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Authorities are still investigating what led to the death of 47-year-old Michael C. Muretta. He was pronounced dead 1:15 p.m. Wednesday at St. Luke's University Hospital in Fountain Hill after police responded to his home in the 400 block of Morgan Hill Road for an individual in need of medical attention.
A forensic pathologist completed Muretta's autopsy this morning, but the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said "additional testing and investigation" is necessary to determine Muretta's cause and manner of death. The manner of death can be ruled natural, accidental, homicide, suicide or undetermined.
Pennsylvania State Police at Belfast said no further information was available this afternoon.
Muretta's brother-in-law, Jess Yerger, said this afternoon the family had not heard any updates from authorities regarding the investigation.
"It's been really tough on my wife," Yerger said, noting Colleen Yerger also lost both her parents and a sister in recent years. "Her and Michael were close."
Yerger described Michael Muretta as "a good man and a great father."
Muretta's wife, Teresa Muretta, filed for divorce in February, citing irreconcilable differences, Northampton County Court records show. They had been married almost 18 years. Records show Teresa Muretta had been living in Washington, in Warren County.
Michael Muretta was an electrician who was collecting unemployment beginning in April, the records show.
The couple had a 19-year-old son, Andrew, and Teresa Muretta had a son from a previous relationship, the records show.
Michael Muretta was part of the Committee to Save Williams Township, a grassroots organization which strongly opposed expansion at the Chrin Bros. Sanitary Landfill, said township Supervisor George Washburn. His wife remains a member of the committee, Washburn said.
Kathy Lilley, a township resident who worked alongside the Murettas in efforts against the landfill expansion, said the couple actively participated in fundraising for the cause.
"It's just really sad," she said. "He was such a nice guy."
Michael Muretta remarked to Lilley he "really enjoyed living in Williams Township" because of its proximity to larger cities where he could pursue work.
Muretta had been living alone in the home with his dog since his son went to college, according to Lilley.


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— In October, the Nursing Commission indefinitely suspended the credential of registered nurse Valerie A. McWhorter (RN00086235). She took controlled substances from a medication dispensing machine on six separate occasions and didn't document administration or wastage of the drugs.
— In November, the Health Care Assistant Program ended the order of probation against Sandra Denise Stuckey (HC60202869).
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Alcoa Pilots New Technology to Reduce Industrial Emissions at Fraction of the Cost of Conventional Equipment with Less Environmental Impact
June 03, 2013
Alcoa Technology Uses 50 Percent Less Water and 30 Percent Less Energy than Traditional Scrubber Equipment; Demonstration Project a First Step to Commercialization
Lake Charles, LA and Pittsburgh, June 3, 2013 – Alcoa (NYSE:AA) has launched a breakthrough technology to reduce emissions at industrial facilities at a fraction of the cost of current, state-of-the-art "scrubber" technology. Alcoa's In-Duct Scrubber, under construction as part of a commercial-scale demonstration project at the company's baked anode and calcined coke facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana, will remove up to 90 percent of sulfur dioxide, particulate matter and hydrogen fluoride emissions at the plant. Commissioning and on-site testing of the project is expected to be complete in August 2014.
Compared to traditional wet scrubbers originally developed to reduce emissions at power plants and large industrial facilities, Alcoa's patented technology has the ability to dramatically reduce scrubber installation costs and reduce operating costs by approximately one-third for aluminum smelters and refineries, primarily due to improved processes and increased energy efficiencies. It uses 50 percent less water, consumes 30 percent less energy and is more compact.
"Alcoa's experts have extended the boundary of traditional scrubbing equipment, enabling a more cost-effective, robust and sustainable alternative for reducing industrial emissions," said Ray Kilmer, Alcoa's Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. "Following successful completion of this pilot, we plan to commercialize our technology to help other companies reduce emissions at a fraction of the cost of using conventional scrubbers, making it a bankable technology."
Conventional scrubbers, suitable primarily for large power plants, are 100- to 150-foot tall towers requiring significant capital to construct and energy to operate. These traditional systems pump a limestone or sodium-based solution to the top of the tower and spray the solution onto flue gas, which is propelled from the bottom to the top of the building. This process uses 50 percent more water and 30 percent more energy than Alcoa's technology.
Alcoa's In-Duct Scrubber was designed to reduce sulfur dioxide and particulate matter emissions generated from aluminum smelters as well as small to intermediate industrial boilers ranging from 50- to 120-megawatts. The scrubber moves flue gas from the smelter or boiler into a horizontal chamber and sprays a sodium-based solution onto the gas stream in the same direction as the gas flow. The sodium-based solution reacts with the sulfur dioxide in the flue gas to turn it into water and sodium sulfate. When mixed with lime, sodium sulfate produces a gypsum byproduct which can be used to make various beneficial products such as wallboard and additives for cement making.
Alcoa's high-velocity, horizontal scrubbing process allows up to three times more gas to be treated than in an equivalent conventional scrubber space and requires 30 percent less energy to operate. The technology treats upwards of 90 percent of sulfur dioxide in less than one-fifth of a second compared to traditional wet scrubbers, which could take 10-15 seconds. The technology also is modular in design and requires less physical space allowing flexibility in how these systems are constructed.
Alcoa's experts at the Alcoa Technical Center, the world's largest light metals research and development center based outside of Pittsburgh, PA, developed the In-Duct Scrubber technology in collaboration with Alcoa's Global Primary Products group. The Alcoa Technical Center is Alcoa's largest research, development, and applied engineering laboratory with a highly skilled workforce holding more than 100 doctorate and 200 master's Degrees.
Alcoa's Lake Charles plant makes baked carbon anodes and calcined coke for use in smelting operations. The plant has an annual production capacity of 283,000 metric tons of calcined coke and 138,000 metric tons of carbon anodes, and employs 182 people. The In-Duct Scrubber pilot project will create 40 construction jobs over the next 12 months.
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Alcoa is the world's leading producer of primary and fabricated aluminum, as well as the world's largest miner of bauxite and refiner of alumina. In addition to inventing the modern-day aluminum industry, Alcoa innovation has been behind major milestones in the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation, consumer electronics and industrial markets over the past 125 years. Among the solutions Alcoa markets are flat-rolled products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, as well as Alcoa® wheels, fastening systems, precision and investment castings, and building systems in addition to its expertise in other light metals such as titanium and nickel-based super alloys. Sustainability is an integral part of Alcoa's operating practices and the product design and engineering it provides to customers. Alcoa has been a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for 11 consecutive years and approximately 75 percent of all of the aluminum ever produced since 1888 is still in active use today. Alcoa employs approximately 61,000 people in 30 countries across the world. For more information, visit www.alcoa.com and follow @Alcoa on Twitter at twitter.com/Alcoa and follow Alcoa on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Alcoa.


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Arlington National Cemetery Plants Saplings to Honor Troops
By Terri Moon Cronk
ARLINGTON, Va., April 27, 2012 - In honor of Arbor Day and to pay respects to U.S. service members, officials planted five oak tree saplings at Arlington National Cemetery here today.
Three of the saplings were planted near the Kennedy family gravesite. Of the remaining two saplings, one was planted in section 26, near the old amphitheater and the other in section 36, near Custis Walk.
"On this ground we have the opportunity to re-establish a lost national landmark with its very own offspring," said keynote speaker Katherine Hammack, the assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment. "We can do this because Arlington National Cemetery and American Forests had foresight. They collected acorns from that landmark tree next to President [John F.] Kennedy's gravesite to prepare for an inevitable future."
Cemetery historian Tom Sherlock said when President Kennedy visited Arlington House in the spring of 1963, the Arlington oak was prominent in his view as he looked down upon Washington, D.C.
Kennedy said he was taken with the "magnificent" view, Sherlock said, noting the president also remarked that he "could stay there forever." That area near the tree was later chosen as Kennedy's burial site.
