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U.S.: The fiscal standoff in Washington was not resolved over the weekend as had been hoped. If anything, the sides are now further apart and the government remains shut down, just four days before a key deadline on Thursday when the U.S. Treasury has signaled it will run out of the cash needed to pay its bills if the debt ceiling isn't raised. As with the summer 2011 debt-ceiling battle, the deadlock-breaking role has shifted to the Senate, where leaders of both parties are trying nut out a compromise on spending and tax reforms that would produce a bill that would be quickly approved by both houses. The latest sticking point is that Democrats are now pushing for a rollback in the automatic "sequester" spending cuts that came into effect earlier this year as result of the 2011 deal.
Democrats smell blood. A Wall Street Journal/NBC poll last week showed that Republican approval ratings are at their lowest since the survey began in 1989 and that voters overwhelmingly blame Republicans for the latest problem more than they do Democrats. Indeed, it seems pretty clear that the House Republican ploy to defund the Affordable Care Act as a condition to opening the government has failed as this item is not part of current negotiations. But Democrats could be dangerously misjudging the public's patience with their own tactics here. What's more, anything that would result in a smaller amount of deficit reduction in return for a very late increase in the debt ceiling would likely unnerve ratings agencies. While most people still believe a deal before Thursday will happen, avoiding the turmoil that a default would provoke, this kind of last-minute brinkmanship will reflect badly in the eyes of foreign investors.
WORLD MARKETS: Asian and European shares fell Monday and safe-haven currencies such as the yen and Swiss franc rose in response to news of the impasse in Washington. U.S. stock futures are pointed lower. U.S. bond markets are closed for Columbus Day.
As fears grow that Republican and Democrat negotiators will fail to reach a deal before the key deadline on Thursday, markets will likely get increasingly rattled. The consensus remains that the impact of a U.S. default would be so damaging to the global financial system that lawmakers won't let it happen. But this dicey, 11th-hour wrangling is extremely disconcerting for investors. The question is whether the stock market's declines end up forcing the politicians into making concessions.
SWITZERLAND: The producer price index rose 0.1% on the month and was up just 0.3% on the year. Import prices were up 0.1% versus expectations for a 0.3% gain.
The Swiss continue to battle deflation, which is part a result of the excessive appreciation of the Swiss franc since the financial crisis. These numbers do nothing to suggest an escape from that trap soon, though signs of a euro zone recovery will be welcome in Zurich.
EURO ZONE: Industrial Production was stronger than expected, up 1% on the month and down 2.1% on the year, against expectations of +0.9% and -2.6%. In July the figures had been -1.0% on the month and -1.9% on the year.
This is moderately encouraging. The official data hadn't been keeping pace with the steady, albeit gradual growth shown in private-sector surveys such as the manufacturing purchasing managers' index. The high-than-expected result here could suggest that there had simply been a lag between sentiment surveys and the actual output report. It could tamp calls for more European Central Bank stimulus.
CHINA: The consumer price index rose 3.1% on-year in September, up from 2.6% in August and above expectations for a 2.9% rise.
While the higher-than-expected result will revive concerns about inflationary pressures, the annual rate of inflation still falls within the government's 3.5% target for the year and in general sense remains subdued. As such, the central bank is unlikely for now to employ some kind of monetary tightening response and in general the government still has room for pro-growth policies. That's important because the country's trade data out over the weekend showed a surprising fall in exports in September, revealing weakness in emerging markets that trade with China. Imports remained strong, suggesting that domestic demand–whether of the consumer variety or as part of a "stealth stimulus" of government infrastructure projects–is holding up well.
INDIA: Wholesale prices rose 6.46% in September from a year earlier, compared with August's 6.10% increase, suggesting that the central bank may need to continue raising rates despite the slowing economy. High prices for food and fuel drove the WPI to a seven-month high, above economists' expectations for a 6.0% result. Regular increases in domestic fuel prices in recent months were partly to blame as a weak rupee pushed up India's import costs.
Raghuram Rajan raised rates last month at his first meeting as Reserve Bank of India governor, but more tightening may be needed to break the back of inflation, which has remained above the 5.0% top end of the central bank's target range since June. The policy dilemma couldn't come at a worse time for India, as the economy continues to slow. It grew at 4.4% in the three months to June, after clocking a decade-low annual growth rate of 5.0% in the fiscal year ended March 31. The government has chipped in with a half-hearted program of reforms to open certain sectors to foreign investment, but a more comprehensive policy of reform–as well as an even weaker currency to boost exports–may be what's needed to get India's economy decisively back on track.
SINGAPORE: The economy shrank by less than expected in the June-September quarter and the central bank said it was keeping monetary policy steady at its semi-annual meeting. The 1.0% on-quarter contraction, fell short of the 4.0% contraction that economists had forecast as a reversal from the massive 16.9% rise in April-June. The economy grew 5.1% compared to the year-ago period, again beating estimates.
The growth figures are a positive reflection on the global recovery, as Singapore is the most trade-dependent country in Asia and is more closely aligned with growth patterns in the G3 than with China or emerging Asia. As expected, the Monetary Authority of Singapore's decided to leave its policy of gradual currency appreciation intact, and left the slope and width of the trading band unchanged from April's ruling.
