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Pharmacy program established
Gold LEED certified Hillsboro Campus (HC) opens in Hillsboro
Burlingham Hall, a gold LEED residence hall, opens
First annual Legends Golf Tournament benefiting Pacific Athletics hosted by Pacific Trustee, Tommy Thayer
Berglund Hall, a gold LEED academic building, opens
Masters of Healthcare Administration program established
Gerontology Certificate program established.
Football program resumes competition following 19-year absence.
In 1846, a remarkable 66-year-old widow completed a rugged trip west with her family to live in the Oregon Territory. Tabitha Moffatt Brown arrived in Oregon, but not before undergoing much hardship. At one point on the journey by wagon train, she was left alone on the trail in the bitter cold with her ailing 77-year-old brother-in-law. She pulled them through, despite being near starvation, and they reached the temperate Willamette Valley on Christmas Day.
Brown, the Rev. Harvey Clark and his wife Emeline, concerned for the welfare of the many orphans in the area, made arrangements for using a local meetinghouse in Forest Grove, Oregon as a school, which became know as the Orphan Asylum. By 1848, Mrs. Brown was "house-mother" to the students there and had become a driving force behind the school.
In the summer of 1848, the Rev. George H. Atkinson came to Oregon, commissioned by the Home Missionary Society of the Congregational Church Association to "found an academy that shall grow into a college... on the New England model." Atkinson and Clark drew up plans for a new educational institution, based on the orphan school. On September 26, 1849, the Territorial Legislature gave its official sanction to the new school, establishing by charter the Tualatin Academy. It was the first official act of the new provisional government and predates statehood by nearly 10 years.
By 1854 a new charter had been granted, establishing "Tualatin Academy and Pacific University." Congregational missionaries were key leaders in the establishment and growth of the University, and that legacy is still regarded as an important influence. Pacific, along with such colleges as Dartmouth, Carleton, Oberlin, Grinnell, Rollins, and Pomona celebrate a tradition of more than 350 years, dating back to the establishment of higher education in America with the founding of Harvard College by Congregational pioneers on the first American frontier.
As an independent university, Pacific continues to maintain ties with the United Church of Christ Council for Higher Education. The University supports religious pluralism, and is committed to instilling a sense of values and ethics, compassion, caring and conscience in both students and programs.
Pacific awarded its first baccalaureate degree in 1863 - the first in the region. Harvey W. Scott, recipient of the degree, went on to become editor of The Portland Oregonian -- now the state's largest daily newspaper -- and later established himself as an influential political figure. Scott's legacy at Pacific is honored in the Harvey W. Scott building, built in 1967, which served as the University library until 2005. The academy closed in 1915 as public high schools came on the scene.
In 1945, the University expanded into the health professions through a merger with the North Pacific College of Optometry. In 1995, the School of Education, now the College of Education, was established through reorganization of the professional teacher education programs that had been part of the College of Arts and Sciences. A year later, the Physician Assistant Studies program was added.
Other health professions programs were launched, including Physical Therapy in 1975, Occupational Therapy in 1984, and Professional Psychology in 1985.
In 2004, the College of Health Professions was formed; consolidating all the health programs except for the College of Optometry under one umbrella. A new Hillsboro Campus opened in 2006 in Hillsboro, Oregon. The Hillsboro Campus is a partnership with Tuality Healthcare hospital and the Virginia Garcia Memorial Clinic. In the same year, new programs in Pharmacy and Dental Health Science were established, followed by a Masters in Healthcare administration program in 2008.
President Phil Creighton's tenure (2003-2009) marked the most prosperous and expansive period in University history. A $51 million capital campaign was completed in 2006, helping to fuel a building boom, including the Hillsboro Campus in Hillsboro, a new library, two LEED-certified residence halls, an education and business building and extensive new athletics facilities. During this same time, undergraduate enrollment increased 18.5 percent while graduate enrollment, almost exclusively in the health professions, increased 22 percent for a total of about 3,200 students.
In 2009, Dr. Lesley M. Hallick became the University's 17th president after a career as a professor, researcher and, for the last 20 years, as Vice President and Provost of Oregon's largest healthcare institution, the Oregon Health and Science University. Throughout her tenure at OHSU, Hallick developed a reputation for building partnerships in and out of the university, developing and improving upon new and existing programs of study, and garnering internal and external support for programs and partnerships.


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January 10, 2013 - 6:09pm
Former mayoral candidate Clay Mazurkewich appeared in court today facing charges of possession of a dangerous weapon.
He was representing himself and asked to negotiate a plea bargain with the Crown.
On December 20 police were called to the Coachman Bar after witnesses claimed Mazurkewich had a firearm in his possession. When police arrived on scene they found Mazurkewich in possession of two pellet guns and took him into custody.
At his first court appearance the Crown agreed to release Mazurkewich on the conditions he abstain from alcohol and bars.
On Thursday his case was adjourned until January 31st.
Mazurkewich finished third in this year's civic election, behind current Mayor Don Atchison and Tom Wolf.
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Porsche has been dabbling in vehicle electrification over the last several years, ranging from the plug-in hybrid 918 Spyder concept and the 911 GT3R hybrid racer to the new Cayenne hybrid that recently went into production. The latest addition to the electric drive program is a trio of experimental Boxsters that are powered purely by electrons.
Porsche has yet to reveal any technical details about the three drop-top EVs, but they will be used to test the drivetrain systems as well as infrastructure needs. Porsche has indicated that it's interested in a production version of the 918 Spyder and is likely using these Boxsters to evaluate the battery systems, along with the motors and power electronics.


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Is a cake a compound or mixture?
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A cake is a compound. It may seem as a mixture however, as it is subject to substantial amount of heat while being baked, various ingredients react to one another and change their physical properties. A mixture can be separated by physical means but a compound, in this context, the cake, cannot be separated physically into its original ingredients.
The cake as a whole can't be called as a compound, but it is the MIXTURE of several compounds.
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We spent our youths enjoying screen classics from studios like Disney and (for the later generation) Pixar, and though it was pretty rockin', the kids in Japan had us beat — they had Studio Ghibli. Founded in 1985 by anime superstars Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli has produced dozens of short and feature-length films, but it wasn't well known stateside until the 1999 release of Princess Mononoke. If you've never experienced the magic that is a Ghibli film (or want to take a big screen walk down memory lane), the 28th Annual KidFilm Festival is bringing it with its two day tribute to Studio Ghibli. Featuring 11 amazing films in a retrospective spanning from 1984's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind to an early screening of the upcoming The Secret World of Arrietty, KidFilm will make the Angelika Film Center, 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane, the place to be Saturday and Sunday. Tickets for all screenings are $5 ($4 for USA Film Festival members). Call 214-821-FILM or visit usafilmfestival.com for the complete schedule.
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A leading fashion retail business is currently looking for an experienced Freelance Designer to work on their womenswear soft accessories categories across both knitted hats, gloves and scarves
To be considered you must be available to work in the company's head office for 3 days per week.
Working as Freelance Designer, you will have the following duties:
- Effectively managing your workload to complete all designs within the time frame.
- Creating mood boards to present the design vision, including colours, shapes and styles
- Close coordination with the Buying team to ensure that all designs are reflected properly in the samples and prototypes
- Keeping up to date with the current trends, ensuring that the brand's product offerings are in line with the preference of the target market.
The ideal candidate for this position will have the following skills and qualifications:
- Education to degree level or equivalent in textile/fashion design.
- Substantial experience designing soft accessories or print design for this category. Experience working with knits would be highly advantageous.
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Mom of teen killed in crash wants justice
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A Colorado Springs mother seeks justice two months after her 13-year-old son died in a multivehicle crash.
The accident took place Sept. 23 in Fountain, near the intersection of Highway 85/87 and Plaza Boulevard. Regina Steckler was in a car with four of her kids and a friend when a truck slammed into them. Their car then pushed into a vehicle in front of them. Her son Jamie died of his injuries.
"He was pinned to the car between the driver's seat and the seat belt guarder. He was stuck between there," Steckler said. "That's all you saw, just his head and (he was) bleeding profusely from his nose."
The driver who slammed into them faces multiple charges, including child abuse causing death and vehicular homicide DUI. Steckler wants him behind bars.
"He knew right from wrong, and he decided to do it anyway," she said "And my son isn't here because of his actions."
Steckler said her other children help her cope with the pain, along with memories of Jamie. She said he wanted to be architect. He was very caring, especially of the elderly, and he loved to make people laugh.


