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Fighting fraud and abuse in state government - or wherever it may be found - is of paramount importance.
The West Virginia Business & Industry Council - comprised of more than 60 state trade associations and businesses representing more than 395,000 workers - is committed to eradicating fraud for the good of all West Virginians.
House Bill 4001 (False Claims Act) was recently promoted by sponsors as a whistle-blower protection program that would stop fraud and abuse while bringing in revenue for the state. In truth, however, the bill included provisions that would have created a bonanza for plaintiff's attorneys without accomplishing the stated objectives.
The Business & Industry Council appreciates the clear and progressive thinking a majority of the House of Delegates undertook in evaluating this bill and the potential negative impact it could have had on the state. We applaud the leadership demonstrated by House members - including Larry Faircloth, Larry Kump, John Overington, Michael Folk and Eric Householder - in voting down this legislation.
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This booklet is devoted to therapy that is given to patients with myeloma bone involvement. Approximately 80% of myeloma patients develop bone disease. Bisphosphonates help to prevent skeletal complications of myeloma. Treatment with bisphosphonates reduces bone damage and, when the myeloma is well controlled, allows bone healing to occur.
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5 Things Spammers Ruined While We Weren't Paying Attention
#2. Customization
If you've ever been asked to fix someone's computer, you've experienced the horror of finding out that the source of their problem is the free cosmetic add-ons that they've downloaded. Screen savers. Cursors. Desktop weather programs.
The biggest problem isn't just that these things are bad news, because the problems they cause can be fixed. It's that the people who download them are of a very specific personality type that can't. One in which no matter what you tell them, they will ignore it the second you leave and redownload everything you just painstakingly uninstalled. Spammers know this, and it's why this form of malicious bullshit will most likely never die.
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You're crazy -- nothing bad can come of unicorns.
It's like adults, knowing that kids love stickers, giving them away knowing that the kids will put them all over their folders and lockers. But unbeknownst to anyone else, the stickers are actually miniature stun guns. Once enough area has been covered, the adults remotely detonate them, knocking entire classes unconscious. The police come in and recognize the stickers for what they are and remove them all, warning, "Don't accept any more free stickers. That's what was hurting you." But as soon as the cops leave, they do it all over again, thinking, "Well, these won't hurt us. It'll be different this time."
"Now if you don't mind, I need to go stand in that puddle of water."
Just like every other entry in this list, it wasn't always like that. Believe it or not, there was a point in time where entire websites thrived and grew based solely around the service of offering free Windows themes, no strings attached. They made their money by selling on-site ad space, and the world walked hand in hand with advertisers in a blissful symmetry unlike any the world had ever known.
And then spammers showed up and said, "Hey, is anyone gonna fuck that? Because if not, we're gonna go ahead and lube up."
But they didn't lube up. They just stuck it right in and shamelessly sodomized the entire industry right there in public until, now, every free customization download we find smells like their sweaty, floppy balls.
"Yeah. Yeah, it does. You're welcome."
#1. Advertising
None of us are naive enough to think that advertising in any medium is totally honest and without a fair amount of bullshit. We accept that because we're smart enough to pick out the exaggerations and boil down a commercial to its core. We allow it in the same way that the FDA allows a certain amount of rat shit to be in our hotdogs. In small enough quantities, it's actually pretty safe. In large enough quantities, we can pick it out or avoid it altogether. But the basics of a reasonable ad are always there: "We made this motherfucker. Give us money."
Spam advertisements are all rat shit. The problem is that even though we know to stay away from those, they're tainting everything else. When reputable websites (we'll take Weather.com, for example) sign up for an advertising network, they don't have a lot of say over what actually gets advertised. Yes, they can report and remove malicious ads, but there's not a lot they can do about blatantly lying bullshit like this:
Holy shit! You mean to tell me that two women from my town of 3,000 people discovered the secret of aging? That's incredible! Please tell me more so I can support these local women! I'll do that right after I get a free credit score check that only requires me to enter my credit card number. You know ... for "verification" purposes.
The point isn't about debunking shady ads. Most of us can do that. The point is that after a while, we can spot these things on sight, instinctively knowing to not click on them. And sometimes legitimate ads get caught in the crossfire. You can't tell me that many of you saw this thing on TV and didn't automatically assume it was a scam:
I was so sure of it, I banned my kids from even visiting the site. In fact, I didn't realize it was a legitimate game until doing research for this very article. And that's where we are now -- so conditioned to the idea that clicking a banner ad will damn us into Popup Hell that we actively tune them out. We're so afraid of hard drive vandalism that we can't get any legitimate use out of honest ads promoting real products because it's safer to assume that they're pipe bombs.
On TV, even if the ad is laced with misleading information (no, Axe Body Spray probably won't lead to instant female-on-male street rape), at least we know that the product is real. Toyota isn't selling you a cardboard car. If you order one of those stupid robe/blanket things, they're going to deliver that retarded sex-repellent monstrosity to your house. The few ads that do reek of scam are the late night commercials (Enzyte, bullshit diet scams, one-year online colleges), and at least you know when they're coming. You can separate them from the legitimate products. On the Net, you just have to assume that everything you see is out to screw you, the only exceptions being brands that you already know.
And here's the saddest part: There's nothing we can do about it. The second we change up our marketing strategy, the spammers will find a way to exploit it. Luckily for us, there's still the old adage that the strongest advertisement in the world is word of mouth. So just feel lucky that PUSSY FUKC FOR S=XY WIFE INTRACIAL ACTOIN CHEAP ROLAX!!!!!!
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DetailsLarge screen for sports broadcasts. Concert with the Guggemusik Bödeli Rasselbande at the start of spring on 25.3.
Altitude: 2,322 metres
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A judge on Wednesday sentenced an Evans man to 10 years in prison for his involvement in a rash of five home burglaries that amounted to more than $13,000 in stolen jewelry.
Pedro Mosqueda-Torres, 25, was arrested in Sept., 2012, after a Greeley resident reported a man had entered her neighbor's home through a window, according to a news release from the Weld County District Attorney's Office.
Police stopped the man outside the house and, upon further investigation, learned that it was the fifth in a string of burglaries that had occurred in the area. In each jewelry was reported stolen, which Mosqueda-Torres sold for cash.
He was sentenced to 10 years in each of the five cases, but the terms can be served concurrently. A jury previously convicted the man of five counts of felony second-degree burglary, three counts of felony theft and two counts of misdemeanor theft.


