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Whose idea was it that the Eagles needed what amounted to a total overhaul of the team after last year's playoff loss to the eventual champion Green Bay Packers?
Hey, the Eagles 21-16 loss to Green Bay was the Packers closest game throughout the postseason. Sure the Eagles needed a tweak here and there, what they didn't need was what they did that has left them a 3-6 mess headed nowhere near the playoffs.
Let's start with the firing of defensive coordinator Sean McDermott, which was applauded by most fans.
Here's my take on that. Never fire a coach unless you have a better coach ready to replace him.
Did the Eagles have someone better than McDermott?
Obviously not, because after at least two or three potential coaches turned the job down, the Eagles decided to move offensive line coach Juan Castillo across the ball to run the defense.
Now, really who would you rather have McDermott or Castillo?
Before you answer think about the players McDermott had last year and the ones Castillo has this year.
Instead of firing the bright, young, innovative McDermott maybe they should have surrounded him with a better staff, such as line coach Jim Washburn and secondary coach Johnnie Lynn, some better players and given him another year.
McDermott held Green Bay to 21 points in that playoff loss. You think Castillo's defense, even with a better staff and better players, would do the same this year?
Castillo, one of the best people in the entire organization, is so miscast right now it's almost sad to watch.
The Eagles haven't blown five fourth-quarter leads this season by accident. It's been by design, the design of the defense.
Again, what the Eagles should have done is left Castillo where he belonged as the offensive line coach.
Howard Mudd, who came out of retirement to coach the Eagles offensive line, made his name in Indianapolis protecting quarterback Peyton Manning.
Not for nothing, but that wasn't a real tough task. Manning makes most of his own line calls and gets rid of the ball as quickly as any quarterback anywhere.
One of the reasons for the Eagles miserable record this year is Mike Vick's health. There's a reason Vick hasn't played nearly as well this season as he did last season and it's because he's either running away from trouble, or picking himself up off the ground.
Mudd and his offensive line keep getting rave reviews from the national media, but every time I look up Vick is taking another big hit. The last one left him with two broken ribs that leaves likely out for Sunday's game with the Giants
Speaking of Vick, the Eagles had another decision to make. Both the quarterback and wide receiver DeSean Jackson were free agents to be. Chances are one of them would get a new deal before the season began. There was a slight chance both would.
Well, the Eagles picked Vick and gave him a $100 million deal and now it appears Jackson is all but gone as a free agent next season.
Would it have hurt to let Vick play for the franchise tag this season and see how he did before rewarding him with the mega-deal?
Jackson, who is still vastly underpaid — all you need to know is Steve Smith makes almost four times as much as Jackson – would have been a better choice to reward with a new deal at the start of the season. Chances are with a new deal he would have been able to buy a better alarm clock to make those early morning meetings.
Personnel-wise the Eagles went wild; they let almost all their free agents walk, including kicker David Akers and punter Sav Rocca and went after every high-profile player available.
This team was so baffled by what it had that two opening-day starters, guard Kyle DeVan and safety Jarrad Page have been released. And the last time anyone saw opening day middle linebacker Casey Matthews was on a milk carton.
Did they need to do all of that and fill out such an unbalanced roster that is overloaded with talent in some areas, but lacks badly on the offensive line, at linebacker and safety?
No, they didn't.
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A garden journal can add to your gardening success and enhance your enjoyment of your gardening activities. Depending on how much effort you want to spend on the journal, it can record as little as what you planted and when. At the other extreme, it can record every minute activity you perform in your garden, such as trimming, fertilizing, watering, and recording rainfall, temperature and hours of sunlight. It's up to you, how much information, or how little, you keep. It also depends on what you expect to do with the information later. I had some correspondence with one gardener who pooh-poohed the need for any kind of journal. This gardener wrote notes on activities and kept them in a big plastic bag for retrieval, should the need arise. Fortunately, there's lots of room in gardening for every point of view. It depends on what you want.
Journal TypesThere are several general types of garden journals, and you should consider which one will likely meet your needs the best.
This broad category includes everything from nuts to bolts, kept in a shoebox, bag, storage box, or any other format where retrieval is on a 'dive-in' basis. This type of journal works best for people who want to save 'stuff', just in case, but have no idea what they'll do with it.
Garden PlannerThis type of garden journal includes current gardening information and planning tools such as garden layouts, visual references such as pictures, and detailed information about bloom time, requirements, colour, and design issues as well as gardening activities and observations.
Garden OrganizerThe garden organizer journal is grouped by plant type or location, by colour or season, or in another way that makes sense to you. Contents are organized in the chosen order, rather than recorded sequentially in date order.
Personal JournalThe best example of this a personal diary. For each day that you choose to make an entry, you start a new line right after your last entry. You make entries daily, weekly, or as you get to them. Usually, pictures and additional information is not included.
Photo AlbumFor avid photographers, or gardeners who want to look at their garden even in the winter, this form of garden journal lets you store garden pictures, plant details and activities. A popular use of this tyle of journal is to take digital photos of your plants through each stage of their growth, inserting new pages as required. This can provide you with a visual image of what your perennials look like when them emerge from the spring soil, vs. what weeds look like, so that you remove the weeds only.
Record KeeperThe record keeper format permits the most detail to be kept on each and every plant in your garden. It will likely include complete plant details, all activities, and permit as much detail as you want to enter. This style need not be in a binder, but could be index cards in a shoebox, in alphabetical order, for example. It could also utilize an address-card filing system.
Journal Styles
Diary Style Garden Journal
The diary style follows the format of a regular bound diary. The pages are usually unformatted so that you can write as much, or as little as you wish for each day, or skip days without skipping pages. Your notes are written in chronological order. While you can tape seed packets and pictures into this style journal, they will eventually over-fill the book and make it unattractive. This style is best if you want to simply record your activities and observations.
Formatted, Bound Style Garden Journal
This style garden journal may be formatted with an space allowed for each day, with specific contents related to gardening, or in other ways. It is bound so that you cannot insert pages afterwards. Notes are in chronological order. Again, addition of enough seed packets and pictures will make the book very bulky.
Loose-leaf Style Garden Journal
This format of garden journal utilizes lined or unlined loose-leaf paper as its base. Its main advantage is that you can insert pages at a later time. Why would this matter? Well, if you want to keep all entries regarding a specific plant together, as some gardeners do, you will need to either insert pages as required, or leave a lot of room after the initial entry, which looks really silly until it fills up. This is also a nice cheap method to create a do-it-yourself garden journal. See our instructions for a sample homemade garden journal. You can also use your wordprocessing software to create and maintain your garden journal. Use of backgrounds like gardenjournal.gif will let you customize the appearance of your journal.
