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As we prepare to turn the page on another calendar year, it's appropriate to take a look back at some of the top business stories of 2013.
It's hard to narrow down the events to a hard and true Top 10 list, so we grouped initiatives that carry a common thread. In retrospect, it was a very good year.
While not yet a rousing success story, we list the super high-speed telecommunications infrastructure brought to Rome by Parker FiberNet because of its potential to be a game-changer for the community.
Already a difference-maker in Rome's medical community, it allows X-rays to be shipped from doctors' offices to emergency rooms at warp speed, enhancing the ability of doctors to treat folks with a variety of maladies.
Believe us when we say there is no turning back when it comes to the telecommunications industry. The faster the better, and downtown Rome now has the capability to move information across the globe as fast as anyone else.
Mount Berry Square Mall
When Hull Storey Gibson Cos. LLC took over Mount Berry Square Mall in 2012, the company indicated that it would take a while to develop a specific game plan for the mall.
Right out of the gate the new owner made a bold move — though one it's done in other properties — by covering up the large number of empty storefronts with historic old pictures of Rome and Floyd County. Simply covering the vacant storefronts gave the mall a more attractive look.
Then Dunham's Sports, the Michigan-based sporting goods retailer, announced it would put its southernmost store in the old Proffitt's anchor location, which had been vacant for years. The store opened the week before Thanksgiving and has been a significant draw.
Several days after Dunham's opened, another national retailer announced it would locate a store in the mall during 2014. The clothing and accessory chain Buckle will occupy a 5,000-square-foot site that was formerly home to Lane Bryant.
Knight's Jewelers and Christopher & Banks were among the last to leave the mall in 2013, creating another couple of significant vacancies.
Hotel industry
The long-awaited ground breaking for a 108-room Courtyard by Marriott occurred just a couple of weeks ago, signaling the start of construction of a project that has been on leaders' wish list almost as long as the U.S. 411 Connector to Interstate 75.
Duke Hospitality, brought to Rome by David Doss and his Samson Development Group, will build the hotel, and Doss plans to add office and retail to a mixed-use outparcel.
City leaders hope the projects will reinvigorate efforts to make West Third Street an expansion of the downtown business district.
And, just across the Oostanaula River in the downtown district, Ira Levy has a 28-room addition to the Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham.
Levy decided to take the bull by the horns and convert the adjacent building that has housed numerous restaurants over the last two decades. He also won approval from the Historic Preservation Commission for yet another addition to the hotel.
Levy said he is not sure when the latter project will actually get started, but the 28-room addition will open sometime during the first quarter of 2014.
LakePoint Sporting Community
Another project bandied about for several years, the LakePoint Sporting Community and Town Center, had groundbreaking ceremonies in the summer of 2013.
Before the year was out, roads were being cut into the southern campus south of Ga. 293, and the Terminus Wake Park became the first venue at LakePoint to open.
Seven separate "districts" will be built around the themes of sports medicine, baseball and softball, lacrosse and soccer, sports training centers, outdoor adventures, golf and a marina.
On-site hotels, shops and restaurants are included in the development billed as "The premier sports vacation destination."
When the whole project is completed, which could take five or six years, the self-contained sporting community is projected to create as many as 20,000 jobs with a multi-million-dollar annual economic impact on the region.
Publix/Charles Hight Square
The long-awaited arrival of Publix with close to 150 jobs occurred when the Florida-based grocer opened in mid-October.
Publix, near the top of the retail wish-list for residents of Rome and Floyd County, is the anchor and first tenant in the new Charles Hight Square shopping center across from Floyd Medical Center on Turner McCall Boulevard.
A high-tech AT&T store followed, along with Mattress Firm and sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt.
Stuart Hornsby, the owner of sweetFrog, has already become invested in the community — sending his two mascots, Scoop and Cookie, out to the local hospitals and walking Broad Street during the Christmas parade.
La Parrilla and a Chinese restaurant will open on outparcels early in 2014, leaving the developer, Madison Retail, with just a couple of vacant spots in the shopping center.
Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce President Al Hodge said the shopping center is an extension of the growth downtown, which includes FMC improvements and the new Harbin Clinic Tony E. Warren M.D. Cancer Center.
Shaw announces for Adairsville
Shaw Industries announced plans to build a 500-employee commercial carpet tile manufacturing plant in Adairsville.
The estimated $85 million facility will be located on Ga. 140, just west of the main north-south rail line that runs through Bartow County. Construction is expected to begin sometime in 2014.
The company reached capacity at its massive plant on U.S. 411 west of Cartersville but officials said the 117-acre site west of downtown Adairsville has room for future expansions.
The property will need significant grading early in 2014, and that alone will provide a good number of jobs for contractors. The whole project is expected to take 18-22 months to complete.
Lowe's opens
Lowe's opened its mammoth regional distribution center at the intersection of Ga. 53 and Ga. 140 early in 2013 and has already exceeded the promised 600 jobs by an additional 100.
The completion of the Lowe's site is doubly important for the Rome area because it foreshadows the start of work on yet another long-anticipated project — the widening of Ga. 140 to accommodate the massive increase in truck traffic related to the distribution center.
The Georgia Department of Transportation has acquired 124 of the 177 parcels needed for the widening, and started demolition on some of them.
Plans call for a four-lane road with a 44-foot grassed median for the majority of the 6.2-mile project, from Ga. 53 northeast of Rome to a point three-tenths of a mile west of Oothkalooga Creek at Adairsville.
SPLOST ramifications
Voters narrowly passed a $65 million special purpose, local option sales tax package that includes money for, among other projects, an expansion of the main runway at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport. A longer runway for a larger class of planes, plus the widening of Ga. 140, play into plans for the airport as a corporate draw.
The SPLOST also will fund the Tennis Center of Georgia at Berry College. The complex has been talked about for the last four years as an economic development project but never won state bond funding to kick-start construction.
The approval of funds for industrial property also is critical to the Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce efforts to land large industrial projects — most of which need larger tracts of land than the community currently has in its inventory.
Re-investments in Rome
International Paper revealed plans in mid-September for $100 million-$150 million in upgrades to the old mill on the Coosa River west of Rome. The decision saved more than 450 plant jobs.
If you don't believe "saving" jobs is a big deal, ask the IP folks in Courtland, Ala., where the company revealed plans to close that mill less that two weeks prior to the announcement of the re-investment in Rome.
Plant Manager Devin Nix said the equipment upgrade will allow the mill to remain competitive in the linerboard industry, which is growing at an almost exponential rate thanks in large part to the growth of Internet shopping — which translates into shipping.
Mohawk Industries announced it will put $31 million into an old yarn spinning facility at 420 Lavender Drive, protecting the jobs of close to 230 employees and giving some hope for future expansion of the workforce. Mohawk will convert the plant to handle a BCF yarn heat-setting process, which involves spinning yarn from recycled plastics.
Hodge said significant corporate reviews were involved in both the IP and Mohawk decisions to re-invest in Rome.
"Fortunately we didn't just survive, we were able to earn a re-investment, and retention of those jobs," said Hodge. "When companies do their analyses, they factor in a lot of elements and priorities."
Stemco Brake Products Group — the former Rome Tool and Die at 113 Hemlock St. — announced a $6 million expansion in July. The company plans an addition and 50 new jobs.
SyntecIndustries also announced in July a $7.7 million expansion that would add 20 jobs to its workforce.
Foss Manufacturing is not exactly a re-investment, but we've listed it with this group because the company acquired and renovated an old Mohawk facility off Huffaker Road in West Rome. Foss boasts more than 80 employees since opening early in 2013.
The New Hampshire-based company is a pioneer in manufacturing items made primarily from synthetic fibers.
Big Time Products, a work-glove marketer based in Rome, consolidated all of its distribution facilities into a little more than half of the old Mohawk warehouse on Ga. 53 at Burlington Road in Shannon.
