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One of the "100 Most Influential People in the World" as named by "Time Magazine" this year is educating students at William Burnett Elementary School, even though they have never met him.
Sal Khan is the voice behind Khan Academy, a free online tutoring site with a library of more than 3,200 video tutorials, interactive challenges and assessments available to anyone with a Gmail address from any computer with access to the web. Topics are virtually limitless; covering kindergarten- through 12th-grade math, science topics such as biology, chemistry and physics, finance and history Ð and the catalogue is growing on a daily basis.
Amy Lukic and Alison Elizondo's fourth- and fifth-grade students fire up personal computer Chromebooks each school day at Burnett, joining millions around the world in using the self-paced learning tool for mathematics lessons.
"All of the kids started on the same skill and now every child is practicing and receiving support exactly where they need it," Elizondo said.
For example, you can start at one plus one and work your way into calculus or jump into whatever topic may need brushing up. If you need a hint, every single problem can be broken down, step-by-step, with one click. If you need more help, you can watch a related video.
"Khan has allowed me to differentiate my teaching effortlessly," Elizondo said.
After approximately six weeks using Khan, Johnny Huang, has accelerated far beyond the fourth-grade mathematics level to solving square roots and word problems.
He said he spends at least an hour a day, even on the weekends, increasing his knowledge base and enjoys Khan for many reasons.
"You can have your own teacher," Huang said. "You can work at your own pace."
Students Amy Taing and Maggie Or agreed.
"Sometimes your parents are busy," Or said, adding Khan is a personal teacher that doesn't shut off until you want.
Lukic and Elizondo have the ability to view any student in detail with visibility into what and how they are learning through real-time reports. Every time you work on a problem or watch a video, the Khan Academy remembers what you've learned and can share this data, steps or statistics with teachers. This allows them to know instantly what a student is struggling in and needs help with, or if they hit a streak or are exceeding classmates.
"I get instant feedback rather than the three types of benchmarks distributed each year," Elizondo said. "Some of the data that I find most helpful is assessing who needs my immediate support."
Elizondo pulled aside six students to work through where they went wrong in answering math questions last month in the school's computer lab. She was able to observe the mistakes they made before getting an answer correct, allowing her to truly connect.
"Khan has evolved quite quickly now that we have the Chromebooks," she said. "Instead of going to our lab, once a week, the children are able to have time every day to use this technology. Instead of the students going to where the technology is located, it is beautiful to have the technology come to my students."
Burnett was selected as the district's pilot program for Khan.
"We are monitoring the pilot program at Burnett, seeking to learn how Khan Academy can be used to accelerate student learning," Superintendent Cary Matsuoka said. "It looks like a very promising initiative, but we are starting small, will learn from our initial efforts and then decide about expanding the implementation in the district."
Assistant Principal Rich Julian brought the academy to Burnett after working at the ground level as one of four original pilot teachers for the program when he was teaching fifth grade at Covington Elementary School in the Los Altos School District.
"Khan Academy is making a big difference with our students," he said of the change he has seen at Burnett. "They are fully engaged and able to work at their own pace based on their own needs. More importantly, their teachers are able to analyze the real time student data, uncover the students' misconceptions and immediately intervene."
Critics may argue that Khan's videos and software encourage kids to stare at computer screens rather than interact with teachers.
But Julian said it should be considered a new age textbook with expanding data.
"It's actually a tool for a teacher to use," Julian said. "The Khan Academy wouldn't work without them."
Elizondo said she uses Khan videos to introduce new math concepts.
"As an example, if I am teaching a lesson on angles tomorrow, then I have the students watch the Khan video about angles before my lesson is taught the next day," she said.
And this doesn't always involve just watching a video or sitting behind a computer screen. It can also force them to jump right in to the learning process.
Elizondo recently had her students watch a Khan video about basketball great LeBron James before getting outside to exercise a point.
"The video covered how to figure out the probability of making 10 free throw shots in a row," she said. "After we watched the video, we went outside and practiced our own free throw shots."
Julian said he is looking forward to watching Khan expand among the population at Burnett and districtwide since it comes from an inherent part of today's students.
"Our kids today are just digital natives and 21st century learners," Julian said. "This is the first step in taking our classrooms there."
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Published 14 July 2014
Some of Pakistan's more affluent residents enjoy a lifestyle that is far removed from the conflict and instability often associated with the country by observers abroad. To show this other side of Pakistan, Reuters photographer Zohra Bensemra took pictures of men and women involved in a wide range of activities and professions. Her subjects, including a pilates instructor, a textile entrepreneur, and a rock singer, offer a very different perspective of life in the country.
Interior designer Zahra Afridi (right) kicks a punching bag during a kickboxing training session at her home in Islamabad. Afridi runs her own interior design company. Her most recent project was the Classic Rock Coffee café in the Pakistani capital.
Afridi talks to a carpenter at a workshop on the outskirts of Islamabad.
Afridi uses a circular saw as she sculpts a stone guitar outside Classic Rock Coffee.
Pilates instructor Zainab Abbas (left) leads a class at her fitness studio in Lahore. Abbas opened her fitness studio, Route2Pilates, after receiving training in Bangkok, Thailand. She provides rehabilitation workouts for people with joint problems and specialised workouts for pregnant women.
Naadiya Manzur (center), the director of the Treehouse Nursery and Kindergarten, watches television with her husband, Omar, and son, Zidaan, at their home in Islamabad.
A girl attends a piano lesson at the Treehouse Nursery and Kindergarten.
Erum Ahmed, chief executive officer of retail textile brand So Kamal, talks to workers as she visits a factory in the conservative city of Faisalabad. Ahmed, who started her brand three years ago, encourages women to work at her company.
Ahmed sits in her study in Faisalabad.
Sana Mir, the captain of Pakistan's women's cricket team, at her home in Lahore. Mir was enrolled in a university engineering program, but left to pursue her passion for cricket.
Mir (center) sits with a physical therapist (left) and a teammate during a training session for the 2014 International Cricket Council World Twenty20 competition in Muridke.
Ansa Hasan, a marketing manager at Porsche Pakistan, gestures outside the Porsche showroom in Lahore as she prepares for an upcoming event.
Rock climber Nazia Parveen (right) jokes with her trainer Imran Junaidi in Islamabad. Parveen, who comes from Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas, says she wants to change the image of women in her home region. She says that nothing is impossible for a woman who is focused on her goals.
Lead guitarist and songwriter Khurram Waqar (right), vocalist Umair Jaswal (left), bass guitarist Rahail Siddiqui (second from left), and drummer Asfendyar Ahmad of the rock band Qayaas rehearse at a private studio in Islamabad. The band members say that the current security situation has hampered Pakistan's music scene. Most of the band's performances are at schools, colleges, and private festivals.
Educator and model Fatima walks past a swimming pool after working out in a gym in her home in Lahore. Fatima is the chief executive officer of the Beaconhouse School System, a network of private schools founded by her mother-in-law.
Sarah (right) and her brother, artist Usman Ahmed (second from right), smoke a water pipe, also known as a narghile, as they sit with friends at home in Islamabad.
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Fort Zumwalt Park
Our City's most scenic park is also our most historic, with a picturesque stone chimney (a relic of Spanish territorial days), a War of 1812 fort site, and the restored Darius Heald Home (circa 1884), all overlooking beautiful Lake Whetsel. Enjoy fishing, picnicking, playing on the playground, and walking through this shady, 48-acre park.
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- Celebration of Lights
- Founders' Day
- Heald Home
- St. Charles Model Railroad Club
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- Trails and Walking Paths
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The Daily Startup: EcoMotors Signs China Engine-Manufacturing Deal
Top stories in today's VentureWire:
Engine maker EcoMotors International has signed a deal whereby a Chinese partner is picking up a $200 million tab to manufacture the U.S. startup's combustion engine. Zhongding Holding (Group) Co. will invest more than $200 million into the construction and development of EcoMotors' first commercial plant outside of Shanghai. EcoMotors, which says its engine design is more efficient, has fewer parts and is cheaper to produce than current models, has raised more than $66 million in equity to date from investors including Bill Gates, Khosla Ventures and Braemar Energy Ventures.
ForgeRock has raised $15 million in Series B funding to provide identity-management technologies for cloud apps, in the latest funding in the identity and access management sector. Its technology enables developers to build those capabilities into their own applications–both for internal use and for customer-facing applications.
Also in today's VentureWire, Plated raised $1.3 million in seed funding, VentureWire has learned. The startup offers recipes and delivers ingredients to people who want to make great meals at home…SteadyMed Therapeutics has received a $3 million term loan from Square 1 Bank to kick off clinical trials of its disposable pump that delivers drugs to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension…and Dublin-based StoryToys has closed a second round of seed funding, its chief executive told VentureWire–cash it will use to establish its first office outside Ireland and launch its 3-D digital books for children in the U.S.
(VentureWire is a daily newsletter with comprehensive analysis of all the investments, deals and personnel moves involving startups and their venture backers. For a two-week trial, visit our homepage, scroll to the bottom and click "try for free.")
Elsewhere around the Web:
A company called BarkBox has raised $5 million to deliver a monthly package of goodies to dog lovers. RRE Ventures led the round for the startup, which previously dug up $1.7 million from backers including 500 Startups, Bertelsmann, Lerer Ventures and Polaris Partners, who all returned for the new round.
Donuts, a registry for a new type of domain names that raised more than $100 million last year in a Series A round led by Austin Ventures, landed an undisclosed amount of Series B financing led by current investor Generation Partners.