Web-based Style Garden Journal
There are numerous services for creating and maintaining a garden journal on the internet. With these services, your journal is readily available oneline to you at any time, and many services are free. A selection of templates is usually provided by the service, for you to customize your entries to suit your taste and needs, and you can choose to share your journal with others, or keep it private. The advantages of this type of journal include your participation in an online community, and the ease of use, once you get used to them. The disadvantages include the need to be on the internet to make your garden entries or refer to past entries. Most services do allow printing of your journal.
Computer Program Garden Journal
This style of journal is useful for the gardener who wants to look at gardening activities in a variety of different ways. For example, to see all activities for a specific plant, or all activities of a specific nature (eg fertilizing), as well as activities by date. Most computer garden journals also include a section for detailed plant records, as well. You will usually be able to print all plant records and journal entries in a variety of different sort orders, depending on how you will use your journal. You can also add entries out of date order. The Garden Management System gardening software includes a garden journal. With this program, you can view journal entries for with each plant, in date order, and in a variety of other sort orders. You can also print a page for each plant that includes plant characteristics and details, as well as all journal entries for that plant, as shown in the sample plant report.
What to RecordYou can record as much, or as little as you want, in your garden journal. Just make sure it's a fun activity, rather than a chore. Some suggestions for the kinds of information you may want to include are:
Garden Journal Sections
You may find it helpful to divide your garden journal into sections. As with all the other choices you'll make regarding your journal, your choice of sections depends on how much information you plan to keep. Think about the gardening information you currently keep, and why you might consider a change. Then consider how to achieve this. Here are some possibilities to choose from.
We've put together some instructions on making your own garden journal. A few variations on home-made garden journal creation are included.
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BRIDGETON — A city resident accused in the 2010 killing of a Millville man has been indicted on a new set of charges.
Robert C. Robinson, 23, of Fremont Street, was indicted on one count of first-degree aggravated manslaughter in the April 2010 death of 22-year-old Millville resident Keith Wright.
The case is scheduled to go to trial on April 8, according to Cumberland County Criminal Case Management.
Robinson was initially charged with murder after he turned himself in at the Millville Police Station the day of the incident.
Robinson was released on bail from the Cumberland County Jail in January, according to criminal case management. His bail was set at $500,000 by Superior Court Judge Robert Becker when Robinson was arraigned on April 30, 2010.
At that first court appearance, assistant prosecutor John Jesperson said that Wright was shot after he intervened in an altercation that Robinson was allegedly having with a woman on 4th Street, in Millville. Robinson's attorney said that his client was acting in self-defense.
In addition to the manslaughter charge, Robinson will face two counts of second-degree aggravated assault, and one count each of second-degree possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose and second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon.
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Please be advised that your best resource for information about foreclosures is a good local agent who specializes in foreclosure.
When you check and find a home, click on AGENT DETAIL. Deal with ASSET MANAGERS AND BROKERS.
The FSM and Brookers will help you and show you more homes.
here's the link
I will put foreclosed and auction sites links on my site for free shortly.
Good luck
First of all, you need to make sure that the Realtor you are working with understands the entire foreclosure process including pre-forclosure (Short-sales), foreclosure (Sheriff Sale), Bank Owned (REO), and Auctions. Your best bet is to find someone you are comfortable with, then sign a buyer's agency agreement. Will it require you to pay your agent if the seller doesn't? Yes, it will, but if you want really good information you aren't going to get it for free. At least doing it this way, you don't have to pay unless you actually buy something. I typically save my buyers more money in the transaction and rehab of the house than they pay me in commissions. Anyone who is good at what he or she does isn't going to work for free.
I'd also suggest checking out the local real estate investor group ACRE http://www.acrepgh.org which provides advice and guidance for about $100 a year.
Be VERY careful with the auctions. When you buy at at Sheriff Sale auction you buy all the liens on the property as well. When you see that someone bought a house for $15,000, what you don't see is that the house has a $250,000 lien on it that must now be paid. Some of the "bank owned auctions" are actually the properties that wouldn't sell on the multi-list because they aren't worth what the bank is asking. I've been to at least one auction at the convention center where the auction company had employees in the audience bidding up properties -- a practice that is illegal in Pennsylvania. This isn't to say there aren't legitimate auction companies out there, you just need to be careful.
Get a professional to help you though the process. I would look for a Realtor that is also and investor and is more likely to understand the process.
There are a lot of good deals out there, but there are even more bad ones. Best of luck and let me know if I can help you.
Happy Bidding!
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Simply stated, banks will sell their property at action to the highest bidder for cash. You can see where this gets complex. Unless the buyer has cash (certified funds) at hand on the courthouse steps, you won't be considered as a buyer. Are there lenders that will loan prior to auction? Yes, but they are private and hard to find. Unless you're a seasoned investor this is not a route I'd recommend.
Wait till the property is taken back by the bank then contact your real estate agent and make an offer.
For REO/Foreclosures give the actual Bank/Gov Databases a look, they also provide all the purchase/bid info.
These will provide the links to the databases.... http://www.biggerpockets.com/bank-reo.html
As far as other types of auctions you can find them if you look. Just remember DUE DILIGENCE.
Here's a few just to look at.... http://www.bid4assets.com/ ... http://www.naarealestateauctions.com/consumer/search/search?
Good hunting, Dunes
There must be a resource out there, but where???
You do not have to pay to do property searches on these sites.


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The Henderson Civic Center hosts large-scale events and meetings in nearby Lake Forest Park. See live productions at Henderson Civic Theatre, or visit the Depot Museum for East Texas history and folk art. If you want to see a rodeo, check the schedule of the Rusk County Expo Center. For fun on the water, drive to Martin Creek Lake State Park.
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Coram Deo: Daily Meditations on God's Presence - Monday, April 28, 2014
Prepare to Be Persecuted
John MacArthur is forthright about what Matthew 10 teaches the church: "Christ will have no one deluded into thinking that He calls believers to a life free from conflict" (The MacArthur Bible Commentary, p. 1,142). Are you ready for the conflict that comes with following Jesus? If you will not stand up for Jesus today when you talk to unbelieving friends and family members, will you be prepared to stand up against more hostile adversaries?
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Wicked Island Bakery opening in former Daily Breads spot
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(Nov. 21, 2012) It's been about a year since the scent of freshly-baked bread emanated from the former Daily Breads and Mark-Et on Orange Street. That should soon change, as pastry chef Ben Woodbury – formerly of 21 Federal, Mark-Et and Petticoat Row Bakery – and his wife Heather this week announced plans to open Wicked Island Bakery in the space by early spring.
Woodbury, who was classically trained at the French Culinary Institute in New York City and worked at several highly-acclaimed Manhattan restaurants before moving to the island in 2006, said European- and French-style hearth breads baked from scratch with quality ingredients will be at the heart of the new bakery.
"It will be anchored in bread, more than being a cake bakery. Bread-baking, in some sense, is going to come first. My formal training was at the French Culinary Institute, with Jacques Pepin and Jacques Torres. Which is not to say it's going to be a French bakery. It's going to be an American bakery. A market for these kinds of breads has really grown in this country over the last 20 years," he said.
