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Nicholas Mercator
Nicholas (Nikolaus) Mercator (c. 1620, Holstein – 1687, Versailles), also known by his Germanic name Kauffmann, was a 17th-century mathematician.
He lived in the Netherlands from 1642 to 1648. He lectured at the University of Copenhagen during 1648–1654 and lived in Paris from 1655 to 1657. He was mathematics tutor to Joscelyne Percy, son of the 10th Earl of Northumberland, at Petworth, Sussex (1657). He taught mathematics in London (1658–1682). In 1666 he became a member of the Royal Society. He designed a marine chronometer for Charles II, and designed and constructed the fountains at the Palace of Versailles (1682–1687).
Mathematically, he is most well known for his treatise Logarithmo-technica on logarithms, published in 1668. In this treatise he described the Mercator series, also independently discovered by Gregory Saint-Vincent:
It was also in this treatise that the first known use of the term natural logarithm appears, in the Latin form log naturalis. His use of this term is somewhat surprising, since it predates the development of infinitesimal calculus, in which the most natural properties of this logarithm appear.
To the field of music he contributed the first precise account of 53 equal temperament, which was of theoretical importance, but not widely practiced.
- Francis Maseres & Charles Hutton (1791) Scriptores Logarithmici, link from Google Books.
- Nicolaus Mercator and his Ratio Theory at Convergence.
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- Some Contemporaries of Descartes, Fermat, Pascal, and Huygens: N. Mercator
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Nicholas Mercator", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.

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If it's not Graffiti taggers running over Banksy's "Better Out Than In" exhibit in New York, it's residents of the East New York neighborhood where Banksy posted his latest stencil for day 10 of his NYC residency. Four local men have covered the artwork with garbage bags and cardboard threatening anyone with a camera. "We trying to get some bread. This is my hood," said one of the men.
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Spain's Telefonica is offering the world's first smartphone with the Firefox operating system to compete with devices running Google Android and Apple IOS.
The ZTE Open smartphone goes on sale in Spain this week for about $90 and will soon be available in several Latin American countries.
The device is aimed at the youth market and at people who are new to smartphones, Telefonica's chief of product development, Carlos Domingo, said during a Madrid press conference where he was joined by executives from Mozilla and telephone-maker ZTE.
Equipped with a 3.5-inch 480x320-pixel touchscreen, the ZTE Open includes a 3.2MP camera, 256MB RAM and 512MB flash memory enhanced with a 4GB microSD card that comes as part of the package.
The ZTE Open is fully integrated with Facebook and the Spain-based social network Tuenti and talks are under way about incorporating the WhatsApp instant-messaging service, Telefonica said.
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With the 2014 FIFA World Cup well underway now, Day 3 offered us no less than four games, two groups and eight nations to assess and get excited about.
Colombia got the day off to a colourful start with a 3-0 win over Greece, before Costa Rica pulled off the shock of the tournament so far by beating Uruguay 3-1. Italy then saw off the challenge of England to win 2-1 in a tight match in Group D. The final match of the day saw Ivory Coast mount a 2-1 comeback win over Japan.
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CAIRO — Egyptian officials said yesterday that two dozen figures from across the political spectrum — deposed President Mohammed Morsi among them — would stand trial for insulting the judiciary.
The move, reported by state media, suggested no easing of authoritarian measures adopted by the interim government in recent months to suppress dissent. It also came one day after Egyptian authorities hailed overwhelming approval of a new constitution, with official results showing that more than 98 percent of voters had endorsed the new national charter.
During its six months in power, the military-backed administration has waged a harsh campaign against Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, the country's largest and oldest Islamist movement, but has also moved against secularists. In the past two months, many have run afoul of a new law that in effect criminalizes street protests.
Egypt's divisive political climate drew criticism from international groups monitoring last week's referendum and recent actions of the interim government. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday noted the groups' concerns that a "polarized" environment had hampered the fairness of the vote.
Those identified yesterday as facing charges included some prominent figures in the Muslim Brotherhood, but also liberal former members of parliament, an activist blogger who was detained in November, and a right-wing talk-show host. Insulting the judiciary — a charge that can be very broadly defined — can carry a three-year prison term.


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"A Toast" was adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1957: ... The State Toast is used at some functions within the University of North Carolina.
Toast, North Carolina
Der Begriff Toast, North Carolina ist im englisch-sprachigen Wikipedia aufgeführt. Dort heißt es dazu:
Toast is a census-designated place (CDP) in Surry County, North Carolina, United States, located just west of Mount Airy, North Carolina. The population was 1,922 at the 2000 census.
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Toast is a census-designated place (CDP) in Surry County, North Carolina, United States, located just west of Mount Airy, North Carolina. The population was 1,922 at the 2000 census.
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LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Backed by two touchdown catches from Jabari Turner, Virginia Military Institute held off Chowan 24-17 on Saturday.
Turner's second touchdown catch proved the difference, as his 45-yard scoring grab with 8:29 left helped VMI (1-1) evade Chowan's (0-2) come-from-behind effort.
VMI's defense aided in building a 14-0 lead by forcing a pair of punts from deep in Chowan territory to open the game. VMI scored touchdowns off both field-position gifts -- including a 28-yard touchdown catch by Turner.
Devahn Murphy's interception return for a touchdown started Chowan's comeback, which was capped by a field goal and a 17-yard scoring pass from Cameron Stover to Antjuan Randall to open the third quarter.
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A 101 video on concentrating solar panel systems. | Courtesy of the Energy Department
On Tuesday, October 25, the Energy Department's SunShot initiative announced a $60 million funding opportunity (FOA) to advance concentrating solar power in the United States. The SunShot program seeks to support research into technologies with potential to dramatically increase efficiency, lower costs, and deliver more reliable performance than existing commercial and near-commercial concentrating solar power (CSP) systems.
The Department expects to fund 20 to 22 projects, and we encourage industry, universities, and National Laboratories to apply. Preliminary applications are due November 22, 2011. You can learn more about this funding opportunity here.
Concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies use mirrors to reflect and concentrate sunlight onto receivers that collect the solar energy and convert it to heat. This thermal energy can then be used to produce electricity via a steam turbine or heat engine driving a generator. A key characteristic of CSP is the ability to store thermal heat. With storage capacities of up to several hours, CSP systems are able to produce clean electricity even when the sun isn't shining. These utility-scale, renewable energy systems can help meet the nation's demand for electricity—all at a relatively low cost.


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Understanding the foreclosure process
Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of articles focusing on consumer rights issues such as home ownership, foreclosure, loan modifications, mortgage servicing, credit reporting issues and general consumer rights.
Facing foreclosure on your home or investment property is both stressful and confusing. In today's economic climate, however, it is, unfortunately, becoming a more commonplace occurrence. Understanding the foreclosure process and gaining a greater understanding of what you are facing can help ease the stress and give you a better sense of your options under the law.
If you have received a notice of default from your loan servicer (the company that receives payments and sends you statements) it likely says that you are a number of payments behind and that you need to "cure the default within 30 days or your loan will be referred to a foreclosure attorney."
The next notice you will get will be a letter from a foreclosure attorney. This letter will include the name of the original creditor and the current creditor, the name of the attorney who is attempting to collect on the debt, and the amount necessary to reinstate the loan. It will also state that if the reinstatement amount is not received within a certain period, the loan will be "accelerated."
It is important to note that every piece of mail from the foreclosure attorney will be sent certified return receipt requested to the address listed on the deed of trust or one you provided to the lender for service. You must check your mail regularly and sign for this type of mail. Some attorneys will also send copies via regular U.S. Postal Service, first class mail in addition to the certified mail. The foreclosure attorney may also be called the "Trustee" or may provide the name of the Trustee.
