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The National Bureau of Economic Research has determined that the United States economy has been in a recession since December of 2007… this really comes as no surprise to most people. In fact, last October, I wrote a post outlining what I think one should do during a recession and that one predates the technical start of the recession by a good two months (here's what you all said when I asked whether we were in a recession last August). If you boosted your emergency fund starting then, you would've had a two-month head start on the recession! The lesson from this? Believe me! (Ok ok, I'm only kidding, I can't see the future and I'm probably wrong more often than I'm right on about everything)
Since then, I've been focusing a lot more of my articles on frugality (such as 100 money saving tips and 11 tips to save on shipping) because I think frugality is the way we can get ourselves, individually, through this economic slump. More broadly, we need people and businesses to spend money so the economy recovers but individually, and this is selfish advice, you need to have a bunker mentality and save your way through this.
Stick that money in your mattress, a high rate CD, or a plain old online savings bank… until the clouds roll past anyway.
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The Division of Diabetes has submitted several reports to Congress on the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI) since Congress created the program in 1997. The current Report to Congress (2014) is available below. For those who are interested, previous reports (2011 and 2007) are also below.
The 2014 Report to Congress highlights the SDPI's ongoing and outstanding accomplishments in improving the quality of diabetes care and health outcomes for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people. As the 2014 report shows, SDPI programs are continuing to implement evidence-based interventions to treat and prevent diabetes in ways that significantly reduce the burden of diabetes and its complications for AI/AN people. In partnership with the Indian health system, the SDPI grantee sites have accomplished incredible outcomes that are contributing to a healthier future for the people and communities they serve.
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — If you're looking for a little love music to celebrate Valentine'a Day, look no further than Florida Atlantic University. The school just released its February calendar for concerts:
Florida Atlantic University's department of music in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters will present a variety of concerts in February. All concerts take place in the University Theatre on FAU's Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road.
On Sunday, Feb. 10 at 3 p.m. FAU's Jazz Band and Combos will present jazz standards and new works for big band under the direction of Neil Bonsanti. This concert is free with a suggested donation of $10 at the door.
There will be a Valentine's Day concert titled "The Winds of Romance" on Thursday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m., presented by the Florida Wind Symphony Jazz Orchestra. The concert will feature pianist Heather Coltman, performing "Rhapsody in Blue." There also will be a champagne reception following the concert. The concert is $15, and concert and reception are $30. Tickets can be purchased at fauevents.com or by calling 800-564-9539.
On Friday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m., the FAU Choral Ensembles, conducted by Patricia Fleitas and Stacie Lee Rossow, will present a showcase of choral works. The FAU Symphony Orchestra, led by Laura Joella, will present a concert featuring FAU's finest student instrumental and vocal performers on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. On Sunday, Feb. 17 at 3 p.m. (note this new time), the FAU Chamber Soloists will present Russian masterworks by Arensky, Glazunov, Scriabin and Rachnaminoff. The FAU Wind Ensemble will present an evening of new and old music on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. featuring "Mothership," by Mason Bates, a work for band electronics that will include soloists performing via webcam from the across the U.S. These concerts are free with a suggested donation of $10 at the door.
On Sunday, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m., Klezmer East, directed by clarinetist Paul Green, will perform a concert featuring a variety of Klezmer, Jewish/jazz fusion, Latin Jazz, and straight jazz tunes, as well as Sephardic and Purim songs to honor the holiday. Tickets are $10 and are available at fauevents.com or by calling 800-564-9539.
More information on all FAU music events can be found at fau.edu/sota or by calling 561-297-3853.
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Waugh developed his taste for drink and his sharp tongue at Oxford in the '20s, where he also developed a homosexual crush on Alistair Graham, later characterized as Sebastian Flyte in his 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited. Drink, dress-up, party games, practical jokes and baby talk were Waugh's chief preoccupations for many years. He reluctantly abandoned this nursery world in his early 30s and not long afterward cast himself into premature old age ostentatiously using an ear trumpet, and becoming stout, splenetic and snobbish.
Waugh married twice, fathered seven children, most of whom he never saw and few of whom he ever liked, traveled widely, converted to a devout if dotty Catholicism, and knew—and insulted—nearly everyone in the British literary world.
He also wrote, among his 23 volumes, some masterpieces of 20th-century English satire, including A Handful of Dust and The Loved One. The content of the work—pessimism masked by high hilarity and tempered by high Catholicism—accurately reflects the life. But the effort necessary to produce the work seems almost impossible. How was he able to do it? When was he sober enough? While Hastings gives a detailed account of the facts of the life and the shapes of the works, she never asks, no less answers, such crucial questions. (Houghton Mifflin, $40)
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optionMONSTER's systems detected the sale of 2,500 March 18 puts for $0.30 in less than 3 minutes late yesterday afternoon. This is a new position, as the strike showed no open interest before the trade.
PTEN rose 1.03 percent yesterday to close at $19.67, about $1 from its 52-week high from February. Shares of the oil and natural-gas drilling company slid to a 2012 low of $12.81 in June but have been trending higher since then with the rest of the energy sector.
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Scott Melker just dropped his latest mashup as the Melker Project. The track is called "The (2) Chain (z)," a combination of Fleetwood Mac and 2 Chainz. Melker will be expanding on this idea with his new EP, Skeetwood Mac which will contain all Fleetwood Mac mashups.
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An out-of-state DUI suspect's boasts and wisecracks weren't enough to keep him out the county clink, officials said.
Brian P. Cardone was taken to the hospital for a blood alcohol test after his 2003 Toyota Corolla was part of a three-vehicle accident along Freemansburg Avenue in Bethlehem Twp., Northampton Co., at about 2:45 p.m. Saturday, officials said, adding that Cardone smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot eyes and his speech was slurred.
