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Penn is committed to maintaining a family-friendly workplace and supporting the health and well-being of our faculty and staff. Research shows that nursing mothers feel supported when they have the resources to continue breastfeeding after returning to work. Breastfed babies benefit from their mother's immunities and may even stay healthier than babies on formula. With these goals in mind, the Penn Nursing Mothers Program was introduced to provide nursing mothers with space and time for managing lactation responsibilities at work.
The following guidelines also comply with the mandates of the Lactation Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as part of the Affordable Care Act.
All full- and part-time faculty and staff are eligible to participate in the Nursing Mothers Program.
Schools and centers are expected to provide their faculty and staff members with nursing and lactation space if an appropriate personal office space is not available. The space doesn't need to be permanent or on the immediate premises, but it must be a private space and:
Nursing and lactation space should also be equipped with the following:
Click here for more tips and guidelines on setting up nursing and lactation space.
Lactation Space Contacts
Contact your school/center's Human Resource representative or central space management group to help arrange a space or direct you to an existing lactation space.
You can also contact the following resources to help identify nursing and lactation space:
Paid break times are allowed for nursing and lactation responsibilities needed by the mother. When possible, breaks should be scheduled during normal break and meal times and/or when workflow allows. Although not a hard-and-fast rule, typically, a nursing mother needs to take a 25- to 40-minute break every three to four hours, including time to get to and from the lactation area.
Supervisors should keep in mind that the frequency and duration of breaks vary from mother to mother depending on their physical needs. There may be occasions when a nursing mother will need to handle nursing and lactation responsibilities at times that aren't optimally convenient for the office. Supervisors are responsible for creating a supportive environment for nursing mothers so they can adequately manage their nursing and lactation responsibilities.
Before your leave begins, work closely with your supervisor and contact your Human Resources representative for your school or center to set up your plan. If you're not sure who your Human Resources representative is, check with your business administrator.
Click here for a Nursing Mother's Plan Document to complete as soon as possible before returning to work. Human Resources is collecting these plans from school and center Human Resources representatives to maintain oversight of the campus needs for nursing and lactation space. Additionally, this document provides a plan for staff members to follow when stepping away from work (closing a private office door) or from the workplace (using a central nursing and lactation space). It will help you and others affected by your breaks to manage while you are away.
Click here for helpful tips for preparing to return to work and here for community resources to turn to for additional assistance.
Additional Resources
Plan Document
Where to Find On-Campus Nursing and Lactation Space
Creating Nursing and Lactation Space
Tips for Nursing Mothers Returning to Work
Resources for Nursing Mothers
Policy Number: 415
Effective Date: 07/23/2015
Supersedes Policy Number(s): 415 (12/15/2011, 02/02/2012)
Applicability: All full- and part-time faculty and staff


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After years of daydreaming, freeze-framing stuttering VHS tapes and doodling personal interpretations on scraps of paper at school (or was that just me?), the wait is over. Nike have finally realised Marty McFly's famous Back to the Future II shoes…
…Or at least a close approximation. July 26th will see the release of a 'BTTF inspired' Hypderdunk, complete with blue/grey colourway and speckled midsole. Ok, they're not an exact replica and there's no auto-lacing function, but it's a start, right? There's no word yet as to whether McFly 2015 are satiated and celebrating an overdue victory.
Heads up for any US9s feeling a bit flush, marqueesole.com have a pair available for £250.
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BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is warning that a full-scale restructuring of Greek debt would have "completely uncontrollable"consequences on the financial markets.
Merkel said Wednesday that imposing a so-called haircut on Greek debt — reducing the amount to be repaid — would not only endanger banks and other creditors who hold Greek bonds, but also institutions that sold insurance policies against a default.
Merkel told a parliamentary committee that those credit default swaps have a higher face value than the debt itself.
She says "nobody around the globe knows exactly who holds those papers, who will have to pay how much."
The chancellor wants to get private creditors to contribute to the next aid package for Greece on a purely voluntary basis.


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Recording Your Separation Agreement in Charlotte
What do you do with a fully executed Separation Agreement?
After negotiating a settlement with your spouse you now have a fully executed Separation Agreement that is signed and notarized. You should talk with your Charlotte divorce lawyer to determine what to do with it next. Your Charlotte divorce lawyer may tell you that all you need to do is keep a copy for your records. However, he/she may also advise you to record the Agreement at the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds.
Will your Charlotte divorce lawyer advise you to record your Separation Agreement with the Register of Deeds?
The advice of your Charlotte divorce lawyer will depend on what your future plans are. For example, many people who have moved out of the former marital residence are looking to buy a new home separately from their spouse. In this situation a Charlotte divorce lawyer will advise you to record your Separation Agreement as it places members of the public on notice of the agreement and its contents.
You want to be able to purchase a new home without including your spouse in any of the related transactions. It is important for you to talk to your Charlotte divorce lawyer about how to do this. The issues are how to obtain a mortgage independently of your spouse and how you can buy a home without your spouse having an ownership interest in it.
A Charlotte divorce lawyer knows you need to be able to show that your spouse has waived his/her ownership interest in the new home. This knowledge has led your Charlotte divorce lawyer to include a "free trader" clause in the Separation Agreement which waives each party's interest in any real property the other party buys. This is the proof your mortgage lender needs.
When you show your mortgage lender a recorded Agreement he/she is put on notice that your spouse has waived his/her interest in any property that you buy. Without this, the lender will need both you and your spouse's signature on the Deed of Trust as there will be nothing to show your spouse has waived his/her ownership interest in the new home.