Hodge at the Chamber of Commerce said 2013 was a busy year for local economic development officials, and he is hoping for even bigger things in 2014.


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The role of multi-species benthic diatom films (BDF) in the settlement of late pediveliger larvae of the bivalve Macoma balthica was investigated in still-water bioassays and multiple choice flume experiments. Axenic diatom cultures that were isolated from a tidal mudflat inhabited by M. balthica were selected to develop BDF sediment treatments characterized by a different community structure, biomass, and amount of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Control sediments had no added diatoms. Although all larvae settled and initiated burrowing within the first minute after their addition in still water, regardless of treatment, only 48–52% had completely penetrated the high diatom biomass treatments after 5 min, while on average 80 and 69% of the larvae had settled and burrowed into the control sediments and BDF with a low diatom biomass (<3.5 μg Chl a g−1 dry sediment), respectively. The percentage of larvae settling and burrowing into the sediment was negatively correlated with the concentration of Chl a and EPS of the BDF. This suggests higher physical resistance to bivalve penetration by the BDF with higher diatom biomass and more associated sugar and protein compounds. The larval settlement rate in annular flume experiments at flow velocities of 5 and 15 cm s−1 was distinctly lower compared to the still-water assays. Only 4.6–5.8% of the larvae were recovered from BDF and control sediments after 3 h. Nonetheless, a clear settlement preference was observed for BDF in the flume experiments; i.e., larvae settled significantly more in BDF compared to control sediments irrespective of flow speed. Comparison with the settlement of polystyrene mimics and freeze-killed larvae led to the conclusion that active selection, active secondary dispersal and, at low flow velocities (5 cm s−1), passive adhesion to the sediment are important mechanisms determining the settlement of M. balthica larvae in estuarine biofilms.


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UNCORRECTED TRANSCRIPT OF ORAL EVIDENCE To be published as HC 447- v
Oral Evidence
Taken before the Home Affairs Committee
on Tuesday 16 November 2010
Members present:
Keith Vaz (Chair)
Nicola Blackwood
Mr Aidan Burley
Mr James Clappison
Lorraine Fullbrook
Alun Michael
Bridget Phillipson
Mark Reckless
Mr David Winnick
Examination of Witnesses
Witness: Peter Nickles, Attorney-General for the District of Columbia, gave evidence.
Q314 Chair: The time is 2 o'clock in London. Mr Attorney-General, thank you very much for giving evidence to the Home Affairs Committee of the House of Commons. We are most grateful. We know you are extremely busy, but we felt that this was the best method for taking evidence from you.
The Select Committee members around me-I will not introduce all of them-are here to see whether you can help us with our inquiry into firearms. We are conducting an inquiry looking at the law of firearms so that we can make recommendations to our Government. What we would like, if possible-we have a half-hour session-is to ask you about what is happening in Washington DC and how you think it may be of relevance to the inquiry that we are conducting here.
Perhaps I can start with a question to you. What proportion of the population of Washington DC currently own a gun? What is your estimate?
Peter Nickles: The estimate of the number of individuals who own a legally registered gun is less than 5%, but let me provide some qualifiers. In 1976, the city of Washington DC imposed a ban on firearms. Prior to 1976, there were in excess of 45,000 firearms that were privately owned. They were registered, allegedly, for life. Those firearms are probably out there somewhere. We estimate that maybe 30,000 firearms are out there. We had a decision by the United States Supreme Court in June 2008, the very famous Heller case, which held that there was a Second Amendment right to own firearms for protection in the home, and that struck down the ban that Washington DC had imposed.
Starting in summer 2008, the city, working with the police department and the federal Government, has been developing a scheme of registration of firearms in various conditions, a precedent to registering a firearm legally. What makes it so difficult, and what makes Washington DC so interesting as a laboratory for the whole issue of what do you do about firearms, is that we sit between two states, Maryland and Virginia, which have very different views on firearms.
We have very significant evidence that folks are buying firearms in Virginia, for example, and bringing or transferring those firearms into the city of Washington DC, where they are not registered. The complexities of what is going on in Washington DC are difficult, but if you are looking at the legally registered firearms, there would be less than 30,000, in a population of about 600,000. But my own view is that we have many, many more firearms that are illegally possessed in Washington DC.
Chair: Thank you. I'm now going to turn to a Member of Parliament on our Committee. You will not be able to see her on the screen, but you will hear her voice.
Q315 Lorraine Fullbrook: What have the District of Columbia's experiences over the years led the authorities to understand about the relationship between gun ownership and the criminal use of firearms?
Peter Nickles: It is interesting that although politicians generally, as I am sure you know, agree on very little, here in Washington DC every politician running either for Mayor or for the city council since 1976 has supported the ban on handguns. I think that the authorities in Washington DC, including the police department, felt that there was a very direct correlation between the possession of firearms and the use of those firearms in significant crimes of violence.
Possession offences are simply based on a person's being in possession of a firearm illegally. That happens very often here, because we have so many people who receive or buy firearms in another state and bring them into Washington DC without appropriate authorisation. They can be arrested for possession.
What we're really concerned about is the use of firearms in connection with crimes of violence-assault, robbery or homicide. We have found that when you register a gun, and when you have the kinds of records that we have with respect to the guns that are registered and the individuals who are registering those guns, those guns-those registered firearms-have very rarely, if ever, been used in crimes. So when we have crimes that involve firearms, we have found that when we trace the firearms back, they're firearms that relate to purchases in other jurisdictions around the United States. That is a significant problem for us.
We have also not found a situation in which registered firearms have led to shootings intra-household or within a home, but the bottom line for your inquiry here is that when you register a firearm and have the kind of conditions that we have imposed in Washington DC, you rarely, if ever, find that crimes of violence involve those registered firearms. The problem is getting your hands on firearms that are not legally registered.
Chair: Thank you. Our next question comes from Mr David Winnick.
Q316 Mr Winnick: Attorney-General, how many firearms homicides take place in DC each year and is there a comparison with cities across the US that operate looser or tighter gun controls?
Peter Nickles: Our data show that about 75% to 80% of our homicides in a given year are committed with guns. The FBI estimates that, generally speaking, some lesser percentage-67% to 68%-of all homicides are committed with firearms, and that, of course, varies from urban areas to suburban areas. Once again, the problem is that so many of the firearms used in violent crimes have not been registered in DC, but have been bought in Ohio, Virginia or Pennsylvania and brought illegally into the city.
Q317 Mr Winnick: We're rather surprised-if I can just make this comment by way of a question-about how loose the firearms controls are in your country. There is a general feeling abroad, certainly in Britain, that the gun lobby is very, very strong in the States.
Peter Nickles: You're absolutely correct. The NRA-the National Rifle Association-is one of the most powerful lobbying organisations in the United States. It regularly develops a list of politicians who are acceptable to it, based on their votes on gun matters. It is literally impossible to get through Congress any kind of national legislation relating to firearms.
So that brings us to the individual states. I think it fair to say that most people in the United States regard Washington DC as the jurisdiction with the strictest gun laws in the United States. If you go out to states such as Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming and a number of other states, there are literally no gun laws. One is entitled to purchase as many guns a month as one would wish. One is entitled to carry guns openly into public places; one is entitled to carry concealed weapons.
One of the problems that we have in Washington DC, is that Congress has plenary power over Washington DC. Congress can effectively do whatever it wants with our laws. A year or so ago, in light of the composition at that time of Congress and the presidency, there was an effort to bring voting rights to Washington DC. As you may know, we have no voting rights at all in DC. That was for the purpose of having one vote in the House of Representatives. The condition came back to the city that to have Congress consider giving Washington DC one vote in the House of Representatives, they-that is, the Washington DC folks-would have to set aside all their gun laws and accept the imposition by Congress of its own set of gun laws, which have no resemblance to any kind of regulation.