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Citing double jeopardy, a Hungarian court suspended the trial of war criminal Laszlo Csatary three weeks after its start in Budapest.
In suspending the trial on Monday, the Metropolitan Tribunal of Budapest said Csatary, 98, already may have been convicted and sentenced for some of the crimes attributed to him, the Hungarian news agency MTI reported. The crimes include torturing Jews and deporting them to their deaths during World War II.
Csatary, a former police commander of the Kassa internment camp in Slovakia, was sentenced to death in absentia for his crimes in 1948 by a Czechoslovakian court after he fled to Canada.
The Budapest Prosecutor's Office told MTI the earlier ruling was immaterial to the trial in Budapest and that the prosecutors would appeal the suspension.
Csatary was deported from Canada in 1997 and indicted in Hungary last year, where he resided under his own name since his deportation. He was discovered by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and arrested last year following an expose on him in the British paper The Sun. He was indicted last month, nearly a year after his arrest.
Slovakia has asked that Csatary be extradited to face additional charges, but Hungary has declined the request.
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Responding To Smoking, Rude Behavior, Drug And Alcohol Abuse
Scenario: your teenager starts smoking and you detect it by smelling it on his or her breath or by finding packs of cigarettes in his or her bedroom. Possible inner issues: control, self-esteem, lack of relationships.
Responding To Problems With Prayer, School, Secular Music *
The principles of Relationship Theory (where the greater the relationship, the greater the ability parents have to connect to their teenager) can help address some of the key issues facing teenagers today including: problems concentrating during prayers, difficulty in school, listening to secular music, smoking, rude behavior and alcohol and drug abuse.
Mirror Your Child's Feelings
One of the most important skills good listeners have is the ability to put themselves in the shoes of others or to empathize with the speaker by attempting to understand his or her thoughts and feelings. As a parent, try to mirror your teenagers' feelings by repeating them.
Teenage Internet Addiction
Is Internet addiction the main cause of today's at-risk crisis? It's a topic most people shy away from, but it's one that needs to be addressed. Everyday more and more teens are getting hooked on the Internet and the effect of surfing may be taking its toll on our youth.
Online Infidelity: A New Challenge For The Frum Community
Online infidelity may be the next upcoming challenge facing the Orthodox world. In the last 12 months, I have seen 11 Orthodox couples where one spouse has reported an online affair that has caused serious distress in their marriage. I now believe that an epidemic of online infidelity may be causing the breakup of countless Jewish marriages.
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When parents come to talk to me about a troubled teenager, I often find it helpful to explore whether or not their marriage is causing their teenager to be at risk.
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For both parents and teenagers alike, adolescence can be a very hard time. Unfortunately, when family life gets rough, communication tends to break down. And when it does, parents need to restore their ability to relate to their teenagers by learning about the rules of communication.
When the parent-teen relationship is strained or just needs improvement parents can utilize outside help to bring about a change. When necessary, one of the most effective ways of wielding indirect control is by having the teenager meet with a mentor. As a third person, uninvolved in family conflicts, a mentor is able to interact with a teenager and provide an informal means of solving problems at school, help the teen do homework or simply be a friend.
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In our rapidly changing world, the idea of control has begun to change quicker than anyone can imagine. A metamorphosis of unparalleled proportion is taking place and many parents feel that they are unequipped to deal with the challenges that it will demand.
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Controlling Your Teenager
As children move from infancy into middle and later childhood, they have a growing need for control over their environment. To meet this need, teenagers must be given reasonable power to make choices about what they eat, whom they play with, and what extracurricular activities they participate in.
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We often use the expressions "good self-esteem" or "poor self-esteem" to describe people's evaluation of their own worth. When people have good self-esteem, they tend to view life from a positive perspective, seeing their potential value. Poor or low self-esteem causes people to feel that everything they do in life is a losing battle and that they always get the short end of the stick.
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Power Washer Seized
I'm hoping somebody can shed some light on this because it's kind of a goofy question... I have a Brute Power Washer with a Honda engine. I tried to start it for the first time this year, and I get two puffs out of the engine and then it dies. Tried to pull the recoil rope and it putts and then nothing. Tried to pull the rope again and I can't. I then squeeze the trigger to shoot some regular non-pressurized water through it, and water does come out. Tried to pull the string again, and it putts twice and dies. Pull the trigger, and no water comes out. Pull the string, it puffs smoke twice and stops....repeat, etc...
I did this a few times and it's just the same thing. I thought maybe the pump seized up, so I took the pump off the motor. Cranked the motor right up after that and it ran fine....so this leads me to believe it's the pump that is broke.
Now to try to figure out what's going on with this thing without pulling my hair out. I read somewhere that it might be some sort of pressure relief valve that is stuck. Does this sound like some sort of stuck valve like this where minimal disassembly is needed, or does it sound like a complete overhaul?
Do you use it on city or well water? Do you know what the hardness level is for the water you are using through the power washer? How old is this power washer? Depending on the price of the pump, and the age of the power washer, you may be better just buying a new one, and keeping the other for parts, or sell it for parts.
You could try buying a can of the pump conditioner and see if you can get that to go through it. Otherwise, yeah, replace the pump. Make sure you don't put it away without flushing it out with conditioner.
Sure sounds like the unloader is stuck alright. Stuck pretty good too.
Open it up and look for a spring that is rusted itself to the case.
Thanks for the information. I'll probably tinker with it some more this weekend and see what happens. Hopefully it's just that stuck unloader thing and I can get it unstuck.
The powerwasher was used on city water that is hard (chicago/lake michigan water). I've always used that water with it, but who knows. This winter though, I loaned it out and didn't get it back to put the pump conditioner in. Lesson learned that pump conditioner really works.
Another lesson learned hopefully is "don't loan out your tools", ask me how I know.
Also don't let it sit all winter with ethanol gas in it. Either put a shutoff in the fuel line and run it out of gas or drain it.
Yeah---well, I won't go into detail of who I loaned it to.
I took a look at it tonight and dismantled the pump, took the unloader out, looked at it and put it all back together. Since I don't really know what I was looking for, nothing really looked stuck, seized, scaled, rusted, etc... Put it back on and it started back up, but now there's zero pressure going through the hose. I mean, it's just the main line pressure, not high pressure.
So, back to the drawing board...
Now to find out if our local small engine shop at the Big R that I go to off and on, can fix it, otherwise, daddy is getting a welder for early dad's day.
lol.... I guess when you're a kid, you break dad's stuff, but as you get older, you break your sons stuff. :D Vicious circle we live in!
In all reality, it's not a big deal as he has helped me with so much. I'm just trying to figure out if it was something that was easily fixable. From what I've read online, these pumps are more like a disposable item when these things happen. People say it's not worth the time, effort, and parts to rebuild them. They say that if you don't use the pump conditioner, then the internal parts start getting corroded and will seize up like what has happened to me. Now to think what to do....but a new pump for 150 and save the engine, or buy a new pressure washer. Hmmm...
So, for whoever says pump guard is snake oil, point them to this thread.
I always dismantle the broken. Started when I was 9 and we lived on a disfunct fruit farm in S. Illinois. Place was an agri-machine junk yard. I get lucky sometimes and actually fix what ever it is I have opened up.
just a thought, I had a internal kink in my pressure washers hose and it was doing the same thing as yours. As the washer was running I went inch by inch bending the hose and at one point the washer started to spray, I took a stick and tore up my shirt to make rope and tied the stick over the hose so it did not bend at that point. These Honda engines are absolute junk these days. I completely tore one down hoping to fix a stuck valve. To spare you the details -what junk.
If you have someone hold the trigger down on the gun and it starts and rns OK the it is the unloader. Simple to rebuild, its basically a spring and a ball and seat. Try adjusting it first. You need to blow out the pump at the end of the season with compressed air.
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The Congress,
1. Recalling:
a. Article 2, paragraph 3 of the Committee of Ministers' Statutory Resolution (2000) 1 on the CLRAE, which entrusts it with the preparation of regular country-by-country reports on the situation of local and regional democracy in all member states and in states which have applied to join the Council of Europe;
b. CLRAE Resolutions 31 (1996), 58 (1997) and 106 (2000) establishing guiding principles for the preparation of the above-mentioned reports;
c. CLRAE Recommendation 38 (1998) on the situation of local and regional self-government in the Republic of Moldova and Recommendation 84 (2000) on regional democracy in Moldova, in which it made a number of observations and suggestions to the Moldovan parliamentary and governmental authorities;
d. CLRAE Resolutions 59 (1998) on the situation of local and regional self-government in the Republic of Moldova, and Resolution 103 (2000) on regional democracy in Moldova, in which it decided to continue monitoring the development of local and regional democracy in that country;
2. Having taken note of the outcome of the official visits by Mr Claude Casagrande (France, L) and Mr Yavuz Mildon (Turkey, R), rapporteurs,2 to Chişinău and Comrat (Gagauzia) in 2001 and 2002, as presented in the information reports recently approved by the CLRAE Bureau;3
3. Having examined the monitoring report on the situation of regional democracy in the Republic of Moldova drawn up by the rapporteurs on behalf of the Institutional Committee;4
4. Having taken note of the legal opinion on the reform laws passed by the Moldovan Parliament in December 2001 on territorial organisation5 and local public administration,6 drawn up by Professor John Loughlin, member of the Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government, under the rapporteurs' direction, as presented in the appendix to the monitoring report mentioned in paragraph 3 above;
5. Thanking:
a. the Moldovan presidential, parliamentary and government authorities for the information and remarks provided at meetings with the rapporteurs;
b. Professor John Loughlin and Mr Dan Medrea, experts; Mr Riccardo Priore, Secretary of the Institutional Committee, and Mr Günter Mudrich, Secretary of the Chamber of Regions, for the help they have given the rapporteurs in carrying out their task;
6. Welcoming the Republic of Moldova's ratification of the European Charter of Local Self-Government (2 October 1997), which came into force in Moldova on 1 February 1998;
7. Regretting that the Republic of Moldova has not yet ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and the Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level,
8. Wishes to draw the attention of the Moldovan presidential, parliamentary and governmental authorities to the following considerations and recommendations:
A. The enactment of the reform laws mentioned in paragraph 4 above:
a. the associations representing Moldovan local and regional authorities were not consulted prior to the enactment of this legislation. This constitutes a violation of Article 4, paragraph 6 of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, which states that "Local authorities shall be consulted, in so far as possible, in due time and in an appropriate way, in the planning and decision-making processes for all matters which concern them directly.";
b. no proof has been provided that the local communities were duly consulted as required under Article 5 of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, which stipulates that "Changes in local authority boundaries shall not be made without prior consultation of the local communities concerned, possibly by means of a referendum where this is permitted by statute.";
c. it is unacceptable in a democratic state that such a wide-ranging reform should be decided without genuine, open and official consultation of the institutions concerned;
d. in this connection, it is also to be regretted that:
i. in order to rapidly implement the reform laws in question, despite the criticism voiced by the Congress, the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova wasted no time in deciding to hold early local elections, thereby prematurely ending the terms of the local and regional representatives in office;
ii. the Moldovan authorities failed to consult the Council of Europe on the laws in question before enacting them, despite promises to do so;
e. the fact that the Constitutional Court of Moldova, taking account of the observations made by the President of the Congress on behalf of the CLRAE Bureau, subsequently set aside the decision to hold early elections, is a positive sign;
B. The political expediency of the reform laws mentioned in paragraph 4 above:
a. the need to bring government closer to the citizens and reduce the number of public officials – arguments used by the Moldovan Government to justify the reform – should not be incompatible with democratic principles and European standards in such matters;
b. the fact that there were shortcomings in the legislation in this area was no reason to sweep away the existing system, particularly since it had in the first place been established with difficulty, and with the political and financial support of the entire international community working in the Republic of Moldova;
c. while reaffirming that the Moldovan authorities are totally free to decide how they wish to organise the local and regional administrative structures in their country, the decision to reintroduce the districts (raïony) is probably based on a poor assessment of the underlying problems;
d. indeed, the main reason given by the Moldovan authorities to justify the reintroduction of the districts was that the citizens had asked that government services be brought closer to where they live;
e. this objective could have been attained simply by decentralising services on the basis of existing structures in the former districts. In deciding to replace the ten existing regions by thirty-two districts, the Moldovan authorities have de jure and de facto increased the number of decision-making centres and, consequently, the amount of bureaucracy involved;
C. Substantive legal issues linked to the reform laws mentioned in paragraph 4 above:
a. reference should be made to the legal opinion mentioned in the said paragraph 4 of this recommendation. The Moldovan authorities' attention is drawn to the following points:
i. at least as regards the underlying reasoning, the new administrative sub-division of the territory established under Law 764-XV appears to be at variance with the spirit and the basic principles of the European Charter of Local Self-Government;
ii. this is borne out by:
– statements by the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, who is responsible at government level for local and regional affairs and has publicly declared that the territorial reform adopted by parliament in December 2001 is intended to help consolidate the "vertical hierarchy" between central and local authorities;
– a decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova, published in Official Gazette No. 46-48 of 4 April 2002, finding that a significant number of the provisions of Law 781-XV (2001) on local public administration were unconstitutional, in particular on account of the hierarchical relations established between local and central authorities;
b. in this connection, the law mentioned in paragraph ii above breaches the European Charter of Local Self-Government because, having its basis in the concept of interaction of the representative and executive powers and introducing substantial changes in the status and method of election of local elected representatives, it places those elected representatives under the authority of central government both in law and in fact. This is incompatible with Article 7, paragraph 1 of the Charter, which states that "The conditions of office of local elected representatives shall provide for free exercise of their functions.";
c. from the same point of view, the provisions making it possible for local authority elected bodies to be removed from office or suspended by higher (or central) authorities without any judicial decision are contrary to Article 8 of the European Charter of Local Self-Government;
d. it is hardly surprising that the Moldovan Constitutional Court found the provisions mentioned in items b and c above unconstitutional;
e. it must be stressed that the above-mentioned law constitutes a serious retrograde step even as regards the powers and responsibilities of sub-national authorities. It has exacerbated the overlapping that already existed under the previous legislation. This constitutes a breach of Article 4, paragraph 4 of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, which provides "Powers given to local authorities shall normally be full and exclusive. They may not be undermined or limited by another, central or regional, authority except as provided for by the law.";
f. with regard to local authority financial resources, the new legislation no longer makes a clear mention of the right of local authorities to set local taxes. In this connection, attention can be drawn to Article 9, paragrah 3 of the European Charter of Local Self-Government, providing "Part at least of the financial resources of local authorities shall derive from local taxes and charges of which, within the limits of statute, they have the power to determine the rate.";
D. Implementation of the reform laws mentioned in paragraph 4 above:
a. the statement by the Prime Minister, following the Constitutional Court decision, in which he confirmed that the term of office of existing local and regional authorities would be respected and that early local elections would not be held, is to be welcomed;
b. in this connection, any preliminary steps to establish the district administrative authorities (raïony) set up under Law 764-XV on territorial organisation must not undermine the autonomy of the local and regional authorities currently in office;
c. in future the Moldovan authorities might consider the possibility of treating these districts as "purely administratively decentralised" authorities, offshoots of the state, which would make it possible to keep the regions (judets) as autonomous, "politically decentralised" authorities. A territorial organisation along those lines could moreover be confirmed through a revision of the constitution in due course. The Congress is ready to assist the Moldovan authorities in taking such steps;
E. Relations between the Moldovan authorities and the Council of Europe, on one hand, and associations of local and regional elected representatives, on the other hand, in the field of local and regional democracy:
a. attention must also be drawn to the Prime Minister's undertaking, vis-à-vis the Congress rapporteurs, that the Moldovan Government would in future refer to the Council of Europe for opinion on any further bill on local public administration and territorial organisation being prepared by the parliament;
b. in the light of Article 4, paragraph 6 of the European Charter of Local Self-Government (see paragraph 8.A. a above), it is very important that the associations representing local and regional authorities in the Republic of Moldova should henceforth be consulted concerning any reform (or issue) directly affecting local and/or regional elected representatives. Such consultation should take the form of an institutional dialogue based on regular meetings and exchanges of information and official documents;
c. to facilitate the establishment of a working environment conducive to dialogue with the above-mentioned representatives and foster the inception of such co-operation in a climate of trust, it is proposed that the Congress organise a meeting of all the parties concerned (the relevant central authorities and representatives of the local and regional authorities) in Chişinău in the next few months;
F. The autonomous region of Gagauzia:
a. the Congress takes note of the assertions by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova to the Congress rapporteurs that Gagauzia's autonomy would not be affected by the above-mentioned reform laws;
b. the Congress takes note of the proposals for constitutional reform concerning the status of Gagauzia made by the relevant State Committee;7
c. since the Venice Commission was already preparing an opinion on those proposals, the President of the Congress forwarded the rapporteurs' comments to the Venice Commission, so that it could take them into account when adopting its opinion;8
d. the Venice Commission's opinion,9 taking into account the Congress's comments, was adopted in March 2002;
e. with regard to the conflict caused by the holding of a referendum in Gagauzia with the aim of removing the governor of the region (Bashkan) from office, it can be asserted, following a fact-finding visit by the relevant rapporteur, that:
i. no decision on holding a referendum was ever officially taken, in accordance with the law, by the People's Assembly of Gagauzia;
ii. no decision on holding a referendum was ever published in the Official Gazette of the People's Assembly of Gagauzia, in accordance with the relevant legal provisions;
iii. the time-limits laid down by law for organising a referendum were not observed;
iv. the charges against the Bashkan concerning his management record and responsibilities should be clarified before a competent court in accordance with the legislation in force, or before the People's Assembly of Gagauzia in accordance with its procedures and rules. It is therefore surprising that the highest Moldovan authorities called on the population of Gagauzia to participate in the referendum aimed at removing the Bashkan from office, when they had no legal basis on which to act;
f. whilst regretting that the attempt to organise the above-mentioned referendum provoked violent reactions, the Congress nevertheless expresses strong reservations regarding the violent arrest of Mr Ivan Burgudji, Director of the Legal and Protocol Department of the autonomous region of Gagauzia, by the Moldovan Information and Security Services. He was then accused of actively resisting the holding of the referendum which, however, had no legal basis (as stated in paragraph e.iv above);
9. Calls on the Moldovan authorities to take account of the above considerations and recommendations, with a view to honouring their commitments regarding local and regional democracy and the functioning of the rule of law within Council of Europe member states;
10. Invites the Moldovan authorities to make a statement at the next CLRAE mini-session (14-15 November 2002), so as to inform members of the Congress of the measures adopted or envisaged in order to implement this recommendation;
11. Requests that the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly closely follow the implementation of this recommendation by the Moldovan authorities in their work on the Republic of Moldova;
12. Invites the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to take the necessary steps to involve the Congress in work concerning the Republic of Moldova done by the the Directorate of Co-operation for Local and Regional Democracy of the Council of Europe Secretariat.
2 These visits took place from 29 to 30 October 2001, from 28 to 30 January, from 18 to 20 February and on 4 April 2002 respectively.
3 Documents CG/Bur (8) 95, CG/Bur (8) 118 and CPR/Bur (8) 14.
4 Document CG (9) 6 Part II.
5 Law 764-XV (27 December 2001).
6 Law 781-XV (28 December 2001).
7 The Chair of this committee sent the President of the Congress a request for an opinion on these proposals
8 These comments are set out in the explanatory memorandum to this recommendation.
9 The Venice Commission's opinion in appended to the explanatory memorandum to this recommendation.