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'Twas Halloween night as I leaped from my bed,
With thoughts of amusement going through my head.
Turned off my computer and thought as I may
Of vampires of old and vampires of today.
Of spooky old movies and Halloween parties,
Of course trick or treating (hope they don't hand out Smarties).
And witches and ghosts and gravediggers, I fear,
So that old haunted house, I will never go near.
When you see spooky places, just take my advice,
And don't go in rooms filled with ghosts, bats, and mice.
So don't risk your life going looking for spooks,
Just go to a party with some good friendly kooks.
Or gather your family, carve a pumpkin and think
What to have your kids do, and go pick up a drink.
Tell a joke to your friends, but be careful, you'll see
That a couple wrong moves might mean eternity.
Now put on that costume and dress yourself up.
You can be Ninja Nun or that RCA Pup.
But be very careful or else you might see
That ghosts and vampires aren't really PC.
So now you can think, as you turn out that light
That there's no such thing and that you are all right.
Look under your bed, though, and then you might see...
Nothing! We aren't afraid of ghosts now, are we?
Q. What did the Mommy ghost say to the baby ghost?
A. Don't spook until your spooken to.
Q. What kind of protozoa likes Halloween?
A. An amoeboo!
Q. Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?
A. He didn't have the guts.
Q. What happened to the guy who couldn't keep
up payments to his exorcist?
A. He was repossessed.
Q. What do you get when you cross a snowman with
a vampire?
A. Frostbite.
Q. What do Skeletons say before eating?
A. Bone Appetite.
Q. Why did the Vampire get fired from the Blood Bank?
A. He was caught drinking on the job.
Q. Why do ghosts have so much trouble dating?
A. Women can see right through them.
. Why aren't there any famous skeletons?
A. They're a bunch of no bodies.
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by Dante Alighieri
Wing Imagery
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
We're close to Heaven, so what do you think of when you see wings? Angels? Good call. Lots of the wing imagery occurs around appearances of the angels. The wings signify the angels' superhuman status. They can fly! We humans have nothing to rival that.
Indeed, wing imagery is often used to counter foot imagery. Get it? Walking versus flying? How does that work? Well, remember that when each of Dante's P's is removed from his forehead, his feet suddenly get lighter and he feels as if he can fly up to the next terrace? The wings—imaginary as they are—signify a lightening of one's load and a resurgence of eagerness to climb faster to get to the top of Mount Purgatory.
At the most basic level, wings represent the ability to get closer to God. And this is exactly how they function for Dante. When each of the P's on Dante's forehead is erased, the "eraser" is an angel's wing. The brushing away of the letter means an easier and faster ascent to God. Whether physically or metaphorically, they speed up Dante's ascent and whisk him up to God faster than his mortal feet, weighed down by the burden of sin, ever could.


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MUMBAI: Market regulator Sebi on Tuesday made it mandatory for top 500 listed companies to provide e-voting or electronic voting facility for shareholders to participate in key business resolutions.
""In line with the budget proposal of Hon'ble Finance Minister, to make it mandatory for top listed companies to provide for electronic voting facilities, it has been decided to implement the said proposal by making electronic voting mandatory for all listed companies in respect of those businesses to be transacted through postal ballot. The same would be implemented in a phased manner,"" the regulator said.