If you do not plan on buying any real property then your Charlotte divorce lawyer will likely tell you that keeping a copy for yourself is all you need to do. This will allow you to refer back to the Agreement should you ever need to.
I am afraid that if I record my Separation Agreement my private life will now be public.
A Charlotte divorce lawyer will likely advise you to file a Memorandum of her Separation Agreement instead of the actual Separation Agreement so that you can keep specific details of the Agreement private.
Whether or not to record the full Separation Agreement or a Memorandum of Agreement is a question for you to discuss with your Charlotte divorce attorney.
Separation Agreement vs. Memorandum of Agreement
A Memorandum of a Separation Agreement outlines the contents of the Separation Agreement but does not contain any of the personal information that is usually in the actual Separation Agreement.
The Separation Agreement drafted by your Charlotte divorce lawyer likely includes personal information you may not want everyone to have access to. It contains bank account numbers, account balances, address, children's names etc. A Charlotte divorce lawyer will advise you to keep these details private.
A Charlotte divorce lawyer can draft a Memorandum of Separation Agreement that summarizes the Separation Agreement without giving all of the private details. The Memorandum of Agreement can include a "free trader" clause that will be sufficient to place a lender on notice that your spouse has waived his/her ownership interest in any property you buy.
Where do you record a Memorandum of Agreement or Separation Agreement?
Whether you record the Actual Separation Agreement or a Memorandum of Agreement, they are both easy to record.
A Charlotte divorce lawyer will either record it for you or will advise you to go to the County Courts Office Building located in downtown Charlotte to record it yourself.
Your Charlotte divorce lawyer will tell you to record an original copy that has been signed and notarized.
How much does it cost to record a Memorandum of Separation Agreement or a Separation Agreement?
- It costs $26.00 for the first 15 pages and $4.00 per additional page.
- You need to bring cash for the filing fee.
- Ask for two file stamped copies. Give one copy to your Charlotte divorce lawyer and keep one for yourself.
With this done, you have placed the public on notice of the existence of a Separation Agreement and you are able to enter into a real estate transaction as though you are single.


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Nestled along the coastline of South Carolina is the picturesque town of Murrells Inlet. This spot has earned the title of being the "Seafood Capital of the State" because of the many fine seafood restaurants. As much as Murrells Inlet is an awesome place to visit for a vacation, it's an even better place to live. For those looking for a place to retire to, South Carolina's tax-friendly laws for retirees include no tax on Social Security benefits, deductions on retirement income and no inheritance or estate taxes.
If you've ever considered relocating to this area there is a large assortment of Murrells Inlet real estate for sale that we'd be happy to show you. The available Murrells Inlet real estate encompasses a collection of beach homes, villas, condos and townhomes in a broad range of sizes and prices. You could live in comfort here in small villas suitable for two to large estates big enough to hold a family and plenty of visiting friends. Whether you want to live oceanfront or on the fairway of one of the area golf courses set upon the historic rice plantations, there are plenty of properties that you're sure to love.
The area provides miles of pristine, white sandy beaches on nearby Pawleys Island and north through Myrtle Beach. Living here you could enjoy the tranquil atmosphere and beautiful areas to explore at your leisure.


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Binghamton University libraries offer new tool
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Binghamton University, State University of New York, has launched a new online search tool that will help young researchers, especially visual learners, delve more deeply into the resources of the University Libraries.
Grokker, developed by Groxis Inc. and customized for use in Binghamton, offers users an easy way to see context, patterns and relationships among disparate pieces of information. Binghamton is the first university on the East Coast to offer the tool.
"Students are demanding the library present information in what we call an 'Amazoogle' style," said John Meador, director of the University Libraries.
Grokker offers a combined, or "federated," search of up to 18 different sources, including the Libraries' catalog and Google. The emphasis is on resources most often used by freshmen and sophomores, the target audience for the tool, although librarians expect Grokker will also be helpful to more experienced researchers working outside their usual subject areas.
One important feature that separates Grokker from Google and other search tools is its "map view," in which a broad topic is broken down into subcategories illustrated by circles. A search for "Shakespeare," for instance, offers circles on categories such as biography, plays, poetry and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
"It's been shown that 90 percent of people don't go past the first three pages of search results, and this automatically gets you past that," Meador said.
The Web-based tool is available to all Binghamton students, faculty and staff on campus as well as from other locations once they've logged in.
Grokker, which was introduced at Binghamton last month, draws its name from Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land. In that 1960s novel, grok is a Martian word that means "to gain complete comprehension."
Karmina Newell, marketing manager for Groxis, said the tool is also in use at Stanford University and in Sun Microsystems' corporate library. Binghamton is the first to incorporate availability information, she noted, so that researchers can see whether books that pop up in a search are on the shelf.
"This is a driver of innovation for libraries and corporations," she said. "Grokker's bird's-eye view enables users to find connections amongst large information sets that aren't easily found in a list view. This makes Grokker a true discovery tool."
Meador sees Grokker as another element in the University Libraries' ongoing effort to optimize traditional library services and develop a richer environment for scholarly work. Other changes have included extending the facilities' hours, opening the Information Commons and offering other federated search tools.
"The information-seeking behavior of students has changed," he said, and the Libraries are responding.


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A look around the MAC
The Thundering Herd will make a major contribution to the draft, but they'll be distributing defenders this time around.