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Mariah Carey Wears Pants (!?!)
Holy shite! Mariah Carey peeled off her usual chatreuse tube sheath and put on some jeans! She is a serious thespian! Here she is at the premiere of her film Tennessee. It's the story of…oh who gives a shit, Mimi put on some pants! Her lycra dresses are lying limp at home and wondering why this skizza abandoned them.
The best photo in this set is the one of Mimi holding her head like inspiration just swooped off her melon. Does she cart her own wind machine around with her. Answer? Yes.
I'm glad Zoe Kravitz could leave her igloo and make the premiere. She does need to stop cutting her own hair, though. She looks like child abuse.
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19 more photos from the Tribeca premiere of Tennessee and the after party featuring Mariah Carey, Robert De Niro, Grace Hightower, Edie Falco, Adam Rothenberg, Zoe Kravitz, Ethan Peck and DaBrat are after the jump.
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text: Film and Discussion: Brunswick on Friday, February 1st at 6:30 pm at Albright Auditorium at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva The Finger Lakes Institute invites you to this film and discussion on farmland preservation and residential development.Brunswick is a film about landscape change, told through the personal story of a farmer's lifelong connection to his now-threatened land. The film weaves together the plight of Sanford Bonesteel, an aging farmer in his 90s, with the dynamics of small-town politics as a residential development is planned on Sanford's former land. The film takes place in Brunswick, New York, a small country town facing the challenge of balancing economic growth with the preservation of its rural character. After spending several years as a still photographer, Nate Simms became involved in documentary filmmaking. Through film, he found a new medium for his ongoing interests in natural landscapes and land conservation. Assistant Professor Jessica Hayes-Conroy will provide a perspective of broader issues stemming from farmland preservation, such as rural identity, food systems, and town planning.


