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The High Availability (HA) module provides active-passive, hot-standby messaging clusters to provide fault tolerant message delivery.
In an active-passive cluster only one broker, known as the primary, is active and serving clients at a time. The other brokers are standing by as backups. Changes on the primary are replicated to all the backups so they are always up-to-date or "hot". Backup brokers reject client connection attempts, to enforce the requirement that clients only connect to the primary.
If the primary fails, one of the backups is promoted to take over as the new primary. Clients fail-over to the new primary automatically. If there are multiple backups, the other backups also fail-over to become backups of the new primary.
This approach relies on an external cluster resource manager to detect failures, choose the new primary and handle network partitions. Rgmanager is supported initially, but others may be supported in the future.
In order to avoid message loss, the primary broker delays acknowledgment of messages received from clients until the message has been replicated and acknowledged by all of the back-up brokers, or has been consumed from the primary queue.
This ensures that all acknowledged messages are safe: they have either been consumed or backed up to all backup brokers. Messages that are consumed before they are replicated do not need to be replicated. This reduces the work load when replicating a queue with active consumers.
Clients keep unacknowledged messages in a buffer [1] until they are acknowledged by the primary. If the primary fails, clients will fail-over to the new primary and re-send all their unacknowledged messages. [2]
If the primary crashes, all the acknowledged messages will be available on the backup that takes over as the new primary. The unacknowledged messages will be re-sent by the clients. Thus no messages are lost.
Note that this means it is possible for messages to be duplicated. In the event of a failure it is possible for a message to received by the backup that becomes the new primary and re-sent by the client. The application must take steps to identify and eliminate duplicates.
When a new primary is promoted after a fail-over it is initially in "recovering" mode. In this mode, it delays acknowledgment of messages on behalf of all the backups that were connected to the previous primary. This protects those messages against a failure of the new primary until the backups have a chance to connect and catch up.
Not all messages need to be replicated to the back-up brokers. If a message is consumed and acknowledged by a regular client before it has been replicated to a backup, then it doesn't need to be replicated.
HA Broker States
Initial state of a new broker that has not yet connected to the primary.
A backup broker that is connected to the primary and catching up on queues and messages.
A backup broker that is fully caught-up and ready to take over as primary.
The newly-promoted primary, waiting for backups to connect and catch up.
The active primary broker with all backups connected and caught-up.
There are a some known limitations in the current implementation. These will be fixed in future versions.
Transactional changes to queue state are not replicated atomically. If the primary crashes during a transaction, it is possible that the backup could contain only part of the changes introduced by a transaction.
Configuration changes (creating or deleting queues, exchanges and bindings) are replicated asynchronously. Management tools used to make changes will consider the change complete when it is complete on the primary, it may not yet be replicated to all the backups.
Federation links to the primary will fail over
correctly. Federated links from the primary
will be lost in fail over, they will not be re-connected to the new
primary. It is possible to work around this by replacing the
qpidd-primary start up script with a script that
re-creates federation links when the primary is promoted.
Some resource managers (including rgmanager) support virtual IP addresses. A virtual IP address is an IP address that can be relocated to any of the nodes in a cluster. The resource manager associates this address with the primary node in the cluster, and relocates it to the new primary when there is a failure. This simplifies configuration as you can publish a single IP address rather than a list.
A virtual IP address can be used by clients to connect to the primary. The following sections will explain how to configure virtual IP addresses for clients or brokers.
The broker must load the
ha module, it is loaded by
default. The following broker options are available for the HA module.
Table 1.27. Broker Options for High Availability Messaging Cluster
|Options for High Availability Messaging Cluster
|Set to "yes" to have the broker join a cluster.
|Enable replication of specific queues without joining a cluster, see Section 1.13, "Replicating Queues with the HA module".
The URL [a] used by cluster brokers to connect to each other. The URL should contain a comma separated list of the broker addresses, rather than a virtual IP address.
The URL [a] is advertised to clients as the "known-hosts" for fail-over. It can be a list or a single virtual IP address. A virtual IP address is recommended.
Using this option you can put client and broker traffic on separate networks, which is recommended.
Note: When HA clustering is enabled the broker option
Specifies whether queues and exchanges are replicated by default.
|Authentication settings used by HA brokers to connect to each other, see Section 1.12.9, "Security and Access Control."
Maximum time that a recovering primary will wait for an expected backup to connect and become ready.
Interval for the broker to check link health and re-connect links if need be. If you want brokers to fail over quickly you can set this to a fraction of a second, for example: 0.1.
Heartbeat interval for replication links. The link will be assumed broken if there is no heartbeat for twice the interval.
[a] The full format of the URL is given by this grammar:
url = ["amqp:"][ user ["/" password] "@" ] addr ("," addr)* addr = tcp_addr / rmda_addr / ssl_addr / ... tcp_addr = ["tcp:"] host [":" port] rdma_addr = "rdma:" host [":" port] ssl_addr = "ssl:" host [":" port]'
Values specified as
To configure a HA cluster you must set at least
ha-cluster and
Broker fail-over is managed by a cluster resource manager. An integration with rgmanager is provided, but it is possible to integrate with other resource managers.
The resource manager is responsible for starting the qpidd broker
on each node in the cluster. The resource manager then promotes
one of the brokers to be the primary. The other brokers connect to the primary as
backups, using the URL provided in the
ha-brokers-url configuration
Once connected, the backup brokers synchronize their state with the primary. When a backup is synchronized, or "hot", it is ready to take over if the primary fails. Backup brokers continually receive updates from the primary in order to stay synchronized.
If the primary fails, backup brokers go into fail-over mode. The resource manager must detect the failure and promote one of the backups to be the new primary. The other backups connect to the new primary and synchronize their state with it.
The resource manager is also responsible for protecting the cluster from split-brain conditions resulting from a network partition. A network partition divide a cluster into two sub-groups which cannot see each other. Usually a quorum voting algorithm is used that disables nodes in the inquorate sub-group.
This section assumes that you are already familiar with setting up and configuring clustered services using cman and rgmanager. It will show you how to configure an active-passive, hot-standby qpidd HA cluster with rgmanager.
Once all components are installed it is important to take the following step:
chkconfig rgmanager on
chkconfig cman on
chkconfig qpidd off
The qpidd service must be off in
chkconfig because
rgmanager will
start and stop
qpidd. If the normal system init
process also attempts to start and stop qpidd it can cause rgmanager to
lose track of qpidd processes. The symptom when this happens is that
clustat shows a
qpidd service to
be stopped when in fact there is a
qpidd process
running. The
qpidd log will show errors like this:
critical Unexpected error: Daemon startup failed: Cannot lock /var/lib/qpidd/lock: Resource temporarily unavailable
You must provide a
cluster.conf file to configure
cman and rgmanager. Here is
an example
cluster.conf file for a cluster of 3 nodes named
node1, node2 and node3. We will go through the configuration step-by-step.
