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The IASB decided unanimously to a 60-day comment period for the upcoming joint supplement to the IASB's November 2009 exposure draft, including the additional questions in the IASB-only appendix to that supplementary document.
The IASB and FASB discussed the feedback received in the comment letters on the IASB's exposure draft Insurance Contracts and the FASB's discussion paper Preliminary Views on Insurance Contracts. No decisions were made.
The boards had invited guest speakers to an education session on potential discount rates for non-participating insurance contracts. The IASB's exposure draft Insurance contracts and the FASB's discussion paper Preliminary Views on Insurance Contracts had both proposed a bottom-up determination of the discount rate that starts with a risk-free interest rate and adds an adjustment for illiquidity. The guest speakers provided presentations on, as an alternative, various top-down approaches that start with the return on a specified portfolio of assets and then deduct components that do not reflect the characteristics of the insurance liability being measured. The approaches discussed were:
No decisions were made.
Next steps
The boards will continue their discussions on this project at an additional meeting on 2 February 2011.
Comment letter summary
The IASB and FASB considered a summary of:
The boards also discussed the plan for redeliberating the issues raised by respondents to the exposure draft.
The boards plan to begin redeliberations by considering two of the fundamental issues raised by respondents, which are the definition of a lease and the next steps to be taken relating to lessor accounting.
Definition of a lease
The boards discussed the definition of a lease and how to distinguish between a lease contract and a service contract. The boards also discussed whether, under a right-of-use model, all lease contracts should have the same subsequent measurement approach.
This session was for education only, and thus the boards did not make any technical decisions.
The boards discussed the next steps for redeliberating the lessor accounting model proposed in the exposure draft Leases.
The boards noted the benefit of considering lease issues from both the perspective of a lessee and of a lessor and, therefore, decided that they should continue to address lessee and lessor accounting issues together. The boards could then decide later in the current leases project whether changes to the present lessor accounting model are needed, and if so, whether these changes should be made as part of the current leases project or as part of a separate project.
The boards also noted that some respondents questioned why the exposure draft proposes consistent application of a right-of-use model by all lessees, but proposes that application by lessors depends on an assessment of whether the lessor retains exposure to significant risks and benefits associated with the underlying asset. The boards noted that many respondents, including users, think that some lessees and lessors enter into lease contracts to finance the use of an underlying asset, whereas other lessees and lessors enter into lease contracts for other reasons, such as the operational flexibility provided by the contract. Consequently, the boards directed the staff to explore whether there should be two approaches to apply the right-of-use model by both lessees and lessors, and therefore two different patterns of profit or loss recognition, and how to differentiate between the two approaches.
This session was for education only, and thus the boards did not make any technical decisions.
The IASB and FASB began their redeliberations on the exposure draft Revenue from Contracts with Customers by discussing the following topics:
Segmenting a contract
The boards decided to eliminate the proposed requirement in the exposure draft to account for one contract as two or more contracts, in the situation where the price of some goods or services in the contract is independent of the price of other goods or services in the contract. Consequently, an entity would separate a contract only if the entity identifies separate performance obligations in the contract. At a future meeting, the boards will discuss further the implications of this decision on allocating the transaction price.
Identifying separate performance obligations
The boards decided that the revenue standard should clarify that the objective of identifying separate performance obligations is to depict the transfer of goods or services and also the profit margin that is attributable to those goods or services.
The boards decided to retain the principle of 'distinct goods or services' as the basis for identifying separate performance obligations. The boards asked the staff to analyse further the following attributes of a distinct good or service and to consider how an entity would apply them in various scenarios:
The boards also decided that it would not be necessary for the revenue standard to include additional requirements on accounting for perfunctory, incidental or other similar obligations.
Determining the transfer of goods and services
The boards affirmed the core principle in the exposure draft that an entity should recognise revenue to depict the transfer of goods and services to a customer.
For determining the transfer of a good, the boards decided that an entity should recognise revenue when the customer obtains control of the good. The boards also decided that the revenue standard should:
For determining the transfer of a service, the boards decided that an entity should recognise revenue for the entity's performance of contractually-agreed tasks if:
The boards decided that an entity would recognise revenue for a service only if the entity could reasonably measure its progress toward successful completion of the service. The boards asked the staff to analyse further which method an entity should use to measure its progress toward completion of a service (eg an output method, an input method, or a method based on the passage of time).
Goods and services
The boards decided that if an entity promises to transfer both goods and services, the entity should first determine whether the goods and services are distinct (in accordance with the guidance on identifying separate performance obligations).
Formal votes were not taken for the matters described above. However, there was support from the board to develop the project along the lines described with no board members objecting to the recommendations.
At their joint meetings in February, the boards will discuss the following topics:
The IASB tentatively agreed to propose updating some parts of IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements to reflect the updated concepts in the Conceptual Framework that was published in September 2010. They Board decided:
In August 2010, the Trustees of the IFRS Foundation published for public comment a consultation document that sets out a proposal to add new paragraphs to the Due Process Handbook for the International Accounting Standards Board relating to the annual improvements process.
The IASB discussed the summary of the comments received on this proposal along with the views received from members of the IFRS Interpretations Committee who discussed it at their meeting on 6 January 2011. Board members generally agreed with the Committee's suggested modifications to the following aspects of the proposed qualifying criteria for annual improvements:
The Board also discussed other supplementary criteria that could be used to clarify the distinction between an annual improvement and an interpretation.
The Board members' views, together with those of the Interpretations Committee members, will be included in the recommendations to the IFRS Foundation's Trustees.