Today, a single oak sapling where the old tree once stood also represents a tribute to U.S. service members, Hammack said.
"When we were planning today's ceremony, the 1973 song, 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree' came to mind," she said. "We have lost the old oak tree of a 220-year legacy, but we have an opportunity to tie a yellow ribbon around the young oak tree."
Arlington cemetery's saplings, Hammack said, remind Americans "of those men and women who are serving in harm's way" to protect the nation.
"On behalf of a grateful nation and the U.S. Army, this serves as a welcome home to all service men and women," she said.
Hammack then tied a yellow ribbon around the young tree.
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We didn't have to do pushups to get the wifi password, though I did consider that requirement for our boot camp theme and decided, no calisthenics required. We gathered about 20 writers and developers who wanted to learn about OpenStack documentation in the Mirantis training room for two days this week in Mountain View, California.
The idea for a docs boot camp came from the OpenStack Infrastructure team who held one back in June. We wanted to enable more people to contribute to OpenStack documentation through in-person training and team building. It's not like a book sprint, with the goal of a book in five days, but rather a training session, with questions and answers in real time.
We even had a schedule! And presenters! With labs! We also held an unconference each day in the afternoon. As presentations sparked ideas for further discussion, we wrote them down on notes and everyone could vote on which ones to discuss further during unconference time.
Day one I gave an overview of OpenStack Documentation to give people the history and more context for how we follow development processes.
Jim Blair from the infrastructure team gave an overview of how doc builds work and how we can make templates for our doc build jobs. Since the openstack-manuals repo recently went through a restructure for simplicity (Sunday we were still merging!), this was very timely information. We ran through a lab to make a Jenkins job with a yaml file and also talked about our gating jobs and how to improve them to give better results in the content.
David Cramer, our Maven clouddocs-tools plugin maintainer, did a presentation about DocBook and the newly added support for
olinks, a mechanism that allows for easier link management.
After lunch and a walk to a local park on the other side of a satellite Google office, we switched the schedule a bit to have Nick Chase tell us how to contribute to OpenStack documentation — by showing the onboarding process and how to commit a patch to openstack-manuals. We also had an unconference session about how to get new writers hired at different companies going with good projects.
Basically, read the OpenStack docs! Report doc bugs! Triage some doc bugs! Edit based on our conventions and standards including proper spelling! Fix those pesky doc bugs! Get paid! Win!
Monday evening we enjoyed boating and dinner at Shoreline. Ahh. I also followed a Google self-driving car onto the Google and LinkedIn campuses! Fun.
Tuesday morning we were back at it, and I finally remembered to go around the room for introductions. We had doc-loving representatives and training enthusiasts from Cisco, HP, Mirantis, Nexus IS, OpenStack Foundation, Rackspace, RedHat, SwiftStack, and Yahoo!
Our next technical topic was a talk about API documentation with WADLs with Diane Fleming. I still marvel at the great output we can get from WADL, and especially appreciate how much work it takes to maintain accurate request and response samples. Diane has fixed literally over 100 doc bugs since she started working on OpenStack docs last year. She's an amazing doc contributor.
Next we got all geeky about doc tools again with a presentation and demo of Publican from RedHat writer Stephen Gordon. I asked a ton of questions about their authoring processes, such as "do your writers write differently since they write "articles" instead of book "chapters?" Fascinating look into the world of all-open all the time. They are making the upstream OpenStack docs even better so their own customers get better docs.
Before lunch, Tom Fifield gave a presentation about the autodoc tool that is now working great for scraping the configuration options and putting them into the OpenStack documentation. It's really amazing, we're able to document over 1500 configuration options and keep up with code like never before. It's still a manual, human-must-read process to make sure our groupings for configuration options are correct, but this autodoc tool is a really cool tool that we can keep iterating on.
After lunch, Shaun McCance talked about his plans for consolidating the Install Guides into a set of "choose your own adventure" style books. Michael Still and I had to attend the Technical Committee meeting so I had to miss out. The adventures are in an Etherpad and Shaun has six weeks to get this adventure done! Go go Shaun.
I think we all had a good time together, finding like-minded docs people, creating relationships with training-minded people, and solving some docs problems all in real-time. Thanks so much to Mirantis for hosting and feeding us so well, much appreciation to Rackspace for sending us and giving us such a fun adventure Monday and delicious Dish Dash Tuesday, and great gratitude to the OpenStack Foundation for supporting two travel grants and supporting fine folks like Tom Fifield, Stefano Maffulli, and Jim Blair. We can go forth and rock more docs!


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August 24, 2013 at 7:58am
Can't see it. Hope I'm wrong. Affleck would do well to remember what Bale brought to the role.
DC will have to put out movies quick in order to bring Justice League to the big screen. At this rate, they may have done better to leave it alone. Do it right or not at all. Marvel did it right. A rush job would be doing it wrong.
IMO, I would have loved to see Hugh Jackman in the role of Batman. He is quite the versatile actor who could pull it off. Another one of my friends recommended Don Draper.
I'll reserve judgement until the movie comes out. However, this move could be a big mistake.
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July 4, 2013 at 10:56am
Reading the comments it just goes to show you can't please everyone. If you want to watch the new series, wait until it comes out on DVD. I don't boycott stations or channels. Rather, I choose what I want to watch. The way to alter what a station shows is via ratings. As the ratings go down the station will change its programming and put on what people want to watch. And that is what led to the NFL Network.
July 4, 2013 at 10:43am
Here's a thought: Rather than complain about those awful transfats, don't buy the meal. LJS will stop selling the product if people aren't buying it. Simply the law of supply and demand. Grow up and get a life. The government should stop interfering in our lives.
June 13, 2013 at 8:47pm
Can't see Cage as Rayford Steele. Doesn't seem to fit the description. Not to mention I think the salary may be cost prohibitive as this remake will not be a box office success (though I hope I'm mistaken).
All in all, this remake is a decade too late. Left Behind would have done well as a TV series in its heyday.
Will the interest and the demand be there? Time will tell.
May 22, 2013 at 9:04pm
Rather than bitching, moaning, and complaining, how about proposing solutions to the problems? Everything which is being proposed by the government is merely avoiding dealing with the reality of the debt problem. It isn't going away.
Step one. Realize government can't be all things to all people. Sadly, there will be sob stories about how government didn't provide. Get over it. Ask churches and other organizations to step up and provide.
Step two. Stick to your duties as outlined in the US Constitution. Only those things as clearly stated. If you have to stretch it to fit don't fund it.
Step three. End all foreign aid. Hurts to be certain but we have major financial problems.
Step four. Institute a flat tax that affects everyone equally. One rate for all gross income. One rate for all capital gains. One rate for all businesses, regardless of type. Flat and fair. No exceptions except as mandated by common sense (yard sales, kids selling lemonade, etc).
Step five. Institute a national sales tax whose sole purpose addresses the national debt. Solve the problem.
Step six. Downsize government agencies and organizations.
Solve the problem. However, we know they won't and we will all suffer as a result.
In reply to the story Treasury Sec. Ready to Deploy 'Extraordinary Measures' as U.S. Hits Debt Limit (Again)
May 20, 2013 at 9:26pm
Wonder how long Obama can keep up the Sgt. Schulz charade. "I know nothing. Nothing."
All the IRS tax scandals can go away with two words. Flat tax.
10% tax on gross income, individual and all business. No one and no business are exempt nor are there any exemptions.
10% capital gains tax. Why should this be any different?
5% national sales tax on everything (the tax can be financed without penalty in the case of mortgages) solely for the servicing of and paying down of our national debt.
Only by eliminating favoritism in the form of tax breaks can we truly address the problems. You cannot have special classes. Yes, this will hurt some people. However, it is fair and will help far more people than it hurts.
80,000 pages worth of tax rules and regulations reduced to less than 100 easily. The simpler the better.