The power of the Trustee (the person who actually sells your property), on behalf of the beneficiary, to sell your property is contained within the "Deed of Trust." This document is also called a "security instrument" since it secures the money loaned to you personally to the real property you purchased. It sets out the rights and remedies of the parties, as well as the procedures required to foreclose on the property. It also incorporates the legal provisions of the jurisdiction in which the property is located.
"Acceleration" means that the total amount of the mortgage will be due – not just the payments you are behind. This letter will also include a provision that allows you, within 30 days, to dispute the debt and requires confirmation of the debt and default. This dispute must be in writing and made within 30 days of this first letter. A dispute letter only requires the attorney to confirm that the debt owed is accurate and that cause exists to foreclose. The attorney must confirm receipt of the dispute and provide you with the results of the inquiry via U.S. Mail.
Failure to "cure the default" within the time period may result in the acceleration of the debt and the scheduling of a foreclosure sale. A letter stating that you failed to cure the default, that the loan has been accelerated and that a sale date has been set will be sent certified mail return receipt requested to your address.
A foreclosure sale must be advertised two successive weeks in the newspaper with at least a weekly distribution. These ads appear in the classified section of your local newspaper. At any time up to the day of the sale, you can redeem the property by paying the full amount of the debt. Absent full payment, a creditor can refuse payment less than the full balance of the debt.
The sale is conducted on the courthouse steps by a "crier" or person who calls in the sale. This simply means he/she announces the sale and the property location. He/she may set a minimum bid and then asks for bids to be made. The crier, under instructions from the creditor, may accept a bid for less than what is owed on the property. The conclusion of the sale terminates your interest in the property. With the possible exception of filing a bankruptcy case and recording the notice before a new deed of report of sale is filed, you no longer own the property.
You will receive a "Trustee's Report of Sale," which sets out when the property was sold, how much it sold for, the amount of the debt, any costs of sale and the Trustee's fees as well as the balance, if any, left after the sale. A new deed will be recorded in the name of the high bidder or in the name of the beneficiary of the deed of trust if a credit bid is made and the property is bought for the amount of the outstanding debt.
If the property sells for less than what is owed, you are still liable for the balance due to your personal liability established by the mortgage note. The holder or owner of the note can sue you for this deficiency.
So what's a distressed homeowner facing foreclosure to do? The good news is that there are now many more options than there were even a few years ago. These include loan modification, short sale and deed in lieu of foreclosure – to name but a few. These options are the results of certain federal laws and regulations as well as lawsuits that have made certain banks follow specific guidelines to assist homeowners.
My next article will discuss strategies for challenging a foreclosure and for navigating options to keep your house. It will also contain information on how to surrender and "walk away," minimizing or eliminating potential deficiencies considerations, as well as certain tax implications relating to the cancelation of debt.
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Sunset Heights Church, Lanett, will celebrate its 62nd homecoming Oct. 14. There will be a service at 10:30 a.m. EST to share memories and testimonies. Ralph Cobb will lead the special music. The worship service will be at 11 a.m. EST with former member Larry Cummings, director of missions for Covington Association, as guest speaker. Lunch and fellowship will follow at 12:30 EST. Steve Langley is pastor.


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December 2011
A Tribute to the Dodger players that passed away in 2011
Nine ex Dodger players passed away in 2011. Rest in peace to these Boys of Summer.
1. Tony Malinosky. He played in 35 games for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1937 as an infielder. Born Oct 5, 1909 , in Collinsville, Ill., Malinosky moved to El Monte when he was in high school and attended Whittier College with future President Richard Nixon. HE served in the Army during World War II He passed away on Feb 8, 2011. He was 101.
2. Cliff Dapper. Debuted April 19, 1942. Mr. Dapper was involved in that unusual trade for announcer Ernie Harwell in 1948. Mr. Dapper was born in Los Angeles on Jan 2, 1920 and played for the PCL Hollywood Stars. He served in World War II from 1943-1945. He retired to Fallbrook, Ca, where, he and Snider had about 60 acres of ranch land. He maintained it all, growing avocados and lemons and making a better living than he ever would have in baseball. Debuted April 19, 1942. Final game: May 3, 1942. He passed away Feb 8, 2011. He was 91.
3. Gino Cimoli. A Dodger outfielder in Brooklyn and Los Angeles who was the first major league batter on the West Coast when the Dodgers and Giants moved to California in 1958. Gino Struck out against Ruben Gomez (far right). He also scored the Dodgers' final run at Ebbets Field in a 2-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sept. 24, 1957.
4. Hall-of-Famer Duke Snider,. The last surviving regular of the 1950's "Boys of Summer" Dodgers. Linda Wilson wrote this wonderful piece after the Duke passed away. I highly recomend it. http://behindblueyes.mlblogs.com/2011/03/05/from-compton-to-cooperstown/
5. Bill Harris Born Dec 3, 1931. He pitched in one game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1957 and one game for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1959. but both games were in late September pennant games.
6 . Elmer Sexauer. Born May 21, 1926 in St Louis County. Sexauer made his MLB debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on September 6, 1948 and appeared in his final game on September 12, 1948. Both games were crucial pennant race games. Passed away on June 27, 2011. He was 85.
7. Dick Williams was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers' organization out of high school in 1947. joined the Dodgers in 1951, saw little action as a rookie, then separated a shoulder diving for a fly ball in left field in August 1952. The HOF took three teams to the World Series (The Red Sox, A's & the Padres). He passed away July 7, 2011. He was 82.
8. Cy Buker Born Feb 5, 1919 in Greenwood, Wisconsin. Buker hurled 87 1/3 innings spread over 42 games. By mid-July, one New York Times story called him "Durocher's fireman." He passed away Oct 7, 2011. He was 92.
9. Johnny Schmitz. Nicknamed "Bear Tracks", he was a left-hander pitcher. Born November 27, 1920 in Wausau, WI. Mr. Schmitz played 13 seasons between 1941 and 1956, missing 1943 to 1945 due to serving time overseas in World War II. He made the All-Star twice. He passed away Oct 1, 2011. He was 90.
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Twas the Night Before Christmas at the MLB Blogs!
Twas the Night Before Christmas at the MLB Blogs!
"Twas the Night Before Christmas and in every house
All good MLB bloggers and readers were clicking their mouse
They hung all their stockings, decorated their trees
and now it was time to sit down and see
What everyone posted on this Christmas Eve.
A nice break to read a bunch of good bloggers
Was just what they needed, but Oh no! the buggers!
When they went to the MLB site, none could be found.
"Oh no, we're afraid Mark went out of town
Is the server down the reason we cannot read?
How could he do this in our time of need?
The bloggers all panicked, they shivered in fright,
They pined for their read/write and settled in for the night.
"Did we misspell the link? Did we hit the wrong key?
Did it go to LALA land?" Oh such misery!
And then in a flash, with a stroke of a key,
One by one, they discovered their Christmas Eve reads.
Their eyes how they twinkled, they laughed and smiled.
And they settled into the chair to read/write for a while.
Their hearts were delighted, they felt just like kids,
But it's still such a mystery where the MLB links had hid.
Was it there all the time and they just didn't see?
Or did Santa step in and do a good deed?
Good baseball fans are on Santa's list
And good MLB bloggers and readers he vows never to miss.
It's been a long night, time to climb into bed,
So they shut down their computers and laid down their heads.
But in a quiet of night, before things came to an end,
They heard "Thanks for reading and writing with me,
Its great to read and write with baseball friends!"
I wish you peace and joy!
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! Happy New Year!
Neddy Got Run Over by a Reindeer
For Ned Colletti to the tune of Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuTHxMjVivg
Neddy Got Run Over by a Reindeer
Neddy got runned over by a reindeer
Walking from the bar one Winter Eve.