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The PigeoningMeet Frank, an obsessive compulsive consumed with routines. Enter a flock of pigeons and experience The Pigeoning, a darkly comedic work that combines bunraku puppetry, music and video to examine mankind's obsession with cleanliness, safety and control. Brimming with originality and humor, The Pigeoning is an entertaining exploration of the human condition.10/09/2013 - 10/12/2013Location: 937 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
It's Dark OutsidePart of the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts, Perth Theatre Company's "It's Dark Outside" is a heartfelt, fearless, and inventive adventure about aging, getting lost and trying not to be found. Puppetry, mask, animation and live performance are expertly intertwined in this drama inspired by research into Alzheimer's and Sundowner's Syndrome.10/09/2013 - 10/12/2013Time: 9:00 pmLocation: Pierce Studio, 805 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Music 101 - Michael RusinekPrincipal Clarinet Michael Rusinek gives an informal lecture, titled "Clarinet Colors".10/10/2013Time: 12:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Honeck, Dvorak and MozartRussian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva debuts at Heinz Hall in Mozart's famous Piano Concerto #21, nicknamed "Elvira Madigan" for its inclusion in the eponymous 1967 film. Dvorak's cheerful Symphony #8 was inspired by the folk music of the composer's native Bohemia.10/11/2013 - 10/13/2013Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Princess IdaThe Pittsburgh Savoyards celebrate 75 seasons with Gilbert & Sullivan's Princess Ida. A Princess and a Prince -- will there be a Wedding or a War? Join the Savoyards for this hilarious romantic battle.10/11/2013 - 10/20/201310/11 - 8:00 pm10/12 - 8:00 pm10/13 - 2:30 pm10/17 - 8:00 pm10/18 - 8:00 pm10/19 - 8:00 pm10/20 - 2:30 pmAndrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, Carnegie, PAwebsite | map
Take 6Heralded by Quincy Jones as the 'baddest vocal cats on the planet!', Take 6 celebrates their 25th anniversary with a brand new tour full of new a cappella arrangements, great storytelling and their unbeatable and unmistakable harmonies.10/11/201310/11 - 7:00 pm10/11 - 9:30 pm1815 Metropolitan St, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Freya String Quartet presents Fresh VoicesThe Freya String Quartet presents new works by young, up-and-coming composers from across the world. Includes Pennsylvania premieres by Hong-Da Chin, Elizabeth Kowalski, Matthew Peterson, Chung Eun Kim, and Zachary Albrecht. FSQ is Pittsburgh's only full-time professional string quartet.10/11/2013 - 10/13/201310/11 - 8:00 pm10/13 - 2:00 pmLocation: First United Methodist Church, 5401 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Verdi's AidaEnslaved in Egypt, the Ethiopian princess Aida is torn between love for her country and love for the Egyptian general Radames in the grandest of grand operas. Against the backdrop of their warring nations, the lovers try to defy the odds, but their fates are sealed. Latonia Moore is Aida, Carl Tanner is Radames, Elizabeth Bishop is Amneris and Hao Jiang Tian is Ramfis. Antony Walker conducts.10/12/2013 - 10/20/201310/12 - 8:00 pm10/15 - 7:00 pm10/18 - 8:00 pm10/20 - 2:00 pmBenedum Center, 231 7th St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and SpikeIn this Tony-winning Best Play, Vanya and his sister Sonia tolerate the mediocrity of their middle-aged lives in Bucks County, PA, until their movie-star sister Masha returns for a visit that shakes things up. With her boy-toy Spike in tow, Masha incites a madcap family reunion complete with all the comic genius that only Christopher Durang (Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge) can deliver. Tracy Brigden directs.10/12/2013 - 11/03/20131300 Bingham Street Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Stile Antico - The Phoenix RisingEnglish Renaissance choral music owes its current popularity to the UK's Carnegie Trust, whose Tudor Church Music edition revived extraordinary music that had languished unperformed for centuries. Stile Antico celebrates the Carnegie Trust's centennial with a program entirely drawn from its publications, including masterpieces by Taverner, Tallis, Gibbons, White, and the exquisite five-part Mass by William Byrd.10/12/2013Time: 8:00 pmLocation: Calvary Episcopal Churchwebsite
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Certifying wireless devices using the Windows Hardware Certification Kit
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Learn how you can certify your wireless devices using the Windows Hardware Certification Kit or (WHCK). This video discusses how you can test your Wireless LAN (WLAN) and mobile broadband (MB) devices and provides guidance on testing.
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could you please put up some slides demonstrating how to run tests which involves multiple systems.e.g sta-common or ext-sta
i am particularly curious how the messaging device will be identified.
i am facing this issue where even after successfully scheduling the sta-common test from whck its not running because of the following failure:
Start Test 1-12-2012 6:10:15.290 PM Query WMI for device GUID and update parameter
Message 1-12-2012 6:10:15.290 PM Executing query: SELECT GUID FROM Win32_NetworkAdapter WHERE NetConnectionID='MessageDevice'
Error 1-12-2012 6:10:15.290 PM Please check your adapter names. Did not find any adapters with name: MessageDevice
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After three Preseason WNIT games, all of which were contested in the Central time zone, Stetson (1-2) will play its home opener at 6 p.m. Monday night as the Hatters host the Indiana State Sycamores (2-1).
Stetson is coming off a weekend split in its final two WNIT games, an 84-77 win over Stephen F. Austin on Friday and a 73-68 loss to North Carolina A&T on Saturday. Stetson shot 54.5 percent against the Aggies, but committed 26 turnovers and allowed 17 offensive rebounds to A&T.
After a travel day on Sunday, the Hatters will be back on the court Monday night for their third game in four days. Stetson will continue its stretch of four games in six days with a Wednesday night contest at Bethune-Cookman in Daytona Beach.
How will the Hatters handle such a busy schedule?
"They love the games," Stetson head coach Lynn Bria said about the players. "Practices are shorter, they are still intense, but we try to save our legs. It will be nice to finally get off the road and be home, at least for a game, and then we take a short trip to Bethune on Wednesday. It was a couple of tough road trips. When you travel a lot it does get tiring. For a young team that's hard, so it will be nice to finally be home."
Indiana State won its first two games of the season vs. South Alabama and Eastern Illinois, but the Sycamores are coming off a 57-54 loss to Indiana on Friday.
"They are a good team," Bria said about the Indiana State. "Their defense is very good and they don't give up a lot of points. We are going to have to play a lot better than we did Saturday to get a win."
The Hatters were 14-1 at home last season and are 30-2 over the last 32 games at the Edmunds Center.
Tickets range from $5-$10 and can be purchased online at GoHatters.com/tix or at the Edmunds Center ticket office. Admission to the home opener is just $3 with any 2013 Stetson football ticket stub. Stetson students, faculty, and staff are free with a valid ID.
Live video will be available on HatterVision, while live stats, the @StetsonWBB twitter feed, and Hat-Alerts will provide in-game updates as well.


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Update: Lottery winner charged with welfare fraudPosted Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at 3:04 PM
It is being reported that Amanda Clayton, whom I wrote a column about last month, is being arraigned for welfare fraud.
Clayton, you may remember, won a $1 million lottery prize, but continued using Michigan's food stamp program.
She's facing up to four years in prison, though I doubt she'll serve time.
The state Department of Human Services dropped Clayton from the program and said it was her responsibility to report her windfall within 10 days.
"It's simply common sense that million dollar lottery winners forfeit their right to public assistance," Attorney General Bill Schuette said. "We will continue to work with local, state and federal authorities to uphold state laws intended to ensure wise stewardship of taxpayer dollars."
The Michigan legislature passed a law that requires individuals who win $1,000 or more to report their winnings. DHS will then do an evaluation to decide if the person can continue to receive public assistance.