JAPAN: The government plans to open up the management of its vast foreign-currency holdings to private-sector financial institutions, but officials have suggested the move isn't intended to shift the reserves away from the U.S. dollar nor is it a reflection of concerns over a possible U.S. default. The officials told The Wall Street Journal the government plans to submit a bill allowing commercial firms to manage some of the foreign reserves–the world's largest after China's–which until now have been completely overseen by the government.
Years of dollar-buying and yen-selling intervention to push down the value of the Japanese currency have left Tokyo sitting on nearly $1.3 trillion of foreign reserves, most believed to be invested in U.S. Treasurys. Japanese officials, like those elsewhere in Asia, are eager to invest a portion of the reserves more creatively–whether in alternative investments or, in this case, with more imaginative managers. Though the amount in question is said to be small–and this is just a trial balloon, as nothing has yet been submitted to Parliament–it's another indication of unease that the vast majority of central-bank reserves are invested in low-yielding US Treasurys, especially a time when US politicians can't even seem to agree on what to order for lunch. The ironic part is that after years of yen strength eroding the value of Japan's USD reserves, this move comes as the yen is at its weakest point in several years.
Coming up:
U.S.: Columbus Day holiday, partly observed. The U.S. stock market is open but bond trading is closed.
INDIA: 8 a.m. EDT (5:30 p.m., New Delhi). Consumer-Price Index for September [In August, CPI was +6.1% on year, +1.2% on month.]
Inflation is enough of a problem in India that the Reserve Bank took the unexpected step of raising interest rates by a quarter point. If India and its currency, the rupee, are to emerge from their current crisis, getting the CPI to slow down will be key.
U.S.: 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m., Mexico City). Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks at Bank of Mexico Central Bank Independence in Mexico City–Progress and Challenges Conference.
Mr. Bernanke will be on fairly friendly ground in Mexico, whose central bank is led by well-respected economist Agustin Carstens, a one-time candidate to lead the International Monetary Fund, and tends toward orthodox policies in line with U.S. standards. But if the comments from officials attending the IMF meetings in Washington over the weekend were any indication, there is considerable concern in the emerging-market world about the way that Fed is communicating its intentions about exiting from quantitative easing. Mexican markets in particular were hit very hard over the summer once investors began speculating that the Fed would start tapering its bond-buying. Mr. Bernanke will be pressed on this topic. And in keeping with that, he may want to clarify the Fed's view on policy through the end of the year. The consensus view now is that it won't start reducing its bond-buying until 2014–mostly because of the economic disruptions from the fiscal dispute in Washington–which would likely make it the job of Janet Yellen, who is expected to take over from Mr. Bernanke when he retires at year-end.
CHINA: 10 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. Tuesday, Beijing). September Foreign Direct Investment [In August, FDI was +0.62% on year.]
The markedly weaker-than-expected result for FDI last month was a warning sign for China. Are foreign investors losing confidence in the China growth story? This month's report will respond to that question and could help to determine whether the August result was a one-month aberration or part of a trend.


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Born May 28, 1910, at Fort Henry, Tenn., son of the late Emory and Lillian Wofford Gardner, he was a minister for the Bell City Church of Christ for 54 years.
On April 19, 1928, at Bowling Green, Ohio, he married Lucille Gillis who preceded him in death on March 3, 1998.
Survivors include: one son, Ward Gardner of Apache Junction, Ariz.; one daughter, Mary Bartlett of Poplar Bluff; one half brother, Earl Gardner of Murray, Ky.; two half sisters, Agnes Hausford of Nashville, Tenn., and Estelle Hart of Memphis, Tenn.; and four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Two brothers and one sister also preceded him in death.
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By Spc. Dustin GautneyAugust 26, 2010
CONTINGENCY OPERATING SITE MAREZ, Iraq - Soldiers from the 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, were treated by piano-rock alternative band Kidnap Kings, to a concert held at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Aug. 22.
The concert at COS Marez was part of a six-concert tour throughout Iraq, including concerts at Joint Base Balad and Camp Victory, in Baghdad.
"Just the opportunity to come out here and play for Soldiers is why we do this," said Sebastian Davin, lead vocalist and pianist for the band.
"We don't quite have what it takes to do what all of you [Soldiers] do, so this is our way of helping out anyway we can," said Davin, a Minnesota native.
Davin's younger brother, Seth Davin, the guitarist for the band, agreed.
"We come here because the Soldiers are here ... we care about what is going on with the Soldiers, so the best way is to come out here to see and talk to the Soldiers in person," said Seth Davin.
The trip to COS Marez marked the second time the band has played in Iraq, and the third time for the Davin Brothers, who were playing with a different band the first time.
"Even visiting over the past few years we can tell there have been a lot of changes. Before, we'd play at a lot of very remote locations, but now everyone seems more centralized on the larger bases, so it's great to see that things really are progressing for the country and our Soldiers over here," Seth Davin said.
The Davin brothers performed music from the Kidnap Kings' soon-to-be-released album, 'Flashing Lights and Sound', which feature the singles "Into this Disaster," "Anything She Wants," and a cover of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing."


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Madame Bovary
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Madame Bovary Part 1, Chapter 2 Summary
- The young "doctor" is awakened in the night by a call from a patient; someone at a farm called Les Bertaux outside the town has a broken leg that needs to be set. It's agreed that Charles will head out to take care of the patient at moonrise.
- Until then, Charles lies awake, dreading the medical debacle about to unfold. We've already figured out that he's not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, and he doesn't feel too confident about his healing powers. We have to admit, we're nervous for him and his patient, too…seriously, would you want this guy operating on your broken leg?