At the hospital, Cardone said no fewer than 10 times that he was going to "bounce" (leave) Pennsylvania in a few days and not return to face any charges that might be filed against him, and that he was moving from Virginia to Washington, D.C., officials said.
Cardone also told police his phone number was "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10", gave his address as "somewhere", and said that his family would be getting even with the arresting officer and hospital staff, the officials said.
The hospital test found Cardone's blood alcohol level was at least .16, officials said.
Court papers list three different addresses in Virginia for the 29-year-old Cardone -- in Aldie, Leesburg and Stoneridge.
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Bouquet Canyon Elementary School's Parent-Teacher Association hopes to raise $40,000 to continue field trips and afterschool enrichment programs for the upcoming school year.
"As a community, we're all going to have to work together," said Wendy Conte, PTA secretary for Bouquet Canyon Elementary School.
"If we want our kids to continue to receive quality education, it's going to be up to us to help support that."
About 560 students attend Bouquet Canyon Elementary School, which is part of the Saugus Union School District.
While the PTA has hosted annual fundraisers for school programs in the past, the recurring cuts to local school district budgets have stretched funding for special programs, like field trips.
"The budget cuts affect the classroom obviously, and the PTA is relied on to help compensate," Conte said.
Bouquet Canyon's PTA, which counts about 600 members, funds field trips, assemblies and afterschool activities, Conte said.
Even family-friendly school activities, like the annual Father/Daughter Dance and carnival are supported by the PTA.
The PTA also sponsors the afterschool enrichment program, which provides arts, sports and music classes for Bouquet Canyon's elementary-aged students, she said.
Families pay a small fee for the enrichment program, she said.
However, the PTA offsets the cost of afterschool programs for students who cannot afford the extracurricular programs.
While the PTA raises money for field trips, teachers are left to decide where to take their students.
For instance, the fourth-graders typically take an overnight trip to Fort Tejon, while the kindergartners visit a strawberry farm annually, she said.
"It gives them an opportunity to experience something they might have not experienced in the classroom," Conte said.
To donate to the fundraiser, call Bouquet Canyon School at (661) 297-8865.
The school is also looking for donations for the November 14 silent auction.


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Joseph advocates in Washington to ensure that our nation's media policies serve the public interest and builds coalitions to broaden the movement's base. Joseph writes frequently on media and internet issues and is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media. He is the 2015 recipient of the Everett C. Parker Award, which recognizes an individual whose work embodies the principles and values of the public interest. Before joining Free Press, Joseph worked as deputy director of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and was a journalist for several years. He earned a degree in communications from the College of Staten Island. Follow him on Twitter @JosephATorres.
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Matt helps shape our policy team's efforts to protect the open internet, prevent media concentration, promote affordable broadband deployment and safeguard press freedom. He's served as an expert witness before Congress on multiple occasions. Before joining Free Press, he worked at the public interest law firm Media Access Project and in the communications practice groups of two private law firms in Washington, D.C. Before that, he served as editor-in-chief for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, worked for PBS, and spent time at several professional and college radio and television stations. Matt earned his B.A. in film studies from Columbia University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. Matt likes watching sports, riding his bicycle and talking about philosophy — just not all at the same time. Follow him on Twitter @mattfwood.
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U.S. Interest Rate Assumptions Revised For April 2011, published March 16, 2011. Principles Of Credit Ratings, published Feb. 16, 2011. U.S. RMBS Interest Rate Model, published Aug. 17, 2010. Standard & Poor?s Interest Rate Evaluator (SPIRE), published Aug. 17, 2010. Standard & Poor's Enhances U.S. Residential Mortgage Cash Flow Model, published March 4, 2008. Standard & Poor's Launches SPIRE Cash Flow Model For RMBS, published Sept. 12, 2005. These criteria represent the specific application of fundamental principles that define credit risk and ratings opinions. Their use is determined by issuer- or issue-specific attributes as well as Standard & Poor's Ratings Services' assessment of the credit and, if applicable, structural risks for a given issuer or issue rating. Methodology and assumptions...
Standard and Poors RatingsXpress Credit Research provides in-depth coverage of international corporates, financial institutions, insurance companies, utilities, sovereigns and structured finance programs. RatingsXpress Credit Research lets users determine the credit rating of holdings and identify key factors underlying an issuer's creditworthiness, distinguishes the different risk exposures for new and existing deals, and provides an understanding of how their analysts interpret key regulatory, political and environmental events and their economic impact.
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Criteria articles describe the thought process and methodology Standard & Poor's analysts use in determining ratings. These commentary pieces discuss both the quantitative (economic and financial) and qualitative (business analysis and caliber of management) aspects of the analysis, as well as legal issues.
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Twelve years ago, I used e-mail for the first time. It was a difficult transition for me, especially since I'm not a good typist. But I've come a long way since then. Now, not only am I adept at e-mail on my office computer, but I also use a Treo personal digital assistant so I can keep up with my e-mail while I'm on the road.
It's not by choice that I've embraced the world of electronic communication. As many of you know, I like to keep things simple. But I knew that I could not operate efficiently as a magazine publisher unless I joined the Internet age. So here I am.
The trials of technology
Many of you in the pupil transportation community have a similar challenge on your hands. But I'm not talking about e-mail here.
You've got school bus technicians who need to learn how to manage a laptop computer so they can diagnose problems with computerized engines and transmissions. Some of them don't have strong skills in the English language, which could only add to the difficulty of getting them up to speed.
Older technicians can be a problem too. They're used to doing things the old-fashioned way. Electronic equipment they can handle, but when you ask them to boot up the computer, confusion ensues.
Building their skill and comfort levels is a key concern. Training is a must. If I was forced to learn how to use an e-mail system without someone explaining the fundamentals, it would have taken me much longer than it did.
