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A few months I described how I handled the encoding bug of the WebBrowser control in WP7. Unfortunately it was not just a problem with the "smart quotes" but also with all non western characters, and the naïve solution to the problem caused a performance problem. Let's see how I solved it.
I needed a more general purpose character replacing procedure, like the second one I mentioned in the previous post:
foreach (char value in strText)
int decValue = int.Parse(string.Format("{0:x4}", (int)value),
txtUnicode = txtUnicode + "&#" + decValue+ ";";
But this had two problems (one "cosmetic" and the other more serious about performances):
So I created an optimized version that just replaces characters that cannot be displayed correctly by the WebBrowser control, and that uses a StringBuilder instead of direct concatenation of strings.
public static string EncodeToUnicodeBuilder(this string strText)
string chararray =
" `1234567890-=qwertyuiop[]\\asdfghjkl;'"+
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
foreach (char value in strText)
if (chararray.IndexOf(value) >= 0)
int decValue = int.Parse(string.Format("{0:x4}", (int)value),
builder.Append("&#" + decValue.ToString() + ";");
return builder.ToString();
The speed improvement is impressive: in a standard English post of around 6k (which probably required very few replacements, if no replacement at all) I got a speed improvement of 120 times.
And with a text of a similar length, but that needs a lot more of replacements (a Japanese post) the improvement is almost 20 times.
As you can see the Japanese text needs more replacements but still filtering the ASCII characters out gives a 1,3x speed improvement, but after adding the StringBuilder the overall gain is still 19x.
These tests were run on a console application running on my developer machine. I also ran the same tests both on the emulator and on a real device (a Samsung Omnia 7).
As you could have guessed already, running in an emulator is slower than the console application and the real device is even slower. And the results are even more impressive: replacing just the characters needed and using a StringBuilder gave a 130x performance improvement.
And here are the results, of all the tests using the naïve version (replace everything using concatenation) as base result:
Here you can download the test application (both console and WP7 versions).
This is yet another proof that you shall never use plain string concatenation when you have to do more than a few concatenations. Always use the StringBuilder. This is even more important in a WP7 device, which is 25 times slower than a console application, and the non optimized version takes more than a second instead of 1/100th of a second.
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Welcome Catholic Moms! › Forums › Religious Questions › mom sad › Mom sad
Hi there. My prayers are with you. I have a novena that you could pray to.
To St. Anthony, The Wonder-Worker
in any need.
St. Anthony, you are glorious for your miracles and for the condescension of Jesus who came as a little child to lie in your arms. Obtain for me from His bounty the grace which I ardently desire. You were so compassionate toward sinners, do not regard my unworthiness. Let the glory of God be magnified by you in connection with the particular request that I earnestly present to you (name it).
As a pledge of my gratitude I promise to live more faithfully in accordance with the teachings of the Church, and to be devoted to the service of the poor whom you loved and still love so greatly. Bless this resolution in mine that I may be faithful to it until death.
St. Anthony, consoler of all the afflicted, pray for me.
St. Anthony, helper of all who invoke you, pray for me.
St. Anthony, whom the Infant Jesus loved and honored so much, pray for me.
You can pray this for nine days in succession in petition for some favor.
May God be with you and your mother and I will pray for her.
God Bless!!

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Recycling, tourism and a program aimed at curbing youth violence all would get more money under the $735.5 million operating budget Mayor Michael B. Coleman proposed yesterday.
But the biggest change between this year's general-fund budget and the 2012 proposal that Coleman sent to the Columbus City Council yesterday is in what it would not spend. Coleman wants to reserve more than $18 million for future years, including $10 million that would be set aside to cover cuts in revenue from the state in 2013 and $6.7 million for the city's rainy day fund of reserve cash.
"This budget is balanced, maintains basic neighborhood services, makes strategic investments and maintains fiscal responsibility," Coleman said yesterday.
Overall, the proposed budget allocates 5.7 percent more in 2012 than the $695.7 million the city is expected to spend by the end of 2011. That includes the money that is being set aside for future years.
Coleman said he hopes to bring spending below budget next year by streamlining city government and seeking other cost savings through cooperation with other jurisdictions on purchasing, service contracts and other expenses.
He also said he's counting on income-tax receipts to continue to grow as the city gains jobs.
In addition to setting aside money for 2013 and beyond, here are the biggest changes in the proposed 2012 budget:
• A citywide curbside recycling program would be phased in, starting in the spring. That would cost about $2.2 million more next year in the operating budget than the current contract for picking up yard waste alone. More money would come from the city's capital budget next year to buy bins. Rumpke would pick up yard waste and recyclables on alternating weeks at 227,000 Columbus households by late 2012 or early 2013.
• It adds $2 million in funding for Experience Columbus, the nonprofit group that acts as the city's convention and visitor's bureau. That would bring the total expenditure for Experience Columbus to $6 million. Coleman said the group's work is especially important as a new, publicly funded convention hotel nears completion Downtown.
• Funding would nearly triple for a program that takes older teens and young adults off the streets and into the city's recreation centers. Applications for Pride, Purpose and Success, which the mayor calls APPS, reached 2,700 young people in tough neighborhoods this summer, its inaugural year. Funding would go from about $400,000 in 2011 to $1.1 million next year.
The 2012 budget would continue to allocate about 70 percent to safety forces, including two police-recruit classes totaling 80 officers and one fire-recruit class of 35 firefighters. Those would be enough to cover expected retirements in the Police and Fire divisions next year, said Safety Director Mitchell J. Brown. The city should end up with the most police officers (1,929) and firefighters (1,563) in its history.
The city and its firefighter union extended a contract last week through 2014, making budget predictions easier for the Coleman administration. The police union is in negotiations with the city on a replacement for a contract that expires on Dec. 9, but Brown said he's not expecting any surprises that would affect the budget.
Councilwoman Priscilla R. Tyson, who leads the council's finance committee, said Coleman has given the council a budget that will be easy to work with during the next few months as council members hold hearings on each area of the budget. The council typically votes on the budget in early February after making amendments.
Tyson said council members likely will have areas where they are interested in making changes.
For example, last summer, the council used money left over from another program to open two city swimming pools. Under the budget Coleman proposed yesterday, those would remain closed in 2012.
"I believe that is a priority of the council," Tyson said of re-opening the pools. "We want to make sure our children have safe environments to participate in during the summer."
It was unclear yesterday whether the budget includes money for a program council members Zach M. Klein and Michelle M. Mills proposed to offer free graffiti removal for homes and businesses.
The general fund pays for salaries, benefits and the day-to-day operation of most city departments. It is mainly funded by city income taxes. The other big categories of city spending are:
• Enterprise funds: The city's Utilities Department pays for operations and capital purchases through revenue generated from water, sewer and electric bills.
• Capital budget: Physical improvements and purchases are funded mainly by setting aside 25 p ercent of income taxes.
The capital budget is proposed in February and pays for things such as vehicles, street repaving and neighborhood surveillance cameras.


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By Thomas Garcia: Quay County Sun
The price of gas in Tucumcari was possibly the highest seen all year at the pumps on Friday.
The high was $3.25 a gallon for unleaded at a majority of the stations and the low was $3.12 a gallon for regular unleaded at Circle K on South First Street, according to an informal survey taken on Friday.
"If the price keeps going up I'm not sure how it will affect business," said Larry Bond owner of the Travelers One Stop gas station where the price was $3.25.
"People think, by the higher prices, I'm seeing a profit but the prices of the groceries delivered to my store increases as well. Last year, when it was $3.09 a gallon people still traveled," Bond said.
In a 24-hour span, from Thursday afternoon to Friday afternoon, gas took a jump as high as 23 cents in Tucumcari.
The Allsups on South First Street went from $3.02 a gallon Thursday to $3.25 a gallon on Friday.
Statewide, prices are rising to record highs, said AAA New Mexico's spokeswoman Jeannie Chavez.
The New Mexico statewide average reached a new record high every day this week beginning May 6, Chavez said.