At least Michigan is taking steps to improve its welfare program. Hopefully the country as a whole will follow suit.
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While this was the right thing to do, I wonder how many tens of thousands of individual welfare fraud cases it takes to equal one legal corporate/industry welfare payment? Like the oil subsidies paid to encourage oil companies to develop their industry. I guess they're struggling and need all the help they can get, at least according to the GOP but not the oil companies themselves per their congressional testimony.
But don't forget about corporate welfare fraud either, like Florida Gov. Rick Scott, former CEO of Columbia/HCA, guilty of the largest fraud settlement in US history. The Columbia/HCA board of directors pressured Scott to resign as Chairman and CEO following the inquiry. He was paid $9.88 million in a settlement. He also left owning 10 million shares of stock worth over $350 million. I guess Florida figures that's what makes a good governor.
Anyway, I'm just saying, if you watch the dollars the pennies will take care of themselves.
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Cyro: the owner of the elf shoe shaped penis that carries a bell on top. Sometimes, you may find identical structures made from twigs and berries.
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Bikeshed refers to topics which have never recieved concensus and are likely to generate side-discussions and flames unless all participants are well-read on all the past history. It stems from the idea that big changes (like the building of a power plant) go through quickly, since everyone assumes that someone else has checked it out, while simple changes (like building a bikeshed) often get mired in bureaucracy, since everyone has an opinion on it.
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Your Take: What Does Thrift Mean To You?
Did you know that it's Thrift Week?
In celebration of National Thrift Week, I want to know, what does Thrift mean to you?
To me, thrift always seemed like one of those old fashioned words from a bygone era. I always equated it to frugality, where you are smart about your money and trying to get the most out of every dollar. Thrift was virtuous and consumerism was evil. Since that era, which I think ended sometime in the 70's or 80's, we've replaced thrift with consumerism. Saving was replaced by borrowing.
I was especially interested to learn that thrift referred to more than just saving money and spending wisely. It also referred to working hard and giving back to the community, two points that are once again coming back into fashion (along with saving and spending wisely). I think we're seeing the pendulum swing back away from frivolous borrow & spend and swing towards thrift. I think it's a good sign. What do you think?
Templeton Press, the fine people behind this push to bring back thrift, have generously offered to give away three copies of David Blankenhorn's Thrift: A Cyclopedia. Leave a comment sharing what thrift means to you and you will be entered to win a copy of the book. This contest will close at noon on January 30th.
The contest is now closed. Congratulations to the winners, Diane, Caitlin, and Audra, we hope you enjoy your new copy of Thrift!


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We are a proud new Honda dealer, located in Daphne, AL. We service Daphne, AL and Fairhope, Spanish Fort, Mobile, Loxley, Summerdale, Point Clear, Robertsdale, & Silverhill, Alabama for all individuals looking to buy or service a new Honda. Tameron Honda Eastern Shore carries a wide selection of new and used Hondas in Daphne, AL all equiped with Tameron Honda's very own Lifetime Warranty LifeCare. Using our website you can view our new Honda cars or used Honda cars view our quality used cars. We are located at 9871 Justina Avenue, Daphne, Alabama 36526. Call us at (888) 857-5234.
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Tameron Honda Eastern Shore is proud to have an abundance of new and used Hondas in the Eastern Shore. Our sales team is in a combined effort to make sure each and every one of our customers receives the customer service that they each deserve. When you walk in our Honda dealership near Fairhope, Spanish Fort, Mobile, Loxley, Summerdale, Point Clear, Robertsdale, & Silverhill, Alabama, you'll see the difference for yourself. We know you'll find the perfect used Honda or other brands in Daphne. So remember when you are looking for a new or used Honda, Tameron Honda eastern Shore is the dealership for you! We look forward to seeing you here!
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Hamilton is committed to meeting the full demonstrated financial need of all accepted students through a combination of scholarship and self-help (loans and work-study). Families apply for financial aid each year so that changes in circumstances can be considered.
Hamilton is need-blind for first-year domestic applicants, meaning a U.S. student's financial need will not be a factor in the admission decision. The College is need-sensitive for all international applicants and transfers, but those who are accepted to Hamilton and qualify for financial aid will have their full demonstrated financial need met by the College.
Since Hamilton meets the full demonstrated financial need, a student who applies Early Decision will receive the same financial aid award that they would have received had they applied Regular Decision. If you are admitted to Hamilton under an Early Decision plan, the financial aid award you receive will be tentative based on the estimated data you provide. Final awards, which may differ from your tentative award, will be provided when the results of the FAFSA and other required documents are submitted to and reviewed by the Financial Aid Office.
All of Hamilton's financial aid is based on demonstrated financial need, which is determined by calculating the difference between the expected family contribution and the cost of attendance.
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Hamilton discontinued offering merit scholarships with the class that entered in the Fall of 2008 and will not match merit-based aid received at other institutions. This decision allows us to continue honoring our long-standing commitment to meet the full demonstrated financial need of all students we admit as well as make Hamilton accessible to talented students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds.
If you are an international student, please refer to our International Students webpage for additional information about Hamilton's financial aid policies.
The EFC is the calculated amount of money your family will contribute towards your annual college education costs. We use many different pieces of information to establish your EFC. Here is a quick summary of factors we do and do not consider when determining need-based aid (this list is merely a guideline, and is not all-inclusive):
Hamilton will not provide financial aid "pre-reads." The best way to determine your estimated EFC is to use our Net Price Calculator. Please keep in mind that the net price calculator will only be an estimate. If you have questions about the results you receive, you should contact the Financial Aid Office.
Once you have determined your expected family contribution, using the net price calculator, we encourage you to visit our Forms and Deadlines page. This page will help you better understand the documents and deadlines required to apply for need-based financial aid at Hamilton College.


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MOVIES: Opening Friday, "Warm Bodies" (PG-13); coming Feb. 15, "Beautiful Creatures" (PG-13).
NEW ON DVD: "Hotel Transylvania" (PG), "The Cold Light of Day" (PG-13).
CONCERTS: Elvis Lives Tour – The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Concert, 7:30 p.m. today, Shea's Performing Arts Center, 646 Main St.
Johnny Winter Band with Magic Slim & the Teardrops, 8 p.m. today, Tralf, 622 Main St.
EOTO, 8 p.m. Saturday, Rapids Theatre, 1711 Main St., Niagara Falls.
Kelley Hunt, 8 p.m. Saturday, Seneca Niagara Casino Bear's Den, 310 Fourth St., Niagara Falls.
John Denver: A Rocky Mountain High Concert tribute, 7:30 p.m. Monday, University at Buffalo Center for the Arts, Amherst.
THEATER: "James and the Giant Peach," 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Theatre of Youth, 203 Allen St.
"I Do, I Do," 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Riviera Theatre, 67 Webster St., North Tonawanda.
"Circle Mirror Transformation," 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, 710 Main Theatre, 710 Main St.
Beyoncé turned heads recently for more than her rendition of the national anthem at the presidential inauguration. Not only did she sound amazing (whether she was live or not), but she looked stunning, too! She was totally on trend with a peek-a-boo black, long sleeve lace Pucci dress.