Let's make sure that we don't abandon technology-challenged mechanics. Encourage them to enroll in computer classes so they can learn the basics. Then help them adapt their skills to the diagnostic equipment in the shop.
Remember, too, that you should take full advantage of the training offered by the industry's bus and component manufacturers. This upfront investment of time will pay dividends later on.
But it's not just the guys in the shop who are being challenged by technology. These days, transportation managers are being asked to upgrade their understanding of technological advances.
For example, I know many of you have been asked to consider the integration of GPS-based vehicle tracking into your programs. This requires an understanding of how GPS works and how it can be integrated with wireless communication systems to track vehicle locations. On the back end, it's also necessary to integrate software into the communication package to organize, analyze and display the tracking information.
Staying ahead of the curve
In addition, suppliers to the bus industry now offer systems that can do much more than just track the location of the vehicles. They can monitor the vehicle's speed, braking, door openings and even the temperature of the engine. It's all great stuff, but it adds to our burden of understanding. Fortunately, sales reps for companies that offer this technology are skilled at explaining how it works in layman's terms. But, the more you understand about this technology, the more informed your decision will be on whether to implement it.
Not surprisingly, many shop managers cited "keeping up with advances in technology" as one of their toughest challenges in this year's maintenance survey, "Technician Wages Edge Higher in Past Year." Unfortunately for those folks, the advance of technology is going to speed up in the coming years. We all need to be ready.
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The Peoria Rivermen, in conjunction with CD Country 107.9 (WCDD-FM), have announced the signing of a one-year broadcast agreement to remain partners for the 2013-14 season. The Rivermen and Canton-based station have been affiliated for each of the past two seasons.
The new deal ensures that all 56 regular season contests, along with every post-season game, will be heard on CD Country. Although most games will be aired live, some Friday events in the fall may be delayed due to high school football. The games will continue to be streamed over the Internet to a world-wide audience through the station's web site (www.cd1079.net).
CD Country 107.9 is carried on a 25,000-watt transmitter -- one of the five biggest signals in the central Illinois radio field. Its 267-foot tower is located on high ground in Canton, and the signal blankets Peoria and spreads outward to reach beyond Macomb, Galesburg, Beardstown, Petersburg, Eureka and Lincoln. The growing station -- which is known for its country music format -- is part of Prairie Radio Communications, an 11-station group that touches Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri.
The Rivermen and CD Country are planning additional team programming, including a monthly coach's show with head coach Jean-Guy Trudel, to add to their presence in the radio market.
The Rivermen will open their 32nd season of professional hockey, and first in the Southern Professional Hockey League, on Friday, Oct. 25 with a 7:15 p.m. road game at Bloomington. Peoria will return to Carver Arena for its home opener on Saturday, Oct. 26 with a 7:15 p.m. rematch against the Thunder. Great seats are still available and start at just $10. The first 5,000 fans in attendance will receive a 2013-14 season magnet schedule and 20 lucky fans will win a game-worn jersey. For tickets or more information, please call the Rivermen office at (309) 676-1040 or visit Rivermen.net.


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* Personal: Age 17; son of Jesse and Elena Quitoriano of Lahaina; enjoys spending time with family, hanging out with friends, listening to music, going to the beach, drawing, sketching and painting.
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Italian crooner Patrizio Buanne will open the 2012-13 Monday Musical Club season.
Born in Naples, Italy, Patrizio split his time between Naples and Vienna, Austria, growing up. He started singing at age 3 and got his first guitar at age 8. As a teenager, he performed for Pope John Paul II at a Papal visit in Wroclaw, Poland, with 85,000 people in attendance.
That appearance led to his first record deal.
His albums ''The Italian'' (2005) and ''Forever Begins Tonight'' (2007) were recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios, where they were top sellers abroad.
Audiences in the United States discovered Patrizio initially through his live concert DVD, which was broadcast on PBS.
His latest release is the self-titled ''Patrizio,'' which includes Italian songs as well as American pop standards like ''Fly Me to the Moon'' and ''Crazy.'' He performed earlier this year on ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.''
Patrizio will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave., Youngstown. Tickets range from $25 to $40 and are available at www.mondaymusical.com and by calling 330-743-2717.
He is the first of three concerts in the 2012-13 season. Folk singer Judy Collins (''Both Sides Now'') will do a Christmas concert at 8 p.m Dec. 14, and the Chicago tribute act Brass Transit will perform at 7 p.m. April 14.


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The 208th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment lost 2 officers and 19 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 7 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
|August 16-September 12
|Organized at Harrisburg
|September 13
|Left State for Bermuda Hundred, Va.
|Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va. Picket and fatigue duty on the Bermuda Hundred front attached to Provisional Brigade, Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, Army of the James
|November 27
|Joined Provisional Brigade, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac before Petersburg.
|December 7-11
|Movement in support of Weldon Railroad Expedition
|Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps
|February 5-7
|Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run
|March 25
|Fort Stedman
|March 28-April 9
|Appomattox Campaign
|April 2
|Assault on and capture of Petersburg
|April 3-9
|Pursuit of Lee
|April 9-20
|At Nottaway C. H.
|April 20-28
|Moved to City Point, then to Alexandria
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DETROIT -- The Detroit Red Wings might have Todd Bertuzzi (sore back) back in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Joe Louis Arena (7 p.m., FSD), but Pavel Datsyuk (lower-body injury) and Johan Franzen (groin) will not play, coach Mike Babcock said after Friday's practice at Joe Louis Arena.
Defenseman Jonathan Ericsson was sick and did not practice. His status will be determined after the morning skate.
Bertuzzi, Franzen and Datsyuk all participated in the sprint drills at the end of practice.
"See how it responds today and then try the morning skate and see how it feels,'' Bertuzzi said. "It's a lot better than what it was. It wasn't very good or a while.''
He is not going to take any chances, though.