I would also say that the NRA and a number of groups are behind a lot of lawsuits that we have had, and not only leading to the Heller case in 2008; we have been involved in lawsuit after lawsuit since then, testing the limits of our current effort to provide some balance between safety and the second amendment right to bear arms.
So, bottom line, Washington DC has been one of the strictest jurisdictions, out of line with the views of the NRA, with what should be the situation, and it has been out of line with many other states in the country that effectively have no gun laws.
Mr Winnick: Thank you, Attorney-General. That was most useful.
Chair: Before Mr Burley comes in, this session needs to end at 2.30 pm: you will hear a lot of bells going on at 2.30 pm, which is when Parliament starts. So we're going to try to get all our questions in briefly before then.
Q318 Mr Burley: It is fair to say that America has some of the loosest gun control laws and here in Britain we have some of the strictest in Europe if not the world. Why do you think we still have so many problems with guns being used in crime in this country, with all of our tight controls? Can I ask you about stopping weapons crossing state borders? We have heard lots of evidence about guns coming in to the UK from Europe. Is that analogous to your problem of guns coming in from other states?
Peter Nickles: We have had very little success in stopping the illegal transfer-the illegal movement of guns across state borders. I suspect that is a problem that Britain is having now in the common market, where guns move around among sister states in the EU. There has been an effort by Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, and the mayor of DC, Adrian Fenty, and some of the other leaders on the east coast, to impose some kind of regional ban. We co-operate with the states of Maryland, New York, Virginia and so on. I think the answer to your inquiry is that guns move across borders. If in fact guns are used in crime, they will move, and there is a lot of money involved in the movement of guns. We have been following that for years here in DC, because we have the strictest gun laws. We literally have thousands of guns in this city that have not legally been registered.
Q319 Mr Burley: What, if anything, can you do to try to stop that?
Peter Nickles: One of the things we can do is seek to impose conditions on the registration of guns. We have had a gun tip line, which people can call anonymously, no questions asked. There is a significant reward. I think we've received some 5,000 or 6,000 guns through this tipping hotline, but until all the states get together and impose uniform gun laws, as a practical matter, it is very difficult. I don't know what you all have in Britain-whether you have some kind of organisation akin to the NRA-but in this country, it is a no-brainer. You are not able to get anywhere in terms of any kind of uniform minimum gun regulation, so that you can keep track of guns that move across state lines. In fact, right now, we are fighting in court not only the question of gun registration, but the question of the huge guns, huge magazines and machine guns.
Chair: We'll come onto that in further questions, Mr Attorney-General. We have no equivalent to the NRA in the UK-not at the moment, anyway.
Q320 Mr Clappison: Attorney-General, your ban was introduced in 1976, I believe, and it has only recently been relaxed. Are you able to say if there was any significant change in the level of firearm violence and firearms used in crime over that period? What happened after 1976, and has anything happened recently?
Peter Nickles: We had a pretty good track record after 1976. Of course, one can use statistics to prove almost any point, but there was a period starting in about 1986 when we had a crack cocaine epidemic in Washington DC and the homicide rate went up to 479-in fact, Washington DC was then known as the murder capital of the United States. So there was, of course, criticism fostered by the NRA and some other groups who said, "Look at the failure of strict bans on weapons." I think it's fair to say that after the crack cocaine epidemic was dealt with, the number of homicides-particularly with guns-has gone down significantly.
Last year, in 2009, we had 143 homicides, which was the lowest total since 1966. This year we are on a trend to go well below that number, so the registration system that we have imposed over the last two years, along with the various kinds of training and other identification requirements, have been very helpful not only in reducing the use of guns, but in absolutely reducing the total number of homicides and violent crime.
Q321 Alun Michael: Could we look at the use of firearms in crime? What proportion of those are incidents of domestic violence, distinct from use in the commission of another crime or anything like that?
Peter Nickles: First, in connection with domestic violence, we have found that during the registration process that we adopted two years ago, literally no registered guns have been found to have been used in domestic violence incidents. Domestic crimes using firearms are a very small percentage of the total number of violent crimes. I have used the number before in terms of violent crimes; in about 75% to 80% of cases, firearms are used in connection with violent crimes in DC. Most of those offences are gang related or crime related; they are not related to domestic incidents.
Q322 Nicola Blackwood: This inquiry is, in part, a response to some very tragic events that occurred in Cumbria, where an individual who had a number of convictions was licensed to carry a shotgun. He used a legal weapon to kill a number of people. We are having a debate at the moment about whether it is appropriate for those people who have convictions or have been sentenced to custody for a period of three years or less to be permitted to carry weapons under certain conditions. I wonder what the situation is in the US. Do you prohibit individuals who, for example, have a history of domestic abuse or other violent crimes from carrying weapons?
Peter Nickles: We have very strict requirements on your ability to apply to register a firearm. We exclude folks who have been convicted of felonies, who have some mental problem in their background and who have a problem of domestic abuse. We are trying, through the registration process, to eliminate those individuals who have a propensity to violence who we think may be reasonably thought to be in a situation where they would commit a crime and then have a weapon to make that crime even more deadly. So we have very strict preconditions on the application process to register for a weapon. To look at your example, if that individual had any felony, mental problem or domestic violence problem, they could not register a firearm in Washington DC.
Q323 Nicola Blackwood: May I carry on and ask about the prohibition of people with certain mental health problems? We are also discussing the role that our doctors will play in the application process in clearing an individual as being appropriate to hold a firearm. How does that work in the US?
Peter Nickles: Individuals who have been found not to be mentally competent by appropriate authorities-we have a Department of Mental Health, so individuals who go through that process-are ineligible to register a firearm. It is a very important area. We dealt with it very thoughtfully, because we don't want to exclude people arbitrarily or unnecessarily, but we look very carefully at the background of each individual who seeks to register a firearm.
Chair: Thank you. It would be helpful if our Clerks talked to your staff about getting a note on your registration procedures. Two final questions, first from Mark Reckless.
Q324 Mark Reckless: What measures do you have in place to ensure responsible gun ownership? Do you see airguns as part of that regime?
Peter Nickles: With respect to airguns, you have to be 18 or older to purchase or possess an air weapon, and you can't discharge or possess an air weapon on public space within the city. As to the conditions that apply to registration, let me go through some of them, because we have-the NRA does not like this-a significant series of preconditions that apply to the registration of a firearm. First, you have to submit fingerprints for a national criminal background check and for identification purposes. Secondly, the handguns that will be subject to the registration process are submitted to our police department for a ballistics identification procedure, for which the registration imposes a fee. If a crime is later committed with a firearm and that firearm has not been registered, we can then trace it back to the individual who put the gun up for registration.
We also have a test so that the registrant has to show a significant familiarity with the laws pertaining to firearms. We have vision tests and training-individuals have to take at least an hour of firearms training at a firing range and at least four hours of classroom instruction. We also have to look at the background of the individual. If the registrant is a new resident of the district, we look very carefully at that individual. The registration lasts for three years, and at the end of the three years, the registration must be renewed. The firearm certificate includes photographs so that law enforcement can more easily find these legally registered firearms.
We have a background check once every six years to confirm that the individual continues to meet the registration qualifications. We also have a very important requirement that if the gun is sold, lost or destroyed, that information must be given to the police department. So we have over a period of some time developed a significant set of requirements, which are now the subject of litigation where we have been asked to justify these preconditions under the second amendment.
Q325 Bridget Phillipson: To what extent does the district see control of the supply of guns as the key to solving gun violence in the inner city and what other strategies do you use for this?