Yes, people at the top will pay the same percent as people on the bottom but they'll also pay more than people on the bottom. It would be nice to always pay your exact amount for taxes. Move the decimal point of your gross income one space over to the left and that is your taxes.
Too bad people and politicians don't have or use common sense to simplify a far too complex tax code.
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May 15, 2013 at 5:53am
Here's an idea to eliminate any IRS scandal: Get rid of the IRS.
Better yet, make things much, much simpler. 10% flat tax for everyone and every business based on gross income with zero exceptions. Apply it to everyone. Then add a 5% sales tax on everything. Use that 5% tax solely for the servicing of and paying down the national debt. That's it. Everyone's 1040 would be one line. You made this much. Move the decimal point one place to the left and that is your taxes. Or is that too difficult?
Too bad Washington idiots will never use common sense to eliminate problems.
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May 15, 2013 at 6:15am
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So what does the "most transparent administration ever" have to hide?
Oh wait. That would be THE TRUTH.
May 7, 2013 at 8:39pm
Amazingly enough the Dow and the national debt are both at record highs.
There is nothing about this market which is genuine except for it being a facade. The market is like that house in The Money Pit with Tom Hanks. It looks awesome and then you move in. Quantitative easing is nothing more than the workers saying it will be another two weeks until they finished. Only this time around it will be the American people who are finished.
If this recovery were real it would be celebrated. Fact of the matter is everyone knows it is fake, even though there are few who will admit it.
Look out below.
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May 3, 2013 at 10:08pm
And they said 1984 was a work of fiction.
Coming soon to a theater near you: Bend Ova Urabout 2B Skrewed.
May 3, 2013 at 10:03pm
Each generation things they will be the ones who will see it come to pass. It is intriguing to see with the advent of smart tvs, micro-chip technology, etc, how this could all come to pass. The government can watch you as your watching tv. They can track you via your vehicles black box and public and private security cameras. They can freeze your assets due to real or implied "terrorist activities."
Things seem to be gearing up for the 7 year tribulation period. Keep an eye out for a 7 year peace treaty with Israel which allows them to rebuild the Temple.
Remember, a 200-million man army is nothing, especially if you draw from China, Russia and India and other countries along the way. Who said they all have to come from one place? Rather it seems to be implied they will meet in a central location.
What is encouraging is it appears you are seeing the seeds being planted for the Millennial Kingdom. This was something not previously seen.
Remember, the later the Second Coming the worse the Tribulation will be. Only the I AM knows that date for certain but do we really want to pass that heartache along to later generations?
The warning signs all appear to be there as are the signs to prepare for the coming darkest of days.That being said, I can say with confidence most people, myself included, are nowhere near ready enough. We are on the outskirts of this approaching storm. Food for thought: It is always calmest in the eye of a hurricane.
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April 3, 2013 at 10:12pm
At what point do you say it is enough? The cost of living goes up because wages go up causing goods to rise and companies want and deserve to make profit on top of that. So where do you say "enough"?
At this rate, more people will be in poverty simply due to the minimum wage increasing and them not receiving deserved raises rather than it being due to them simply being poor and uneducated.
For example, if you currently make $50K a year you make $24.03 a hour or just over three times the minimum wage of $7.75. Say they raise the minimum wage up to $12 an hour. Now you make twice as much. Fair? Maybe but you lose your lifestyle as everything else has increased in cost.
Perhaps we would do better by instituting a policy of slowly lowering of the minimum wage to a range of $3 an hour. This brings it back down to the level of entry level workers and no skill jobs.
The problem is a minimum wage always increases and professional salaries can't keep up with those changes.
I remember when the minimum wage was $3.75 an hour. Yet why is it though we may make 6 times that we seem to have less disposable income today? Everything goes up in price yet your paycheck remains the same.
We seem to be inflating our way to poverty. Too bad my paycheck is unable to keep up.
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It's a shame there is any debate about this issue at all.
There is no denying he intended to rape the 6 month old. "I meant to have sex with her but not for her to die because of it." Really?
This shouldn't be up for debate. If convicted of the horrific crime execution should be immediate. Then again, we could jam something attached to a machine and is 12 inches wide by 3 feet deep up his orifice and let it go for a few hours first so he can experience the cruelty firsthand before he meets his maker.
There are consequences for your actions which is why you should think about what you are going to do before you do it. It is a shame the brain seems to be the least used organ of all.
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March 25, 2013 at 8:33pm
Is a reboot really needed and, if so, will anyone go see it? The problem I see is this is occurring 15 years too late. The demand for the movie isn't there. They tried to make a movie to begin with when the books were really primed to go the way of a TV series. Now? Too little too late. Time will tell if this reboot is worthy of our dollars.
For the rapture, pre-, post-, pan, etc. It doesn't matter. I am of the pre-wrath point of view meaning the church misses out on the last seven judgements. No matter which view you subscribe to, prepare and plan as if you'll see the whole thing. That is the great mistake people are making. Failing to prepare and planning on their departure before things get out of hand. Time will tell if that is time well spent.
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March 13, 2013 at 8:26pm
I can predict my income will rise every year by 10% and increase my spending by 10% each year. However, my predictions mean squat until my employer gives me the raise. Even then, if the raise is only 5% I will be in trouble if I don't adjust my spending to compensate for the lack of additional income.
We don't have an income problem as evidenced by record setting tax revenues. We have a spending problem as spending outpaces income at the rate of $1T+ a year.
Everyone in office would do well to take Economics 101. If you spend more than you make you will increase your amount of debt. However, even if you owe $1M and make $50K a year, you can pay that debt off if you use the Dave Ramsey approach and attack that debt with a vengeance. You may have to sell that $450K home. You may have to sell your two Hummers and take a bus. You may have to kiss your motorcycle and boat goodbye. You may have to go from eating steak every night to eating Ramen noodles. Not to mention you go to Goodwill for clothes and pick up a second and third job.
It can be done but doing so is extremely difficult and sacrifices in your lifestyle will need to be made. The idea is to no longer be a slave to your debt.
Americans are aware of this. Time for our politicians to face that reality. It will be painful for all but politicians must be brutally honest with the public and start saying no to entitlements.
It is always easiest to spend someone else's money. Too bad that money has run ou
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That's more likely. A boxing match with scattered showers of hockey thrown in. I went to one game where one player had almost 50 minutes of penalties for fighting. Nice. :)
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Legalese is everything. Holder doesn't have the authority but doesn't state if the President does or does not.
However, if history is indication, the President has that authority even if it is through executive orders. Remember Japanese internment camps or go back to the civil war and what President Lincoln did.
Bring in the story with the 2,700 land mine trucks. Use the land mine trucks due to land mines around internment camp prisons.
Just remember our President is "… not a dictator." His words, not mine. It is a shame to think that his actions seem to indicate otherwise.
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Guess it would be far to simple and easy to simply redraw Congressional districts into a grid pattern. Too bad that is such a hard thing for liberals to do.
February 27, 2013 at 3:24pm
If it happened then it is not alleged. It is fact. The person then could be called Outta Hismind. In any event, I applaud her for taking a stand.
February 27, 2013 at 2:55pm
So instead of using blankets to protect the car, he decides to use his body and suffer the injuries from the hail. Let us hope he hasn't reproduced.
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With differentiation, restaurant operators see opportunity for growth in the emerging fast-casual pizza segment.
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Ryan added that competition from other fast-pizza chains or the national brands like Pizza Hut and Domino's would not inhibit Live Basil's growth, as long as the concept remains focused on its operations and profitability.
"There is a proliferation of concepts with differing degrees of attributes," he said. "Some are more focused on speed, some traditional styles of pizza made in front of you. … At the end of the day, our mantra is to serve pizza you feel good about eating. The designed-in differentiators in Live Basil let us stand on our own. … To do that, you have to be distinct, good and make money in the model."