You can say there's no such thing as Santa
But as for me and Dodger fans, we believe
He'd been overpaying too much dough
And we begged him to please forgo
but he likes them long in the tooth
so he was booted out the door into the snow
When they found him Christmas nornin
after he had his food and wine
he had hoof prints on his forehead
and incriminatin' Claus marks on his behind.
Neddy got runned over by a reindeer
Walking from the bar one Winter Eve.
You can say there's no such thing as Santa
But as for me and Dodger fans we believe.
Now we're all so proud of Dodger fans
They been taking this so well
See them in there watching reruns
drinking beer and playin games with cousin Guido
It's not Christmas without Neddy
All the Dodgers dressed in black
And we just can't help but wonder
Should we keep his acquisitions or send them back?
Now the squirrel is on the table
and the pudding made of fig
and a blue and grey candle
that would have just matched the hair in Neddy's wig
I've warned all the MLB owners
"Better watch out for yourselves
They should never give a checkbook
To a man who wears boots and a toupee"
Feliz cumpleaños maestro Jaime Jarrin
Vin Scully is the Voice of the Dodgers and Jaime Jarrin es la Voz de Los Dodgers. Jaime has been covering the Dodgers for the last 53 years!
Jaime Jarrin was born on December 10th, 1935 in Ecuador. Jaime Jarrin studied philosophy, letters, journalism and broadcasting at Central University of Ecuador in Quito in Ecuador. He had been the announcer for the No. 1 program on HCJB, the 'Voice of the Andes.' Jaime recalls leaving for the U.S. in 1955 on a cargo boat loaded with 100,000 bunches of bananas. When he came to Los Angeles on June 24, 1955, he had no job and he did not speak the language. His first job was working putting together chain link fences. He latched on at the only Spanish-language radio station in Los Angeles, KWKW. He worked in a fence factory all day, then broadcasted boxing matches at the Olympic Auditorium at night.
At the time, he had never seen a baseball game but he was intrigued by the game seeing fans watching the World Series on TV and hearing it on the radio that he said 'This must be a great sport." So over the next two years, he attended as many Triple-A games as he could, seeing the Los Angeles Angels at old Wrigley Field in South L.A., or the Hollywood Stars at Gilmore Field, on the site of what is now Farmer's Market and the Grove.
When the Dodgers moved from Brooklyn to L.A., KWKW became the team's Spanish-language station. Jarrin spent a year learning the game, then signed on as the play-by-play announcer in 1959. The Dodgers won the World Series that year and Jarrin has been in the team's employ ever since. He never missed a game from 1962 to 1984, more than 4,000 in a row, and was the 1998 recipient of the Ford Frick award by the Hall of Fame.
To me, like Vin Scully, Jaime's voice soothes me . All is well listening to these two gentlemen.
Feliz Cumpleanos a nuestro maestro el senor Jaime Jarrin. Que cumpla muchos pero muchos mas y que Dios nos lo conceda con mucha salud. Muchas gracias por ser tan lindo con todos nosotros los aficionados!
Happy Birthday to our teacher Mr. Jaime Jarrin. May you have many many birthdays and that God grant you plenty of health. Thank you so much for always being so nice to us fans!


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Will Hurricane Threaten EIB Southern Command?
RUSH: They moved the latest hurricane track further to the west at 11 o'clock. The staff on the other side of the glass is wondering what we're gonna do. Are we gonna decamp? Are we gonna go to a secure location and do the program? And, of course, this is all up to me. And two days ago I woulda said, "Yeah, we're gonna decamp." But they keep moving this thing further west, and I don't want to decamp if I don't have to. I don't want to have to leave.
And now the latest says 80-mile-an-hour winds, Naples, Category 1. There's only one model... Folks, I gotta be very careful because I'm not the National Hurricane Center, and I'm not a meteorologist. I'm not a hurricane specialist, and I'm not the final authority. But I've looked at the major models that they use, and only one of them turns this thing into a hurricane after it finishes with Cuba. It's forecast to be a hurricane for a while, then it hits the Dominican Republic. One of the biggest enemies of a hurricane is high elevation. It changes air pressure; it can destroy the eye, the eye wall structure.
And if it goes north enough over the Dominican and gets into the high mountains there, it could wreak havoc on the thing. Not dissipate it, but take it away from hurricane down to tropical storm strength. It's forecast to be over the Dominican Republic (Hispaniola, Dominican and Haiti) long enough that it should weaken. Then it becomes a hurricane just briefly once again from the Dominican to Cuba. Then over Cuba (it's over Cuba quite a while according to this latest track) it'll weaken again. So it comes off of Cuba heading to the Keys now, Key West.
What I was gonna tell you is only one model turns this thing into a hurricane. Only one model of the major models turns this thing into a hurricane coming off Cuba. So they're reporting it will be a Cat 1 (80-mile-an-hour winds) off of Naples. And then it just keeps tracking northwest and doesn't direct-hit Tampa; it is gonna be offshore a bit. But the primary wind field is on the east side of this thing. So the strongest winds could be in the Tampa area.
So you have the mayor of Tampa out there talking about, "Oh, yeah, we'll shut down. We'll evacuate! We got no problem shutting down. We'll 'condense' this thing. We have no my problem shutting down this convention." What happens if they do? And we all know that Obama's out there steering this thing, just like they said Bush was steering Katrina into New Orleans. (There are people who actually believed that.) So, as far as it affecting us at the EIB Southern Command...
See, there is Fox. Fox has got it up there now. You can see the track. It's a hurricane at Key West, and a Category 1 way off of Tampa. But the wind field there, as I say, is on the eastern side of it, the primary winds. So it's gonna be a tough call. It'll be a tough call. Because it could still veer in a direction that is not directly along that track that they have forecast. But at least as far as you guys on the other side of the glass, I don't think we're decamping. I think we're gonna hang in here. The heck with it. If you can't handle 80-mile-an-hour winds, you don't deserve to live here.
It's the way I look at it. And if we lose power, we lose power. We have generators and we have backups, so we're covered. That's a way I'm looking at it now. It's a major decision. "Do we put the storm shutters up?" Gotta figure that out. Certainly gotta move the furniture in from the pool. You don't want to leave that stuff out. If it starts flying around, it could be projectiles and missiles. Anyway, as for the Republican convention, who knows what's gonna happen? Or if it's gonna happen over one night or two nights.
Can you imagine if they condense this thing and it's a two-night convention? You get Christie and then Ryan and then Romney all in the space of 24 hours.
Percentage Chances Isaac Hits Tampa
RUSH: Latest data on Tropical Storm Isaac, as of 11 a.m., from the National Hurricane Center. Here are the actual percentage probabilities. It has nothing to do with the track. Well, it does, but I'm not getting the information from the track. If you dig deep at the National Hurricane Center's website, if you go beyond the track, you can find some interesting stuff. And right now there is a 24% probability that Tampa, Florida, will experience winds of 34 knots on Tuesday. (That's a tropical depression.)
There is a 6% possibility that Tampa would experience tropical storm winds, 50 knots. Now, 50 knots is 57 miles an hour, to give you an idea. There's a 1% probability that Tampa will face hurricane winds on Tuesday at eight a.m. So 65 knots is a hurricane, 74 miles an hour. There's a 1% chance of that, according to the National Hurricane Center, a 6% chance of tropical storm winds, and a 24% probability of tropical depression.
Now, the numbers increase a little as you get into Tuesday night and into Wednesday. Now, I don't know on what basis the powers that be in Tampa will decide whether or not they should cancel the convention, postpone it, delay it, compress it, or what have you. But those are the actually percentage probabilities as announced by the National Hurricane Center as of 11 a.m. Eastern.