Of the AAA New Mexico Weekend Gas Watch areas, Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Santa Fe, Flagstaff, Denver, Durango, Amarillo and El Paso are currently at all time high record gasoline prices as well.
On Friday, New Mexico's statewide average was $3.131 per gallon, 6.3 cents more than last week and 23 cents more than a year ago, she said.
Record highs based on an average price recorded by AAA in New Mexico were:
l Albuquerque $3.118
l Las Cruces $3.110
l Santa Fe $3.200
The national average of $3.042 is 3 cents more than last week and 15.7 cents more than last year, Chavez said.
There is no one determining factor that Chavez could point to to explain the increase, she said.
Tucumcari gas prices on May 11
Circle K $3.25
(Rock Island)
Circle K $3.13
(First and Route 66)
Allsups $3.25
Circle K $3.12
(South First)
Fina $3.25
Holiday Conoco $3.25
Love's $3.19
Phillips 66 $3.25
Travelers One Stop $3.25


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Totally feel like a private school pupil in this hat. It was only £2 so I decided to return my River Island one today as I haven't worn it outside yet anyway! I got the necklace the same day and it is just the cutest thing ever. Have been after one for ages and was contemplating going to a proper jewellers so it was nice to get a little cheap one (it was £4 in case anyone was interested)!
Since receiving this dress I've worn it twice in a week! Well three times if you count the morning after the night before.. Received a ton of compliments on it anyway so I'm super happy with it! It's a little longer than my Topshop ones which is great. Thinking about getting the blue one too!


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The American Hockey League is ready to step right up if called upon this fall, as the NHL lockout is a mixed blessing but still a valuable one for North America's No. 2 pro hockey circuit.
Mixed because, while the chance to own the stage while the big show is in a labor impasse has historically been a boost to the AHL, there's also the reality that the two leagues are solid partners.
It's a delicate balance for AHL president David Andrews, who can't be seen as licking his chops given his long-term need of NHL developmental talent in his league.
"First of all, you don't know how great this window of opportunity is likely to be, if it is at all," Andrews told ESPN.com Monday in a phone interview from his AHL office in Springfield, Mass. "We're still three or four weeks from the opening of our season, the opening of the NHL season, if it were to happen. But I've been through two of these before, and in 1994 and in 2004-05, those periods of time when the NHL wasn't playing were tremendous opportunities for us to grow the brand and to create greater awareness of how good our league is. The media coverage and the opportunity for live television, and the attention of the hockey world in North America at least being on us, and having some players in our league that we might not normally have, those are all positives and they added up to more revenue for us, far greater exposure and the best attendance that we ever had. So it's hard to make that sound like bad news. It isn't. It's a really good windfall opportunity for us when it happens."
Attendance rose 6.5 percent from 2003-04 to the 2004-05 NHL lockout season for the AHL; both the average and overall attendance figures are still the highest ever. It helped that the Oilers put their AHL affiliate in Edmonton for the season and, of course, it helped that a handful of games were moved to NHL arenas (Nashville, L.A., Buffalo, San Jose, Anaheim, Toronto, Tampa, Philly, Columbus, Ottawa, Long Island and Minnesota).
This time around, much of the same can be expected if an NHL lockout drags into the fall and winter, plus with social media and new media platforms, who knows how much more the AHL can gain.
Having said all that, you just knew there was a "but" coming.
"At the same time, not just in being good partners with the NHL and with NHL players, but the engine that drives our business is the NHL," Andrews said. "And while we might see a short-term gain for a month or two months or whatever the period of time is, ultimately we all get floated by the success of the National Hockey League. I can honestly say that I haven't been sitting here, nor have our owners sitting and wringing our hands saying, 'Boy, I hope we get this opportunity.' If it's there, it's there, and you need to be prepared for it and take advantage of it. But at the same time, it's not the normal state of life for our business and it will eventually go back to normal."
In the meantime, the AHL has seen young NHL talent assigned to its league for as long as the lockout lasts, the likes of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jeff Skinner, Adam Henrique, Alex Burmistrov, Brayden Schenn, Sean Couturier, Jordan Eberle, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Cody Hodgson, Devante Smith-Pelly, Ryan Johansen. Brett Connolly and Adam Larsson.
Last time around, the AHL benefited from having young, promising stars such as Eric Staal, Jason Spezza, Dustin Brown, Mike Cammalleri and Patrice Bergeron in its league in 2004-05.
"To a man, they would say it was a great experience for them and that their careers were enhanced by having a chance to play really meaningful minutes, getting the opportunity at their age to be a leader on their team was really important for those guys," Andrews said.
Players such as Spezza and Staal were still hungry to prove themselves as pros last time around. The question now with this year's crop is whether some of the NHL youngsters will feel a little deflated about being in the AHL and how they'll respond. Take Skinner for example. He's already proved himself a top-level offensive threat in the NHL with the Carolina Hurricanes. How motivated will he be to play in the AHL?
In the meantime, the impact of these added-on NHL youngsters is obvious on AHL rosters. A few players who would have otherwise made the AHL will be knocked down the food chain to ECHL rosters.
"Some players may end up in the ECHL that normally would be in the American League," said Andrews, although he minimized the real impact. "Whether that's one or two players per team, that's probably how significant the impact will be to start with."
Andrews said the AHL has also opened the door for a certain group of locked-out NHL players who fit a specific criteria: players who must have either been on AHL rosters at the trade deadline last year or have finished the season in the AHL.
"Whether any player which fits this criteria elects to sign an AHL contract during the lockout, we'll see," said Andrews. "But we did that to create a mechanism by which players who in our view legitimately belong in the American League and were in the American League wouldn't get caught in the lockout. We did that acting in our own best interests."
What the AHL will not do, and didn't last time either, is completely open the floodgates and allow just any locked-out NHLer to play in its league.
"I don't think you want to put your league in a position where there's virtually no competitive integrity, because as soon as the NHL comes back, all those [NHL] players go back," Andrews said.
"It's a delicate balance you have to strike and act in the right way for your league. Which is what you're required to do. Because we're a neutral part in all this. If you open the floodgates completely, then you have a number of guys that are normally in your league out of work."
After all, the AHL is about developing NHL players. Not employing NHL stars.
"We have a mission that has worked for us, and we have to be mindful of that," Andrews said.


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Senior Management
Pradeep De Almeida
Group Chief Technology Officer
Pradeep leads the Technology function of the Dialog Group. His portfolio spans the planning, development and operation of multiple networks and services including but not limited to the Group's Mobile, Broadband, Fixed Line, Digital Television and International Telecommunications infrastructures.
Pradeep joined Dialog Axiata in 1996 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka and is a Member of the Institution of Engineers of Sri Lanka and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) United Kingdom.
Over the course of his 19 year career in technology management, Pradeep has garnered extensive experience across multiple generations of mobile telephony technology leading up to the most recent 4G technologies, based on which the Dialog Group has implemented Mobile FD-LTE and Fixed TD-LTE networks. Pradeep is a regular speaker at Technology forums both locally and internationally.
Sandra De Zoysa
Group Chief Customer Officer
Sandra joined Dialog in 1997 as a member of the Company's Senior Management Team and is the Group Chief Customer Officer and Chairperson of the Customer Experience Excellence Group Leadership Committee of the Company. She counts over two decades of experience in the mobile telecommunication industry as a pioneer customer service practitioner.
In 2011, Sandra was honoured with the industry champion award for Sri Lanka at the Contact Centre World Conference, Australia. Sandra also ranked among the Top 10 business women in Sri Lanka on the Echelon Top 50 most powerful women in business. Sandra is an avid speaker at Customer Experience Industry forums internationally and locally and is a visiting Lecture at the University of Colombo, School of Computing on customer experience and CRM. Sandra is also a founding member and former Director of the board of SLASSCOM, the national IT-BPO chamber. She currently heads the quality forum of SLASSCOM.