- Les Bertaux turns out to be a nice piece of real estate. Monsieur Rouault, the farmer/patient, is obviously pretty well off. A widower, he takes care of the family farm with the help of his young daughter. Said daughter lets Charles in and takes him up to the patient.
- Monsieur Rouault is a good-natured man, and his fracture also proves to be somewhat good-natured; it's a totally clean break, and Charles starts to feel confident again. He cheers up his patient, and competently takes care of the injury.
- In the meanwhile, the daughter, Emma, attempts to make herself useful by sewing some padding, but she turns out to be a bad seamstress. Her ineptitude doesn't matter, though – Charles is quite taken by her dainty appearance (she's a total babe). As the three of them go downstairs to have a bite to eat, the young doctor takes a better look at the young daughter.
- Charles (and we) get to know Emma a little better. She hates country living, and doesn't seem quite content with her life. We're not sure if Charles notices this. What he does notice is that she is really beautiful. She's got gorgeous brown eyes, full lips, carefully arranged black hair, and rosy cheeks. Someone's got a crush…
- Charles keeps visiting Les Bertaux, supposedly to check in with his patient, but really to see Emma. His irritable/irritating wife finds out that Emma is something of a fine young lady, having received a fancy education at a convent, and is upset by the idea that Charles is in love with the girl. She makes Charles promise not to visit Les Bertaux anymore.
- Charles's first wife is not long in this world. Some bad financial news emerges (it turns out she was lying to the Bovarys about how much money she had in the first place, and Mom and Pop Bovary freak out big time), and the distraught woman actually collapses and dies. Charles is now free, although he does feel a little sad, since she loved him.


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You are grieving hun, don`t fight it let it out, only time can heal but you have to come to terms with it first, make sure you talk about what has happened with your partner and have a good cry together, even if he is acting strong he`ll still be feeling what you are feeling
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Hi, I know exactly what you're going through. I was told over a week ago they could not detect a heartbeat when I went for my routine 12 week scan....I was devastated. I still feel very low some days and then ok other days, I think it will take time to get over an experience like this. Just so you know that you're not alone and there are so many helpful people on this website, but you won't get over it over night, it will take time.....I just think about ttc again and the summer weather which seems to put a positive spring in my step
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Thanks you all reading that bought tears to my eyes. I had a good talk and cry with hubby last night. I got it into my head i killed our baby but as hubby said there a reason for it so please don,t blame yourself. I am sure things will get better it just time
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im so sorry for your loss.
i know what your going through, i arrived at my scan last sept to find no baby but i had a sack, it had no yok to feed on,i also blamed myself! talking about it is good, you are not to blame one bit, you need time to grieve because you have lost a baby,despite what some people say! i took a month off work and returned to work to find people had been saying i never had a baby and now im back i should pull my weight, but you have every right to feel the way you do,there is no right or wrong way to grieve for your loss.time is a great heeler and it doesnt matter how long that takes. my advice to you is to take time away from work, return in your own time, if you need the doctotrs help seek it dont suffer alone, they are there to help.
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Depends on where the bottleneck lies. If it is reading from disk, then no. If it is on the computation of the md5 hashes, then possibly yes, by implementing the hash algorithm on the GPU.
I would suggest trying to optimize on the CPU first (i.e. batch multiple entries and distribute to multiple CPU threads). If that still doesn't give you the performance you need, then you can use OpenTK+GLSL or Cloo+OpenCL to speed up the algorithm.
Thank you for the response! Yeah I'm specifically looking to offload the hashing to the GPU. Is there already a HashMD5(text) function somewhere in one of the libraries that you know of? I'm sure someone, somewhere has had a similar situation.
http://majuric.org/software/cudamd5/ Supposedly works on CUDA(nVidia cards), so you can either try to port the code to OpenCL or use a CUDA.Net binding.
There are probably more sources out there, I didnt google for very long.
then you can use OpenTK+GLSL or Cloo+OpenCL to speed up the algorithm.
What's the plan for OpenTK supporting CL? Could probably expose the CL-GL interop api very nicely having it all in one library.
It would be nice to add OpenCL capabilities to OpenTK. In fact, there is already code for this in the binding generator.
The idea is to convert the .h files to xml via Generator.Convert and then pass that to Generator.Bind to generate the actual bindings. This entails some amount of manual work to define enumerations, but it is certainly doable (and the specs are much smaller than even OpenGL ES 1.1)
This is probably best discussed on github.


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EAST LANSING - The authorities are offering up to $20,000 reward for information leading to convictions of those involved in the burning of furniture in the streets of East Lansing following MSU's football team's victory in the Big Ten Championship game Saturday night.
The hefty reward was announced Monday afternoon.
Tips can be shared via firstname.lastname@example.com, 1-877-ELPD-TIP or www.facebook.com/EastLansingPD.
Police say 15 arrests were made during the night. 13 of those arrested were MSU students. During the incident, public safety officials responded to a minimum of 57 fires throughout East Lansing. the crowd size in the Cedar Village area, ELPD estimates approximately 2,000 to 3,000 people made up the crowd in Cedar Village. Police say there were three major fires in the Cedar Village area, which were fueled by things like shrubs, dumpster fencing, mattresses, clothing, bikes, trees and fire extinguishers.
Police tell the media that officers officers had rocks, frozen beer cans, glass bottles, horseshoes and other items thrown at them.
