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If you were regularly described as one of the most "brilliant" leaders in our nation's history and were poised to launch a 16-month-long crusade to convince the nation to re-elect you, how would you sell your dismal economic record? Barack Obama gave his answer in a press conference yesterday, when he promised to deliver "massive, job-killing tax increases" and claimed a 9.2 percent unemployment rate proves he was right all along and Americans should be grateful.
Obama's plans for the nation include more redistribution of (borrowed, Chinese) wealth, financed by $1 trillion in tax increases. Even Obama understands the likely impact of this move. In 2009, he told MSNBC's Chuck Todd, "You don't raise taxes in a recession," and during the lame duck session of Congress he called extending the Bush tax cuts "an essential step on the road to recovery." In Monday's press conference, he admitted:
So, when you hear folks saying, "Well, the president shouldn't want massive job killing tax increases when the economy is this weak." Nobody's looking to raise taxes right now. We're talking about potentially 2013 and the out years.
In other words, he promised he will wait until he is safely re-elected and beyond the reach of the people (except for impeachment), then destroy the economy. Obama '12!
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Only the most naive believe these tax hikes will only touch the "millionaires and billionaires" Obama constantly inveighs against. The Associated Press noted yesterday, "Proposals under consideration include raising taxes on small business owners and potentially low- and middle-income families." After all, the wealthiest Americans are already paying a disproportionate percentage of income taxes. Patrick Tyrrell of the Foundry blog writes that the IRS estimated as of "2008, the top 25 percent of income earners—those earning $67,280 or more—pay 86.34 percent of the income taxes, yet earn only 67.38 percent of all income in the U.S." If Obama is re-elected, he has told American you can expect unemployment to skyrocket.
Obama then added an odd claim: that the discouraging job reports of Recovery Summer 2.0 prove his stimulus plan worked. He said….

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Board continues superintendent search
The Pequot Lakes School Board decided at its regular meeting Monday night, March 18, that it will interview a handful of superintendent candidates in a second round of interviews March 25.
The posting for the superintendent position closed Monday, March 18, and some applications arrived that same day. Board members hadn't thoroughly looked through all the applications, so they did not determine at the meeting which candidates they would interview.
The March 25 interviews will be for new candidates, not for finalists. Finalist interviews will be held April 8.
Candidates' names are confidential until they accept an interview with the board.
Board members said after the meeting March 18 that the first round of interviews, which was March 14, went well.
"We've got some strong candidates," said board chair Valarie Wallin. "We want to wait to complete the next round of interviews before we make any decisions."
Board member Mike Erholtz said there were a number of qualified candidates.
"The interviews were thorough. We had time for candidate feedback and board interaction," he said.
Applicants identified so far for interviews include Rick Bleichner, Breckenridge superintendent; Dave Endicott, Eagle View Elementary School principal; Brian Koslofsky, Bertha-Hewitt superintendent; Chris Lindholm, listed on the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District website as assistant superintendent; Todd Lyscio, executive director of the National Joint Powers Alliance in Staples; and Dan Parent, Northland Community Schools (Remer) superintendent.
In other business Monday, the board:
• Heard a construction update. The walking track is structurally complete in the new gym, and preparations have begun for the maple flooring. ICS Consulting representative Tim Robertson said the project is on budget and on schedule.
• Heard from high school principal Chip Rankin that the school was accepted as a member of a program called Ramp Up for Readiness. The program is a grade 6-12 guidance program to prepare students for post-secondary education. Rankin said the school's goal is for 100 percent of students to apply to and accept post-secondary education
• Heard from Eagle View Elementary School principal Dave Endicott that fourth-graders recently took a field trip to the Science Museum of Minnesota and state capitol building. Endicott said numerous individuals commented on how well behaved all the students were.
• Approved the resignations of Nichole Ellevold and Crystal Swenson, paraprofessionals. The board approved the hiring of Kenna Grater, paraprofessional.


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A lot has changed since the years when kindergarten was little more than ramped-up day care.
Bolstered by pre-school programs, kindergarten these days is seen as the obligatory first step in a child's successful education, and by extension, the rest of their lives.
Preparing a child for the transition to school takes more than socialization and learning classroom fundamentals, especially when poverty is a factor – it takes meeting the child's fundamental needs both at school and at home.
While still in the works, Lancaster County School District officials say the forecast for this year's budget is looking good.
Tony Walker, the district's finance director, said at the school board's March 27 meeting the district is in good financial shape as the fiscal year draws to a close. Walker said both general fund spending and revenue are in line, or better, than expected.
Last year's general fund budget for day-to-day operations totaled $70.8 million.
An Andrew Jackson High School junior was arrested Friday for having a loaded handgun in his truck.
Also on that same day, a Clinton Elementary School fifth-grader was suspended after he was caught with bullets at school.
Dorian Drake Knight, 17, 6982 Shiloh Unity Road, was arrested March 1 at Andrew Jackson High and charged with possession of a weapon on school grounds and possession of a firearm by a person under the age of 18, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff's Office incident report.
VAN WYCK – J.R. Wilt, 73, has announced his candidacy for the reshaped Lancaster County District 1 school board seat.
The new District 1 includes Van Wyck, where Wilt lives.
The seat is open as a result of redistricting, which split the Panhandle into two districts. By law, school districts must follow the same lines as County Council districts.
Don McCorkle, current District 1 school trustee, lives in what will be the new District 7 and will continue to represent that district until his term expires in 2014.
An Indian Land mother has filed a civil rights complaint against the Lancaster County School District alleging racism by school officials at Indian Land high and middle schools.
In a report that aired Wednesday on WBTV, Krisma Gregory, who is black, said the unfair punishments meted out by school officials in two separate incidents involving her sons were racially motivated.
There's no two ways about it. If you missed this year's second annual University of South Carolina Lancaster Soul Food Cook-Off on Wednesday, you missed out.
The 2012 event was even bigger and better than last year's inaugural event, drawing about 400 people to the university's Bradley Multi-purpose Room. Eager diners were welcomed by the smell of down-home cooking so thick you could almost taste it in the air.
And all for a good cause: the USCL Emergency Textbook Fund for students in financial need.
Two Lancaster County students are among the 10 finalists who will compete Saturday at the annual Poetry Out Loud state competition sponsored by the S.C. Arts Commission.
Robert Massey of Andrew Jackson High School and Raina Hill of Buford High School advanced from classroom to school-wide to regional contests to compete for South Carolina's spot in the national finals, which will be held May 13-15 in Washington, D.C., and a shot at a $20,000 scholarship. More than 4,000 South Carolina students competed this year.
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High School senior Rachel Joy Scott knew she was going to die young.
And she did, shot to death on April 20, 1999 as she sat outside on the lawn at school eating lunch with a friend – the first victim of the tragic Columbine High School massacre.
That Rachel had such a premonition came as no surprise to those who knew her, she'd often talked about how she just knew it, how she accepted it as fact.
Indian Land High School Principal Kathy Faris unexpectedly announced Thursday she is giving up her position at the end of the month, a position she has held five years.
Faris' announcement came in a resignation letter sent to faculty and staff Thursday, a little more than a month before students return to school Aug. 15.
Five local teens put their heads together this spring to express why they think libraries are essential and won $2,000 for the Del Webb Library at Indian Land in a national video contest.
The group – Samantha Hoelzer, Kendall Lierz, Lewis Lindsey, Lindsey Scott, and Ryan Scott – produced a short silent film featuring Sherlock Holmes to win first runner-up in the American Library Association's "Why I Need My Library" teen video contest.
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When I close the game I get assertion failure "vector subscript out of range". What did I do wrong?