Michelle Obama: Vote November 2nd
RUSH: Have you seen the networks are not gonna cover Ann Romney's speech on Monday night? They did cover Michelle (My Belle)'s speech in 2008. But they're not gonna cover Ann Romney's. In fact, CBS is gonna do a rerun of Hawaii 5-0, instead of carrying Ann Romney's speech at the Republican convention.
And did you see that Michelle Obama's urging Obama supporters to get out and vote on November 2nd? The only problem is, that's not Election Day. Michelle Obama did say, "And don't let us down! Be there on November 2nd!" Now, when Republicans put ads out in Democrat neighborhoods saying they should vote on the wrong day, you know what kind of hell that unleashes. "What, do you think our voters are stupid?" Yes! That's why we try to trick 'em. It doesn't take much.
But here Michelle Obama is doing it all for us. Election Day, November 2nd!
Young People Angry About Economy
RUSH: From Paul Bedard at WashingtonExaminer.com. He used to be at US News & World Report. "Younger voters, angry with the lack of jobs and a stalled economy that's cut their entertainment budget and forced many to live with mom and dad, are expected to flock to the polls in even greater numbers than 2008... While 51% of Millennials age 18-29 voted in the 2008 election, 76% plan to vote this fall, according to a new poll from the influential group Generation Opportunity..."
Now, that's a 50% increase in the number of people in that demo who voted for "Hope and Change" in 2008. I know you're asking, "Well, okay. But, Rush, who does the poll say they're gonna vote for?" Oh, they didn't ask that. (laughing) They didn't! It says right here: "While the group did not ask who younger voters prefer in the presidential race, they are inspired no more and are clearly driven by anger over the economy and the fact that they might not have lives as good as their parents.
"The poll of 1,003 adults aged 18-29 was conducted at the end of July. It has an error margin of plus-or-minus 3.1%." How in the world do you go out and conduct a poll like this and not ask 'em for whom they're gonna vote? So we're left to assume. So if you get news that adults between 18 and 29 are really ticked off that they have to live home with mom and dad (and their entertainment budget has been cut) because the economy's so bad, that they're now gonna vote in a 50% increase in numbers, would you think that that means they're gonna vote for the status quo?
I wouldn't.
But they didn't ask.
Of course, we're talking about 18 to 29 years olds. We don't know what they know in this particular group, what they've been taught, what their education is. So it's one of these things. If you get a story that all these young people are really ticked off at the economy, the lack of jobs, and pared-down entertainment budget (it's important to throw that in there: Pared-down entertainment budget), then you would think they'd want a "change." Change from what.
Do they still blame Bush?
Do these 18 to 29 year olds still think the problems that we're having are because of Bush?
And poor old Obama!
He's done everything he can!
Yeah, let's vote for the guy in office now while it's so bad!
But they didn't ask.
VP Debate Moderator was Married to Obama Official
RUSH: Here's something else. I know that Washington's an incestuous place. I know they're all married to each other, and I know that they go through revolving doors from journalism to media to back to the Supreme Court to wherever they end up. I did not know that Martha Raddatz of ABC News was married to the FCC commissioner, Julius Genachowski. I did not know. I know Chuck Todd's married to some Democrat consultant. I know that David Gregory is married to some babe that works at Fannie Mae. I know that "Angrier" Mitchell is married to what's-his-face, Alan Greenspan.
I know the incestuous nature of the place. They're all married to each other. But I didn't know that, and it's a story here in the Daily Caller. "The moderator of the lone October vice presidential debate was previously married to a top Obama official, an association both ABC News and the left-leaning Commission on Presidential Debates do not view as a conflict of interest." How could it be? How could it be a conflict of interest? If you are in the dominant liberal culture of Washington, and you have a former top Obama official married to a debate moderator, where could there be a conflict?
"ABC Senior Foreign Correspondent Martha Raddatz, whose role as moderator was announced on August 13, was previously married to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski -- an Obama appointee. Genachowki and Raddatz were married in 1991, the same year he graduated from Harvard Law School. Their marriage ended in 1997; the two have a son together. Raddatz does not report on the FCC for ABC News." Oh, oh, that would be a conflict. That's good. ABC makes sure that she doesn't report on the FCC. So we can trust, folks, that there's no conflict there.
"Genachowski and classmate Barack Obama worked together on the Harvard Law Review, Genachowski as notes editor and Obama as the publication's president. They graduated in the same class." My gosh, folks, we actually found somebody that went to school with Obama. It's Harvard. Not Columbia, and not Occidental, but Harvard, Julius Genachowski. "ABC did not consider the disclosure of Raddatz's ties to an Obama appointee necessary when it issued a press release announcing that the Commission on Presidential Debates had selected her to moderate," the VP debate. Of course not. Why would that matter to anybody? Why would it matter? She used to be married to an Obama top adviser? Everybody knows she's there to help destroy Ryan, so what possible conflict could there be?
You know who the commission on presidential debates co-chairman is? Mike McCurry, the former press secretary for Clinton. "Commission on Presidential Debates co-chair Mike McCurry said his organization did not take Raddatz' prior marriage into account when selecting her. 'We selected the moderators based on their reputations for integrity and journalistic impartiality among other things,' McCurry told The DC. 'What counts is the quality of their work, not who they may have been married to in the past.' ... Commission board member Newton Minow, who was FCC chairman under President John F. Kennedy, was an early and prominent supporter of Obama's 2008 campaign."
There's a tie here. Ah, it's too long to point it out. It's another example of incestuousness from the FCC and Democrats to Obama to debate moderators. Oh, here it is. Martha Minow -- she's the dean of Harvard Law -- was recently on Obama's short list for a Supreme Court nomination. "Obama nominated Minow's other daughter, Mary, in 2010 to serve on the National Museum and Library Services Board." And these two babes' father was Newton Minow, FCC guy back in '61, JFK, and is an emeritus type guy at the FCC. So there's not a Republican to be found anywhere in this entire arrangement. Nowhere.
Poll: Fix Deficit Before More Education Spending
RUSH: Another interesting poll, the Washington Times: "What's more important than ensuring that children get a better education? For most Americans this election cycle, it's the federal budget." Do you believe this? As the regime and "Obama continues to assail the Republican presidential ticket for pushing a budget blueprint that could cut education spending," which it doesn't. There isn't a cut anywhere! Not yet. "[P]olling data that emerged Wednesday shows that the vast majority of Americans think getting the US back on solid fiscal footing trumps increasing school funding."
Gosh, I hope so!
That makes so much sense to me, and it tells me that we're not yet a majority nation of morons. And this is the Tea Party, folks. This is the Tea Party. When you see this poll and this result -- that more Americans want our fiscal problems solved before school funding goes up -- that's the Tea Party. I'll tell you what else it means. It means that at least the people in this poll fully understand that our problems in education are not money. We're spending plenty.
It's who we have teaching kids.
It's what they're being taught. It's the curriculum.
I mean, you've got high school seniors who can't read their diplomas. We have to have job-training centers for people that come out of college! What the hell? Why do we need one job-training center if we got a decent education system? What's the point of education? Among other things, it's to teach people how to work. It's to help focus them and educate them toward a career and citizenship! But, see, it's not for the Democrats. Education's indoctrination.
And after you've indoctrinated them, then you send 'em to the work-training center, because education is not about a career. Education is not about getting a job. Education is where you propagandize. Education -- schools at all levels -- is where you inculcate your ideology. "A survey by Gallup and the Phi Delta Kappa International education association finds that 60% of Americans think it's more important to balance the federal budget than to 'improve the quality of education.'"
Folks, 24 years ago, if this question had been asked of people, it wouldn't have registered.
Balancing the federal budget wouldn't have mattered to anywhere near a majority of the American people.
Change is ongoing and constant.
No El Rushbo at RNC
RUSH: What do you mean "do a flyover" at the convention? Honest to God, three reporters in the last week have sent me e-mails wanting to know what parties and social activities I'm attending at the convention so they can cover them.