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What is the equation for pH that takes into account bicarb and pCO2 and what does it mean?
pH=6.1+log HCO3/pCO2 (this says that in order to keep pH at 7.4, a change in pCO2 has to be opposed by a change in HCO3 in the same direction; pCO2 goes up, HCO2 has to go up
Can a change in HCO3 ever fully compensate for a change in pCO2?
No - and if it does it is a mixed acid/base problem; not just a primary one
What happens with COPD?
They retain PCO2 - chronically. They live in the respiratory acidosis range all the time
What organ is responsible for changing bicarb levels? How long does this take?
The kidney - slow 8-24 hours
What happens in the first few hours of respiratory acidosis or alkalosis?
They have not had time to compensate yet
How does a person compensate for respiratory acidosis or alkalosis?
By changing the HCO3 level. If pCO2 goes down, bicarb will go down too. (These are the vertical lines of the graph)
What happens if the PCO2 is low?
The bicarb will be low too (to compensate for the primary respiratory alkalosis.
What happens with profuse vomiting? How fast does it occur?
Metabolic alkalosis b/c you are vomiting acid - so you slow the breathing to compensate (bring the body back to a more acidic state). This is a fast response and cant fully compensate
What does metabolic compensation for respiratiry acidosis or alkalosis look like on a graph?
It will be an arrow perpendicular to the orginal line - that moves you down one of the isobars. It never quite gets you back to normal.
What are the rules for acid base disturbances?
1. Check pH for alkalosis or acidosis
2. Is it metabolic or respiratory?
3. Is compensation appropraite? (If not then it is a mixed disorder)
4. What clinical condition is present that will explain the blood gas changes
What compensates for the primary change in respiratory status?
The kidneys - and it takes awhile. So they are stuck for awhile
What is the difference b/w acute and chronic respiratory acidosis and alkalosis in terms of pCO2 and HCO3?
Acute - for every ten points the PCO2 drops, bicarb drops by 1
Chronic - for every ten points PCO2 drops, bicarb drops by 5
What is the body's first reponse to infection?
Hyperventilation - which puts the pt into respiratory alkalosis
What does uncompensated respiratory alkalosis look like on the graph?
You just slide down the main line - and that is the bicarb and the pH
What does compensated respiratory alkalosis look like on the graph?
There is a perpendicular line down from the inital vbalue - down one of the isolines. This gives you the new pH and the new HCO3. These should increase/decrease in the same direction. The new pH is not 7.4
What is the second part of a sepsis syndrome?
respiratory alkalosis - the metabolic acidosis (due to lacate) - getting tissue hypoxia
HWat happens when a patient is in sepsis and his pH drops?
He will hyperventilate to try to push it back up to 7.4
Why is sepsis a mixed acid base problem?
respiratory alkalosis - then metabolic acidosis - which makes him hyperventilate more.
What are 6 causes of respiratory alkalosis (as a primary problem)?
2. Cirrhosis
3. Pregnancy
4. ASA poisoning
5. Hyperventilation
6. cerebral hemorrhage
What is the response to aspirin posioning?
The first part is respiratory alkalosis. Later you get metabolic acidosis
What haooens if you give a "blue bloater" high levels of oxygen?
They normally have really high pCO2 levels. They breathe in response to low O2 levels, not CO2. So if you give them O2 iy knocks out their respiratory drive completely and they stop breathing. Take away the oxygen, they start breathing again
What will you normally see in a "blue boater" electrolytes? Is this a primary problem?
A very high HCO3. This is not primary - it is compensation for primary respiration alkalosis of COPD
In a chronic respiratory process, what change in HCO3 do you see with every 10 point change in PCO2?
About 4-5
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FLINT, MI -- Ten years ago, Kearsley Park needed help.
Mott Community College and Flint officials had already teamed to do some work on the 57 acres that were in need of care and repair, but it became apparent they needed someone to take charge.
Kay Kelly had the odd mix of requirements that MCC and Flint were looking for in a park projects director. She was a master gardener. She had a background in writing grants, as well as event planning.
"I just saw the possibilities," she said of taking the job. "They were doing such fundamental things when I started. … I put the icing on the cake."
She raised funds (her salary and all other activities are paid solely through grants) to keep the grass mown, to have a bike path put in, and a soccer field. And there was that beautiful pavilion that needed restoring.
In the pavilion, she saw another possibility, one that as much as the sledding hill and baseball diamond would come to define the park.
"My background is theater. That's where my degree is," she said.
"So when I came and I saw this perfect space, I thought, Shakespeare in the park."
If anyone doubted she could pull off an outdoor theater performance in Kearsley Park, you couldn't have blamed them. Like other areas in Flint, the surrounding neighborhood has fallen victim to blight and break-ins.
But Kelly couldn't keep her creative hands off that pavilion -- roofed with old tiles, and castle-like with its whitewashed concrete walls and large, arched windows and the way it sits on the hill, overlooking the expanse of the park.
She looked around the city and found four different groups that month doing Shakespeare activities or productions, so she knew there was the interest. She just needed to know if people would come to the park.
She partnered that first year with Flint City Theatre, which had already been performing Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
The first performance, the opening gala, began the tradition she continues today: performed in the evening, torches lighting the perimeter of the pavilion as night fell, champagne is served.That night, there were 154 people who surrounded the stage, set in the center of the pavilion. Five of them brought dogs. One couple had pizza delivered halfway through the performance ("Shakespeare would have loved that," Kelly said), and during a scene in which people on the stage danced one little girl stepped up on stage to dance with them. No one stopped her.
"And I thought, we're doing exactly what we need to do," Kelly said.
Those opening nights -- the only performance for which she charges -- keep the park supplied in trash bags and puts sandwiches in the bellies of the teenage volunteer work force she recruits each year to keep the place clean -- a constant battle against graffiti and scrappers.
While that battle continues, residents nearby have noticed Kelly's work.
Elaine Kaye lives near the park and said she still doesn't feel comfortable walking through it by herself -- she'd like to see more security -- but said she's grateful for the work that's been done over there.
"In the summer, there's all kinds of music going on in the park," she said, referring to various events that go on beyond Kelly's Shakespeare performances, like the annual Flint Folk Festival.
"It's great to see the park in use," she said.
In 10 years, Kelly has raised "a couple million" in grants, $50,000 of which has gone to gardening and tree-planting, she said.
She's also taken her work to other parks.
Shakespeare in the Park doesn't just mean Kearsley Park. Kelly takes the show on the road, partnering with Genesee County to perform their shows throughout the county at places such as Flushing County Park, For-Mar Nature Preserve and others.
Last year, 4,000 people saw their performances -- which have begun to include an annual fairy tale just for children -- and she cast about 300 people.
It doesn't seem like a decade, she said, until she looks at her performers and the way some of them have grown -- or grown up.
One, she remembers, "He came to me as a little fella and now he's over 6 feet tall."