Originally Published: November 2, 2004By Adam Rittenberg | Special to ESPN Insider
The roads leading from Huntington, W. Va., to the 31 NFL cities are well traveled.
Marshall University is responsible for producing pro stars like Randy Moss, Chad Pennington and Byron Leftwich. Rookie WR Darius Watts, the Mid-American Conference's all-time touchdown receptions leader, already has 21 catches for the Denver Broncos this season.
The Thundering Herd figure to make another major contribution to the NFL in April, but they'll be distributing defenders this time around. If this year is any indication, there will be plenty of players to go around.
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After offering a preview into its then forthcoming new Japan brick & mortar location a few days ago, the new Supreme Shibuya store opened its doors with a special kick-off reception. The store, which represents Supreme's sixth flagship within Japan, invited attendees into its new space to take in the sights of the new Mark Gonzales installation centerpiece, see the Nate Lowman wall decals and tees, as well as peruse the various items from the seasonal collection. A host of people showed face at the new shop, one of the notables being Supreme mainstay Jason Dill. If you're in the area, be sure to stop through and check out the new Shibuya shop which is slated to officially open its doors for its first day of business tomorrow, September 29, 2012.
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Latest Jeff Dojillo/Can't Stop Crazy Video - Inside the Fight: Battle of the Belts
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Let's all be honest with ourselves here; if you are a fan of Kickboxing or Muay Thai in the US, you know the Can't Stop Crazy guys and follow what they are up to. There are a ton of reasons for it, but the first one is probably that they are some of the best fighters from the US to make an impact across the world in Muay Thai and sometimes Kickboxing. Joe Schilling is perhaps one of the most vocal of the group, and seen really as the godfather.
Jeff Dojillo is the star photographer and videographer responsible for the Inside the Fight series, and is back this time covering Joe Schilling's trip to Thailand from this summer to the Battle of the Belts event. It was originally slated to be Joe Schilling vs. Artem Levin after Simon Marcus pulled out of the fight with Levin, but then Levin dropped out as well. Follow Schilling through his adventures in Thailand leading up to the fight and the aftermath from it as well.


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By Corry Elyda, The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network Friday, September 6, 2013, 12:02 am TWN
With four mega transportation projects in Jakarta in the offing, urban transportation experts have predicted chaotic traffic if no anticipatory measures from the city administration and the central government are taken.
Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI) Chairman Danang Parikesit said on Wednesday the government should start taking strategic steps to overcome expected adverse effects during the construction of the monorail, Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system, three Transjakarta bus corridors and elevated railway loop lines.
Danang said traffic would be chaotic if the administration did not involve all related agencies — handling transportation, public works and housing — as well as private firms in finding a solution to ease the traffic.
"They need to form an inter-sectoral project management unit that will supervise both construction and the traffic," he said.
Although the impact should not be underestimated, Danang said, all the projects should start immediately as the city is in dire need of better public transportation to overcome worsening congestion.
Without proper public transportation, Jakarta is expected to suffer from total gridlock by 2014, as the number of vehicles on the road has risen 11.26 percent every year, while the number of new roads has only increased 0.01 percent annually.
"(The impact) will be harsh. We must deal with it together," he said.
Transportation observer Darmaningtyas said the city should provide alternative roads and increase existing public transportation, so motorists could make the switch.
'Public transportation routes should be free from the effects of construction,' he said, adding the construction could be carried out at night or during weekends if located on public transportation routes.
Darmaningtyas also pointed out the importance of disseminating information to traffic users, saying the city should inform the public of traffic detours at least a month before construction began.
Consortium PT Jakarta Monorel (JM) plans to break ground on the long-stalled monorail project on October 16.
'The first phase of the project will start on Jl. HR Rasuna Said in South Jakarta,' JM technical director R. Bovananto said.
He added the company would start with the green line, with 16 stations, extending 14.27 kilometers (km) from Komdak to Satria Mandala Museum, both in South Jakarta.
The blue line, stretching from Kampung Melayu in East Jakarta to Roxy in West Jakarta, would commence later.
Bovananto said the company would coordinate with the city transportation agency to discuss the traffic issue.
Similar to the monorail, the MRT construction project, connecting Lebak Bulus in South Jakarta with the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta, will also begin in October.
Meanwhile, the central government's 10-km eastern elevated train loop line, connecting North Jakarta's Kampung Bandan with Central Jakarta's Kemayoran-Senen and East Jakarta's Pondok Jati route.
As well as the city's Transjakarta corridors serving Ciledug in Banten-Blok M in South Jakarta; Manggarai Station-the University of Indonesia in South Jakarta; Blok M-Pondok Kelapa in East Jakarta, will commence early next year.
Commenting on the issue, Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama said the city administration would endure all consequences of the development as the administration had committed to providing adequate public transportation at all costs.
"If we lose voters in the next election because of traffic jams caused by the project, let it be," he said, adding that the administration would take steps to minimize the impact.
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A new environmentally friendly technology created by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory may revolutionize the production of the world's most commonly produced organic compound, ethylene.
An Argonne research team led by senior ceramist Balu Balachandran devised a high-temperature membrane that can produce ethylene from an ethane stream by removing pure hydrogen. "This is a clean, energy-efficient way of producing a chemical that before required methods that were expensive and wasteful and also emitted a great deal of pollution," Balachandran said.