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Two US helicopters shot down near Fallujah
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The US military said two US Marine helicopters were shot down in separate incidents near Fallujah and their crews were rescued.
Both Super Cobra helicopters were hit with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire and were forced to make hard landings, the military said.
One of the choppers was hit 14 kilometres northwest of Fallujah, the other was hit two kilometres southeast of the city.
The pilots were not injured, and other helicopters rescued them from the area, the military said. Military quick reaction forces were sent to secure the sites.
The helicopters normally carry two-man crews.


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Altea, Anarchist,s and Fellow Travellers
Trip Start May 22, 2006
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Before starting this blog it is worth expounding a short history lesson about anarchism. Prior to 1939 Spain had the most active anarchist movement in Europe. They became key players on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War - they were also the most organised anarchist party in the world (strange but true). When he won the war Franco had them all shot - or so he thought. They are now surfacing again as bus drivers, train drivers, parking attendants and the people who devise supermarket opening times!
We left a sunny Campello on the 3rd April to head towards Altea, 24 miles down the coast. It was an interesting coastline, especially as we had been to a lot of the places by land with Pete & Sylvie.
The marina has excellent facilities, charming and helpful staff, supermarkets etc are virtually on the doorstep and it costs less than 20 euros a night. So far so good.
It is set in a pretty bay surrounded by mountains, with a lovely Old Town overlooking the sea & marina. Although it is a coastal resort there are no hi-rise developments, which make for a pleasant seafront. All the amenities are close to the marina & there is free Wi - Fi. Rob is in 7th Heaven!! (all except for the bloody anarchists!).
It is a favourite with moneyed Scandinavians so is a fairly upmarket town.
On Maundy Thursday we decided to take a trip to Guadalest. The Tourist Office (certainly staffed by bloody anarchists) informed us there was a bus at 9.40am.
We waited for 20mins & nothing appeared (bus driver probably an anarchist) & we assumed it was a Bank Holiday. A taxi was waiting in the bay opposite so we decided to ask how much he would charge
He said 25 euros so we decided to go for it. The drive took about 20mins & was a steep climb into the mountains. There was very little habitation. It was beginning to look a long walk back!!
The taxi dropped us in the village square, & informed us that there were no taxis in the village (ha - anarchist taxi services)! The temperature was a good 10dgs cooler than the coast, so after a fortifying coffee we went into the just - opened Tourist Office. The lady there informed us there was one bus at 12.30pm to Altea & not to miss it. Three or 4 rather shifty looking guys were lurking around the car park, they later took on the role of car park attendants.
We could enjoy looking round the village now!
It was breath-taking. Guadalest is a 16th Century Moorish village built into & atop a crag overhanging a valley & dam. It is in a bowl of mountains & only appears as you are on the last few bends of the winding road.
You enter the Old village by a hole in the rocks. The castle (or the 1 wall that is left of it) is a steep climb up. Once there you can see mountains for miles & a view of the distant sea.
The house beneath the castle was owned by the aristos of the area and has been preserved as a museum. Apart from the historical stuff it also had an exhibition of anarchic sculpture. Our favourite was a tubby little old lady toting a sub machine gun, it was really rather unsettling.
We descended in time for the bus, only to be told by the driver that it left at 1pm!! (I was right about anarchist bloody bus drivers)Arghhh. We could have had lunch if we had known. Instead it was another coffee & Rob had a local brandy. (the measure being about 3x ours!!) Funny he didn't complain about being cold after that!
Guadalest definitely rates as one of our top places on the trip so far.
Easter in Altea
On good Friday at about we headed for the beautiful church in the Old Town as the Easter Procession was due to leave at 8pm
As it was growing dark the icons were lit up, people were carrying candles, it was quite a sight. Rob & I found it a moving experience, not from a religious angle but as a remarkable piece of community spirit. It is a marked contrast to home to see all ages & families getting involved.
Saturday at midnight I awoke to a beautiful peal of church bells followed by a salvo of fireworks to announce that Christ had risen. Rob slept through it! God help him if the Messiah arrives while he is asleep.
We have been hearing about the good weather back home. The last couple of weeks here have been very changeable. Easter has been showery & a chilly Northerly wind.
The same North wind will probably mean that we stay here a bit longer, as we will
have the wind on the nose all the way to Ibiza. A good reason for Rob to get on with the accounts & learning his Italian & me to struggle with learning Greek!
Guadelest again
Easter Monday & we had a call from Peter & Sylvie about meeting up for the day
Weather was dull & drizzling, but there were lovely cloud effects on the mountains. Just like home! Also of note were the parking attendants who were directing traffic into and out of parking areas with no logic, organisation or even regard for their own safety (nobody can say that anarchists lack courage) they created a comprehensively chaotic situation with cars, coaches and camper vans going nowhere and in all directions at once.
We went into a museum showing how people would have lived in earlier times. It was an actual cave house. Rob & I could have bought it there & then! It was over 4 floors, whitewashed walls & cool or warm depending on the season.
From there we went into the prison! It was a tiny hole in the wall & 3 floors going down into the rock A bit spooky.
On the way back in the Valley of Guadelest, Peter stopped at a craft stall and motorbike museum (brilliant) where they sold local olive oil, honey, almonds & fruit. The oranges were 2kgs for 1euro, & the avocados were 2kgs for 2 euros!
By the time we got back to the boat it was pouring; so we snuggled down below with the heater on & had a bottle of wine & lunch at 3.30pm. When Peter & Sylvie left at 6pm the sun was shining, it was warm & a beautiful evening. It's not just Tarbert that has 4 seasons in a day (but they, of course, are also paid up, card carrying members of anarchy international)!
On Tuesday we took the train/tram into Alicante and were really surprised by the town. We were expecting the worst but found a very lively, friendly and interesting town with a lovely old town, attractive cathedral , interesting fort - interesting because it was a near vertical 700ft climb to gain entrance (lift not working - bloody anarchists again).
We had a 10 Euro lunch in a smart restaurant and, because they made a cock up with our order which took all of 2 minutes to correct, didn't charge us for a lovely bottle of red wine we had consumed.
The train journey home was made notable because the 1st train pulled in to an area seemingly without a platform and then, just as we got to the door, promptly pulled out (you guessed it, anarchist sodding train driver).
Friday 13th - gulp
On checking the weather there appears to be a weather window on Friday. We now expect to leave here on Thursday to go to Moraira and then make the 60 mile crossing to Ibiza on Friday 13th - gulp! Let's hope the bloody anarchists haven't yet infiltrated the Spanish Met office.
By the by, why do anarchists drink herbal tea? Because proper-tea is theft!


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Ubiquinol Q10 Helps Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
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Q10 is vital to energy production; it is also an excellent antioxidant. These features imply that it could benefit any organ system in your body. In the current study, 200 mg per day of the ubiquinol form of Q10 improved the function of the pancreas of type 2 diabetic patients, resulting in improved blood sugar metabolism.
The researchers demonstrated a significant reduction in hemoglobin A1c, a key test showing how well blood sugar is managed over a period of weeks. This result was due to the improved efficiency of insulin production in these patients.
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Children drunk at 'Pinocchio's pleasure island'
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Neverland Ranch was a "pleasure island" where children ran amok, appeared to be drunk and slept in Michael Jackson's private quarters, the star's former housekeeper said today.
In explosive testimony, Kiki Fournier told the superstar's child molestation trial that young guests frequently stayed over at Neverland and would run wild on the fantasy-themed estate.
"Neverland became like Pinocchio's pleasure island without the parents," said Fournier, who from 1991 to 2003 worked at the sprawling estate where Jackson is accused of abusing his teen accuser after plying him with alcohol.
On a couple of occasions, "children appeared to be intoxicated" at the ranch, the former housekeeper told jurors.
Once, when a small group of children were having dinner with the 46-year-old Jackson with no other adults present, "two or three" of the children appeared to be intoxicated, she said.
She told the court that children would spend weeks on end at the ranch during their school holidays and would run wild on the property, eating what and when they wanted, watching videos, staying up all night and having food fights.
On many occasions, she said, children would refuse to sleep in the bedrooms they had been assigned and chose to spend the night with Jackson instead.
"Usually they'd get assigned some place to sleep, but sometimes they would stay with Mr Jackson," she told jurors.
Jackson would sometimes pick some children over others to spend time with, Fournier added.
Jackson is charged on 10 counts of sexually molesting the boy, plying him with alcohol in order to seduce him and conspiring to kidnap him and his family and hold them against their will at Neverland two years ago.
Asked whether she noticed any change in the behaviour of children who stayed at the ranch, she said: "Yes, their behaviour did change.
"The more free rein they had to play, the more wild and destructive they became," she told the panel that could send Jackson to jail for up to 20 years, if convicted.
In the case of Jackson's now 15-year-old accuser, she said he was initially polite and kept his room tidy but eventually "it was just a mess".
Jackson has pleaded innocent to the charges against him and his lawyers claim his young accuser and his family made up the allegations of sex abuse in order to extort money from him.
They say the boy only accused Jackson after meeting with a lawyer who brokered an out of court settlement worth more than $US20 million ($25.21 million) for a boy who accused the superstar of molestation in 1993.
In a crucial move, prosecutor Tom Sneddon has asked Judge Rodney Melville to consider next week whether the jury should be told about the 1993 case.
If he does agree to consider the request, Melville will hear testimony from the 1993 accuser and probably some others before deciding whether the jurors too should hear the witnesses.
Jackson's lawyers have until Friday to raise any objections to the move.
The rival lawyers in the case meanwhile painted conflicting pictures of Jackson's current accuser, with prosecutors describing him as a former cancer patient whose family struggled to make ends meet and Jackson's team presenting him as a pawn in his mother scheme to scam celebrities.
Los Angeles television weatherman Fritz Coleman, a prosecution witness, took the stand today to describe how the boy's family lived in abject poverty when he visited them four or five years ago.
He described their East Los Angeles home as a very small room where five people lived in a crammed room, with sheets serving as partitions when he brought them Christmas gifts after meeting them at a comedy camp four or five years ago.
"I found them to be personable, polite and charismatic," he said of the clan.
Jackson's lead lawyer Thomas Mesereau counter-attacked, suggesting the family had a second home and asking Coleman whether he was aware that the boy's mother solicited cash and cars from various celebrities.
He also asked the witness if he knew that the boy's mother had won thousands of dollars from the settlement of a lawsuit she filed against a department store.
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The government's Help to Buy scheme contributed to a surge in first-half sales by housebuilder Barratt Developments.
In a trading update, Britain's biggest housebuilder by volume said total forward sales increased by 71% to £1.27bn in the six months to the end of December.
The company completed sales on 6,195 properties – 1,001 more than in the same period a year earlier. Excluding joint ventures, 29% of completed sales were supported by Help to Buy, in which the government guarantees part of a homebuyer's deposit.
Barratt expects its total average selling price on completions to rise 13.7% to £211,000 in the first half after a switch into more profitable family homes and away from high density city-centre flats. Underlying sales prices are also on the rise because rising demand has reduced the need to offer incentives to buyers
Mark Clare, chief executive, said that improved financial performance left the group well placed for the rest of the year and beyond. "As a result of the continued recovery of the housing market across all regions and our £3.1bn investment in new land over the last four years, we have been able to increase materially the number of new homes being built and our profitability."
Business at Barratt and other housebuilders has recovered sharply after years in the doldrums following the financial crisis. Chancellor George Osborne launched Help to Buy last year in a bid to revive the housing market and support the wider economy. But some economists and housing experts have warned the scheme is inflating a house-price bubble that could leave buyers struggling if prices fall sharply.
Barratt said it would continue to buy land for further development after snapping up 11,394 plots in the first half, up from 9,320 a year earlier.
Barratt shares fell 0.5% to 375p by 9am on Tuesday.
Separately, Countrywide, Britain's largest estate agent by revenue, said it expected to 2013 profit at the top end of its expectations after income rose 11% in the year to the end of December.