Peter Nickles: The supply of guns is critical to the crime programmes that we enforce here in Washington DC. We have tried to work with other states. We have tried to work with Congress with respect to the supply issue. In all candour I have to tell you that we have not been that successful simply because each state regulates in a very different fashion and because Congress has been so reluctant to deal with the issue. My own view, having looked at this for some time, is that if one could impose a modicum of control over the supply of firearms, one can impose a significant limitation on violent crime with firearms.
Q326 Chair: Thank you. You mentioned the age limit, Mr Attorney, and one particular gun-airguns. Is there an age limit on any of the other guns?
Peter Nickles: Yes, there is an age limit of 21 on the other weapons. For airguns, it is 18 years of age. It is interesting that in DC we have been registering guns for almost two years and my understanding is that we have registered only about 1,000 firearms during that period. That indicates first that people do not like to go through the preconditions we have and secondly folks, I guess, have the view that they can get the firearms in other ways if they wish to have them.
Q327 Chair: That is very helpful. It is almost 2.30 pm and Parliament is about to start. I hope that you found that a more pleasant experience than appearing on Capitol Hill and being cross-examined by one of the congressional Committees. Have there been any congressional inquiries into firearms or has the NRA been able to stop even that?
Peter Nickles: Let's say there have been hearings. I was at a hearing about six months ago with the head of the Capitol police, the head of the Park Police, and the head of own Police Department. The basic point we were making was that Washington DC is a unique city with all the embassies and all the demonstrations, with the meetings of the IMF, the World Bank and so on and so requires a stricter regime of gun control than, say, Wyoming or Oklahoma
Chair: Indeed.
Peter Nickles: I must say that very few Congressmen showed up and the result of the hearing was that Congress didn't do anything because the NRA had done its homework before the hearing. So to some extent when you have all the senior police officers dealing with the city, the Capitol police who guard the very Congressmen who are in the hands of the NRA, the Park Police, the Washington Metropolitan Police Department all taking the uniform view that we must find a balance and then Congress not doing anything, it is very disappointing.
Chair: Mr Attorney, I know you are extraordinarily busy, so may I on behalf of this Committee thank you so much for participating in this evidence session? We will send you a copy of our report and your evidence will be part of that report. On behalf of the Committee as well could I invite you, should you be visiting London, to come and meet us here in the House of Commons? If there is any further information that you think it would be helpful for us to read before our conclusions are fashioned I should be most grateful if you could forward that on. Could I thank the Embassy staff who have made this possible, your own staff and our staff here for participating in this evidence session? Thank you very much.
Peter Nickles: Thank you. This has been very interesting.
Chair: Order. The session is closed.
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WESTHOUGHTON'S new mayor has officially started work after a ceremonial handover at a town council meeting.
Cllr Kevan Jones formally assumed responsibilities at Westhoughton Town Council on May 12, with the meeting adjourned for a week after the handover was complete.
The new deputy mayor, Cllr Lynda Winrow-Baker, also started her new role, with tributes paid to both and outgoing mayor Cllr Christopher Peacock.
Cllr Chadwick also took the opportunity to express his sadness that some people are trying to "destroy" Westhoughton Town Council.
Town councils should be axed as they are a waste of money according to Conservative borough councillor Andy Morgan, who attended the ceremony along with Bolton Council leader Cllr Cliff Morris.
Cllr Chadwick said Cllr Jones' points are set in the right direction and joked that nobody should under-estimate him, given his predilection for Thai boxing.
He said: "In Kevan Jones we have a man with a distinguished track record and a proud service record in the local community and with the Labour Party.
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Cllr Chadwick also congratulated "vociferous campaigner" Cllr Peacock for his year as mayor, praising his "self-discipline" and "whole-hearted approach".
Cllr Jones, who works for Cross Country Trains, has nominated Derian House and the RNLI as his chosen charities, with mum Pauline his mayoress for the year.
Cllr Winrow-Baker will be supported by husband Andrew as consort.
Cllr Phil Ashcroft, Conservative for White Horse, said: "It gives me great pleasure to speak in support of Lynda.
"She is an active and enthusiastic member of the Westhoughton community.
"She takes on concerns from residents and works tirelessly to bring them to a positive conclusion."
In the opening to his endorsement of the new mayor, Cllr Chadwick said: "Other townships aspire to what many belittle as an irrelevance.
"It is very sad that some people who have never lived in our proud and historic town set out to destroy that which was so hard fought for by our forebears.
"Do we want to be the people who destroy the very heart and soul of this town?
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To qualify for an installment agreement, all your required tax returns must have been filed and you must be up-to-date with your tax obligations.
For serious tax delinquencies, the IRS also has the authority to settle tax, penalties, and interest by negotiating an offer in compromise (OIC) to settle the tax debt for less than the full amount owed. Do not be fooled by the late night advertisers claiming magical abilities to settle your IRS tax liability for pennies on the dollar. You must be fairly destitute with both modest assets and modest future income prospects to achieve a substantial reduction via an OIC settlement.
The IRS has recently changed the offer-in-compromise program as part of their "Fresh Start" initiative to make the qualifications for a settlement more flexible. See IRS Information Releases 2011-20, 2012-31, and 2012-53 for guidance.
If you have not filed your federal income tax returns in recent years you should "get right with your government" and file your delinquent returns and pay your delinquent taxes. It is far better to face the delinquencies now than continue to procrastinate and suffer additional interest and penalties and suffer personal stress and anxiety.
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Back to work
My younger son and I have been nursing the same sort of cold these past few days. I am back at my desk now, but he's still on the mend. There have been several developments in the Anglican world while I've been sick, and I hope to get to them in due course. But the one that jumped out at me involves a recent speech by the Primate of Wales, the Most Rev. Barry Morgan, who was a member of the Lambeth Commission that authored the Windsor Report.
You can read the entire address here, or read the section regarding the Communion clicking on the continue reading button.
The archbishop is of the opinion that the Episcopal Church has responded constructively to the Windsor Report. His holding this opinion settles nothing, of course, but it is a useful balance to Bishop Tom Wright who has devoted himself to elucidating our perceived failure in this regard.
What struck me about the archbishop's statement, though, wasn't his seeming vote of confidence in the Episcopal Church, but the passage in which he writes:
"I do not know whether the Communion will ultimately hold together or not. If it fractures, it will not be a simple matter of just one province not recognising another but parishes and dioceses within provinces allying themselves with like-minded parishes and dioceses in other provinces. In other words, the fault lines will run through provinces as well as between them. Is that what we really want?"
To which I can only respond: Yes, given the alternatives, I think this may be what I want. It is a better solution (in my unofficial view) than establishing some sort of protectorate for conservative Episcopalians governed by the primate of another province, but still part of the Episcopal Church. It is better than the ongoing feuding that has crippled our ability to do mission. It is better than forcing the capitulation of one side or the other in our deeply divided communion. If each side believes that it is speaking the Word of God, then neither should have any fear of making its case in the marketplace of religious ideas.
A little further on, the archbishop writes: "And what kind of a church will we be, if we only associate with those who think or behave like us or conform to our view of things? No room then for difference or dissidence and what kind of witness to the Gospel is that?"
But I don't think he's got this right. There would still be plenty of differences within the communities that resulted from the divisions within the Communion. Just to offer two quick examples, conservatives would have disagreements about the role of women in ordained ministry. On the liberal side, people could even disagree about the wisdom of electing gay bishops. (However, they'd have to agree the election of such a bishop would not be a church-breaking issue.)
I don't want the Communion to break up, but I am not interested in capitulation or forcing capitulation. Some sort of looser, messier association seems to me the sanest way to get on with our lives in Christ. I am open to persuasion, or course. So have at it.