Ethylene has a vast number of uses in all aspects of industry. Farmers and horticulturalists use it as a plant hormone to promote flowering and ripening, especially in bananas. Doctors and surgeons have also long used ethylene as an anesthetic, while ethylene-based polymers can be found in everything from freezer bags to fiberglass.
Because the new membrane lets only hydrogen pass through it, the ethane stream does not come into contact with atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen, preventing the creation of a miasma of greenhouse gases -- nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide -- associated with the traditional production of ethylene by pyrolysis, in which ethane is exposed to jets of hot steam. The world's ethylene producers manufacture more than 75 million metric tons of ethylene per year, causing millions of metric tons' worth of greenhouse gas emissions.
Unlike pyrolysis, which requires the constant input of heat, the hydrogen transport membrane (HTM) produces the fuel needed in order to drive the reaction. By using air on one side of the membrane, the already-transported hydrogen can react with oxygen to provide energy. "By using this membrane, we essentially enable the reaction to feed itself," Balachandran said. "The heat is produced where it is needed."
The new membrane reactor also performs an additional chemical trick: by constantly removing hydrogen from the stream, the membrane alters the ratio of reactants to products, enabling the reaction to make more ethylene that it theoretically could have before reaching equilibrium. "We are essentially confusing or cheating the thermodynamic limit," Balachandran said. "The membrane reactor thinks: 'hey, I haven't reached equilibrium yet, let me take this reaction forward.'"
While Balachandran's team, which included chemists Stephen Dorris, Tae Lee, Chris Marshall and Charles Scouton, designed this experiment merely to prove the membrane's capability to produce ethylene, he hopes to extend the project by pairing with an industrial partner who would produce the membranes commercially. Since the membrane reduces the number of steps required to produce ethylene, the technology could enable the chemical to be produced more cheaply, he said.
The results of the research are expected to be presented at the 2008 Clean Technology conference in Boston in June. The work was funded by the Department of Energy's Industrial Technology Program, which resides within its Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy.
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Preserve Lenox Mountain » PLM EVENT » PTC DEAD FOR NOW?!?
February 16th, 2012
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This site archives the PLM group's successful struggle to preserve the watershed of Lenox Mountain from industrialization. Many people helped in this fight and remain vigilant. This site will be maintained and occasionally updated as need arises. Thanks to all of you who donated your time, energy, and smarts!
Who we are.
We are people from the Berkshires who have come together out of an informed belief that siting industrial-scale wind turbines on our ridges is a not a wise choice.
We support alternative sources of energy that have real benefits for our communities.
We believe in energy efficiency and conservation.
We believe in being smart about being green.
Our Mission
To learn about the impacts of industrial scale wind turbines and to share what we learn with others.
To insure that our neighbors and political leaders have access to objective, unbiased information about the effects that industrial wind turbines on the ridges of the Berkshire mountains will have on our communities.
To promote the conservation of energy and the choice of smart alternative energy technologies.
To protect the health of our citizens, the beauty of our environment and the future of the Berkshires.
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The Top Ten False and Misleading Claims the Windpower Industry makes for Projects in the Eastern United States
- 1. Industrial wind developers are interested only in providing a public service.
- 2. Windplants do not harm wildlife.
- 3. Windplants will reduce the mining/burning of fossil fuels and lessen dependence on foreign oil.
- 4. Windplants are highly efficient and provide power for significant
numbers of homes.
- 5. Locals who oppose the wind industry are NIMBYS.
- 6. Windplants will generate significant local revenue and increase property values.
- 7. The wind industry will create many local jobs.
- 8. Wind technology is noiseless and creates few disturbances.
- 9. Wind technology consists of "windmills" on "wind farms."
- 10. Those who are concerned about windpower are not true environmentalists.
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VIERA, Fla. (AP) - Tom Gorzelanny and Kyle Lohse both pitched well for six innings, and the Washington Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 on Friday night.
Washington third baseman Ryan Zimmerman played for the first time since March 14. After missing 10 games with a strained left groin, he went 0 for 3 and played six innings in the field.
``I thought he looked fine,' Nationals manager Jim Riggleman said. ``The main thing is to just stay healthy. Get through it with no setbacks.'
Brian Bixler broke a 2-all tie with a sacrifice fly in the seventh that put the Nationals ahead for good.
Bixler's fly was to short right field, and Alex Cora beat Nick Stavinoha's throw home that was high on the third-base side.
``At first thought, I didn't think it was deep enough,' Bixler said. ``When I first hit it I couldn't see it because the sky was kind of hazy, so I was hoping he couldn't see it. But then I saw him under it, and I think Alex got a good read on it, and he did a good job. He helped me out a little bit.'
Gorzelanny allowed two runs and four hits for Washington, striking out five and walking one. He gave up a two-run homer to David Freese in the fourth after walking Matt Holliday.
``I was locating pretty well today,' Gorzelanny said. ``I was getting ahead of guys early and going after guys and trying to challenge them. I was able to fill up the zone with pretty much everything today.'
Lohse yielded two runs and six hits while striking out three and walking none.
Chad Gaudin (2-0) got the victory for Washington, pitching one shutout inning. Fernando Salas (0-1) took the loss, allowing one run on one hit with two walks.
``Salas came in and walked the first guy,' Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said. ``This is the big leagues. Walking the leadoff man, you don't say it's OK. Otherwise you lose credibility with your players. So that was not good. I think composure was part of the problem. It looked like he was really excited out there, which is understandable. He's trying to make the ballclub.'
Nyjer Morgan drove in the first run for the Nationals with a single in the third inning. Roger Bernadina also singled in a run.