Upali Gajanaike
Chief Executive Officer - Dialog Tele-Infrastructure
Upali functions as the Chief Executive Officer of Dialog Teleinfrastructures Strategic Business Unit. His portfolio includes management of passive and transmission infrastructure of the Dialog Group and related commercial operation.
With over 20 years of experience in the Telecommunication industry, he has been a key member of Mobile, Fixed, and Transport network rollouts and many other strategic projects and business initiatives. His extensive experience largely covers Designing, Planning, Implementation, Project Management, and Operations & Maintenance of Telecommunication & IT networks and systems. He has also gained exposure at overseas subsidiaries and business ventures of Axiata Group in Africa, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Upali holds a Bachelor of Science in Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, a Master of Business Administration from University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is a Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council UK, a Member of the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET), a Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL), and a Senior Member of the Australian Computer Society (ACS).
Jeremy Huxtable
Group Chief Officer - Dialog Enterprise
Jeremy counts a total of 16 years industry experience in telecommunications on the backdrop of a multi-country and multi-sector management career spanning over 3 decades.
Jeremy joined the Group Senior Management Team of Dialog following 7 years as the Managing Director of Suntel Ltd. Prior to taking the helm at Suntel in 2005, Jeremy held several senior management positions in the Scandinavian region with Orange International, the mobile arm of France Telecom including that of CEO of Orange Sweden, a 3G green-field start up and that of Director for Strategy and Planning at Orange Denmark. Prior to joining Orange, Jeremy held the position of Vice President at an internet start-up fortunecity.com. Jeremy's involvement with the Sri Lankan telco market has its beginnings in 1996, when he joined Millicom International Cellular as the CEO of Celltel.
Tracing back to the early years of Jeremy's illustrious career - he began his management journey in the pharmaceutical industry and later went on to take up numerous positions in senior management with DHL in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, UK and Pakistan.
Azwan Khan
Group Chief Operating Officer
Azwan leads the Mobile, Broadband, Fixed Line, International and Digital Television Strategic Business units of the Dialog Group. His portfolio also spans Group Corporate Strategy, Business Control and overall Operations Management of the Group.
Azwan counts over two decades of Senior Leadership experience. Prior to his current position Azwan functioned as the Group Chief Strategy Officer of Axiata Group Berhad and a Board member of Dialog Axiata and former Senior Vice-President, Corporate Strategy and Development in Celcom (Malaysia) Bhd. Azwan graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Engineering from the Imperial College of London and has an extensive mix of telecommunications and non-telecommunications experience across a range of companies.
His professional experience also includes tenure with the Boston Consulting Group and Shell Malaysia. Azwan is a former Board Member in Axiata Management Services Sdn Bhd, Hello Axiata Company Limited, Sacofa Sdn Bhd and Samart I-Mobile Public Limited Company. He is also a former member of the GSMA Chief Strategy Officer Group.
Shayam Majeed
Group Chief Officer - Group Commercial and Programme Management
Shayam currently holds the position of Group Chief Officer - Commercial & Programme Management of the organization. Shayam's portfolio spans Enterprise Programme Management, Supply Chain Management, Material Management & Warehouse Operations, Legal & Contract Management, and Quality Systems & Process Management.
Shayam joined the Dialog team in 1997 and has previously served in the capacities of Group Senior Vice President - Access Networks/Technology Resource Planning and Head - Network Planning of the company prior being appointed to his current role.
Shayam holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering specialising in Wireless Communications from the University of Texas - Arlington, Texas, USA and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems specialising in Telecommunications from the University of Houston - Clear Lake, Texas, USA.
He is a Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) - USA, a member of the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) – UK, and a Chartered Engineer registered with the Engineering Council (UK).
Amali Nanayakkara
Group Chief Marketing Officer
Amali is one of Sri Lanka's most renowned marketing professionals and a business leader, drawing from over two decades of experience in senior management positions both in Sri Lanka and overseas attached to leading global multinationals and Sri Lankan blue chips.
One of Sri Lanka's 20 Most Powerful Women in Business as ranked by Echelon Magazine, Amali is an honours graduate from the University of Colombo. She began her career at Unilever Sri Lanka, where she traversed multiple leadership roles, before her appointment to the Board in the capacity of Director, Foods & Personal Care.
Following her tenure at Unilever, Amali transitioned to the telecommunications sector where she was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Bharthi Airtel Lanka, before taking over as Group Chief Marketing Officer of Dialog Axiata. At Dialog, her portfolio spans through Mobile, Fixed Line, Broadband, Dialog Television and the National Sales arm of the Group, where she has garnered a significant foothold for the Company in a fiercely competitive industry landscape.
Anthony Rodrigo
Group Chief Information Officer & Chief Digital Services Officer
Anthony joined Dialog Axiata as the Group Chief Information Officer in 2010, and manages a portfolio spanning Enterprise Information Technology, Product and Service Innovation and the Digital Services Business of the Dialog Group.
Prior to joining the Dialog Group, Anthony was the Head of the North America Systems Integration Business for Nokia Siemens Networks. He was responsible for Solution Development, Systems Integration and Business Management of converged Fixed and Wireless solutions for communication service providers in North America. Anthony counts over two decades of experience in Europe, Asia and the Americas in Operations Support Systems/Business Support Solutions and Systems Integration, holding leadership positions at British Telecom, AT&T, Nokia, NSN and Hayleys.
Anthony holds a B.Eng from Kings College London, and an MBA from Regis University Denver, CO. USA. He holds several European and United States Patents in the area of Charging and Speech Recognition technology.
Lucy Tan
Group Chief Financial Officer
Lucy joined Dialog Axiata in November 2010 as the Group Chief Financial Officer.
Prior to joining Dialog, Lucy was the Financial Controller for Maxis Berhad, Kuala Lumpur. She was with Price Waterhouse, Malaysia before leaving to join Sime Darby Berhad Group where she was there for eight years, holding various senior financial management positions including that of the Group's Chief Accountant and the Head of Group Shared Services.
Lucy is a Chartered Accountant and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and the Australian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CPA). She also holds a B.Sc (Hons) Degree in Chemistry and a Diploma in Education, both from University of Malaya.
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Saying that every City resident can be a part of ending and preventing homelessness in Fresno, Mayor Ashley Swearengin today announced the launch of Fresno First Steps Home, a comprehensive, community-wide initiative to address homelessness in our community.
Mayor Swearengin set a goal of raising $1 million a year in private donations to be used for Fresno First Steps Home, a City-sponsored nonprofit that will raise funds through individual donations, local businesses and grants. In turn, the funds raised will be granted to area nonprofits and public service providers who are working to implement Fresno's 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness. Those organizations include the Fresno Housing Authorities, the Marjaree Mason Center, WestCare, the Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission, the Poverello House and the Angels of Grace.
"As a city, we should expect to make reductions in the number of people living on our streets," Mayor Swearengin said. "Doing nothing is not an option. Doing nothing is costing the public an estimated $80 million per year in unpaid medical bills, emergency room visits, public safety calls and other public services. Everyone can help. Everyone can be a part of ending and preventing homelessness in Fresno."
Mayor Swearengin asked each City resident to donate $1 per month to the effort, which would put the initiative far above its funding goal.
"Many of our residents probably give a dollar to a homeless person on a street corner about once a month," Mayor Swearengin said. "Instead of doing that, consider giving that dollar to a community-wide effort where you know the dollars are going to be used to provide services to our homeless population to help get them permanently off the streets."
Anyone wishing to donate to the initiative should visit www.FresnoFirstStepsHome.org and sign up to make a monthly donation.
Mayor Swearengin said the Fresno First Steps Home plan is based on lessons learned from the City's efforts in the past year in moving people from Fresno's largest encampment, H Street, and the Storyland Motel on Motel Drive into appropriate transitional housing. Seven months after the effort to close H Street, 80% of the people who were moved into housing remain off the streets and are well on their way to independence and self-sufficiency.
Fresno First Steps Home will coordinate a "housing-first" model that is aimed at connecting participants with an umbrella of services, including substance abuse and mental-health programs, healthcare, benefits acquisition and medical treatment.