<?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- This is an example of a cluster.conf file to run qpidd HA under rgmanager. This example assumes a 3 node cluster, with nodes named node1, node2 and node3. NOTE: fencing is not shown, you must configure fencing appropriately for your cluster. --> <cluster name="qpid-test" config_version="18"> <!-- The cluster has 3 nodes. Each has a unique nodid and one vote for quorum. --> <clusternodes> <clusternode name="node1.example.com" nodeid="1"/> <clusternode name="node2.example.com" nodeid="2"/> <clusternode name="node3.example.com" nodeid="3"/> </clusternodes> <!-- Resouce Manager configuration. --> <rm> <!-- There is a failoverdomain for each node containing just that node. This lets us stipulate that the qpidd service should always run on each node. --> <failoverdomains> <failoverdomain name="node1-domain" restricted="1"> <failoverdomainnode name="node1.example.com"/> </failoverdomain> <failoverdomain name="node2-domain" restricted="1"> <failoverdomainnode name="node2.example.com"/> </failoverdomain> <failoverdomain name="node3-domain" restricted="1"> <failoverdomainnode name="node3.example.com"/> </failoverdomain> </failoverdomains> <resources> <!-- This script starts a qpidd broker acting as a backup. --> <script file="/etc/init.d/qpidd" name="qpidd"/> <!-- This script promotes the qpidd broker on this node to primary. --> <script file="/etc/init.d/qpidd-primary" name="qpidd-primary"/> <!-- This is a virtual IP address for client traffic. --> <ip address="22.214.171.124" monitor_link="1"/> </resources> <!-- There is a qpidd service on each node, it should be restarted if it fails. --> <service name="node1-qpidd-service" domain="node1-domain" recovery="restart"> <script ref="qpidd"/> </service> <service name="node2-qpidd-service" domain="node2-domain" recovery="restart"> <script ref="qpidd"/> </service> <service name="node3-qpidd-service" domain="node3-domain" recovery="restart"> <script ref="qpidd"/> </service> <!-- There should always be a single qpidd-primary service, it can run on any node. --> <service name="qpidd-primary-service" autostart="1" exclusive="0" recovery="relocate"> <script ref="qpidd-primary"/> <!-- The primary has the IP addresses for brokers and clients to connect. --> <ip ref="184.108.40.206"/> </service> </rm> </cluster>
There is a
failoverdomain for each node containing just that
one node. This lets us stipulate that the qpidd service should always run on all
resources section defines the qpidd
script used to start the qpidd service. It also defines the
qpid-primary script which does not
actually start a new service, rather it promotes the existing
qpidd broker to primary status.
resources section also defines a virtual IP
address for clients.
To take advantage of the virtual IP addresses,
should contain these lines:
ha-cluster=yes ha-public-url=188.8.131.52 ha-brokers-url=188.8.131.52,220.127.116.11,184.108.40.206
This configuration allows clients to connect to a single address: 22.214.171.124. The brokers connect to each other directly via the addresses listed in ha-brokers-url. Note the client and broker addresses are on separate sub-nets, this is recommended but not required.
service section defines 3
services, one for each node. Each service is in a restricted fail-over
domain containing just that node, and has the
recovery policy. The effect of this is that rgmanager will run
qpidd on each node, restarting if it fails.
There is a single
qpidd-primary-service using the
qpidd-primary script which is not restricted to a
domain and has the
relocate recovery policy. This means
rgmanager will start qpidd-primary on one of the nodes
when the cluster starts and will relocate it to another node if the
original node fails. Running the
qpidd-primary script
does not start a new broker process, it promotes the existing broker to
become the primary.
Normally, clients are not allowed to connect to a backup broker. However management tools are allowed to connect to a backup brokers. If you use these tools you must not add or remove messages from replicated queues, nor create or delete replicated queues or exchanges as this will disrupt the replication process and may cause message loss.
qpid-ha allows you to view and change HA configuration settings.
The tools qpid-config, qpid-route and qpid-stat will connect to a backup if you pass the flag ha-admin on the command line.
By default, queues and exchanges are not replicated automatically. You can change
the default behavior by setting the
ha-replicate configuration
option. It has one of the following values:
all: Replicate everything automatically: queues, exchanges, bindings and messages.
configuration: Replicate the existence of queues, exchange and bindings but don't replicate messages.
none: Don't replicate anything, this is the default.
You can over-ride the default for a particular queue or exchange by passing the
qpid.replicate when creating the queue or exchange. It
takes the same values as
Bindings are automatically replicated if the queue and exchange being bound both
have replication
all or
configuration, they
are not replicated otherwise.
You can create replicated queues and exchanges with the qpid-config management tool like this:
qpid-config add queue myqueue --replicate all
To create replicated queues and exchanges via the client API, add a
node entry to the address like this:
There are some built-in exchanges created automatically by the broker, these
exchanges are never replicated. The built-in exchanges are the default (nameless)
exchange, the AMQP standard exchanges (
amq.direct, amq.topic, amq.fanout and
amq.match) and the management exchanges (
qpid.management, qmf.default.direct and
Note that if you bind a replicated queue to one of these exchanges, the binding will not be replicated, so the queue will not have the binding after a fail-over.
Clients can only connect to the primary broker. Backup brokers reject any
connection attempt by a client. Clients rejected by a backup broker will
automatically fail-over until they connect to the primary. if
ha-public-url contains multiple addresses, the client
will them all in rotation. If it is a virtual IP address the clients will
retry on the same address until it is reconnected.
Clients are configured with the URL for the cluster (details below for each type of client). There are two possibilities
The URL contains multiple addresses, one for each broker in the cluster.
The URL contains a single virtual IP address that is assigned to the primary broker by the resource manager. This is the recommended configuration.
In the first case, clients will repeatedly re-try each address in the URL until they successfully connect to the primary. In the second case the resource manager will assign the virtual IP address to the primary broker, so clients only need to re-try on a single address.
When the primary broker fails, clients re-try all known cluster addresses until they connect to the new primary. The client re-sends any messages that were previously sent but not acknowledged by the broker at the time of the failure. Similarly messages that have been sent by the broker, but not acknowledged by the client, are re-queued.
TCP can be slow to detect connection failures. A client can configure a connection to use a heartbeat to detect connection failure, and can specify a time interval for the heartbeat. If heartbeats are in use, failures will be detected no later than twice the heartbeat interval. The following sections explain how to enable heartbeat in each client.
Note: the following sections explain how to configure clients with multiple dresses, but if you are using a virtual IP address you only need to configure that one address for clients, you don't need to list all the addresses.
Suppose your cluster has 3 nodes:
node2 and
node3 all using the
default AMQP port, and you are not using a virtual IP address. To connect
a client you need to specify the address(es) and set the
reconnect property to
true. The
following sub-sections show how to connect each type of client.
With the C++ client, you specify multiple cluster addresses in a single URL
You also need to specify the connection option
reconnect to be true. For example:
qpid::messaging::Connection c("node1,node2,node3","{reconnect:true}");
Heartbeats are disabled by default. You can enable them by specifying a
heartbeat interval (in seconds) for the connection via the
heartbeat option. For example:
qpid::messaging::Connection c("node1,node2,node3","{reconnect:true,heartbeat:10}");
With the python client, you specify
and a list of
host:port addresses as
reconnect_urls when calling
Connection.establish or
connection = qpid.messaging.Connection.establish("node1", reconnect=True, reconnect_urls=["node1", "node2", "node3"])
Heartbeats are disabled by default. You can enable them by specifying a heartbeat interval (in seconds) for the connection via the 'heartbeat' option. For example:
connection = qpid.messaging.Connection.establish("node1", reconnect=True, reconnect_urls=["node1", "node2", "node3"], heartbeat=10)
In Java JMS clients, client fail-over is handled automatically if it is enabled in the connection. You can configure a connection to use fail-over using the failover property:
connectionfactory.qpidConnectionfactory = amqp://guest:guest@clientid/test?brokerlist='tcp://localhost:5672'&failover='failover_exchange'
This property can take three values:
Fail-over Modes
If the connection fails, fail over to any other broker in the cluster.