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an elaborately staged activity, performance, presentation, or event designed to sway or convince people (from a derisive term for a small circus)
Power point was originally used by buisnesses to create a dog and pony show.
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Pretending to be something you're not or doing something that you want people to think is important when it really isn't.
HR person showing the "new guy" around and pretending her job has importance.
"What a dog and pony show she is putting on"
"What a dog and pony show she is putting on"
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An elaborate act of bullshit, generally used to distract attention away from the sheer uselessness of the actual project or act.
The US Presidential Race.
Any democratic process in the US.
Look at these corrupt assholes talking about non-issues. Man do the ignorant apathetic masses eat up this dog and pony show.
Any democratic process in the US.
Look at these corrupt assholes talking about non-issues. Man do the ignorant apathetic masses eat up this dog and pony show.
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A demonstration or proof of concept (often done for a client) to prove the product works as sold or to show how a design on paper looks once actually built. May or may not be a waste of time. Used in the special effects industry among many others.
I have a Dog and Pony show for the director this afternoon. He wants to see how the exploding car rig looks on film.
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An elaborate presentation that lacks any imagination or originality, and is intended to impress an audience of rubes or halfwits
I am not going to meet with that sales rep. I've already seen his little dog and pony show.
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Banging a girl doggy style while aggressively pulling her hair back with one of your hands into an impromptu ponytail
She used to be a boring lay and only wanted to do it missionary. That was before I bent her over and gave her the old dog and pony show.
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when two or more people or organizations pretend to have a very public grievance with each other in order to create publicity and buzz for their product/service, etc.
Pro wrestling is full of dog and pony act story-lines.
Pro wrestling is full of dog and pony act story-lines.
Tito Ortiz made a bunch of rude comments to Ken Shamrock, and Ken lost it and nearly started a fight at the press conference. I know they hate each other, but it's really just a dog and pony show to drum up interest in the fight.
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Pusser's Rum Ltd. has moved its corporate headquarters to North Charleston from the British Virgin Islands.
Headed by Mount Pleasant resident Gary Rogalski, the rum maker uses a blend of five stills located in Guyana and Trinidad. It is blended primarily from rum handcrafted using a wooden pot-still distillation process that the company says provides depth of flavor beyond that of mass-produced rums distilled from modern semi-automatic metal column stills.
The rum is aged three years, but the company also produces a 15-year-old rum.
The brand name Pusser derives from a corruption of the word "purser," the British Navy ship's supply officer who retained the stocks of rum.
The new headquarters houses administration and management personnel who provide operations and marketing for the company. Pusser's retail warehouse is also located on site.
"Since our new management assumed responsibility in July of 2012 we have doubled our case sales," marketing director Dean Cowart said. "This has strengthened our dedication to building relationships with on-premise accounts and providing marketing and promotional support. We also plan to boost our international retail merchandise component and have ambitious goals for the future."
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By Alan Pero
There is a systemic problem within the New York State Department of Transportation that has stopped critical infrastructure projects from being completed and resulted in record high unemployment – exceeding 20 percent – among construction workers in Western New York.
The problem began in 2008 when our region saw its historic funding level of 10.3 percent of the DOT budget suddenly reduced to 4 percent. Even though Region 5 contains, within its five-county area, 10 to 12 percent of all state road miles, bridges and registered motor vehicles, no one in the DOT could explain the reduction. To make matters worse, this spending formula was applied to the federal stimulus act. These two actions cost our region more than $168 million of infrastructure funding.
It took more than three years for the DOT to admit that it had committed a "math error" in 2008. FAIR, the organization that I lead, advocating for road and bridge infrastructure projects, has been lobbying hard to restore these funds. At the conclusion of the 2012-13 budget process, we were assured that Region 5 would receive its historical 10.3 percent funding level and "restoration" funds to make up for the "math error."
By last June, it was apparent that scheduled projects in Region 5 were not under way. In a meeting with the governor's top transportation adviser and staff from the DOT and the Budget and Finance Department, FAIR's worst fears were confirmed. What DOT officials called "a perfect storm of screw ups" would essentially cause the entire road and bridge construction season in Region 5 to be lost. Apparently every step in the process of designing, bidding and awarding bids had been bungled and had to be recalled and redone, resulting in so many delays that only a tiny portion of jobs would occur in 2012.
To add insult to injury, FAIR's analysis of DOT spending throughout the state showed that this "perfect storm of screw ups" happened only in our region.
I recently traveled to Albany again to testify before the Senate Transportation Committee. In addition to asking the Senate to restore our region's funding and compensate for the "math error," I also asked our legislators to demand that the DOT explain how this situation occurred and to design a remediation plan to make sure that such a "perfect storm" never occurs again.
Four members of Western New York's Senate delegation serve on the Transportation Committee. If there ever was a time to address regional inequity, now is the time and this is the issue.
Alan Pero is the Northeast regional director of the International Union of Operating Engineers, international supervisor Local 17 and president of Fair Apportionment of Infrastructure Revenue, a coalition of labor, engineering firms, contractors, consultants and suppliers advocating for road and bridge infrastructure projects in Western New York.


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Bad News for Mail Robbers: The Obvious Constitutionality of Health Care Reform
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February 7, 2011
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Two federal district judges have invalidated the so-called "individual mandate" in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. Their reasoning is bizarre and mischievous. The novel approach to constitutional law that they propose would misread the Constitution, betray the intentions of the framers, and cripple the nation's ability to address one of its most pressing problems.
The correct legal analysis is simple. Congress has the authority to solve problems that the states cannot separately solve. It can choose any reasonable means to do that.
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One of the best things about a new computer is the speed. It boots fast, opens programs like a dream and generally doesn't leave you checking your watch.
Of course, the longer you use a computer, the slower it gets. It's tempting to buy a new computer or call a professional, but I wouldn't just yet. You can get back most of the speed with a few free tricks. They're simple enough for anyone to do, and your wallet will thank you.
Before going on, I'm going to bring up one caveat. If you're using a Windows XP computer, plan to get a new one soon. XP's end of life is coming up on April 8, 2014. It's already lacking newer security features. It will only get less secure once Microsoft stops releasing security updates. Go to http://www.komando.com/tips/index.aspx?id=14405 to learn more about the future of XP.
1 Speed up startup
The most annoying computer slowdown for most people is startup. Even new computers can take a few minutes to start. After years of use, it can seem like hours.
Your computer spends much of that time starting third-party programs. Security software, printer software and driver updaters are just a few examples. The frustrating part is that many of these don't need to run at startup.
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If you have a Windows 7 or 8 computer, you might invest in a solid-state hard drive. These are much faster than conventional hard drives. It can bring your startup times to well under a minute.
SSDs are still small and expensive, a 128 gigabyte SSD costs $110 to $150, but that's less than a new computer. Before you put down any money, however, read on.
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Another thing that slows down your computer is a cluttered hard drive.
In the past, you had to worry about a full hard drive. Thanks to modern large-capacity drives, filling the space isn't easy.