The IASB discussed a sweep issue that was raised by a number of Board members when reviewing the preballot draft of IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures. The Board considered whether the requirements in IAS 28 regarding potential voting rights when assessing significant influence should be changed to be consistent with the requirements developed in the consolidation project, but decided not to do so [13 in favour, 2 against]. However, the Board could address the issue as part of a comprehensive review of the definition and assessment of significant influence if such a project on associates were to be added to the Board's agenda after June 2011. The basis for conclusions on the revised IAS 28 will acknowledge the different treatment of potential voting rights when assessing significant influence and control, and will explain why the requirements of IAS 28 have not been changed, at least for the time being.
The IASB received an update from the January 2011 meeting of the IFRS Interpretations Committee. Details of the meeting were published in IFRIC Update, available here.
The IASB held an education session on joint arrangements. The session aimed to provide an overview of the main requirements of the forthcoming IFRS dealing with the accounting for joint arrangements. Even though the project is at its final stage, the Board thought that it would be helpful to provide interested parties with a summary of the forthcoming IFRS.
Because this was purely an education session, the Board did not make any decisions.
Next steps
The Board will publish an IFRS on Joint Arrangements during the first quarter of 2011.
The IASB continued its discussion of the proposals in the exposure draft Defined Benefit Plans (the ED) relating to:
Presentation of the remeasurement component
At its November 2010 meeting, the IASB tentatively decided that an entity could present the remeasurements component in either other comprehensive income (OCI) or profit or loss.
At this subsequent January meeting, the Board tentatively decided that, although remeasurements should be presented in other comprehensive income, there were circumstances in which it would be appropriate to allow an entity to elect to present remeasurements in profit or loss (primarily to address accounting mismatches) for a given plan. Accordingly, entities should be permitted to elect to present remeasurements in profit or loss. That decision was supported by nine Board members, on the conditions that any such election would need to be irrevocable and that amounts previously recognised in other comprehensive income would not be reclassified to profit or loss.
The staff were asked to assess whether any other restrictions should be placed on such an election.
All Board members supported requiring an entity to disclose why the remeasurements are presented in profit or loss.
Settlements and curtailments
The IASB tentatively decided
Otherwise, the gain or loss should be recognised when the curtailment or plan amendment occurs.
In February, the IASB intends to discuss the accounting for risk-sharing features and transition.
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Subject: Re: Literary vs. Theatrical Shakespeare
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(CNSNews.com) -- Reducing the number of Americans who have a Body Mass Index that rates them as "obese" would cut per capita health care spending by 4 percent in the United States over the next 10 years, says a new study from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
"Because lower rates of obesity are associated with better health and lower health care spending per capita, there is considerable interest in devising policies that would reduce the fraction of the population that is obese," said the CBO in the report released this week. The report is entitled, How Does Obesity in Adults Affect Spending on Health Care?
The CBO used federal studies conducted in 1987, 2001, and 2007 to quantify what it described as a national trend toward obesity as measured by Body Mass Index (BMI), and a corollary trend of increased per capita health care spending on American adults who were rated as obese.
"Over the past two decades, the adult population in the United States has, on average, become much heavier," concluded the CBO. "From 1987 to 2007, the fraction of adults who were overweight or obese increased from 44 percent to 63 percent; almost two-thirds of the adult population now falls into one of those categories. The share of obese adults rose particularly rapidly, more than doubling from 13 percent to 28 percent. That sharp increase in the fraction of adults who are overweight or obese poses an important public health challenge. Those adults are more likely to develop serious illnesses, including coronary heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension. As a result, that trend also affects spending on health care."
Specifically, CBO discovered that while health care spending has risen sharply across the board for all American adults, it has risen more sharply for obese adults.
"According to CBO's analysis of survey data, health care spending per adult grew substantially in all weight categories between 1987 and 2007, but the rate of growth was much more rapid among the obese (defined as those with a body-mass index greater than or equal to 30)," states the report. "Spending per capita for obese adults exceeded spending for adults of normal weight by about 8 percent in 1987 and by about 38 percent in 2007."
The CBO attributed the more dramatic increase in health care spending for obese people both to the relative health of the people involved and to advances in dealing with obesity-related health problems.
"That increasing gap in spending between the two groups probably reflects a combination of factors, including changes in the average health status of the obese population and technological advances that offer new, costly treatments for conditions that are particularly common among obese individuals," states the report.
The CBO then looked at three scenarios to project the impact of obesity rates on health care costs by 2020. If the adult obesity rate remains at 28 percent, said the CBO, per capita health care spending will rise 65 percent, from $4,550 in 2007 to $7,500 in 2020.
If the trend toward obesity continues over the next 10 years on the path it followed from 1987 to 2007, 37 percent of American adults will be obese in 2020, the CBO predicted. That would cause per capita health care spending to rise to $7,760 in that year, 3 percent higher than it otherwise would be.
Then there were potential savings to be had, the CBO concluded, if Americans could be made to return to their 1987 level of obesity.
"CBO also assessed the impact of a possible reversal in recent trends by assuming that, by 2027, the distribution of adults' body weight will return to the 1987 distribution (essentially reversing what happened from 1987 to 2007)," said the report. "In that scenario, the prevalence of obesity among adults would drop to 20 percent by 2020. Per capita spending would increase to $7,230 in 2020 -- about 4 percent lower than spending in the first scenario."
However, reducing obesity may impact health care spending in other ways, said the CBO. Although per person spending would go down, the number of persons might increase, requiring spending later in life on people who would otherwise have died earlier in life.
"How reducing obesity would affect both total (rather than per capita) spending for health care and the federal budget over time is less clear," said the report. "To the extent that people, on average, lived longer because fewer individuals were obese, savings from lower per capita spending would be at least partially offset by additional expenditures for health care during those added years of life. Moreover, the impact on the federal budget would include not only changes in federal spending on health care but also changes in tax revenues and in spending for retirement programs such as Social Security, for which costs are directly tied to longevity. As a result, the net impact of reductions in obesity rates on national health care expenditures and on federal budget deficits would depend on the magnitude of those various effects."
On balance, the CBO concluded that the cost benefits "might" make it worthwhile to use public money to pursue policies aimed at making Americans lose weight.