If the connection fails, fail over to one of the brokers specified in the brokerlist.
Fail-over is not supported; the connection is to a single broker only.
In a Connection URL, heartbeat is set using the heartbeat property, which is an integer corresponding to the heartbeat period in seconds. For instance, the following line from a JNDI properties file sets the heartbeat time out to 3 seconds:
connectionfactory.qpidConnectionfactory = amqp://guest:guest@clientid/test?brokerlist='tcp://localhost:5672'&heartbeat='3'
You can secure your cluster using the authentication and authorization features described in Section 1.5, "Security". HA brokers use the credentials set by the following options:
Table 1.28. HA Security Options
|HA Security Options
User name for HA brokers.
Password for HA brokers.
Mechanism for HA brokers.
This identity is used to authorize federation links from backup to primary. It is also used to authorize actions on the backup to replicate primary state, for example creating queues and exchanges.
When using an Access Control List the following ACL rule is required
acl allow
USER@QPID all all
To integrate with a different resource manager you must configure it to:
Start a qpidd process on each node of the cluster.
Restart qpidd if it crashes.
Promote exactly one of the brokers to primary.
Detect a failure and promote a new primary.
The qpid-ha command allows you to check if a broker is primary, and to promote a backup to primary.
To test if a broker is the primary:
qpid-ha -b
broker-address status --expect=primary
This command will return 0 if the broker at
is the primary, non-0 otherwise.
To promote a broker to primary:
qpid-ha -b
broker-address promote
qpid-ha --help gives information on other commands and options available. You can also use qpid-ha to manually examine and promote brokers. This can be useful for testing failover scenarios without having to set up a full resource manager, or to simulate a cluster on a single node. For deployment, a resource manager is required.
If you use a persistent store for your messages then each broker in a cluster will have its own store. If the entire cluster fails and is restarted, the *first* broker that becomes primary will recover from its store. All the other brokers will clear their stores and get an update from the primary to ensure consistency.
You can control the maximum number of messages in the buffer by setting the
capacity. For details of how to set the capacity
in client code see "Using the Qpid Messaging API" in
Programming in Apache Qpid.
[2] Clients must use "at-least-once" reliability to enable re-send of unacknowledged messages. This is the default behavior, no options need be set to enable it. For details of client addressing options see "Using the Qpid Messaging API" in Programming in Apache Qpid.
[3] The full grammar for the URL is:
url = ["amqp:"][ user ["/" password] "@" ] addr ("," addr)* addr = tcp_addr / rmda_addr / ssl_addr / ... tcp_addr = ["tcp:"] host [":" port] rdma_addr = "rdma:" host [":" port] ssl_addr = "ssl:" host [":" port]'
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Islam is composed of five main pillars, the fourth one of which is fasting. Although there are numerous optional fasts prescribed in Islam, Muslims are expected to fast for 30 days throughout the lunar month of Ramadan from sunrise to sunset. During fasts, Muslims are expected to abstain from food, drink, sensual pleasures and bad or negative behavior. In short it is meant to nurture discipline, good character, and patience.
For more than a decade, the MSA has held daily free 'iftaars' (literally: break-fasts) or dinners for thousands of fasting Muslim members of the university throughout the month in order to accommodate this annual month-long religious obligation-the breaking of the fast.
A small army of volunteers is assembled every Ramadan in order to help meet the demands and logistical requirements that feed between 400 to 500 fasting university members daily, Monday to Friday. These efforts are coordinated with the help of the University administration and Chartwells (to acquire Kitchen space and utilities), the People's Potato, CCSL, and various other student clubs on campus.
Student clubs, CSU executives and councilors, University administration and staff are invited to join those breaking their fasts through invitation. Several other students of all faiths and of limited means also benefit from our services, which effectively renders it as an MSA outreach to the wider Concordia mosaic.
We also feature special days where specific clubs and associations have hosted Ramadan dinners, like the Bangladeshi Students Association (BSA), and the Egyptian Students Association (ESA). Others, like the Pakistani Student Association (PSA) have contributed to the costs.
The majority of the work takes place in the kitchen space between 9:00am and 10:00pm. Their work is divided into three functional aspects:
- Cooking and preparation: It is meant to tackle the responsibility to prepare quantities of food for those breaking their fasts. This takes the most time.
- Serving: It is more broad-based and coordinated so as to avoid wastage and maintain efficiency. This requires the most organization and delegation of tasks.
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Camp Butler is one of the 120 national cemeteries that served as a Civil War training camp, as well as a POW camp for Confederate soldiers. Call the cemetery office to schedule a tour.
Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial
This powerful granite monument and its eternal flame pay tribute to the 2,981 Illinois residents who served in the Vietnam War and died or are still missing. Located at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Taylorville Chautauqua Auditorium
This auditorium opened on August 23, 1914, and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Christian County Coal Mine Museum
Featuring historical items pertaining to coal mining in Christian County, this museum includes coal mining equipment, memorabilia and more. Be sure to visit the coal miner monument on the courthouse lawn. Open Thurs-Sat, 10am-2pm.
Illinois State Military Museum
Preserving the heritage of the Illinois National Guard, the museum is committed to collecting, preserving, interpreting and exhibiting the military artifacts associated with the citizen-soldiers of Illinois.
Christian County Genealogical Society
The Genealogical Society is a research resource where you can find history on your family background, microfilm and microfiche, and books. The Society will also research your family for a donation.
Center for performing arts in Springfield.
Elijah Iles House: Springfield's History Museum
Experience the historic Greek Revial-style house once owned by a founder of Springfield: Elijah Iles. It houses a permanent exhibit, Springfield as Urban Frontier 1818-1836.
Prairie Art Alliance in Springfield, Illinois represents emerging and established Central Illinois artists of all ages.
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The vice president of an agri-business giant is recruited by the FBI to uncover evidence of his company's suspected illegal price-fixing. But in his zealous attempt to become the ultimate informant his lies begin to pile up and erode the secret agent world he has created for himself. Look for Alexander Calder's giant red outdoor Flamingo sculpture as two of the movie's main characters walk through downtown Chicago's Federal Plaza.
Surrounded by gardens and a reflection pool, this magnificent bell tower in Washington Park is the third largest in the world, and one of the few that is actually open to the public.
The Mary Ann MacLean Play Museum at the Illinois State Museum
The Mary Ann MacLean Play Museum for kids, ages 3-10, promotes hands on learning through play. Kids dig for fossils, load a jeep, explore collections and much more. Play Museum hours 9:30-4 M-S, 1-5 on Sunday.
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The vice president of an agri-business giant is recruited by the FBI to uncover evidence of his company's suspected illegal price-fixing. But in his zealous attempt to become the ultimate informant his lies begin to pile up and erode the secret agent world he has created for himself. Look for Alexander Calder's giant red outdoor Flamingo sculpture as two of the movie's main characters walk through downtown Chicago's Federal Plaza.