I still get the vector assertion failure even when I changed the std::vector to std::list
I also found out that I can use the std::vector even I don't #include <vector>
OK I solved my problem. The GameWorld object is inside Game class which is a singleton. So the GameWorld is statically allocated.
But when I allocated Game class on stack, it worked fine. I have no idea why..
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Heavenly also has the highest summit elevation of any resort around Lake Tahoe (10,067 feet), and a greatest vertical drop of 3,500 feet, one of the most extreme on the West Coast. The resort's longest run covers a prodigious 5.5 miles. Servicing Heavenly's 94 runs requires running 30 chairlifts and a two-mile-long gondola.
This megaresort is also notorious for having the highest ticket prices of any ski hill in the Tahoe basin—even higher than Squaw Valley. What you are paying for is Heavenly's ultra-convenient location smack in the middle of the South Shore. Most skiers access the resort from the base of its gondola on Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe, which is flanked by upscale Marriott properties on both sides. Dozens more hotels, motels, and restaurants are within walking distance, plus a passel of casinos, nightclubs, and cinemas. You can park your car at your lodging and lose your keys for a couple days.
If you aren't a city slicker, forego the gondola and the downtown bustle and access Heavenly from one of its more sedate entrance points. Heavenly's California Lodge offers the easiest access and parking. You can also get to the slopes from the Nevada side (good for morning sun), at Boulder or Stagecoach Lodge.
Heavenly isn't the best place for beginners to try out their first pair of sticks, but it's tons of fun for intermediate and advanced skiers. One-third of the mountain is for experts (try the mogul-studded precipice known as Gunbarrel, or the famous World Cup run), nearly half is intermediate terrain, and beginners get the scraps: a mere 20 percent of the mountain. From a ridge near the top of Heavenly's Olympic chair, three gates access the backcountry for daredevils who want fresh lines, offering a route to two infamous runs: Palisades and Fire Break. These two backcountry canyons are now as popular, or more so, than Mott Canyon, Heavenly's equally famous in-bounds expert area. Beginners are best staying close to the neatly groomed corduroy near the Boulder Lodge learning center. On Heavenly's California side, the lake views are outstanding from almost every run. On the Nevada side, skiers look down on the Carson Valley and the desert beyond.
The resort typically sees 360 inches of snow per season, and they have abundant snowmaking equipment, so there's usually plenty of white stuff from December to March. If Heavenly has one shortcoming, it's that its season usually ends a bit early. Annual snowfall at other Tahoe resorts is typically much greater.
Heavenly was purchased by Vail Resorts, Inc. in the spring of 2002 and a blizzard of success has fallen upon it since. The resort has been posting record seasons and is consistently rated one of the Top 20 Ski Resorts in North America by Ski Magazine, both for "overall best resort" and for "off-hill activities." All these accolades mean big crowds, especially on weekends and holidays.
Part of the reason for Heavenly's good fortune is its $23 million gondola, built in 2001. Traveling 2.4 miles in about 12 minutes, the gondola is California's longest, and its 138 cabins ferrying eight passengers apiece give it the most uphill carrying capacity of any gondola in the state. Plenty of non-skiers ride it, too, just for the chance to enjoy the winsome Lake Tahoe views.
Whether you are buying an adult ticket, child's ticket, or half-day ticket, expect to pay about 20 bucks more to ski here than you would at Kirkwood, Squaw, Northstar, Sugar Bowl, or Alpine Meadows. The best values are available by purchasing multiple-day tickets at least a week in advance (click here for deals on skiresorts.com).
If you are staying on the South Shore, there's no need to drive and hassle with parking near Heavenly's gondola. Instead, take the free Heavenly Shuttle, which is operated by BlueGO (www.bluego.org), and stops at all major casinos and hotels in town.
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For customers that purchased a new Mac computer since June 11, the upgrade to Mountain Lion is free from Apple.
Apple brags that Mountain Lion includes
over 200 new features
-- which are obviously too numerous to list here -- but we'll include just a couple of the highlights:
Full iCloud integration
Game Center, Reminders, and Notes
-- all three are staples of iOS, and all three are iCloud-enabled
-- another iOS transplant
Notification Center
-- most Mac users got their notifications via Growl, but now Apple is getting into the game with the -- once again -- iOS-esque Notification Center
Power Nap
-- this feature allows a Mac to still periodically check email and sync iTunes content while in a deep state of sleep. If connected to a power source, the machine will also perform Time Machine backups and download software updates.
Facebook and Twitter
-- these two social networks are also baked into the upcoming iOS 6 release
A few sites have posted reviews of Mountain Lion and the consensus is that it's a worthy upgrade to Lion.
The Verge's
Nilay Patel is overall pleased with the upgrade:
Ultimately, this is pretty easy: you should spend the $20 and upgrade to Mountain Lion, especially if you have a newer Mac. You'll gain a handful of must-have features, and everything will get faster and smoother. I haven't really missed Snow Leopard at all since upgrading, which is remarkable considering how much I disliked Lion...
Mountain Lion is the first version of OS X to deeply integrate network services at every level, from storing documents to sharing photos to connecting external displays, and it seems that much lighter for it — as though Apple's relentless charge into its post-PC era has allowed the OS X team to rethink exactly what a PC is and should be. Mountain Lion isn't perfect, but it's a confident, thoughtful step towards the future of desktop computing.
Brian Heater acknowledges that Mountain Lion is a bargain upgrade, but also notes that it seems as though OS X is mainly taking a back seat to iOS when it comes to attention/features, and that the operating system is in need of a complete "rethink":
That said, it seems time for Apple to make a bold new pronouncement on the desktop front. The company appears to have most of its resources invested in the mobile side -- and there's no question as to why: the iPhone and iPad have reinvigorated the company, making it a computing player on a scale that no one (save, perhaps, for Jobs himself) could have predicted a decade ago. Still, it might be hard for OS X users not to feel neglected -- many of the latest new features feel a bit like iOS hand-me-downs. When and if Apple rolls out a new operating system this time next year, hopefully we'll be seeing a very different side of Mac OS.
But with a price tag of just $20, Mountain Lion is a no-brainer upgrade for members of the Mac community.
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Chicago Fire Juniors of Mississippi will officially become the Mississippi Rush, June 1st, 2014.
Technical Director Kenny White officially signed the Licensing & Services Agreement to make this the 31st Rush club in the United States. "We are extremely excited about our partnership with the Rush. We as an organization are constantly striving to keep or club at the forefront of youth soccer development. This partnership allows us to be a part of the largest soccer club in the world. We look forward to a long and prosperous relationship," said White.
"Servicing the entire state of Mississippi and 600 members, Mississippi Rush are looking forward to the new partnership," added Kevin Johns, Coaching Director.
"Erik Bushey, current Technical Director of Colorado Rush, was once the Director of Coaching of Jackson Futbol Club, which merged with the Chicago Fire Juniors of Mississippi. Due to that relationship it was a natural fit to join the Rush," said White.
"This is clearly our best partner to date. We are very honored. This club is progressive thinking and will bring a lot if value to the Rush" says Tim Schulz, President & C.E.O of Rush Soccer.
Interesting Club facts: Justin Mapp who plays for the Montreal Impact was a Member. Along with Kellen Gulley, Chicago Fire. The club has also had numerous players involved with the National team programs both on the male and female sides.
(Pictured: MS Rush Technical Director Kenny White, Coaching Director Kevin Johns and Rush Soccer President Tim Schulz signing the Licensing and Services aggrement.)


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Mass imprisonment, however, is not just racist. It's oppression of the unruly poor of all colors. Unfortunately, these otherwise very insightful books skim over this major point.