"However, designing public policies to reduce health care spending by preventing future cases of obesity or achieving significant and sustained weight loss among overweight and obese adults is difficult," said the CBO. "In many cases, obesity is the result of poor diet and lack of exercise, both of which can be hard to change. Indeed, the evidence on the impact of various approaches to weight loss suggests that most adults who lose weight have a difficult time maintaining the weight loss without continued intervention, such as a program for improving nutrition or increasing exercise."
"The costs of ongoing interventions are likely to offset at least part of any reductions in health care spending attributable to weight loss, although the improvements in health that would result might still make the interventions an appropriate use of public or private funds," said the CBO.
As CNSNews.com previously reported, the Department of Health and Human Services issued regulations in July that require the electronic health records all Americans are supposed to have by 2014 (under the terms of the economic stimulus law signed by President Barack Obama last year) to include each individual's Body Mass Index.
Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, collects Body Mass Index scores from state health agencies every year to monitor obesity nationwide.


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The Primary Education Project (PEP) is a five-year initiative targeting all public primary schools in Macedonia. PEP seeks to improve the quality of instruction and increase employment skills in youth.
PEPs ICT in Education Component is supporting the computerization of Macedonias primary schools by training teachers, developing maintenance solutions, providing digital content, and introducing innovative uses of ICT such as computer control, robotics, electronic music, video & audio recording.
The highlights of ICT component are that it supports the development of digital content for Macedonias schools and helps to adapt and localize existing applications in Macedonian and Albanian. The focus is on Math and Science, but content is created across the curriculum. This will enable students to benefit from modern technology in all subjects.
PEP has also introduced innovative hardware and software solutions in selected primary schools in Macedonia. The range of hardware varies from low-cost lap-tops to electronic microscopes, music recording equipment, robots and control technology kits. The purpose of this is to measure the impact that different solutions can have on educational outcomes and demonstrate to decision makers the range of ICT options for education available. PEP will monitor and support these schools during the life of the project.
Macedonia, once the least developed of the Yugoslav republics,has been transformed into the worlds first wireless country of its size or larger. Through a grant from USAID, and support from Microsoft, Motorola and several other partners, AED project Macedonia Connects worked with a local internet service provider to connect every one of the countrys 430 primary and secondary schools to a wireless network. Now a vast majority95%of the countrys population has access to wireless, broadband internet service.
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Farfalle With Zucchini, Yellow Squash, and Mint
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A light summery pasta dish.
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This pasta was pretty good. I had no basil, so I just added more mint. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't rave about it. I also added some snow peas, which were a nice touch. Pretty easy, and good if you have mint (or basil) in the fridge that you need to use (like I did).
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 12 ounces farfalle pasta
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 scallion, thinly sliced
- 1⁄2 garlic, finely chopped
- 2 small zucchini, very thinly sliced
- 1 small yellow squash, very thinly sliced
- 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh basil leaf
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh mint leaves
- 1 tablespoon grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese
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- Cook pasta in lots of boiling, salted water; stirring occasionally, until al dente (10-12 minutes).
- Before draining, ladle out ½ cup of boiling cooking water and reserve.
- Heat the oil in a big skillet over medium heat; add in scallion and garlic; cook and stir for 2 minutes.
- Add in the zucchini and yellow squash; cook and stir over med-low heat just until wilted, about 3 minutes.
- Toss the pasta with the zucchini mixture; stir in the basil, mint, reserved pasta water, and cheese; season w/ salt and pepper if needed.
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Pond Park Haunted Hayride/Trail Walk
Brewster Rd
(between Wheat Rd. & Rt. 40)
new show! Thursday night special - Kids in costumes are free! Benefits
Minotola Fire Co, Landisville Fire Co, Minotola Rescue Squad.
Haunted Hayride
Race Park
87 Belcher Road
Haunted hayride on October 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26
and 31. from 7pm to 10pm. Cost is $10 per person. Children must
be accompanied by an adult.
Forest Hayrides
Grochowicz Farm
2401 rt 31 south
Glen Gardner, NJ
Every Friday and Saturday night in October STARTING October 7th
Ticket sales are from 7pm-10pm
A hayride departs every 10 minutes starting at Dusk "approximately
7:30pm" and lasts approximately 45 minutes.
Cost is $13 per person
Rainy weather may cause the show to be canceled for the evening.
Please call (908) 537-4332 after 5pm if you are unsure.
Don't forget your hat and gloves, the temperature drops after Sunset
Lake Haunted Hayride
55 Blakely Lane
(973) 697-1257
Wooded Area, Lots of Parking, Live Actors, Animated Props, Elaborate
Tour of Ocean City
Central Emporium
9th Street & Central Avenue
Ocean City
A candlelight walking tour as we stroll the avenues of the beautiful
resort town of Ocean City. Listen to the tales of the unknown and
folklore of the shore on this entertaining jaunt around the historic
town center... What secret lies in the depths with the Sindia? What
is the dark shadow haunting the beaches in the dead of night? Does
the legend of the Pine Barrens - the Jersey Devil - keep you from
leaving Ocean City? Fun in the sun turns into fear in the dark after
hearing these haunting tales! Tickets
sold on a first-come first-served basis beginning at 7:00 pm at
Central Emporium. Tours are offered at 8:00 and take approximately
1¼ hours.