"It's pretty tough for homeless people to enroll in a job training program or get a job interview because they don't have a permanent residence," Mayor Swearengin said. "That's why housing makes all the difference. If you can get people off the streets and into housing, it's much easier for them to deal with the issues in their lives that led to their homelessness in the first place."
The "housing first" approach involves five steps to independence:
· Outreach – Case managers trained in street outreach and serving the homeless population reach out to homeless individuals to begin the process.
· Assessment – Case managers assess the needs of each individual, including health concerns, family background, criminal history and education. This provides a snapshot for future planning and support.
· Housing – Case managers find transitional housing for the individuals at reduced rates, as long as clients show measurable progress in the program for up to 18 months.
· Action Plan – Case managers create an action plan that puts individuals on a path to self-sufficiency. This plan is monitored and evaluated on a regular basis.
· Monitoring and support – Using the action plan, case managers track the progress of individuals and provide support services as needed.
Mayor Swearengin said that providing the homeless with services makes economic sense for Fresno. A recently completed cost analysis of chronic homelessness in Fresno estimates that housing one chronically homeless person saves $11,872 per person per year in public funds.
Mayor Swearengin also said that as a public/private partnership, Fresno First Steps Home's structure allows government funding to go farther and increases the options for financial support – from donations to grants and other government assistance.
Fresno First Steps Home will be guided by a seven-member board of directors.
For more information on the initiative, please visit www.FresnoFirstStepsHome.org


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Description: Working with tribal leaders, the National Park Service through its Youth Partnership Program and the BLM through its Take It Outside Initiative, joined forces to host the first annual Yevingkarere Camp for pre-teen Paiute children.
For a weekend in September, twenty Southern Paiute youth, three elders, and seven chaperones, along with a dozen agency and tribal staff camped under the pines in the shadows of Mt. Trumbull. Children from six Southern Paiute bands; Cedar, Indian Peaks, Kaibab, Kanosh, Koosharem, and Shivwits, including three tribal chairwomen, participated in the camp.
Under the guidance of tribal elders, the three-day, two-night field excursion provided opportunities for Paiute youth to learn traditional skills, cultural values, and tribal customs. For adults, the trip allowed them to reestablish their connections to Monument resources including the spiritually-important Nampaweap petroglyph site. Elders instructed the making of cradleboards, spilt twig willow figurines, bows, and skumpa (rabbit brush) dolls and demonstrated traditional songs, Paiute language, fire starting and cooking techniques. Working together, tribal leaders and agency staff hope to develop the next generation of Paiute leaders and prepare youth for higher education opportunities, potentially in resource management careers.
The National Park Service provided $23,000 in Youth Partnership Program funding for transportation, supplies, equipment and instructors and $4,000 from park base funds to cover NPS staff salary. The Bureau of Land Management, through their Take It Outside Initiative, provided $3,500 toward camp expenses and $3,500 in-kind staff time for planning and camp activities. Southern Paiute bands - Kaibab, Cedar, Indian Peaks, Kanosh, Koosharem, Shivwits - contributed $1,000 toward camp expenses and tribal staff salary.
The BLM Tribal Liaison and NPS Camp Coordinator made initial contacts and arranged for the preliminary and subsequent meetings with 8 Paiute bands. NPS and Kaibab Paiute tribe entered into an Assistance Agreement to transfer funding for camp equipment, supplies and instructional materials.
In preparation for the weekend, the NPS Camp Coordinator and BLM Tribal Liaison organized a pre-camp field trip with tribal elders and adult participants. Agency personnel also hosted a meeting for students, elders, parent and chaperones two weeks prior to the camping trip to introduce youth and their parents to personnel leading the camp, what to expect at the campsite in terms of the environment and facilities, and to begin student relationship-building.
Gloria Bulletts Benson, BLM Arizona Strip District Tribal Liaison and camp co-coordinator was very excited to see the children enthusiastically participate. "Many Southern Paiute tribal youth live with all the modern conveniences and have lost their connections to their heritage. Taking them back outside and giving them a chance to see how life once was for the people of the Arizona Strip, and to interact with tribal elders and other kids from the various bands, is made possible through this camp."
Geographic area covered: Grand Canyon - Parashant National Monument is jointly managed by NPS and BLM. Lands under the administration of both agencies total more than one million acres located in the northwest corner of the "Arizona Strip" - the northern portion of Arizona separated from the rest of the state by Grand Canyon.
List of partners and relationships: Southern Paiute tribes, NPS and Bureau of Land Management
Accomplishments to date: Re-connecting indigenous people to traditional homelands and the personal relationships developed between tribe members, tribal staff and agency staff has been rewarding. These relationships have opened new opportunities for collaboration on projects to protect and interpret Monument resources, incorporating traditional ecological knowledge into Monument management activities.
Paiute children have the opportunity to learn and practice cultural traditions and skills from tribal elders skilled in these practices. These activities are carried out in a place-based setting important to their heritage
Key success factors: Of prime importance is the concept that the camp focuses on Paiute traditions and culture taught by elders. It is not a camp "run" by agency staff, with an agency agenda or Euro-American view of natural and cultural resource management. Agency staff participate by supporting tribal elders and in some cases teach as a team with elders. As a result, tribal chairwomen, elders and staff are highly supportive of future camps and understand that the agencies appreciate the importance of tribal culture and traditional sense of place associated with Monument resources.
Frustrations: Legal issues surrounding the transportation of children prompted concern for the federal agencies. Working with tribal partners in securing appropriate equipment solved the immediate issue. Long-term, the lack of appropriately-equipped vehicles in terms of child safety equipment, as well as vehicles equipped for the rugged conditions is a challenge yet to be fully resolved.
Most important lessons learned to date: Not to schedule activities too tightly, so that elders in teaching skills and practices, as well as the children while learning, have time to express themselves in a relaxed environment.
The pre-camp field trip with tribal elders and adult participants was critical to planning the activities and lessons to be taught, as many indigenous traditions are place-based and some practices are only appropriate under certain conditions, times of year or in specific places. Also the pre-camp meeting for students, elders, parent and chaperones two weeks prior to the camping trip was essential for conveying information about the camp to both parents and students to reduce apprehension, answer questions and begin relationships among the children from different tribes/bands.
What would you do differently next time: A post-camp evaluation meeting was held among tribal chairs, elders and staff and agency personnel to review all aspects of the camp. Several minor issues were identified. These have been considered and remedied through subsequent planning meetings leading to the 2009 Camp. No significant issues were identified that required drastic changes.
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Name: Jeff Bradybaugh
Affiliation: Superintendent, Grand Canyon - Parashant National Monument
Phone/Fax: 435-688-3226
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Asparagus Finger Food Starter
Serves 2-4
Prep Time 2 mins
Cooking Time 5 mins
- Bunch of asparagus (about 10)
- Olive oil
- Salt and black pepper
- Wash the asparagus and pat dry with kitchen roll
- Snap off the 'woody stem' ends of the asparagus
- Place into a zip lock bag and pour in a little olive oil to cover
- Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Tip into a frying pan and cook for 5 minutes
- Large frying pan
Cooks Tip
- To break off the woody bits of the asparagus hold the stem in one hand just over half way along and the base in the other. Then bend till it snaps. It will find its own breaking point.
Shopping List
- Asparagus
- Olive oil
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- March 31, 2009 at 7:52 pm
mmmm easy and asparagus will be in season here soon..
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Where me scollop's starter recipe ?
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Gene Twardzik/For The Recorder Matt Hughes of Betz, Rossi, Bellinger slides into the tag of Mohawk Valley Orthopedics' Orlando Rodriguez during Game 2 of the Amsterdam Youth Baseball Majors Division championship series Tuesday at Isabel's Field.
Gene Twardzik/For The Recorder Mohawk Valley Orthopedics won the Amsterdam Youth Baseball League Majors Division championship at Isabel's Field on Tuesday night. From left to right, Gon McCabe, Patrick Kelly, Anthony Sacco, Cory Motyl, Tyler Williamson and Evan Sawitzki. Back row, Carter Martin, Orlando Rodriguez, coach Greg Sawitzki, Tyler Safran, Anthony Kelly, head coach Ted Safran, Chris Lent, Ian Healy and coach Rich Williamson.