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Even if you have plenty of space, clutter can still slow things down. Plenty of programs create temporary files they have to sort through later. Get rid of temporary files with the free program CCleaner (www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=1767).
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Files on a hard drive aren't like files in a filing cabinet. On a hard drive, files become fragmented. Bits and pieces of them get scattered around the drive. This increases the time your computer takes to open them.
That's why there are defragmenting programs. These assemble the pieces so they're easier to find.
With Windows Vista, 7 and 8 this isn't such a big deal anymore. They run the built-in defragmenter automatically on a schedule.
To check when it runs, go to Start, or go to the Start Screen in Windows 8. In the search bar, type "defrag" (minus quotes). This will either bring up the defragmenter program or a list where you can select it.
Check when it ran last and when it's scheduled to run. Usually it's set for early morning. If your computer isn't usually on then, change it to a different time. You can also run it manually.
In Windows XP, you'll have to run the defragmenter manually. Open My Computer and right-click on your main drive. Then choose Properties.
Go to the Tools tab and choose Defragment Now, then click Defragment. It will take a while, so sit back and relax.
One exception to defragging is if you have a solid-state hard drive. These work in a different way and don't have this problem. In fact, running a defragmenter on an SSD will shorten its life. Windows 7 and 8 will detect an SSD and turn off defragmenting automatically.
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Your computer runs fast, but loading websites leaves you twiddling your thumbs. What gives?
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If you suspect the problem is in your wireless network, you can tweak your router's settings to eliminate hang-ups and bottlenecks. Go to www.komando.com/columns/index.aspx?id=13760 for instructions.
If your wireless signal is weak or your home has dead spots, try putting your router in a central location. Also, move it away from walls and metal objects. Go to www.komando.com/columns/index.aspx?id=13161 for more tricks to boost your Wi-Fi.
It might turn out that it isn't your connection, but your browser. On Vista or 7, the fix for that could be as simple as upgrading Internet Explorer to version 9 or higher. Do this from Start >> Control Panel >> Windows Update.
On XP, you won't have this option. Instead, ditch IE entirely for the newer, more nimble Firefox (www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=1581) or Chrome (www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=5385). Both of these are fast and secure.
Not sure what browser you're using? Visit www.komando.com/coolsites/index.aspx?id=13951 What Browser Am I Using? to find out.
Getting rid of unneeded browser toolbars, like Babylon, will also speed things up. These often come attached to free software. You can remove these manually in the browser add-on settings, or use a program like Toolbar Cleaner. www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=13712.
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Speaking of unwanted programs, viruses can seriously slow down your system. They might be busy recording everything you do, or sending out spam.
Combat malware with up-to-date security software. AVG (www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=2519) and Avast. (www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=1584) are two good free options. I also recommend Malwarebytes (www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=6151) for manual scanning and removal.
The worst viruses will block you from installing security software. In that case, grab a rescue CD like AVG Rescue CD www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=8536. This runs outside your operating system so viruses don't have a chance.
Kim Komando hosts the nation's largest talk radio show about consumer electronics, computers and the Internet. Hear it locally at 94.3 WSC News Radio noon-3 p.m. Sundays. For more information, go to www.komando.com.


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Some business students hope to succeed in their eventual careers and have little real-world experience before graduating. Three students from the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business have experienced success in business long before their degrees at USU are finished.
After Kevin Schmidt, a senior majoring in entrepreneurship, and two other students came up with an idea which allowed companies to maket and advertise in a college demographic without limits from the university, the Flash Marketing Group or "iwannashirt" was born.
Schmidt and his partners Jarom Heaps, a managerial economics and finance major, and Jeff Nelson, who majors in accounting, thought their varied educational disciplines would be beneficial in a business venture.
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Relocate. Rebuild. Return.
That was the promise made to the community three years ago when Charleston County school leaders discovered serious seismic deficiencies at five of their schools.
Three of those five — Buist Academy, Charleston Progressive Academy and Memminger Elementary — will welcome students back to school Wednesday in brand new facilities. The Post and Courier toured those sites, as well as the new Montessori Community School, to get a sneak peak before students return.
Buist Academy
A full-size gym probably isn't what you'd expect to see on the second floor of the new Buist Academy, but it's there, sitting right on top of the library.
The obvious concern about noise from bouncing balls and running feet meant extra attention to sound-proofing it as much as possible. That's why the gym floor is on springs, floating above concrete slabs.
Jump on the floor, and it moves.
"It's an intense system, but our other option was buy more land, and that was cost-prohibitive," said Margie Longshore, the project's architect.
The reason the gym couldn't be on the first floor involves state safety guidelines involving children in grades K-2, who are supposed to be able to get outside the building quickly in case of fire.
That was one of the challenges in designing the new campus on a tight downtown site, and those involved are pleased with the result. Longshore liked the view it affords occupants, and Principal Shawntay White already can envision school plays happening in the space.
The gym is in the new portion of the building; the school's 1921 building was preserved and brought up to seismic codes. Some of its walls are about 2 feet thick.
The district worked closely with the city to ensure that the building's exterior mimicked that of the original structure. Longshore tried to incorporate that historic feel throughout the building, so exposed brick remains visible and beadboard lines some hallways.
White said she's glad to have new windows that increase natural light, and she expects it to positively affect the way students and teachers feel about being there. Teachers also have been buzzing about being back downtown so they can take walking field trips.
"We're just excited to be back home," she said. "The location is fabulous."
The school's previous building had one computer lab that was shared among all students. The new one has three labs, and all students will be receiving iPads.
Other spaces that previously were cramped, such as the nurse's clinic and administrative offices, have been expanded, and the school still had room for an outdoor playground and basketball court.
Both the original and new building, which are connected, are elevated because of flood concerns, and the ground floor media center's windows will have flood panels to prevent water intrusion during a major hurricane.
Construction on the Gaillard Auditorium next door may present a traffic challenge in coming months, but school officials have been meeting with city and police to talk about plans for dismissal and arrival. Their top priority is keeping students safe, they said.
"We're just so excited about everything," White said.
Memminger Elementary
Teacher Jodi Gibson's new class of 3-year-olds could foreshadow the changes to come at downtown Memminger Elementary.
The 20-year teacher typically has classes that are high-poverty and almost exclusively made of black students. This year, only about half of her students will fall into that category.
"It's a much more diverse class," she said.
Principal Teresa Nowlin knows many downtown residents who live near the campus have chosen schools elsewhere, and she's hopeful that its new focus – establishing an International Baccalaureate program – and new building bring more of them back to the school.
"We have a top-notch, technology-filled, modern place for children on the peninsula to come to learn and become global leaders of tomorrow," Nowlin said.
The new Memminger Elementary occupies a campus with a history dating to the 1850s when it once housed a school to train white teachers. Part of its building is in the footprint of that original structure, and some of its features, such as a cupola, were included to pay homage to it.
The school's entry hallway has floor-to-ceiling windows leading to a grand staircase and atrium that Bill Lewis, the district's chief operating officer who oversees building projects, called one of the most beautiful in the district.