At Solos, customer service is a key priority for differentiation, Banick said. However, the menu also has differences from what other fast-casual pizza startups offer. The crust is a blend between hand-tossed pizza and a Neapolitan style that is sturdier than traditional Neapolitan offerings. Banick added that Solos evolves its menu regularly based on customer feedback, which led to the So Lo Calorie menu of pizzas with 500 calories or less and limited-time offers like the Cuban Pizza.
A new marketing campaign broke in mid-July with billboards and radio and print ads that emphasize the brand's tagline, "Every one is an individual" — which refers to both individual customers and their personalized pizzas.
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How to Buy a Rewritable DVD Drive
All the talk about the next wave of optical formats--Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD--might make you think that the venerable DVD-Rewritable drive is pass
Rewritable DVD's advantages over CD-R are long established: Single-layer DVD media lets you store up to 4.7GB on a disc, while dual-layer (also referred to as double-layer, for the DVD+R format) media lets you pack up to 8.5GB on a single disc. Like CD-RW drives, rewritable DVD drives support both write-once and rewritable media; write-once discs are best for creating movies playable on standard DVD players and for data archiving, while rewritable discs are well suited for regular file backup.
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Formats, speeds, compatibility--which to choose? We'll introduce you to the basics of rewritable DVD drives. more
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Whether you're shopping for the fastest or the most economical rewritable DVD drive, use these specifications to compare the various DVD burners. more
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Whether you're shopping for the fastest or the most economical rewritable DVD drive, use these specifications to compare the various DVD burners. more
The Big Picture
DVD burners remain the de facto, must-have kind of optical drive. And no wonder: The average price of a drive is $70, with prices running even lower depending on where you buy the drive, and whether there are rebates or other limited-time offers.
The format wars are a distant memory now; drives typically support writing to and reading from both of the competing, incompatible disc formats--DVD-RW and DVD+RW (and their corresponding write-once variants, DVD-R and DVD+R)--and most now support DVD-RAM, as well. In the past, drives that supported the DVD-R, DVD-RW, and DVD-RAM formats were called Multi drives; nowadays, you'll typically see models dubbed Super Multi drives that support all five DVD write formats.
An increasingly common feature of DVD burners is the LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling technology. LightScribe makes it easy to create a label on the disc, using the burner's laser to etch the label into the surface of specially coated LightScribe media.
Both DVD formats burn data and video DVDs that can be read by most DVD-ROM drives and television set-top DVD players. DVD-RAM lags behind the + and - formats in that fewer players and PC drives support it; the format has always been hindered by its playback incompatibility with most DVD-ROM drives and set-top DVD players. However, DVD-RAM provides hard drive-like random access to a rewritable disc, and that makes it a handy addition to your disc-burning arsenal.
Key Features
Write-once DVD: Because write-once DVD-R and DVD+R media have a highly reflective backing, they offer the best compatibility with set-top DVD players, though some players are more sensitive to a disc's reflectivity than others. Currently, the fastest write speed is 20X for recording on single-layer DVD-R and DVD+R media. Write speeds have progressed over the past year, migrating from 16X--the last spec codified by either the -R or +R camps--to 18X and 20X on the latest DVD burners. But none of the media manufacturers so far expect to release media that is rated to write at up to 20X--one of several reasons why you may see only a minimal performance boost with these newest drives.
Double-layer DVD+R and dual-layer DVD-R media write speeds are currently at 8X. A few drives are shipping with faster, higher-than-media speed ratings (10X for double-layer DVD+R, for example); in those cases, as with single-layer media, you may see a performance improvement only with media from specific manufacturers.
Single-layer write-once media is usually the best choice for archiving data or for burning video DVDs that you want to view on your living room player. You can buy the discs everywhere from drugstores to electronics stores, and the media remains less expensive than dual-layer discs. Single-layer DVD-R and DVD+R discs are least expensive when purchased in spindles--you can find spindles of 100 discs for as little as 25 cents per disc (including a rebate or special pricing). Industry experts estimate that write-once media is compatible with at least 85 percent of set-top players; that number climbs even higher when you look at the latest generation of players.
Double-layer and dual-layer media remains more costly than single-layer media, because the media is more difficult to produce. Discs typically cost $18 for a 10-pack spindle, or $37 for a 25-pack spindle. The advantage of these discs lies in their capacity: up to 8.5GB of storage, versus 4.7GB for a single-layer disc. The extra capacity is useful for data backups, and is necessary if you want to record a two-hour block of video at the maximum image quality possible.
Rewritable DVD: Rewritable formats comprise DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM. Rewritable discs are useful if you're trying to do regular, incremental backups (in which you continually add data to the disc), for example.
DVD-RAM is the least compatible of the three, but its robust error correction and high rewrite rating (vendors claim discs can be written to up to 100,000 times, compared with 1000 times for -RW and +RW media) make it a good choice for data backups. Today's drives support bare-disc DVD-RAM media; cartridge media is still available, but few drives support it (such media is contained within a protective enclosure about the size of a jewel case).
The current speeds for rewritable media max out at 12X for DVD-RAM, 8X for DVD+RW, and 6X for DVD-RW. Industry experts estimate that DVD+RW and DVD-RW discs are compatible with about 60 percent of the installed base of DVD players and drives. By contrast, only other DVD-RAM drives and a handful of DVD-ROM drives can read DVD-RAM discs.
Rewritable media tends to be more expensive than write-once media; you can expect discs to cost approximately $1 to $2 apiece.
Internal versus external drives: Internal DVD burners, whether they use the older IDE connectors or the newer Serial ATA (SATA) connections (something becoming more common on burners), cost less than external models--by as much as $100. External drives typically use either the FireWire (IEEE 1394) or USB 2.0 interface; some drive manufacturers offer both connectors on the same drive.
CD-R/RW recording: All rewritable DVD drives can burn CD-R and CD-RW discs. DVD drives typically burn CD-Rs at speeds of 48X to 52X; dedicated CD-R writers max out at 52X. CD-RW write speeds are comparable to those found on stand-alone CD writers as well.
Software bundle: All drives packaged for retail include video DVD authoring software that allows you to create menus and to encode analog video to MPEG-2 so that you can play the resulting video DVD on a standard DVD set-top player. In addition, all drives can create data DVDs with their bundled mastering and packet-writing software. The most common software bundles include scaled-down OEM versions of Nero's Nero Ultra 7 Enhanced and Roxio's Easy Media Creator 9. Some burners may include a more full-featured version of Nero or Roxio than others; look for software bundles that are as close to the shipping, stand-alone versions as possible.
Other popular bundles include a Corel Ulead software suite headlined by DVD MovieFactory 6, or a software suite from CyberLink.
In any case, pick a drive that has as much relevant software as possible. Often you can get backup software, video editing software, and even image editing software ensconced in your drive's disc-burning suite.
Beware of any drive that is sold at a very low cost and without any software. Such a drive is probably intended for sale as a "bare" OEM drive, so it not only has no software, but also (often) no warranty and none of the necessary firmware updates that are standard with drives sold at retail.
LightScribe: Many drives now support LightScribe, a disc-etching technology licensed by Hewlett-Packard. Often, you won't pay any significant premium for a drive with LightScribe support; however, LightScribe-enabled drives sometimes don't support the latest and greatest disc-write speeds. If speed is important to you, check the drive's specs.
With a LightScribe drive and specially coated LightScribe media, you can flip the disc over and use the drive's laser to etch a monochromatic label--as elaborate or as simple as you want--on the disc's top surface. Be aware that it can take 20 minutes or more to etch a complex, full-surface label.
The Specs Explained
Rewritable DVD drive specifications are expressed in a confusing litany of numbers and letters. We'll try to decipher them for you here and let you know which we consider important, somewhat important, or minor in a buying decision.