Gene Twardzik/For The Recorder Orlando Rodriguez of Mohawk Valley Orthopedics receives his championship trophy following his team's 13-2 victory over Betz, Rossi, Bellinger in the Amsterdam Youth Baseball League Majors Division championship series. MVO swept BRB, 2-0 in the best-of-3 series.
Patrick Kelly of Mohawk Valley Orthopedics avoids a close pitch during Game 2 of the Amsterdam Youth Baseball League Majors Division championship Tuesday at Isabel's Field.
By MICHAEL KELLY
After stumbling out of the gate this season in the Amsterdam Youth Baseball League Majors Division, the Mohawk Valley Orthopedics squad ended 2014 on a high.
After winning Game 1 of the best-of-3 championship series Monday at Isabel's Field, MVO clinched the league's title Tuesday with an impressive 13-2 win against Betz, Rossi, Bellinger.
"We clicked at the right time," said MVO head coach Ted Safran after his club's two-game sweep at Isabel's Field.
MVO plated five runs in the first inning, a pair in the second and six in the third. The contest was ended midway through the fourth inning due to the 10-run rule.
The offensive explosion was in stark contrast to Monday's affair, which saw MVO top BRB, 2-1. MVO's Tyler Williamson said his club's aggressive approach at the plate was the difference.
"We were swinging the bat a lot more," he said. "We were making contact and we had smart base-running."
The easiest base-running of the day came for Ian Healy in the second inning. In that frame, MVO's leadoff hitter blasted a solo home run well over the fence in left-centerfield.
"That was my first one," Healy said of the out-of-the-park swat.
The blast made it 6-0 in MVO's favor. The squad had received a two-RBI single from Corey Motyl to highlight the first inning's scoring, while six different players each had a single RBI in the third inning.
Getting in on the fun in a big way was MVO's Patrick Kelly, who slapped and scampered his way to a pair of run-scoring singles in the contest.
"My main thing was to try to get a single," he said. "It felt really good."
Kelly also scored a run.
While MVO's offense was the star of Tuesday's action, the club's defense got things started for the squad. In the first inning, BRB's Tony Cheney lined a single to center field that looked likely to score teammate Matt Hughes.
But MVO center fielder Anthony Sacco scooped up the ball and fired to Williamson, who was playing second base. When the infielder turned toward home plate, he saw Hughes still had a way to go after starting the play at second base.
"I saw he was going and that I had a chance," said Williamson. "So, I threw it as hard as I could."
The offering was a strike to catcher Orlando Rodriguez, who applied the tag to Hughes to end the inning.
For BRB, Caydren Graveley had an RBI in the fourth inning, while Michael Swank scored in the third on a steal of home plate.
Swank had one of the four hits for BRB, along with Cheney, Hughes and Brendan Meacham.
Hughes and Michael Rocas also each had a walk for BRB.
Healy and Williamson did the pitching for MVO, each tossing two innings.
On offense, every MVO player reached base at least once. In order, Healy was 2-for-2 with a home run, a walk and two RBIs; Williamson was 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI; Tyler Safran was 3-for-3 with an RBI; Rodriguez was 1-for-1 with a walk and an RBI; Motyl was 1-for-1 with two RBIs; Evan Sawitzki walked and scored a run; Anthony Kelly was 2-for-2 with an RBI; Chris Lent walked and scored a run; Patrick Kelly was 2-for-2 with two RBIs; Gon McCabe had an RBI and reached after being plunked; and, Carter Martin walked and scored a run.
MVO played a flawless championship series with both its bats and gloves. The club's victory was a testament to its perseverance after a rough start to the 2014 campaign.
"It was six or seven games before we won one," said Ted Safran. "But we just got better as the year went on."
That process culminated Tuesday with a championship victory.
"It feels amazing," Patrick Kelly said.
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The Jervis McEntee Diaries - July 3, 1888
Diary Entry:
Tuesday, July 3, 1888 Calvert and I went down to see John and had a formal meeting of the executors. On the way down in trying to explain my plans to Calvert he got impatient and was very unreasonable and irritating. I hope I will be wise enough henceforth not to attempt to advise with him on my affairs.


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Ping supports Ohio University's pursuit of sustainability and environmental stewardship. We aim to make environmentally responsible choices in regards to our facilities and processes by involving students, staff, and faculty in our efforts to reduce our consumption of resources and minimize our ecological footprint.
How Can Ping Participants Make an Impact?
- Use one of the Precor Ellipticals located in the Cardio Lookout to generate electricity from exercise! Green Power @ Ping
- Recycle used water bottles, cans, newspapers and magazines in the many recycling receptacles in Ping.
- Conserve water by taking shorter showers.
Ping Sustainability Initiatives
- Administrative office uses recycled paper for printing e-mails, drafts and other internal documents.
- We recycle plastic bottles, cans, newspapers, magazines, and cardboard throughout the Ping Center.
- The Ping website is updated frequently with information to lessen the need for printed communications.
- All computers are scheduled to shutdown at night.
The Ping Center staff has been collaborating with the Office of Sustainability and Facilities Management to audit the amount of waste in facility.
"Installing the ReCardio System allows us to demonstrate both how energy is created and
used. Students will gain knowledge of issues related to sustainability and energy conservation and will be provided an opportunity to act on this new found knowledge. I think it's important to create an environment that actively models best practices regarding sustainability rather than just talking about it," - Dr. Douglas Franklin, Assistant Dean for Recreation and Wellness.
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Slagen Elektro AS is a licensed electrical installation company, established in 2004. The company's head office is in Sandefjord, and there is a district office in Rypefjord (Hammerfest). We carry out tasks for oil companies, rig companies, shipyards, offshore yards, land-based industry, and the building and construction plant industry.
Slagen Elektro is a member of NELFO, and holds all necessary licenses and certificates.
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Narrow streets in Zadar's old town
Zadar, Croatia
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Zadar, Croatia
The Square is located on a site between the medieval City Walls with a cornice and the Renaissance bastion Grimani where the city park is situated. In the Middle Ages there was a defence ditch. During the 16th century, the Venetians helped the city withstand Turkish sieges by building a large drinking water cistern with five ornamental wellheads, after which the square was named.
Sea Organ is situated near the new cruiser port, as a part of Zadar's Riva, and can be observed as a differently shaped part of the coast which consists of several stairs that descend into the sea.
The symbol of the city of Zadar and the most famous monumental edifice in Croatia from the early Middle Ages
People's Square is the centre of public life in Zadar from the Renaissance until today.
It is the most beautiful sandy beach on Adriatic Coast (CROATIA), only 20 km from Zadar, capital town of Middle Dalmatia.
You can enjoy swimming in warm and clear Adriatic Sea on beautiful sandy beach in SABUNIKE near Zadar (Croatia)!


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Today we're sharing a basement redesigned into a colorful playroom by our friends the designers of My Tiny Nest on Project Nursery's YouTube Channel. Let us know what you think of My Tiny Nest's Colorful Playroom in the comments, and don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel. We look forward to bringing you new content every week. Upload your projects
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Following are excerpts from a TV program featuring Palestinian children voicing their opinions on the "Right of Return," which aired on Al-Jazeera Children's Channel on May 12, 2007:
Voiceover: Ghossun is an 11-year-old girl, living in Lebanon, but not in one of the Palestinian refugee camps.
Ghossun: I go to school, play with my friends, and study. We do everything together. I talk to them like regular people, and there is no difference between my Palestinian and Lebanese friends. At school, we studied the history of Palestine, but only general things that everybody knows. We didn't go into details. I heard on TV about the Right of Return, and asked my mom and my grandma, but I didn't understand what they told me. This is where I was brought up. My mom and dad grew up here too. When I was little, I asked my dad how is it although everybody emigrated together to Lebanon, some people have lots of money, and others don't. He told me that the people who have money decided to build their lives here and work, while those who don't have money say they want to return. They settled in simple homes and don't want to build their lives here. I want to build my life here, just like my dad may dad built his life here and raised a family. I want to have a family too.