You've got more? Well, I've had three. So that's HR. He's had even more requests. I've had three reporters inquire: "What parties are you attending, what social functions, so we can go? We want to cover them."
I wrote them and said, "Sorry, I'm too famous. I'm not going."
And I didn't hear back from 'em after that.
Oh, no. You've got invitations. I'm talking about press requests to follow me. They want to know what parties they need to get tickets for in order to cover me. One of them did write back and say, "Well, if you're not going, I don't know why I should." (chuckles) 'Cause I'm not going. Anyway, Snerdley asked if I was gonna go do a flyover in EIB 1. Do a flyby, dip the wings, and officially kick the thing off. I hadn't thought about that. I actually hadn't thought about it. It's not a bad idea.


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(Reuters) - Professional Wrestling great "Macho Man" Randy Savage died after a car crash on Friday near his home in Seminole, Florida, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Savage, whose real name was Randy Mario Poffo, appeared to have lost control of his 2009 Jeep Wrangler for unknown reasons at 9:25 a.m. local time, crash investigators said.
He drove over a concrete median into oncoming traffic lanes before crashing head-on into a tree, a crash report said.
He died of his injuries at a nearby hospital. He was 58.
The crash was not alcohol-related, officials said. The cause of death will not be confirmed until an autopsy is performed, investigators said.
Savage and his wife, Barbara L. Poffo, who was a passenger in the car, were both wearing seat belts. Barbara Poffo, 56, was hospitalized with minor injuries.
Under contract with the WWE from 1985 to 1993, Savage was known for both his colorful style and success in the ring.
He clinched two WWE championships, two world heavyweight championships and held a 14-month reign as intercontinental champion, according to a biography on the WWE website.
His entrance music was "Pomp and Circumstance."
"WWE is saddened to learn of the passing of one of the greatest superstars of his time," read a statement posted on the WWE site on Friday. "Our sincerest condolences go out to his family and friends."
(Additional Reporting by Steve Gorman; Editing by Greg McCune)


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Ralf E. Nickelsen papers, 1929-1993
Nickelsen, Ralf E. (Ralf Edgar), b. 1903 d. 1990
Muralist, Stained glass artist
Active in Boston, Mass.
Collection size:
1.3 linear ft.
4 rolled docs.
Collection Summary: Biographical materials, correspondence, business records, writings, art works, photographs, and printed material.
Biographical material includes ID cards and an autobiographical statement. Correspondence, 1935-1964, includes letters sent to Nickelsen as Supervisor for the WPA Massachusetts Federal Art Project; correspondents include Beaumont Newhall and muralist Elizabeth Tracy. Project files regard mural and stained glass commissions, among them the East Boston murals; Nebraska capitol murals; Springfield, Mass. Museum of Fine Arts library murals; Worcester, Mass. Parcel Post Building murals; and stained glass commissions, ca.1938-1942. Files contain correspondence, art work, including large mural cartoons, reference photographs, photographs of works of art, and printed material. Also included are a list of mural ingredients and notes; business records, 1927-1937; photocopies of articles and writings, 1930-1967; art work by Nickelsen including stained glass rendering and mural drawings by Elizabeth Tracy Montminy; exhibition catalogs, clippings, photographs of Nickelsen and his art work, including one of him painting a window for St. Patricks Church, N.Y. in the Charles Connick Studio, Boston, 1950; and of Montminy and her murals.
Biographical/Historical Note: Stained glass artist; mural painter; Boston, Mass. Born in Hamburg, Germany. Initially studied at the stained-glass studio of his father, John R. Nickelsen, and later went to the State Art School, Hamburg. He came to the United States in 1922 and attended the Art Students' League, N.Y. and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Participated as an artist and as a supervisor on the WPA Art Project in Boston, and was associated with the stained-glass design firm of Charles J. Connick Associates for many years.
Donated 1991-1999 by Nickelsen's widow, Ingeborg R. Nickelsen.
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In our society we tend to let the bad outweigh the good. We feed off negative stories instead of embracing the positive stories that are out there.
This is the case with Gilbert Arenas, who has been defined by his locker room incident with his teammate Javaris Crittenton, where guns were shown after a dispute. Although the gun incident is what he is most remembered for now, Arenas has done some exceptional things throughout his time as a professional off of the court. Here are 5 Good Deeds From Gilbert Arenas.
1. He donated several thousands of dollars to Washington D.C. schools
While a member of the Washington Wizards, Arenas donated at least $400,000 to several schools in the D.C. area via his Scores For Schools Program. It was a very simple concept. 41 schools were randomly selected (one school for every home game on the schedule) and given 25 tickets to the game. In addition to the free tickets, the school was given anywhere from $100-$150 for every point that Arenas scored. In one night he has donated more than $5,000 to local schools so that they can buy more supplies and improve the education for their students.
2. Arenas gave away shoes on his twitter account
Twitter can sometimes get athletes into trouble and Arenas has had his share of questionable tweets, interesting pictures (to say the least), and fines. So the fact that he gave shoes away to his followers is often over shadowed. He was one of a handful of athletes who gave gifts away on Twitter, but people are ignoring that positive fact. Not only did he give away shoes, but he paid for the shipping, gave fans the options of having them signed, and even shipped them to fans who lived outside the states.
3. The Zero Two Hero Foundation
We are all familiar with the 50 game suspension that Arenas served after his locker room incident, but how many of us know about his charity? The Zero Two Hero Foundation was started in 2005 by Arenas and has helped numerous families in the D.C. area. When hurricane Katrina hit Arenas bought $18,000 in supplies and gave them to victims of the storm. He did an annual Christmas event called Annual Christmas Dreams For Kids, where he treated hundreds of underserved children to a Wizards game, dinner, and presents. Also, Arenas hosted an online auction that raised $75,000 for the Arial Home Initiative.
4. He donated his entire playoff bonus to Robert Suller
Robert Suller, an equipment manager for the Wizards while Arenas was there, was in need of help. His daughter had Angelman Syndrome and was in need of 24 hour care. On top of that, the family needed a van that could accommodate the special needs of their daughter. Arenas stepped in and donated his entire playoff bonus to help the Suller family out. Arenas made close to $12 million that year before the bonus, so he had more than enough money. Yet, how many athletes have you heard of donating their ENTIRE bonuses?
5. His relationship with Andre McAllister, Jr.
On December 20, 2004 a 10 year old Andre McAllister, Jr. was the sole survivor of a fire that left him without his mother, sister, cousin, and great-grandfather. His father was in prison for a parole violation and Andre was in desperate need of some joy, love, and comfort. Enter Arenas. He spent a day with Andre Jr. taking him shopping and letting him come to a Wizards practice. At the end of their day, Arenas decided he was going to make the child who lost so much just five days before Christmas his "little brother". Arenas made Andre Jr. a ball boy and invited him to several of the Wizards home games. The two have hung out at Arenas' D.C. home, and he even threw Andre Jr. a 14th birthday party. He also takes Andre Jr. shopping around the Christmas season every year. As if that is not enough, Arenas has offered to pay Andre Jr.'s college tuition when that time comes. But, Arenas is remembered for one bad decision instead of his years of generosity while a member of the Washington Wizards.
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While researching a post recently, I came across an article containing a strange footnote, which read:
The publication costs of this article were defrayed in part by page charge payments. This article must hereby be marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §1734 solely to indicate this fact.
The publication was the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, and the year it was published was 1999. I looked up US Code §1734, and it reads:
Whoever, being an editor or publisher, prints in a publication entered as second class mail, editorial or other reading matter for which he has been paid or promised a valuable consideration, without plainly marking the same "advertisement" shall be fined under this title.