Brian Haggard, 42, of Flint, has been performing with the Kearsley Park Players since 2007. Already an actor, he fell into a part when someone had to drop out and has been doing it ever since.
"Kay does an amazing job of bringing a diverse community into Kearlsy park to watch Shakespeare," he said. "Kearsley Park is close to where we live and it's a vital part of our community."
Every year, he said he looks forward to auditioning.
"I look forward to it like it's summer camp, going back and seeing the same people. There are a lot of people who come back year after year and there are always new people," he said.
This year, Kelly has chosen Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor," a comedy she looked forward to in particular because of its strong cast of women.
Due to some scheduling conflicts, this will be the first year Haggard won't be able to perform. He'll be out of town during rehearsals.
But he'll still be there.
"This year, I'll get to watch it," he said. "I'll forward to it. It will be nice to sit back and spend a night in the park."For show times and other information, check out the Kearsley Park Players website.


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It's springtime, so there's construction at St. John's International Airport. Again.
Fresh from construction of the World Parkway, other road reconstruction and expanded — and expensive — parking spaces, the St. John's Airport Authority is now planning a $243-million expansion, along with a corresponding increase in fees for customers.
But St. John's is far from alone. In Canada's airports, you see a tradesperson with a hardhat more frequently than any other uniform.
At the Halifax airport, the departures area has been a wonder of hanging plastic and gyproc dust for months. The Calgary airport is in the midst of a $2-billion expansion. The Vancouver airport is doing so well that it set up an airport management subsidiary, Vantage Airport Group, which operates "nine airports around the world and remains well-positioned for new acquisitions and future growth."
It is also in the midst of a $1.8-billion expansion and upgrade.
In Montreal, the latest financial report boasts, "The corporation invested a total of $177.4 million in fiscal 2013, compared with $194.7 million in 2012."
And on and on it goes.
At the heart of it all, though, is the collection of airport improvement fees, a fee collected from a captive audience — customers who have no choice but to pay, every time they depart from the airport.
Hiking the airport improvement fee to $30 from $20 will put St. John's at the very top of the airport improvement fee ladder, according to an online list posted by Air Canada: of 59 Canadian airports, only Bathurst, N.B. — at $40 — would be more expensive, although several are now bellying up to the $30 mark.
It means that, every time a full-loaded Westjet Boeing 737-700 takes off from St. John's for Halifax or Toronto, it will have collected another $4,000 in fees from the passengers on board.
Here's what others say about the fees.
"The Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport Authority has been collecting an airport improvement fee (AIF) since Sept. 1, 1999. The $23 fee for each enplaned passenger, which is collected on the authority's behalf by the airlines, is used to pay for major infrastructure projects. The AIF will be discontinued when AIF-funded projects have been completed and the associated debt retired."
At Toronto's Pearson Airport, fees continue as well: "We're committed to the continued improvement of Toronto Pearson. … (While) construction on the recent redevelopment of Toronto Pearson is complete, the debt associated with the work remains on our balance sheets."
And at our airport?
"The airport authority is contractually obligated to only use the AIF to finance capital projects that are required to construct or improve airport infrastructure that will directly benefit air travellers."
One thing that everyone agrees on at airports across the country: improvement fees are at the heart of the endless modernization of Canada's airports.
Will the projects and debt ever end?
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By Sgt. 1st Class Chris Seaton, 12th Aviation Brigade Public Affairs OfficeMarch 10, 2008
CAMP TAJI, Iraq (Mar. 10, 2008) -- Teaching law to brand-new military officers can get pretty complicated. The nuances and "what if" scenarios can be so confusing, they might as well be written in Arabic.
For an American Army staff judge advocate, teaching those laws to Iraqi air force cadets, the best way to clear up the confusion was to do just that.
Maj. James Teixeira, an Army attorney for the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, has been teaching the law of armed conflict and military justice classes for years. They are required classes for the Army; American Soldiers get at least some version of the training about every six months.
Teaching it to Iraqis using Arabic text was something Teixeira wasn't quite accustomed to.
"Most of the American Soldiers have had the class before, so it's not particularly new to them," said Teixeira. "With the Iraqi cadets, my impression was that this was all new to them, so they had a lot more questions."
The cadets are students at the Iraqi air Force Training School here. The school has been training future air force officers, using American curriculum, since April 2007.
The instructors are American Airmen assigned to the 370th Expeditionary Training Squadron.
Most were selected because of their previous experience as instructors at more traditional Air Force schools.
"The language barrier is a challenge," said Capt. Alisa Thomas, a former Air Force ROTC instructor at the University of Ohio. "You have to learn how to say things several different ways, and you have to know how to get them involved and ask the right questions to make sure they actually understand what you're saying."
The academy, and its sister school, the Iraqi Military Academy in Rustamiyah, are responsible for equipping a new generation of Iraqi military officers with the skills to lead their rapidly growing services into the future.
The students are recent college graduates, most with engineering degrees, who will learn the basics of leadership here before going on to specific training for their career specialties. Many will soon be pilots flying the skies of Iraq and facing the same decisions coalition pilots have been facing since the beginning of the war.
"They like things they believe they can use right away," said Thomas. "When we take them to see the aircraft or teach them about aviation fundamentals, they eat that stuff up and ask lots of questions. Law of armed conflict is one of those things, too."
"The law of armed conflict requires us to use proportionality analysis -- to weigh the value of a target versus the potential damage," said Teixeira. "The goal is to minimize the risk to civilians. That's really the key (point), whether I'm giving the class to Americans or Iraqis. I think they got that, and there was no push back.
"Sometimes when you're teaching this stuff you get some (resistance), but I think the Iraqis got it in terms of the real goal, regardless of the type of conflict, is to protect the civilian populace," he said. "That needs to be the key factor in their minds when they're making targeting decisions and are about to engage."
The law of armed conflict, while perhaps new to the Iraqi students, is the same for both the United States and Iraq. It's based on international law found in the Geneva and Hague conventions, said Teixeira.
What was different for him was teaching an Iraqi military justice system, a slightly modified version of a system that has been in effect in this country since the 1970s.
"They haven't adopted our system, and we haven't tried to give them our system," said Teixeira. "The principles are the same. The Soldier's got rights, and the commander's got certain responsibilities to protect those rights and to enforce military discipline."
Aside from the language barriers, and some confusion over when to go on to the next slide, the training went well, he said.
"It was a positive experience all the way around," he said. "The students had a lot of questions, which showed that they were thinking about it, and they cared about what was the right thing to do and what was the wrong thing to do."
The 12th CAB, a U.S. Army Europe unit headquartered in Ansbach, Germany, is deployed in Iraq as the lead element of Task Force XII, the aviation task force that supports Multi-National Division - Baghdad.


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It must be some law of finance akin to Murphy's Law that says whenever officials are not predicted to intervene in the currency markets, they do.