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Seitz sets new McDonald record
McDonald senior Matt Seitz is the new all-time leading scorer at McDonald, with 1,216 total points.
McDonald senior Matt Seitz is the new all-time leading scorer at McDonald, with 1,216 total points.
Canfield's wrestling team takes the team title at the EOWL Championships over West Branch.
The Lakeview girls basketball team lost it's first game of the season, a 55-54 setback to Py Valley.
The Lowellville Rockets (13-2, 8-2) won their second straight game as they defeated Sebring, 72-53 in an ITCL, Lower Tier contest Saturday a…
An African Market Place at YSU helps kick off Black History month.
A spaghetti benefit dinner was held in Girard today to help raise funds to help area children and honor the memory of three people who died …
Struthers senior McKenna Shives scored her 1,000th point on Saturday in a victory against Canfield.
The Big Game is less than 24 hours away. Many people will be hosting parties and pizza is usually one of the hottest items on the menu.
A Poland native and former undertaker, who was twice convicted of killing his wife using poison, has pleaded guilty to avoid a third trial.
The complete list of locations and dates for free tax help in the valley: Austintown Library (TCE): Beginning the week of Feb. 4; 600 S. Rac…
The Youngstown State women's basketball suffered their first Horizon League defeat of the season falling 84-80 to Cleveland State at the Wol…
Some taxpayers in the Mahoning Valley didn't have to pay a dime to file their return.
Safety crews worked to clear the highway Saturday after a semi-truck accident in Hubbard Township.
One woman is dead after being struck late Friday night by a vehicle in Southington.
Howland defeats Niles on Friday night, 63-50.
Labrae avenges it's earlier season loss to Campbell, winning 59-50 on Friday night.
Springfield's Nathan Simboli hit the game-winning shot as the Tigers beat Southern, 53-51.
Sophomore Ryan Weber scored a career-high 20 points and four other players reached double figures, but Oakland's Khalil Felder made two free…
Canfield falls to Twinsburg on Friday night, 5-2 at the Ice Zone.
Jake Wolfe scored 20 points with 6 rebounds, as Poland held on to beat Fitch 60-54 in overtime Friday night in Austintown.
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Gunshot Demographics
The ugly underbelly of the anti-gun-rights position
Homicide in America has demographic, geographic, social and economic factors
The real blame is hidden, because the truth is so painful.
But, it's useful to blame guns instead of criminals,
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Try the maps yourself, it's fun,
The "gun problem" is not about guns.
These Baltimore Sun maps show a terrible problem
Public Enemy Number One Defined:
End the war, declare a truce, call for an armistice—
Thank you Chicago Tribune for doing the same thing:
And about that "War on Some Drugs"
Encourage politicians to pass more laws...
on gun laws and other topics.


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Relax Deathstroke by AngryRabbitGmoDWatch
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"So.....you up for tacos?"
Deadpool: So what you failed to kill Batty! Your Deathstroke, the merc with bad depth perception!
Deathstroke: ...I sware if you weren't supposedly related... I'd kill you Wade.
Deadpool: Yeah! Related! totally cause we're both Wilsons..
((Awesome picture, just feel that's what's being said.))
Deathstroke: ...I sware if you weren't supposedly related... I'd kill you Wade.
Deadpool: Yeah! Related! totally cause we're both Wilsons..
((Awesome picture, just feel that's what's being said.))
Where did you get your Deadpool and Deathstroke models?
This looks like Deadpool is trying to consult Deathstroke after his failed attempt to kill Batman in the Arkham Origins trailer. Doesn't look like Slade appreciates it!
Aw this looks amazing!
this is the BEST !!
Word of advise my friend, TAG/MARK your works...they're amazing and WILL be stolen and sold (Urbanator?) on E-bay and such. And Google "protect online pictures" it has handy tricks to keep them "safer". Greets!
Holy...( no words to describe this epicness)
Fuck it, this is the 3rd pic ive come across from you. all awesome. just glancing at the preview of your gallery in the corner tells me you have a lot more to show. Watching you now ....wait, not like that
Ha! This is awesome! Poor Deathstroke...his posture reads "GTFO DEADPOOL!" LOL I want to see a DC vs Marvel match with these two!
I can see the next game. Super Wilson Bros!
This is really a good work !
Оболденно выглядит) ты мастер просто *__*!!!
really good work
Omg, that's so cool!
weird i also have a random idea that has to do with deathstroke and deadpool
Great work,I can't believe there is a question of who would win this match-Deadpool would slay Deathstroke,while laughing.
OMG! Thank you for doing this!! Say, who would win out of these two?
Well obviously dead pool seeing as he is immortal and also a really good fighter. Although Deathstroke might still be better at fighting than Dead Pool, Dead Pool is immortal and you cant really win against that.
Well, Deadpool and Deathstroke both have powerful healing factors and skills with weapons, however Deadpool has a slightly better healing factor, no matter though because if Deadpool kills Deathstroke, Deadpool will die too... as Deadpool is basically a copy of Deathstroke and knowing Deadpool's ability to break the fourth wall, he would die
That makes no sense. They're from different universes. Plus, they are different people. That's like saying if Sonic the Hedgehog killed The Flash, then Sonic would cease to exist.
This needs to be cannon
Awesome render, and epic crossover characters...well done!
"Relax?... We are in the heart of the flaming building.... AND YOUR TELLING ME TO RELAX?!"
"It could be worse..."
Soon the floor started to crack.
"...I hate you..."
Its easy to say relax when you're immortal.
Death stroke is immortal as well.
ha ha ha Its funny that I found you in a random page lol best day
Your DeathStroke and Deadpool renders are amazing!!


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Donations remained steady this holiday season as the Fremont Chamber of Commerce and Tri-Cities League of Volunteers reported similar numbers to last year's annual toy drive.
Shirley Sisk, LOV's executive director, estimated last week the Fremont Chamber brought in about 187 toys for the annual Toys For Tots Drive, similar to last year's tally that saw about 198 toys.
KK Kaneshiro, the chamber's member services director, said six local families and several members of the Fremont business community donated the gifts.
In addition, Kaneshiro said pharmaceutical manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim donated $5,000 to LOV this year one of the largest monetary donations the drive has seen in years. Boehringer Ingelheim, headquartered in Germany with offices in Fremont, has been a big supporter of the drive in recent years, donating $2,000 to LOV's efforts in 2011, and even volunteering donation barrel space in its lobby on Kaiser Drive.
"We have a fantastic community that always pulls together during the holiday season," Kaneshiro said. "It's just incredible. Yeah, we have horrible economic times right now, but because we have so many people who know how to pull together, it's been a great holiday season."
Sisk said throughout the Tri-Cities area, some 5,781 toys were donated. All were wrapped and delivered to the less fortunate by Christmas weekend.
Sisk added she was absolutely shocked when she learned how much the pharmaceutical company had donated.
"I just started tearing up when (KK) showed me the check," Sisk said. "It was fantastic. I asked her if there were one too many zeros on it. It was just amazing."
LOV accepts Toys For Tots and other donations throughout the year. For more information, visit lov.org or call 793-5683.
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Issue No.02 - March-April (2003 vol.1)
pp: 6
George Cybenko , Dartmouth University

Editor in Chief George Cybenko discusses the recent Slammer worm and challenges the security research community to think about global experimental research facilities on a scale commensurate with the scope of problems occurring now.