The logic at work here seems to be that because the publisher or editor was paid — in the form of page charges — to publish an article, the article was therefore an advertisement. It's an interesting interpretation, but ultimately a puzzling one, and news to me.
After asking around a bit via email, I found out that a number of other publications had carried a similar bit of wording in response to this subsection of the US Code and the postmaster's interpretation of it.
There was actually a larger controversy driving the interpretation. There were differential second-class postal rates in the 1970s and 1980s, with commercial publishers paying a higher rate while non-profit publishers enjoyed lower rates. The commercial publishers lobbied against this, saying it gave non-profit publishers an unfair advantage. They ultimately turned to the argument that page charges constituted paid pages — i.e., advertising. Some publishers fought this interpretation, while others capitulated and included the statement.
Due to some inertia, the disclaimer text persisted far longer than necessary, remaining part of articles utilizing page charges well into the late 1990s or early 2000s. It was something habitually included in articles that were published after incurring page charges, and few questioned why the statement was attached. Ultimately, it became clear to all that it was a vestige from a bygone era, and was removed.
The relevant subsection of the US Code has only been modified once, in 1994, when the maximum fine of $500 was replaced with a more open-ended statement conclusion allowing an unlimited fine.
We are now in another era in which editors and publishers are encouraged to have their costs defrayed by payments or valuable consideration from authors. In that light, this little bit of history takes on a peculiar cast, which is only enhanced when you contemplate that the text is toothless unless second-class postage is involved, making it moot for online-only publications.
Are scientific papers advertisements? The economic model in our current publish-or-perish economy would assert that they have more in common with advertising than we might like to admit. As economist Paula Stephan said last year in an interview:
In the current environment, it is rational for scientists to pay for publication, especially since the costs are often absorbed by a funding agency.
Who is advertising is worth considering, as well. With funders wanting more "outcomes" (i.e., publication events) and the government wanting the same, it seems authors and funders are aligned here. Our publish-or-perish culture has certainly created some unintended consequences.
Are papers marketing? A study of funding sources for open access (OA) articles in 2010 concluded that:
Our results show that author-paid open access publishing preferentially increases accessibility to studies funded by industry. This could favour dissemination of pro-industry results.
Corporations are also funding more OA authors and articles, and when asked to provide information to readers about who is paying APCs, BioMed Central's publishing director told me directly that she felt no reason to do this.
In an email from a colleague this year, I learned that some OA journals are being started in medicine as part of a sophisticated direct-to-consumer marketing approach — that is, placing papers in a publicly accessible OA journal, then selling the products that the studies support. This is not far from the Elsevier "fake journals" scandal, but is viewed by some as comparatively legitimate. Let's call this "direct-to-consumer journal funding."
However, unless we start printing and mailing again, or US Code §1734 is modified for only the second time in its history, it seems that at least as far as the US government is concerned, scientific articles are not legally considered advertisements — despite increasing evidence that they run the gamut from marketing to advertising, with corporate, professional, and academic interests commingling.
But a larger question remains — Are we entering another, and perhaps less well-controlled "articles as advertising" era?
(Thanks to JP, RD, JS, and NR for their help in recovering this little bit of history.)


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LOS ANGELES (April 19, 2012) — "The heart of the Gospel is compassion," says Dr. Paul Crouch, founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), the world's largest religious broadcaster and America's most-watched faith channel. "It is God's heart of compassion and mercy for us that allows us to reach out to others in their distress and need."
Dr. Crouch is not only referring to TBN's broadcast outreach, that sends the hope of the Gospel to billions all over the world via its family of 16 inspirational networks in multiple languages. Over the years TBN has also been on the ground in some of the most intense hot spots of hurting and need, bringing millions of dollars in humanitarian aid, equipment, and manpower — along with emotional and spiritual healing — to those devastated by natural disaster, disease, and poverty.
When Hurricane Katrina hit America's southeastern coast in August 2005, TBN partnered with humanitarian ministry Friend Ships to take hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of food, water, clothing, emergency building supplies, medical help — and spiritual encouragement — to the most devastated areas of New Orleans. With monetary gifts, supplies, and a Bell JetRanger helicopter — appropriately named "Wings of Love" — donated by TBN, Friend Ships was able to dock its 180-foot cutter Hope in the heart of the devastation, reaching out to those in need ahead of many other rescue efforts.
And when the devastating earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, killing over 200,000 and leaving millions homeless and hurting, TBN again deployed with Friend Ships, helping to fill one of the ministry's outreach vessels, the Integrity, with thousands of tons of emergency supplies critical to the survival of the earthquake's victims. In addition to food, water, medical equipment, and the "Wings of Love" helicopter used for shuttling emergency personnel, the ship was loaded with three 13,000 pound electrical generators TBN had used over the years for filming on-location programs and movies like Megiddo and Omega Code. The generators, which were trucked from TBN's California studios and loaded on to the Integrity, powered eight mobile medical units set up by Friend Ships to treat the injured and sick in Haiti.
"For many years TBN has been an important partner in the work we have been doing all over the world," said Sondra Tipton, who co-founded Friend Ships with her husband Don. "Immediately after the news came through of the earthquake and the desperate need of the people in Haiti, the Crouches and TBN were first in line with the resources Friend Ships needed to launch a quick response."
The heart of TBN co-founder Jan Crouch has been in Haiti since she first visited the poverty-stricken nation in the mid-1980s, witnessing first-hand the families — especially the children — struggling to survive. "When I saw the poor children — diseased, crippled, naked, and most of all pathetically hungry boys and girls — playing in gutters in the filthiest water I had ever seen, it was beyond comprehension," she recalls. "My heart broke into a million pieces. I just knew that something had to be done."
Jan went back home and launched the Smile of a Child outreach, which began simply as a mission to take food and toys to the children of Haiti. "Many of the children had never owned a new toy," recalled Jan of the first time she took a load of toys back to the country. "To see their faces light up when they receive a doll or new truck cannot be expressed in mere words — it is truly priceless."
Today Smile of a Child has expanded into a global outreach, taking food, toys, educational resources, and medical care to needy youngsters worldwide. And since 2005, TBN's Smile of a Child television network has broadcast life-changing and entertaining programming to children the world over.
"Jesus said that when we help the most needy and hurting among us, we are connecting with Him in a way that touches His heart," explained Dr. Crouch of TBN's outreach. "Jesus urged us all 'to love and care for one another,' and when we work to do that, we serve Him, and that is the heart of the Christian call."
To find out more about TBN's compassionate outreach, visit www.smileofachild.org.
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Story: Antarctica and New Zealand
The 'frozen continent' of Antarctica has long fascinated New Zealanders. The early-20th-century Antarctic expeditions of Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton visited the South Island, and New Zealand's main Antarctic centre, Scott Base, is named after the ill-fated Scott. In the 2000s scientific exploration was a major focus. Tourists were also drawn to the dramatic landscapes, wildlife and historic sites.
Full story by Nigel Roberts
Main image: Aerial view of Scott Base, 2004
The Short Story
A quick, easy summaryRead the Full Story
Antarctica is the coldest continent, mostly covered in snow and ice. It originally had no human inhabitants.
Early visitors
For centuries Europeans believed that there was an unknown southern continent. On their Pacific voyages, Abel Tasman and James Cook both searched for – but did not find – this land.
In 1820 three separate expeditions sighted Antarctica, and other ships later visited the area. The first known landing was in January 1895, and included a New Zealander, Alexander von Tunzelmann.
Exploring the land
In the early 20th century there was a surge in Antarctic exploration and a race to reach the South Pole. British expeditions set off from, and returned to, New Zealand's South Island.
- Robert Falcon Scott led the British Discovery expedition in 1901–4.
- The British Antarctic Expedition of 1907–9 was led by Ernest Shackleton. Some of its members were the first to reach the south magnetic pole (not the South Pole).