Both give some credit to the usual explanations for the incarceration boom of the last 35 years: sensational news-media crime coverage seized on by opportunistic politicians to extend prison sentences; the failed, cynical War on Drugs; and the lobbying of the corporate, union, and bureaucratic prison-industrial complex.
Texas Tough, by Robert Perkinson, published this year, contributes another important explanation: how the white leadership of the very racially divided, politically conservative South developed an unashamedly racist, brutal prison policy that it exported to the rest of the country. Texas, which developed the biggest prison system, led the way. Between 1968 and 2005, for example, its prison budget went from $20 million to $2.6 billion!
Perkinson, a University of Hawaii American studies professor, goes into the whole sorry history of Texan (and southern) treatment of prisoners, including the 19th-century lease of convicts to corporations and the establishment early in the next century of state-run plantations and chain gangs. He is not the first to note that southern criminal "justice" was used to control blacks after slavery was abolished. And when the Civil Rights revolution abolished blatant apartheid, Jim Crow "moved behind bars." The 20th century brought more formality and bureaucracy to Texas (and other) prisons, but these and technological developments meant dehumanizing surveillance and control.
"Texas tough" moves north
Beginning in the '60s, the elevation of the crime-and-punishment issue nationally provided the opportunity for the "Texas tough" approach to move north. In the backlash to the Democratic-Party-supported Civil Rights movement, Republicans took over the South, and they expanded their strength out of the South in reaction to inner-city riots. The eventual result for penal policy was a conservative über-triumph. The United States today incarcerates at five times the world average at a rate four times greater than 30 years ago; we have 5 percent of the world's population and 25 percent of its prisoners — over 2.3 million human beings behind bars, the majority African American and Hispanic.
And, beginning with Lyndon Johnson, Democratic leaders caved. They were afraid of seeming weak on crime (as, it should be added, with the Vietnam War they were afraid of seeming weak on communism). They were especially spineless when Richard Nixon launched the War on Drugs.
In Texas, Governor Ann Richards, "a champion of feminism and civil rights," built more prison housing "than anyone before her," Perkinson writes. Liberal governor Mario Cuomo "ended up fabricating more prison beds than all of New York's previous governors combined." With his tough-on-crime stance, Bill Clinton "more than any other twentieth-century president . . . built a prison nation." Ironically, Texas toughness was instituted in places — like Maine — that weren't terribly racially divided or politically conservative.
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Physicians Testify at Interim Hearings
TMA already is hard at work guiding health care policy through the Texas Legislature. Since February, House and Senate committee chairs have held interim hearings on budget cuts, controlling health care costs, expansion of scope, and a myriad of public health issues. At each hearing, TMA has had a physician leader present to ensure legislators understood our position and acted in the best interest of patients. We also have submitted several letters to Governor Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, and House Speaker Joe Strauss. Read the latest TMA testimonies here.
It's final. The Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners cannot go beyond its statutory authority and the will of the Texas Legislature.
Health care leaders representing TMA and other top Texas medical groups urge the Texas Health and Human Service Commission not to cut Texas' Medicaid and CHIP physician payments.
Read legislation briefs, testimonies, and actions of the 81st Legislative Session.
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Someone who finds it necessary to eat chicken noodle soup, and possible lemon tea, when they are sick with anything more than slight cold. It is often considered very annoying by non-sick-eaters.
Paul went to the store to buy a few cans of condensed chicken noodle soup, because he felt a cold coming on. Paul, is a sick-eater.
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Leslie And Brown Up For Wooden Award
Top 50 Players Vie For The Coveted Title
RALEIGH - NC State juniors C.J. Leslie and Lorenzo Brown are among the players named to the John R. Wooden preseason top 50, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced today on ESPN.com.
The duo were two of six ACC players on the Wooden Award preseason list and NC State and Duke were the two league schools with multiple representatives on the list.
Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball media members, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who, based on last year's individual performance and team records, are the early front-runners for college basketball's most prestigious honor.
Leslie, the preseason ACC Player of the Year, is the Wolfpack's leading returning scorer from last season.
Leslie is the only returning conference player to rank in the top 10 in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage.
Leslie was ninth in scoring (14.7 points per game), rebounding (7.3 per contest) and third in field goal percentage (.525).
Leslie was also a Sports Illustrated honorable mention All-American.
Brown considered one of the country's top point guards, led the ACC in assists last season with 6.3 per game and was the Pack's second leading scorer with 12.7 points per contest.
Brown assist average was the highest since Chris Corchiani averaged 9.6 in 1991.
Both players were preseason All-ACC first-team selections.
Transfers, freshmen and medical redshirts are not eligible for the Preseason Top 50.
The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the midseason list and the official voting ballot, both of which are open to freshman and transfer students.
The National Ballot consists of approximately 20 top players who have proven to their universities that they are also making progress toward graduation and maintaining at least a cumulative 2.0 GPA.
The Wooden Award All American Team, consisting of the nation's top 10 players, will be announced the week of the "Elite Eight" round of the NCAA Tournament.
The 37th annual Wooden Award ceremony will honor the men's and women's Wooden Award winners, and will include the presentation of the Wooden Award All-American teams and the Legends of Coaching Award, which in 2013 will go to Kansas Head Coach Bill Self.
The event will take place the weekend of April 12-13, 2013.
Sixth-ranked NC State opens its season Friday when it hosts Miami of Ohio at PNC Arena at 7 p.m.


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Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Rules It Will Not Allow International Election Observers
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It was announced this week by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) that Egypt will not allow international monitors to observe the upcoming parliamentary elections. Despite this decision, Global Exchange WILL be sending our first delegation to Egypt this January.
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The Woburn center is around 4 miles northeast of Munroe Tavern and 4 miles east of Hancock-Clarke Museum.
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Even though boneless Buffalo wings are made with healthy white-meat chicken, they're usually deep-fried and drenched in hot sauce laced with butter. The solution: chicken tenders are dredged in seasoned whole-wheat flour and cornmeal, pan-fried in only a small amount of oil and then drizzled with a tangy hot pepper sauce. With a fraction of the fat, calories and sodium, these boneless wings are reason enough to throw a party.
Nutrition Profile:
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Serves 8
Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 40 min.
Step 1
To prepare dip: Whisk sour cream, blue cheese, 1 tablespoon vinegar and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne in a small bowl. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Step 2
To prepare wings: Whisk buttermilk, 2 tablespoons hot sauce and 2 tablespoons vinegar in a large bowl until combined. Add chicken; toss to coat. Transfer to the refrigerator and let marinate for at least 10 minutes or up to 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
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Meanwhile, whisk flour and cornmeal in a shallow dish. Whisk the remaining 1 tablespoon hot sauce and 1 tablespoon vinegar in a small bowl; set aside.
Step 4
Remove the chicken from the marinade and roll in the flour mixture until evenly coated. (Discard remaining marinade and flour mixture.) Sprinkle both sides of the chicken with 1/2 teaspoon cayenne.
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Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add half the chicken, placing each piece in a little oil. Cook until golden brown and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer to a serving platter. Repeat with the remaining 1 tablespoon oil and chicken, reducing the heat if necessary to prevent burning. Transfer to the platter. Drizzle the chicken with the reserved hot sauce mixture. Serve with carrots, celery and Spicy Blue Cheese Dip.
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More than 160 emergency calls to Aspen Heights since August
Columbia police still investigating armed robbery that happened Tuesday night
COLUMBIA, Mo. - A suspect is still on the run after robbing two Aspen Heights residents at gunpoint Tuesday night.
According to police, a woman was walking her dog near her home when the suspect approached her and forced her back into her home. Officers say the man pointed a gun and a woman and her roommate, demanded money, then fled the scene on foot.