Christian County Historical Society Museum
See an 1820s log house, the 1839 Christian County courthouse where Lincoln argued cases, an 1854 farmhouse and an 1856 one-room school. Also view military weapons from five wars, a collection of 1800s antiques and much more.
Assumption Historical Society/Museum
This museum displays old school pictures and artifacts from the town of Assumption. Open by appointment.
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Sangamon Auditorium - University of Illinois Springfield
The auditorium presents a broad range of music, theater and dance performances.
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Wide variety of glass items, jewelry, lots of miscellaneous, as well as framed art work.
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War Museum
This museum features a complete set of the "War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies." The records might aid in your search for a missing link in your family history.
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This museum traces the role of military aviation in protecting and advancing the cause of freedom.
Grand Army of The Republic Memorial Museum
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Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain stole the show at Thursday's confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense, attacking nominee Chuck Hagel, a fellow Republican, relentlessly with questions about the Iraq war.
"I want to know if you were right or wrong about the surge. That's a direct question, I expect a direct answer," McCain said in a stern tone, insisting that the only way to answer the question was, "Yes" or "No."
Hagel was interrupted several times by McCain has he tried to explain his position. "Well, I'm not going to give you a yes or no. I think it's far more complicated…"
McCain snapped back with, "Let the record show that you refused to answer that question."
The exchange went on for what seemed like too long, with McCain looking and sounding more like a wounded lover in broken relationship than a senator in search of Hagel's qualifications to do the job of secretary of defense.
However, that was no excuse for Sen. Hagel's shaky performance. The long-time GOP colleague and former friend of Sen. McCain, stumbled through the hearing, seemingly unprepared to answer questions from a wall of contemptuous Republicans.
The focus on the Iraq War might be considered something of a public display of what ended the McCain-Hagel friendship.
Chris Cillizza explains in the Washington Post:
"While Hagel, like McCain, voted for the use of force resolution against Iraq, he was always wary of America going it alone in the conflict and, as time wore on, became a more and more outspoken critic of the war.
McCain, on the other hand, remained a stalwart defender of the necessity of the war and went on later in the decade to become the face of the surge strategy to put more troops in the country. Hagel opposed that strategy and panned it repeatedly."
Another reason to suggest that the exchange between McCain and Hagel was personal is because the position of secretary of defense does not include making foreign policy. That job remains with the office of the presidency.
Despite the feisty exchange between Hagel and McCain, President Obama's pick for secretary of defense is expected to be confirmed.
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Te Rito was built in 1994, to replace the previous school, Te Whare Raranga. Over time a greater range of classes were offered, including smaller community-based courses. In 2000, night classes were introduced at Te Rito, followed by a full-time three year course.
The name 'Te Rito' is based on the baby shoot at the heart of the flax. Students are taught never to disturb the inner shoots when cutting flax as the baby along with its mother and father on each side is a family unit that should not be broken. Like the Carving School, Te Rito has been involved in a range of projects to develop cultural heritage assets for Māori.
Our ancestors pioneered a technique for producing a fine thread of flax fibre that was used to weave garments of extraordinary beauty, such as prized cloaks, as well as other functional items such as kete (baskets) and whariki (floor mats).
The development of the craft is due to the lack of appropriate clothing for the conditions when our people first arrived in New Zealand. With the need for additional warmth, a weaving technique was developed which allowed Māori to make garments that were both beautiful and comfortable.
In the past, the chance to learn the art of Māori weaving was only offered under strict conditions. The student would be required to prove that they were able to grasp the concepts of the lessons before they were guided through the process by two experts. Today, the protocol has been relaxed and visitors to Te Puia are able to learn some basic weaving techniques as part of the Steambox tour.
Edna Pahewa is the Head of Weaving for Te Rito and daughter of renowned weaver, Emily Schuster. She says, "Weaving has been part of my life for many years. My kuia (female elders), Ngatai Bubb, my mother Emily Schuster and my twin sister Dawn are among the many who have been my teachers and mentors." Edna previously taught weaving at Te Papa o Te Aroha and later at Te Wananga o Aotearoa.
At Te Rito students learn not only how to weave harakeke (flax), but also of the unique stories and designs of each iwi (tribe), as well as ancient protocols such as planting according to the lunar cycle and reciting prayers of thanks for flax and trees used. There are a variety of study options from day classes to night classes.
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
A jury turned in a guilty verdict last week for a man involved in a 2011 murder. Judge Stephanie McDonald sentenced the suspect, Ricardo Mendoza, to 20 years, according to Ninth Judicial Circuit Deputy Solicitor Bryan Alfaro.
The jury found Mendoza guilty of voluntary manslaughter, according to Alfaro.
The victim was Omar Rodriguez, also known as Juan Velazquez, according to a police statement from that time.
Moncks Corner Police Department officers responded to shots fired shortly after 9 p.m. on May 21, 2011 in Park City Mobile Home Park, located on Fairground Road near U.S. 52 in Moncks Corner. Investigators were able to locate several witnesses who provided information leading to the identification of Mendoza as the person who shot Rodriguez and fled the scene in a black Jeep Cherokee, according to police.
According to Alfaro, the defendant and victim had exchanged words at a party earlier that day.
Later that evening the victim was sitting in his car listening to music when the defendant walked up, pulled a .380 pistol from behind his back and shot into car five times, according to Alfaro.
The victim was hit in the left arm and left side of the chest. The other three bullets were recovered from driver's side door. The victim tried to drive off after being shot but hit a retaining wall in back of trailer park. His car rolled backward and stopped against a trailer.
The victim was already deceased when police and EMS arrived. Assistant Solicitor Ashley Cornwell was the lead prosecutor in the case.
Staff Writer Jim Tatum contributed to this report.
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A Letter to the Editor in the July 10 Tomahawk Leader:
Have you noticed all the headless whitetail deer that are being killed on our roads lately? It's no wonder why they're being hit by cars … they can't see where they're going, or hear the horn blasting.
Seriously, I'm sure this has something to do with CWD testing, which is good. I would only request that the bodies be removed from the roadside after the decapitation. I'm not suggesting that the carcasses be picked up. Just pull the 10 or so feet into the grassy ditch so not to be seen.
It must be disturbing for our visitors and young kids to see such a site, not to mention the smell. They probably think there's a deer serial-killer loose in the Northwoods.
Let's keep our roadways a little bit nicer for those "heading" down the road. Thanks in advance.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. - The year 2012 was good for global stock markets and the economy in general. The US unemployment rate has continued to decline and GDP is growing although at a modest rate. The S&P 500 will close the year up about 14 percent. In global markets, the FTSE was up about 5 percent, the STOXX was up 16 percent, the Hang Seng index was up 22 percent and the Japanese Nikkei finished up 23 percent.The best performing sector of the major S&P groups was the financials who will finish the year up almost 25 percent. Consumer discretionary stocks also had a good showing and will finish the year up about 20 percent. Utilities were the worst performing sector and were the only S&P sector to finish in the red this year, down about -4 percent. Energy was another disappointing sector and will be basically flat for the year.It was also a good year for precious metals. Gold is on track for its twelfth straight year of gains and will finish the year up about 6 percent. Silver closed the year with an 8 percent gain.Oil is heading for a record year with the average annual price going to settle around $111 per barrel. This will be the fourth straight yearly gain for the price of oil. Unleaded gasoline rose by 20 percent.Housing was another bright spot in 2012, the US home construction ETF was up over 75 percent and several of the major homebuilder stocks doubled in value. Home values have been rising and new housing starts have been improving.Interest rates have stayed at record lows with the benchmark ten year US Treasury yielding about 1.7 percent and the thirty year Treasury bond yielding 2.9 percent. Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve board, has stated that interest rates should continue to remain low into 2015.Over the course of the year issues with sovereign debt from the Euro zone weighed on the markets somewhat and may continue into 2013. As the year closed the fiscal cliff issue was the most prominent news driving the markets. It looks like we are closer to a deal, but as the markets close for 2012 it is still not announced. The final resolution of the fiscal cliff will certainly have an impact on the market's performance for the year ahead.Kenneth Roberts is a Truckee based Registered Investment Advisor. Information on his money management service can be found at his blog at www.sellacalloption.com or by calling 775-657-8065. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Consult your financial adviser before purchasing any security.