HALLOW-MARINE- A Haunted Seashore Family Experience
Experience HALLOW-MARINE, a Halloween program with creepy sea creatures, haunted beaches and long-lost pirates of the coast. This spine-chilling aquatic adventure, hosted by the NJ Marine Sciences Consortium, will be held on Saturday, October 28th at Sandy Hook with 50 minute gruesome guided experiences scheduled between 5-8pm. Explore the mysterious marsh at twilight where wet, wild and weird discoveries will be made! The program is frightfully fun for all ages. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Reservations are required. For more information visit HallowMarine's website at.njmsc.org/Education/Hallow_Marine.htm. To register contact Mindy Voss at 732-872-1300 x 30 or email: email@example.com
Whippany Railway Museum
Get ready to Scream down the tracks when Ghosts, Goblins, Witches
and all kinds of surprises climb aboard the HALLOWEEN EXPRESS. It's
that Special time of year when the Whippany Railway Museum is transformed
into "Spooky Central!" Geared for Family Fun, the HALLOWEEN
EXPRESS is for people of all ages. Museum volunteers transform themselves
into Creept Creatures that haunt the train and railyard, providing
humorous surprises for everyone. Celebrate the Fall Harvest and
the Season of the Witch at the WHIPPANY RAILWAY MUSEUM
on October 2 from 12:30 to 5:30 PM, Rain or Shine.
Tomahawk Lake
Route 181 North
narrated 1 1/2 mile haunted ride on tractor pulled wagons through
the darkness. Look for haunts, ghouls, Frankenstein, Jason, Freddy,
skeletons, executioners, pirates, indians, dragons, Chucky and more.
The first ride starts at 7pm and every 15 minutes after that. At
the end of the ride, enjoy free cider and donuts and storytelling.
Reservations are required.
Hauntings - Terror on Rt. 33
Route 33
Over 25 new scenes and scares. The first part of your journey
will be in the darkness ride to terror. The fear level is raised
and the lights dimmer as the DARKNESS will take you to a new dimension
in horror. The dark dreaded path in the woods will be the next part
of your journey. Next you will be headed to the land of Castle
Fear and the legend of Prince Xavier III. You wont beleive
your eyes as the Price tranforms to a blood sucking monster. . When
the prince is looking for blood only fresh mortal souls are what
he seeks.
Barn & Hayride of Terror at Casola Farms
Route 79 North
Haunted Barn is a terrifying walk through the depths of hell where
goons and goblins lurk in every corner just waiting for the next
victim to come along! The Hayride of Terror is a terrifying hayride
through the back woods of NJ where the Jersey Devil and other demons
are waiting for you!
Haunted Castle
Gingerbread Castle Road
fairy tale Gingerbread Castle turns into a haunted castle with a
super spectacle of hideoous horror during the Halloween season.
Consists of Haunted Castle, Maze and fun house. The castle is open
Thursday through Sunday of Halloween week from 7pm until Midnight.
Halloween Express
Allaire State Park
October Fri. & Sat. Oct 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29th Haunted
Halloween Express - NIGHTTIME RIDES!
A spooky nighttime ride through the haunted woods of Allaire State
Park. Hear the story of the wreck of the Old Pine Creek No. 96 and
prepare for fright! 7:00 to 10:00 PM.
Halloween Hayride
Heaven Hill Farm
Route 94 North
Haunted hayride every Friday and Saturday night in October from
7pm - 10pm. Your 45 minute adventure will transport you to a world
of spooks and ghosts: where monsters lurk in the darkness waiting
for you to venture past. A delightful mix of fright and fun for
the entire family! (Not recommended for small children).
House and Hayride
The Nesco Vol. Fire Co.
Rt. 542 E (between Hammonton & Batsto)
Bring your family & friends and enjoy an animated haunted
house and hayride. Visitors will enjoy a haunted house and then
a hayride through the New Jersey pinelands. As you enter the haunted
house be prepared, the dreadful Dr. Ted has conjured up many of
his demented friends. So if you think you can survive, you will
only have to pay $5. So come on in if you dare, Dr. Ted will give
you an unforgettable scare!
Halloween Tour
Mitchell's Flower Farm
329 Carmel Road
856-825-7486 856-825-5605
A 40 minute walking tour through wooded mazes and around the
flower nursery. Arrive early...parking is limited.
Haunted Mill
Red Mill Museum Village
Tickets can be purchased each
night of the event from 5:00PM-10PM. Tickets will be available on
October 21st for purchase at the Red Mill Museum Village Administration
Building From 9am to 4pm. The Admin Building is on the left inside
the main gates.
Hay Ride Of Terror / Haunted Barn
Triple C Nurseries - C. Casalo Farms
489 County Rd 520
The hayride is a terrifying hay ride though the back woods of NJ
where the Jersey Devil and other demons are waiting for you!! The
Haunted Barn is a terrifying walk though the depths of hell where
goons and goblins lurk in every corner just waiting for the next
victim to come a long. This is the scariest Haunted Barn on the
east coast.
Devil Haunted Hayride at Indian Rock
Indian Rock Campground
920 Veteran's Hwy. (Route 528)
800-442-4954 732-928-0034
Indian Rock's Jersey Devil Haunted Hayride is a haunting good
time. Ghouls have returned year after year to perform great entertainment.
Scary ghouls and Halloween satire provide entertainment for a wide
range of halloween enthusiasts. Reservations are suggested for everyone
to avoid long waits in line. Groups should reserve in advance to
receive group discounts.
3 West Shellbay Ave.
Cape May Courthouse
Jasons Lair is the Number one haunted attraction in South Jersey.
Their event raises money for Cub Scout Pack #65 of Cape May County.
LAC Horrorland
Sickler Street
must see, no 10-15min ride, this one last a good 35-45 minutes.
Packed full of fright everyone puts their heart and soul into scaring
you! Come and see which nightmare will come true for you if you
dare! Featuring: Haunted Hayride, Haunted Barn, Haunted
Graveyard and Maze.
Shade First Aid Haunted House
Maple Shade First Aid Squad
44 South Maple Avenue
Maple Shade
Jersey Halloween Horror Fest
Sussex County Fair Grounds
37 Plains Road
A large fest with House of Frankensteins, The Vampire Crypt, Alfred
Hitchcock Presents, Please Don't Feed The Zombies, Area 51, The
Mummy's Tomb, Vincent Price's Torture Chamber, Ghostfighters, Hollywood
Horror Museum, Horror Movie Room, Haunted Horror Maze, Clebrity
Guest and Haunted Hayride. Dates: $18 per night. Recommended age
for Night event: 12 yrs or older. Recommended age for Kids event:
5 yrs & up.