A wall that once separated the school from the surrounding neighborhood made it difficult to see the campus. That barrier has been lowered, and Lewis said it opens the school up to the community and its neighbors and still keeps students safe.
The school's close proximity to the College of Charleston campus has been mutually beneficial in the past, and Nowlin said that relationship will be revived with its return downtown. College professors plan to teach some college courses on campus, and its students will work with those in the elementary school. The college also may help it add a teacher of Mandarin Chinese.
Classroom windows will give students generous views of downtown's church steeples and historic homes. Students had a hand in creating part of the new campus; they did drawings that now appear on bathroom tiles.
Another advantage of the new building is its abundance of gathering spaces. The IB program has intense staff training requirements, and the school has spots where that work can happen, Nowlin said.
"There are all sorts of places in here for people to get together to learn," she said.
Gibson said she's never taught in a new building, and she's excited to have a clean room with plenty of space.
"It's a remarkable change," she said. "It's completely different but it still feels like home."
Charleston Progressive Academy
The city's desire to preserve the school's historic building set the stage for a complex project that included extensive remodeling, selective demolition and new construction.
That's also one of the reasons the school's new building housing its media center, multi-purpose, music and art rooms won't open until Oct. 28.
The core academic classrooms are finished, and Charleston Progressive will kick of the new school year in a renovated building. The shell of the building was all that remained after workers reinforced its foundation to meet seismic codes.
"It's really more than I hoped it would be," said Principal Wanda Wright-Sheats.
The city wanted to preserve the 1955 historic Courtenay building because it was one of the city's first international-style structures designed by a well-known architect, Augustus Constantine. The school's former entryway still will be visible from Meeting Street.
Its new entrance faces Wragg Square and gives the school more control over who enters the building. That, combined with the hurricane-proof windows and increased visibility, makes the building a safer place to be, Wright-Sheats said.
The school's classrooms are clustered by grades, and some child development and kindergarten spaces nearly doubled in size. The carpeted floors and bigger rooms give teachers flexibility in the way they run their classrooms, and Wright-Sheats said those features will help them tailor instruction to students' needs.
"These rooms are huge," she said. "We were cramped, cramped, cramped."
Like all schools in this building program, Charleston Progressive classrooms have a teaching wall that includes a SmartBoard, white boards, book shelves and plenty of storage areas. The furniture piece was developed by teachers and education technology staff specifically for the district.
The school's covered walkways have been enclosed and feature large windows, and Wright-Sheats expects students' activities to spill out of classrooms and onto carpeted hallways.
"It's a whole different feel," she said.
A multi-purpose room has two walls of floor-to-ceiling windows that provide views into the surrounding downtown neighborhood, and a computer lab will have laptops that can be moved to different classrooms.
The school has adopted Franklin Covey's leadership training philosophy, and the goal is to involve students in 60 percent of their learning and school management. That means students will assume more leadership responsibilities, such as giving tours and keeping notebooks with their test scores.
The new building, along with its renewed focus on leadership, has Wright-Sheats expecting spots in the school to fill up. She said she's doing all she can to help teachers prepare for Wednesday.
"We're trying to get boxes unpacked and meet the needs of teachers so they can start out teaching on Day 1," she said.
Montessori Community School
This popular Montessori school in West Ashley has been in such high demand that more of its students were in mobile units than in a building.
That will change this year as the school starts a new chapter in its 24-year history with a building designed specifically for its needs.
"This is the first time we've been able to be together under one roof in a long time," said Principal Kim Hay.
The project is a significant one locally and statewide; it's the first non-charter public Montessori school that's been built by a school district, Lewis said.
The Montessori philosophy is reflected throughout the building, and project architect Michael Nixon said he wanted it to also be a teaching tool for students.
The building's key features include exposed wooden posts and beams, which are atypical for schools. Hay embraced the idea of using natural materials, as well as allowing in as much natural light as possible.
The art teacher helped design a dove for the floor near the school's entrance with a modified quote from Maria Montessori, and Hay said it helps set a peaceful tone for the building. That theme is carried throughout the building with an earthy color palette.
Nixon ensured the three grand oak trees on the school's campus were preserved, and the building was constructed around and celebrates their beauty, he said. Classrooms and windows were deliberately placed throughout the building to provide views of the large trees, with a particularly striking view in its cozy "reading room."
Montessori schools are different from traditional ones in that they emphasize hands-on, independent learning. Students have a daily work plan and can choose the order and method in which they accomplish those goals. They don't have assigned desks and instead move freely about the classroom.
The school has special furniture and materials for its lessons, and students are expected to be able to access those as needed without an adults' help. The new resources will allow students to do more reading and more intensive math lessons.
"The environment is one of the most important things in a Montessori class," Hay said. "If you get the environment right, the children can work."
The school's previous campus was made of one small building for classrooms and nine mobile units, which didn't have a covered walkway.
The school's middle grades are separated from the rest of the building with a door, and it's a distinct, more grown-up space.
"The whole school is beautiful, but I think these rooms are stunning," Hay said.
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Eating Out: Tips for Making Healthy Choices
Eating Out: Tips for Making Healthy Choices
It's not easy to change the habits of a lifetime. Experts say that it can take 6 months just to change one old habit for a healthier one. That's why gradual change is so important. These tips are reminders of the dozens of small ways you can change your habits when eating out. Don't expect to follow each tip all the time. Think of the tips as options for handling situations that may have given you trouble in the past.
Fast food tips
Choose grilled chicken sandwiches and plain hamburgers.
Remove the skin from fried chicken and choose mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, and baked beans on the side.
Order a broiled chicken salad and pile on fresh vegetables from the salad bar. Use a small amount of low-fat dressing.
Top a baked potato with cottage cheese and vegetables from the salad bar.
Ask for a pizza topped with vegetables.
Restaurant tips
Plan ahead. Decide what you will eat before you get to the restaurant. If you plan to eat high-fat foods, choose low-fat foods during the rest of the day.
Don't be afraid to ask how foods are prepared and whether they can be done without high-fat ingredients, such as cream, butter, cheese, and oil.
Ask for sauces and salad dressings on the side and use just a tablespoon. Ask for low-fat dressings.
Try starting your meal with a bowl of vegetable soup. This may help to prevent you from overeating during the meal.
Order meat, poultry, and fish broiled, grilled, baked, poached, or steamed. Always remove the skin from chicken.
Choose Mexican dishes made with soft, rather than crispy tortillas. For toppings, use salsa and lettuce, rather than sour cream and cheese.
For dessert, enjoy fruit, sorbet, or low-fat frozen yogurt. Share a rich dessert with friends.
Make a meal out of a low-fat appetizer (such as shrimp cocktail or fresh pasta), bread, and salad as your main meal. Ask for an appetizer-size portion of an entree.


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WASHINGTON – For more than two months, officials at the Buffalo VA Medical Center knew that a faulty nursing practice may have exposed diabetic patients to HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C – and for all that time, the hospital failed to tell the affected patients or the public.
That fact prompted an angry outcry Tuesday from three federal lawmakers who said they are worried the delay may have further harmed the health of any veteran who might have been exposed through the hospital's improper reuse of insulin pens that were designed to be used only once.