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Clearly, the Saints are preparing for the possibility that starting tailback Pierre Thomas won't be able to play Sunday against the Carolina Panthers. Thomas hasn't been ruled out yet with an ankle injury that sidelined him for most of the week. Coach Sean Payton said Friday that he will be a game-time decision.
But Saturday is the last day the Saints were allowed to make a roster move before the game, so they needed to get Wynn in place as an insurance policy.
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The Syracuse Orange leaves the court to the sound of boos as Notre Dame leads 61-42 at halftime.
Notre Dame made 10 out of 17 shots from 3-point range and that was after missing the first three 3-pointers of the game.
Notre Dame's 61 points in a half is the most by a Syracuse opponent at the Carrier Dome since Navy scored 65 in the second half of its upset of Syracuse in the 1986 NCAA Tournament at the Carrier Dome. Navy won that game 97-85.
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Notre Dame has three players in double-figures led by Russell Carter who has 15 points.
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(WBNG Binghamton) New York's Upstate Niagara Cooperative, based in Buffalo, has been awarded a contract to provide Greek yogurt to public schools across three states.
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer made the announcement Friday.
Upstate Niagra will provide 142,700 pounds of Greek yogurt to New York, Arizona and Tennessee.
It's part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) School Lunch Program Pilot.
The program will run through the end of the school year in June 2015. The USDA will then consider bids for the next school year.
"I am proud to announce that New York-made Greek yogurt will again be making its way to school lunchrooms across the country," said Schumer. "This is a major win for Western New York, as well as the entire New York dairy industry. I commend USDA for selecting Upstate Niagara, one of the premier dairy cooperatives in the country, and I look forward to hearing rave reviews from students around the country."
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"Often they are seen in areas with nightlights, scoping out the flying insects that are attracted to the lights. A single bat will "swoop down" and eat thousands of flying insects in a night."
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my hair frustrates me so much, it gets knotted so easy and i use conditioner any ideas on how to stop them? thanks for your help
I usually use a hair serum or oil in my hair. I like aran oil, monoi oil, Carol's Daughter Tui sheen spray and Paul Mitchell wild ginger serum... not all at once! :D You might try a serum for frizz, they kind of coat the hair shaft and make it smooth and not tangle.
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Yalta Conference 1945
February 1945; the conference between FDR, Stalin, and Churchill about whats happening in the war. Stalin agrees to enter the war with Japan after Germany. Soviet-Polish government must be reconized. Soviet Promises but doesnt keep Free Elections. Self Determination for each country. Stalin doesnt keep promise for this either. Division of Germany. Split Germany into East and West and still gets orders from Moscow.
The Iron Curtain
Dividing Line in Europe that divides the West (democratic) from the East (communist).
Marshall Tito
Dictator of Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia was the only independent Communist country in Europe.
Soviet Satellites
The countries that the USSR owned (Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary).
Long Telegram
Says Russia suffers from insecurity, long Revolutionary Class struggle against Capitalism,, No permanent solution and just contain the communism, weakness would cause USSR to fall apart. Inefficent economy, money not part of the world monitary system, no insentive to work hard because the stae provides everything.
Marshall Plan
To sure up Western Europe through money, George Marshall gives the Harvard speech to tell what was needed to be done, needs to be a united effort, cost $36 Billion, used to strengthen Europe.
"Vigilant Containment of Russian Expansive Tendencies"
Said in the Long Telegram by Kennan stating that it would be a slow but efficient plan to stop Russia.
Berlin Blockade
the Frist Major Crisis of the Cold War and the first resulting in casualties. Soviets blocked the Western Allies railroads and road access that they used to supply Berlin. Causing the Soviets to gain contol of the entire city.
Berlin Airlift
When the Royal Airforce and US airforce flew over Berlin every 30 Minutes and dropped crates of supplies for the trapped citizens.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Involves Italy, France, Norway, West Germany, and Denmark. Military Group
Warsaw Pact
a Mutal defense treaty brought up by the USSR in 8 satellite states that they are allies and do not fight eachother only the Western Allies.
Bay of Pigs
An unsuccessful action by the CIA force of Cuban exiles to invade Southern Cuba. U.S. and Cuba Attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.
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CANANDAIGUA - The Jamestown Community College baseball team (1-1, 3-7) split an NJCAA Region 3 Division III doubleheader with Finger Lakes CC (1-1, 7-9) on Sunday.
The Jayhawks won the first game, 5-4, in 10 innings and lost the second game, 2-1.
Marcelo Parker was the starting pitcher for JCC in the first game and had a no-hitter going into the sixth inning when the Jayhawks led 4-1. The freshman right-hander gave up two runs, one earned, in the sixth and went on to finish allowing three hits, four walks and eight strikeouts.
Parker Zimmer pitched the seventh for JCC and gave up two runs to send the game into extra innings.
Steve Sattz, who was the winning pitcher, worked the eighth and ninth for the Jayhawks and allowed only one hit and one walk.
In the top of the 10th inning, Ken Millan led off with a walk and moved to second on an errant pickoff throw with one out. He moved to third when Rick Allen tried for a bunt single and then Jeff Andrulis came through with a two-out RBI single.
Ed Dorunda pitched the bottom of the 10th and allowed no hits, walked one and fanned two to pick up a save.
Andrulis had two hits, two RBIs and scored a run for JCC while Josh Allan had a single, a double and an RBI; and Christian VanNote had two hits and scored a run.
In the second game, the host Lakers scored two runs in the third inning and JCC, which had only four hits, came back with one in the fourth.
''We had our chances and didn't come up with the big hit,'' JCC coach Dick Adams said.
In the fourth, Cody Matheson led off with a double and scored on a one-out single by Bram Johnson.
Jose Corrales pitched all six innings for JCC and allowed three hits, two earned runs, walked one and struck out six
JCC is scheduled to host a Region 3 Division III doubleheader at 3 p.m. on Tuesday at Diethrick Park.


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Friday, July 4, 2014
100 Years Ago
Jealousy that world-moving passion was the key-note of a near-tragedy that was aired in Magistrate J.M. Butlers court yesterday morning. The principals were Ambrose and Ned, while the leading lady was Mrs. Ambrose, all of Santee. While Ned and Ambrose were the principals, Mrs. Ambrose got the bullet. It entered her left side, about east by south, and hasnt come out yet. She was, however, able to be in court. The seductive charms of Mrs. Ambrose had melted Neds heart. Ambrose didnt like that, so when he found Ned visiting his house he batted him on the head with a club. Seeing that the two men were not on friendly terms, Mrs. Ambrose jumped between them just in time to catch in her side the bullet that Ned had intended for her husband. She fell and Ned ran. He was arrested and brought to town. Judge Butler bound Ned over to appear at the next term of the courts of sessions. Ned gave bond.