The NJ Devil
Haunted Woods
Clayton Road
Featured in the Haunted Attraction Magazine. Call for Group
Accommodations and Discount Rates.
of Terror & Cornfield Maze
Creamy Acres Farm
448 Lincoln Mill Rd
Mullica Hill
The Night of Terror consists of four terrifying events. Each attraction
is equipped with unreal special effects and new technologies brought
to you by Scarecrow Productions. Dare to be scared! Open Thursdays
6pm to 9pm Fridays and Saturdays 6pm to 10pm October 3, 2003 - November
1, 2003. CLOSED SUNDAYS! Cornfield Maze:
This year they bring back one of our most terrifying events, the
cornfield maze. Lost in the middle of nowhere and no one there to
help you but the scarecrows. Your fear definitely will kick in when
your trying to find your way out.
Rallville's Wicked
October 30 and 31, 2002
82 Bay Parkway
Fly down to Rallville's Wicked Woods, 82 Bay Parkway, Waretown,
NJ. Rallville is a guided walk through more than 700 ft. of our
"wicked woods" with scenery to die for! There's 22 "scenes" with
ghouls galore. Tricks and treats for everyone! Opened Halloween
Night ONLY, October 31, 2005. 6 - 10 pm. There is no age restriction
but please note that it is a HAUNT and it can be SCARY, parents
please use your discretion! Admission is .00 pp, under 3 free. This
years proceeds will be donated to The American Red Cross Jersey
Coast Chapter. For more information or direction please go to our
website at www.Rallville.com
or contact us by email at email@example.com or by phone 609-693-2594,
leave a message and we'll return your call.
1051 Route 523
A trilogy of frights for one low price. Haunted Hayride is a
45 minute hair raising ride through 200 acres of fright. Expanded
Haunted House. Walk through out nightmare Mass-Acre Maize, a brisk
run for your life! Not reccomended for children under 10. All three
haunted venues for only $20.00 per body. Free parking. Every Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday in October and Saturday - 7:00 P.M. 'till 10:00
Flags Annual Fright Fest
Six Flags Great Adventure
Route 537
Come experience the Northeast's Largest Halloween Party! Loads of
costumed ghouls, spook-tacular entertainment and special fun for
the littlest ghouls. Kids
can enjoy Trick-or-Treats and other Halloween fun in our Scare Free
Zones! No BOOing please! SCARE-FREE ZONES! - At 6 p.m. when the
sun goes down, the ghouls come out! But families are always safe
to pass through without frightening the little ones...even in the
dark. Visit their website for much more details.
prices are the same as their amusement park prices and can be found
Willow Cemetery
2 Anita Drive
732-833-0812 732-264-7801
Their attraction is a 3000 square foot walk through Haunted
Cemetery. One of the finest displays in Jackson. This year's new
features: Lair of the "Twisted Caretaker" and "The
Farms Haunted Hey Ride
1202 Windsor Road, West Windsor
Friday and Saturday evenings in October starting at 7pm
Excellent Haunted Hayrides with great special effects. Apple cider,
funnel cakes, etc. Rides leave every 10 minutes from dusk (7pm).


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According to national exit polls, President Barack Obama won 69 to 70 percent of the Jewish vote — an overwhelming majority commensurate with projections, but down from the last presidential election.
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's Jewish numbers are down, but by how much and why?
Get ready for four more years of tussling between the Jewish community's Republicans and Democrats over whether Obama's dip from 78 percent Jewish support cited in 2008 exit polls to 69 to 70 percent in national exit polls on Election Day represents a significant shift arising in part out of Obama's fractious relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, or is the natural fall-off in an election that was closer across the board than it was four years ago.
The first poll, reported by CNN as part of a national media consortium, found 69 percent of Jewish voters supported Obama.
A separate national exit poll by Jim Gerstein, a pollster affiliated with the liberal pro-Israel J Street group, had commensurate numbers: 70 percent of respondents said they voted for Obama, while 30 percent – the same figure as in the media consortium's Jewish sample – said they voted for Romney.
Also showing similar numbers was a poll released by the Republican Jewish Coalition, showing 69 percent of Jewish voters selected Obama and 31 percent Romney. Ari Fleischer, a former spokesman for President George W. Bush, said the flux in the Jewish vote, kept the race close. "Were it not for the inroads the Republicans made this cycle, Florida and Ohio would not have been close," Fleischer, who is an RJC board member, said on a conference call unveiling the RJC results. "The Jewish community is one of the areas that keep Republicans competitive."
Matt Brooks, who directs the Republican Jewish Coalition, said the $6.5 million his group spent and the $1.5 million an affiliated political action committee spent, were "well worth it."
"We've increased our share of the Jewish vote by almost 50 percent," he said, noting that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the 2008 candidate, got 22 percent in that year's exit polls to Romney's 30 percent this year.
Brooks said his group's hard-hitting ads, which focused both on Obama-Netanyahu tensions and on the difficult economy, helped move the needle. "There's no question we got significant return on our investment," he said.
Democrats insisted that the needle didn't wiggle so much, saying the more reliable 2008 number was 74 percent of the Jewish vote, based on a subsequent review of data by The Solomon Project, a non-profit group affiliated with the national Jewish Democratic Council.
"Right now 69 or 70 is the best number we have for this cycle and 74 percent is the best number we have for four years ago," said Steve Rabinowitz, a consultant to Jewish and Democratic groups, including the NJDC. "You can intentionally use a number you know has been corrected just for the purposes of comparison, or you can use the data."