"I can't risk my back like that,'' Bertuzzi said. "If I continue to make it worse it's going to end up getting to a point where I can't even play. I need to be feeling good, being a forechecker and in front of the net. I got to make sure it's right before I got back.''
Franzen, who has missed three games, said he hopes to return Monday at home against Chicago.
"I'm not 100 percent out there,'' Franzen said. "But today was a good practice and one step forward.''
Datsyuk skated for just the second time and, like Franzen and Bertuzzi, participated in his first practice with the team since his injury. He was checked into the boards by Columbus' Rick Nash on March 17.
"I'm happy, full practice, almost,'' Datsyuk said. "It's not bad, but I try to keep up speed, it's one week behind. I need more time.''
He said of his potential return: "I hope so I play a few games before the playoffs. I watched too much this season. I'm tired of watching TV. I want to be on TV.''
Here are the lines they skated with today:
Datsyuk and Bertuzzi practiced with the top two lines. Franzen practiced with the third and fourth lines.
On defense:
Howard (starting vs. Toronto)
MacDonaldChris Osgood's wife, Jenna, delivered their third child, a boy they named Max.


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I like very much these amazing purple and orange sunset tones
Greetings, Daniel
Wonderful silhouettes of the west coast! L+F
My dear ,Fantastic light and color, incredible beautiful picture! . Happy New Year. Best wishes from Turkey.
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Greetings from San Diego.
Somehow this looks like something I'd expect to see much closer to the Equator. So you have these colorful sunsets in San Diego every once in a while (2009 and now in 2013...)
Yes we have colorful sunsets when the marine layer isn't as deep. It's not that common for San Diego to have nice clouds and no marine layer which is when we get these nice colorful sunsets. We had a really nice stretch of beautiful sunsets the past few weeks though - and of course I posted plenty of new pics!
Thanks for the comment and cheers from San Diego,
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I'm trying to export WCM data from one WS Portal 6.1 server to another server.
But can't finish this task due to unknown for me errors.
Please help me to understand the problem.
By the way, how I can see that the WCM data are prepared on the sourse server
and how to see that the data are downloaded to target server?
On the server with the data for export everything seems to be ok,
after configuring *wkplc.properties* and *soap.client.props* the command:
*./ConfigEngine.sh export-wcm-data -DWasUserid=wpsadmin -DWasPassword=password* executed successfully.
But on the server for importing something was wrong:
*./ConfigEngine.sh import-wcm-data -DWasUserid=wpsadmin -DWasPassword=password* run ok
*./ConfigEngine.sh run-wcm-admin-task-schedule-actions -DallLibraries=true -DWasUserid=wpsadmin -DWasPassword=password* executes with error:
[echo jacl.properties com.ibm.ws.scripting.port: '10025'
[echo jacl.properties com.ibm.ws.scripting.host: 'wstest.gubkin.ru'
Wed Sep 30 11:57:47 MSD 2009
Wed Sep 30 11:57:47 MSD 2009
[setproperty Property PortalAdminId was set to wpsadmin
[setproperty Property PortalAdminGroupId was set to wpsadmins
[setproperty Property WpsDocReviewer was set to cn=wpsDocReviewer,o=default organization
[setproperty Property WpsContentAdministrators was set to cn=wpsContentAdministrators,o=default organization
[setproperty Property UserSuffix was set to ${LDAPUserSuffix},${LDAPSuffix}
[setproperty Property GroupSuffix was set to ${LDAPGroupSuffix},${LDAPSuffix}
Wed Sep 30 11:57:48 MSD 2009
[echo executing pre-configuration tasks
[isWas7 overwriting previous definition of property: null
[isWas7 +++value of property is 22.214.171.124
Wed Sep 30 11:57:48 MSD 2009
Wed Sep 30 11:57:53 MSD 2009
[ConfigModuleClient Connecting to login address: [url]http://localhost:10039/w/wcm/login[/url]
[ConfigModuleClient Connecting to task address: [url]http://localhost:10039/w/wcm/myconnect?MOD=RefreshAllItems&allLibraries=true&scheduleOnly=true&loadResources=false[/url] with username: wpsadmin
[ConfigModuleClient This task may take some time, during which time no output will be shown. Check the SystemOut.log for progress information.
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer/wcm/prereq.wcm/config/includes/prereq.wcm_cfg.xml:2557: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer/wcm/prereq.wcm/config/includes/prereq.wcm_cfg.xml:2516: An exception occurred while executing the task: null
Total time: 1 minute 57 seconds
isIseries currently set to: null
uploading registry
Created admin client: com.ibm.ws.management.AdminClientImpl@7f217f21
Created config Service Proxy: com.ibm.websphere.management.configservice.ConfigServiceProxy@1c6f1c6f
CELL: myNode
When I browse to [url]http://wstest.gubkin.ru:10039/w/wcm/login[/url], I get such error:
*SRVE0255E: A WebGroup/Virtual Host to handle /w/wcm/login has not been defined.*


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Marissa Jaret Winokur says she shed 60 lbs., but worries: Is that enough for show business?
"I definitely have moments where I'll go to an audition or a meeting and girls are just so much skinnier," she tells The Insider. "I'm still in Hollywood. I still will be considered a chubby actress."
Taking the show's Brooke Anderson on a tour of her closet, the actress, 39, also notes that she still keeps her old clothes "because I'm sure I'll gain [the weight] all back."
"I know it's horrible," she says, "but here's the thing ... My fear is, what do you do? I have jeans that fit me great and what if I gain it back? I need those jeans."
The bubbly star and PEOPLE blogger – whose newly svelte physique first caught the public's eye at a premiere on Monday – felt comfortable with her heavier appearance, but lost weight for the sake of her well-being.