Presenter: She settled with her family in Lebanon, where she has a home and goes to school. It seems that as far as she's concerned, returning is out of the question. Do you share her perspective, or do you think otherwise? Abd Al-Rahman...
Abd Al-Rahman, a teenager: In my opinion, she is right. On the news, you constantly hear about killing [in Palestine], and about constant Israeli expansion. It's only natural for her to think that Israel will be there forever, and will control Jerusalem, or Palestine in general.
Presenter: What's your position? Do you dream about returning?
Abd Al-Rahman: Not really, not really.
Presenter: So you too are settled, and plan to continue your life there?
Abd Al-Rahman: Yes.
Presenter: Do you know what the Right of Return is?
Presenter: What is the Right of Return?
Abd Al-Rahman: When Palestine is liberated, the entire Palestinian people will return, from all corners of the world, to its land, and it will regain its land from the enemy, the Israelis.
Another teenager: Abd Al-Rahman's position is a negative position, because by now, Palestine is more than just a cause – Palestine is in the hearts of the people. Our people has been defending our Right of Return for 60 years, and to come one day and give it up, just like that, is out of the question, as far as I am concerned.
Presenter: What about you, Jinan? Would you return?
Teenager: In my opinion, what was taken by force will only be regained by force. The revolutionary culture still exists, and it will continue to exist. Take, for example, the 'Abayat family from Bethlehem. They have made tremendous sacrifices for the sake of the Palestinian cause, and then we come and talk about peace, peace, peace, until peace loses all meaning. Peace is no longer such an accomplishment. We talk about peace and we've offered sufficient concessions. We've recognized Israel, and we've made every possible concession. When they started talking about the refugee problem, we said that this was where we draw the line. Now they are trying to make us give up on the refugee problem. They want us to give up on it, one way or another. That's not peace. In my opinion, this will not restore one inch of Palestine.
Dr. Yahya Al-Agha, Cultural Advisor, the Palestinian Embassy in Qatar: What he said is very reasonable. With your permission... Allah said: "Prepare for them whatever force and steeds of war you can, in order to strike terror in the hearts of the enemy of Allah and or you own." This verse states that we must make the preparations to fight the enemy. If I cannot confront the enemy today by means of weapons, resistance, and fighting, because the enemy's power and capabilities are greater than mine... I'm talking as a Palestinian, and I'm not referring to the Arab nation. I'm talking about us, the Palestinians, vis-à-vis the enemy. If I don't have such capabilities, what am I supposed to do? Every day we make sacrifices. Every day people get killed, get martyred, in the fighting. It has go to the point that when a Palestinian gets killed or martyred, it is considered a normal thing. What is this for? In the last Intifada, the Al-Aqsa Intifada, for example, we had more than 3,000 martyrs, 6,000 wounded, and we still have more than 12,000 disabled. I'm not saying that we must stop the fighting. What does the Prophet say? According to a hadith by the Prophet, a people or a nation that forsakes the Jihad will be humiliated. We don't want to be humiliated, but we should follow the words of Allah, and prepare the means first. Once we've prepared the means and are capable of confronting the enemy – the gates of Jihad will remain open until Judgment Day.


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We know Sony said they weren't cutting the price of the PlayStation 3 in Europe.
But they totally are.
We know because CNN said so. And they are reputable, damn it.
Specifially, CNNMoney.com posted: "Sony (NYSE:SNE) is to cut the price in Europe of its new generation video game console PlayStation 3 (PS3) by 100 to 200 euros to boost sales ahead of Christmas, newspaper Les Echos reported."
We know it isn't official, but we'll bet anyone that a price-drop is on it's way. We'll go out on a limb like that.
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My people, I present to you a pictorial representation of bike commuting in Memphis in the 21st century. Â Behold …
That big stack of papers on the right? Â That was my Spring Break. Â I didn't actually grade all of them: my graduate assistant did most of the grading and preparation for my intro-level economics class (that's the two folders in the middle). Â But I did have to sort them, staple scantrons to exams, and enter the grades online. Â Plus all the grading, sorting, and recording scores for my two upper-division courses (those are the two stacks of Blue Books you see). Â I didn't actually measure or weigh the stack, although I'd put it at around 20 pounds. Â Maybe 30.
But I'm not here to write about my grading duties, overwhelming though they are sometimes. Â I just wanted to post the picture and mention that I managed to carry all of those papers, plus my lunch, coffee, laptop and power cable to work in my panniers. Â And it really wasn't that bad. Â My bike felt light as a damn feather coming home though, I can tell you that.


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Vanilla Beans
When to splurge on whole vanilla beans and how to use them
Incredibly fragrant and easy to work with, vanilla beans have the power to add intense flavor to a variety of recipes. But they're not cheap. At $2 to $3 per bean, vanilla is the second most expensive spice behind saffron, mostly because so much work goes into each bean. Every flower on the vine must be hand-pollinated to ensure that it produces a vanilla bean. The beans are harvested seven to 10 months later, then cured for six to nine months before being exported and ending up in kitchens around the world. If yours is one of them, make the most of that not-so-ordinary vanilla bean by using it in a recipe that lets it shine.
When to use vanilla beans
Use beans in recipes where vanilla is the main flavor, like custard, panna cotta, pudding and ice cream. Once used, rinse spent beans and let them dry. Repackage them in an airtight container and use again to make vanilla sugar.
Vanilla beans are indigenous to Mexico, so it's no surprise that Mexican beans are the most prized. Madagascar, or bourbon, vanilla is another great choice; it's often used in vanilla extract. Indonesian, West Indian and Tahitian vanilla beans are less desirable and often used in combination with imitation vanilla, or to make perfume.
Buying and storage
Look for vanilla beans that are pliable, with no indication of drying out. They should be dark brown or black, moist to the touch and very fragrant. Store them in an airtight container in a cool dark place for up to 18 months.
Vanilla bandits
Because vanilla beans are so expensive, it's not uncommon for them to be stolen just before harvest. To prevent this, farmers have started painstakingly branding each bean using a cork and pins.
Honeyed Pears in Puff Pastry
A honey of a salute to late-summer pear season, this cozy dessert has plenty of "wow" factor. Wrapped in puffed pastry, it resembles a beehive.
—Heather Baird, Knoxville, Tennessee
Cherries in the Snow
Dried Oregon cherries soaked in rum dot this light, creamy rice pudding. We developed this recipe for our guests with dietary concerns who still want a treat. Sugar-free and fat-free. What's not to love?
—Barbara Sidway, Baker City, Oregon
Lavender Peach Gelato
This sophisticated herbal gelato can be served as an appetizer, a palate-pleaser between courses or a dessert that tastes like heaven on a spoon.
—Christine Wendland, Browns Mills, New Jersey
Vanilla Crescent Cookies
This recipe originated in Croatia and has been in my husband's family for generations. I was thrilled when my mother-in-law shared it with me.
—Beverly Williams, Rhinelander, Wisconsin
Vanilla-Lime Fruit Salad
Feel free to be creative with the fruits you use in this recipe. The versatile dressing is amazing tossed with fresh strawberries or even drizzled over pound cake.
—Kathryn Dampier, Quail Valley, California
B&W Vanilla Bean Puddings with Fresh Strawberries
This simple recipe has only a few ingredients. Personalize yours by adding chopped candy bars to the pudding for the kids. For adults, add a tablespoon or so of your favorite liqueur.
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FBI investigating NYC woman's death in Istanbul
U.S. investigators were invited by Turkish authorities to assist as they try to find out what happened to Sarai Sierra
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NEW YORK — A U.S. congressman says the FBI is playing a significant role in the investigation into the death of a New York City woman found dead in Istanbul while on a solo vacation.