"We understand individuals' desire to celebrate, but the events of Saturday night did nothing more than overshadow and take away from a great Spartan victory. We will work to charge the individuals involved in this incident to the fullest extent of the law," said East Lansing City Manager George Lahanas.
"Any student identified as taking part in setting or fueling fires will be subject to the MSU student judicial process, regardless of any criminal charges being filed," said Kent Cassella, MSU spokesman. "If a student is found in violation, he or she faces sanctions ranging from warning to dismissal. A vast majority of those celebrating after the game did so peacefully. Those that disregarded the safety of others and destroyed property will not be tolerated."
The total cost of this damage has not been determined.
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HOUMA — Sales-tax yields continued to fall in Terrebonne and Lafourche, showing shoppers were watching their pocketbooks more closely in the buildup to the holidays.
November collections in Terrebonne, a shopping hub for the region, were $7.6 million, down 24 percent compared to the same time last year. In Lafourche, sales taxes brought in $4.6 million, a 31.6 percent drop from the same period in 2008.
Those numbers are skewed by higher-than-normal sales after hurricanes Gustav and Ike as locals rebuilt their homes and lives. But spending was still down compared with the same month in 2007, when rebuilding wasn't a factor.
"2009 is still a little bit behind what the 2007 figures were," said Chris Lagarde, director of Terrebonne's Sales and Use Tax Office.
Compared with November 2007, the same month's 2009 figures from Terrebonne were down 14 percent.
In Terrebonne, taxable sales were down 24.7 percent from 2008. Lafourche does not break down its taxable sales.
Spending decreased in all categories tracked by the Terrebonne office. Apparel saw the smallest decline, 1.1 percent, while the lumber and contractors category was down 40.5 percent.
In the month of Thanksgiving, food sales were down 8.5 percent. As the holiday shopping season kicked off, general merchandise was down 16.6 percent, furniture was down 12.1 percent and auto sales fell 36 percent.
Also in Terrebonne, hotel-motel taxes were down 58 percent. Occupational licenses were up 12 percent.
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DEXTER -- Mildred Taylor, 89, died Feb. 6, 2007, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter.
Born April 30, 1917, in Dudley, daughter of the late Edwin and Lilly Tite Wooley, she was a member of First General Baptist Church in Dexter and a former cook with the Dexter Public School System for 20 years.
On Dec. 24, 1935, in Dexter, she married Luther Gilford Taylor, who preceded her in death on Nov. 22, 1992.
Two brothers, Robert Moore and Floyd Moore, also preceded her in death.
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George W. Bush on weapons of mass destruction: They existed.
Bill Clinton about Monica Lewinsky: No sex.
Ronald Reagan, perhaps the most gifted communicator of all, about communists: They're everywhere!
First they were in Hollywood, poisoning the film industry in the 1950s when Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild. Then, a decade later, they were in Berkeley, manipulating impressionable youths and spurring protests, inspiring Reagan to run for governor in 1966 to restore order.
The reality was that communists did little to take over movie studios or dupe Mario Savio into climbing atop a police car in Sproul Plaza and igniting the Free Speech Movement. What fit Reagan's narrative, however, were frothy assertions of an ever-growing threat to liberty.
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Rosenfeld waged a 30-year Freedom of Information Act fight with the FBI and brought five lawsuits to win release of 300,000 pages of documents on which "Subversives" is based. He deserves immense credit for seeing that battle through.
"Subversives" is a big, important but flawed book, one that sometimes plods along with an innate stiffness and a lack of narrative focus. The author, a former San Francisco Chronicle reporter, has made a major contribution to American history, yet "Subversives" is at times a languid read.
With so much material finally at hand, Rosenfeld seems compelled to provide it all, rather than take readers through the arc of Berkeley in the '60s, which is the book's heart. The results are sometimes-static prose and the inclusion of inane details, like the street address of nearly every location where events, however small, occurred.
Where Rosenfeld shines is in reporting repeatedly that Hoover, Reagan and others, including future U.S. Attorney General Ed Meese (an Alameda County assistant district attorney before joining Reagan in Sacramento), consistently exaggerated assertions that the Free Speech and anti-war protests were part of a communist march toward world domination.
FBI agents repeatedly reported that there was scant evidence of such grand conspiracies. That evidence, of course, was obtained by unconstitutional domestic spying: Hoover's G-men breaking into people's homes, listening to private conversations through floorboards, phoning their friends under false pretenses.
When none of it showed a massive plot, Hoover's political agenda trumped the truth.
He pulled the strings, Reagan mouthed the words, and Meese dispatched baton-swinging -- and eventually shotgun-firing -- police into Berkeley's streets.
It is those Reagan and Hoover cast as anti-American -- Free Speech Movement leader Mario Savio and University of California President Clark Kerr ("I know Kerr is no good," Hoover scrawled in the margins of one document) -- who, Rosenfeld shows, actually embraced basic values of fairness and openness. Yet it was Reagan and his right-wing minions among the UC regents who savaged them.
Such emphatic declarations, accurate or not, played well to John Birchers and other shallow-minded, hand-over-heart conservatives upon whom the future president built his base.
While Hoover's subversion of American values is well documented elsewhere, Rosenfeld reveals much that is new about the FBI's activities in Northern California -- especially efforts to destroy Kerr, whom Hoover thought soft and likely a closeted communist. Kerr was, in fact, a Quaker, and more complex and self-reflective than Hoover and Reagan could comprehend.