75 Years Ago
The scare of the infantile paralysis has played havoc with the crowds at Pawleys Island and Myrtle Beach. Nothing like the usual number of persons have visited the beaches this summer and the Ocean Forest Hotel at Myrtle Beach was forced to close Tuesday for the summer on account of such poor business. Although there is nothing to worry about in Georgetown concerning the disease, Dr. Peeples is still keeping in effect the ban on public gatherings of children as a precautionary measure.
50 Years Ago
The disappearance of the reefs of old bus and automobile bodies planted off the coast by a group of Murrells Inlet businessmen to foster finer fishing nearby became one of the major marine mysteries to occur here. The disappearance of the reefs was solved Thursday in a search coordinated by Lt. Cdr. Roberts of the Georgetown Naval Reserve. A mine-sweeper, the USS Bittern, a sonar-equipped tracker plane and divers from the Underwater Demolition Disposal Unit in Charleston and Myrtle Beach AFB personnel turned up the missing reefs. The reefs were not swept away by rough waters, but buoys marking the reefs were torn away or destroyed. Sgt. Roger Rudd of the Myrtle Beach AFB was one of the first divers to locate the first reef, which was found four miles off Murrells Inlet, with a second reef being located roughly 10 miles out. Sgt. Rudd stated that the reefs were doing their job, and fish were so thick around the man-made fish motels that he could hardly see through the schools.
25 Years Ago
Georgetowns second annual Harborwalk Celebration had something for everyone Saturday. Spectators filled Francis Marion Park at the foot of Broad Street to hear 77-year-old Georgetown native Henry Smith sing river songs during a vaudeville show. Smith picked up on the distinctive black American river songs while unloading lumber shipped to the Sampit River on barges from the Ezekiel and Darrell Lumber Mill. He began unloading schooners visiting the Port of Georgetown more than six decades ago. Smith began singing at the age of 14. We sang while we were working on the docks, he said. From skateboarding to face painting to fireworks, Harborwalk Celebration activities were plentiful and well-attended. Festival organizer and performer Don Thomas estimated this years turnout at between 12,000 and 15,000.
10 Years Ago
Georgetown County went all out for Independence Day on Sunday with parades, concerts and fireworks. In the Murrells Inlet parade, Genevieve Sister Peterkin was grand marshal and led the parade in a large boat.
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Band director battled for change
It seems to me that Ohio State band director Jonathan Walters should not have been fired. In view of the fact that hazing had existed for many years before he took over and a recent performance review praised his "courageous" efforts to tackle band traditions, it seems that a reprimand and probation would have been more in order. Surely, some action needed to be taken.
Many people fail to recognize what Mr. Walters was up against. The power of the band alumni and some diehard supporters who resist any change in the band culture claiming it might harm the band's performance should not be under-estimated.
Rightly, it deserves to be called "The Best Damn Band in the Land!" And to change the culture, he had to go up against these band alumni and diehard supporters who have resisted any change.
For example, for years they have quelled any attempt to add majorettes, flag and dance teams to the band performance, thereby limiting opportunities for hundreds of other students (mostly women) to participate in halftime shows. I can't understand why women's rights proponents haven't gotten involved in changing this practice.
Mr. Walters has done a great job boosting the band to a new level of performance. Surely, he could integrate the new groups into the band program without any detraction to their performance. Indeed, it might soar to new heights!
The battle isn't over yet. If Mr. Walters sues, he will either get his job back or receive a significant financial settlement. If President Michael Drake and the university board remain firm, they should also take away any perks and recognition being given to former band directors who allowed such hazing to exist.
William J. Rush


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Greylock FCU Launching Marketing Campaign After CEO Resigned
The $1.3 billion Greylock Federal Union, headquartered in Pittsfield, Mass., has launched a marketing campaign aimed at broadening its brand in the community.
Greylock launched the campaign after the unexpected resignation of its former CEO, Angelo Stracuzzi in early June. Stracuzzi had largely been the face and voice of the credit union, appearing frequently in print advertising and especially radio spots where community members would often hear his advice to "tell them Angelo sent you."
The new campaign's print advertising features numbers of different Greylock employees and what they do for the credit union and its members. One print ad presents them as a group, while others present them as individual employees.
The credit union has not yet commented on how widely or how long the campaign would run.


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For the third year in a row the entire Marshall boys' golf team will descend on the Ridges at Sand Creek in Jordan, and for the third consecutive June the goal remains clear. The Tigers want a state championship.
In seven previous trips to the state meet, Marshall has been unable to put together two days worth of quality scores in order to win a state title. The Tigers came closest in 2011, falling two strokes shy of Detroit Lakes for the team title, though Max Deutz did earn an individual state championship for Marshall.
Deutz graduated after individual and team fifth-place finishes a year ago, but Marshall head coach Allen Lucht says that the goal for his team has not changed for the state meet in 2013.
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Marshall's Alex Buysse is one of four Tiger boys' team members who have state tournament experience. The Tigers are looking to improve upon last year's fifth-place finish at the Class AA state tournament in Jordan.
"I think the same thing is on our mind. We should have won the first year, basically; we just didn't hold on strong enough with all six players," Lucht said. "Max Deutz did and he won state.
"But as far as what we go in with right now, we're probably a little more equal and a little lower than we were. Maybe not in individual averages, but we had some good scores this year in team totals."
Balance will be key if the Tigers are going to unseat two-time defending champion Detroit Lakes. The Lakers, like the Tigers, return all but two of their state qualifiers from 2012.
"It would not surprise me if the team came in there really good and won the state," Lucht said of the Tigers. "But once again, it's golf. It depends on weather, how the guys are hitting the ball, things like that. I has to be four players per day getting 75 or below. That's not an easy task, I don't care what team you have.
"There are two or three teams in there that have done that, and one of them I think was at 288 this year. So the competition is tough, really tough, especially in the top five teams. I think it's a head-to-head, strong competition where the team that plays the toughest will come out ahead."
Marshall's top two golfers on the season, Matt Bennett and Brent Haukom, each have two years worth of state tournament experience. Lucht said both have the ability to win state as individuals, as long as they play to their potential.
Matt Christianson, who will be the first Tiger to take the course today (teeing off at 7:30 a.m.) and Alex Buysse were also members of the 2012 state tournament team.
Jacob Baker and Jon Wyffels will be making their state debuts for Marshall, but the two sophomores have played well down the stretch of the season. Baker in particular has seen an uptick in his game, taking medalist honors in the Southwest Conference meet before firing a 4-over 75 at the sub-section.
With a wealth of experience and six capable golfers, Lucht likes his team chances at the 36-hole, two-day tournament.
"I think we can shoot 289 or 291, somewhere in there," Lucht said, referring to a one-day team total. "I think they have a great capacity to do that. It just depends on their performance individually.
"(Bennett and Haukom) have the capability of winning state and they're that experienced that it doesn't phase them, it doesn't bother them. They know what they have to do. It's a great thing to have in their favor. Hopefully they shoot the lights out, that's a big key."