- Scott's second Antarctic expedition reached the South Pole in January 1912, only to find that a Norwegian party led by Roald Amundsen had got there first. Scott's party died on the way back.
Ross Dependency
After the First World War the British government wanted Australia and New Zealand to make claims over Antarctica. In 1923 the Ross Sea region became a New Zealand dependency. However, at the time New Zealand took little interest in Antarctica.
- After the Second World War the United States surveyed and photographed much of Antarctica. Operation Deep Freeze at Christchurch airport is the Americans' base for flights to Antarctica.
- In 1957 New Zealand established Scott Base on Ross Island, originally as a base for a Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Mountaineer Edmund Hillary led the New Zealand contribution to the expedition.
- During the International Geophysical Year in 1957–58, 12 countries (including New Zealand) set up 55 scientific stations in the Antarctic.
The Antarctic Treaty was agreed on in 1959 to encourage peaceful scientific cooperation and ban military activity in the Antarctic. In 2012, 49 countries had signed.
Conventions have been signed to protect the Antarctic's wildlife and environment, but there are concerns about overfishing and whaling.
Science and tourism
Since the 1950s New Zealand has conducted scientific studies in the Antarctic, including on glaciers and sea ice, climate change, penguin populations and continental drift.
In the 2000s around 40,000 tourists visited Antarctica each year, although there were concerns about their impact on the environment. In 1979 an Air New Zealand DC-10 crashed into Mt Erebus, killing all 257 passengers and crew.


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2013 North East Regional Coverage
The 2013 North East Regional is over and while many athletes are back to training as usual, Games qualifiers are preparing for the toughest stage of competition in Carson, Calif.
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Workers Rights in Canada
December 2007 / Décembre 2007
Employment Standards
What are employment standards?
Employment standards are the minimum standards established by law that define and guarantee rights in the workplace. Each province and territory has its own legislation.
Most workers in Canada (about 90 percent) are protected by the employment laws of their province or territory. The remainder are in jobs covered by federal laws.
What employment rights are protected by employment standards legislation?
Employment standards legislation covers rights in areas such as hours of work and overtime pay, minimum wage, pay, vacation time and vacation pay, public holidays, coffee and meal breaks, pregnancy leave and parental leave, personal emergency leave, family medical leave, termination notice and termination pay. Here are some key points:
- Hours of work and overtime rules apply to most workers and vary significantly across Canada. However, most jurisdictions have established an overtime rate equivalent to one and a half times an employee's regular rate of pay. Employers cannot refuse to pay overtime rates and cannot force workers to work excessive hours, nor can they fire workers or have them deported if they refuse or complain about overtime work.
- The minimum wage is the lowest wage rate that an employer can pay a worker and varies widely in Canada according to provincial or territorial law.
- Employees must be paid at regular intervals and given a statement showing their wages and deductions for that pay period.
- Most workers have the right to an annual vacation with pay. In British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Québec, employees must receive two weeks of paid vacation after completing one year with an employer. There are notable differences across the country with respect to entitlements and eligibility.
- A public holiday enables most workers to have the day off with pay or receive overtime if they work. Every province and territory provides for a number of public holidays.
- Most jurisdictions in Canada provide workers with a meal break of at least half an hour after each period of five consecutive hours of work. Employers are not normally required to pay workers for time spent on a meal break.
Do all workers have the same employment rights?
No. Some categories of workers may be subject to a variation in the employment standard or excluded from one or more of the laws. For example, farm workers may be paid a piece rate instead of a minimum wage, and in most provinces they are not eligible for overtime or public holiday pay. Other categories of workers that could have different employment rights include commercial fishers, oil field workers, loggers, home care givers, professionals, managers and some categories of salespersons.
Workplace Health and Safety
All workers in Canada have the right to work in a safe and healthy environment. The purpose of workplace health and safety legislation is to protect workers against health and safety hazards in the workplace. Each province and territory, as well as the federal government, has its own legislation.
- The right to refuse unsafe work
One of a worker's basic rights is the right to refuse work that they believe presents a danger to themselves or another worker. The refusal must be reported to the employer or supervisor who investigates the matter.
- Getting hurt at work
All provinces and territories provide for workers compensation benefits that are paid if a worker becomes sick or is injured on the job. If a worker has an accident at work, the supervisor must be notified right away. A health-care professional (e.g. a physician) should be contacted and a claim filed with the workers compensation board.
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Employers cannot refuse to hire workers because of their race, religion, ethnic origin, skin colour, sex, age, marital status, disability or sexual orientation. However, employers or other workers may sometimes discriminate or make racist or offensive comments. This is called harassment and is against the law.
If you believe you have experienced discrimination or harassment, talk to your employer to try to resolve the matter. If that is not possible or does not work, speak to your union, your provincial or territorial human rights commission, or the Canadian Human Rights Commission.
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In the height of summer here the temperature is supposed to average about 10-15C and the wind chill I believe takes a good 10C off of this. Coming from sunny Sydney means that my lower limit for temperatures is really not much less than 15C and I really, really struggle when it goes below that... It has been a cold, nasty summer in Patagonia this year and so for this trip most days have been in the 5-10C range, not factoring the wind, and so to me, this really feels as frigid as Antartica! Some parts look like I imagine Antartica to be too, all icy and grey and barren... I thought I had come prepared for the cold, but even if someone had described it to me directly nothing could really have prepared me for the ferocity of the biting wind down here
The wind is completely indescribable, if you haven't experienced it, it really is difficult to imagine. It is literally strong enough to blow you around. Although I didn't see it, one of the towns apparently has handrails along the streets so that you don't get blown away on a simple trip to the shops... And its neverending, there is no respite. Its enough to burn your nose and make your eyes water.
I decided to do this trip as an organised tour and in hindsight I probably could have done it myself. I certainly didn't particularly enjoy driving around in a big yellow truck... although I have to admit that it was a convenient way to cross the desert. And in this case, the group was probably not who I would have originally selected to play on the team... but I certainly gained a different perspective from travelling with these guys and within the group there were some interesting, humourous characters that made the trip more than entertaining for me: a pair of retired British ladies, from somewhere up north of England, somewhere near Scotland I think, completely eccentric which always intrigues me... and who's main concern on a daily basis was where to get the next good bottle of red... They hosted me for happy hour one day in their room... nibbles included! Great for a laugh. My crazy roommate, bless her, also travelling for a year and doing a much better job than I at keeping fit and healthy... managed to run most days despite the freezing weather, and on occassion even used her 16kg bag for an improvised weights session
And so the group met in Bariloche, technically the end of the lakes district, before heading south to Patagonia. Bariloche is a swiss inspired little town, surrounded by snow capped mountains framing a dark, dark blue lake. The water so deep it looks like the ocean. The town plays on the Swiss similarity with chalet style cabins dotted around the place and an abundance of saint-bernard dogs with little red-cross barrels around their necks, the owners of which get them to pose for you for photos
The next day we were off on Route 40, a classic overland route down south through Argentina... miles and miles of desert scape, windswept terrain that looks void of life so that you are surprised and in turn excited when you occassionally see a wild guanaco (llama like) or rhia (emu like). It reminded me a lot of the Bolivian antiplano. Inhospitable. After hours and hours of endless desert you would come across a windswept, dusty little one street town that if you were lucky might have a shop selling something of a snack, really lucky would be if you scored coffee. The 'highway' seems to be under miles and miles of contruction, it looked prepped for a bitumen surface and every few hours we would pass heavy machinery stood in wait by the side of the road, but the place was completely deserted and nobody seemed to be actively working on it. At one stage we even travelled parrallel for a good 30km to a section of sealed road, divided, cut and unusable thanks to bridges over air that weren't even commenced being constructed... very strange.