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Killer collages for Collage Mania
Believe by Karen Stiehl Osborn
Karen Stiehl Osborn has posted her collages for Collage Mania here. I love them!
It's not too early to submit YOUR jpegs for Collage Mania 2009. The Call for Artists is here.
The deadline is April 1, 2009, but collages are displayed for patrons to peruse in, more or less, the order in which they are received. I also will be featuring collages here on my blog right up to Preview Week 2009.
Let Karen – Karen(at)KarenStiehlOsborn.com – know you are planning to participating this year and she will add your name to the growing list of artists.
Our goal is to raise $20,000 for the American Cancer Society in three days. Last year we raised over $13,000 with more than 200 collages, so you can do the math about how many wonderful collages will be needed for 2009.
Please let me know if you have any questions and thank you in advance for your support!


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Prudential Raises Estimates on IBM
IBM Corp. (IBM ) posted $1.26 third quarter earnings per share. Prudential raised its estimates on Big Blue and reiterates its overweight rating.
Analyst Steven Fortuna says third quarter EPS was very solid, handily ahead of the Wall Street consensus forecast of $1.13, driven by solid cost management and well executed restructuring actions. Despite what is normally a seasonal decrease in utilization, services margins improved quarter-over-quarter to 9.3%, due to benefits from cost reduction efforts, and a renewed focus on execution; Fortuna expects further improvement in the fourth quarter and in 2006 as utilization rates improve and incremental cost savings kick in. Thw analyst adds that bookings rose 13.5%, driven by strong growth in long-term signings. He raised his $1.95 fourth quarter EPS estimate to $1.98, and his full-year 2006 forecast from $5.55 to $5.75. He has a $105 price target.


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GPD Will Only Accept A Fraction of a $2.8 Million Federal Grant
The Gainesville Police Department has been granted $2.8 million by the Federal Government to hire 15 new officers. But the City is only going to accept a fraction of that money.
City Commissioners instead accepted a modified version of the grant, hiring only five new officers. Although Police Chief Tony Jones said GPD has enough officers, some of the "boots on the ground" seem to feel differently.
The City Commission doesn't think they'll have the over $1 million necessary to keep the newly hired officers in 2014, when the grant expires.
City Commissioners Jeanna Mastrodicasa and Scherwin Henry said they wish they could afford all 15, but the realities of the economy just don't allow it. Mastrodicasa said, "I think there's too many uncertainties right now for us to agree to do something and I don't wanna turn around and lay people off, particularly police officers that we'd agreed to take on."
Mayor Craig Lowe and Chief Tony Jones believe there are enough officers at GPD. But local police union president Jeff McAdams said police officers on the front lines disagree. McAdams said, "The officers on the street feel like they need more officers on the street to provide the city with adequate levels...we're not asking for more officers on the street so we can have buddies to ride around with." He also said, "We're gonna make it our mission to insure that this commission and this management staff at GPD understands what the officers on the streets are going through."
The five new officers will serve in the areas of traffic and gang control. McAdams said the traffic officers will generate revenue for the city by writing tickets, which is another reason he believes the city can afford all 15 new officers the grant would've provided.
Now that City Commissioners have approved the acceptance of the grant, the process to hire the five new officers can begin.
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I love the 8 inch screen. It's the perfect size and that extra inch of screen real estate over the 7 inch really makes a difference.
The screen is bright and clear, despite not having the very highest level of resolution by today's standards.
The touchscreen is very responsive and the keyboard (onscreen) is big enough that you don't have trouble hitting the correct key every time.
I like the fact that you can add up to 64 MB of additional storage via a micro SDXC card.
The WiFi seems to work very well. It's fast and the range seems to be exceptional. I took the tab clear to the back of my lot and never lost my WiFi connection.
The GPS works great. This is a high priority for me.
I was surprised how fast this tablet took a charge, compared to several of my other Android devices.
My refurbished unit is like new. I wouldn't know it wasn't new but for the non-retail packaging.
Can't stream videos from Am***n Prime.
I had to change the setting where the tablet automatically verifies that you're looking at the screen or it turns the screen off. It just didn't seem to work right. Maybe it's because of my glasses.
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I have several other Android devices, including an Am***n Fire HD, and this Galaxy Tab 3 is my favorite (by far).
I am super impressed with this tablet, and I'm not impressed easily. The size, weight, thin bezel, and pure usability are great!
From what I've read, the new Galaxy Tab 4 really isn't much of an improvement over this tablet. Save some money and get the Galaxy Tab 3, and save some more money by buying the refurbished model.
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Carolina went on the road for its only game last week, winning 83-65 at Wake Forest to run its record to 17-3 on the season, 5-1 in the ACC.
The Tar Heels have won 12 of their last 13 games to earn the highest ranking for the program since being No. 4 in November 2009.
UNC hosts two games this week, beginning with Thursday's tilt with Syracuse at 7 p.m. The Heels will also take on Miami at 2 p.m., on Sunday. Both games will be televised on the Regional Sports Network and available on ESPN3 and the WatchESPN app.