"When I was a size 14, I was super happy," Winokur explains. "I felt confident in my body. I don't think a size really should define who you are, and how you feel about yourself ... The doctor [was] saying I'm not healthy...so I [needed] to change my way of life. But, interestingly enough, there are moments in my life [when] I felt more comfortable in that body sometimes than in this body."
Marissa Jaret Winokur: I Lost 60 Lbs.
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Initial Weekly Unemployment Claims (4-Week Moving Average)
I'm continuing a feature called "Easy Trends" – a place where I'll analyze the recent trend for an indicator and discuss whether it is currently going up, down or neither. You can read the basics of my methodology on the FAQ page.
Quick 'n Easy
By tracking the number of people who are filing for unemployment benefits for the first time each week, we get a quick insight into the latest status of the economy's health. Fewer claims equals more jobs, which equals more income, which usually equals more consumer spending (70% of the economy!) that supports company profits, which in turn can lead to more hiring.
First, a nice summary about Initial Weekly Unemployment Claims and why they matter, from Econoday:
Jobless claims are an easy way to gauge the strength of the job market. The fewer people filing for unemployment benefits, the more have jobs, and that tells investors a great deal about the economy. Nearly every job comes with an income that gives a household spending power. Spending greases the wheels of the economy and keeps it growing, so a stronger job market generates a healthier economy.
Here's a chart of the four-week moving average for weekly jobless claims from Calculated Risk:
Trends and Projections
Below, I will discuss whether the indicator is currently in a trend, when the last confirmed trend was and what that says about projecting the next data point to be released.
Trend Analysis
Quick 'n Easy
From the (week ending) Nov 26 – Dec 31, the 4-week moving average of initial jobless claims was in a confirmed downtrend in claims (good) of about 4,914 per week, which is even better than the previous confirmed trend from Oct 22 – Nov 19 of about 3,000 per week. However, the latest two readings (week ending Jan 7 and 14, 2012) were higher than trend, so it is possible this trend will be broken next week.
Current Trend: (Week ending) Nov 26 – Dec 31. During this time, there was a confirmed downtrend, with a 100% chance that initial weekly claims were falling by about 4,914 per week. The slope of this trend is even steeper than the previous confirmed trend, which is great. Unfortunately, the latest two readings came in too high to be considered part of the current trend. They weren't off by enough to break the trend though, which surprised me. It is possible next week's number will simply establish a new downward trend that is parallel to the one that started on Nov 26 but adjusted upward a few notches.
Last Confirmed Trend: (Week ending) Oct 22 – Nov 19. During that time, there was a confirmed downtrend, with a 99.9% chance that initial weekly claims were falling by about 3,000 per week. The trend broke due to three off-trend readings that were too high.
Projected Next Data Point
The next report is for the week ending Jan 21, 2012. If the most recent trend is still intact (ignoring the latest two readings), the actual week ending Jan 21 reading would need to be 302,900 so that the 4-wk moving average would be at the expected level of 358,000. This is almost certain not to happen, likely breaking the trend (due to three off trend data points). However, it's possible there will simply be a new downward trend, parallel to the old one but shifted upward a bit.
Easy Take
I expected this week's number to break the trend, but it came in way below the expected number, which is great news. However, it was still "off trend" – just not enough to officially break the trend from Nov 26. I do expect the trend to be broken next week because there is simply too much ground to make up in one week. However, it may simply be that a new downward trend begins again, just shifted upward a bit from the previous (red line) above.
It's also possible the trend may flatten for a while here. If you believe what the leading indicators tend to say, you would predict that jobless claims will start trending back up again in the near future. I will feel more comfortable assessing the situation after next week's report, just to make sure we've gotten rid of all the holiday "noise" around claims processing.


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Wrestling Forum : WWE, TNA, Indy Wrestling, Lucha Underground, Women of Wrestling Forums (http://www.wrestlingforum.com/forumindex.php)
- Entertainment (http://www.wrestlingforum.com/entertainment/)
- - Anime Discusssion Thread (http://www.wrestlingforum.com/entertainment/681769-anime-discusssion-thread.html)
Anime Discusssion Thread
Well folks, it's been 6 years and 5000+ posts to the old anime thread, but I've received a PM requesting me to do this because it is time for it to be put down. But don't shed a tear folks, for just like the Land of the Rising Sun, the light will always shine on this thread. I only wish my opening post can do it justice.
I think it's appropriate to start the new thread just as the old one started, since there's so many new faces. Personally, I'd like to thank Near, and Seph, and HoL, and all the other old timers that made that thread great for years, and once again welcome all the new faces of more recent years.
To start this thread: WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ANIME AND WHY?
1. Initial D: The manliest, most bad ass, car anime around. Wangan Midnight? Pfft. Can't touch Initial D, and now that Season 5 is under way after a 7 year hiatus, it's the perfect time to catch up the first 3 seasons and movie. Takumi Fujiwara is what Ryan Gosling wishes he was in Drive.
2. Last Exile: I don't think there's enough shows out there centered around fighter pilots, let alone in a steam punk setting. I don't know how anyone could watch the intro and not at least check it out. Once again, had a recent sequel, not on par with the original, but still gripping for me. IMMELMENN TURN.
3. Fist of the North Star (original): So fucking badass, I wish I could go around really life screaming like Kenshiro.
4. Dragonball: Z usually gets all of the love, but I argued more then once in the old thread that Z is where the Dragonball franchise started to decline, not GT. Dragonball is such an amazing and whimsical adventure with maybe some fighting and martial arts tournaments thrown in. Z is nonstop fighting, save the world bullshit.
5. Yu Yu Hakusho: 2nd and 4th seasons stand above the rest for me, 4th season normally gets a bad rap, but 3rd season was far worse for me.
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I'm not an anime guy, but I've seen Fist of the North Star. I have no fucking clue what was going on but it seemed like some people had the inexplicable ability to grow ENORMOUS out of the blue. Oh and one guy punched skyscrapers to the ground and walked through the rubble...I mean literally walked through the concrete. Oh shit it's all kinda flooding back...RAU.