Albert Pujols had a single in three at_bats for St. Louis.
NOTES: Nationals 1B Adam LaRoche had an MRI exam and will sit out at least the next three games with left shoulder soreness. ... The Nationals optioned RHP Yunesky Maya to Triple-A Syracuse.


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Creighton speech all about getting attention – O'Flynn
DEVELOPER Michael O'Flynn believed the main purpose of a speech given by Lucinda Creighton two years ago was to seek attention for herself, the High Court has heard.
"The main message was looking for attention by mentioning something to create the sort of stuff politicians feed off of," he said.
He was under cross-examination on the second day of his defamation action against Ms Creighton, who is now European Affairs Minister and who made a speech at a summer school two years ago, while a backbench Fine Gael TD.
During the speech, Ms Creighton said, among other things, that there can be no room in Fine Gael for "cute-hoor politics". She also said Fine Gael in government must be "much more than Fianna Fail light" and cannot condemn FF for entertaining developers in the Galway Races tent while on the other hand extending the "biscuit tin for contributions from high profile developers who are beholden to NAMA".
Arising out of that speech to the MacGill Summer School, she gave an interview to RTE Radio in which she expressed unhappiness that Mr O'Flynn had financially supported a Fine Gael fundraising golf classic a few days earlier in the K Club at a time when he was one of the top 10 indebted developers to NAMA.
Ms Creighton denies she defamed him and says it was an opinion honestly held.
In an earlier exchange with Paul O'Higgins, counsel for Ms Creighton, Mr O'Flynn disagreed there was anything wrong with supporting a political party. "I look down there (at the courtroom) and there is her (Ms Creighton's) husband, who is also a politician and I contributed to his campaigns in the past."
Mr O'Flynn also agreed earlier that his attendance at the golf classic attracted a lot of media attention at the time but he did not accept it was a "major national topic".
He agreed his debt to NAMA was "north of a billion" and that NAMA had paid around €35bn for around €70bn in loans which had been made by certain Irish banks.
However, he said he could only deal with his own business and he was not privy to what happened with other firms.
Asked by Mr O'Higgins about the fact that NAMA does not give out figures about which developers owe how much to it, he said people are entitled to confidentiality in dealing with the agency as they had done with the banks before the loans were taken over.
Being one of the "top 10" NAMA developers also meant those companies had large assets and incomes and it was a question of how good their businesses were, he said.
The court also heard that shortly after the Creighton radio interview and an article in the 'Irish Times', Mr O'Flynn sought an apology from her through his solicitors to have the matter sorted out as quickly as possible.
There was correspondence between his solicitors and her lawyers and there were proposals and counter-proposals
He told his counsel, Declan Doyle, that her solicitors put forward proposals that she would issue a press release which she would carry on her website and also issue to the 'Irish Times', along with a contribution to Crumlin Children's Hospital.
Mr O'Flynn said he refused to accept these proposals and wanted an apology which would receive the same publicity across the media that the "attack" Ms Creighton had made on him had received.
The hearing continues.
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So how is your Monday? And busy will be be?
How's your week look?
Any vacations foreseen?
Normal Monday for us. It's going to be Thunderstorming on and off all day, so we're inside. Doing some Laundry, then Delia and I are leaving the Boys home and going off to see "Brave" this afternoon.
The Week looks relaxing. Nothing too exciting going on.
DS#1 is attending Science Camp this week - I dropped him off a little while ago.
Today DH and I have an important phone call (in a few mintues) -- and I have a meeting this afternoon.
It is a lazy/rainy day here otherwise.
I do plan to have DD#3 and DS#2 start their summer reading assignments for school today - I like having them spread the work over the entire summer (we were on vacation last week...which was their first week of summer break - so this week will be the starting point).
I got a text from my stepmom that my grandpa was admitted to the hospital this morning. Pnuemonia and heart failure. He's been in heart failure a year and any surgery to fix it will kill him. So we are praying he makes it this time.
So my Monday kind of sucks.
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The ASUSTOR AS-604T is designed for home use and small businesses. Nowadays, the typical home environment looks very similar to a small business anyways. When you have to combine the latest high tech devices, the legacy hardware and applications that everyone still has hanging around, the need to grant granular access to multiple terabytes of data with varying sensitivity, unified communications, and peripheral sharing – it's a daunting challenge. I also challenge you to tell me whether that last sentence refers to a small business or your own home network.
Because the ASUSTOR ADM system software is common across the product line, there are a great number of software features included with the AS-604T that the typical user will never use, never see, and never even know they exist. You can be sure though, that every corporate sys/admin is looking through this list of software capabilities and checking off the required boxes for deploying a NAS in a secure large-scale business environment.
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Supported Languages
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Supported Browsers
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Network Protocols
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- ASUSTOR Download Assistant for Windows & Mac
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Wauwatosa resident a one-man band
Love, loss and a passion for music inspire Mark Lansing's work
With over thousands of hours and three years of work put into writing and recording every instrument and vocal track of his CD, Wauwatosa resident Mark Lansing is a veritable one-man band.
His album, Solstice, which he recorded in his basement, isn't his first foray into solo recording. Rather, it is another step on his long and musical road of life.
California dreaming
Lansing knew from a very early age that he wanted to be deeply involved in music. A child of the 60s, his heroes, whose influence can be heard on his album, were greats of the time like Jimmy Hendrix, Eric Clapton and, of course, the Beatles.