Rep. Michael Grimm, a former FBI agent, says U.S. investigators were invited by Turkish authorities to assist as they try to find out what happened to Sarai Sierra. The 33-year-old mother of two went missing Jan. 21. Her body was found 12 days later.
Grimm and Sierra's parents, Betzaida and Dennis Jimenez, say the family's immediate concern is returning Sierra's body to the U.S.
Her husband, Steven, is in Turkey. He intends to accompany her body, but the family is still determining how to fund the transport.
Grimm says the family's priority is bringing her home.
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Purchased from: George
Features: This guitar was made in 2004 in China. Thin mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard. Pearl dot inlays and 20 medium jumbo frets. 25 1/2 scale and 9 1/2" radius. Laminated ash top with a Vintage brown sunburst gloss finish. Mahogany back and sides. Single cut-away body (Talman shape) and a Ibanez Advantage Plus bridge. Active electronics. 3 band EQ (trebble, bass and volume). One Ibanez AEQ200M magnetic pickup. Standard Ibanez tuners. // 10
Sound: My music style is almost everything exept country and this guitar suits it like a dream! I am usig a Marshall MG15CD (I know it sucks, getting a Carvin MTS 3212 soon) and a Boss ME-50 (I don't bother with the effects board when I use it I just hook in straight into the amp). This guitar has a rich sound. Not as rich as a drednought but rich none the less. This guitar can do what ever you want it too, you just have to know what your doing. // 10
Action, Fit & Finish: Everything was fine except for 2 things. The intonation is a little off (have to get the bridge moved by my luithier) and when I got the guitar It had a dent in the finish under the bridge but I don't know if it was like that when it came off the truck or when I got it but that was fixed when I exchanged it for a new one, besides that its perfect. // 9
Reliability & Durability: This thing will last for a long time, probably until the day I die. It's reliable. // 9
Overall Impression: I love this guitar! I've been playing for 4 years and this is the best acoustic I've used. I own 2 other guiats a Fender American Stratocaster and a Ibanez Jem from '97. I have a Boss ME-50 and a cry baby wha and a Marshall MG15CD amp. The only thing I wish this had is locking tuners but I'm gonna get them when I get the cash. If this where stolen I would kill the person who stole it I would probably buy a Taylor Grand Aditorium cut-away accoustic then re-buy this one. I love everything about it except that it shows dust and fingerprints like you wouldn't beleive! I bought this guitar because I love the sound and the shape of it is amazing. I can't stand the shape of a drednought. // 9
Purchased from: Sam Ash
Features: This is a new model for 2003 from the talman series like most Ibanez guitar it was made in China. Comes with 20 frets, crome hardware, and a rosewood bridge and fretboard. The top is made of Ash and the back, side, and neck are made of mahogany, high gloss Vintage brown sunburst finish. It has a two band E.Q. (Bass, Treble, and volume comtrol). The pick-up is a AP2 Magnetic Soundhole pickup which makes it sound more like an eletric. It is a double cut-away body, very pretty to look at, I have had alot of comments on how nice it looks. // 10
Sound: My style is kinda bluesy, reggae, punk, ska, with some Jack Johnson and Ben Harper thrown in and this guitar has lived up to my expectations. I pretty much keep it straight acoustic, but when I do plug into an amp it sounds more like an eletric then an acoutic. Most of the sound you get from it is very full mid range, but use Dean Markley Alchemy strings and they give the guitar the right sound by bring it up and making it a little more brighter. // 10
Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar I bought was sitting on the wall for a couple of months so it got a little beat up, the only real complaint I have it the neck it completely lined to the body, where the neck meets the body the neck is over too much so the body sticks out a little bit. I don't know if it just my guitar that this happened to. You'll have to see yourself. The action is a right in the middle not to low but not high for me it is perfect. // 8
Reliability & Durability: My guitar has withstood a lot of live playing and the hardware is very durable. The finish is soild I chipped a little bit of it, but I dropped it on the ground. The strap buttons I have had to tighten, but once you tighten them they stay. I depend on this as my main guitar when I play and I would be crazy never to bring a back to a gig, but if I could with this guitar. // 10
Overall Impression: I have been playiing for about a year and 4 months (I have had it for 1 year). I own 3 other acoustics and one Charvel. If this guitar was lost or stolen I would buy another a.s.a.p. I love the look of the guitar I has a very unique look to it. I don't hate anything about it, it doesn't show dirt which is a plus and it is a very high quality for the price. I wish it had a bulit in tuner that would make life easier. The only other thing I would like to mention is I named it Jolene. // 8


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HIV Prevention and Testing > Am I Infected?
Hello guys. Any advise?
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I had a sexual exposure with a CSW. the confusion in my mind is that, I had shaved 5 hours before sex and some vaginal fluids came to my shaved pubic area where I possibly had cuts. Even though I asked before and got an answer that the virus does not infect you with this manner, I still read in an article in this site that the virus can enter through cuts and sores! the faginal fluids came directly from her vagina to my shaved skin, isn't this the same?Thank you,
First off, please leave ALL your comments in your original thread. That is part of the terms of service that you agreed to, and we enforce it strongly. I will request a moderator to merge this with your original thread. to your question:It is absolutely not the same - also, the information you read is, at best, only marginally correct.HIV has very specific connections sprinkled all over the outside shell of the virus, These connections target very specific cells - almost all of which are found in the vulnerable areas of the genital tract (the urethra in a male, the vagina in a female, the mucus membranes in the anus and rectum of both.)HIV can also connect directly to certain white blood cells, but in order to do so it has to connect directly- meaning no exposure at ALL to environmental things like skin, scabs, healed or healing cuts and the like. Only the most extreme situations can overcome the body's rather thorough protection.Example:If you are a paramedic and you are at an accident site, assisting a person trapped in a car. If the person is HIV positive with a high viral load, and bleeding profusely, and if you tear a gash in your hand or arm while maneuvering around the wreckage of the car, and IF you then thrust your hand into or on the profusely bleeding wound without protection, then infection is possible.That is why this sort of transmission is irrelevant to any non-healthcare professional. Te cuts and scrapes from shaving absolutely constitute ZERO threat for HIV. This is not only scientifically proven, but it is also statistically proven.You have had absolutely and categorically no risk for HIV. None. Were there the faintest caveat to the condom issue, we would have issued that caveat on these forums. You understand that you are not nearly the only person who "manscapes" and then has sex, of course. We encounter this question very frequently. I hope my response has been of some help.
Dear jkinatl2,I just needed an answer to clarify this thing for me because I had no idea about how exactly a transmission occurs. I was comparing my case to cases like needle and injection cuts that cause infection, and your answer helped me understand better.Thank you very much and sorry for posting in a new post I just was so stressed.So for heterosexual men the only sexual way through which the virus would enter the body during sex is the Urethra, is this right? because if so, I can finally put this issue behind me since I used a condom!!Thank you very much for your help :)
Isn't this the "I just tested poz" forum?
Yes, sorry for posting in the wrong place.
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BECKLEY - The holidays are notorious for delays and accidents on roadways, but Christmas day seemed to be traffic-free for these cheerful travelers.
Tamra Flynn, on her way to Virginia, said "it's a very long drive, it's a 14 hour drive and the roads are pretty good; there's hardly anybody out there now."
Even the kids traveling were in good spirits. "We did Christmas two days earlier on Monday so we leave on Christmas day so there wouldn't be that much traffic," said 8 year old Kendall LeBlanc.
Not everyone was functioning on a full night of sleep, but Laura Spence cheerfully said, "I hopped in the car at 2 in the morning and it has been nothing but clear sailing since I got in the car."
Some people even choose to travel today compared to the days leading up to Christmas; "we love traveling and especially today because its such a beautiful day and also there's not much traffic on the road," said Fred Chiles, a local man heading out of state.
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Did you enjoy the world (or should that be universe) presented in last year's strategy epic Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth? If you answered in the affirmative, you'll surely welcome the news that 2K Games and Firaxis are returning to the setting for a second game. And you'll even be able to take the action on the road!