Despite setting up a perimeter around the complex and closing both entrances, police could not find the suspect.
On Wednesday, the neighborhood was no longer on lockown and its gates were wide open during regular business hours.
According to police dispatch numbers, there have been 167 emergency calls to Aspen Heights since it opened in August. That is more 911 calls than other student housing complexes in the area.
No one seems to know why Aspen Heights is a target for crime.
"I don't have an explanation as to why, but I do know that our lieutenant, sergeant, and officers that work that area have been in contact with the management and trying to get them to upgrade security features," said Sgt. Joe Bernhard with the Columbia Police Department.
Currently, those security features include a gated entrance and exit with cameras. There are now even police officers living inside the neighborhood.
Students say those gates are now open during normal business hours.
"Anyone can get in the gates," said one resident. "It's open right now. Supposed to be open during office hours."
Several residents who moved to the complex when it opened in August say they now want to move out. In the last four months, there have been more than 100 calls to 911 operators for crimes including robberies, burglaries, shots fired and a rape.
"It's a little unsettling but I've heard of things happening in place like Log Hill," said resident Sydene Glenn. "I think what people don't understand is its a big town, things are going to happen."
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Amazing eye witness video of Waldo Canyon flash flood
UTE PASS, Colo. - For the first time in his life, Ed Flanagan wasn't covering the news, he was a part of it.
"Here comes this black wall of water down the right hand side, forming a river quickly. Here comes this car, right by me so I grab my phone and turn it on. By the time I got it it was another car so I got the second car as it came by," Flanagan said.
A former newsman, he kept rolling as the water kept rising.
The cars were like one ton tubes and they were carried by the current.
"There's a two thousand pound car cruising by at 20 miles per hour, nothing you can do," Flanagan said.
Another driver stuck on west bound highway 24 as it flooded saw even more destruction.
"Three of the big lights flipped over with the water. Just like toothpicks falling over. Horrifying, just horrifying," said Joyce Fenlon.
Amazingly no one has been reported as seriously hurt, although several cars had to be towed away due to water and mud damage.


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- 1/4 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon thawed apple juice concentrate
- 2-1/4 teaspoons stone-ground mustard
- 1/2 pound pork tenderloin, cut into 1/2-inch slices
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1-1/2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon cold water
- 1-1/2 teaspoons minced fresh parsley
- In a small bowl, combine the broth, juice concentrate and mustard; set aside.
- Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. In a small nonstick skillet, brown pork in oil. Remove and set aside.
- Add garlic to the pan; saute for 1 minute. Add reserved broth mixture, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 3-4 minutes or until liquid is reduced to about 3 tablespoons.
- Return pork to the pan; cover and cook over low heat for 3-4 minutes or until meat is no longer pink. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; add to the pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Sprinkle with parsley. Yield: 2 servings.
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There is no nonsense so errant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action. -- Bertrand Russell
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." Robert J. Hanlon
I also picked up one of these, but have not mounted it yet. It's a Romanian grenade launcher stock. It's got an internal spring loaded buffer.
My shoulder is toast from a MC accident years ago. It's OK for anything up to .308, but after an extended session of full load 12 gauge, it aches like hell.


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While in the area, spend a day shopping on University Way at second-hand stores and cutting-edge boutiques. Observe an exhibit at the Burke Museum and Henry Art Gallery and marvel at the natural beauty of the three-and-a-half acre Japanese Garden. The District is also home to the city's largest "farmers only" market on Saturday mornings, so get your share of fresh produce before returning to your University District Seattle hotel.
Whether you need a 3-star hotel or something more luxurious, here at Expedia.com, we have your needs covered. No matter if you're touring the University of Washington campus and rooting on the Huskies or you're in town seeing a show at the Northwest Puppet Center, the best way to tour the town is by staying nearby. Book your stay today and take advantage of our cheap deals and budget-friendly accommodations here at Expedia.


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SHARP-DRESSED MAN Rok.
I emailed Edgewood-bred lyricist Romen Rok last week following the release of his highly-anticipated full-length platter Absolutely! and asked just how he would describe his brand of hip-hop to the casual listener: "Fun guy rap" was the response. Rahlo (as known by friends and peers) may have been rolling his eyes at the question, but the answer is accurate enough, and defines Romen Rok's mindset when crafting rhymes and rocking stages.
"This album is 14 years in the making," Romen Rok declared a few weeks ago during his packed CD release party at Firehouse 13, jumping onstage in a full-zip blue jumpsuit with fur hood and tanning goggles. The first time I caught Rok's verbal skills in action was fall of '08 at Jake's Bar & Grill with collaborator Joe Beats.
"When people go out at night they want to be entertained and feel happy," he told me following the insane performance. "I'm not scared to look ridiculous and make people laugh because in the end I know I'm no joke on the mic."
An October '08 blog entry following the show read: "I know I sound like 'the boy who cried album,' but it's on the way. Guaranteed." Nineteen months later and, hell yes, Absolutely! is worth the wait. Romen Rok excels in killing with kindness, but don't let the positively-charged bars fool you into thinking he's soft or preachy. The album perfectly displays Romen's diversified vocal portfolio, spitting fast or slow, sprinkling in double entendres ("They ain't got bars, they got bad service") and novel wordplay. Rok is here to let y'all know the days of screw-facing and flossing in rap music are over. "Only time I'm ballin' is when I'm cryin' my eyes out," he states on "Never Too Much," which opens the album, followed by standout banger "Cuckoo's Nest" (produced by ESH the Monolith). Warning: this sick beat will induce a spontaneous Kid 'n Play kickstep. Some tracks, like "Crash Test," "Runnin' with Scissors," and the tribute track "Lou Diamondz Forever," have been streaming on his site for a few years, but made the final cut.
"Some of the songs are ancient and some are fresh and new," Rok said, "and I couldn't eliminate a track off the project because it wasn't brand new. Fuck all that, that's some amateur shit.
"I didn't want to re-record vocals for 'Lou' because I wrote and recorded it just a few days after Lou passed, and I didn't want to lose the feeling there," he told me.
Influential local friends came out in force for Absolutely!; Symmetry mixed the album, and DJ AL Bums and Joe Beats offered their highly-respected services, with overall production help from ESH. I spoke with Rok last week and inquired about the long delay.
"This is my first project where I organized everything myself, from scheduling studio time to getting the right company to replicate the CD to getting the artwork and photographs straight," he said.
"And there was a time where I didn't work on music at all, just working my day job all the time and totally miserable with music. But I finally decided to get my shit together and focus on daily short-term goals for the album."
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Dear all,
I am running ordered heckman with 2SLS in the second stage and trying to use bootstrap to obtain standard errors for the second stage regression which uses "ivreg2" (I am not sure if I can use "oheckman" in this case).
I keep getting the error message
"estimation command error: e(k_eq) is larger than the number of equations" and
"captured error running (cps_ols), posting missing values"
so STATA end the compilation after just 1 run of bootstrap.
I appreciate if I can get any suggestions for this problem. Thank you.