As a 17-year-old, Lansing would play at a venue called Teensville in Thiensville. One night after a particularly rowdy performance, which Lansing said consisted of him playing guitar with his teeth, a Warner Brothers record executive gave him his card, telling him he was good and asking him to come to California some day.
As soon as Lansing graduated from high school, he packed up his guitar and headed to California, where he played in various bands including The Flying Machine, whose song "Smile a Little Smile for Me" saw national radio play.
He continued touring and playing with various bands including Tony's Tigers and the Skunks, even helping Alice Cooper record the guitar track for "School's Out," while their guitarist was sick.
Everything changed in 1974 when he landed a full-time job at General Motors. Although he continued recording music and touring sporadically, his day job was his main source of income.
Cars to guitars
Lansing married, remarried, had a son and toured sporadically during his 30 years at GM. He said that GM was very lenient with him, allowing him to take leaves of absence while he toured with bands like the Doo-Wop Daddies. His wife worked as a food manager for WE Energies.
In 2004, Lansing and his wife both decided they were done with corporate jobs and both switched to working full time on their art. His wife operates the butterfly garden at the State Fairgrounds and paints guitars, most notably painting a guitar for Three Dog Night.
Eventually, Lansing moved on from GM.
"I feel great," he said. "How can you not? I get up in the morning and can start working on my art. My wife can work on her stuff and sometimes we'll work on projects together."
Life for Lansing, however, ground to a halt when his son died at the age of 30 in 2005.
According to Lansing, his life was a train wreck for five years. He couldn't write or record music, but he still toured with the Doo-Wop Daddies.
To overcome his sense of loss and grief, he recorded "Fly With the Angels," track nine on his album.
"I had to make that song happen," he said. "After I did that song, I felt a certain sense of relief and I felt like I was free to explore over avenues of my musical psyche."
Castles, rock and compost
"Solstice" covers myriad topics, from a simple rock and roll question in "What Would You Say?" to 16th century England in the song "This is Love" and to Lansing's first wife and divorce in "Goodbye."
According to Lansing, he pulls motivation from anywhere he can. Most of his songs are personal, but he said he could find inspiration from a person walking down the road.
"I usually write a song that's in my head and I take that song and just let it compost inside of me," Lansing said. "Different parts then come to the song. Different word verses, different chord structures come and eventually I get what I call a finished product."
Lansing first records a rudimentary beat on a drum machine, then adds more rhythm layers including bass guitar, rhythm guitar and eventually drums. He then continues to add layer after layer of instrumentation and singing. Some of his songs can have over five voices, all his, in the album.
Admittedly his own worst judge and taskmaster, Lansing agonized over the details of his album. Everything had to be perfect for him when he released it.
He released "Solstice" Feb. 19 via many channels, including Amazon.com, iTunes, CD Baby and on his website. Amazon sold out of its hundreds of CD stock within five days of release.
As far as how the album sounds, Lansing said, "I haven't had anyone throw it at me and yell 'pull!'. Nobody is using it to balance their chair. I'm very happy. I'm doing what I love and like. It's my art and I couldn't be happier doing that."
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1. A Fresh Look at Oil's Long Goodbye (Maugeri) NYTimes.com
2. Egypt's president is U.S. critic, but he could be an ally (Masoud) Washington Post
3. Involve Universities in GMOs Study (Juma) All Africa
4. School stampede highlights Vietnam education woes (Wilkinson) Associated Press
A Fresh Look at Oil's Long Goodbye
June 25
Quoted: Leonardo Maugeri, Belfer Center
Topic: New report on rising oil production
The research is also cited in an article in The Wall Street Journal.
My bedtime reading tonight is "Oil: The Next Revolution – The unprecedented upsurge of oil production capacity and what it means for the world." This mind-bending report points to a prolonged period of rising oil production, particularly in the United States (for reasons laid out below), and a potential collapse in oil prices, with all kinds of implications for security, international politics, the economy and, without doubt, climate.
The report is written by Leonardo Maugeri, a top oil company executive from Italy who is currently a research fellow at the Geopolitics of Energy Project of Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
Egypt's president is U.S. critic, but he could be an ally
Washington Post
June 25
Quoted: Tarek Masoud
Topic: Egypt's president-elect
CAIRO — At first glance, Egyptian president-elect Mohamed Morsi might appear like a nightmare for Washington's interests in the region. The low-key Islamist has spoken vitriolically about American policy in the Middle East, refers to Israelis as "tyrants" and has expressed doubts that the Sept. 11 attacks were carried out by terrorists....
Still, questions remain about Morsi's long-term dependability as a U.S. ally.
Key among them are the extent of his powers — which Egypt's ruling generals recently curbed — and the degree to which he will be beholden to the Brotherhood's secretive leaders.
"Is Mohamed Morsi the president of Egypt, or does the Muslim Brotherhood hold the presidency," asked Tarek Masoud, an assistant professor of public policy at Harvard University who has met Morsi several times.
Involve Universities in GMOs Study
All Africa
June 25
Quoted: Calestous Juma, Belfer Center
Topic: Encouraging the study of genetically modified foods in Africa
A VISITING professor from the United States Calestous Juma has urged the Zambian Government to engage local universities in the study of Genetically Modified Foods (GMO's).
Prof Juma from Harvard Kennedy School of Government said in Lusaka yesterday that it was important that the Government engaged universities in the study of genetically modified foods, saying advantages outweighed the disadvantages....