Let us now move to the Anglican Communion. I have just said that Christians hold a variety of different viewpoints on a host of moral issues. The only moral issue on which diversity does not seem to be encouraged in various parts of the Communion, is the issue of homosexuality. I am therefore glad and proud that the bishops of this Church have given a lead to our Church, that there is no one correct Christian viewpoint on this issue. In preparing this address I came across this quote from Professor Grace Davie, who holds the Chair in Sociology and Religion at the University of Exeter, "Could it be" she asks "that churches offer space for debate regarding particular and often controversial topics that are difficult to address elsewhere in society? The current debate about homosexuality offers a possible example, an interpretation encouraged by the intense media attention directed at this issue. Is this simply an internal debate about senior clergy appointments in which different lobbies are exerting their influence? Or is this one way in which society as a whole comes to terms with profound shifts in the moral climate?" She goes on to say that, "If the latter is not true, it is hard to understand why so much attention is being paid to the churches in this respect. If it is true, sociological thinking must take this factor into account." It is an interesting observation about modern Britain, if not the Communion.
I do not know whether the Communion will ultimately hold together or not. If it fractures, it will not be a simple matter of just one province not recognising another but parishes and dioceses within provinces allying themselves with like-minded parishes and dioceses in other provinces. In other words, the fault lines will run through provinces as well as between them. Is that what we really want? And what kind of a church will we be, if we only associate with those who think or behave like us or conform to our view of things? No room then for difference or dissidence and what kind of witness to the Gospel is that? This is what I believe the Archbishop of Canterbury was implying when he wrote to all provinces about the implications of the break up of the Communion. He was not advocating a two tier Communion – one for true believers and another for those who could not swallow the full faith as it were, who would be in some form of loose association with the Communion. He was merely pointing out the danger we are in. The Windsor Report advocated that provinces should covenant with one another and consult with one another before making decisions, which might affect the life of the Communion as a whole. As a member of that Commission, we did not have in mind a covenant that was prescriptive and detailed and intrusive. What we did have in mind was what ECUSA did at its convention in July when:
It re-affirmed its abiding commitment to the fellowship of churches that constitute the Anglican Communion and sought to live into the highest degree of communion possible.
It reaffirmed that it was in communion with the See of Canterbury, upholding and propagating the historic Faith and Order as set forth in the Book of Common Prayer.
It went on to make a commitment to the vision of inter-dependent life in Christ, characterized by forbearance, trust, and respect, and commended the Windsor Report and process as a means of deepening understanding of that commitment.
I do not know about you, but I could sign a covenant such as that. For, just as we have to recognise that the theory of the just war does not answer all the difficulties raised by modern methods of warfare, so too we have to recognise, as far as the Anglican Communion is concerned, that globalisation and instant communication have changed the nature of our relationships with one another and that what happens in one part of the church does affect another for good or ill. A covenant, setting out our mutual inter-dependence would remind us all of that fact. But that is totally different from the kind of covenant that some people want – a kind of prescriptive one, setting up an inter-provincial constitution that would set out theological boundaries and perimeters for individual provinces in both belief and behaviour, policed by a central curia of the primates or Archbishop of Canterbury. That would go much further than what ECUSA has done, or the existing agreement of the Lambeth quadrilateral, based on the acceptance of the scriptures, the creeds, the two dominical sacraments and the historic episcopate. It would cut at the root of the Anglican Communion as it has been traditionally understood with to my mind, disastrous consequences. We are after all a communion not a confession. We all need reminding of the words of St Augustine 'In certis, unitas. In dubiis, libertas. Et in omnibus caritas.' 'In fundamentals of faith there must be unity. In disputable matters there must be freedom for debate. But in everything there must be love.'
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I read the address earlier this morning and my initial concern about it was that the progressives would pull (out of context) the comments about GC 2006 and proclaim, "Hey, Windsor Report Member says We're OK!"
Well, you've proven that concern valid when you wrote, "The archbishop is of the opinion that the Episcopal Church has responded constructively to the Windsor Report."
Now, I know you are a stickler for saying the right thing so I think you might want to re-phrase that sentence, more along the lines of "The archbishop is of the opinion that the Episcopal Church has provided constructive guidance toward developing the Anglican Covenant called for in the Windsor Report."
See the difference. The former says much more that it should; the latter says only what it should. Do you see my point?
I am trying to see your point, but I must admit that this strike me as a distinction without a significant difference.
So let's then add the sentence you wrote right after the sentence discussed above: "His holding this opinion settles nothing, of course, but it is a useful balance to Bishop Tom Wright who has devoted himself to elucidating our perceived failure in this regard."
The implication here is that Bishop Wright (a member and one of the drafters of the Windsor Report) has said that TEC did not respond constructively to Windsor at GC 2006. Now, Jim, maybe you have inside knowledge of something I lack, but I don't recall reading anything from Bishop Tom in which he comments on GC 2006 actions. Help me out here, to what comments by Bishop Wright are you referring (by implication)?
I think you are referencing the article attributed to Bishop Wright on the Anglican Fulrum site that addressed the Special Commission's Windsor Resolutions (not the Special Committee's Resolutions or even the resolutions that ultimately were adopted). And a careful reading of his comments suggests that the Special Commission's resolutions fell short of complying with the Windsor Recommendations directed only at TEC (this is a key point because the Anglican Covenant idea that the Archbishop discusses was addressed to ALL communion members, not just to TEC).
In other words, you are making (perhaps unconsciously) an apples to oranges comparison. Bishop Wright was suggesting that TEC might fail to comply with the recommendations if it adopted the Special Commission's resolutions without amendment while Archbishop Morgan said TEC has done a good job adding to the conversation about the Covenant by adopting resolutions at GC 2006. Two different pieces of the Windsor Report.
I see nothing in Archbishop Morgan's address that addresses how well or poorly TEC responded to the Windsor recommendations. Archbishop Morgan was commenting ONLY on the idea of the Anglican Covenant, which makes sense because that idea was addressed to his (and all other Communion) churches.
Does that help? In other words, I don't in any way see how his comments mute or counter Bishop Wright's criticisms.
I am not saying that Morgan's statements mute or counter Wright's. Those are your words. The word I used was "balance."
This member of the WR commission has spoken positively about TEC's response to some of Windsor. Wright has spoken negatively about our response to other parts. It doesn't matter if they are commenting on the same portion of the report, it is clear from the public statements of both men that one holds our response in higher esteem than does another.
As I said, this settles nothing, particuarly since the commission, now disbanded, has no further authority in this process.
If you want to have this out with someone who actually thinks the archbishop is directly responding to Tom Wright, rather than just putting his own more positive interpretation of our response to Windsor into the debate, by all means, find that person and have at them. What I am trying to do in this thread is get some conversation going on whether the fragmentation of the communion is as bad a thing as some people, including Archbishop Morgan, think it would be.
Jim, I don't want "to have it out" with anybody. I expressed what my concerns were, you said you weren't sure you understood them, I explained further, you said, "Oh, I get that now, but that's not what I meant to say."
Now that we've cleared that up, I think fragmentation would be as bad a thing as Archbishop Morgan thinks it would be. That being said, I am starting to see the same arguments used by both sides to justify fragmentation (which is troubling).
As an aside, has Wright publicly commented about GC2006?
I don't think there is any agreement on either the left or the right that fragmentation is a good thing. Plenty of people on the left woud like to have it out--all the way through law suits which they (and I) assume they will (usually) win. Plenty of people on the right think that if they just hang in there long enough they will get the Anglican franchise or some sort of TEC-humbling accomodation. So I don't know that this is one of those issues on which the lables--accurate though thye may be--tell us very much. In my own thinking, it seemed to me that I was moving to the center.
Yesterday over at Brad Drell's site, I was involved in a discussion over the need for finding common ground. A progressive poster first brought it up and then a conservative poster said "but don't forget, above all we are to proclaim the Truth, which may not always allow for common ground."