There was a live action Fist of the North Star as well. It had Chris Penn. It owned.
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Favorite anime? I can't really name my "favorite" but Ergo Proxy instantly comes in mind since I really enjoyed that anime.I can't really name why,I guess it was just the Gothic Cyberpunk atmosphere in the anime and the music that drives me to love the anime.
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Shounen Junkie
Air Gear
D Gray Man
Were some that I enjoyed from start to finish. Gray Man isn't finished yet, nor is Naruto thou. Hope they bring back Gray Man in anime form one day.
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(or something like that lulz)
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Samurai Champloo, Revolutionary Girl: Utena, NANA are some of my favorites.
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Not an aficionado by any stretch, but I can watch Akira again and again and I also loved the second Vampire Hunter D, Bloodlust, made in 2000.
Fist of the North Star is epic, but like Mr said, it took me a few watches before I understood what the fuck was going on.
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Texhnolyze and Ghost in a Shell are some other good cyberpunk style animes worth checking out. Though i'm sure most of you are familiar with GIAS already.
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To name my favorite anime would take paragraphs upon paragraphs, something even I don't wanna read right now (and I am egotistical enough to go back and read some of my own stuff) I'll... Just leave a very shortened list.
(summary for each anime in spoiler so they can be avoided if you do not want to read, also Image heavy)
Spoiler for summary:
Cheesy, old school action, hilarious, and wrong comedy. Needless is a mix of old school and new school anime/manga. The story revolves around Blade, a "priest" (a title that is spared no irony when ihis one true weakness is later revealed) with the ability to copy other Needless' abilities, Eve, a shapeshifting girl with a insanely high metabolism and horrible memory when it comes to names, and Cruz, the surviving member of a resistance group with a strong strategy trait (in sharp contrast of the fact he is essentially the group's whipping boy, particularly Eve) one of the few action anime I have seen as of late where the comedy mid battle doesn't feel uncomfortably off-beat.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
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Outright my favorite Mecha Anime (take that Gundam!) the characters and art style sets itself far apart from other Mecha- anime immediately and sets its own standards. Better yet, the story doesn't end as simply as most anime in its fashion does, and characters aren't exactly as they seem as time progresses in the series. Definitely a must watch for Mecha/Action/Comedy fans.
Durarara! And Bacanno!
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seeing that both originated as light novels from the same writer, and have similar story style, I felt parring the two together was fitting. Durarara! Is the story about the many lives revolving around a section in Tokyo called Ikebukuro, particularly the mysterious gang, the Dollars. From the psychotically strong and short tempered Shizuo and the manipulative Izaya, to the mysterious Rider in Black, Celty, Durarara! has one of the most intriguing cast of characters, rivaled by few.
Bacanno! much like Durarara! is based not on a particular character, but a catalyst point, in this case being an elixir of immortality. The story, which jumps from timeline to timeline, can be confusing, but once the pieces add together, one would be hard pressed to be turned away by the time skips. Also, Ladd Russo is frickin' nuts, in an awesome way.
Tokyo Godfathers
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had to mention one anime movie, might as well be the BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIE, EVER. Satoshi Kon's tale of three homeless finding a infant in a pile of trash sets a wild adventure on X-Mas eve. The art style and story are blended exceptionally well, and the main characters' back stories ties everything together. It's been tradition to watch Tokyo Godfathers Christmas week for the past few years.
Oh, and Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli films... Seriously, nothing more needs to be said about that... Miyazaki rules.
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Work Ability
You could be eligible for wage subsidies to provide participants with job exposure to make them "job ready".
You must:
- Be able to provide a safe and constructive work environment
- Cover all overhead costs associated with the job placement
The participant must:
- Be a resident of New Brunswick or a First Nation Community
- Be out of an educational institution for at least 6 months
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Second Bachelor's Degree
Students who have a baccalaureate degree in a major other than CDS
- Must complete required undergraduate CDS coursework prior to application to a graduate program for speech-language pathology. In addition one biological sciences course, one physical sciences course, one social sciences course, and one math course must have been taken at EIU or elsewhere.
- Students usually complete the undergraduate coursework in a two-year sequence beginning in the fall term (which follows a typical program of courses for transfer students)
- Students must apply to the Graduate School to take undergraduate courses in CDS as a nondegree-seeking graduate student or a student pursuing a second bachelor's degree program.
- Students applying to the Graduate School to take the undergraduate CDS coursework do not need to take the GRE exam. Application to the Graduate School to take the undergraduate coursework may be completed at any point during the year, up to a few weeks prior to beginning courses. (Beginning coursework in the fall term is strongly recommended).
- Students in the second bachelor's program may be eligible for financial aid. Students are advised to contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships for information.
- Students with nondegree-seeking status are not typically eligible for financial aid
- Students must have a 3.0 GPA to be admitted to the Graduate School. Minimum GPA requirements apply to take 3000 and 4000 level CDS courses.
- Acceptance into the master's program following completion of undergraduate coursework is NOT guaranteed. Admission to the master's degree program for Speech-Language Pathology in Communication Disorders & Sciences is highly competitive and based on a number of factors including (but not limitted to) GPA, GRE, letters of recommendation, clinical aptitude, extracurricular experiences.
- Tables are available showing average GPA and GRE scores of admitted students in recent years by clicking here.
Required Courses (required to apply)
Anatomy and Physiology of Communication Mechanisms, Speech Science, Child Language Acquisition, Phonetics and Phonological Development, Articulation/Phonological Assessment/Treatment, Child Language Disorders, Diagnosis and Treatment of Communication Disorders (Clinical Methods), Audiology
Recommended Courses (must be made up in graduate school if not taken in undergrad program):
Aural Rehabilitation, Augmentative and Alternative Communication


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Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. was the honored speaker for the college's commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 1:45 p.m. at the E Center in downtown Salt Lake City.
Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. was the honored speaker for the college's commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 1:45 p.m. at the E Center in downtown Salt Lake City.
Governor Huntsman will also be presented an honorary Doctorate of Public Service. Ty Harrison, PhD, Westminster College Professor Emeritus, will be awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science at the commencement.
Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. – Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipient: In addition to being a husband and father of seven, Governor Huntsman has been a businessman (chairman of Huntsman Corporation and CEO of the Huntsman Cancer Foundation), a diplomat (Ambassador to Singapore), a public servant in Washington (including stints as Deputy U.S. Trade Representative and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce), and now Governor of Utah...all before reaching the age of 50.
But even more impressive than the offices he has held are the things he has accomplished. He has used his skills as a businessman to reform government and now the Pew Center recognizes Utah as the best-governed state in the nation. He has used his experience in Washington and Singapore to encourage and assist business in Utah to develop trade and strategic partnerships around the globe. His focus on economic development recognizes that "economic prosperity and quality education for our children are inexorably linked." Westminster is proud to work with Governor Huntsman and delighted to recognize him as a friend of the college.
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Ty Harrison taught in the Biology Department at Westminster College for 20 years. In the classroom, he developed and delivered courses ranging from introductory biology to field ecology. But throughout his tenure at the college, few people saw Harrison in the classroom. He was usually seen out in the field, working with students and analyzing the world around him.
The board of trustees called Harrison "the voice of the environment at Westminster" and noted his role in "the campus green landscaping plan, preservation of Emigration Creek as a teaching/learning resource, development of the interdisciplinary science curriculum, and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for the new science building." His contributions to the broader Salt Lake community were equally significant. But they are all overshadowed by Harrison's ability to help students see, as one put it, "how everything in life has a purpose and all work together."


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Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water Services on Child Mortality
Sebastian Galiani
University of Maryland - Department of Economics
Paul J. Gertler
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Ernesto Schargrodsky
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 113, pp. 83-120, February 2005
While most countries are committed to increasing access to safe water and thereby reducing child mortality, there is little consensus on how to actually improve water services. One important proposal under discussion is whether to privatize water provision. In the 1990s Argentina embarked on one of the largest privatization campaigns in the world, including the privatization of local water companies covering approximately 30 percent of the country's municipalities. Using the variation in ownership of water provision across time and space generated by the privatization process, we find that child mortality fell 8 percent in the areas that privatized their water services and that the effect was largest (26 percent) in the poorest areas. We check the robustness of these estimates using cause-specific mortality. While privatization is associated with significant reductions in deaths from infectious and parasitic diseases, it is uncorrelated with deaths from causes unrelated to water conditions.
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Opposition smells blood in Antony's criticism of UDF
By M S Vidyanandan - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Published: 18th Nov 2012 12:47:03 PM
Antony isn't a man of many words. But the Congress party in Kerala, facing the ire of its coalition partners are playing down Union Defense Minister and former Kerala chief minister AK Antony's attack on his longtime friend and Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy for not providing an environment conducive to defense development projects. Antony even questioned the integrity of Oommen Chandy's government praising its bugbear VS Achutanandan of having done a better job.
He expressed his discontent over the state Congress leaders expressing their opinions against each other in open very frequently. Antony, while speaking at meeting at the BrahMos Aerospace Thiruvananthapuram Limited (BATL) said, "Till 2011, I got in six units of my department into Kerala, but now I don't have the courage to get another one here because the attitude towards the defence establishments insn't proper." His statements have given the opposition parties ample confidence.
Antony patted the previous CPM-led LDF government and VS Achuthanandan for its 'pro-development' policies. There's a larger dimension to Antony's speech. It goes well with his new charge as the chief of the pre-poll alliance sub-group under the Congress Coordination Committee for 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Said a source, "Antony is intelligent enough to sense the discontent in the party cadre and the public. Chandy and KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala conveniently ignore this." The previous LDF Government had supported Antony's efforts to bring defence establishments to the state.
Welcoming his remarks, CPM Politburo member Sitaram Yechuri said that the LDF has got a new ally in A K Antony. His outburst has given an impetus to the Congress' 'green MLAs' (they gave the party the 'environment-friendly' image), who have been voicing concern over the dominating allies and Chandy's appeasement policies. K Muraleedharan had come openly against the arm-twisting tactics of the IUML and Kerala Congress (M), the two major partners in the UDF, gave the thumbs-up to Antony's verbal volleys, senior leaders Sudheeran and Aryadan Mohammed maintained silence.
Antony criticised the government, in the presence of Industries Minister and Muslim League leader PK Kunhalikutty. The Muslim League had brought much disgrace to the government through the controversy over the fifth ministership and for appeasing its supporters and constituencies by allegedly transporting major developmental projects to party stronghold in Malappuram. Perhaps it could be the IUML's wayward policies that have brought together the two prominent Hindu community outfits, the NSS of Nairs and the SNDP of Ezhavas.
Leaders of both the communities had called for the inclusion of KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala in the cabinet. Many believe that Antony was irked by Chandy's refusal to assign Home portfolio to Ramesh Chennithala to pacify the Hindu outfits who raised their voice over the communal imbalance following the cabinet reshuffle to add the fifth Muslim League minister. In the reshuffle, Chandy sacrificed the Home portfolio by assigning the same to his trusted follower Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan overlooking the seniority of a true secular and efficient Aryadan Muhammed. While Aryadan became minister for the first time in 1977, Thiruvanchoor made it to the assembly only in 1991. Meanwhile, Chandy has a difficult task running a feeble coalition government.