Rosenfeld also paints Savio, a troubled, guilt-riddled Catholic unable to reconcile realities of the world with his strict upbringing, in extremely glowing terms. Little doubt exists that Savio was brilliant, and in many ways a hero, yet the author's at times gushing praise is overwrought.
"Subversives" breaks new historical ground on another mythic figure of Berkeley's past, the radical Richard Aoki, reporting that Aoki, who supplied guns to the Black Panthers, was really an FBI mole. Rosenfeld quotes an FBI handler saying Aoki was a snitch and Aoki himself dancing around the question. Despite the anger of aging Bay Area leftists who saw Aoki as a lion, Rosenfeld leaves little doubt.
Aoki, who died in 2009, first told Rosenfeld in an interview that he wasn't an informer, then quickly changed that to "no comment."
Myths sometimes take decades to break, if they're broken at all. Rosenfeld proves that historical records remain fraught with pesky details that impede the accepted versions of the truth, showing Reagan in a new and critical light and furthering the growing conclusion that Hoover was among the most subversive leaders the nation ever suffered.
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Last month, the Senate voted 68-32 on a bill that would provide a path to citizenship for the 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally.
Mr. Obama took a largely hands-off posture as the bill made its way through the Senate, but some supporters of an immigration overhaul believe he must take a more active stance now that the action has moved to the House.
House Republicans are decidedly less enthusiastic about a sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, as was clear from a statement released Wednesday by the chamber's GOP leadership. Following a meeting of House Republicans, GOP leaders said in the joint statement that Americans "don't trust a Democratic-controlled Washington, and they're alarmed by the president's ongoing insistence on enacting a single, massive, Obamacare-like bill rather than pursuing a step-by-step, common-sense approach to actually fix the problem."
In their meeting with the president, Latino legislators said they told him they'd like him to help keep attention focused on the immigration issue.
Some urged him to travel around the country and make the case that passing an immigration bill would give the economy a needed boost.
"We believe that the president is giving consideration to going across the country and explaining to the American people the benefits that will come from passage of this legislation and we welcome that," said caucus chairman Ruben Hinojosa (D., Texas). "The members of the CHC requested that, and he said that he would give that consideration."
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D., Ariz.) said in an interview after the meeting, "The presidency is the ultimate pulpit. He made this a singular domestic issue, and I think he can add to the coalition that's needed to pass this."
One Democrat who attended the meeting said there was agreement in the room that House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) faces a dilemma as a result of the public statements he's made about immigration legislation. Mr. Boehner has said he won't bring the bill to the House floor unless a majority of Republicans support it – a difficult standard to meet. Mr. Obama told the Hispanic caucus he believes Mr. Boehner wants to get something passed on immigration; the question now is what must be done to prod the speaker to move forward on this issue, the Democrat said.
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D., N.M.) said the president made clear in the meeting that he's relying on the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to help find a pathway for the legislation in the House. And members of the caucus said the White House could be helpful by ensuring that the benefits of the bill – particularly its impact on the deficit – are highlighted.
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the Senate legislation would reduce federal deficits by $197 billion during the first decade after passing Congress and by another $700 billion during the next decade.
Ms. Lujan Grisham said the conversation with the president helped re-energize lawmakers and convinced her that passing a bill was within the House's grasp.
Mr. Obama "reiterated that this is a priority," she said. "It's a legacy issue. It's something he's been working on since his first term."
In a statement released after the meeting, the White House said that in the coming weeks, members of the president's cabinet and senior administration officials would "call upon the House to do the right thing on immigration."
As for the president, at the meeting he "expressed his willingness to continue working with both parties to make sure that commonsense immigration reform becomes a reality as soon as possible," the statement said.


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Safekeeping Faith and Tradition; Bronx Mosque Provides a Place for Prayer, and More
By DANIEL J. WAKIN
Published: November 16, 2001
It is a recent Friday afternoon and tumult fills a former convent in the Bronx, where a center of Islamic life is blossoming.
A woman from Ivory Coast who lost her husband at the World Trade Center arrives to gather her 3-year-old son. A tumble of children in the basement playroom watch cartoons, distracted from the Koranic verses they can recite from memory. Outside, merchants gather up their alcohol-free perfume and inexpensive prayer rugs, their phone cards and embroidered caps, from folding tables near the steps.
The activity is taking place at the Jamhiyatut Tahaawun Islamic Center, the newest neighbor of Temple Emanuel, Parkchester Baptist Church and St. Helena's Roman Catholic Church, all residents on two blocks of Benedict Avenue in Parkchester.
Housed in a three-story red-brick building with a first-floor exterior of stone, it is a place where faith and the hard realities of immigrant life intertwine, where members of a growing ethnic minority -- West African -- find a religious, social and financial focus.
In some ways the center is typical of mosques in America. Worshipers come from a wide geographical area. They see it as a way of preserving traditions not easily accommodated outside its walls. Without a centralized body like a diocese or union of congregations, it gets by on a shoestring.
But the Tahaawun mosque is not closed in upon itself. When it opened its doors last June in this neighborhood, which was once mainly Jewish and Irish Catholic, the leadership sent a letter to the other houses of worship on the block expressing good will and a promise to be a good neighbor.