Important: Disc Formats
DVD burners today can write and rewrite to a variety of disc formats. What all the formats mean and how to distinguish among them are the primary questions facing prospective buyers. Most DVD burners can write to both write-once (R) and rewritable (RW) media. Each type of media comes in two formats: DVD+R and DVD-R; and DVD+RW and DVD-RW. You'll want a DVD burner that supports both + and - formats for maximum compatibility. DVD-RAM is useful for backups, or if you have a living-room DVD recorder that can burn to DVD-RAM--and you actually use the format for your recordings.
All DVD burners can write to both single-layer and dual-layer (or double-layer) formats. Single-layer discs hold 4.7GB of data. Dual- or double-layer discs hold 8.5GB of data.
Write-once DVD--which encompasses both DVD-R and DVD+R--is the most compatible DVD format, especially for sharing discs with living room DVD players. DVD-R SL and DL (single-layer and dual-layer) and DVD+R SL and DL (single-layer and double-layer) are the four write-once variants.
DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM are three rewritable variants you might encounter. Be sure not to buy one of the older, first-generation DVD+RW burners that lack write-once DVD.
Important: Write-Once DVD Speeds
Most of the latest drives are reasonably comparable in speed; however, it is common to go into retail stores and see older stock--drives that are slower. Check the double-layer and single-layer write speeds before you buy--you'll find a huge difference between 2.4X double-layer DVD-R writes and an 8X or 10X write, for example. The current maximum speed ratings: 20X for DVD-R SL and DVD+R SL; 8X for DVD-R DL; 10X for DVD+R DL.
Important: Rewritable-DVD Speeds
DVD-RW and DVD+RW are about equally compatible with most DVD drives and DVD players. But DVD-RW usually takes longer to format than DVD+RW. DVD-RAM's higher rewrite rating--up to 100,000 rewrites, compared with up to 1000 for DVD-RW and +RW--and robust error correction capabilities make this a good format for data. But DVD-RAM is less compatible with other DVD drives and players.
Currently, the maximum write speeds are 6X for DVD-RW, 10X for DVD+RW, and 12X for DVD-RAM.
Somewhat Important: Interface
Internal drives--as with other storage devices--tend to be cheaper than external ones. Pick a Serial ATA (or SATA) internal drive if you have a newer PC; you won't see a performance boost, but the more efficient SATA cables can help improve air flow in your system.
If you're buying an external drive, pick one with an interface that matches what's installed on your computer--or pick a drive that supports both FireWire and USB 2.0 for maximum flexibility. And choose your drive carefully, based on your needs. If you choose a slimline DVD burner, for example, you'll make a significant sacrifice in speed, but you'll gain portability. A full-size, "half-height" drive--like the one you'd see in your PC, except that it's housed in an external enclosure--will provide the performance you'd expect from a desktop drive.
Somewhat Important: Software
If you know how you plan to use your drive, you may get a better deal if the drive includes the software you'll need. Check to see how complete the OEM bundle of the burning software (such as Roxio's Easy Media Creator or Nero's Nero Express) is; also, see if the burner includes backup software or additional video or image editing software.
Rewritable DVD Drive Shopping Tips
Are you ready to buy a rewritable DVD drive? Here are PC World's recommendations for buying a drive that will best suit the needs of the average user.
Decide if speed is important to you. At this writing, speed is not much of an issue, since the two write-once/single-layer DVD formats are identical. Keep an eye on double/dual-layer write speeds, though--many drives on the market don't support the fastest speeds possible.
Consider compatibility. Both DVD-R and DVD+R are highly compatible with current DVD players and DVD-ROM drives. Some older players might have better luck with DVD-R than DVD+R, simply because DVD-R has been around longer. If the drive burns DVD-RAM, remember that the format can be useful but is poorly suited for discs you plan to share with friends and family.
For desktop PCs, get an internal drive with a SATA interface. If your PC supports Serial ATA (SATA), you'll do better by having SATA's thinner, less cumbersome wires inside your system.
For external drives, or desktop PCs with few internal connections, consider the interface. With external drives, you'll see about the same speed from a FireWire drive as you would from a USB 2.0 drive. Costs for drives of each interface type are similar, and for a few more dollars, you can often buy a drive that has the flexibility of both interfaces.
Make sure the bundled recording software fits your needs. With drives sold at retail, all manufacturers include software; the bundle typically covers DVD and CD mastering (including audio CDs), DVD video authoring, and the ability to drag and drop data. Some vendors add software for backup tasks and video editing.


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President's Medallions, Honorary Doctorates to be Given at UH CommencementLuminaries in Health, Energy, Space and Community Service Selected for Contributions to Higher Education
May 12, 2011-Houston-Three distinguished leaders will be presented with President's Medallions in recognition of their service to the University of Houston (UH) and higher education. In addition, three eminent leaders in their fields will receive honorary doctorate degrees. UH President Renu Khator will award these honors at the university's commencement ceremonies May 13 and 14.
With accomplishments spanning the energy, health and space industries, D. Ronald "Ron" Harrell, Richard E. Wainerdi and Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr. are this year's President's Medallion recipients. The medallion is the highest honor bestowed on friends who have enhanced the university community, either through their presence as inspirational guests or as long-term supporters of the university's mission.
Harrell is being honored for his support and contributions as both a donor and founding member and current chair of the UH Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board (PEAB). A licensed petroleum engineer, Harrell had a consulting practice for more than 40 years and still serves as chairman emeritus of Ryder Scott Company Petroleum Consultants, where he was CEO and chairman. He has received numerous industry and academic awards and written many technical papers and continues to be an industry leader through the PEAB, committees, conferences, speaking engagements and other opportunities.
"Although a product of a state university in a neighboring state, Louisiana Tech, my opportunity to serve as a founding member and chairman of UH's PEAB has made me a 'virtual' Cougar," Harrell said. "The PEAB's enthusiasm, the acquisition of the UH Energy Research Park and the arrival of Dr. Khator proved to be the right combination to get an undergraduate petroleum engineering program approved by the state in December 2009. Now, a mere 18 months later, the program has about 100 undergraduates with numerous applications arriving daily."
Receiving the medallion for his exceptional contributions to the medical field and for fostering collaborative initiatives that led to UH becoming a member of the Texas Medical Center (TMC), Wainerdi is TMC's president and CEO. During his nearly 30-year tenure at TMC, Wainerdi continues to provide leadership in successfully coordinating its 49 member institutions and encouraging partnerships.
"The University of Houston is on the path to ever-increasing excellence and greatness in higher education," Wainerdi said. "The health-related programs of education, research and care are among the very best in their fields. I am honored and pleased to be recognized by Dr. Khator in this very special way."
Currently the CEO and managing partner of Vesalius Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in healthcare technologies and companies, Harris is being awarded the medallion for his contributions as a distinguished UH alumnus, former astronaut and first African American to walk in space, and as a pioneer in modern medicine. With two of his four degrees bestowed by UH, Harris also holds an M.D. and continues to serve on numerous advisory boards at the university.
"When I entered the University of Houston years ago, I knew I would receive a stellar education," Harris said. "UH not only afforded me the education I sought, but my time here set me on a path of service. I am deeply honored to receive this award from my alma mater."
Established in 2005 with the support of the UH Faculty Senate, the President's Medallion is awarded at the sole discretion of the president of the university to individuals who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to UH. The front of the medallion features the sculpted seal of UH, with the attached ribbon carrying the official university colors of scarlet red and albino white. The scarlet red stands for courage and inner strength to face the unknown, while the albino white represents the good of helping one's fellow man.
In addition to the President's Medallions, honorary doctorate degrees will be conferred upon Dr. Herman D. Suit, Kenneth Parr and Walter Kase.