Prof Juma said the government should engage universities to carry out studies on GMO's other than engaging activists who had agendas.
He said there were over 30 countries world over that were engaged in growing GMOs including the United States (US), Canada, China, The Phillipines and South Africa (SA).
"There are a number of countries that are currently engaged in BIO agriculture and there is evidence that there are a number of benefits than disadvantages. To give an example, when mobile phones were introduced in 1983 in the United States, there were misgivings but they were discovered that they had a number of benefits. "And so if people had given up, we would not have."
School stampede highlights Vietnam education woes
Associated Press
June 26
Quoted: Ben Wilkinson, Vietnam Program
Topic: Educational challenges in Vietnam
...As Vietnam's annual growth rate holds at 6 percent despite having one of Asia's highest inflation rates and an economy burdened by stagnant state-owned companies, analysts say the education crisis threatens to stunt the domestic work force and further hinder the country's development.
Intel, the world's largest computer chipmaker, has struggled to recruit skilled workers for its manufacturing facility in Ho Chi Minh City, researchers from Harvard University's Kennedy School have said.
The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi has said Vietnam's "human resource infrastructure" does not support its rising education demands, and the Harvard researchers say reform in the country's higher education system has been "glacial" since it embarked on economic reforms and liberalization in the mid-1980s.
Although Vietnam invests more on education as a percentage of gross domestic product than many countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the researchers say, the problem is less about lack of investment than a failure of governance.
"The government is keenly aware that there is widespread dissatisfaction with the current state of the education system, among economic and political elites as well as at the popular level," said Ben Wilkinson, co-author of a critical 2008 report and associate director of the Kennedy School's Vietnam Program in Ho Chi Minh City. He added that it's too early to tell what effect the migration of students to overseas universities will have on the country's future.
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Anurag Kashyap troubled with fake twitter account
The imposter is continuously interacting with many acquaintances of Anurag's by using these fake accounts. This has irritated the director very much and he wants to track down the imposter with the support of the cyber police.
The director is planning to file a complaint soon after coming back from Toronto, where his film That Girl In Yellow Boots is being screened. His girlfriend, Kalki Koechlin, is playing the lead role in this film. Anurag's real Twitter ID is 'ankash1009' and the imposter is tweeting as 'imanuragkashyap', the director was quoted saying that the imposter has several accounts all over the place and is bothering him now.
The Dev D director added that the imposter has a fake account in Facebook in his name and he is probably using a fake email id for all of these. Kashyap was quoted adding that the fraud is using the fake id to set up meetings with many unsuspecting people and that can turn dangerous.
Celebs have been easy targets for such frauds in social networking sites these days. Hope Anurag becomes to get hold of the imposter very soon and get him punished for the cyber crime! In the meantime, Kashyap wants people out there to be careful in their interactions with unverified people on social networking sites.


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We're delighted to announce that we are bringing our hugely successful Home Technology Showcase event to Scotland on Thursday 22nd June!
Invision brings you the Home Technology Showcase to Edinburgh…
Following many successful shows throughout the UK over the last few years, we felt we should bring the showcase to Scotland.We will be holding this must-attend event at Dakota Hotel,
Edinburgh on Thursday 22nd June from 10.00am
You will be able to experience the latest home technology products from manufacturers such as Autonomic, Anthem, LILIN, WyreStorm, Trinnov, RTI and many more.
The Home Technology Showcase is an event that ticks all the boxes for the custom installer - so come along and experience all this for yourself!
Still Not Convinced?
Here are our Top 6-reasons why you should attend?
1. Spend one-on-one time with manufacturers of smart-home technology
2. Get hands-on with product on the show floor
3. Take advantage of our exclusive show offers
4. Attend thought provoking keynote speeches
5. Network with like-minded installers
6. Take part in our prize draw and win big prizes
Check out the video highlights from the Home Technology Showcase 2016 to see what you can expect if you attend in October…
Keep up to date with all of the exciting developments in the build up to the Home Technology Showcase!
Previous Events
Check out the video highlights from previous Home Technology Showcases and get a taste of the event…
Scotland Location
11 Ferrymuir Retail Park, South Queensferry, Edinburgh EH30 9QZ, UK. Located 2 minutes from the Forth Bridge in South Queensferry and just 10 minutes from Edinburgh Airport, DAKOTA EDINBURGH is the perfect destination for work or leisure near Edinburgh and
New Products and Technologies
It is always good to attend events such as this to meet with installers and have an opportunity to network and showcase our latest product range. This year we'll be showcasing our 4K range, including splitters, extenders and of course our flagship 4K Matrix.
Network with Like-Minded Installers
What's exciting about the Home Technology Showcase is that it gives you the chance to explore new opportunities to grow your business, whether it be through networking with like-minded installers or simply by broadening your product knowledge and experience.
Meet our World-Class Manufacturers
We offer an unrivalled product range designed with the professional custom installer in mind. This showcase is a great opportunity to hear from the installers who work with our products day in day out, and let them know what we're offering first hand.


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Ontario Provincial Police are looking for the public's help in identifying a suspect who broke into a Tecumseh home earlier this month.
Police said the suspect entered the home in the 1900 block of Candlewood Drive in Tecumseh around 7:15 p.m. on Jan. 4.
The suspect then cut the phone lines leading into the residence and stole several electronic items, police said.
The suspect fled the scene in a dark, newer-model Dodge Charger or Chevy Camaro.
Anyone with information is asked to call Tecumseh OPP at 519-735-2424 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 519-258-8477.