Yes, the newly announced Sid Meier's Starships is coming to iOS platforms, which may intrigue or dismay you (or even bore you silly) depending on your predilections. You must admit, though, the idea of commanding an entire fleet of starships from the palm of your hand does sound at least a little bit promising. It's also coming to the PC.
The promotional material suggests that the game will cater to a variety of play styles. "Will you win by conquering the greatest threat to the galaxy? Or will you unite a plurality of worlds in your Federation? Perhaps you will lead your people to push the frontiers of science. Each choice you make carries consequences on your path to victory."
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Skip to comments.Stein: Fear-Mongers Keep Us In Recession
Posted on 03/09/2009 3:14:58 AM PDT by Scanian
Okay. Let me put on my weather-beaten economist's hat again and try to explain something important.
As we all know, we are in a recession that is bad and getting worse. So, basic question: How do we get out of it?
Well, look at it this way. The economy grows because of two factors: M, which is the quantity of money in the economy, which is controlled mostly by the Federal Reserve; and V, the velocity of money, or the rate at which it changes hands - or, as one might say, the speed with which it is borrowed, invested and spent.
Mr. Ben Bernanke, head of the Federal Reserve, has been doing a fine job of keeping the supply of money pumped up. Score one for him.
But the velocity of money has slowed dramatically.
People at every level are afraid to spend because they fear conditions will get worse and they're going to need the money in the future just to survive. So they don't spend it.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Less fear and more beer, Stein!
However, once again, leave it to the liberals to water everything down to the lowest common denominator. 8% are unemployed -- RUN FER YER LIVES! Destroy the Economy. Pour TRILLIONS INTO bailing Tom, Dick, and Harry out.
Same old Democrat shell game.
Stein: Fear-Mongers Keep Us In Recession .........
If only it were so simple! But it isn't. Go sit in the corner Ben with this dunce cap
We have a gargantuan debt overhang from years of senile old hippy Alan Greenspoon's easy money policies. This slowly imploding debt is the problem. Not a fear psychology which is quite justified by the way
Stein's credibility on anything, let alone economics, went out the window the day it was learned that he contributed to the Franken campaign.
The democrat shell game gave us this Barry/Barney market.
Ever since Ben and his Hollywood friends bankrolled the Al Franken Senate campaign, I do not watch him or read anything he writes.
Ben is off the radar for me, and he ought to be off every conservative's radar too. How on aerth could he help elect such an idiot as Al franken and foist him upon the people of Minnesota through donating millions of dollars into his campaign fund??
Hollywood bought this senate seat and now we will all have to put up with it for 6 years.
Shame on you, Ben.
People at every level are afraid to spend because they fear conditions will get worse and they're going to need the money in the future just to survive. So they don't spend it.
The other alternative is:
Why pay $50.00 for something today, when, if we wait two weeks we can get it for $25.00.
Those are government statistics aren't they? And we all know that our government would never try to sell us a line would they?
If anything there is not enough fear. Most investors that I see are just numb, not afraid. The main reason the markets are down, especially in Europe, is the credit contraction pummeling banks and anything related.
Look Ben, you gotta understand, socialists can't exist without an atmosphere of fear. Whether the fear is for genuine reasons or fabricated reasons, it doesn't matter, they need the people to be in fear of something.
It is being caused by excessive debt on every front. The servicing of that debt is consuming everything.
You can't spend your way out of debt.
Obama is increasing the debt of the country while at the same time reducing people's incomes by wide spread taxation. From carbon taxes, healt care taxes, elimination of tax deductions and increased in tax rates.
All the wrong things.
So things will get worse.
It won't be $25 when the company that made it is out of business and there are no more.
MIllions? That's not even legal.
Both Bush and Obama (even more so) have the same solutions to our recession...."more of the hair of the dog that bit us."
Unrealistically low interest rates and too much easy money—that caused high debt speculation in housing and derivatives and much else—that caused this bust?
Solution: even lower interest rates and even more, dramatically more, easy money, spending and debt creation to solve it. Right?
After all, isn't the best cure for a hangover, more swigs at last night's booze bottle?
Morale: Our politicians have the same problem solving smarts as a wino. That their short term fixes cause the longer term problem to become ever more serious, is analysis miles over their heads.
Yes, 92% of the U.S. is still employed yes however the government employs 60% of the people so the numbers kind of change a tad.
Let's make it more reasonable.... Why pay $50 for what will be $40 in a few months??
This is what happens in a deflation. A 180 degree turn about on consumer psychology
Deflation really puts a crimp in the "consumer economy" that the powers that be have promoted for years
A "consumer economy" depends on inflation. The feeling that you buy today because it will only get more expensive
Every $1.00 in your mattress will be worth $1.05 twelve months from now
Even grocery prices are going down a bit...They have been the most resistant to deflation
People are numb and paralyzed to dump even some of their 401K that has already plunged and will most likely go down some more. That money isn't coming back, same as that girlfriend who is never coming back
(I hope it does come back but I won't bet on it) Stocks can be flat for years
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One sure way to slow down "V", the velocity of money, is to let the government spend it. Amongst other things they are not very efficient at is shoveling money out the door.
"Never confuse motion with action." --Benjamin Franklin
Exemplified by Hillary's ongoing two week road trip sucking up to foreigners. She has accomplished nothing. But she gets an ego boost plus some hidey time with Huma
...good quote and relevant anecdote! Hmmm...money...paper. Maybe I should look into costs of a tiny facility for producing toilet paper, pads, and the like. Those might be in great demand within the next two or three years. Where there's great need, even the highly educated hag-wives and cousins (erroneously known as enviros) of former competitors won't get in the way. ;-)
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Here's a real life nondeflation example. I would love to pick up another (or several more) Husqvarna Rancher 20 inch chainsaws. They are 399 or as low as 379 in some stores. I got mine for 300 and 350 over the past few years. Are they ever going to drop to 350 again? Fat chance.
Who listens to Ben Stein? A has-been who never really was.
Ben's gone 'round the bend. Anybody who can read the news knew well before 2005 that the housing bubble and thirty years of throwing money at insolvent institutions would end very very badly.
No it's because Alia is in full denial.
LOL must mean he still has his job...........the old line - a recession is when my neighbor loses his job.........BTW I notice Ben Stein is still working.
The local mall was packed on Sat. Couldn't even find a parking place. Either there were a lot of browsers or people are starting to spend money. That's the busiest I've seen it since Christmas.
Spring, after taxes have been paid and/or refunds received is typically a time of increased consumer spending. People shop for summer clothing, there are lots of parties for various reasons, people buy supplies for yard work and home improvements and people buy recreational equipment. Also people start to travel and spend more money on gas, food, lodging and recreation. I just read an article about people feeling more comfortable traveling this year because gas prices are half of last year's.
Also, housing sales increase in the spring and summer as families relocate due to job changes and the kids are out of school.
There might not be as much spending as in previous years, but the pent up demand for goods and services may be released to a certain extent. People can't do without purchases forever. Things wear out and replacements are needed. Kids need lots of stuff.
So sad that Obama and his followers don't have the power they expected. Some people are so afraid of Obama's socialism that they are not spending: "velocity" drops.
Some of us are not afraid, but we're so angry at Obama's overthrow of our government and economy that we're on strike as shoppers, reducing the "velocity" just as effectively as fear would.
Some of us know that by hunkering down, we make ourselves stronger whatever happens, while the reduced "velocity" makes Obama weaker: a win-win situation.
Whether we have a deep recession that lasts until the GOP takes Congress back in 2010 or a depression that lasts until 2012 or even beyond, no economic catastrophe could compare with the damage that a permanent transition to socialism would do to our children and our grandchildren. It's all about the next generation, and socialism will fail. Better that socialism should fail quickly, as national socialism did in Germany 1933-1945, rather than slowly as soviet socialism did in Russia 1917-1991. Either way, it's a nightmare of evil, but the socialists can do less lasting damage to our children and grandchildren if they fail sooner rather than later.
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