Suit's wide-ranging and significant accomplishments as a physician, teacher, researcher and scholar in the field of radiation oncology have earned him numerous recognitions from his peers, both nationally and internationally. Dr. Suit's contributions to the field of cancer treatment can be classified into three general categories: generating new knowledge about effective treatment of cancer through research; educating medical students, residents and practicing oncologists; and providing medical care to patients with cancer. He has written more than 300 peer-reviewed papers. A member of UH's Class of '48, Suit serves on the UH Natural Sciences and Mathematics Dean's Advisory Board.
Parr attended the university more than half a century ago and went on to an incredible career that first included important contributions to the U.S. Space Program and later the formation of a highly successful private lending and real estate business. He cites the education he received at UH as a key factor in his success. During the height of the space race, Parr played a role in what were literally some of the biggest moments in human history. He built the flagpole planted into the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. He worked on the Lunar Rover, splashdown capsules, and helped design and build components of the spacesuits worn by astronauts on multiple missions. He also had a key role in devising a solution to an emergency situation on Skylab, the United States' first space station. During its launch on May 14, 1973, a portion of the station's sunshade was destroyed, causing rising temperatures that could have made Skylab uninhabitable. Parr designed and built portions of a mechanism allowing for the deployment of a rectangular parasol deployed in orbit that solved the problem.
Kase is being recognized by UH for his unfaltering contributions to the community as he speaks out against discrimination, using his own personal history as a Holocaust survivor to set an example of bravery, survival and healing. His story has impressed the transformative values of respect and tolerance upon younger and older generations, alike. Born in Poland in 1930, Kase and his family were uprooted by the events of the Holocaust in 1939 when they were given 15 minutes to leave their home and move into the Lodz ghetto. During the war he endured forced labor camps and five concentration camps, including Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. By the end of the war, a 15-year-old Kase weighed only 64 pounds and suffered a myriad of ailments. He transformed these horrific experiences into a powerful, personal story that greatly impacts the lives of those he meets. On numerous occasions, he has met with UH students, faculty and staff, most notably in the Graduate College of Social Work.
Wainerdi's medallion and Kase's honorary doctorate will be presented at 9 a.m. Friday, May 13 during the ceremony for the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Harris will receive his medallion at 2 p.m. Friday during the combined ceremonies for the Colleges of Hotel and Restaurant Management, Technology and Education. Harrell and Par will be awarded their honors at 6 p.m. during the ceremonies held for the Colleges of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Architecture, and Cullen College of Engineering. Suit's honor will be conferred at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 14 during the Bauer College of Business ceremony. Each event will be held at Hofheinz Pavilion and is scheduled to last approximately two hours.
Editor's Note: Photos of the six recipients are available to media by contacting Lisa Merkl or Laura Tolley.
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Kroger Restricts Medicine
CHARLESTON (AP) – Supermarket chain Kroger is tightening monthly purchase limits of cold medications that contain pseudoephedrine at its West Virginia stores.
The new limits at Kroger's 40 pharmacies in the state will be effective in the coming weeks and are more restrictive than those under West Virginia law. Kroger didn't follow the lead of some competitors that barred sales of cold medications that have pseudoephedrine as their only active ingredient.
"Single-ingredient (pseudoephedrine) is a legal and effective medication that customers with legitimate health needs want to be able to purchase," Kroger spokesman Carl York said Wednesday.
Kroger customers next month will be allowed to buy no more than 3.6 grams per month of cold medications containing pseudoephedrine. West Virginia law allows people to purchase 7.2 grams per month.
CVS in July announced it will no longer sell medications that solely contain pseudoephedrine at its 50 West Virginia stores and at 40 stores in neighboring states that are within 15 miles of the West Virginia border. Rite Aid, Fruth Pharmacy and Walgreens also have stopped selling single-ingredient pseudoephedrine cold products in West Virginia.
Kroger pharmacies sold more than 40,000 boxes of cold medications with pseudoephedrine last year, behind Walmart, Rite Aid and CVS.
Pseudoephedrine also is used to illegally manufacture methamphetamine. Police seized 207 meth labs across the state over the first half of this year. Law enforcement agencies seized a record 530 meth labs in 2013.
A bill that would have required a prescription to buy pseudoephedrine died on the final night of this year's regular session after time ran out on an agreement between the House and the Senate.
York said Kroger has urged state officials to establish uniform rules to regulate pseudoephedrine purchases because the various drug store chains have different inventory policies.
"In the long-term, a voluntary approach is far less effective as it creates confusion for West Virginia customers who use these products to meet their health and wellness needs."


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The sound that comes from the speakers is immediately arresting. It is a groan, or a whine, or maybe a croon. It shifts and slides from position to position, defying your efforts to pin it down. Now deep and sonorous, now thin and electric as feedback, Johnterryl Plumeri's bowed bass work is endlessly compelling. Pair it with musicians the caliber of David Goldenblatt (piano) and the great Joe La Barbera (drums) on a choice selection of standards and the effect is stunning.
Blue In Green is a flash point of classical and jazz sensibilities. The performances have the intricate formality of chamber pieces, along with the casual urge of jazz to follow inspiration wherever it may wander. Due to this risk-taking, not every track is completely successful. But in a time when the comfort of mediocrity is so tempting, daring missteps should be celebrated as much as easy achievements. For instance, the melancholy enchantment of "Corcovado" does not entirely survive this severe, nearly Gothic interpretation. And yet this misfire does nearly as much to reveal the ineffable beauty of the song as a hundred standard issue bossa nova Muzak arrangements.
On the other hand, the take of "Round Midnight" is one of the strongest pieces I've heard all year. Plumeri sounds downright odd here, exactly as off-kilter and slurred as things seem 'round midnight. There's a novel here, filled with events unsettling and hazy.
Blue In Green is an album that reviewers pray for because it fires the imagination. The listener has the uncanny experience of hearing players thinking on their feet, instead of recycling riffs they've fallen back on for years. It is challenging and astonishingly vital.
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Trade Deficit Jumps to 2-Year High (1)
The nation's imports outpaced its exports by 138 million euros in February, doubling the previous month's trade gap and setting a new 23-month deficit record.
Imports to Estonia totaled 1.11 billion euros for the month, while exports came in at 0.97 billion euros, Statistics Estonia said.
Both imports and exports have seen strong growth over the past two years, however exports began to falter last December - dipping back below the 1 billion euro mark - in the face of weakening demand from Scandinavian export markets. Meanwhile, imports jumped by over 100 million euros from January to February, making their biggest single-month gain since March of 2011.
Compared to February of last year, monthly exports were up 16 percent and imports 25 percent, with the latter mainly boosted by arrivals of mineral fuels and transport equipment.
Of Estonia's exports in February, the largest share, 28 percent, was made up of machinery and equipment, followed by mineral products including fuel and electricity at 20 percent, and metals and metal products at 8 percent.
Machinery and equipment also figured heavily on the import side, accounting for 23 percent of the total, with mineral products coming in at 20 percent and transport equipment at 9 percent.
Sweden, Finland and Russia continue to be the country's largest market destinations, taking in 17 percent, 14 percent and 10 percent of the country's total exports, respectively.
For import countries of origin, Finland and Germany tie for the top spot at 14 percent each, followed by Latvia at 10 percent.
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Here is a pretty good rundown of President Obama's plan from Goldman Sachs (with my comments in bold):
James Pethokoukis
New Obama budget plan leaves U.S. fiscal future fuzzy
This is my quick take on President Obama's budget speech that went out to Reuters clients (more to come):
The anti-Paul Ryan plan
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has finally released its response to Rep. Paul Ryan's Path to Prosperity. "The People's Budget" is almost like a parody of a liberal Democratic plan. It proposes raising taxes by $4 trillion over ten years and cutting spending (mostly defense) by $900 billion. (Ryan would cut spending by $6 trillion.) It would take tax revenue as a share of GDP to 22.3 percent vs. a previous all-time high of 20.9 percent in World War Two. Even worse, the plan only goes out a decade since its tax hikes still wouldn't balance the budget long-term because it ignores healthcare reform.