Two of those lawmakers – Sen. Charles E. Schumer and Rep. Brian Higgins – asked the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to investigate the hospital's error, which, the hospital said, could have exposed 716 patients to deadly viruses.
The hospital discovered the problem last Nov. 1 but did not make its error public until sending an advisory to local members of Congress on Friday.
That delay is "unacceptable," Schumer said in a letter to George J. Opfer, the inspector general at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
"We are well aware that time is critical in all health care situations, and the sooner these veterans are tested and treated for any virus or condition they may have, the sooner they can be treated and monitored," said Schumer, D-N.Y.
Higgins, D-Buffalo, echoed that concern in his separate letter to Opfer and said in an interview: "In a situation like this, where lives are at stake, you have an obligation to inform the public and the affected patients immediately. There's no acceptable reason or explanation for delaying."
Rep. Chris Collins, a Clarence Republican who was the first local lawmaker to voice concerns about the reused insulin pens, termed the delay "inexcusable."
Asked for an explanation of the delay in disclosing the error, Evangeline Conley, a spokeswoman for the Buffalo VA Medical Center, said: "We wanted to make sure that we conducted a comprehensive review to identify all patients who may have been affected and develop an action plan to notify veterans and their families, so that we could address their concerns and provide all the information they needed."
But that explanation didn't pass muster with Higgins.
"That should have taken about three to five days," he said.
Meanwhile, Collins said: "The hospital is being open and transparent about this today. But there's two months of darkness before that that I have to question."
The VA hospital's long silence is just one of the issues that Schumer and Higgins want the inspector general to investigate.
"We must use all available resources to ensure that we find out what happened in this case and prevent any future incidents," Schumer wrote to Opfer. "Our veterans and heroes deserve this and more."
Higgins agreed, saying in his letter to the inspector general: "We must evaluate the root causes of this unthinkable error, identify who is responsible for this systematic failure, better understand if it is an isolated incident or representative of widespread problems and ensure it never happens again."
Schumer and Higgins asked the inspector general to determine how the reuse of the insulin pens happened and why the problem went undetected for two years as well as why it took the hospital more than two months to disclose the problem.
The VA has said the risk of infection stemming from the used insulin pens is extremely small, and far smaller than it would have been if needles had been reused.
Still, Schumer and Higgins said that a full investigation is in order and that the VA needs to implement clear policies that will prevent such grave errors from recurring.
If such an investigation is performed, it could be handled by the inspector general's Office of Healthcare Inspections, which was created to monitor veterans' health care.
Beyond the investigation, Collins suggested that the Buffalo VA Medical Center compare its practices with those of other local health care providers to make sure it is offering veterans the best possible care. He said the VA's reuse of the insulin pens was most likely an anomaly.
"I'm fairly confident that you would not see anything like this at Kaleida, Catholic Health System or ECMC," Collins said, adding that the kind of best-practices review he is suggesting "happens all the time in the private sector" and ought to happen in government as well.
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A slang term for, Michelle Obama, the wife of Democratic Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama. If elected she will be the first African-American first lady.
Jack: Hey did you hear about the new bill Obamamama got Barack to back?
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The mother of an Obama Baby
My child was born in July 2009. I'm an Obama mama.
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LITTLE OLD LADY or even young, maybe not such a lady,,
BUT HOT on the political trail WORKIN' IT for OUR MAN!
BUT HOT on the political trail WORKIN' IT for OUR MAN!
She's MY wife and yeah she;'s out hitting the streets every night! SHE'S AN OBAMA MAMA. I Saw one knitting on the street and handing out pamphlets. Someone Yelled she's HOOKING ON THE CORNER! It's an OBAMA MAMA. (kids and coffee not always included)
Michelle Obama. The first lady of the U.S. of A. Obama's baby momma.
Dude, did you see Obamamama and her ugly dress at the inauguration?
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Related to other Obamaisms, Obamamama refers to those women voters who have a distinct affinity for Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama, and a distinct disaffinity for his rival, Hilary Rodham Clinton.
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A white skank with black kids.
Don't ask that obama mama who her kids daddies are, because she doesn't know.
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A socioeconomic standing; any unwed mother who has given birth to more than the national average 2.4 brats; requirements include; no visible source of taxed income;no other wage earner reported on their 1040ez; typically has an open case with the Department of Human Services,or Social Security Disability division. Sometimes "dances" to make her way through "college".
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Maryland to become 18th state to ban death penalty
March 15, 2013
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland General Assembly has approved a measure to ban capital punishment. The House of Delegates voted 82 to 56 Friday to pass a bill already approved by the Senate....
Its all part of a grander plan, first they disarm us and then they turn those killers lose back in the community from where they came. I look at the bright side of Execution, none of those who were executed ever killed again. Light em up! Part of whats wrong with the state of WV we are keeping too many in a grand style in prision comepaired to the retirement which the failed to prepare for.
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Maryland is growing ever so close to having to rename itself New California or California minor.
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Is it justice when an innocent man is murdered by the state? Or as long as the innocent man does not look like you make it OK?
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No, wrong yet again. I was 100 percent opposed to execution of Timothy McVeigh.
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No, Likeafox, not you.
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I'm a troll ?
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I know it is difficult for you troll, but stay on subject. We are talking about the death penalty vs life in prison. I never said Horton should have been granted a weekend furlough. I am saying that he should not be executed. ANd I do not believe he did commit a murder. Not diminishing the horrific rape he did commit.
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No, this bleeding heart will not change his mind. Vengeance will not solve anything. Only forgiveness will help ease the pain of losing a loved one to a horrific crime. State sanctioned murder is still murder.
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Hang them, shoot them , gas them , starve them . Funny how these bleeding hearts change their tune once it has to do with their family till then it's oh please be nice .
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" eye for an eye " no need to say more that say's it all .
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From Death Penalty Focus. Now I know many of you Nancy Grace types would like to hang em high without due process but thankfully the courts are slightly wiser than you swift justice people.
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If the death penalty was replaced with a sentence of Life Without the Possibility of Parole, which costs millions less and also ensures that the public is protected while eliminating the risk of an irreversible mistake, the money saved could be spent on programs that actually improve the communities in which we live... More than 3500 men and woman have received this sentence in California since 1978 and NOT ONE has been released, except those few individuals who were able to prove their innocence."
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The death penalty is much more expensive than life without parole because the Constitution requires a long and complex judicial process for capital cases. This process is needed in order to ensure that innnocent men and woman are not executed for crimes they did not commit, and even with these protections the risk of executing an innocent person can not be completely eliminated.
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How can it be cheaper to keep an inmate , what non sense.
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Unlike you, it is not all about money for me. However, since you bring it up, it is cheaper to keep a convict than it is to execute them. Bravo Maryland.
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Unreal ! wait till taxes go up / murders go up and prisons get maxed out. Then Maryland will want to IMMEDIATELY change this law.! Please, WV Legislators, let US vote on the Death Penalty! Aren't we tired of taking care of the SCUM OF THE EARTH ????