The mosque began a blood drive, started a food pantry and gave strict instructions to worshipers not to block traffic during Friday Prayers. It opened an Islamic school, preschool through third grade. It helps its members in a variety of ways: finding a lawyer, obtaining child health care through the city, providing some cash in times of need. And for Ramadan, starting this weekend, the mosque will prepare evening meals for its members to break the daily fast that is required during the holy month.
''This is a center where problems can be known and solved, where weddings take place, where, if a person is tired, he can come to rest,'' said Sheikh Moussa Drammeh, who is the driving force behind the mosque's growth. A former real estate agent and stockbroker, Mr. Drammeh (Sheikh is his first name, not an honorific) has taken the mosque's finances and administration in hand.
''It's a 24-hour place, and a center that covers all aspects of our lives,'' he said.
The mosque is taking another traditional New York path: the pursuit of political influence.
''Politics is no longer something we will ignore,'' Mr. Drammeh said. ''In order to show our voice can be heard, you have to show you can vote and mobilize people,'' he said. So, before the primary election, the mosque invited candidates to address the members.
Mr. Drammeh has other big plans. He keeps his ears open for buildings for sale or apartments for rent on the block, so members can move closer. And he wants to establish an investment club.
Inevitably, the World Trade Center attack rippled through the mosque.
Abdoul-Karim Traoré of Ivory Coast used to attend prayers. He was a cook at Windows on the World, and remains missing. ''I pray I will find my husband some day,'' said his wife, Karamoko Hadidjatou Traoré. The mosque helps by waiving tuition for her son to attend its school and providing financial support.
Mr. Drammeh has put up a picture of the towers in a main hallway. Stuck to the kitchen wall is a newspaper article with the headline, ''Muslim Scholars Endorse War on Osama.'' Mr. Drammeh denounces the trade center attackers as evil, but refuses to be drawn into a discussion of Islam's role. He says he loves America, and would rather be in the Bronx than in Mecca.
The mosque has been spared the hostility suffered by many Muslims since Sept. 11. That may be due to its efforts to cultivate neighbors, or to its relative obscurity.
''They seem pretty quiet,'' said Virginia Gonzalez-Watson, who lives several doors down. ''They keep the area clean and as long as they do that, nobody's going to bother them.''
Msgr. Thomas B. Derivan, pastor of St. Helena's, says that he is delighted the mosque has moved in, and that he has urged his congregation not to equate the Muslims who worship there with the hijackers.
West Africans, one of the fastest growing Muslim populations in the city, have a handful of mosques in New York, along with an unknown number of apartments where they gather to pray. The Tahaawun mosque lists 127 dues-paying members, but as many as 300 people appear at Friday Prayers. The membership comes from the three main Senegalese strains of Sufism, which is the dominant form of Islam in West Africa, but the mosque leadership strives to ignore the differences to avoid creating internal hostilities or alienating other Muslims.
The mosque is an outgrowth of a self-help association founded 10 years ago by West African livery-cab drivers, mainly from Senegal and Gambia. With money from donors, the association bought the 72-year-old building, which had been privately owned, after a bank foreclosed on it. The building had earlier belonged to the parish of St. Helena and housed Dominican Sisters of Sparkill.


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By LIZ BUTTON
The Tuckahoe Union Free School District presented a $31.3 million budget that carries a $1.2 million shortfall, kicking-off the district's 2014-2015 budget process on March 10.
The budget for next school year reflects a 1.47 percent property tax levy increase which translates to a levy limit increase of $382,959. This property tax levy increase is lower than last year's, which measured 3.08 percent for the 2013-2014 school year's $30.8 million budget, explained School Business Administrator Victor Karlsson.
The district will implement New York State's Smart Schools allocation initiative to buy 700 Google Chromebook devices for third through 12th grade students, which will result in a $170,444 positive impact on the budget, according to district officials. This is possible through ITEA, the International Technology Education Association, a national foundation created to reproduce technological literary standards with nationwide applicability.
"Our expenses are increasing modestly, but we do have a revenue problem," Karlsson said.
In order to balance the budget and remedy the shortfall, the district has proposed to make a number of cuts, including 1.6 full time equivalent teachers' aide positions at the elementary school level—which would be replaced by parent volunteers—eliminating a social worker and cutting an attendance clerk position.
Eliminating the social worker position will not be as great a hardship as might be anticipated because the ratio of students to guidance counselor in the district is already 135 to 1, one of the most desirable ratios in Westchester County, according to Assistant Superintendent Carl Albano. But Tuckahoe Teachers' Association president Marianne Amato expressed concern that some of the resulting leftover job responsibilities, which the district plans to transfer to its three guidance counselors, would require social work training these counselors don't have.
The school administration presented a budget for 2014-2015 that adds one fifth-grade teacher and suggests the district consolidate out-of-district transportation by purchasing two vans and hiring two hourly drivers to transport three students to two out-of-district schools as required by law. This decision not to contract with a bus company would also allow for additional flexibility for field trips and athletics and result in a savings of $112,466 over five years, officials said.
This move is a continuation of the district's efforts to save money on transportation, which led to a controversial proposal last year to cancel all bussing in-district; this suggestion was vocally opposed by some in the community and eventually abandoned by the district.
The district also expects a certain number of retirements next year since Tuckahoe will be offering retirement incentives to members of the teachers union for five teachers and to the CSEA union for four staff members, which will allow the district to replace the retirees with new teachers and staffers at lower salaries.
But if the number the district anticipates will choose to retire do not retire, the district will be forced to make further cuts.