And then after 35 hours of infinite dessert we saw the andes again in the distance; the temperature dropped further, the landscape started to green, and we were soon rewarded with our first glimpse of Mt Fitzroy - stunningly beautiful - one of the most dramatic mountains I've ever seen, all sharp and pointy granite..
I have to fess up to my naivety at this point and mention that I didn't really realise the existence of these ice fields... I've obviously looked at maps of this area before. I did quite a lengthy paper on Chile Tourism for my final marketing subject last year for my Masters; and yet I didn't
realise that there was this massive ice field in the bottom section of the continent, crossing both Argentina and Chile :) I just thought I was coming to visit a couple of glaciers that were conveniently located close together LOL
And so I took advantage of this close proximity to the masses of ice and I went trekking on one of the larger glaciers one day; Viedma Glacier. To get to the glacier we first had to travel across a lake: milky grey, green in colour because of the glacier sediment that reflects the light and never settles. As you travel you sort of round a corner and are suddenly confronted by all these icebergs bobbing about in the water - brilliant bright blues and whites in contrast with the milky lake. The glacier was also in the distance at this point and the captain said we could go up top to watch the approach... Good in theory but really, really gusty when we got up top
Once we were at the edge of the glacier we put our crampons on over our shoes and we were away. The feeling of walking on the ice and in the crampons was a little unusual at first; it felt instinctively like you should be slipping but illogically you could actually walk up ice hills... The other tricky thing was that it was very blowy and every so often a great big gust of wind would come up and destabalize your feet. I thought for sure that this would have to be one of the few occassions where my 'good solid legs' were to my advantage... but I still felt as though I could have been blown away and I found that I had to really focus on stamping my feet in to get a good grip. At one point the lady next to me got caught in one of these wind gusts and was literally blown done the side of the glacier hill... not long after, one of the guides was hacking away with his ice-pick when a gust came, picked up the loose ice and one of the girls got hit in the head with a flying ice chip. Of course for me this added to the adventure, although it was a little crazy.
Before I started this trip I was beginning to worry that my travel fatigue was making me lose appreciation for the amazing things I'm getting to do and places I�m getting to see. But travelling down to Patagonia has restored my faith that all is well. I think the place is simply amazing, I�ve never seen nor imagined anything like it - the glaciers, snow, lakes and mountains and then desert right next door..
By far my most favourite experience was the trip we took to Perito Moreno glacier, further south along the ice fields, though still in Argentina. Perito is one of the last advancing glaciers in the world and because the top is moving faster than the bottom, on a daily basis large chunks of ice crack off with a sound like thunder and fall into the lake in front with a giant splash. It requires some patience, but if you stand still watching you are guarenteed to see it. Every so often a bridge of ice advances enough to hit land at the edge of the lake and this blocks off the water which raises the level, sometimes up to 12m in height, until the pressure builds enough to break the bridge allowing the water to flow back through. The remnants of last years ice bridge was still there and there was a bit of activity around this area and you could even see the stress fractures in the side of the ice.
The glacier is much higher than Viedma, and much bluer and cleaner which makes it really impressive. It looked kind of like light blue merengue, all fluffy on top
And so after our first taste of the ice and dramatic landscapes; we were back on route 40 heading further south, further along the icefields and into Chile before our final destination: the bottom of the world...


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Falcons making contingency plans for GonzalezIn fact, one player close to Gonzalez told me 'I think, if the circumstances are right, that Tony Gonzalez will return.' " Maybe this wasn't Tony Gonzalez' last time on an NFL field after all. Maybe this wasn't Tony Gonzalez' last time on an NFL field aft… (more)Source: profootballtalk.com
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Sixty-five police officers were slain in Honduras in 2013, National Police Director Ramon Sabillon said Tuesday.
The murdered agents were victims of the criminal violence that afflicts the Central American country and takes an average of 20 lives every day, Sabillon told reporters in Tegucigalpa.
He said that under the new government led by Juan Orlando Hernandez, who took office on Monday, the National Police have launched Operation Morazan.
The operation, named for independence hero Francisco Morazan, is being carried out with the assistance of the Attorney General's Office and the judiciary to guarantee respect for a suspect's human rights, Sabillon said.
The spokesman for Operation Morazan, Santos Nolasco, said the army is reinforcing the National Police with some 5,000 men.
He added that the number of troops supporting security operations could be increased "as needs require."
Operation Morazan follows Operation Libertad, launched by Hernandez's predecessor and National Party colleague, Porfirio Lobo, who left office without keeping his only two campaign promises: jobs and security.
The new president repeated at his inauguration several of his campaign promises, one of which was a vow to reduce the crime and violence that have made Honduras one of the most dangerous countries in the world. EFE


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- Biodiesel's future muddied by EPA's RFS proposal
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The Renewable Fuels Standard could cut biodiesel demand by 40%. Grassroots pressure on the EPA and Congress is needed through the spring. Tax incentive helps more than farmers, as rural communities benefit, too.
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Could this handy biodiesel pump be a thing of the past? If the current Renewable Fuels Standard goes through as proposed, the future of pumps like this is dim.
Creating a new industry doesn't happen overnight, yet soybean producers have been part of a movement to develop a new domestic fuel resource that can offset imports and add value for soybeans and other oilseed crops. Biodiesel holds promise for both additional farm income and greater energy independence, yet it could be cut off at the knees before the industry can even get going.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to require just 1.28 billion gal. of biodiesel under the Renewable Fuels Standard for 2014. That significant cut in biodiesel demand could have a chilling effect on the industry and soybean producers. Coupled with uncertainty about an extension for the $1/gal. biodiesel tax credit, the outlook is cloudy.
The U.S. produced nearly 1.8 billion gal. of biodiesel in 2013. If just 1.28 billion gal. are required in the RFS for 2014, the biodiesel industry would see a 40% reduction from last year's production.
"Moreover, since refiners can carry over excess 2013 production into 2014 for RFS compliance, the market could be closer to 1 billion gal., or almost half of our 2013 production," says Anne Steckel, vice president of federal affairs, National Biodiesel Board. "That would be devastating for the industry and for biodiesel producers across the country. It's difficult to predict the impact that would have on soybean markets, but clearly, biodiesel provides a solid market for excess soybean oil. With the industry contracting to that extent, it would certainly soften those markets, as well."
Mike Cunningham, a soybean producer from Illinois, is a director on the board of the American Soybean Association. He also serves as treasurer of the NBB. If the EPA's proposal sticks and there is a large carryover of soybean oil, soybean prices could fall by as much as $0.25 to $0.50/bushel, Cunningham says.
And the country as a whole will be missing an opportunity to diversify its fuel supply and create jobs, he adds.
Lewis Bainbridge, a soybean producer from South Dakota and a director on the United Soybean Board, adds: "The EPA's proposal could contract the industry. Reduced demand for soybean oil could reduce farm-gate prices."


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CLEVELAND - LeBron James scored 25 of his 36 points in the second half, and the Cavaliers beat the New Jersey Nets, 102-92, on Tuesday night to open a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
James added 12 assists, and Sasha Pavlovic scored a career- playoff-high 17 points for the Cavaliers. Drew Gooden had 10 points and 14 rebounds. Five Cavs scored in double figures
This is unfamiliar territory for Cleveland, which has never been up by two games in the semifinals. But with James around, anything could be possible for the Cavs, who have never been to the NBA Finals.
The Nets shot 53 percent, but they were outrebounded 49-32 by the Cavs, who also kept several possessions alive by outhustling New Jersey.
Vince Carter scored 26 points to lead the Nets, but for the second straight game he struggled from the floor. Carter was just 10-for-26 and missed two key shots during the final two minutes when New Jersey was still close.
Richard Jefferson scored 22, and Jason Kidd had 17 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists for the Nets.
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