Below is the code I wrote.
program cps_ols, eclass
oprobit regime2 hhdsize gender age_h
tempvar pick_opro
predict `pick_opro' if e(sample), xb
tempvar x_opro a2
scalar `a2' = _b[/cut2]
gen `x_opro' = `pick_opro'-1
tempvar lambda_opro
gen `lambda_opro' = normalden(`x_opro')/normal(`x_opro')
ivreg2 lnh `lambda_opro' hhdsize (lnp = gender age_h) if regime == 2
tempvar used
gen byte `used' = e(sample)
tempname b
mat `b' = e(b)
local eqnames: coleq e(b), quoted
local col_names: colnames e(b)
tokenize `col_names'
local first `1'
mac shift
local rest1 `*'
mat coleq `b' = `eqnames'
mat colnames `b' = pick_opro `rest1'
tempname V
mat `V' = I(colsof(`b'))
mat coleq `V' = `eqnames'
mat roweq `V' = `eqnames'
mat rownames `V' = pick_opro `rest1'
mat colnames `V' = pick_opro `rest1'
ereturn post `b' `V', esample(`used')
bootstrap "cps_ols" _b, rep(100)
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A now outdated Bomberman game, Excl for IBM computers using Windows. It is somewhat Lame. Had speech that Mimicked many lines in movies and TV(Such as"Smokin" and The Mask's line of "Sombody Stop Me").
One thing that I did not Like about Atomic Bomberman was there was only multiplayer mode and in this case had no adventure.
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Popular property highlights
Located in Dupont Circle, The Fairfax at Embassy Row, Washington, D.C. is within a mile (2 km) of popular sights such as George Washington University and White House. This 259-room, 4-star hotel has 2 restaurants along with conveniences like a health club and a 24-hour business center. It's in central Washington and also close to Lincoln Memorial and Ford's Theater.
Enjoy dining at one of 2 onsite restaurants including Capitol Room, which specializes in American cuisine. At the end of the day, unwind with a drink at the bar/lounge. For your convenience, a buffet breakfast is served for a fee each morning from 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM.
All of The Fairfax at Embassy Row, Washington, D.C.'s 259 air-conditioned rooms provide iPod docks, refrigerators, and coffee makers. 42-inch LCD TVs come with cable channels and pay movies, and guests can stay connected with WiFi and wired Internet. Pillowtop beds sport Egyptian cotton sheets and bathrooms offer hair dryers and designer toiletries. Free bottled water, laptop-compatible safes, and phones are other standard amenities.
A health club, a 24-hour business center, and express check-in are featured at The Fairfax at Embassy Row, Washington, D.C.. Valet parking is available for USD 49.00 per night, and there's also limo/town car service. Multilingual staff at the front desk are standing by 24/7 to help with dry cleaning/laundry, concierge services, and luggage storage. Other amenities at this luxury hotel include express check-out, free newspapers, and a porter/bellhop.
Property features
- Close to George Washington University and White House
- Free wired Internet in public areas
- Onsite dining
- Health club
The Fairfax at Embassy Row, Washington, D.C.
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
This historic Massachusetts Avenue hotel sits amidst the mansions of Embassy Row, 2 blocks from Dupont Circle and within a mile of Georgetown. The hotel is within walking distance of The Phillips Collection, the Anderson House, Connecticut Avenue, and several restaurants and shops. A metro stop is 1.5 blocks away, with access to Connecticut Avenue shopping and The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is less than 5 miles (8 kilometers) away.
The hotel's 24-hour fitness center offers a variety of cardio and strength-training equipment. Guests may dine in the hotel's inviting Fairfax Grille Lounge and sit down to breakfast in the Capitol Room. Free public WiFi access is available in public areas including the 24-hour business center.
The hotel offers overnight, daily, and dining valet parking for a surcharge. Self-parking is not available.
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Multilingual staff
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Total number of rooms - 259
- Number of floors - 8
- ATM/banking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Concierge services
- Health club
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Express check-in
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Luggage storage
- Year Built 1927
- Number of restaurants - 2
- 24-hour business center
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( USD 12.95 per day ), Wired internet access ( USD 12.95 per day )
Available in some public areas: Free wired high-speed Internet
Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
The Fairfax at Embassy Row, Washington, D.C. offers 259 air-conditioned accommodations with iPod docking stations and laptop-compatible safes. Pillowtop beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. 42-inch LCD televisions come with premium cable channels and pay movies. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include bathrobes, designer toiletries, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
In-room wired and wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and irons/ironing boards. Housekeeping is offered daily and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested.
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Designer toiletries
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Pillowtop mattress
- iPod docking station
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
- Daily housekeeping
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Cable TV service
Where to Eat
Capitol Room - American cuisine (made from all-natural ingredients) and affordable wines in a relaxed setting. Open daily for breakfast. Host to the Capital Wine Festival. Full breakfast is available (surcharge).
Fairfax Grille and Lounge - Cocktail bar serving dinner, light fare, appetizers, happy hour, and exquisite beverage specials, this paneled room is an inviting place warmed by 2 fireplaces. Antique oars and model boats lend a nautical feel. The Lounge hosts wine tasting events and features an inspired menu of regional delights.
Nearby Things to Do
The hotel's 24-hour fitness center offers a variety of cardio and strength-training equipment. The nearest golf course is the 18-hole Hains Point, less than three miles away on the banks of the Potomac River. Hains Point includes a two-tier driving range, as well as a miniature golf course listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Segway rental/tour nearby
- Boat tours nearby
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 3 children 16 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 45.00 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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Up to 3 children 16 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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Questions linger in deadly DCSO shooting
Deputy Mike Sundberg, 11-year veteran of force, on paid leave
REDMOND, Ore. - The ex-husband of a woman fatally shot by a Deschutes County sheriff's deputy outside a home west of Redmond says she had not displayed any violent tendencies during their brief marriage.
Cindy Shepard died late Tuesday night after being shot by a deputy who had gone there to investigate a report of suspicious activity.
The sheriff's office says the 54-year-old woman ignored verbal commands to disarm and fired multiple shots before she was killed by the deputy.
Dennis Simenson, who separated from Shepard in December, told The Bulletin newspaper (http://is.gd/sUcSWE ) she was creative, good with animals and had a wonderful smile. He says the behavior described by the sheriff's office was "not the Cindy I knew."
The sheriff's office on Friday identified the 11-year veteran of the force who shot and fatally wounded Shepard.
Deputy Mike Sundberg has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the ongoing investigation, Lt. Scott Beard said in Friday's update.
That follows the agency's policy as outlined under the requirements of state Senate Bill 111, which directed counties to develop a plan to deal with use of deadly force.
Beard said the Major Crimes Team is completing interviews and compiling reports for the district attorney's office, which will determine if a use of deadly force was justified in the fatal shooting of Shepard outside a home at 280 SW 67th Street.
Shepard reportedly fired three shots at or near deputies, then brought several guns out of the home.
After several tense minutes,and while a tactical team was being brought in, Sundberg shot and killed the woman, reportedly when she raised a rifle in their direction, according to unconfirmed scanner reports.
Beard said early Wednesday that the sheriff's office was called to the home shortly before 10 p.m. to investigate "suspicious circumstances."
"During the contact with an adult female, deputies were fired upon," Beard said in a brief news release. "Deputies returned fire and the adult female was pronounced dead at the scene."
Beard said the shooting was being investigated by the region's Major Crimes Team, which includes the sheriff's Office, Oregon State Police, Bend and Redmond police departments, the district attorney's office, the State Medical Examiner's Office and Redmond Fire and Rescue.
Sheriff Larry Blanton talked to NewsChannel 21 on Wednesday, providing some new details (limited by the ongoing investigation) on what transpired at the end of a long gravel driveway, in the front yard of the home.
"Sometimes we have to do what it is we're trained to do, that we hope we never have to do," he said.
"The female was armed, there were shots fired, sheriffs deputies returned fire and a female was deceased at the scene," the sheriff added.
Blanton said deputies were responding to suspicious circumstances in an ongoing investigation.
"We had had very brief contact with the person prior, and then in the course of doing some additional follow-up, the situation escalated, and resulted in a death."
It was a much quieter scene Wednesday. Neighbors did not wish to appear on camera, but said they could hear officers talking to the woman by a bullhorn for nearly an hour.