The 2008 numbers, like this year's, are based on the 2 percent of respondents identifying as Jewish in the major exit poll run by a consortium of news agencies – altogether, between 400-500 Jews, out of a total of over 25,000 respondents. The Solomon Project review, by examining a range of exit polls taken in different states as well as the national consortium, used data garnered from close to a thousand Jewish voters, a number that reduces the margin of error from about 6 points to 3 points..
Whether the 2008 percentage was 74 or 78, both Republicans and Democrats agreed that Obama's share of the Jewish vote had diminished – and Rabinowitz conceded that the Republican expenditure, which dwarfed spending on the Democratic side, might have had an impact.
"What yichus is there in the possibility of having picked up a handful of Jewish votes having spent so many millions of dollars?" Rabinowitz said, using the Yiddish word for influence.
Gerstein said his findings suggested that the Republican blitz of Jewish communities in swing states like Ohio and Florida had little effect; separate polls he ran in those states showed virtually the same results as his national poll of Jewish voters. Gerstein's national poll of 800 Jewish voters has a margin of error of 3.5 percent, his separate polls of Jewish voters in Ohio and Florida canvassed 600 in each state, with a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
He also noted that there were similar drop-offs in Obama's overall take – from 53 percent of the popular vote in 2008 to 49 percent this year – as well as among an array of sub groups, including whites, independents, Roman Catholics, those with no religion, those under 30. The only hike in the media consortium's exit polls was seen among Hispanic voters, likely turned off by Romney's tough rhetoric on stopping illegal immigration.
"You see a lot of things that are tracking between the Jewish constituency and other constituencies when you look at the shift in Obama's vote between 2008 and now, " he said.
David Harris, the NJDC president, attributed what shift there was to the economy.
"American Jews are first and foremost Americans, and like all Americans it's a difficult time for them," he said. "The Democratic vote performance has decreased somewhat.
Gerstein said that the mistake Republicans continued to make was to presume that Israel was an issue that could move the Jewish vote.
"They've got to do something very different if they're going to appeal to Jews," he said. "The hard-line hawkish appeal to Israel isn't working."
He cited an ad run in September in Florida by a group called "Secure America Now" that featured clips from a press conference in which Netanyahu excoriated the Obama administration for failing to set red lines for Iran. Gerstein said that of the 45 percent of his Florida respondents who saw the ad, 56 percent said they were not moved by it, 27 percent said it made them more determined to vote for Obama – and only 16 percent said i made them more determined to vote for Romney.
Israel did not feature high among priorities in Gerstein's polling, commensurate with polling over the years by the American Jewish Committee. Asked their top issue in voting, 53 percent of Gerstein's respondents in his national poll cited the economy and 32 percent health care. Israel tied for third with abortion and terrorism at 10 percent.
Gerstein's national poll showed Obama getting strong overall approval ratings of 67 percent of his respondents, with strong showings on domestic issues like entitlements – where he scored 65 percent – and respectable showings on handling relations with Israel (53 percent) and Iran (58 percent.).
Brooks said he was confident Republicans would continue to accrue gains, saying that with the exception of Obama's strong showing in 2008, his party has steadily increased its proportion of the Jewish vote since George H. W. Bush got 11 percent in 1992.
"Our investment is not in the outcome of a single election." He said. "It's ultimately about broadening the base of the Republican Party in the Jewish community."


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HTML is the language of the web. It is the semantic support on which websites depend. This A4 reference lists the various tags available to the web designer, as well as a selection of useful character entities, attributes and events.
I have been looking for a way to convert the BBC weather feed for my area to iCal, so I can subscribe to it. It's date-based, after all, and RSS never seemed to me to be an appropriate format for subscribing to weather information. iCal always struck me as being "better" for that purpose. Of course, the BBC only have an RSS feed for local weather. What I needed was a converter.
After some hunting, I discovered that Dean Sanvitale had written a PHP script to convert RSS feeds to iCal format. However, his site (codent.com) appears to be long since abandoned and the script is no longer available from there. Fortunately, the Wayback Machine did have a copy. Dean originally released the script under a Creative Commons License which, fortunately, allows me to make the script available to download from this site (note: the script is available from this site under the same license).
So, if you're looking for a way to convert an RSS feed to iCal, this PHP script will do the job. Thanks Dean!
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World of Warcraft may not be a web design, development or marketing topic, but that doesn't mean I don't need a cheat sheet for it. I've just started playing and can't remember all the slash commands and shortcut keys, so this is a simple quick reference for just that.
I'm fed up with having to visit php.net to look things up. This A4 cheat sheet is designed to sit by your desk and make your life easier.
A tool that outputs the structure of a page. Makes working with CSS (especially resolving inheritance issues) much easier.
A tool to give an indication of how easy text is to read, using the Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning-Fog, Coleman-Liau, SMOG and Automated Readability scoring systems.
The Gunning-Fog Index is a measure of text readability based upon sentence length and difficult words in a passage.
Regardless of your connection speed, this will show you how your site loads on PCs with older connections.


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Simulate linear models.
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I have persistent redness in my cheeks and nose. I've tried 3 IPL sessions at a local business, with no results other than a patchy beard. I'm frustrated and I need options! I work as a Reserve Firefighter, so downtime is a concern. Do I have any more options? I've tried Topicals, Orals, everything! The redness is still at large. Thanks for your help!
IPL Was Unsuccessful for Rosacea Redness. Pulsed Dye an Option?
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KTP or V-beam beat IPL for redness every time
I do like the V-beam for scars and it obviously works well for redness in general, but I prefer the KTP Laser (Gemini) for treating discrete blood vessels and background redness associated with rosacea. Either pulsed-dye (V-beam) or KTP are both far superior to IPL for targeting redness. IPL can improve redness, but this will take many treatments and is really just not the right tool for the job.