Then today, over at Jake's site, a similar discussion was held, this time with the conservative saying we need to find common ground and the progressive replying, "but don't forget, above all we are to proclaim the Truth, which may not always allow for common ground."
Weird. I agree completely that there is disagreement within each "side" to the extent there are even sides anymore.
So, are you suggesting that you are starting to think the fragmentation might be a good thing? Or am I misreading you again?
Another aside, haven't watched FNL yet (although I taught my daughter's soccer team the pre-game chant). Sounds good. I have watched Studio 60 which talks about God every week.
I guess I am starting to think that fragmentation would be a good thing. It isn't a position I hold very firmly, but I keep putting it forward because I am puzzled by what I perceive as a widespread unwillingness to discuss it. It seems to me that if the leaders of the EC and AC want to hold those institutions together, they need to do a better job of persuading us why that togetherness is diesreable. And doing so requires something beyond bromides about the oneness of the body.
(I don't watch Studio 60. I don't actively avoid it. I just don't watch it. But I did see a piece in either the Post or Times yesterday about its depiction of Christians. Aaron Sorkin and I dated roomates at Syracuse in the early 1980s, but I was unable to glean any insight into his attiudes about faith when we passed each other on the stairs.)
I tend to agree with you on fragmentation. I never quite understood why ECUSA has failed to offer any alternative episcopal oversight that afforded real protection to orthodox parishes. It seems like one missed opportunity of many, and, of course, we've now got the whole issue of alternative primatial oversight. I have wondered if a possible reason is a sense on the part of some in ECUSA that once you start talking about things, they will become inevitable. That certainly can happen. But it is also conceivable that a group could come up with a governance structure that protected both sides of the church, while allowing common missions, and possibly ECUSA remaining in the Anglican Communion, at least in some sense. I think that is what Williams was asking for in his Reflections. It can't be forced on ECUSA, but neither can ECUSA force the ABC or the primates to do anything. (As an aside, it seems to me that those who are often asserting most loudly that ECUSA is autonomous and the ABC and primates should stay out are also the quickest to try to tell the ABC and the primates what they should and should not be doing. To say that this reinforces negative stereotypes of Americans is an understatement.) And without an internal US resolution, the primates may simply view themselves as forced by ECUSA's intractability to create a de facto new province. Then, the implications, legal and otherwise, for ECUSA will be whatever they will be.
PD88, your observation that
"ECUSA has failed to offer any alternative episcopal oversight that afforded real protection to orthodox parishes." Please help me out by explaining why and or what protection 'orthodox' parishes need and from whom do they need it?
Jim wrote: "It seems to me that if the leaders of the EC and AC want to hold those institutions together, they need to do a better job of persuading us why that togetherness is desireable. And doing so requires something beyond bromides about the oneness of the body."
That is a great point, Jim.
Ricard III: Well, I suppose you could ask the Connecticut Six, but I don't think it is a great mystery. Protection against orthodox clergy not being deposed or inhibited by the bishop for being orthdox, protection that the parish will not be reduced by the bishop to mission status for being orthodox, ability to call orthodox clergy, ability to exercise stewardship by not providing funds to the diocese that laity in the parish ask not be sent to the diocese, and protection of property from seizure due to the parish being orthodox.
It is currently the situation that orthodox clergy and their parishes in revisionist diocese fear removal, and upon the departure of current clergy, inability to call orthodox clergy, e.g., graduates of Trinity or Nashotah. And it is increasingly difficult to get laity to give to the parish when the bishop has claims on a significant part of the money (or all of it, if he reduces the parish to mission status) and may use it to further oppose orthdoxy.
But you may have known all that. An arrangement providing an orthodox bishop that had the same powers as the diocesan bishop would presumably have accomplished those things. To my knowledge that has never been offered. A separate province? One way, seems fine by me. Many state the critical importance of geographic provinces without exception, but I do not see the justification for it. And while the general concept is a tradition, exceptions seem common enough.
Further illustration that if one gets specific, togetherness on some things becomes clearly desirable, and other things not.
Richard III,
You can't be serious as to why ECUSA 'orthodox' parishes or priests need real protection. Orthodox ECUSA Priests, Vestries and Parishes have been falsely charged, personally sued,and physically removed by their bishops for their standing up for their beliefs. Check out Bishop Bennison and lawsuits and removals of priests in the Diocese of PA, the Diocese of Connecticut removing six priests.. it goes on and on.
That is why the orthodox need real protection from the revisionist bishops.
Then ask yourself when was a liberal priest or parish vestry removed by an Orthodox Bishop..
It has not happened.
Brad, PD, WG,
I think this is an area in which we might fruitful conversation. I would gladly stipulate that no priest or vestry should be disciplined in any way for differing with his or her bishop on the issue of non-celibate gay relationships. Where that has happened, I will join you in deploring it.
But what should a bishop do when a priest or vestry announces that because of differences over this issue it no longer recognizes the bishop's authority? What should a bishop do when a parish announces its intention to leave the diocese and take its property with it? In those instnaces, I don't think it can be fairly said that the parishes are being persecuted becaues they are orthodox. Can it?
Yes, it can. If you act because a sword is hanging over your head, is that not a result of persecution? Or must your head be lopped off first? Note, too, that if there had been adequate alternative episcopal oversight, the parish need not have done that.
Now, having seen the PoR writing, you might say "well, we'll let some other bishop do confirmations and baptisms, and that is sufficient". I don't think it is. Orthodox parishes in revisionist diocese know what will happen when their priest leaves and they try to call a new one. They know that their laity think it bad stewardship to give to the diocese when the bishop is itching to change the priest, and they know what their bishop will do to them if they do not give to him.
So as to your question of what the bishop should do, I would say the bishop should cede authority over that parish to another bishop. Don't get me wrong. No one is telling ECUSA it has a canonical or constititional obligation to do that. Some are just asking. ECUSA can say no. We can then see what the primates do in response.
So would you favor redoing our ecclesiology so that every parish got to pick its own bishop, and dioceses were intentional rather than geographic. (Hope I'm not missing your point, just trying to follow it toward what would seem its logical conclusion.) I can see where this might bring some peace, but it might just force the fighting down to the vestry level.
I appreciate your comment in standing with us, but it is not just the issue of non-celibate gay relationships. Persecution is about revisionist bishops forcing their will on the orthodox parishes with forced visitations, rejecting orthodox priests when called by a vestry, refusal to receive orthodox candidates for holy orders, refusal to allow candidates to attend orthodox seminaries come immediately to mind. These acts are morally wrong, yet they actually happened, and the bishops have prevailed. But what has it got us? What have those bishops accomplished?
Mr. Naughton, to your question, I think the ABC has already politely asked for separation without coercion. So, agreeing with the ABC, the short answer is yes. The real question is how. Perhaps you think that once the door is opened, it must be followed to an extreme. I don't see that, any more than I think ECUSA's insistence on the primacy of particular interpretations of current canons means that nothing else can ever be agreed to, and no changes to deal with the current crisis can be proposed. Personally, I favor a one-time, agreed-upon mechanism under which it is not easy, or without cost, but possible, for orthodox parishes and diocese to move to an orthodox province, coexisting with TEC. Not unlike the PCA-PCUSA split, though I recognize there were different historical facts behind that. After all, if I were to follow the rule that ecclesiology insists upon only one bishop in a geographic area to an extreme, I would hold only disdain for the Catholic, Lutheran and Methodist churches in my diocese, would I not? In fact, such ecclesiology might insist that the holder return to the Roman Catholic church.


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The guy I really like right now is Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer. I have read nothing but good things about him. Players respect him and enjoy playing for him. Obviously he is a very good defensive coordinator but the question with him (and others) is does he have the skills to be a good head coach? Right now he would probably be the first choice if I had to pick today.
I also like Perry Fewell. He has done some good things with the Giants defense although he was on the hot seat for a while I think. He is still worth taking a look at IMO.