They also talked with a man who was in the home during the standoff, who was not hurt.
"No other persons were at risk," Blanton said. "It was not a stranger confrontation issue. We're told the lady either resides at that residence or is a long-term guest of that residence."
The first deputies on scene around 10 p.m. radioed that the woman had fired three shots, prompting call-out of the sheriff's office's Special Operations Team, equipped with armored vehicles and shields, among other special equipment.
A family member had called police to the home, and they soon learned an elderly man was inside, on an upstairs floor.
Unconfirmed police-scanner reports indicated the woman went into and out of the home several times and brought out several handguns and rifles, placing them on the ground as police called in reinforcements.
Firefighters at a nearby Redmond fire station were told to shelter in place and to turn off their lights.
Officers tried to talk to the woman, as she sat outside with a rifle in her lap and the other guns nearby.
Word of the fatal shooting came shortly after 10:30 p.m.
Deputies -- from a distance – then tried to track her condition, according to the unconfirmed scanner traffic, reporting movement, crying and shallow breathing. As she rolled over, face-down, they apparently were unsure if she still had a gun in her hand.
They also asked her over a loudspeaker to roll away from the several guns still laying around her, some apparently within five or 10 feet.
After the woman was shot, it took until shortly after 11 p.m. for an armored SOT unit vehicle to reach her. Police were able to then secure the scene and call up medics.
Soon, CPR was being performed, as a Life Flight helicopter landed nearby around 11:20 p.m. But word came over police radios that medics had pronounced her dead about 10 minutes later.
Meanwhile, operations team deputies were able to enter and search the home, finding the 87-year-old man inside, apparently unharmed.


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What do you consider to be the best queen cell cup?
SO far the ones I have seen the most about are JZ-BZ Push in and Base Mount or home made.
Not sure what else is out there.
What do you consider to be the best queen cell cup?
SO far the ones I have seen the most about are JZ-BZ Push in and Base Mount or home made.
Not sure what else is out there.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
I know you can get store bought wax cups, and then there are the ones that go with graftless systems, but is there another choice? The JZBZs are easy to get, cheap, easy to use, and they work right out of the bag. That's probably gonna be hard to beat.
I like the JZ BZ wide base push in cell cups, the ones with the center post on the back side. I use a grafting frame with 3 cell bars, I typically get about 45 grafts (15 per bar). These have worked great for me.
Well not a ton of responses on this thread but I have also been reading other threads. I see JZ BZ mentioned so often it is almost the new name for queen cups. They should give them a more catchy name and they stand a chance of being the name for grafting.
Since I am not really interested in any non grafting queen rearing methods. I suppose it is time to start shopping for grafting equipment.
Anyone have a complete list of what I will need from start to having caged queens. I am not sure I will be able to mate a batch of queens but I am at bare min able to think about rearing say a lot of 100 cups.
So far I know I need, excluding the starter colony and finishing colony.
Queen Cell cups
frame to hold queen cell cups.
Royal jelly to "Prime" the cups.
cell protectors ???
Queen cages
Possibly a marking pen, not sure I will mark them though.
Battery box or shipper if anyone takes me up on the offer to buy them at my cost.
Grafting tool
Location to do the grafting.
I am not real certain what I will need at the grafting stand, wet towel good light magnifier that sort of thing.
At jzsbzs.com they mention a "cell bar" are those still available anywhere? If not does anyone have the specs to build one. They mention that the cups do not fit in a groove with this bar and I like that idea when I read about the issue of cups falling out of other types of frames. I assume the cups press into a hole rather than a groove in these bars.
Other than bees to start and finish the queen cells that is about all I can think of. I am not real concerned with the grafting process itself. I have tied number 28 flies for over 22 years. I have also been an artist for as long as I can remember. I have exceptional manipulation ability and dexterity with my hands.
I am also interested in finding anyone that would be interested in buying the extra queens from me at my cost and postage if needed. this could be as many as 99 queens but they would only cost a couple bucks each. More if they where mated queens. I don't charge people when I am learning how to do something. I am not sure how much of a need there is this time of year for queens. So I just might end up with a batch that have no place to go.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)


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Indian History Happens Elsewhere | By Amitava KumarConcerning the trial of Tahawwur Rana at a federal court in Chicago
'The arrival of immigrants like myself here in the US doesn't mean that we are the only ones acquiring new knowledge or identities. While writing my last book, I went to the offices of the US attorneys who had prosecuted a Pakistani man for supporting terrorism inside Indian Punjab. Near the desk of the Assistant US Attorney, Kelly Currie, was a picture of his office-mates in the Golden Temple in Amritsar. In the photograph, the Americans were sitting in the langar with their heads covered in the traditional Sikh manner'
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J. Jayalalithaa and Sasikala: The Big Break-Up | By Nandini Krishnan
'In most photographs and videos of Jayalalithaa, a dour-faced woman wearing an expression not unlike that of an anxious grandmother watching a toddler bumble about the garden, can be spotted somewhere in the frame. She is Sasikala Natarajan, the close aide and best friend of the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Some believe she's also the CM's puppet master. Often seen whispering furtively to Jayalalithaa, occasionally caught smiling, and never interviewed, the wary-looking Sasikala was her most – perhaps her only – trusted lieutenant. On 19 December, 2011, a terse statement was issued from the office of Jayalalithaa. She had expelled Sasikala and 11 of her relatives from the AIADMK party "with immediate effect"...' (The India Site)Part I of Krishna Kavita Kasturi's account of teaching Indian languages and culture to American diplomats
Everybody asks me how I landed my job. That is because, in the National Capital Region of Washington DC, I get to speak my mother tongue, wear my native attire and am paid to wax forth on my motherland & its shenanigans for five days a week (Telugu, sari, India).
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'In this handsomely produced biography, Michael J. Franklin eschews the low hanging fruit of easy moralizing on the early and rapacious days of the East India Company. Instead, he aims for something higher but more difficult to achieve: to narrate the man into existence. He patiently uncovers Sir William Jones's early years as a fatherless child, a precocious teenager, an ambitious young man, and an imaginative translator of Persian, and then slowly brings him to the shores of India where his life's works would emerge.'
Does God Have A Caste?...asks Meena Kandasamy
'What was our crime? We had portrayed two Tamil folk deities, Ponnar and Sankar, as "Dalit brothers." A non-Indian parallel might illustrate this story better: An African-American leader says Jesus Christ was Black, and a White man takes him to court for causing communal disharmony. Would we not readily label the White man a racist and a supremacist?'Part II of KK Kasturi's story
No, we don't ask if a woman is pregnant unless it is obviously evident that she is, although we are an extremely nosy kind of people otherwise. No, we don't ever divide the bill/check at the restaurant under the waiter's nose as he watches, smirking at your tight-fistedness. Oh! Please remember to always share whatever you eat, will you? But not if you have already tasted it: that would be inappropriate … But (is now a good time to talk about caste?) No, we don't really understand what you mean by "space", physical or mental. Emotional space? Ayiyyo! who wants THAT? Is it why Americans have so many psychological issues?A Wicked Leak: Stratfor, Dow Chemicals, and India | By Ulrik McKnight
'Union Carbide India Limited's 1984 Bhopal pesticide plant leak is one of the worst industrial accidents in history, killing 4,000 people overnight and leaving 500,000 severely ill. The accident site has still not been cleaned up, victims continue to die in many thousands, and to suffer in hundreds of thousands ... The Stratfor materials reveal that over an extended period of time, Dow has employed Stratfor to produce intelligence reports on Bhopal activists. This was not a one off piece of analysis, but an ongoing, multi-year, and presumably very expensive campaign.'