George Cybenko, "From the Editor: Sapphire/Slammer Redux", IEEE Security & Privacy, vol.1, no. 2, pp. 6, March-April 2003, doi:10.1109/MSP.2003.10002


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IBM has teamed with Harley-Davidson for a new television ad promoting the way in which the computer company's portal technology aids the motorcycle manufacturer in furthering its brand identity online. The ad, running in a four-minute long form version and two-minute short form version, features H-D employees, dealers and customers.
Filmed on location at Harley-Davidson headquarters in Milwaukee, in Daytona Beach, and at dealerships Hal's Harley-Davidson and Wildfire Harley-Davidson, the testimonial-type ad rapidly shifts from one speaker to the next:
"Harley has found a way, by using IBM portal technology, to really serve their customers in a much more personalized way," IBM's Bob Remme says in the ad.
"H-D Net provides superior service support to that dealer channel so that they in turn can support the riders," says IBM's Dave Carlquist.
"H-D Net allows us instant access to anything and everything to smoothly operate our business," says H-D dealer Jill Giglio.
"The dealership is spending less time in front of the computer and spending more time talking directly with the customer," says Jim Haney, H-D CIO.
"It is about staying close to your customers and showing them that you're a brand that lives with them," says The Motor Co.'s Andy Benka.
The advertisement ends with the line "True legends never stop innovating."
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Brattleboro hospital, Blue Cross Blue Shield partner
New partnership as VT moves toward single payer health care system
As Vermont prepares for its move toward a single payer health care system, the Brattleboro Retreat and Blue Cross Blue Shield have started a partnership to integrate the treatment of medical and mental health and substance abuse care.
The new company, Vermont Collaborative Care, LLC, will start serving Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont customers on July 1.
Brattleboro Retreat President Rob Simpson said the new company will have mental health professionals available to doctors and clients in the Blue Cross system.
Kevin Goddard of Blue Cross Blue Shield said a collaboration like this has been talked about for a long time. He said health care reform is driving providers to look at new ways of delivering, and improving service.
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PhRMA's 2012 Annual Meeting - Making Medicines Do More
PhRMA's 2012 Annual Meeting - Making Medicines Do More
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PhRMA's 2012 annual meeting will take place in Boston, a city that many leading biopharmaceutical research companies call home. In many ways, the Greater Boston area is an important hub of biopharmaceutical innovation and considered the center of many collaborative partnerships between industry and academic institutions.
We couldn't have picked a better place to gather and discuss all of the opportunities and challenges the industry faces as the health care and innovation landscape continues to evolve.
But this meeting is more than just providing a snapshot of how the biopharmaceutical industry will be tackling complex business and R&D challenges in 2012 and beyond. This year's annual meeting will tell a compelling and cohesive narrative under the overarching theme of "Making Medicines Do More" for patient health, innovation and collaboration, the state of U.S. health care system, and emerging markets.
All of these issues, and many more, will be examined by leading economists, patient groups, government officials, industry representatives and other key health care stakeholders.
Importantly, this meeting will be one of the most transparent meetings PhRMA has ever held. We're making the sessions and speeches available for viewing by the public in real time. We're also urging the public to weigh in on all the annual meeting discussions through social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and our own blog The Catalyst.
We believe it is important for everyone to be part of the dialogue because all of us are in some shape, form or fashion a part of the health care equation.
As the date of the annual meeting nears (April 11 to April 13) we'll be highlighting diverse voices and perspectives on The Catalyst that will provide even greater insight into the many issues and themes that will be discussed. So stay tuned!!
In the meantime, is there a particular topic you are looking forward to hearing about the most at our annual meeting?


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Award-winning quilter Andi Perejda introduces the rich tradition of hand quilting. Learn how to choose fabrics, threads and motifs for beautiful results!
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What materials did you use? I used fabrics from my stash. Tina Givens fairy tip toes ribbon fare stripe chandelier medallion aqua green.
What are you most proud of? That I gave hand quilting and embroidery and try on a quilt. Well my hand quilting adventure was interesting....I can now appreciate how time consuming it really is to quilt by hand. My stitches are not so great but they are mine.
What a fun cute quilt! Love the details. Think my favorite element is the label. I'm sure this will be treasured for a long time :D
Thank you Jean. :-D
What a wonderful, colorful quilt! Congratulations on completing it with hand quilting.
Thank you Andi. I have started a sampler to practice, practice and more practice.
it came out great!
Thank you Seri, Your applique work is beautiful. I gave it a try. My results are poorly lacking.