The major coalition partners are taking every opportunity to develop their constituncies. He doesn't enjoy an image like Antony in the public or the Congress high command. Antony's negative remarks are casting a cloud over Chandy's chief ministership. The UDF is closing ranks to overcome the embarrassment—the same trio of Antony, Chandy and Kunhalikutty shared a dais while inaugurating HAL strategic factory at Seethangoli in the district.
- Sunday Standard
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The Hidden Gay Agenda
With same sex marriage bills, the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy and same sex couples being able to adopt a child, many feel this lifestyle is being promoted and not just supported. Many people are starting to question if the powers that be have created a "gay agenda" with ill intentions.
Dr. Umar Johnson says up until 1973, homosexuality was listed as a mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Dr. Johnson says homosexuality is used as a population control strategy which started in 1973 under the Rockefeller World Population Council. He says Planned Parent Hood International and the Rockefeller World Population Control Council decided it would be best that homosexuality be propagated in the black community as a healthy lifestyle choice. According to Dr. Johnson, in 1974, Dr. Henry Kissinger created a national security memorandum called NSSM2000, a document that looks specifically at strategies to control the black population rate across the world ( with birth control, healthy sexual practices and a alternative lifestyle modifications). Nigeria and America along with other African countries were listed as targets.
In the 1970s, comedian Flip Wilson was one of the first straight black men to play the role of a woman on television. Actors such as Martin Lawrence, Jamie Fox, Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier and many others have played either a woman or a gay man at least once in their careers. Couldn't the director find a woman to play the role? Why are these men being asked to put on dresses?
Dave Chappelle is a comedian and actor who walked away from a $50 million contract because he didn't agree with what was taken place behind the scenes in Hollywood. In 2006, during an interview with Oprah, Chappelle talks about how he was asked to wear a dress multiple times on the set of the film, "Blue Streak". He says three different people (writer, director and producer) tried to convince him to wear it. He says they finally backed off after he continuously said no. Chappelle told Oprah he wondered why he'd seen so many men in dresses in film and television. He also said, "you have to take a stand."
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Dr. Johnson says the black woman was masculinized which resulted in lesbianism. He believes many lesbians were molested, mistreated or witnessed domestic violence by a man they loved or trusted. He also says he doesn't believe anyone is born gay. He says the evidence that allegedly proves the theory is biased because it's sponsored by homosexual groups. Dr. Johnson says homosexuality is indeed a mental disorder that can be cured.
Images of homosexuality can be seen on billboard advertisements, commercials, television, film and even heard in music. It was also reported that a gay version of the King James Bible was released.
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Impatience may manifest itself in your mind today. Though you likely feel confident in regard to your future prospects, you may be nonetheless dismayed at the slowness with which you are realizing your dreams. You may be further frustrated at the roadblocks that appear regularly in your path and the complicated logistics required to achieve your objectives. Before you can look ahead with true optimism, you may need to practice patience. You may discover that the time you have spent focusing on the future could have been better spent on addressing issues in the present. If you consider the extra time your slower progress has granted you as a gift today, you'll likely find it easier to enjoy the subtleties of your journey toward success.
Developing an attitude of patience and persistence allows you to make the most of the time it takes you to reach your goals. Often, we become frustrated when our efforts do not bring about immediate results or when we have traveled so far only to learn that we have much further to go before we attain success. Patience allows you to be present in the moment and mindfully observe the world around you as it exists in its current state. Delays won't dishearten you. You'll be more apt to think about how you can use the time you have to your advantage, whether that means pursuing other smaller goals or addressing personal needs. The patience you exhibit today will help you derive real enjoyment from the progress you make, regardless of the speed at which you travel.
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Are there any other connections to be made this week between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Great Britain? Well, if you are looking for great live hockey talk while watching a Penguins game, I recommend the British Pens Fan Club on Twitter (I am one of over 3,000 @BritPensFanClub followers). Yes, members have been known to even tweet throughout Pens' West Coast games, which means that they don't stop until right around the time when some in the UK are waking up for breakfast.
a preview piece on six hot-button legal issues that were likely to make news this fall in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. How does the British treatment of these six issues compare to their treatment here?But there are non-sports connections to be made as well. Two weeks ago, I wrote
Health Care: As you may have heard, the British National Health Service (NHS) is free at the point of service and is funded by tax money. As you may not have heard, it is surprisingly popular. PSL UPDATE: Health care "decisions" of sorts were made in the last two weeks by two rather unpopular Pennsylvanians: Governor Tom Corbett and UPMC.
Voting Rights: I actually found an online article that mentions both Pennsylvania and British law on the subject of voter identification legal requirements. As the introduction to two competing student op-eds mentions, as of October 2012 Pennsylvania was one of 30 U.S. states to enact laws requiring voters to have government-issued ID cards in order to cast a ballot (although a judge's order enjoining its implementation here will now extend to a third election). Both students describe the British system as more like the good old days in Pennsylvania: "on arriving at a polling station you need only your name and address."
Same-Sex Marriage: While this issue – for now at least – continues to be decided on a state-by-state basis in the United States, same-sex marriage became law throughout England and Wales this summer. But if two men or two women from Pennsylvania chose to marry each other in London next weekend, a U.S. Supreme Court 2013 decision told us that a foreign marriage – like the Windsor/Spyer marriage in Canada -- could have legal implications here. PSL UPDATE: A Pennsylvania judge declared in the past two weeks that same-sex marriage is not to be decided on a county-by-county basis.
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Gambling: Sports wagering is legal throughout the United Kingdom, and a Google search will give you online options for betting on both "Football" and "American Football." Meanwhile, back at the Pittsburgh International Airport, employees are disciplined for friendly but "illegal" gambling on the Super Bowl and the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Talk about madness… PSL UPDATE: The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia decided in the past two weeks that New Jersey's attempt to permit certain sports gambling is a violation of federal law.
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