Just how worrisome is the U.S. growth slowdown?
After taking a look at the new trade numbers, Wall Street firms are slashing their GDP growth forecasts for the first quarter of this year. Both Macroeconomic Advisers and Morgan Stanley now think growth will be just 1.5 percent. We are getting into dangerous territory, so says the Dallas Fed:
Will Obama endorse Bowles-Simpson debt plan?
Will President Obama finally endorse the debt plan of his own debt commission in his big speech tomorrow?
Romney 2012: Is U.S. ready for its first buyout president?
Mitt Romney's campaign launch for the Republican presidential nomination predictably avoided mentioning the Obamacare-like health plan he created as Massachusetts governor. But it also gently tiptoed around his financially successful career as a buyout boss. With the financial crisis still raw to voters, selling them on the first president to be drawn from the buyout barony will be tough.
Why Obama's tax pledge is bogus
Who does Team Obama think it's fooling? Budget experts are already scoffing at the idea that the White House can somehow deal with America's long-term budget woes without either a) raising taxes on the middle-class or b) adopting a Paul Ryan-style restructuring of entitlements.
Is the Ryan Plan a 73-page suicide note?
Charles Krauthammer asks the question:
In 1983, the British Labour Party under the hard-left Michael Foot issued a 700-page manifesto so radical that one colleague called it "the longest suicide note in history." House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan has just released a recklessly bold, 73-page, ten-year budget plan. At 37 footnotes, it might be the most annotated suicide note in history.
Just how fragile are Obama's approval ratings?
Quite, says my pal Jay Cost over at TheWeeklyStandard:
President Obama's overall job approval is split 47-47, but the numbers underneath it are not good at all. On the economy, AP-GfK has him at -6, Gallup at -17, Quinnipiac at -26, and CBS at -14. On health care, AP-GfK has him above water (+4), but Gallup and Quinnipiac have him at -17 and -16, respectively. Meanwhile, check out the right track/wrong track numbers, which are as negative as they have been at any point during Obama's tenure.
Why a government shutdown is even possible
What a very different political world it would be right now if President Obama had a) supported his own debt commission, b) devised a 2012 budget that made deep spending cuts over near and medium term, and c) listened to his own economic team and suggested a Social Security fix. But with no leadership from the White House on the horizon, it made all that much more important for the Tea Party wing of the GOP to dig in and push real spending cuts now.


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Residents to be conscious of what they're burning: mayor
© Frank Gale
Wendy Wells is concerned about air quality issues in Stephenville after experiencing breathing diffuculties and nausea she believes is caused by something that was being burned.
After experiencing difficulty breathing and nausea from some type of air pollution for three separate days within a two-week period, Wendy Wells thought it was time to speak up.
The Stephenville woman, who works out of L.S. Eddy Memorial Complex on Gallant Street and lives on Glendale Street, said her first sign of trouble came while walking home during her lunch hours.
"It bothered my breathing and it really seems like some type of chemical you get a strong smell from," said Wells. "I called the town to find out what it is and hopefully they can get a stop put to it."
She said it was a mild reaction for her, but wonders what it's like for someone with bad allergies.
Town officials told her the problem could stem from something people are burning, but Wells said she has no problem with people burning wood in stoves. She said this is something different and has a plastic odour.
Mayor Tom O'Brien said, in addition to Wells, the town also received another complaint about air quality issues in the centre area of Stephenville. He is now asking residents of the town to be conscious of what they are burning in wood stoves.
O'Brien said the only thing this problem can be traced to is household garbage items being burned in wood stoves.
Exhaust and fumes from what's being burned could have negative impacts on neighbours and the person or family in the house where the material is being burned.
O'Brien said burning household items could be releasing toxic fumes into the atmosphere, having a negative affect on people's health in the long term and an immediate impact on people that suffer from allergies or respiratory problems. He said what goes out through chimneys can be carried into neighbouring homes through air exchangers. O'Brien said there is a reason why incinerators, which burned household garbage, were banned in the province due to the the toxins they emitted into the air.


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2011 Teens and Oregon Mustangs Youth and Yearling Event (Yamhill, OR)
This year there are 20 competitors who will vie for a trophy saddle and championship belt buckle during the 2011 Teens and Oregon Mustangs Youth and Yearling Event on August 27. Trainers selected for this year's event picked up their yearling Oregon mustang on May 21, 2011, and have 98 days to gentle, ground train, prepare for showmanship, and expose their yearling horses to trail obstacles. The event will conclude with a show on Saturday, August 27, 2011, at the Yamhill County Fairgrounds located at 2070 NE Lafayette Ave., McMinnville, OR 97128, where they will compete for a trophy saddle, silver belt buckle, and the right to claim the title "Winner of the Third Annual Teens and Oregon Mustangs.
The purpose of this competition is to showcase Oregon youth and beauty, versatility, and trainability of these rugged horses that roam freely on public lands throughout the West where they are protected by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under Federal law. The BLM periodically removes excess animals from the range to ensure herd health and protect rangeland resources. Thousands of removed animals are then made available each year to the public for adoption. Animals not being adopted by their trainer/trainer's family will be available for adoption at the Teens and Oregon Mustangs Event on August 27, 2010, at Yamhill County Fairgrounds.
This event is sponsored by the Mustang Heritage Foundation through their Youth and Yearling (YAY) program. They provide monetary as well as process and advertising support for this event. The YAY program was created to assist Trainer Incentive Program (TIP) trainers to sponsor youth events in their local communities and allow those under 18 years old to experience mustangs up close and personal.
These yearling mustangs were gathered from Oregon herd management areas by the BLM. Judging for this competition will be based upon conditioning of the horse, showmanship, and completion of an in-hand trail course. Many of the mustangs will be available for adoption through an oral bidding adoption following the event on August 27.
Adoption fees will be set by competitive bid with initial fees being determined by the BLM. To qualify to adopt, one must be at least 18 years old, with no record of animal abuse. In addition, adopters must have suitable facilities and can adopt no more than four animals (maximum is four untitled BLM animals at one time in one person's "care"). Adoption applications may be obtained and approved at the event. Forms and additional information may also be found at the link shown for the BLM.
About Teens and Oregon Mustangs
The mission of Teens and Oregon Mustangs is to make Oregon BLM mustangs more adoptable. In keeping with this mission, Teens and Oregon Mustangs has been created to place Oregon mustang yearlings in adoptive homes through a yearling training event. The goals of this event is to promote adoption through showcasing a mustangs value and trainability, help Oregon teens improve their horsemanship skills, and build life training skills for Oregon youth through competition. Teens and Oregon Mustangs, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization and donations are tax deductible. If you have any questions, please contact Erica FitzGerald 503-702-5359 firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the FAQ at http://teensandoregonmustangs.org
About the Mustang Heritage Foundation
The mission of the Mustang Heritage Foundation and the goal of the event is to increase the adoption of mustangs across the country. The Mustang Heritage Foundation supports this and other events of their own creation to showcase the recognized value of mustangs through a training competition and has placed thousands of mustangs for adoption since September 2007. For more information go to http://www.mustangheritagefoundation.org
About the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) - Wild Horse and Burro Program
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is responsible for managing 258 million acres of public lands, located mostly in the West. Wild horses and burros roaming public rangelands are managed in a manner consistent with BLM's overall multiple-use mission as set forth in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Since 1973, the BLM has placed more than 219,000 horses and burros into private care through adoption. For more information, visit: www.blm.gov/or/resource/whb/index.php or call 866-4MUSTANGS.