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|Pork belly, the cut of meat used to make bacon--once pork salted and cured, it would keep without refrigeration.
Another way that northern supplies found their way into the Confederacy was through the blockade running ports of Bermuda and Nassau. Speculators could afford to outbid U.S. Commissaries and buy up large quantities of bacon in the North. This bacon would then be shipped perfectly legally to Bermuda or Nassau where the speculators could then sell it to Confederate commissaries for four or more times what they had paid for it. By the end of the war, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was subsisting on shipments of "Bermuda Bacon"--which often became rancid during transport--run through the Blockade at Wilmington, North Carolina. Thus the South paid four times what the Union paid for bacon, a critical part of the Civil War soldier's daily ration.
On this day 150 years ago, the Daily Dispatch complained about how blockade running drained gold out of the Confederate economy.
The blockade trade.
The Sentinel, of yesterday, while congratulating itself upon the prohibition of the introduction of goods from the enemy's country within our military lines, states that "the powers of the Executive are not adequate to the correction of the evil of blockade running where it exists in its chief strength," viz.: by the sea going vessels arriving at our ports. It further says that "Congress has authorized trade with neutral countries, and it is not for the President to forbid it."
That the trade carried on directly through the border with the enemy, has been very demoralizing in its effects, and that it has been the means of transmission of much information detrimental to the South, there can be no doubt. The drain of gold to the enemy's country by that way has been considerable, and has been disadvantageous to us and beneficial to him. To stop this trade is a desideratum, and it is to be hoped that the Government will be successful in its effort for that purpose. It has a strong cooperation in the increased perils of the enterprise; for as the trade was lawless, and those who pursued it sought hidden routes and did much of their business in the obscurity of night, they have become the game of another class, whose calling is favored by like circumstances. One of the blockade runners is known to have been murdered and robbed, and the route has become infested with the land sharks, who think they have immunity in preying upon the contraband fish who pursue it.
It is true, indeed, that the main trade from without is through the blockade-running ships. Nevertheless, a smart traffic was carried on through our frontier lines. The checking of the latter will only stimulate to some extent the former; and little can be accomplished in the effort to exclude Yankee goods from the Confederacy until the laws are so amended as to take effect upon the contraband commerce of the ocean.
It is well known that the great bulk of the goods entered at Charleston and elsewhere are from Yankee land. There is no mistaking them. Everybody knows them. As cotton or gold has been paid for these goods, a large drain has been kept up upon our resources for the benefit of Yankee industry and capital.--The enemy has been strengthened and we weakened by it.
The question will be whether the introduction of the fabrics of the enemy, whom we hate and with whom we desire to have nothing to do, can be excluded as long as we have any foreign trade whatever? Is there any mode by which they are certainly to be known and effectually interdicted? It is hard to say. They will resort to every expedient of change and imitation necessary to evade law and elude vigilance. If they cannot be shut out without shutting out all commerce, or at least confining the foreign trade to Government vessels, the next question is can either or both these latter expedients be put in operation? They are questions of difficulty, and will exercise the wisdom of Congress not a little.


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"Le Chaud Lapin"
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news:email@example.com ups.com...
> On Aug 17, 1:20 pm, Jim Logajan
>> Le Chaud Lapin
>> > My gut feeling is that a the the header file of a packet of Future
>> > Protocol need not be complex at all, and certainly not as complex as
>> > IPv6.
>> The IPv6 header per se is, IMHO, not that complicated. (Fragmentation and
>> other extension header processing on the other hand....) Which IPv6
>> header
>> fields do you think add needless complication that could be eliminated?
> I was mentally including the options.
> If it were me, I would strive to design the packet so that there were
> zero possibility for options. I regard options in the same way I
> regard variadic functions in C... anyone can design a function that is
> is generalized for "flexibility". This is a "design method" that is
> becoming increasingly popular in software "engineering". If you do
> not know what the form of the thing should be, write a specification
> that relieves you of having to look.
> But there is a penalty with this mode of "engineering", and it is very
> subtle. I would be wary of any specification that is underspecified,
> and that's really what options represent - an underspecification.
Just like C++: underspecified, which makes it over-complex.


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Local lodging companies and other businesses catering to visitors might be happy to hear this news.
According to a report released Monday, June 16, by the Denver-based company DestiMetrics, occupancy and revenues at resort destinations in the Rocky Mountains and Far West are trending positively and looking good through the summer for the third consecutive year.
"Overall, the summer season from May actuals to bookings through October, is very strong," said Ralf Garrison, DestiMetrics' director, in a news release.
DestiMetrics tracks forward-looking reservation data year-round at mountain resorts. Data for western resorts comes from a sample of about 290 property management companies in 19 mountain destination communities and represents about 27,500 rooms across Colorado, Utah, California, Nevada, Oregon and Wyoming.
According to the report, May saw an 8 percent increase in actual occupancy and a 14.3 percent increase in revenues compared with May 2013.
May business received a boost this year due to favorable weather, Garrison said.
Among participating western mountain resorts, the report says, combined occupancy for the summer season (May through October) is up 7 percent compared with the same six-month period last year, with revenues up 11.8 percent.
DestiMetrics' director of operations, Tom Foley, speculated that increased fuel costs could have a negative impact on the mountain markets this summer.
"We know geo-politics are driving up fuel prices, cutting into discretionary money for lodging, shopping and activities while traveling, and potentially shortening stays. But we're also watching the financial markets, which some believe are oversold and overdue for a correction," he said. He called both factors "moderate, short-term threats" that combined could upset "the still shaky consumer confidence."
Garrison added that in the last six years of tracking mountain destinations, DestiMetrics has learned that visitors to those areas are resilient.
"It seems that when times are bad, they 'need' a vacation," he said, "and when times are good, they 'deserve' a vacation."
"It seems that when times are bad, they 'need' a vacation, and when times are good, they 'deserve' a vacation."
Ralf Garrison
DestiMetrics' director


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Sandberg Gets His Chance
The Chicago Cubs brought in Hall-of-Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg in 2007 to manage in their minor league system. He was promoted a class for the next two seasons and was on track to eventually become the major league manager. Sandberg thought he was going to be named the next manager of the Chicago Cubs in the 2010 offseason. Instead, the job went to Mike Quade. At the time, the decision for then-gener ...Read more ›