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The Vancouver Whitecaps have been training for the better part of two months while the Charleston Battery have been together for less than a week.
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Carolina Challenge CupWhen: WednesdayGames: 5 p.m. -- Houston vs. Vancouver7:15 p.m. -- Chciago vs. CharlestonTickets: 971-4628.
The disparity in preparation was painfully apparent in the opening minutes of the Battery's match with the Whitecaps on Saturday night.
Kekuta Mennah scored two goals and Daigo Kobayashi added another to lead Vancouver past Charleston, 3-2, before a crowd of more than 4,000 at Blackbaud Stadium.
With the start of the Major League Soccer season less than two weeks away, the Whitecaps appeared to be in midseason form. Charleston, which held their first practice earlier in the week, looked confused in the back and it cost them two early goals.
"We were not as organized as we should have been early on," Charleston captain John Wilson said. "We made a couple of mistakes and they ended up in the back of our net."
Manneh could have scored three goals, but the first, which came off a rebound just two minutes into the match, was disallowed after the Whitecaps were called for offsides.
Manneh followed that up just a minute later when he got behind the Battery's defense on the left side and slid the ball underneath Charleston keeper Kevin Klasila for the goal.
Manneh got his second goal of the first half off a beautiful touch pass from Darren Mattocks in the 27th minute. Mattocks chipped the ball past the Battery defensive wall to Manneh, who volleyed his shot past Klasila past for the score.
The Whitecaps pushed their advantage to 3-0 on Kobayashi's goal just five minutes into the second half.
Charleston finally broke through on Nicki Paterson's volley in the 71st minute. Paterson began the play about 30 yards out finding striker Dane Kelly flashing into the middle of the field. Kelly chipped the ball over to midfielder Gibson Bardsley on the right flank. Bardsley slipped past one Vancouver defender just outside the 6-yard box and found Paterson all alone in front of the net for the score.
The Battery closed to within a goal, 3-2, on a great individual effort from Kelly, who got the ball on the left side, shouldered his way past a defender, and blasted a shot past Vancouver keeper Brad Knighton for the score in the 79th minute.
"We came out and played much better in the second half," said Charleston coach Mike Anhaeuser. "We made a couple of adjustments and kept our intensity up, which was good to see."
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FBI Opens Fresh Criminal Investigation Into Anonymous Following Hack
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Bankers affected say it's no big deal
Jo David Cummins, president and CEO of Community First Bank of the Heartland in Illinois, laughs off
' mid-January "hack"
of a
U.S. Federal Reserve
database, which scooped up his record and over 4,000 others. He
, "It hasn't been much of a hassle. The information that was on the contact system was the same thing that was on my business card, so it wasn't like it was anything that could do any harm to me or the bank."
I. Adobe Flaw Likely Exploited by Hackers.
But while it may not be a big deal for most of the affected, the
U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
and the Federal Reserve are taking the incident very seriously. Comments Federal Reserve spokesman Jim Strader, "We are in the process of a comprehensive assessment to determine what information might have been obtained in this incident. We remain confident that this incident did not affect critical operations of the Federal Reserve."
The site that the information leaked from was dubbed
Emergency Communication System
(ECS). While protected by passwords and encryption,
was able to circumvent those barriers.
It's possible that the attackers used an SQL injection (aka "
Little Bobby Tables
") style attack. Such attacks can be prevented if the requests were sanitized.
However, it's also possible that the hackers exploited well-known security flaws in Adobe Systems, Inc.'s (
) Cold Fusion suite, which the site was built upon. In mid-January -- right about the time of the attack -- Adobe patched several critical security flaws that could allow malicious users access to restricted files and even allow them to takeover servers.
An Adobe flaw may have been responsible for the Fed hack. [Image Source: Adobe]
In the
press release
for the patch, Adobe stated:
This hotfix addresses vulnerabilities that could permit an unauthorized user to remotely circumvent authentication controls, potentially allowing the attacker to take control of the affected server... Adobe is aware of reports that four vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-0625, CVE-2013-0629, CVE-2013-0631 and CVE-2013-0632, referenced in Security Advisory APSA13-01)
are being exploited in the wild against ColdFusion customers.
A 2012 audit at the Fed suggested that a monitoring system be put in place to review security at third-party systems. It's possible the ECS system may fall under that category.
The Federal Reserve System is the backbone of the American banking industry, established before the Great Depression. The oft-criticized institution is a strange mix of private and public parts.
On the public side, regional Fed banks are largely owned by nationally chartered commercial banks, which are required to be shareholders in their local branch. On the other hand, the federal government selects and controls the salary of many of the system's top officials; indeed the President himself personally appoints Fed's Board of Governors.
II. Hackers Still Flaming Mad About Swartz's Death
Many members of the quasi-leaderless hacktivist group
have been vocal opponents of the Fed and the U.S. commercial banking industry in general, which they label as corrupt and exploitive.
The recent attack is part of the group's
dramatically titled "OpLastResort"
. The operation is a manifestation of the explosion of anger over the death of online activist Aaron Swartz. Mr. Swartz, who designed the RSS, reportedly tragically committed suicide last month after fighting a long battle
with depression and government harassment
Federal prosecutors had investigated Mr. Swartz after he dumped 4 million papers from the JSTOR network. JSTOR hosts peer-reviewed journal papers, most of which cost money to access. Critics of Mr. Swartz's actions argue that journal fees help sustain the costly march of research in fields such as physics, biology, and genetics. But his supporters argue that academic research should be free to all, not pent up in some ivory cage.
Aaron Swartz
Even some of his critics, though, balked at how the feds allegedly harassed him for the breach.
A pair
of petitions
to fire the prosecutors involved with the criminal case -- Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Heymann and his boss U.S. District Attorney Carmen Ortiz -- has been attracting substantial attention. The petition to remove DA Ortiz has already received 25,000 signatures, meaning that President Barack Obama must respond to it.
