsibility to debate and vote on the treaty.
Today's press reports that both India and Pakistan have stated their intention to sign the CTBT by September 1999. I want to welcome these announcements by India and Pakistan. The steps are in part the result of an intensive U.S. diplomatic effort, and I congratulate the Administration on this success. India's and Pakistan's commitment to halt nuclear testing is critical to reducing tensions and preventing a nuclear arms race in South Asia.
The adherence of India and Pakistan to the CTBT will also enhance prospects for the treaty to enter into force sooner. According to its provisions the CTBT will enter into force when 44 countries have nuclear technology have ratified it. With India's and Pakistan's signatures, all 44 of these countries except one, North Korea, will have signed the CTBT. The addition of India and Pakistan as Treaty signatories marks a significant step toward making the CTBT a reality.
Now more than ever, it is imperative that the Senate begin its consideration of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Senate action on the CTBT would send a clear signal to India and Pakistan that nuclear testing must stop. It would strengthen U.S. diplomatic efforts to reduce tensions between these two countries and persuade them to give up their nuclear ambitions. But signature of the CTBT by India and Pakistan is only the first step in the process of bringing stability to South Asia. Senate action on the CTBT can help build momentum as additional measures are sought for defusing the violative situation.
Ratification of the CTBT is also critical to U.S. leadership in strengthening the international nonproliferation regime. The risk of nuclear proliferation remains a clear and immediate security threat to the international community as a whole.
Our efforts to reduce the threat of nuclear proliferation have produced significant successes this decade. Several countries, including South Africa, Brazil, and Argentina have abandoned nuclear weapons programs. Under the START Treaty nuclear weapons have been withdrawn from Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.
The United States must continue to lead international efforts to halt and reverse the spread of nuclear weapons. For the United States to be effective in strengthening international nonproliferation measures, we need to demonstrate our own commitment to a universal legal norm against nuclear testing.
U.S. ratification of the CTBT is in our national security interest. The United States has observed a testing moratorium since 1992. The other declared nuclear weapons states, Britain, France, Russia, and China, have joined us in halting their nuclear testing programs. It is in our interest for these countries to continue to refrain from such testing, which might otherwise contribute to their designing more advanced weapons that are smaller and more threatening.
The treaty would not prevent the United States from doing anything we otherwise would plan to do, There is no need for renewed U.S. nuclear testing. Nuclear weapons experts from my home State of New Mexico tell me that they have a high level of confidence in the reliability and safety of the U.S. nuclear stockpile.
We are committed through the Stockpile Stewardship Program to ensuring the future safety and reliability of our stockpile in the absence of nuclear testing. Our strong support for this program in the years ahead is critical for U.S. national security under a comprehensive test-ban regime.
Mr. President, the American people recognize the grave danger that a new nuclear arms race in South Asia would pose, not only to U.S. national security but also to the security of the international community. They understand that further nuclear testing threatens to undermine international efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons. That's why a recent nationwide poll conducted by the Mellman Group found that 73 percent of the American public believe that the Senate should approve the CTBT, while only 16 percent believe we should disapprove the treaty (11 percent responded `don't know'). This finding of overwhelming support for the treaty occurred after India conducted is nuclear tests.
Therefore, I urge the Senate to begin debate on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. I have sent a letter to the Chairman of the Armed Services Committee requesting that the Committee begin holding hearings on this historic treaty. We need to bring in the experts from the military, intelligence, and scientific communities so we can hear what they have to say. I believe that through such hearings Senators' concerns will be resolved in favor of a CTBT.
For the sake of our security and that of future generations, we must not let this historic opportunity to achieve a global end to nuclear testing slipaway.
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St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Offers Free Smoking Cessation Program
Classes to Be Held in New Cancer Resource and Support Center at Hospital
Pontiac, Mich.—St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (SJMO) will offer a free three-session smoking cessation program in October.
The free program will offer education and counseling to help attendees quit smoking for good. Program sessions will be taught by trained smoking cessation educators.
Enrollees must attend all three program sessions, which will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, Oct. 2, 9 and 16. An optional individual counseling session will be offered the same hours on Wednesday, Oct. 30. All sessions will meet in the Community Room of the new Cancer Resource and Support Center within the Alice Gustafson Center on the hospital campus, 44405 Woodward Ave., Pontiac, Mich., 48341.
For more information or to register to attend the free three-session program, call Patti Moore, RN, BSN, Lung Nurse Navigator, 248-858-3471.


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We will be having try-outs August 2nd 10 - noon & 9th (if necessary) 10-noon @ Franklin Central High School. We are also looking for 2 or 3 assistant coaches as well. We are an "A" organization that focuses on hard work & dedication and taking each player to the next level as well as strictly playing the best competition. If your daughter is not on an "A" team but you think she has potential, bring her to try-outs, call me for a private try-out or talk to me @ a tournament everything is kept confidential. We will do 6 fall tournaments (4 exposures) 5 winter tournaments and 7 summer tournaments. We will do ASA, NSA, PGF, USFA and exposures as well as a few invites. We practice @ Franklin Central High School and in the winter @ Beech Grove. We have girls from all over the state. All positions & playing time is earned if you want to know what kind of a coach I am talk to my players or the parents. In 2 years we have become 1 of the top organizations in the state, as president I will do my best to always put the best product on the field @ all times. Call Willie Cook anytime with questions 317-358-9533 check out our website @ imwsoftball.com
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Well.... not exactly, but that's what I tell my self for encouragement. Each day I get in the pool I feel stronger. I am sure it is the drills and using the kickboard is really helping out as well. My roommate who was killing me in the swim is still swimming much farther, but I am at least able to hold pace with him which is positive. Below is a list of all my issues I still am having with the swim.
When are you supposed to breathe? I am currenlty breathing on every other stroke, but only on my right side. I see an equal amount of people breathing out on both sides as I see breathing out of one side. This seems to be one of the hardest part of swimming for me.
Breast Stroke or Freestyle? I can go faster swimming freestyle, but can not maintain the speed or consistency do to my issues breathing described above. The breast stroke seems to be substanially easier for me and I can keep up a consistent pace using this swim technique. I guess what I am asking, is what will be better when I actually compete. A faster, less consistent method, or the steady and easier/consistent method?
Getting a stronger kick. I thought my kick was good until I saw a few of the other people in the pool using the kickboard and they just destroyed me. What workout outside of the pool can I do to improve this?


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I have posted a couple of questions but just had my amnio yesterday and got to look over the blood screen with my genetic counselor. She said I was considered high risk for DS because my Free Beta HCG levels were very high. 4X's the normal level. Dont have the exact number but she said that I was in the 90th percentile. With that said, they seemed relatively positive with me...my question is...
1) Even if the amnio is clear...what are the possible issues correlated with hormone levels this abnormally high? She mentioned the issues wtih low pappa but did not seem to know of any studies with the high hcg. anyone know of any issues I should be aware of?
I am so frightened that I am going to get a good amnio result and still freak the whole pregnancy over this hormone level result.