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Microsoft's bid for living room supremacy is powered by an 8 core AMD processor, backed by 8GB of DDR3 and 32MB of ultra fast ESRAM. For storage, there's a 500GB hard drive to keep your media, gameplay videos and game installs. Unlike the PlayStation 4, there's no swapping out that mechanical drive for solid state without considerable trouble, and letting your warranty fly right out the window.
(Update: At Gamescom 2014, Microsoft announced a Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare bundle that will have an upgraded 1TB hard drive and will retail for $599 without a Kinect sensor.)
Speaking of windows, if you've used Windows 8, the Xbox One's interface will look familiar. It's made up of tiles and divided into four sections: Pins, Home, Friends and Store. It's somewhat customizable, letting you pick the color of said tiles, but mostly works by automatically populating itself with your recently accessed apps and games.
When you first turn on your Xbox One, you're greeted by your Home screen. It's composed of a primary rectangular tile, which is your current app, ready to resume as soon as you give the command.
To left you'll find your Gamertag profile, complete with Gamerscore, Bio, Location, Inbox count and a number of active friends. (Update: The November system update will allow users to modify their profile even more by adding a highlight "showcase" - a mix of six achievements, screenshots and gameplay clips - to the relatively bare profiles.) To the right you'll find Snap, and My Games & Apps. Snap allows you to have games and apps side by side, a sort of picture in picture for multitasking. More on that in a moment.
My Games & Apps is self explanatory, a place where you can browse what's been installed to your console. Games and apps used to be presented in one jumbled feed, but Microsoft's March update to the Xbox One divided the two. It also added an percentage readout for the overall available space on the system, another much needed addition.
The bottom row of tiles on the Home Screen is populated by other recently used apps and games. It does an excellent job of keeping your most commonly used programs at a touch. Hitting the Xbox button on the controller brings you Home with lighting speed, and the row of tiles at the bottom of Home screen populate with your other recent apps, making it easy and quick to hop between commonly used programs.
The rest of Home is covered in tiles for other recently accessed apps. Besides your Live profile and the current app preview, Snap and My games & apps are the other permanent residents. There's also a tile representing the disc drive, and three large Featured tiles.
When the Xbox One first launched, the Featured section was filled with tutorials for the Xbox One. Now it curates a selection of ads for games, shows and movies. While it's annoying to se ads on the front page, at least they're relegated to the far right side, and do let you quickly jump into a new game or show with one or to clicks.
To the left of the Home screen you'll find your Pins, a favorites list you can customize with games, apps or TV shows. You may remember pins from the Xbox 360, but they're far more convenient and powerful on the Xbox One.
For one thing, they're practically living on the Home screen, just a scroll to the left away, while the 360 tucked them into their own folder. Being able to save a specific show or TV channel to Pins is the Xbox One's media integration at its most convenient.
In between the Home and Store screen is the interface's newest addition - the Friends tab. Here you'll find out which games your friends have been playing - and any possible achievements that may have t'plok'd recently - as well as a gamerscore leaderboard that displays which of your friends has earned the most points in the past month.
To the right of the Friends screen is the Store. It's divided into Games, Movies & TV, Music and Apps. There's also a Bing search bar below it. The layout is attractive and the placement is unobtrusive. We're just glad that it's been relegated to its own screen, away from the more personal Home and Pins.
When you're in an app or game, returning to the Home screen is as simple as pressing the Xbox button on the controller. Games are automatically paused, while videos and live TV continue to play, creating a sort of picture in picture effect.
Of course, the whole interface can also be navigated by Kinect, using either gestures or voice commands. The Xbox One's interface does have its unintuitive moments, and the Kinect compensates for them nicely. We're not sure why Settings has been folded into My games & apps, but being able to shout "Xbox go to Settings" saves you from having to remember that.
When it comes to booting up, the Xbox One is very fast because it doesn't really turn off unless you unplug it. Holding down the Xbox button and selecting console off really just puts it in standby mode.
Surely the Xbox One needs this hidden standby functionality both for better performance, and so the Kinect can listen for your "Xbox on" command. It does stand in contrast to the PS4, which lets you choose to either go into standby, or completely turn the system off. Fully shutting down your PS4 also locks you out of cool features, like PS Vita Remote Play, or starting a download from the mobile app.
Coming out of standby, the Xbox One takes only twenty seconds to reach the Home screen. Kinect will have you signed in by then as well, unless you're sitting too far back. We sometimes had to lean forward before it recognised us.
From a full, unplugged shut down, the Xbox One takes a less impressive minute and seven seconds. Honestly though, there's no reason why you should be frequently unplugging your Xbox One. We just think it's odd that console off really means standby.
So while not every design choice is transparent, you can't accuse the Xbox One's interface of being sluggish. There's no pop in on the Home screen, and overall navigation is snappy. You can drill through menus and browse your library as quickly as you can manipulate the D-pad, or bark at the Kinect.
Multitasking is where the Xbox One really shines. The system keeps your last three apps suspended, letting you switch between them with nary a stutter.
What's surprising is how little is on the system when you first get it. When you first use your Xbox One you'll frequently click on a tile, only to discover you don't actually have the corresponding app yet. Out of the box, almost nothing is pre-installed. That makes sense for third-party services, but apps like Game DVR, Xbox Video, even the Blu-ray playing software need to be downloaded and installed.
It's not such a big deal, just a telling indication of how internet-reliant this new generation of gaming will be. Be sure get all your pertinent apps downloaded before having friends over to show off the new system.
Every game on the Xbox One requires at least a partial installation before it can be played. These installs are lengthier than on PlayStation 4.
For example, a disc copy of Madden for Xbox One needed six minutes to reach 25% installation before letting us on the gridiron. The PS4 version needed two minutes, and an additional minute to download a patch before online features were enabled.
Installing isn't a major roadblock on either system, but it is something to anticipate. It's a good idea to pop a new game in the drive the minute you get home. That way you can be sure it'll be ready when you are.
Like the PS4, the Xbox One still needs a disc to play. That's a pity, as being to ditch a disc after an install would make for a much more self-contained feel.
Getting to graphics and gameplay, a lot has been made of the fact that many third-party games run in full 1080p on the PS4, while the Xbox One versions are 720p. There are indeed sharper visuals to be found on the PS4's versions of Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts and Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, but you need a keen eye to tell the difference.
Character models often have more detailed textures, and lighting effects can be slightly more impressive on the PS4. However, performance across the two systems is very similar, with equally smooth framerates and load times that are close in length.
The 720p vs 1080p situation is still troubling, Microsoft will need to close this visual gap in future releases. It's something we'll be keeping an eye on as we update this review down the line.
The Xbox One has first-party games that show off just as much graphical gusto as the PS4. Halo 5 and Forza Motorsport 6 are just as gorgeous as anything currently available from Sony. Dead Rising 3 is a bit behind the beauty curve but the sheer number of zombies it can render while maintaining a solid framerate is impressive.
But perhaps even more impressive than the list of first-party titles is the recently lauched backwards compatibility. More than 100 Xbox 360 games can now be played on the Xbox One console, no questions asked.
What's more, every 360 game that is being given away as part of the Games with Gold program for Gold Xbox Live subscribers will also be backwards compatible, giving Xbox gamers an even bigger collection of games to play.
With massive 360 titles like the Witcher 2 and Deus Ex Human Evolution given away for free, backwards compatibility has become one of the Xbox One's most enticing features.