III. Sabu to be Sentenced
In a related reminder, former
mastermind Hector Xavier Monsegur (handles: "Sabu", "Xavier DeLeon", and "Leon") is set to be sentenced on Feb. 22. Mr. Monsegur had founded the sub-unit of
and in 2011
led it in hacking Sony
Corp. (TYO:6758)
and also
breaching government sites
Hacker "messiah" Hector Monsegur, a former member of
's upper echelon is set to be sentenced later this month. His sentence will likely be greatly reduced for his role in "snitching" on his fellow hackers. [Image Source: Fox News]
Unbeknownst to his cohorts, Mr. Monsegur was located by the FBI and offered a plea deal. The hacker accepted, and for the next few months continued to lead attacks, while
allegedly serving as a double agent
, feeding feds information that helped them
track down other top members
such as Topiary
, a 19-year-old who was
arrested in the UK's Shetland Islands
The hacker was given a sentencing reprieve due to concerns about his safety and his ongoing cooperation with federal investigations. He has plead guilty to 12 federal computer crimes, which carry a maximum theoretical sentence of 124-years. It is likely that his sentences will at a bare minimum be reduced to being served consecutively (which greatly slashes his prison time -- for example Bank Fraud, one of his charged offenses, carries a maximum 30 year sentence).
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This is also why we need to go back to having two separate types of banks:
Commercial Banks
Investment Banks
These institutions were kept separate since 1933. Lessons were learned in the Great Depression that Commercial Banks should not be making risky investments in the market, since they have a much higher probability of going under than if they stick to just lending money.
Fast forward to 1999 and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. This repealed the banking separation letting Commercial Banks make risky investments in the market, getting them chained to all of those crap CBO's and other products offered by the Investment Banks when they were going under.
Many Commercial Banks were bailed out. If they weren't bailed out they would've went under causing the FDIC to have to back their depositor's dollars with taxpayer money.
Either way the taxpayer's lose. It's a good system for the banks.
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Kids you have to realize how IMPORTANT your grades are. Parents and coaches tell you about how much they mean all the time. Why do you think that is? Because they are important and help guide your future. If you ask anyone that is done with school, where that is college or high school, I bet 90% of these people wish they could have done better. You don't ever hear anyone say "I wish I would have tried less". Why do you think that is, because you will always or should always want more out of yourself. That drive to be better, is what defines us as people.
I think you kids have to realizes that coaches do want their players to get better at lacrosse but, not at the expense of their grades. I want my players to excel in the classroom first, so when they hit the field they will be ready to do the same. I don't want players that are all books and don't care about lacrosse either, but to play on my team your grades must come first. It isn't the end of the world if you have to miss a couple practices to finish a project? No, even if that means you don't start in the next game? No, it isn't. Colleges don't care about lacrosse unless they are recruiting you and guess what they still look at your grades. Why? Because, the school work is going to get harder and the practices longer.
So, take your school work serious. Trust me college is hard; I'm still going, but it is the best time of your life. Take the same approach to school work as you do to lacrosse. By that I mean, put the hard work in and the long hours and the results should show. And get some help. Lacrosse player don't practice by themselves, so don't study by yourself either. In college about a year ago, I had my hardest class I had ever taken. The teacher demanded so much out of us students, it seemed unfair. But, I tired my hardest. I didn't get the grade I wanted, but I learned so much about the subject that it made me want to get better for my job. The next term, I had part two with that teacher and it was great. I learned so much and had a great time, besides putting in long hours to get all the work done. And I got the grade I wanted too.
You see you have to realize that your parents and coaches have been though this before. It may have been 3 years ago or 15 years. But they can help. The people that care the most are the one that give you the most grief.
So try your hardest and have fun in the process. Grades are important so take take pride in them and try to have the same passion for them as you do lacrosse that as the season starts. And good luck.
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A philosophical movement usually characterized by moments of deep inner solitude, silence and reflection.
Do not disturb, am in a moment of Eli.
από SundayTuesday 6 Φεβρουάριος 2010
Eli is a pretty cool dude. He's really funny even though sometimes he doesn't even try. He can be a total jerk sometimes but he's pretty easy to forgive. :) He usually likes techno but sometimes other stuff. He thinks shiny stuff is pretty great, and sometimes can get a little protective over it. He can talk alot or sometimes be sorta reserved. Kinda a nerd but doesn't show it. Electronics? Heck ya. Facebook? You bet.
Go find out for yourself. Eli's pretty awesome.
από MAECERB 15 Απρίλιος 2011
Eli is an amazing guy. He is shy sometimes and gets really shy when a girl he likes is near him and his friends. He is crazy funny, but will call you out if you say something stupid, but in a funny way. A lot of girls fall for him, but he doesn't know it, and if you try to tell him he won't believe you. When compared to celebrities he denies everything. He's very athletic and super gorgeous. Sometimes he'll forget important dates or plans that he's made, but will make it up in the fute. He won't let you down.
"Eli! Today's my birthday! Not tomorrow!"
"I know, beautiful. But, that's when I want to...take you out."
"Don't call me gorgeous like Edward Cullen. I look nothing like him."
"Yes! You! Do!"
"I know, beautiful. But, that's when I want to...take you out."
"Don't call me gorgeous like Edward Cullen. I look nothing like him."
"Yes! You! Do!"
από ILoveThatCurlyHeadedOne 16 Δεκέμβριος 2012
Adj. (ee-lie) - The state of being so high that one is unable to function.
Dude you're eyes are so fucking toasted! I think you've gone full Eli!
από SwagDaddylol 7 Νοέμβριος 2012
The sexiest person alive! With perfect hair, perfect face, perfect personality, perfect body, perfect, smile. Some one who is strong with abs. Has beautiful dark chocolate brown eyes. Big hands and big feet too. Which means a big penis ;]. Crazy in bed, and his penis inside a woman would make you want him more and more and make you horny for his dick. You would want to have sex with him over and over and over because he got you so wet you would want more of him inside you. And his cum is warm it fills you up. He will make you moan so hard and you wont be able to walk after having sex with him. You will want him. He could get all the ladies he wants but only in love with one person. Probably in love with that person forever.
Girl- I love you Eli
Eli is such an amzing person
Eli is such an amzing person
από bILLY U N ME 9 Νοέμβριος 2013
A wonderful person that tries their best to make you smile. May have a slightly dirty mind at times but you know you enjoy it! You want to bond with them when you meet them, you are attracted to them. Always cracking jokes that make no sense to anyone, unless you have a mind like theirs. Seems sweet and peaceful to everyone till you get to know them. When you make them mad, they honestly get dangerous. Can kick ass if nessissary. Very dare devilish. Loving person and you know you love them, even if you don't except it. Very caring on a deep level, romantic even. Just a sweet, lovely person.
Eli is such a great friend, always making stupid jokes to make me laugh.
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The most amazing guy in the world! He is a gentleman and he is very loyal despite his past. When he says he loves you he really means it. He isn't the most popular guy in school but if you know him you are very lucky :D He will stand up for what he believes in and isn't afraid defend his girl. He is very handsome and is not afraid to show his country side.
Eli: I can't sleep cause I can't stop thinking about you
Girl: OMG!!! Your sooo sweet! :D
Girl: ......And then he said he couldn't sleep cause he couldn't stop thinkng of me :D :D :D :D
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Girl: OMG!!! Your sooo sweet! :D
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Friend: Thats Awesome! He must be an Eli
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The 2014 Exposition is not your typical exposition! Building on the success of the 2013 EXPO EXPERIENCE in Chicago, the 2014 EXPO EXPERIENCE is located in a convenient area on the exhibit floor and promises to bring more opportunities for attendees to learn, discover, and have fun! We'll have live interviews with session speakers, POWER learning sessions (15 minutes), prize drawings, connecting areas, cyber stations, happy hour, and more at the EXPO EXPERIENCE! Put this on your calendar to visit daily or make the EXPO EXPERIENCE your central hub for the week.