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Six arrested in Marina as part of federal prostitution crackdown
MARINA, Calif. - Six people were arrested in Marina during a federal operation aimed at cracking down on commercial child sex tracking.
Marina Police Department, with the assistance of FBI agents, arrested Shelly Smith, 45; Bianca Galutira, 35; Lisa Tottino, 24; and Shaleshni Sen, 20, on suspicion of prostitution.
David Williamson, 45, was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and Ruben Cuin, 24, was arrested on suspicion of possession of paraphernalia.
The arrests came as part of Operation Cross Country, a three-day national law enforcement action that is coordinated through the Innocence Lost National Initiative - a partnership between the FBI, U.S. Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The San Francisco Division of the FBI and multiple local and state law enforcement agencies participated in the operation from June 19 to June 21, running a total of 14 local operations.
Nationwide, 168 children were rescued while 281 pimps were arrested on various state and local charges.


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games / Previews
Path of Exile (PC) Preview
Path of Exile is a game that should have everything against it. First off, it's a hack-and-slash action-RPG releasing in the wake of Diablo III and Torchlight 2, the two big names in the genre (though the former eclipses the latter by brand recognition alone). Second, it's a free-to-play game, which has the negative stigma attached to it thanks to abuse from mobile companies & Zynga. And in spite of all this, Path of Exile is still a totally compelling product because, at it's core, it's an addictive title.
Path of Exile is a labor of love from Grinding Gear Games, a title that's been in closed beta since 2011 but will hit open beta within a few short hours after this particular piece of writing hits the web. It's an action-RPG in the most recognizable sense- you will left & right click to move around the map & attack respectively. You can pick up loot (lots of loot, tons of loot, a ludicrously large amount of loot) while you wander randomly-generated dungeons, caves & forests, attacking anything & everything that's in your way. You can choose from one of six different character classes- Marauder, Witch, Templar, Duelist, Shadow or Ranger (I appreciated the sheer power of the Marauder & the speed of the Shadow best) as you are exiled (hey, that's the title of the game) & washed up ashore a remote colony for criminals and other unwanted individuals. You must withstand the wilderness & forge your own path (sorry, it had to be done) to freedom.
The game plays exactly how you want it to play. Combat feels tight & rewarding- specifically cracking skulls with the Maraurder's club- and there are plenty of active powers & abilities for each class to truly make the classes unique. Exploring the world to gather loot has never been more exciting & the game, top to bottom, looks gorgeous & runs with an incredibly smooth framerate, regardless of how many enemies are on screen at one time. Though I didn't get a chance to try it out, I am told that there will be up to 6-player cooperative play, plus PvP modes (which seems like it could be a good amount of fun with the right people).
With that said, the most interesting mechanic introduced in Path of Exile is the gem system. Each item has gem slots that add passive abilities to your character & can be combined with another gem for another ability. For example, I used an ice gem which slowed down enemies with each attack. Theoretically, you could add a life-steal gem to slow down enemies AND take their health as well. This can apply to spells as well. Add a "split' mechanic to a fireball spell & that fireball will spread into two when hitting a enemy. A totem spell (which acts like a turret) can be tweaked with a "teleport" gem which will make that totem teleport around the environment, attacking as it sees fit. The passive skill tree in the game is also impossibly flexible, where characters can start in one area of the tree (as designated by the class of the character) and end up somewhere completely different. Think of the Witch gaining the passive health & shielding abilities of a Marauder & you'd be on the right track.
I feel like I should be on an informercial when I say something like this, but here goes anyway. What would you pay for a game featuring everything I described above? $59.99? $29.99? $9.99? 4 easy payments of $1.49? Get this: Path of Exile will be available for free. Not "free" as in "free for a month, then pony up a subscription fee". Not free as in "free for the first world, then purchase the game for a nominal price". Not "free" as in "you will need to pay us money for microtransactions to beat the game", but legitimately, honestly free.
As Jon & Chris from Grinding Gear Games assured me, Path of Exile is a fully-featured action-RPG experience that should & will stand on its own without the use of microtransactions. They wanted to create a game that people couldn't "pay to win", as it would send the wrong message to the fans who want to discover the game without feeling ripped off throughout. I kept on telling the folks at Grinding Gear that I couldn't believe that the game was free. It has the polish & scope of a AAA project with the price of Angry Birds. Of course, you can absolutely help out the developers by shelling out some cash for microtransactions. Again, nothing that will boost your XP or give you extra health, as Jon & Chris said they will not put anything of that sort behind a paywall. If you want to add a cosmetic flame to your sword or a cute pet to follow you in your adventures, you can for a small fee. Some diehard fans have been donating by purchasing "early access packs", with the cheapest donation ($10) getting you a closed beta key & the largest ($1000) getting goodies such as signed Grinding Gear swag, beta keys, 10000 credit in the microtranaction store, among other things. (And before you scoff at that $1000 pack, I was told that at least 100 people have purchased that pack. I wouldn't scoff at $100,000, would you?) It's a testament to the game's goodwill that players will actively spend $1000 to support a free-to-play title.
Take a look at the open beta trailer if you're too antsy to wait for the 23rd.
The closed beta of Path of Exile, and with that, the final character wipe of the game, will wrap up around the time this impressions post is uploaded & open beta begins January 23rd. It's more than worth a look, especially if you're a fan of the genre. It's free, it has loot, it's releasing in the dead zone of January, what else can you ask for?