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"This will go down in iOS jailbreaking history!" - Joshua Hill (Former GreenPois0n developer)
What's a jailbreak?
Jailbreaking your device means installing a small program that removes restrictions in the default software. A jailbroken device can run apps and extensions (themes and tweaks) not approved by Apple. Jailbreaking does not slow down your device or use extra battery, and you can still use all your existing apps and buy new ones from the App Store. Jailbreaking simply enables you to do more with your device, nothing is taken away.
Is Jailbreaking reversible?
Yes! If you ever decide that you want to undo your jailbreak, connect your device to your computer, sync to make a full backup, press Restore in iTunes to wipe the device, and load your backup when prompted. All your App Store apps and the information in them will be preserved as usual.
Can jailbreaking "brick" my device?
This Jailbreak provides a safe jailbreak that cannot put your device into an unusable state on its own. You will have full access to your jailbroken device, which gives you the power to modify it in ways that can put it in a state where you have to connect your device to iTunes and "restore" from a recently-synced backup. However, it should not be possible to render your device as permanently non-interactive as a brick, no matter what you choose to install.
Is this legal in the United States?
The Library of Congress approved a DMCA exemption in 2010 for jailbreaking cell phones, including the iPhone.
Can jailbreaking make my device less secure?
By itself, jailbreaking does not make you vulnerable. However, a common mistake for jailbreakers is to install OpenSSH but forget to change the passwords for root and mobile; this lets anyone log into your device over the Internet. If you install OpenSSH, remember to change the password!
How can I get help with jailbreaking?
If you need technical help with jailbreaking, you can try websites like Jailbreak QA and /r/jailbreak.
Isn't there a risk hackers will make the exploit from this site into an iPhone virus?
When I released my jailbreak 3 years ago, some media reports focused on the security implications of releasing an exploit for unpatched vulnerabilities. I am not sure myself what to think of this, but here are some facts: ▻ I did not create the vulnerabilities, only discover them. Releasing an exploit demonstrates the flaw, making it easier for others to use it for malice, but they have long been present and exploitable. Although releasing a jailbreak is certainly not the usual way to report a vulnerability, it still has the effect of making iOS more secure in the long run.
▻ There's always a first time, but I think there's a good chance the security impact of these vulnerabilities will remain theoretical. Despite my jailbreak being open sourced after an updated version of iOS was released, which would have made it relatively easy to modify the code into an attack, I didn't hear about any such modification except a proof of concept that showed up much later. The only iPhone virus ever to attack the general public was a trivial one that affected jailbreakers who installed OpenSSH (not installed by default) but left it at the default password.
▻ Along with the jailbreak, I am releasing a patch for the main vulnerability which anyone especially security conscious can install to render themselves immune; due to the nature of iOS, this patch can only be installed on a jailbroken device. Until Apple releases an update, jailbreaking will ironically be the best way to remain secure.
▻ Jailbreak apps and tweaks improve the mobile experience of millions of users, including many who were encourged to try it by the ease of use of web-based jailbreaks. I'm not just doing this to be flashy: there is considerable benefit to writing this kind of tool rather than one that requires a connected computer.