KTP lasers are more likely to give you swelling after the procedure, while the V-beam is more likely to give you a bruise. The downtime associated with either procedure is 2-3 days of social downtime (not looking perfect), but can be minimized by an experienced operator and excellent post-procedure care. Good luck!
Pulsed dye laser (VBeam) is great for rosacea, and better than IPL
After failing an IPL, I highly recommend the pulsed dye laser (VBeam Perfecta). It was made specifically for treating red lesions. There is no appreciable downtime, no discomfort, and very little risk. It is usually a series of 3-4 that is needed to improve rosacea. It will not cure it, but you will get relief. It also helps underlying acne if that is associated with your rosacea.
Yes, PDL works much better for rosacea
Pulsed dye laser is a much better option to treat rosacea, it is just that most offices do not own one so try and make their IPL machines work. If you are in the LA area feel free to come see me for a consultation, I am one of the 6 offices in Los Angeles to own a Vbeam pulsed dye laser, the top of the line for PDL.
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Pulsed dye laser (V Beam) works great for rosacea
In our office we have both a V Beam (pulsed dye laser) and a Lum 1 (IPL) and we use both for rosacea. Both work well and when one doesn't work well for an individual it is worth trying the other one. At higher levels the V Beam has more down time (purple marks) than the IPL (coffee grind appearance) but at lower levels the V Beam might only cause temporary redness as a side effect.
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Pulsed Dye is Superior to IPL for Redness.
Hi FireDan. Not only is the pulsed dye laser an option for you but it is a far superior option to IPL. The problem with IPL is that it is a "jack-of-all-trades" but master of none. It is designed with multiple uses and types of light.
The problem is that it cannot achieve high enough fluences (energy) to properly close the troublesome small blood vessels associated with advanced Rosacea. This is where the pulsed dye laser (and bruising doses come in). Consider the pulsed dye laser but also note that if you refuse higher level bruising doses (which require some downtime) you may not achieve your goals.
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Pulsed Dye Laser may be worth a try
Pulsed dye laser may certainly be successful in situations where IPL hasn't worked. Some people prefer the pulsed dye laser (PDL) as their first choice for redness in rosacea.
My experience is that the flushing and background redness respond less predictably than the small red blood vessels which you can see on close inspection. Most people have minimal side effects with 1-2 days, if that, of mild swelling. In larger areas of treatment you may get some bruising (depending on settings) or uncommonly more dramatic swelling for a few days. More serious side effects are quite rare.
Pulsed Dye Laser for Rosacea
I always prefer the pulsed dye laser to treat the redness and fluching associated with rosacea. I feel it is superior to most IPL devices. The laser is more specific at targeting the unwanted blood vessels that impart the red and ruddy look to the skin. Downtime should not be too signifcant with this laser and there should be no removal of any facial hair either. Post operative effects usually include mild to moderate redness and swelling - but these can usually be improved with regular icing after treatment.
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The Hartford, however, did not come down till after the surrender of Port Hudson, two months later.
The little town of Port Hudson is on the east bank just below the bend.
In the face of all these difficulties, he passed and repassed the forts at Vicksburg and Port Hudson.
Port Hudson does not matter so much; but these brave, noble creatures!
At Port Hudson I released him from arrest, and ordered him into the fight, hoping he would get shot.
Like Vicksburg, Port Hudson could be reduced only by a weary siege.
Farragut determined to attack Port Hudson, and set the 14th of March, 1863, as the date for the action.
Lots of powder has been burned to-day, but Port Hudson is still there.
He felt as if he could take Port Hudson with his detachment alone.
This is the first one I have seen since we left Port Hudson.


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Envision Design, the Washington, D.C.–based design practice known for its sustainable workplace interiors, will merge with Perkins+Will, effective immediately. Envision leaders Ken Wilson, FAIA, and Diana Horvat, AIA, will become principals at Perkins+Will; all 15 Envision staff will move into Perkins+Will's D.C. office—managed by Stephen Manlove, Assoc. AIA—within the next month.
"One of the objectives a merger like this is to bring like-minded people together, and to have that much more resonance and synergy within our own organization," says Phil Harrison, FAIA, president and CEO of Perkins+Will. "We've known Ken and Diana for a long time, and we've admired them for a long time. We see them as one of the standout firms in the industry that are taking sustainability to the next level." Harrison notes that while Envision has maintained an office of less than 25 people over the years, "they have had a much larger impact than their size. They have done some of the most noteworthy projects in workplace design that are some of the greenest projects around."
Envision was founded in 1999 and has made a name creating sustainable workplace interiors for what Harrison calls "some of the most environmentally progressive organizations in the world," including the U.S. Green Building Council, the Word Wildlife Fund, and Greenpeace, among others. Wilson was named designer of the year by Contract Magazine in 2005, and founded the International Interior Design Association's (IIDA's) Sustainability Advisory Council in 2004. The firm has received over 90 national and local design awards from the AIA and IIDA, among others, and was recognized as the 2009 Firm of the Year by the National Capital Region chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.
The Envision team will work in parallel to the Perkins+Will studio until existing projects are completed, with some crossover happening as soon as the firms are collocated. "They're busy with their work, and we're busy with our own work," Harrison says. "But this [merger] is all about quality and aspirations to be connected to like-minded clients. This is not just to be bigger. We're not interested in only increasing the size of our practice, it's much more about being in a leadership position with regard to sustainability in particular." Full integration of the teams "probably will happen quickly," Harrison notes, "because the schedule of workplace or interiors projects is so rapid that within six months, there will be a whole new body of work."


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[D]espite the criticism WikiLeaks has endured, Mr. Benkler said the model it had developed was likely to endure.Read: "Soldier's Lawyers Rest Case With a Defense of WikiLeaks' Journalistic Role." [nytimes.com]
"WikiLeaks may fail in the future because of all these events, but the model of some form of decentralized leaking, that is secure technologically and allows for collaboration among different media in different countries, that's going to survive, and somebody else will build it," he said. "But WikiLeaks played that critical role of that particular critical component of what muckraking and investigative journalism has always done."