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Ilovemountains: Are you absolutely sure your judicial system is perfect? If not, then the death penalty amounts to little more than murder. And your motivation, to save yourself a pittance in tax dollars is highly suspect. To possibly sacrifice the life of an innocent to save yourself a buck or two a year is truly gruesome.
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I think every state should have the death penalty. If you take someone else's life it is only fair, instead we pay to keep these people alive in prisons for years and years on tax payers money!!
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Calibration of piezoresistive coefficient and stress measurement
Song, Weixia
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Publication type: Diplomityö
Issue date: 2003-01-15
Language: eng
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Examiner: Ristolainen, Eero
University: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto
Faculty: Materiaalitekniikan osasto
Department: Elektroniikan laitos
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Thermal and mechanical loadings often produce stresses in integrated circuit (IC) chips, which are incorporated into elecronic packages. Some factors can lead to premature failure of the package due to such causes as fracture of the die, severing of connections, die bond failure, solder fatigue, and encapsulant cracking. Piezoresistive stress sensor, in which the electrical resistivity changes in proportion to the stress applied, can be used to predict those changes mentioned above. In this thesis, design of the piezoresistive sensors, which fabricated in the test chip and used to predict the thermal and mechanical stresses produced in electronic packages is presented. Three-element "off-axis" 0°-45°-90° rosettes were designed to calibrate temperature compensated piezoresistive coefficients p44 for P-type resistors and difference of coefficients (p11- p12) for N-type resistors. The four-element Dual Polarity Rosettes were designed and fabricated for the measurement of in-plane normal stress difference (s'11- s'22) and the in-plane shear stress s'12 after acquiring the value of p44 and (p11- p12). The value of (s'11- s'22) and s'12 are sufficient for comparison with finite element simulations. For calibration of piezoresistive coefficients using pure bending theory in mechanical engineering, a four-point-bending fixture to fulfil the calibration work was designed and manufactured. Comparing to common four-point-bending fixture has been made.The results on the value p44, (p11- p12), and temperature coefficient a are figured out. Error analysis and summary of the test are also presented. It can be seen that the testing method is correct, but the equipment and environment still need to be improved for getting more accurate results. /Kir10
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SALEM — Members of area churches plan to carry a stark reminder of Good Friday's significance around downtown this afternoon while praying for the local bars, businesses, residents and others —......
Thank you. Thank you Pastor Smearsoll and Emmanuel Lutheran for being a part of downtown. Thank you for caring and for prayers. Thank you for the vivid reminder of what Good Friday means. Please do this again. I wasn't aware of this ahead of time, but I would join you in the future.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – The Stetson men's basketball team suffered a 93-66 loss on the road to an ETSU squad that has now won five of its last six games, and moved into third place in the Atlantic Sun Conference with Saturday's victory.
"I'm very disappointed," Stetson head coach Corey Williams said after the game. "I thought the effort was horrendous on our part. I don't think we played with that passion that it takes to win basketball games. We didn't match their intensity and that's the thing I'm disappointed about."
It was Senior Day for the Buccaneers and ETSU head coach Murry Bartow gave all four of his seniors the start, two of which are not regular starters. Stetson was able to take advantage of the irregular Buc lineup, holding onto a 10-9 lead after junior Kentwan Smith made a pair from the line with 15:40 to play in the first half.
From there ETSU went on a 13-0 run bookended by a pair of Lester Wilson three-pointers, giving the Bucs a 22-10 advantage with 11:44 remaining in the first half. They didn't stop there as ETSU was lights out in the first half, shooting 62.5 percent from the floor.
"It goes back to defense," Williams said. "We said it from the beginning, we have to guard, and our containment of the dribble is very poor right now and extremely poor today. That's something that we need to work on."
The Hatters allowed ETSU to extend the run to 24-4 when Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard finished a layup to make it 33-14 with just 6:48 to play in the first period. A three-pointer by freshman Glenn Baral stopped the Stetson bleeding, but it was senior Hunter Miller who managed to keep the Hatters in the game down the stretch in the first frame.
Miller scored nine straight points for the Hatters, connecting on three attempts from beyond the arc. Two were actually on back-to-back possessions for Stetson, which cut the ETSU lead to just 12 points, at 40-28 with 1:54 left on the clock.
After finishing the half with a 44-30 advantage, the Bucs' lead dwindled to just 10 points, at 46-36, when a 6-0 Stetson run was capped by two straight buckets by redshirt-freshman Brian Pegg.
Unfortunately for the Hatters a 9-2 stretch for the Bucs, ignited by ETSU leading scorer Rashawn Rembert, put Stetson down 23 points with just 8:37 to play in the game. The Hatters never got closer than 17 points as the Bucs cruised to the 93-66 win in Johnson City.
Senior Raymone Andrews scored 13 of his team-leading 17 points in the second half, and added a game high seven assists in the defeat. The point guard also grabbed four rebounds, had two steals, and turned the ball over just twice.
"Raymone gave us the effort," said Williams. "He battled his tail off to the very end. Hunter kept us in it with some threes in the first half. Other than that, guys didn't really play to the level I thought they should have."
ETSU shot 57.4 percent from the floor and 40.9 percent from beyond the arc in the win. The Bucs missed just 23 shots in the game, and collected offensive rebounds on 11 of their misses. Rembert led five ETSU players in double figures with 21 points.
"We'll go right away and look at some film," Williams said of quickly preparing for Monday's next game. "We'll look at film of this game and see how poorly we played defensively, and then we'll move on to Upstate."
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on February 27, 2013 - 12:25 PM
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WASHINGTON – The House is set to vote today on renewing the Violence Against Women Act, but it's unclear whether the result will be law or yet another Washington stalemate.
In an unusual maneuver that indicates uncertainty over whether House Republicans can pass their narrower version of the bill, the House Rules Committee Tuesday decided that the House will bring up a broader Senate-passed version of the bill and immediately try to amend it to try to remove its new protections for Native American women and gays.
If that amendment fails, the House then will vote on the Senate-passed version, which includes those protections.
Designed to protect Republican lawmakers from being seen as opposing the popular measure, the odd legislative maneuvering will either result in the Senate bill moving quickly to the president's desk – or the continuation of a standoff that led to the bill's expiration last year.
Most House Democrats are likely to oppose the GOP amendment striking the protections for Native American women and gays – legislation that left some, such as Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, flabbergasted. "We've heard no explanation for why the Republican majority is opposed to protecting the lives of anyone in the United States from domestic violence," said Slaughter, D-Fairport. "As an original author of the Violence Against Women Act, it never crossed my mind that this law would ever be used as a vehicle for discrimination."
Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence, however, said he is comfortable with either version of the legislation. "I want to see a bill come to the floor," he said. Colllins said he favors legislation protecting any Americans from domestic violence but added that he had no strong opinions on the central controversy surrounding the bill: the Senate language allowing tribal courts to try white men who abuse Native American women on Indian land. Because of loopholes in current law, those abusers often escape prosecution.
The House's most conservative Republicans also object to Senate language extending the bill's protections to gays and lesbians.
If the House GOP version of the bill prevails, the House and Senate should strike a compromise, Collins said..
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