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Senior officials at the departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense have joined veterans groups and representatives of academia to endorse a comprehensive bill from Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, to reform the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
Still to be determined is how to pay for the many provisions in the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010 with estimated costs seen as high but still to be calculated, and alarms sounding across government over soaring budget deficits.
Akaka, chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, added cautious remarks of his own at a hearing Wednesday on his bill, describing it only as a "starting point for discussion about needed changes."
One of the more costly provisions of the legislation would expand the new GI Bill beyond covering college courses to any type of training that veterans might want, from vocational schools and apprenticeships to flight instruction. Post-9/11 vets who currently take non-degree courses must make an irreversible decision to use their less generous Montgomery GI Bill benefit.
Another Akaka provision would make National Guard members eligible for the new GI Bill based on time spent on active duty through Title 32 call-ups for domestic emergencies or homeland security missions, or to serve fulltime under the Active Guard and Reserve program.
Guard members activated under this authority since 9-11 were overlooked for Post-9/11 GI Bill eligibility in 2008 in the scramble to shape and pass a final bill. Last year, by Guard estimates, the oversight had denied more than 75,000 Army Guard and 2,500 Air Guard members access to the best veterans' education benefit since World War II. Even more Guard members would qualify today given recent call ups for the oil disaster and border security.
A third key provision of Akaka's bill would eliminate what he described as "a complicated, confusing and, in some cases, inequitable calculation of State-by-State tuition and fee caps" for setting Post-9/11 benefits. A simplified system still would ensure that vets in degree programs at public institutions anywhere in the U.S. pay little, if any, out of pocket costs. For those enrolled in private or foreign colleges, tuition and fees payments would match the lessor of actual college charges or of a national tuition-and-fee cap. The cap would be the average of tuition and fees across both public and private institutions for the most recent academic year.
Advocates for students, for college and university administators and for VA education advisers endorsed this and most other provisions in the Akaka bill. Two other important parts would:
— Provide for a modified living allowance to vets seeking degrees solely through online or distance learning if at more than the half-time rate. They would get 50 percent of the allowance payable to resident students.
— Provide enrolled Post-9/11 students still on active duty, or their enrolled spouses, the book allowance of up to $1,000 annually.
In reviewing details of the bill, Keith M. Wilson, director of VA's education service, said over and over that his department would support or "not oppose" it.
Akaka said it was "vital" to put the "streamlining and operational improvements in place as soon as possible." But he also stressed the need to control GI Bill fraud and abuse, and to ensure that "only programs offering legitimate education and training are approved for benefits."
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|Boxing Champions | Boxing Schedule | Boxing Video | Boxing History | Pound For Pound | Lounge | The Wire | Arcade
|View Poll Results: Would you support the Mayweather/Pac fight not happening
|Undecided/not sure tbh
|Its the biggest fight in years it needs to happen
|Im not all that fussed whether it happens or not tbh
|I dont want Mayweather making all that cash and recogntion off the back of what Manny has done.
|Voters: 35. You may not vote on this poll
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You don't want Mayweather possibly beating Pacquiao and then getting the recognition of being the better guy? Come on Dynamite!
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This fight is the biggest fight, money-wise, and it can help boxing in a huge way.
They're not gonna cancel the fight because you don't agree with what Mayweather's done or how he's done it.
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What if Manny wins? What about the glory he will receive? You can't gain without risk.
Also, even if Mayweather makes a huge payday, so will Pacquiao. The biggest of his career, in fact.
Even if you despise Mayweather, and don't give him credit for a single win he has had his entire career, you should be wanting this fight to happen for Manny's sake,
If you are confident Manny can win, that is.
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Well get over it, Whether he duck challenges available to him at 147 or not, This fight is for boxing, If they tell you Mayweather loses by KO i bet you would want the fight to happen but because you think he would win you dont want to support the fight??? You dont need to watch the fight mate just switch off your TV because boxing doesnt revolve around Floyd Mayweather.
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In regards to the point about the fight being entertaining, that's a matter of opinion.
One man's trash is another man's treasure.
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I probably would want it to happen because i dont like Floyd, but here is the thing, its all in Floyd's favour to gain and Pacquaio's to lose. If this fight does not happen Pacquiao could retire with with his status and no one would bat an eye lid, if Mayweather retired today its a whole different story and you know it.
Mayweather has the perfect opportunity to eradicate all the ducking and seal his legacy with one!! fight, thats a con that i wont buy into.
If the fight happens or not im not all that fussed tbh, but im not gonna say im pro the fight needs!! to happen, thats just my opinion though so calm down.
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1 It will be boring.
2 Floyd will be put on a pedestal and all the ducking will be forgotten about off the back on one! fight.
3 Pacquiao does not need to enhance his legacy anymore, he could retire today and no one would think the worse of him.
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Pac has the exact formula to force Floyd to fight a more active fight. I don't think this will be boring at all. Plus, the same as the tradition he set in the Corrales and Gatti fights, this is a new platform for a FLoyd. A greater glory. He will try to raise to the occasion.
So..it won't be boring. Check that away.
2. Ducking of Cotto, and margarito, I suppose? Because he didn't really duck all that many people before that...Mosley was there to actually commentate on one of Floyd's fights... the Carlos Rios fight, I believe. Case in point being, he has followed Floyd's career, and could have fought him. Period. Its not like he wasn't aware of Floyd. Plus, you can't fight everyone. Roy suggested the Judah fight... Emmanuel Steward said a Mitchell- Floyd fight would be a pick 'em. So... he fought some demanded fights over the years.
3 Pac wants the money. And his legacy could still be enhanced. Don't kid yourself. It would be skyrocketed by a win here.
You're thinking about everything Pac has to lose, and Mayweather has to gain, as opposed to vice versa. Curious. I consider this a close fight, with a near perfect matchup of conflicting styles.
Reason... Floyd has been thrown a bit out of his rhythm/comfort zone in the past, by three fighters. Emanuel Augustus (punch resistance), Jesus Chavez (swarming, smothering style) and Zab Judah (Powerful fast southpaw)... Manny has a bit of all those qualities plus two things Mayweather has never faced before.. someone with his footwork and footspeed...and.. legendary conditioning of pac.
So, back up your fighter. Pac has a decent chance.
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The U2 frontman Bono described Jerusalem as a "great city" in a note left at his hotel after a visit to Israel earlier this month.
The Irish singer was spotted at a Jaffa restaurant last week, but was in the country on a private visit and did not perform.
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Why do I mention this? Because I have a habit (a bad one or an admirable one, depending on your point of view) of trying to put myself in other people's shoes before castigating them. Even when the footwear belongs, as in this case, to people of whom one reviewer of Schultz's book said, "How such corporate executives and their retirement heist allies sleep well at night is a puzzle to anybody with a conscience and a sense of fair play."
Every detail of the story in Schultz's book is analogous to my little Sintra sabbatical, just millions of times bigger. Employee-benefits consultants present corporate executives with innovative, just-barely-legal ways to pull money – and tax deductions – out of benefit plans designed for a company's retirees. This can include such dodges as freezing the benefits, converting retirement plans to cash balance plans, merging a company with an overfunded plan with a company with an underfunded one, taking out insurance on the employees with the corporation as beneficiary, and a host of other financial engineering gimmicks. Orwellian slogans like "this change is to improve the competitiveness of our benefits program," accompanied by Orwellian statistics, are presented to the retirees – and to legislators, courts and regulators – to make it sound like the plan is being improved. If any retirees discover the truth and complain to higher-ups about it, the company avoids any accountability like the plague.
The end result is a loss to the corporation's retirees, and to taxpayers, but a gain in the corporation's profits and a bonus for the executives and their consultants.
Schultz intersperses highly technical passages about the mechanics of how executives and consultants manage to raid or reduce pensions, with pathos-heavy stories about the individuals who suffer from these plots, and for whom it may require a years-long battle to get so much as an explanation, much less what is due to them. Many of the individuals featured are loyal retirees now approaching their death beds, with precious little time or wherewithal to fight back.
When employers adopted new cash-balance plans, for example, retiree benefits often declined as a result, though brochures the company handed out to employees said, "The changes being made are good for both you and the company." At the same time, it was next-to-impossible for employees to find out how the new plans actually worked.
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"[Langlie] relentlessly pestered his employer, Onan Corp., a unit of Cummins Engine in Minneapolis, for answers. When they refused to spill the beans, the increasingly apoplectic Langlie wrote to local lawmakers, complained to the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and the IRS, and traveled to Washington, D.C., to deliver a petition signed by 460 fellow workers to the Department of Labor. …As Langlie's pension complaints escalated, he was transferred, denied training, and demoted, despite favorable job-performance reviews. The company also refused to upgrade his computer from a primitive IBM 286 – the industry equivalent of an Etch A Sketch, which couldn't run engineering software or communicate with the company's servers. Finally, the human resources department told Langlie's supervisor that it would "help retire him" and eliminated his job. After Langlie's thirty-seven years with the company, his pension, which would have been $1,100 a month under the old pension plan, was just $424 a month."


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In recent years, the media and federal government have lavished much attention on consumer crises over credit card debt. But get this: according to the Federal Reserve Bank, the collective outstanding debt on auto loans in the U.S.—which totals about $850 billion—heavily outweighs the amount of outstanding debt on credit cards.
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The issues surrounding auto loans and car financing stem from, and are sustained by, a clear gap in public education. For example, many consumers end up getting auto loans directly from the dealer, which often ends up being detrimental to the consumer. While some car dealerships have their own auto financing departments, many dealerships essentially resell auto loans. They take the current going rate for auto loan APRs—currently about 6 to 8 percent—and tack on about 2 to 4 percent in "dealer markup." That money goes right into the dealer's pocket. Meanwhile, the consumer is saddled with an artificially inflated car loan interest rate for the entire life of the loan.
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I bought a car and was taken advantage of in the APR.I have the ability to refinance at a much lower rate but bank says (boa)that they get additional fees.Do not understand.I was told no prepayment penalties.Keith Magan at 3:09 pm on August 20, 2013