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Monday, April 28, 2014
There was no question of if this night.
Only when.
Taking a 3-0 lead into the fifth inning, the Berkeley Stags blew the doors off the barn scoring seven times including a five-run sixth inning to clinch their second consecutive Region 8AAA championship over Hilton Head on Thursday, April 24 at Jim Bradley Field.
This team and this senior class is one Berkeley Stags baseball fans will talk about for years to come, said Coach Landy Cox.
Keyed by Kyle Garricks bases-loaded, three RBI double in the Stags five-run fifth inning, Berkeley brought home its second consecutive region championship.
I (urinated) all over that fastball, Garrick said of his line drive double when he scored two-pitches later.
The Stags rode Garricks bat and the arm of Zach Gonzales, who threw a complete game two-hit shutout to improve to 4-0 on the season.
Were coming together at the right time, Cox said. Were healthy. Our arms arent tired. We execute, make the plays, and this team absolutely refuses to lose.
Berkeley wasted no time in telling the Sea Hawks how their night would progress, posting a three-spot in the first keyed by Josh Simmons two-RBI single.
The Stags added two more runs in the fifth inning on Connor Teagues two-RBI base hit to set up Berkeleys big sixth inning.
This team plays great Small Ball, Cox said. We take the extra base. We steal runs, like the first-and-third steal in the first when Simmons got in the rundown on the delayed steal. Thats what this time does. We find a way to win.
Garrick, Simmons and Dillon Salisbury each had two hits to pace the Stags 10-hit attack.
Garricks three RBIs and Simmons two RBIs led the Berkeley hit parade, plus Simmons also accounted for a third run on the delayed steal play.
Gonzales picked up the win, firing six shutout innings, while walking three and striking out three.
The Stags open up the first round of the Class AAA state tournament at Jim Bradley Field on Friday, May 2 as the number one seed. An opponent has yet to be determined.
This is why we play, Cox said after his ceremonial Gatorade bath. We want the big prize.
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WASHINGTON – Congressional Republicans long ago spent much of their good will by announcing they wanted President Obama to fail. Now the president himself is squandering credibility he may desperately need before his term is up by making bizarre claims about the sequester.
Days before the president went before Congress Feb. 12 to announce a highly questionable power to use executive orders to promote green energy, he sent word that even as commander in chief, he could not deploy the carrier USS Harry S. Truman to the Persian Gulf.
"Commander in chief" is etched into the Constitution, and he used that to order 60,000 troops into Afghanistan and assassinate by drone without congressional authority.
Obama didn't put out the Truman story himself. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's office did. Other subordinates who brought good reputations to Washington, like Education Secretary Arne Duncan, were likewise prompted to prevaricate for the president. That in itself is a chilling reflection of the breadth of the obedience this president enforces.
Duncan declared that 40,000 teachers would be laid off because of cuts to the federal education budget, referring to teachers "who are now getting pink slips." When pressed, Duncan couldn't name a single teacher, according to a blog in the Washington Post.
Obama warned of longer lines to get on an airplane because of reduction in force (RIF) notices being sent to security screeners employed by the Department of Homeland Security. Yet, in the president's 2013 budget last year, he recommended cutting the force by nearly 3 percent.
Wouldn't a president who wished to minimize the frustration felt by his citizens in airport lines find a way to compensate in a department employing 240,000? Not now. With the possibility of sequester looming for nearly a year and a half, the White House last fall ordered departments not to plan for it.
The president and surrogates declared that all the pain – shortages of hamburgers and increased threat of mid-air collisions – will start at once, meaning that not only would the White House not intervene to relieve any havoc but that there wouldn't be a prompt political resolution of the fiscal crisis.
Yet the Wall Street Journal noted that staffers at the Internal Revenue Service won't be taking their seven unpaid leave days until well after tax time is over with. Every long-standing liberal group has jumped into the fray with harrowing tales of hardship – all designed to return the Democrats to the House majority in 2015. Along with groups never before heard from like the National Federation of Nurses. It denounced "devastating cuts" in spending for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Obama, however, last year proposed slashing spending in some CDC agencies by 10 percent.
When the president mentions cruel cuts in education spending, he fails to mention that outlays in that sector increased 18 percent under him.
Commentators on the Republican side have tried to minimize the severity of the cuts, claiming they amount to $42 billion instead of $85 billion; that they are reductions from planned increases in domestic spending.
Even so, they will affect some people negatively. Keep in mind the taxpayers' interest costs on the spiraling national debt are almost out of control. Even with rates at record lows, the actual interest outlays now equal everything spent on Medicare Parts A and B.
It is a sad time when an American president exaggerates or falsifies to frighten his people. Bush-Cheney flirted with terrorism alerts in 2004. But Obama's campaign is more brazen, calculated and broader. It represents what the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan called "defining deviancy down."
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Begin of tour: Wasserauen station
End of tour: Ebenalp cableway station
Access starting point: Trains from Gossau, Herisau, Appenzell
Access point of arrival: Cableway to Wasserauen
Technical requirements: Medium difficulty
Physical fitness: Medium difficulty
Total altitude meters: Approx. 770 m
Hiking time: 3 hrs. 05 min.
Season: June to October
Gastronomy: Wasserauen, Seealpsee, Äscher, Ebenalp
Overnight: Appenzell
Various: Warning: if you do the walk in the opposite direction, you don't have to be as fit, but it is technically more difficult
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The challenging walk from Wasserauen up to the Ebenalp offers spectacular views of this fascinating hiking area. After the first climb, you reach the picturesque Seealp lake, with, behind it, the mighty Säntis mountain. However, the undisputed high point of this route is the Äscher mountain restaurant. The restaurant is in the most precarious position, clinging to the foot of a vertical cliff face a good 100 m high.
Wasserauen - Seealpsee - Äscher - Ebenalp
The walk begins at Wasserauen station and leads first up quite a steep path to the Seealpsee. The tour round the lake which follows gives you plenty of time to admire the beautiful scenery. Then the climb up from the Seealpsee to the Äscher really shows what you are made of. The mountain path goes up steeply along the slope and is quite tricky. Finally, after the Äscher mountain restaurant, a rocky path leads on up to the Ebenalp with its fantastic views. Then the cable-car takes you back down to the valley in just a few minutes.
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As a private institution of higher learning, Westminster receives very limited financial support from public taxes. Each student registering at the college is charged tuition at a rate that covers approximately 70 percent of the cost of his/her educational program. The balance of the cost must be met by income received from gifts and endowments from trustees, alumni, faculty, churches, and other friends of the college who help to underwrite the education that Westminster provides. The Board of Trustees of Westminster College reserves the right to change tuition and fees at any time.
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Students enrolling in the MBA and MBATM programs during the 2008-2009 academic year will pay a "fixed" price of $41,652 for the entire program, charged at the rate of $1,068 per credit hour. Students in the accelerated MBA and MBATM programs will pay $36,108, charged at the rate of $1,003 per enrolled credit hour. Tuition includes all programs costs including books, access to all program functions, and a required international trip. The tuition price will remain fixed throughout the student's program as long as he/she progresses satisfactorily (i.e., by taking no more than one semester off).
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Students may appeal charges of tuition and fees (for personal and/or medical reasons) by submitting a letter of appeal and appropriate documentation. The appeal can be submitted to any member of the Appeals Committee from the following offices: Student Account Services, Registrars Office, Financial Aid, and the Dean of Students.