Vishal Come Home | By Sonia FaleiroThe story of a missing boy
'We worked hard,' said Vishal. 'We swept train carriages, we scavenged for empty bottles we sold to the kabaddiwala ... Who notices small boys? People thought we were beggars.' Each boy carried one steel tiffin box of the sort children take to school packed with sabzi-parantha lunches. Except that each of the tiffin boxes was packed with heroin. Afterwards they hopped a train back to Jodhpur.
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3D Systems, Stratasys Started at Buy at RBC; Ready to 'Disrupt Manufacturing'
Shares of 3-D printing outfits 3D Systems (DDD) and Stratasys (SSYS) are moving upward in late trading after RBC Capital's Amit Daryanani initiated coverage of the duo with an Outperform rating, and a $118 price target on shares of 3D Systems stock, and a $175 target on Stratasys stock.
3D Systems shares are up 70 cents, or 0.8%, at $92.28 in late trading, while Stratasys stock is up 10 cents at $130.10.
Total industry revenue is set to rise 24%, on a compounded basis, through 2021, he writes, while consumer printing revenue alone will nearly double through 2017:
The 3D printing primary market, consisting of system units, materials and services, has grown at a CAGR of 25% since 1989 and a 14% CAGR during the last five years, according to Wohlers Associates. Industry growth has exceeded 10% in 17 of the last 24 years, which suggests modest cyclicality resulting from legacy exposure toward automotive, aerospace and consumer manufacturing. We see the 3D market growing at a ~24% CAGR from 2013-2021 to become a $15B industry, fueled by lower ASPs, increased industry awareness, increased ability to manufacture production-grade parts, and the introduction of ancillary software and services that complement hardware unit growth. While Wohlers Associates does not individually forecast consumer 3D printers in its industry outlooks, Gartner estimates total unit shipments of consumer printers should increase at a 97% CAGR through 2017 and revenue should approach $1.3B by 2017 (from $59M in 2012). DDD is well exposed to this product category and while revenue from personal printers is relatively small, sales have grown at a fast pace: Q3/13 sales grew twice the revenue rate of H1/13 to bring YTD sales of $26MM. Additionally, unit growth has been robust with DDD selling more than 6,000 consumer printers in Q3/13 alone.
In establishing that the 3-D printing market is one of "hyper-growth," Daryanani compares the very small size of the 3-D industry to the $10.5 trillion global manufacturing industry in a chart:
"Fundamentally," he writes "the attraction here is the ability of SSYS (and broadly 3D printing companies) to disrupt the $10.5 trillion traditional manufacturing industry."
Daryanani opines 3D Systems can "sustain double-digit revenue growth for several years" and has the ability to "disrupt the $10 trillion manufacturing industry."
Dayanani is modeling revenue of $687.9 million this year, and EPS of $1.32.
Daryanani likes the diversity of 3D Systems's product line:
One of the reasons we think DDD will outpace industry growth and maintain its industry leadership at least through 2015 is the fact that it has the most diverse product offering when it comes to printing technology. The company offers a full line of printers at price points ranging from $1,000 to almost $1MM that are based on seven print engine technologies, which allows it to meet the needs of end users in the consumer, professional prototype and heavy manufacturing markets.
He likes the company's frequent acquisitions:
DDD's track record of targeting, completing and integrating value-adding acquisitions is a strategic advantage that we expect should continue to augment both top- and bottom-line growth. We view this unique competency as a key differentiator for DDD given the ongoing trend of consolidation in the 3D printing industry. We believe DDD's success in finding, completing and integrating acquisitions lies in its entrepreneurial culture, which seems to provide a very hospitable and attractive operating environment for entrepreneurs seeking to maintain autonomy while leveraging the scale advantages of joining a larger organization like DDD. We think the ability to add strategically to the portfolio inorganically is a key component to DDD's improving margin and revenue profile as we believe every acquisition is completed with the intention of adding differentiating technology, expanding DDD's geographic reach and capitalizing on key initiatives. Many of the recent acquisitions have been service providers that have augmented DDD's Quickparts business; however, notable acquisitions of Phenix Systems added metal printer capability, Geomagic and Rapidform expand the company's software expertise and Z Corp and Vidar Systems helped expand its healthcare platform.
He sees an expansion of 3D Systems's gross profit margin in coming years:
We believe the company's revenue mix will shift increasingly toward higher margin, recurring revenue streams that should provide EPS tailwinds over time on 1) a shift toward 80% of recurring revenue from higher material, software and service sales; 2) the mix of materials shifting exclusively to integrated material sales; and 3) improved margins within Quickparts on synergies from recent acquisitions and a shift to higher-margin products. If the company executes on these initiatives, we believe it should be able to achieve its target model, which calls for 60% gross margin, 39% PF operating margin and 22% PF net income margin at $500MM+ revenue run-rate. Currently we estimate FY14 gross margin of 54.4% (Street 54.4%), operating margin of 28.0%, net income margin of 20.4% and EPS of $1.32 (Street $1.27).
As for Stratasys, it also can look forward to double-digit revenue growth, and disruption of classical manufacturing, plus it has a "strong position on the consumer side."
Daryanani models $666 million in revenue and $2.37 per share in net profit this year.
The company is the industry leader, he points out:
Stratasys has been the dominant player in the rapidly expanding additive manufacturing market and has been able to exceed industry growth in eight of the last 11 years owing to technological leadership spanning multiple systems and price points. We think recent deals (Objet and MakerBot) solidify its market share position and should provide incremental opportunities to capitalize on industry growth over time.
He likes the company's ability to ride the consumer wave of 3-D printing thanks to its MakerBot unit:
MakerBot was acquired during the firm's Q3/13 in order to significantly propel SSYS into the consumer 3D printing market. We estimate MakerBot has sold almost 33,000 units since inception in 2009, or half of SSYS's installed base. Importantly, we believe MakerBot has nearly doubled its installed base from Q1/13-Q3/13, exemplifying Stratasys's ability to leverage its existing channel relationships and geographic reach to expand its consumer 3D printing offering. We think consumer adoption of 3D printing systems should increase meaningfully given: 1) technological improvements in systems; 2) significant investment in content creation and apps (i.e., Thingiverse.com) that make it easier for consumers to buy, sell and create 3D objects; and 3) increased penetration of existing 3D CAD seats (5MM) worldwide.
(For more on MakerBot, see the post from last week's press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show.)
He also highlights the company's business selling ready-made 3-D printable parts, dubbed "RedEye," as a source of incremental revenue via e-commerce:
The RedEye business is similar to DDD's Quickparts business in that it provides customers the ability to print both low- and high-volume custom manufactured parts on-demand via its ecommerce platform once customers upload a CAD design. That said, we understand the
business is tied more toward medium to large businesses in the aerospace and automotive markets vs. DDD's business that targets more SMBs and consumers. We think customers should continue to utilize this platform for both overflow of internal demand as well as special applications where they may lack expertise. This platform has been a success since its introduction in 2005, and this business has outpaced the total Service segment every quarter since Q2/11.
Previously: 3D Systems, Stratasys, ExOne: Deutsche Ups Targets, Estimates on Products, Acquisitions, January 13, 2014.


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Special prosecutor sought for councilman
CAÑON CITY, Colo. - District Attorney Thom LeDoux is requesting a special prosecutor to handle the assault case involving Canon City councilman Colby Katchmar.
LeDoux said he filed the motion because he knows Katchmar well and Katchmar was a contributor to his election campaign.
Katchmar has told colleagues on the council that he is innocent of accusations he assaulted an elderly couple.
According to the Canon City Daily Record, Katchmar and local artist Thomas Lockhart were arrested Thursday night on suspicion of assault and crimes against at-risk adults after a reported altercation with the couple.