The district also proposed using $562,321 in reserves next year to avoid further cuts.
The 2014-2015 school year will be the third in which school districts have had to comply with the state's two percent limit legislation on property tax levy increases.
"Despite the fact the market is improving, we're still stuck with the fact the market wasn't doing well five years ago," he said.
The district's current, financially strained conditions can also be attributed to flat state aid and declining revenue due to a decrease in non-resident tuition, according to district officials.
Other school districts have the option to place students in Tuckahoe schools' programs, such as for special education, if they pay the district tuition fees, but these districts now tend to keep these alternative students in-district to save money.
The other main budget drivers for next year include an increase in teacher retirement system contributions by 7.88 percent and a 4.75 percent increase in employee health insurance premiums.
First-year Superintendent of Schools Dr. Barbara Nuzzi emphasized next year's budget takes into account the strategic goals outlined in the district's five-year strategic plan, which the district compiled using community input two years ago with the help of educational consultant Dr. Charles Wilson, a former Pelham schools superintendent.
Going forward, Nuzzi will present an updated draft of the proposed budget on April 7 with state aid allocations and incorporating savings from those staff members who have decided to accept the retirement incentives, and the Board of Education will vote to adopt a budget on April 22. There will be a public hearing on May 12, and the public vote for the budget will take place on May 20.
Although the administration emphasized the school district's strategic goals are being realized in the new budget, the night's presentation ended on a grim note.
"Cuts are getting progressively harsher," said Karlsson. "It's only painful cuts from here on out."
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A small but highly dedicated group of athletes is working hard to promote a form of urban activity known simply as "Parkour." The main obstacle in their path is to communicate the true nature of the game.
Parkour athletes Sandra Hess and Andreas Kalteis practicing in Berlin
Andreas Kalteis, a 19-year-old practitioner of Parkour, is poised on a concrete slab like a cat waiting to spring on an unsuspecting bird. He takes several deep breaths. Then, swinging his arms for momentum, he launches himself into the air, landing perhaps 15 feet away on the hard, concrete floor. "Wow!" the Austrian athlete exclaims. "If you know about Parkour, then you'd look at that and say, 'Mary Joseph!'"
Andreas Kalteis and Sandra Hess practice Parkour in Berlin
To an outsider, the urban extreme sport known as Parkour, or free running, may appear somewhat odd. Comprised of precision leaps across significant gaps, unlikely ascents of city structures and gymnastic maneuvers to overcome urban obstacles, it defies simple categorization. Somewhere between acrobatics, martial arts and obstacle course, Parkour is on the rise, two of its devotees told DW-WORLD.
Parkour goes public
While today Parkour is largely the domain of stunt professionals, Kalteis, together with co-Parkourist Sandra Hess and her brother Marcus Hess, want to bring their discipline to the masses. They are planning a tour of Germany next summer to showcase the "esthetic sport" in half a dozen major German cities.
The tour is aimed at raising awareness as well as a proper understanding of the sport and its practitioners. Until now, Parkour has received some bad reviews in the press and been subject to misinterpretation from the general public.
Andreas Kalteis, Parkourist
"TV likes to have it on roofs, but that's just television," explained Kalteis. "People believe it's the sport of roof running, but it's not true. You can do it wherever you are. If you have an obstacle, then you have Parkour," he said.
Learning Parkour, one leap at a time
The German tour will also allow those curious about Parkour to receive introductory training, a key aspect of the sport to avoid injuries, Mr. Hess said. What often looks like a highly dangerous pastime is not necessarily as perilous as it seems.
Sandra Hess leaps into the "Berliner Luft"
"It's not more dangerous than other sports--if you prepare yourself and grow with your abilities," he said. "It's different than other sports because you work your way up. You build up your basis step by step."
To promote a proper notion of the their concept of Parkour, Marcus and Sandra Hess, together with David Belle, founded the Parkour Worldwide Association (PAWA) and the Web site, currently only in German, www.pawa.de. The site includes videos that allow surfers to see for themselves what the sport looks like.
Not just a sport
Parkour enthusiasts Hess and Kalteis insist that Parkour is more than a sport. What sets it apart is its free, unregulated nature.
"Parkour is to clear all obstacles in your path in a fluid and effective manner," Kalteis said. "As a philosophy, it has an effect on your whole life, your whole attitude."
Andreas Kalteis practicing Parkour
"We make it a point not to damage anything," Kalteis said. "Effective--this word is essential. If you damage something or destroy it, then you're breaking the law. This is not effective. If you damage something, then you can't use it later. That's not effective," he said.
Artists, not criminals
Sandra Hess und Andreas Kalteis, Parkour promoters
"PAWA is here to get the right information to people--it's not about vandals and damaging stuff," Mr. Kalteis said. "You have to interact with the environment without changing it."
"We're not criminals--we're artists!" he said.
A record-breaking sports event ends in Berlin Friday as more than 100,000 gymnasts will bid farewell to the 40th German Gymnastics Festival. In Germany, gymnastics has a long tradition dating back almost 200 years. (May 20, 2005)
More than 160 athletes from the former East Germany are demanding compensation for the effects of performance-enhancing drugs they were made to take, often as children. The drugs have scarred or even ruined their lives. (June 29, 2005)


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From Irwin Road, turn west onto Fossil Bed Road. This is a dirt road-- so make sure you take an appropriate vehicle. You'll soon pass a sign on your right that says:
But don't worry-- the same rules don't apply to Desert Tortoise letterboxes. Turn right when you see the sign for Rainbow Basin/Owl Canyon, and turn right again at the sign for Owl Canyon Campground. Drive straight through the campground to the northern end, where you'll see the sign for the Owl Canyon Hiking Trail, and park your car.