Appeal requests must be submitted within six weeks after the end of the semester in question. Approved appeals will be made retroactive only to the last date of attendance.
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Calling ALL Advocates! We are excited to formally announce the formation of the IMF National Action Team. For years we have been working with advocates from across the country on state and federal legislation. Now, we want to pull together everyone who has been working with us, plus new advocates, to build a community that learns from each other. Our first team call will be on Thursday January 24th at 7pm Eastern/4pm Pacific. READ MORE and JOIN THE TEAM
Massachusetts passes Oral Chemotherapy Parity Legislation On December 31st Massachusetts became the 21st state to pass legislation to manage the cost of oral anti-cancer medications. Thank you to all the Massachusetts advocates who wrote emails and signed postcards to their legislators to make this bill happen.
January's Advocate of the Month: 'Just Living Is a Win Against Cancer' Jameca Barrett, who was diagnosed with myeloma in 2003 at age 26, says, "I've taken on the challenges of living with a terminal illness that has no cure and I've found a cause to party each and every day… because just living is a win against cancer that I'm compelled to continuously celebrate!" Barrett is an amazing Action Team leader in Atlanta who works with local myeloma and leukemia support groups to expand their action networks. This month, we salute her extraordinary spirit. READ MORE
Congress Passes Recalcitrant Cancers Act, Directing NIH to Focus on Deadly Cancers, Including Myeloma On January 3rd, President Barack Obama signed the Recalcitrant Cancers Research Act into law, which will require the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at NIH to examine its current research efforts on the deadliest cancers, including myeloma. The legislation requires the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to examine its current research efforts on cancers with very low survival rates and work to develop early detection methods and better treatment options to help improve outcomes for those diagnosed with the most deadly forms of cancer, including myeloma, pancreatic and lung cancer. In the first two years, NCI will focus on pancreatic and lung cancer, and the Director can expand to focus on other deadly cancers, including myeloma in future years.


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Intestinal failure resulting from short bowel, dysmotility or malabsorptive syndromes is frequently managed with intravenous feeding called Parenteral Nutrition (PN). It is estimated that there are between 25,000 and 50,000 long-term PN patients in the United States.
Besides having enormous financial implications, chronic PN affects every aspect of a patient's life, regardless of age. Chronic PN also may lead to other problems, such as liver failure, central line infections, problems with venous access and dehydration.
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Northwestern Memorial's Kovler Organ Transplantation Center has developed a program that brings together all the necessary components to treat the intestinal failure patient through specialized nutrition, medical and surgical strategies. Our team includes gastroenterologists, surgeons, nurses, dietitians, infectious disease specialists, stoma therapists, interventional radiologists, psychiatrists, social workers and others who work together to manage patients with intestinal failure through rehabilitation or transplantation.
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See inside a home featured on the Munger Place Historic District's tour
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A look at the staircase from the foyer of Jackie and Doug Sweat's home on Junius Street in Munger Place on Tuesday, August 27, 2013.
Story: Tour some of Dallas' oldest houses this weekend
See 'Cheaters' host Tommy Habeeb's modern Italian farmhouse in Bluffview, on the market for $3.9M
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quote: Tony,This is the stupidest thing you have ever said. It is so stupid that I now know with absolute certainty that nothing you say has the benefit of intelligence.Apple answers to its shareholders. The cash Apple holds? That belongs to the shareholders. If Apple actually tried to use that to survive by spending it down towards zero it would have only one result. Its share price would nose dive.Apple invulnerable? Are you so completely consumed by being a fanboi that you're THAT far gone? After ten years of losses, nobody would want Apple stock - you do not invest in something whose value is eroding. Go look at HP's and Nokia's stock for the past few years.That would prompt a shareholder revolt, the outing of the board, and a possible takeover (leveraging Apple's assets - assuming it hasn't spent them all!).
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quote: Apple do give money back to the shareholders in the form of dividends, they may give more in the future.
quote: Jeez - why are you such a douche?
quote: And that didn't start until AFTER Jobs died as far as I am aware.
quote: differing points of view
quote: Why do people who don't much like Apple, mostly despise it's customers and who want to see Apple stumble or be beaten in the market cry crocodile tears over the poor apple shareholders denied their access to the cash mountain? Crass flatulent hypocrisy is why.


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Dr. Fazzi is a professor of accounting of the Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics, and Government.
Dr. Fazzi earned a bachelor of science degree in 1970 at Penn State University where he earned a master of business administration degree in 1974 and a Ph.D. in accounting in 1983.
A former professor of accounting at Robert Morris College (now Robert Morris University), he also served as Edgar T. Bitting Professor of Accounting at Elizabethtown College. He also has taught at Bucknell University, Arizona State University and North Texas State University. In addition, he was a visiting professor of accounting at both Old Dominion University and Texas Christian University, and a graduate teaching and research assistant while at Penn State.
As a corporate consultant, Dr. Fazzi has advised Duquesne Light Company, National Steel Corporation and National Intergroup Incorporated in Pittsburgh, as well as Hercules Incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. He also was an instructor in personal financial family tax planning for National Tax Seminars in Portland, Oregon, and a consultant in the Bucknell Small Business Development Center at Bucknell University.
Dr. Fazzi is listed in Who's Who in America and has been honored with several teaching and scholarship awards. His professional affiliations include memberships in the Institute of Management Accountants for which he serves as a member of the Ethics Committee and the American Accounting Association.
Dr. Fazzi is the author of numerous articles for scholarly publications. His most recent article, "Enron, Arthur Andersen, and the Teaching of Accounting," appears in the summer 2002 edition of the Pennsylvania CPA Journal. He also is a contributor to Study Guide to Accompany Financial Reporting and Analysis, published this year by Prentice Hall. In addition, he is a frequent presenter at accounting educator conferences and has served as a technical producer for several videoconference productions.
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JOHNSTOWN - Five alleged members of a Windber-to-Roaring Spring drug connection now face federal felony charges after a Nov. 7 grand jury indictment.
More than five months after a Roaring Spring roadside stop that led police to an alleged storage house for heroin, cash and illegal guns, federal prosecutors said they have enough evidence to secure decades in prison - if convicted - for the defendants, three of whom lived in Somerset County.
Jamie Porcher, 27, of Windber; Corey Harley, 38, of Waynesboro; Kenneth Biser, 59, of Waynesboro; Nichole Rankin, 25, of Tire Hill; and Peter Donato, 29, of Windber conspired to sell sizable amounts of cocaine and heroin, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release.
Roaring Spring police arrested Rankin and Donato on June 12 after the pair allegedly exchanged 6,000 stamp bags of heroin for $16,000 from Joseph Castro, 28, of Roaring Spring. Castro faces felony charges in Blair County but was not named in the federal indictment.
A month after the trio's arrests, a multiagency sweep in Cambria and Somerset counties netted Porcher, who allegedly provided the heroin and gave the sellers driving directions, as well as Biser and Harley, whom Roaring Spring Police Chief Milton Fields called the group's "kingpin."
In addition to the drug charges, police in July charged Castro with possessing illegally sawed-off shotguns and selling handguns to a neighbor.
Federal prosecutors said Porcher and Harley could face 80 years in prison if convicted, with 60 years for Rankin and Donato and 40 years for Biser.