Robert Martin and Margene Martin say Katchmar tried to block them from leaving a local business. Police say Margene suffered serious injuries, including a fractured hip.


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Billionaire vs. Billionaire in Mexico Feud over who get's to squeeze it's citizens
Billionaire vs. Billionaire in Mexico Feud - WSJ.com
MEXICO CITY—Three of Mexico's most prominent billionaires—who were once a cozy group of amigos protecting each other's backs—are now battling over how to divvy up the country's $35-billion-a-year telecommunication and TV-broadcast market.
The fight pits Carlos Slim, the world's richest man and principal owner of Mexico's biggest land-line and cellular-phone companies, against the country's top two media tycoons, Emilio Azcárraga, principal owner of No. 1 broadcaster Grupo Televisa SAB, and Ricardo Salinas, principal owner of TV Azteca SAB as well as the cellphone company Iusacell.
Mexico's economy is dominated by large companies that control their industries, and they rarely threaten each other by moving into other markets. But technological convergence has blurred the lines between the phone and TV industries, allowing both sides to invade each other's turf.
"The veneer of friendship is disappearing," says Eduardo Garcia, owner of Sentido Comun, an online business-news site in Mexico City. "Mexico's billionaires are battling over the prize using all the weapons at their disposal."
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- AnonymousMarch 5, 2012 at 1:58 PM
Where does the once meaningful legacy of 'Viva Mexico" materialize even as a speck on Slim's 100-inch 'tele' ? Where are the Real Native Mexicans'(the Indigeous Ones who refuse to honor or accept the White European Spanish language? I think some people of good mind call it cultural genocide. Mexico's elite have immorally navigated their Native Mexicans out of their land and forced them to leave their country. It is a pathetic state of affairs in terms of corruption and mismanagement of a really rico nation as is Mexico. My grandfather left his homeland in Durango to escape the perils of the Mexican Revolution in 1918. I think if history repeated itself,today, he would stay to fight for La Gloria de MexicoReplyDelete
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Temperatures to tumble across North Carolina
NORTH CAROLINA - The coldest air of the fall season is headed our way for this afternoon as the Arctic cold front crosses.
The morning will be the nicest part of the day with sunshine and comfortably cool temperatures. But by noon the front will be crossing our area. Cold air will blast in behind the front switching our winds from light southwesterly this morning to gusty northerly.
As the cold air slams in it will cause clouds to form. By early evening these clouds could develop a spotty shower or even a flurry. However with this being a dry Canadian air mass it won't be able to hold much moisture, so I don't expect much shower action from this front.
By midnight the clouds will be moving off the coast but the gusty winds will remain. As a result a Wind Advisory will be in effect for Carteret County as well as the Outer Banks from 4 PM this afternoon through 1 PM Wednesday as winds could top 45 mph during this time. The strong northerly wind will also push water into the southern part of Pamlico Sound causing water levels to rise 2 to 3 feet above normal, especially around high tide. For this reason a Coastal Flood Advisory is also issued for Carteret County and the southern Outer Banks.
Temperatures will plummet below freezing for the next couple nights, even along the coast. For this reason the National Weather Service has also issued a Freeze Warning for areas east of Highway 17 that so far this season have not been below freezing.
As the polar high pressure slides in over us on Wednesday, we'll see plenty of sunshine and the winds will decrease by afternoon. However temperatures will be some 20 degrees below normal for November standards. In fact we could challenge record cold high temperatures for tomorrow's date as highs will be only in the mid-40s. But with the wind still up during the morning hours wind chills will be in the teens and 20s!
The coldest morning will be on Thursday with the polar high pressure directly over us. Clear skies and light winds will drop temperatures into the low 20s away from water and again below freezing near the coast.
Temperatures moderate for the end of the week as our winds become southwesterly and we return to near normal. But the trade-off will be that we will have more clouds around that could also give a scattered shower from time to time.
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A cold front approaching North Carolina is about to give the state an early dose of winter.
The National Weather Service said an arctic cold front will descend on the state Tuesday, leading to gusty winds and falling temperatures.
Combined with an upper level disturbance coming from the west, there is a chance that rain will change to snow before the precipitation ends Tuesday night.
Forecasters say if there is a changeover, there will be very little accumulation because temperatures will stay above freezing and the precipitation won't last very long.
What few snowflakes may fall are expected anywhere between northeastern counties and part of the North Carolina Piedmont.
Once the front passes, highs Wednesday will linger in the 40s.
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I've used the LUSH Bubble Bars for years, but it wasn't until this last summer that I decided to try one of their Bubbleroons. The product has a warm chocolate-like fragrance. It is soothing without being too sweet or food-ish.
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Shaped like a round macaroon, I loved that this product was easy to pull apart into two halves, given the division in the middle. It was hassle-free. It produced a moderate amount of bubbles and the scent was great. However, I am starting to find that if you want high fragrance and high "bubblage", it is hard to beat good ol' fashioned liquid bubble bath. I usually like super bubbly baths, and this did not achieve that for me. If you like moderate bubbles, this is great. It's really just a matter of preference.
Yuzu and Cocoa Bubbleroon retails for $6.25 and can be purchased wherever Lush products are sold. I think it's a little overpriced, but I did enjoy the product... just wish I could get more uses out of it for the price!
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The dilemma:
Roger, a mechanic who has run his own shop for the past 30 years, is a regular Driven reader and a fan of the Buyers' Guide column.
Although he understands why, he still gets a little disappointed that older European cars get overlooked in favour of the mainstream Japanese brands when buying recommendations are being made in the $10,000 region.
"I see the good and bad of most of the older makes and models on our roads and believe a lot of expensive repairs can be put down to simply poor servicing," he says. "While the Europeans may see a little more garage time than some other vehicles, I still enjoy the driving experience, comfort and feeling of safety that my 2003 Renault Megane offers."
He has always driven manuals which he firmly believes eliminate a lot of risk with European ownership.
"I have no plans to change the Renault any time soon and, when I do, it will be another Euro for sure," Roger says.
You'll agree, Roger, that the European manufacturers saw safety, design and driving comfort as a high priority long before their Japanese and Korean rivals. And I accept that poor servicing can lead to expensive repairs on any vehicle. But the reality is that older Japanese vehicles in particular enjoy a better overall reliability record. There's no doubt, however, that European styling and driving pleasure does, for many drivers, create a compelling reason to buy.
The budget: $10,000
Renault Megane
Come highly spec'd and are certainly a standout from the crowd with their unorthodox rear end. Some owners claim impressive fuel consumption figures of 6.5l/100km with manual transmission variants. A two-door coupe with a folding hard top may also appeal but it does escalate the risk factor.
Citroen C4
This roomy five-door hatch diesel manual may not be a bad option for those looking at alternatives and something a little different.
It has the not unexpected Citroen quirkiness of a light sensitive centrally mounted instrument display along with fixed centre mounted steering wheel controls.
The 1.6 litre engine packs a reasonable punch and delivers low fuel consumption of around 4.7l/100km.
Peugeot 307
The Peugeot brand has a small but loyal following in New Zealand.
Most of the long-termers have lived in hope that the quality and reliability improves with every new model, which it has in recent years.
Plenty to like in terms of safety and occupant comforts but automatic transmission performance was never one the R&D team's strong points.
Driven recommends
Whatever you buy, reduce risks by getting a thorough pre-purchase inspection and stick with New Zealand-new with a long and well-documented ownership and service history.
I'm also the proud owner of a European vehicle. It's a genuine Peugeot 107 pedal-car that takes pride of place sitting in the front entrance of my house. Certainly no reliability issues to date.
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