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The Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency was a United Kingdom body overseeing the treatment of the mentally ill. It was created by the Mental Deficiency Act 1913 to replace the Commissioners in Lunacy, under the Home Office but independent in that it reported to the Lord Chancellor (who would investigate breaches of care and integrity).It was transferred to the Ministry of Health by the Minstry of Health Act 1919 and reorganised in 1930.
The Board consisted of: a Chairman, two Senior Medical Commissioners, one Senior Legal Commissioner, six Commissioners (lawyers and doctors), six Inspectors and administrative staff. The Commissioners of the board went round the country seeing that those detained under the various mental and mental deficiency Acts were legally in custody and that care was proper and moneys and other properties owned by patients were not being misused or stolen.
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From: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> > "MauMau" <maumau307(at)gmail(dot)com> writes: >> I think the solution is the typical one. That is, to just remember the >> receipt of SIGQUIT by setting a global variable and call siglongjmp() in >> quickdie(), and perform tasks currently done in quickdie() when >> sigsetjmp() >> returns in PostgresMain(). > > I think this cure is considerably worse than the disease. As stated, > it's not a fix at all: longjmp'ing out of a signal handler is no better > defined than what happens now, in fact it's probably even less safe. > We could just set a flag and wait for the mainline code to notice, > but that would make SIGQUIT hardly any stronger than SIGTERM --- in > particular it couldn't get you out of any loop that wasn't checking for > interrupts. Oh, I was careless. You are right, my suggestion is not a fix at all because free() would continue to hold some lock after siglongjmp(), which malloc() tries to acquire. > The long and the short of it is that SIGQUIT is the emergency-stop panic > button. You don't use it for routine shutdowns --- you use it when > there is a damn good reason to and you're prepared to do some manual > cleanup if necessary. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Red_Switch How about the case where some backend crashes due to a bug of PostgreSQL? In this case, postmaster sends SIGQUIT to all backends, too. The instance is expected to disappear cleanly and quickly. Doesn't the hanging backend harm the restart of the instance? How about using SIGKILL instead of SIGQUIT? The purpose of SIGQUIT is to shutdown the processes quickly. SIGKILL is the best signal for that purpose. The WARNING message would not be sent to clients, but that does not justify the inability of immediately shutting down. Regards MauMau
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Tidel Park is an IT park located at Chennai. Tidel Park consists of software, Telecommunications and BPO companies. Following is a list of companies in Tidel Park.
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- Financial software and Systems (P) Ltd
- Quscient Technologies (P) Ltd
- California Software Co. Ltd (Calsoft, Chennai).
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The novel, Oklahoma, deals with the conflict of the incoming settlers with the cattlemen, the efforts of the boomers to force
the opening of the vast territory known as the Oklahoma lands to white settlement. Generally speaking, the account of events
is historically correct. The character delineations are pleasing and interesting, and although it is primarily a book for
the leisure hour, it also gives a good account of the facts of Oklahoma history. It pictures the passing of the old order
and the coming of the new, and gives insight into the lives of the pioneers whether they appear as friends or enemies, as
hunters or outlaws. There is tragedy, pathos, excitement, happiness, expectation, and a frontier faith in the future.
Pawnee Bill, friend of the Pawnees, westerner and showman, and his friend Mort Sturdevant, both men penniless and out of work,
are the outstanding characters of the book. Under a verbal contract with his father, a multi-millionaire of the East, Mort
agrees not to lay claim to his inheritance provided he receives a satisfactory amount during his father's life to do with
it as he wishes. He and Pawnee Bill come West, spend several months at Pore Folk's Haven, a cold and hunger stricken settlement
on the outskirts of Wichita, where they find many types of people. There is a picture of prospective settlers moving across
the Cherokee Strip under the guardianship of troops to take their places along the Oklahoma line upon that famous day, April
22, 1889, to make the race for homes. There is an account of the celebration the night before the run, the hardships, privations,
and difficulties that they were forced to endure.
The interest in the romance between Mort Sturdevant and Mary Bryant reaches its height as the mystery of her family is revealed.
The story ends happily and in quite conventional fashion. On the whole the book is of absorbing interest and a valuable addition
to the growing mass of literature that has Oklahoma as its background.
Although "Black Jack Davy" is the conventional western story, it is presented attractively and is constantly interesting.
The experiences of the characters are typical of Oklahoma pioneers, and even though the setting may be true of other frontier
communities as well as of Oklahoma, the author gives vivid impressions of pioneer life which I believe are authentic. The
plot is a probable one, is well developed, and illustrates life on the frontier during those days of unorganized government.
Conversation, too, is characteristic, not only of early settlers, but even of many people to-day who come into eastern Oklahoma
from Arkansas. The Indian vernacular is especially good. The matter-of-fact attitude of the characters, the repressed love-making
which is so noticeable throughout the story, are typical of early days. Even Mirabelle, the cripple, possesses the philosophy
of life, crude yet sound, the optimism and vision so necessary to those who face the hardships and lawless conditions of such
a community.
Davy Dawes, with his foster parents, Jim and Mirabello Dawes, come from Arkansas to settle in eastern Oklahoma on Horsepen
Creek. The story centers around Jerry Boyd, a grasping settler who tries to force the removal of Ned Warrior, half-breed Indian,
from the Horsepen. Also he plans to make life so uncomfortable for other settlers that they will be willing to sell, so that
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how Black Jack Davy schemes to prevent such lawlessness, of how in a frightful battle the settlers fight off the outlaws and
protect themselves and families is vivid. The author offers surprises, too. He leads the hero to St. Louis to make the acquaintance
of his own mother who has sacrificed him when a child, to her position. Their strange relationships, the story of his attempts
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