While the Marshall boys' golf team is seeking to cement its place as one of the state's premier programs, the Tiger girls' team is continuing to grow. After back-to-back seasons with a lone individual representing Marshall in the girls' meet, the Tigers are sending a pair of sophomores to compete in Jordan.
Jessica Blanchard and Hanna Peterson have each qualified for the state meet in past seasons (Blanchard as an eighth-grader in 2011, Peterson as a freshman in 2012), but this year will mark the first time that the two friends will compete at state together.
"I think that's going to really help them. They're both very similar in how they score, good friends on and off the golf course. I think it's going to be nice to have that support," Marshall head girls' golf coach Nancy Blanchard said. "They've played a lot of summer golf in the same tournaments. In that respect it's nothing new; but for them to be at the state level and have the support of another teammate, it's not quite the lonely feeling as when you're there all by yourself."
Nancy Blanchard said Jessica Blanchard's trip to state in 2011 was a surprise, but that missing out on a return trip in 2012 helped galvanize the younger Blanchard throughout last summer and this season.
"I think she was highly motivated to get back there and really wanted to feel that if she played an average round, it would be good enough to get there," Nancy Blanchard said. "And that's pretty much what she did."
Rejuvenated with the goal of a return trip to state, Jessica Blanchard led the Tigers in nearly every tournament this season. Peterson, on the other hand, had a slower start to the year. Nancy Blanchard said that Peterson likes to get a couple of rounds in each spring before reaching her potential, and that the sophomore has elevated her game in the weeks leading up to section playoffs.
"She probably came in with some high expectations and, sometimes, when those expectations aren't met it's easy to get a little bit mad at yourself and that may hurt your next shot," Blanchard said. "Once she figured out that she needed to control that a little bit, she started to hit the ball better and quite a bit further. She started to really hit the ball well in the last week of the season and that's when her scores came down dramatically."
Though their goals are not as lofty as that of the boys' team, Nancy Blanchard said that the experience gained by Jessica and Peterson is crucial to the continued growth of girls' golf in Marshall. It is also a fitting reward for their hard work.
"They've worked very hard in the last couple of year to help get themselves there," Blanchard said. "I know they're very thrilled, and I am too, I am very thrilled that they're gaining that experience. It's going to be exciting to see what they can do this year and in the years to come."
Both Peterson and Blanchard take the course this afternoon.


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The law Congress passed two years ago to divvy civil penalties paid for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not being carried out quickly enough, lawmakers said at a committee hearing Tuesday.
To blame are the Commerce and Treasury Departments for missing deadlines that would have allowed funds to flow toward project planning, a group of senators from Gulf Coast states said during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation meeting.
The subject of the hearing was "Revisiting the RESTORE Act: Progress and Challenges in Gulf Restoration Post-Deepwater Horizon."
Alabama is also poised to receive a portion of money from the fund, along with Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi and Texas.
Companies who violated the Clean Water Act during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill are expected to pay massive fines for their involvement. Lawmakers created the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund, where 80 percent of the fines paid will be deposited.
Companies who violated the Clean Water Act during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill are expected to pay massive fines for their involvement. Lawmakers created the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund, where 80 percent of the fines paid will be deposited.
Administrative responsibility was given to the three federal departments -- treasury, commerce and interior -- to develop rules for the fund. By law, those rules should have been written 180 days after the act was signed in June 2012.
Congressional leaders and states are still waiting.
"Both the departments of commerce and the treasury have failed -- in my view-- to implement the law the way it was supposed to," said Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-Louisiana. "These deadlines have come and gone."
The treasury department plans to release its final rule by the end of July, according to its website.
Transocean agreed to pay $1 billion in civil penalties last year, but BP and federal prosecutors have not yet reached an agreement on the amount of its payment.
"The Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund contains more than $600 million. It's not the full amount, which the courts will ultimately decide, but an early deposit was made of $600 million. That money needs to be distributed," said Landrieu, who attended as guest member of the committee.
Her sentiments paralleled to statements made by Sens. Bill Nelson, D-Florida; Barbara Boxer, D-California; Marco Rubio, R-Florida; Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi; and David Vitter, R-Louisiana, who also attended as a guest.
The hearing comes only days after the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council released its approval process for restoration projects in the Gulf. The council represents one of five entities that's slated to receive funds.
As early as next month the council could begin receiving proposals for projects that are aimed at restoring the region's ecosystem. The approval process includes an independent scientific review and projects that are closely tailored to the RESTORE Act criteria will be given priority.
The Ocean Conservancy, an environmental advocacy organization, commended the council's use of science in its program selection process.
Kara Lankford, the organization's interim director for Gulf Coast Programs, said the action was a "positive step toward restoring the Gulf ecosystem" after the oil spill.
"A sound, science-based process for selecting projects that includes external, independent scientific review is critical to successful Gulf restoration," Lankford said.
"The Council's commitment to an open, transparent process is very encouraging. The project selection process also encourages Council members to find synergies among projects and across jurisdictional boundaries, which is important to ensuring that restoration is greater than the sum of its parts."
Before lawmakers Tuesday, however, the announcement was met with little praise.
"While I appreciate the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council's announcement on Friday of last week on their -- quote -- 'progress' that they've made in finalizing the approval process for projects submitted to them," Rubio said, "I find their announcement lacking in the detail necessary to truly provide a clear and straightforward process for interested parties."
Representatives from Florida and Mississippi also testified before the panel of senators, as well as public officials from the commerce department; the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; and Justin Ehrenwerth, executive director of the RESTORE Council.
Ehrenwerth said he anticipated that there would be an "interim final rule" in the next two months that would provide states access to as much as 5 percent of funding in the third category of funds.When asked why the process was taking so long by Sen. Rubio, he said they were trying to ensure all of the "states and federal agencies who participated in the council had the resources and support to carry out this work."


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Asia also got a poor cue from Japan, where stocks fell on pessimism about the strength of the world's No. 2 economy. Gold retreated from a record and oil prices slipped to near $77.
Investors shrugged off Wall Street ending a three-day losing streak Monday and figures showing that U.S. home sales rose 10 percent in October.
News that China's central bank was warning banks to control a lending spree underscored there are limits to the easy credit which has underpinned Asia's rapid recovery from the global recession.
"The central bank has been concerned about lending to the property sector," said Francis Lun, general manager of Fulbright Securities Ltd. in Hong Kong. "If they can put on the brakes to avoid an asset bubble it is likely to be better for the longer term," he said.
China's Shanghai index tumbled 115.14, or 3.5 percent, to 3,223.53 as investors fretted the central bank's warning — which comes ahead of the government's annual economic planning meeting — could foreshadow more measures to reduce liquidity. The index had been up 11.4 percent so far this month.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index slid 348.25, or 1.5 percent, to 22,423.14 on weakness in Chinese financial stocks. Bank of China slumped 4 percent.
Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average dropped 96.10, or 1 percent, to a fresh four-month low of 9,401.58.
"Investors are becoming pessimistic about Japan's economy. They are frustrated and very disappointed the government has not been able to launch measures to spur the economy," said Masatoshi Sato, a market analyst at Mizuho Investors Securities Co. Ltd.
Besides doubts about the economy, sentiment was also hurt by a strong yen, which pressures Japanese exporters by eroding their overseas profits.
Among Japanese blue chips, Japan Airlines Corp. tumbled 8.4 percent to a record low amid worries over a possible bankruptcy. Toyota Motor Corp. — the world's No. 1 automaker — declined 1.7 percent.
Elsewhere, South Korea's Kospi dropped 0.8 percent to 1,606.42 and Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index declined 0.7 percent to 4,685 on losses in banks and miners. Markets in India, Singapore and Thailand also fell.
Major indexes in Britain, Germany and France were down 0.6 percent or more in early European trade.


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Survey: city does good job
The city received a good report card from citizens who responded to a recent telephone survey about the quality and quantity of city services.
On the whole, the city received high marks from Islanders.
"The survey shows that people continue to be very satisfied with the services provided by the city," said Rich Conrad, city manager.
City staff say that the survey was perhaps the best way to determine what kinds of services residents want, what concerns they may have and any information gaps that may exist between the city and residents.
Most importantly, it is a way to help the City Council decide how to build the city's biennial budget based on what Islanders say they want and need — and whether or not they are willing to pay more for continuing some services or adding new ones.
The city budgeted $12,500 for the current survey, a few thousand dollars less than in 2010, to help the city balance the budget. EMC Research conducted the survey by writing the questions, sampling the Island population and calling 300 residents, and conducting the analysis on results. One hundred fewer homes were called this year because there were fewer dollars allotted to the survey. The smaller sample size resulted in a slight increase in the margin of error for the results, from 4.9 percent to 5.7 percent. The last telephone surveys were done in 2010 and 2008.
Overall, the survey, conducted from June 24 through June 28, showed that generally residents are satisfied with the level and performance of city services. According to the City Council information provided, the city uses the information to determine areas of concern for residents, determine topics where residents need more information or to help decide how to allocate city budget dollars.
"We believe that the budget still needs to be a bit leaner, but the survey seems to say that Islanders believe the level of services is about right," Conrad said. "We will not be adding any new services without asking the public if they want to pay for it."
Possibly the most welcome result for city officials is the fact that more than 70 percent of those surveyed indicated that the city is generally going in the right direction — up six percentage points more than in 2008.
Respondents indicated that the most important issue facing the community today is education/school funding, with 29 percent putting that first overall. The next most important issue was traffic/transportation, with 14 percent who answered that it is a top issue, followed by 11 percent who answered that they did not think there is a topic of highest concern.
A surprising one-quarter of respondents said that the city did "only fair" in promoting traffic safety. Road maintenance also did not fare well.
"We need to work harder on transportation," Conrad noted. "People want us to do more and do it better. "
Islanders are split on their view of the City Council. Half of all respondents indicated that they held a strongly favorable or somewhat favorable opinion of the City Council. Thirty-one percent said that they held a somewhat unfavorable or strongly unfavorable opinion of the body. Twenty percent did not have an opinion.
The city's Parks and Recreation department, police and fire departments are perceived favorably by 88, 86 and 94 percent of respondents, respectively. The city's Youth and Family Services department was viewed favorably by 71 percent of respondents, but 24 percent had no opinion or did not know about the department.
Just under half of all respondents indicated that the city is doing a good or excellent job of using tax dollars wisely — down from 56 percent in 2008. But, 14 percent said the city is doing a poor job of using tax dollars wisely.
Respondents were generally favorable, however, in rating the job that the city does in maintaining parks, trails, open space, streets, sidewalks and paths, providing recreation activities and protecting the environment. Two-thirds or more of respondents rated the city's services in each of those areas as "good" to "excellent." Eighty percent said fire and medical aid response is good to excellent.
Conversely, lower marks were given for the city's preparing for a natural disaster such as an earthquake or windstorm. In that category, just 50 percent indicated that the city is doing a good to excellent job. Just 19 percent said it is "only fair," and 26 percent said they did not know.
More than 80 percent or more indicated that the city is doing a good to excellent job preventing crime and protecting the community. Eighty-five percent of respondents indicated they felt very or completely safe walking in their own neighborhood, and just slightly less safe walking in the town center. One-third of respondents indicated that they are "mostly unprepared" for a disaster that would require them to be able to be on their own for seven days. Ten percent said they are completely unprepared — the same results seen in 2008 and 2010.
Those who responded to the survey were generally older homeowners without children at home. Eighty-five percent owned their home; 80 percent of respondents were 45 years or older, with more than half of those respondents older than 60. Nearly two-thirds of respondents did not have any children at home.
Fewer Islanders said that they would be willing to pay more taxes to maintain city services at current levels than in past years. In the most current survey, 41 percent said they would be willing to pay more if needed, down from 49 percent in 2008 but up slightly from 39 percent in 2010. In the recent survey, 47 percent said that if more funds were needed, the city should make up the difference with cuts. That number is up from just 39 percent in 2008.
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Learn more about the survey by visiting the City of Mercer Island's website at www.mercergov.org.
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Auburn woman stars in yogurt commercial for Super Bowl Sunday | VIDEO
Even before the Dannon Oikos Yogurt ad aired in the third quarter of Sunday's Super Bowl pitting the Seattle Seahawks against the Denver Broncos, the ad had already gone viral, racking up more than 2.7 million likes.
Its highlight? A beautiful young woman wiping yogurt from John Stamos' lips, and well, being a bit provocative when the yogurt goes astray.
Auburnites, take a close look — that's Auburn High School graduate Jen Nikolaisen.
The Auburn native and Seahawks fan, now living in Los Angeles, said by phone that she had been surprised and thrilled to learn that the ad, one of two Dannon ads in the can, would air during Sunday's Super Bowl.
"It's exceeding my wildest expectations," Nikolaisen said of the spot. "It was a pleasure to book it, to shoot it, and the fact that it's getting so much hype and buzz is incredible. Mostly, I'm excited that I'm in this Super Bowl. Being from the Seattle area, and with the Seahawks in the Super Bowl, I'm way beyond thrilled. It would have been cool anyway, but with the Seahawks there and that folks back home are going to get to see it, it's really exciting."
The ad reunited Stamos with fellow "Full House" alumni Bob Saget and Dave Coulier.
Nikolaisen, who caught the acting bug playing Mrs. Santa Claus as a second-grader at Lake Tapps Middle School, has done a number of commercials, and is presently shooting part three of the film, "Atlas Shrugged."
"I play Cheryl Taggart, the abused wife of one of the men, and it's very dramatic," Nikolaisen said of her role.
Nikolaisen is the daughter of Linda and Richard Nikolaisen.
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