Head down the trail into the wash and follow it northeast. It will curve left and then right, and you'll pass by a stone finger pointing up at a three-trunked yucca. Continue onward; after a while, you'll pass a pink boulder about 3 feet tall, with a smaller green rock behind it. Keep going, and when you reach a fork in the path, go left. Further down the trail, you'll come to an "island" in the middle of the wash that's easier to go up and over than around, and shortly after, you'll pass a place where a large chunk of the cliff has broken off on the right.
Finally, you'll come to a place where multiple pieces of cliff have broken off and are blocking the trail, essentially ending it. Two of these cliff pieces are near mirror images of each other; they look something like this: / Climb up above these two on the right. Standing here, look to the left. Here, wedged between two more pieces of cliff and covered with several large pink rocks, is the Desert Tortoise letterbox.
Please be discreet and re-hide well. Most of all, be careful! This is the desert, so beware of extreme heat, flash floods, wild animals and other dangers. The hike is 1-2 miles round trip. After you get back to your car, take a drive through the scenic trail at Rainbow Basin.


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A Redondo Beach man driving a stolen car raced away from officers trying to stop him Monday in Hawthorne, but crashed into a utility pole and was arrested.
Jason Dyer, 26, allegedly stole the white 2002 Toyota Supra during a residential burglary in Lomita on Feb. 1, police said.
Dyer was parked in the 4000 block of 129th Street at 10:24 a.m. when two patrol officers ran the license plate and learned the car was stolen. The officers got out of their car and pointed their guns at him, but Dyer took off, racing away at 70 to 75 mph, Hawthorne police Lt. Scott Swain said.
Dyer turned onto Rosecrans Avenue, ran a red light at Hawthorne Boulevard, struck a car and careened into a power pole, Swain said.
Swain said Dyer ran, tossing a gun into a gutter. Officers surrounded him with their cars. One officer used a Taser gun to subdue him. Dyer had a knife in a sheath on his waistband.
Dyer was arrested on suspicion of auto theft and evading arrest.
The intersection was closed for the investigation. An earlier crash that damaged a utility pole nearby had already caused a power outage in the area before Dyer ran into the second pole, Swain said.
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Financial abuse of Grandma a big problem for families
Financial abuse and exploitation of older Americans is on the rise, according to a recently released survey by the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers.
Seventy-one percent of the 325 care managers surveyed nationwide said financial abuse and exploitation of the elderly are a growing problem in their communities.
• The top five types of financial abuse are:
• Theft of money or property by family members, friends or neighbors.
• Theft of money or property by a caretaker or in-home care provider.
• Investment schemes through the mail or phone.
• Home Repair scams.
• Getting senior to sign a deed, will, power of attorney through deception.
"Financial abuse of seniors is a growing problem," said Emily Saltz, president of the geriatric care managers' organization. "Families with older parents need to know the warning signs of this all too common and often hidden form of elder abuse. Our survey shows that close oversight of vulnerable adults by family members or qualified professionals is crucial."
The top red flags to watch out for are:
• Unusual activity on bank accounts or credit cards that a senior can't explain.
• A new "best friend" of the senior has appeared, who's becoming heavily involved in personal activities.
• A friend, paid caregiver or trusted employee is isolating a senior from others.
• Another family member becomes secretive or defensive about a parent's finances.
• Missing belongings or property.
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Peacock items at the new shop, Scout Design Studio, in the design district which specializes in Hollywood Regency vintage items. Their pieces are whimsical, funky, quirky and often unexpected; the chic-yet-humorous look common in LA design darling Kelly Wearstler's residential and hotel projects (the sisters consider her an inspiration).
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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. -Alan Cooke figures his wild card should keep him in contention for this week's 95th West Virginia Amateur Championship.
The 19-year-old golfer reported for his team's practice at South Carolina University-Beaufort on Jan. 13. At that time of year, golfers up north were still chipping the ice off their clubs.
"That's a huge advantage for me because I got to start playing so early," Cooke said. "Plus, the Amateur is so early this year- usually it's in late July.
"I've been either practicing or playing every day, so hopefully the cards are in my favor."
The West Virginia Am begins at 8 a.m. today at The Old White course. Wednesday's second round and Thursday's third round shift to the Meadows Course then returns to The Old White for Friday's final round.
The field consists of 100 golfers, including a dozen who call the Mid-Ohio Valley their home (Michael Koreski, Parkersburg; Alex Schreckengost, Mineral Wells; Mike Lewis, Parkersburg; Ollie Fankhauser, Vienna; Mitch Roush, Mason; Austin Root, Williamstown; Trent Roush, Mason; Matt Moore, Elizabeth; Richard Moore, Spencer; Travis Woodford, Glenville; and Cole Moore, Spencer).
"I like the Old White quite a bit," Cooke said. "Their greens are not as fast as The Meadows."
Last summer, Cooke kept pace with the veteran crowd while earning honors for the low junior score at the West Virginia Open played on his home course at Parkersburg Country Club then secured a spot in the final group on the last day of the West Virginia Am by shooting rounds of 71, 67 and 74.