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UPDATE: Ex-president of Pennsylvania Water Rescue stole from organization fundraisers, court records say
A former official at Pennsylvania Water Rescue surrendered this morning to face charges he embezzled nearly $30,000 from the Easton-based dive team.Marvin J. McCammon, 53, of Bushkill Township, was arraigned before District Judge Richard Yetter III in Wilson Borough. McCammon was handcuffed prior to the hearing.
He allegedly took proceeds from the dive team's Christmas tree sales and ring toss to pay back taxes on a Forks Township property he owns.
His wife, former Bethlehem Assistant Fire Chief Jacqueline Lilley-McCammon, knew nothing about the alleged scheme and took a polygraph test proving so, according to the couple's attorney, Gary Asteak.
Bail was set at 10 percent of $15,000, and McCammon -- accompanied by Lilley-McCammon -- said he planned on posting it this morning.
He is charged with theft by deception, theft by failure to make required disposition of funds and receiving stolen property, all third-degree felonies. The offenses date to Jan. 1, 2011. Police began investigating in August after receiving a report that McCammon stole $29,825 from the rescue group, which is based at 444 N. 13th St. in the city, police said.
Then-Mayor-elect Bob Donchez nominated Lilley-McCammon in December to become the city's first female fire chief. Lilley-McCammon abruptly withdrew her name from consideration Jan. 2 and retired Jan. 7, citing personal reasons. She has not been charged with any crime.


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Campus to Re-open for Employees, Classes Resume MondayJuly 24, 2008 - 2:11 p.m.
Campus will re-open for employees Friday, July 25. Employees in Physical Plant and Information Technology Services need to report to their offices at 8 a.m. ALL OTHER EMPLOYEES at 1 p.m. Everyone should dress comfortably to get offices ready for classes on Monday and limited services will be available. Classes will resume and students can return to campus Monday, July 28. There was minimal damage to campus and Physical Plant has already begun cleaning and taking plywood off windows. The UTB/TSC Hurricane Team and the UTB/TSC Hurricane Plan/Alert Page will keep you updated on any new announcements and updates from firstname.lastname@example.com. It is also important to stay informed through weather reports via the following local media: The Brownsville Herald Television Stations:Channel 4 - KGBT-TV Channel 5 - KRGV-TV Channel 2 - KTLM Telemundo Channel 3 - KNVO Univision Channel 10 - KMBH-TV60 Channel 23/8 - KVEO-23 The Weather Channel Radio Stations:KURV - AM 710 KGBT AM 1530 KGBT FM 98.5 KTEX - FM 100.3 KBFM – FM 104.1 KMBH - FM 89.5
You can find more information, including procedures to prepare for a hurricane at the following links:
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AMSTERDAM - The Amsterdam girls tennis team won all six singles matches and all three doubles contests in a 9-0 win over Bishop Maginn in a Big 10 contest Monday.
Cristiana Johnson, Kristie Kaczmarek, Veronica Marsh, Brittany Durose and Ella Dybas won singles matches for Amsterdam (8-0 overall, 6-0 Big 10). Audrey Flint won by forfeit at No. 6 singles for the Lady Rams.
In doubles play, Tessa Filaberto and Caitlyn Gannon, Gabby Disalvi and Arizona Santiago, and Lucia Liverio and Latifa Woods all won by forfeit.
Amsterdam 9, Bishop Maginn 0
No. 1: Cristiana Johnson (A) def. Courtney Lane, 6-3, 6-0
No. 2: Kristie Kaczmarek (A) def. Kathryn Nowosielski, 6-1, 6-0
No. 3: Veronica Marsh (A) def. Emily Panganiban, 6-0, 6-0
No. 4: Brittany Durose (A) def. Brenda Rodriguez, 6-0, 6-0
No. 5: Ella Dybas (A) def. Tayana Pena, 6-0, 6-0
No. 1: Tessa Filaberto/Caitlyn Gannon (A) won by forfeit
No. 2: Gabby Disalvi/Arizona Santiago (A) won by forfeit
No. 3: Lucia Liverio/Latifa Woods (A) won by forfeit
Foothills Council
Queensbury 7, Johnstown 0
QUEENSBURY - Queensbury won all five singles matches and both doubles contests in a Foothills Council win over Johnstown at Queensbury High?School.
Rebecca Sung, Sydney Scheid, Amanda Ling, Amanda Rawson and Clare Severance won singles contests for the Lady Spartans.
Megan Roop and Lindsey White won at No. 1 doubles for Queensbury, while Berlyn Barboza and Lauren Bolz won at No. 2 doubles.
Queensbury 7, Johnstown 0
No. 1: Rebecca Sung (Q) def. Elizabeth VanDenburgh, 6-4, 6-3
No. 2: Sydney Scheid (Q) def. Aubri Kranbuhl, 6-2, 6-2
No. 3: Amanda Ling (Q) def. Helaina Stergas, 6-1, 6-3
No. 4: Amanda Rawson (Q) def. Alexis Berry, 6-2, 6-4
No. 5: Clare Severance (Q) def. Angelee Smith, 6-3, 6-2
No. 1: Megan Roop/Lindsey White (Q) def. Rachel DeFrancis/Alexandria Brunetto, 6-2, 6-0
No. 2: Berlyn Barboza/Lauren Bolz (Q) won by forfeit


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Routine government meetings in New Orleans, St. Charles Parish and St. John the Baptist Parish headline today's selection of public meetings.
The New Orleans City Council's Health Care Committee meets at 10 a.m., and the Transportation Committee gathers at 2 p.m. Both meetings are inside the Council Chamber, 1300 Perdido St.
In St. John, the President's Advisory Committees host a public meeting from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at LACE The Reception Place, 516 E. Airline Highway in LaPlace.
St. Charles Parish's Coastal Zone Advisory Board gets together at 7 p.m. at the Parish Council Chambers, 15045 River Road in Hahnville.
Meanwhile, there are a pair of other civic meetings residents of New Orleans may be interested in.
Louisiana House of Representatives Clerk Alfred Speer will discuss the state's redistricting process from 3 to 4 p.m. at Urban League of Greater New Orleans headquarters, 2322 Canal St. The Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations organized the presentation. Send an RSVP to firstname.lastname@example.com
The Algiers Charter Schools Association Board of Trustees meets publicly at 6:30 p.m., Alice M. Harte Charter School at 5300 Berkley Drive in Algiers. Find the agenda at www.AlgiersCharterSchools.org.


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Ronnie Patton, ACCA Public Sector Panel and senior lecturer at the University of Ulster said, "For many young people across Northern Ireland getting exam results can be a worrying time and many students are faced with tough decisions about their next steps. There is a lot of pressure on young people to succeed; however, we are reminding students that exam results are just the start of your future career and there are lots of options available if you didn't get the grades you wanted."
As the global body for professional accountants, ACCA believes that in order for students to take control of their futures, it is important that they are properly informed of all the career opportunities at the appropriate stage in their learning and how best they can access them.
"It can be a challenging time for most young people as they are unsure what to do next and we want to remind students not to panic as there are numerous routes to skilled employment including the full-time university education route or professional career focused alternatives.
"For students choosing the education route it is encouraging to see a willingness to learn from young people with many opting to go to University. The latest figures from UCAS for July highlights that there has been an increase of 0.6% in the number of local students applying to Northern Ireland Institutions since the same period last year. However, full time education is not the right approach for everyone, many young people will choose to work part-time because they need to work and can't afford full-time education.
"ACCA offers flexibility for young people and those who have obtained three GCSEs and two A-Levels including Math's and English are probably unaware that they are already on the path to becoming an accountant and can use these essential skills as a stepping stone to the professional qualification. With globally transferable skills and a range of study options including full-time, part-time, evening and weekend courses as well as distance learning, the ACCA accredited qualification represents immediate earning potential to all students.
"Accountancy is a profession that plays a pertinent role here in Northern Ireland in helping to drive our economy and we must continue to equip our young people with the skills required to fulfil demands of employers and help towards building a prosperous economy."
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