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A Vallejo man fearing for his neighbor's safety shot a dog in the leg Sunday morning on the 100 block of Lincoln Road West.
The man, 54, told police that two pit bull dogs, off leash, approached the man while he sat on his porch. The dogs started to growl at him, and he retreated inside his house.
According to police, the man heard the dogs growling at the man's neighbor next door, as she stood by her door. The man retrieved a handgun and confronted the dogs, shooting one of the animals in the leg.
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It exists for a very few people, but it is true that the range of work is very wide. One of my last cases at the bar involved the collapse of the Heathrow Express tunnel. I hadn't done much construction work but I think I got the tunnel case because one end of the tunnel was at Heathrow, so they thought I'd be suitable.
Who are the aviation specialists now that 5 Bell Yard has split?
I wouldn't say there is a single centre of excellence any more, although there are one or two very good people.
What type of work is going to the aviation bar?
Specialist work, Civil Aviation Authority hearings, a bit of liability work in terms of cargo losses, some convention stuff, and quite a lot of foreign litigation. There are many forum shopping issues. The London insurance market is still very, very big in aviation terms.
What makes a good aviation solicitor?
The danger with some of the very big firms of solicitors is that they find it difficult to be aviation specific. If you choose a big firm you need to be careful. We use Slaughter and May and Wragge & Co which are specialist and good.
What advice would you give to a barrister who wanted to build an aviation practice?
Put aviation work first. Don't agree to do a bit of shipping and a bit of reinsurance. The aviation community, particularly the insurance community, needs to know someone is their man. You also have to go to the conferences. Barristers are very bad at "wasting their time". The number who will pay £1,000 to go to a conference is very small. They say: "I could be in court earning £1,000". That's short term – the contacts you make at conferences matter and the evidence of commitment means you stand out.
How do you think aviation law will develop?
The liberalisation of the European market will lead to a good deal of legal work. The trade block issues that will arise between the EU and European countries will give rise to many issues. There will also be work evaluating the new products that are arriving on the market. There's the suggestion that a double jumbo might be built, which is going to lead to an exciting market in new aircraft. In the long term, the industry is going to see the growth of low cost carriers and the homogenisation of aircraft fleets. People are going to want to fly to more places and crowded skies are going to lead to much more spending on environmental concerns.
What do you think of current proposals to privatise Air Traffic Control?
I'm wholly in favour of them. The area needs investment, and the best way to get investment is by bringing in the private sector.
Before moving to BA, you represented parties in the Herald of Free Enterprise and Piper Alpha Oil Rig disasters. What is your opinion of the proposals to reform the law of corporate manslaughter, making individual directors liable for health and safety failings in their companies?
It's very difficult to assess how somebody was behaving before an accident after it has occurred – true hindsight is very difficult to achieve. You'd have to make sure directors had really done something wrong which wasn't simply attributed to them through some doctrine of constructive knowledge. By making them directly liable you wouldn't make them more concerned about safety, you'd send them to another business. These people are disciplined by their professional skills and their own morality.
You are responsible for BA's safety department. What did you do in the aftermath of the Concorde crash?
We evaluated absolutely everything on our own Concordes to make sure that they were safe. I'm not the line manager responsible for that, it was dealt with by operations and engineering people. The safety audit department ultimately reports to me. After the crash, all the people with relevant skills went to our reaction centre, which is chaired by our director of operations, to pool their expertise. They decided to cancel two immediate Concordes while facts emerged, then they decided to go ahead with flights. I suppose that if there had been anything amiss with that decision-making process I might have become involved, but there wasn't.
BA was publicly very upset when it was fined over payments to travel agents. It said that its practice was not out of line with other European carriers and considered taking legal action against them. Is the air travel industry more cut-throat than others?
One of the things that a law maker has to weigh up is whether a sentence should have a deterrent effect. One of the interesting things about the deterrent element in sentencing is that a sentence is unjust to precisely the extent to which it is deterrent. So if you normally give a chap 10 years for an offence, it's a bit hard to say: "Well, there's a lot of this going on so let's hang him."
What do you think about the way in which the EU is intervening in the aircraft industry at the moment?
The EU is a thoroughly good thing. It's the job of British industry and the British Government to make sure Europe works. I think EU interventions are favourable. When you create trade blocks you're bound to create frictions. We have to try to manage the frictions in the best way we can.
What are the most pressing competition issues in the air travel industry at the moment?
The liberalisation of intercontinental air traffic. Finding a way of managing slot restraints to enable network airlines to grow, and to enable the regions to be properly served.
Bus and train services to local communities are disappearing and the same thing cannot happen to the airlines. Sometimes people think that you need a point to point journey for this. But that's not the only game in town. You need networks. You need to have a structure whereby people are brought to a place and then taken on to the place they really want to go to, so that there are enough people to pay for the service. It's going to be quite a battle for the regulators to ensure that this can be made to work.
The UK is one of only four countries without an open skies pact with the US. Do you think that is going to change?
The US is desperate to get into Heathrow. We would welcome them, but not if we can't get equivalent and decent access into the US. It's quite ridiculous for the Americans to have all that hinterland to feed their traffic across to us and for us not to have their hinterland to feed our traffic into. There's a difference between compromise and appeasement.
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Organisation: British Airways
FTSE 100 ranking: 73
Market capitalisation: £4,217m
Employees: 60,000
Legal capability: 14 lawyers
Legal director: Stephen Walsh
Reporting to: general counsel Robert Webb QC
Main location for lawyers: Harmondsworth, Middlesex
The team: Stephen Walsh heads a rapidly growing team. Five new junior recruits are on their way, which will take the number of in-house lawyers to 19 by the end of the year, including two in New York. The department now has seven support staff.
The work: Walsh's department tries to keep the most sensitive and strategic work in-house. The oneworld alliance agreement was handled entirely in-house, as was the abortive profit-sharing venture with American Airlines. However, for the current complex merger negotiations with KLM, BA is calling on the expertise of Slaughter and May.
The panel firms: BA instructs Bristows, Garretts, Linklaters & Alliance, Simmons & Simmons, Slaughter and May, Wragge & Co and Sullivan & Cromwell in the US. For employment matters it uses Denton Wilde Sapte and Osborne Clarke. BA has no plans to revise its panel.
Recent legal issues: Last year, BA's alliance with American Airlines fell through as European regulators, US trade negotiations and Virgin Atlantic raised fears about the creation of a monopoly. EU competition authorities began an investigation into commission payments to travel agents by European flag carriers, after BA appealed against its fine of euro6.8m for using its incentive schemes to abuse its dominant position in the UK market.
This year, the Appeal Court ruled that BA and two other airlines had attempted to mislead consumers by splitting passengers' service charges from air fares. The Association of Travel Agents announced that it would take legal action to attempt to prevent BA from selling tickets online. And BA is currently in merger talks with KLM Dutch Royal Airlines. It is likely that, before permission is given, European regulators will force the airline to give up slots at Heathrow.


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Long time I have ever drawn a clone trooper, and in this case is the Commanding officer of the 501st in his Phase II armor.
Captain rex is such a cool clone trooper
Phase 2 armor, phase 2 helmet, phase 1 visor. One thing that makes his kit a little "different" in a good way
once again, an incredible piece! love it!
Fantastic work
hell yeah!
It will be done, my lord.
Great work!
Great work!
This is amazing! This fits Rex perfectly.
WOW well done
Nice artwork, like rex a lot XD
Mm, sexy Rexy!
Like how this is a very dark drawing. Great job.
Great job
!!! Speechless...this is awesome!
Very well done, his armor looks great. Also has a good pose that suggest he's in the middle of some action.
Rex! Awesome job, man!
Ehh, why there is only one Favourite button? :/
You did a brilliant job here. Fantastic work on the details.
Way cool!
Fantastic for you're first time! I love Rex~
Spectacular! Your skill is wonderful.
Nice pose!
Superb detail and shading, the atmosphere with this one is astounding!
OMG! Fucking Awesome!!!!
This brings back good memories of Star Wars Battlefront 2. There was a lot of good in that game.
an awesome warrior
The left shoulder on Rex seems a bit stretched too far out away from the torso.
Other than that, it's nice to see more SW fan art from ya. ^^
Other than that, it's nice to see more SW fan art from ya. ^^
Awesome, Captain Rex is the boss.
A long time? Don't you forget something?
Of course not, I haven't forgotten about your Clone Trooper. I was just trying to say that's it's been a while since drawing troopers, that's all.
Amazing work Dude!
OMG that looks so awesome!!
looks outstanding, haven't seen too many Rex pieces, but this one stands out
wowo increible usted debria para la otra hacer al comandante fordo o al nuevo que pondran en la siguiente temporada thorn en hono a thor de los vengadores incluso su arma se llam el martillo
he's one of my favorite clone captain in the series
I liked the older clone armor better. I mean, the nwere looks okay, but then they turn into Stormtroopers. Fuck that.
Also, Republic Commandos all the way.
Also, Republic Commandos all the way.
AMAZING WORK MAN!!! Love the colors, which set the mood perfectly. It's so dramatic and just plain epic! Keep it up!


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We use the smoker, a bellows and chamber for blowing smoke, to briefly dissipate the bees from the area we want to work and calm them down. We use any organic matter we can find to light the smoker, and it apparently works for two reasons. When bees smell smoke, they instinctively fill their bellies up with honey as a precaution if they were to have to leave the hive, possibly an adaptation to forest life and the regularity of forest fires. Secondly, the smoke masks the alarm pheromones they release when threatened. Playing with fire everyday, for those of us that love to do so, is one of the many extra benefits of beekeeping.
Down the street from Marshall is Cristy Webber Landscapes, a local natural landscaping company, which has a green rooftop where Honey Co-op Bees are living. One day we went there to check on the hives. It was wonderful weather, and we enjoyed the panoramic view of the city and the silly sounds of the rooster who lives up there. The first thing we did was level out the hives and give them some racks of honey from last season for a general boost of energy. If you don't give them some help early in the season, and too much time is spent foraging, the hive may suffer. As we worked we found lots of drone larvae, which is a developing male bee. A worker at Cristy Webber and I decided, when told that these larvae were a delicacy in other places, that we had to try them. It wasn't bad, as far as larvae go - a sort of milky sweet, slightly acrid taste - but the "pop!" of the developing exoskeleton as I bit into the drone was a little too much to handle. I hear they are a lot better stir-fried.
We also had a chance that day to taste some royal jelly, a secretion worker bees feed the queen larvae, and a bee product that sells for a lot of money at health food stores. The supposedly active component is Royalactin, which possibly sets off an epigenetic signal for the egg to become a queen rather than a worker. It tastes kind of like the larvae, but sweeter. It makes you feel like you are eating something you shouldn't, like some stolen magical potion.
Somehow, in the midst of working, which often includes talking, Michael and I got onto my schooling and what I am doing with it. I told him more about Shimer, and my particular interests and aspirations. He surprised and delighted me when he said that he loved Theodor W. Adorno. The same worker I shared the larvae experience with, who is a biology major at Northeastern, joined the conversation as well, sharing his hopes for a more sane and ecological society. I am still perplexed and delighted by that day of eating bee larvae and talking about the Frankfurt School on a rooftop in Garfield Park.
The most iconic and exciting recent workday involved me carting the hive boxes I refinished the week before on my bike trailer to City Hall, and installing them in the garden on the roof. Needless to say, this was by far the most beautiful setting we had worked in yet. In the middle of the Loop, a veritable Illinois prairie sits hidden away, with two thriving beehives. In fact, as we worked on the hive we were putting the new boxes on, we realized that they were already producing loads of honey! This is fine, early season honey, perhaps from the pollen of black locust trees or other earlier blooming flora. It had a light, rich but calm flavor. There is really nothing more exciting than taking a huge gulp of honey, right off the comb, on top of a massive building in the middle of downtown Chicago. The hard clean glass and old worn concrete of the city makes a wonderful, challenging contrast to the ordered chaos of the garden and the wandering bees. I don't have my own photos of this, but here is one that's way better than anything I could take anyway.
So now honey production is way up, and just yesterday we extracted the first batch of the season. The bees are busy, and so are we!


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Clicks3.4KConferences #113: Newman Scotus - Fr. Ed Ondrako - Anticipate Modern Christianity
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New Aaliyah actress announced
The Aaliyah biopic took a turn last month as Zendaya Coleman mysteriously dropped out of the film. They were quick to find the new Aaliyah in 23-year old Alexandra Shipp (above), who hails from Phoenix and stars in Nickelodeon's House of Anubis, and the upcoming of VH1 sequel to Drumline.
The biopic also found its new executive producer: Wendy Williams. Here she is commenting on how she feels Aaliyah fans drove Zendaya to drop the project because "she's not black enough" to play Aaliyah.
I've been rallying around about this Lifetime movie about Aaliyah. Telling the family stop complaining, it's going to be on the small screen, small screen is the business. Very few people go to the movies anymore, you know what I mean? It's expensive and the popcorn is no good for you. Well so, Zendaya apparently heard that I've been rallying around her and she sent me a little thing through the computer saying "Thank you Mrs. Wendy for you supporting me and that just happened on Friday. Well dog gone it, do you know that now on Monday that we found out that Zendaya has pulled out of the movie?"
That's your fault! You! And whoever said she was too light to play Aaliyah, that's your fault. You got on this girl's back and now she's chickened out. I can't believe were still dealing with light/dark in 2014; it's about the spirit of the movie. I thought that she would be a great Aaliyah because I don't know enough about Zendaya so she wouldn't be distracting me.
This feels like one of those "everything is meant to be" moments. Congrats to Shipp, happy to hear the biopic is moving forward.


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Nanotech 2005 Vol. 1
Technical Proceedings of the 2005 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Volume 1
Chapter 6: Bio Nano Materials
IBAD Nanothick Bioceramic Incorporation on Metallic Implants for Bone Healing Enhancement. From Physico/Chemical Characterization to In-vivo Performance Evaluation
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|Preliminary data on in-vivo performance of nanothick bioceramic IBAD-coated metallic implants showed an increase in both osteoblastic activity and mechanical properties for bone surrounding these implants. The purpose of this study was to characterize a thin-film bioceramic coating obtained by Ion Beam Assisted Deposition (IBAD) on Ti-6Al-4V implants and evaluate its in-vivo performance in an animal model. Control (C) and IBAD-coated implants were analyzed through SEM, EDS, ion-milling + XPS for depth profiling, and thin-film XRD. 60 cylindrical implants were bilaterally placed in the tibias of 6 beagle dogs through sequenced surgical procedures and were biomechanically tested (torque) at 3 and 5 weeks in-vivo. No thin-film was detected by SEM, and the EDS Spectra for IBAD coated implants showed Ca presence. XPS showed Ca, P, Si, C, and O at outer layers with variable Ca/P ratios as a function of depth. XRD spectra revealed an amorphous microstructure for IBAD implants. Biomechanical tests showed that IBAD-coated implants had superior fixation competence compared to control implants at 3 and 5 weeks in-vivo. According to the results, it was concluded that the nanothick surface coating enhanced the biological response of bone to implant, supporting opportunities for increased bone healing response in clinical practice.
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Hi, my name is Maxine, I am 20 yrs old. I am currently working in barrington as a nanny for 2 boys that are a little older so I do more light housekeeping when I am there (laundry, dishes, prep food etc). And I was also working with 2 little girls for a little over a year (ages 1 and 3) the youngest was 10 months when I started working for their family. I love working with kids and am trustworthy and reliable!
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text: Andrea Giudice (Elm) was born in Sicily, Italy in 1986. His passion for music began at the age of 13 where he started to play the jazz piano. Andrea moved on to the acoustic guitar and the harmonica, being strongly influenced and inspired by the rock and blues. While wanting to continue in his experimentation of musical sound, he changed direction to experimental rhythm which has remained a prominent sound within his music since. Incorporating his earlier training, Andrea combines his House & Tech with a melodic old school twist. Andrea moved to London at the age of 19 with the wish to improve his knowledge and skills where he continues to create music. Currently Andrea is the artistic director and resident DJ of Elm... Andrea Squizz's biography Andrea Squizz Musician