I wouldn't be too excited about Mornhinweg. I don't think the Colts will hire Spagnuolo as head coach because it would probably be hard to sell to the players. The players like Caldwell and he has had more success as a head coach than Spagnuolo. Of course they were in different situations but it would be a tough sell. Besides I expect Spagnuolo to take a defensive coordinator job and not head coaching job. He has to protect his name as a head coach and the next head coaching job he takes will probably not be a rebuilding project.
I don't expect the Colts to get Bill Cowher. I just threw his name in the poll because he is one of the few possible candidates with head coaching experience.


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PHILADELPHIA—Campus Apartments' first hotel development, Homewood Suites by Hilton-University City, was awarded the silver level of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
This is the first LEED-certified property for Homewood Suites.
The upscale, extended-stay hotel, which offers residential-style accommodations for visitors to area universities and medical centers, opened this past May. The City of Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation and The Reinvestment Fund contributed financing to create a building that was 25% more efficient than the current building code.
The building features an energy-efficient, water-loop heat pump system to power heat and air conditioning, as well as a smart control system to monitor the building temperature. The energy-efficient light fixtures are controlled by occupancy sensors in common areas and card-control systems in the guest suites. Additional energy-efficient features include a green roof, high efficiency MEP systems, on-site storm water management and low-flow fixtures.


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An Illinois teenager and his mother learned their lessons with bank fees the hard way. In a recent story in the Chicago Tribune, Jon Yates reported that 18-year-old Daniel Ganziano managed to rack up nearly $230 worth of fees in a matter of days at TCF Bank. The catch: he wasn't even spending money.
Here's a breakdown of how a positive balance of $4.85 paved the way to a whopping negative value of $229.10.
- The teen's bank account balance fell to just $4.85, and TCF charged him $9.95 for failing to meet a minimum balance.
- This charge caused the account to be overdrawn, which led to additional charges of $28 each day for nearly two weeks.
While fees for overdrawing a checking account or making excessive withdrawals typically show up in an account holder's online statement, this type of story makes me wonder when banks will be forced to take a proactive approach to fee awareness. Of course, I believe account holders should be held accountable for their spending and saving habits, but what about a system that triggers an automated email or phone call once a checking account holder crosses a certain threshold of additional charges? In the barrage of customer service complaints and sub-par customer satisfaction survey results, it seems that this small step would help banks and their customers.
Now, readers might argue some members of the banking industry would love to watch fees pile up for delinquent account holders, but in the end, I think this really only hurts both parties. Account holders wind up in the hole, and I'm sure banks wind up with plenty of customers who can't pay for the charges. In the case of TCF, the institution now has a public relations headache on their hands. The article makes TCF employees initially seem less-than-helpful when the teen's mother attempted to reverse the charges. Who wins?
This seems like an issue the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should address. Of course, that agency seems to be facing some hurdles.
What do you think? Should banks be required to notify account holders of additional charges before they pile up too high?


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Salmon and Arugula Salad With Dijon Vinaigrette
READY IN: 7mins
Recipe by Vicki in CT
Healthy, delicious, quick, and easy meal. Can easily be doubled.
Top Review by evelynathens
I used already poached salmon that I had on hand to make this and horseradish sauce left over from Germany and Eastern Europe! What a great way to use left-overs! Loved the richness of the salmon against the bite of the rocket and horseradish. Delicious.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 (4 ounce) salmon fillets (bones and skin removed)
- seasoning (Paul Prudhomme's blackened fish magic or seasoning of your choice)
- drizzle olive oil (optional)
- arugula
- 1 -2 carrot, cut into ribbons using a vegetable peeler
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 1⁄2 teaspoon prepared horseradish sauce
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- garlic, to taste
- salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Directions See How It's Made
- Heat non stick skillet on medium/high heat.
- For dressing: In a large bowl combine dijon, horseradish, vinegar, salt, and pepper, and garlic. Whisk well. While wisking drizzle in 2 tablespoons olive oil.
- Drizzle a very small amount of oil (optional) onto fish filet. Sprinkle liberally with seasoning of choice.
- Cook salmon in skillet just until done turning once. If using thin fillets this should take very short amount of time, i.e. 2-5 minutes.
- Place arugula in bowl that dressing was made. Toss well to combine.
- Place dressed salad into two serving bowls. Top with carrot ribbons and hot cooked salmon.


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General Social Science Sites
- Research Resources for the Social Sciences (RRSS)
Organized into 18 categories (anthropology, demography, economics, political science, etc.), RRSS provides extensives links to web sites of interest primarily to students and professionals in the social sciences.
- Social Criticism Review
A collection of links to selected readings in social criticism by authors who may differ from what is often heard in the mainstream media. They cover many issues: progress, science, technology, protest, sustainable development, economics, globalization, multinationals, environment, war, poverty, media, genetic engineering, individual countries, and much more.
- Social Science Data Archives
The SSDA Web site provides links to a wide variety of topics and in the "About Databases" portion expedites access to massive information not available in traditional formats.
- Anthropology Resources on the Internet
Another large Web site that features numerous Anthro links and is maintained by The American Anthropological Association.
- Ethnographic Studies Internet Resource Page
Sponsored by the Library of Congress, this gateway site includes a very large collection of Web resources relating to Anthropology, Ethnomusicology, Folklore, and Folklife.
- Native American Home Pages
This site provides access to the home pages of individual Native Americans and Nations, and to other sites that provide solid information about American Indian issues.
- NativeWeb
- African Voices
This site, from the Smithsonian, dynamically presents cross-sections of the history, culture, and art of Africa. The history section offers an interactive timeline providing text and some striking images to narrate Africa's history beginning with the first evidence of human ancestors and continuing to the present day. The themes section features images and text on topics such as wealth and work in Africa, the Kongo Crossroads, and Global Africa.
- WebEc - WWW Resources in Economics
WebEc is an extensive collection of resources organized by subject areas (i.e. General Economics, Micro- and Macroeconomics, Financial Economics, Labor and Demographics, etc.).
- EconData
Click on the ten best sites or the data collection links. This features data collections such as statistical compendia, regional analyses and socioeconomic forecasts.
- Internet Public Library - Economics
Examples of the many sites found here include the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), USA Today's Economy Track, and OANDA (the currency converter).
- About.com - Economics
This economics guide, run by John Irons, is part of the About.com Web site. It addresses general interest issues and does a good job covering new economic events on the Internet.
- Dismal Scientist
This site offers macro and regional data with analysis plus general commentary.
- CIA World Fact Book
Maps, country flags, and background material on the geography, people, government, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for countries around the globe. Sections include Country Listings, Reference Maps, Notes and Definitions, and Appendixes.
- Map Collections: 1544-1999
Library of Congress site offering many old and new maps, including military, environmental, immigration, transportation, cities, and towns. Search by keyword or browse the indexes. It's possible to zoom in and out, adjusting the map sizes.
- Map History / History of Cartography: THE Gateway to the Subject
Use this site to find information about old maps, both on the web and in the real world. The site's 100 'pages' offer comment and guidance, and 4,500 annotated links - selected for relevance and quality.
- Map Machine
National Geographic Society's electronic maps web site acts as a historical and cultural atlas with Dynamic Maps and Flags and Facts for over 190 independent nations, plus U.S. states and Canadian provinces. There are also maps related to current news stories and links to more map sites.
- nationalatlas.gov
The National Atlas is the product of the U.S. Geological Service's coordination of geographically oriented data from more than 20 federal agencies. It portrays a wide range of culture and physical phenomena, including information on health, the environment, demography, agriculture, climate and geology. Of special note is the custom mapping tool, MapMaker, which allows users to create custom maps of any area in the U.S. at any scale.
- Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
A collection of high resolution map scans covering a variety of topics and geographical areas. Especially useful for maps of current topics in the news. Contains numerous links to other map collection sites. An excellent place to start exploring.
- Welcome to Flags of the World
Read more than 14,100 pages about flags and view more than 25,200 images of flags. Searchable by keywords. The Flag Detective gives help identifying flags. Includes a bibliography of flag books and links to other flag sites.
International Relations
- WWW Virtual Library – International Affairs Resources
This section of the WWW Virtual Library presents over 1800 annotated links that cover a range of international affairs topics or are dedicated to a specific organization, country or region of the world.
- INCORE Internet Country Guides
INCORE (Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity) is a web resource that focuses on providing scholarly information on ethnic conflicts in a few selected countries. Each country guide typically includes an annotated list of topical web sites, reports, news sources, maps and more, often from familiar sources such as CIA World Factbook, Amnesty International, and numerous United Nations web sites. Conflict management/peace studies.
- Nations of the World
From the Law Library of Congress. Includes global and international resources.
- Official Governmental Web Pages by Country
In addition to offering several sites relating to specific countries, this page includes links to the official sites of the United Nations, the European Parliament, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, etc.
- Country Studies: Area Handbook Series
Prepared by a multidisciplinary team of social scientists, this site contains education, health, political, social and economic information from approximately 85 countries. Users can search for information about a country, compare social and political life, and/or learn about current events affecting specific countries.
For related Web sites, see the Government category.
Political Science - Effective Citizenship
- The Center for Responsive Politics
The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research group that specializes in campaign finance. Find information about campaigns, specific politicians, corporations and the political action committees (PAC's) that support them.
- CRS Annotated Constitution
An online, searchable version of the US Constitution available from the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University. This version of the Constitution links to Supreme Court opinions, the United States Code, and the Code of Federal Regulations; it provides enhanced navigation of the text through linked footnotes and tables of contents.
- FactCheck.org
This site allows students to verify the accuracy of political ads, speeches and press releases. It also covers current issues like Supreme Court nominations, the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina. While no source is completely free from errors, this site offers students another perspective to evaluate political issues.
- Government Performance Project
The Government Performance Project (GPP) is the nation's only source for comprehensive and independent information about state management performance. Includes a "Grading the States" feature that evaluates state performances based on four categories – money, people, infrastructure, and information. The GPP is sponsored by a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts.
- GPO Access
A valuable resource for anyone wanting access to easily searchable text of the Constitution.
- IGC (Institute for Global Communications)
This megasite is targeted to the social activist . Links to PeaceNet, EcoNet, LaborNet, ConflictNet, and WomensNet can be found here as sites for about 400 members such as Amnesty International and Greenpeace.
- MAPlight.org
The site provides users with the capability to mine three sets of data: bill texts and legislative voting records, supporting/opposing interests for each bill, and campaign contribution data (which comes from the Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in State Politics). One may search for interest groups by category or key name, legislators by clicking on a map or searching by name and bills by subject or keyword/bill number.
- Real Clear Politics
Real Clear Politics is a nonpartisan collector of political content gathered from hundreds of newspapers, magazines, and select blogs across the country and around the world. It is updated throughout the day, seven days a week, and is a useful tool not only for political junkies, but for anyone seeking a variety of political perspectives on current news issues all in one place. Access is free, and no registration is required.
- Votesmart
Information on policy issues, elected officials, voting districts, voting records and state election results.
- Who are My Legislators? Wisconsin
- Child Trends
Child Trends, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization under the National Institute of Health and Human Development (which collects and disseminates research relevant to child issues), offers a thematically organized Web site that covers a wide scope of childhood issues particularly interesting to researchers and policy makers.
- Global Distribution of Poverty
This site hosts the Global Poverty Mapping Project, which "seeks to enhance current understanding of the global distribution of poverty and the geographic and biophysical conditions of where the poor live." Provides data in a variety of ways that will appeal to an array of learners and researchers interested in obtaining and using information about poverty, food security, and inequality.
- Guttmacher Institute
A nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education.
- Institute for Women's Policy Research
Contains information relating to the institute's own research and public policy work in a wide range of social and economic areas. Various publications (fact sheets, news stories, reports, briefs, tools, conference proceedings) can be viewed and printed (PDF format) free or ordered as hard copies at reasonable prices. Features a "Status of Women in the States" report series (including Wisconsin).
- ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
This site contains historical material documenting the experience of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people. It contains over two million individual pieces, including more than 16,000 books, 3,600+ titled collections of archived periodicals, 100,000 photographs, 2,300 linear feet of subject files, and thousands of audio/visual materials, posters, paintings, protest signs, buttons, and other memorabilia and realia of all sorts.
- A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace
This creative Trinity College web site provides numerous links to sociological web resources, as well as an interactive version of the game Sociology Jeopardy.
- SocioWeb
Enter in a search or browse this gateway site by category.
- Transparency International
This web site provides resources to understand and combat corruption. It describes itself as a politically nonpartisan organization. The site defines corruption as "the abuse of entrusted power for private gain." Most of the articles found in this collection are timely and available without charge. A good starting point to begin exploring this global issue.
- Urban Institute
This site provides analysis of policies and programs related to social, civic, and economic issues. It publishes reports that cover a variety of urban topics in both the United States and abroad.
- Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women (VAW), a section of the National Women's Health Information Center, provides information on a variety of violence issues facing society from domestic or interpersonal violence against women to bullying children and elder abuse. The site is easy to navigate. It includes data on violent acts against women and is a resource for information and help in dealing with personal violence.
- Youth at the United Nations
Deals with a wide variety of global youth issues and provides access to a library of UN documents related to youth.


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Strange Overheating
Like a month ago my radiator was leaking and both the radiator and the sensor was changed. Since than after couple of minutes I start to drive my car, radiator light comes out but I just ignored it.
Yesterday my car is overheated. I checked oil and radiator fluid and they were all there in proper levels. When I wait some time engine cools down little bit and start to drive little bit and overheat again. I searched the forum, people talk about some fake overheat issues, I checked the radiator and it was literally boiling at the time so I believe it is not an issue with the temp gauge.
Any idea?
Inproperly bled system. Try to bleed it again and get the air bubbles out of it.
They actually changed my radiator last time I was in the mechanic. Is there a chance that there can be bubbles in a new radiator as it is not bleeded?
Of course! A proper bleeding of the system is the only way to know 100% if you have no air bubbles in the system. Usually these air bubbles are the reason behind phantom overheats such as you're describing.
+1 Bleeding is a must, and some mechanics miss it.
You have to bleed the system everytime you do work on the cooling system minus just topping it off. You can do it yourself in 10 minutes with distilled water.
If your mechanic only changed out your radiator & sensor and did not bleed it thoroughly, it can lead to overheating later. Or, if you're still on your original waterpump... it's probably failing.
Or, if you may have another leak occurring else where that can allow air to be drawn into the system.. which would lead to your "random" overheating also.
I suggest:
You try and bleed your cooling system properly, usually takes 30 minutes or more (if it's your frist time) - search : DIY cooling system bleed
And, never over fill your expansion tank. Fill only to between the two bubble mark on the measure stick.
Thanks guys, let me work on it and update
Hi again,
I tried to bled the system but actually it was a failure. When I loosen the bleeding screw neither air nor fluid is coming. I think water is not circulating at all. I checked the codes and I have 1622, 1421 and 1423. Also when I drove the car, first it overheats up to red temperature, after 20-30 seconds firstly the red light gets off and temperature starts to be down slowly back to mid temperature. After shortly it starts to get higher up to red area and in 30 seconds it starts to go down back. So it periodically does this...
The history of the problem is:
The radiator started to leak and I was about to blew the engine, I saw the white smoke(gasket is damaged probably)
The mechanic changed the sensor part, he said it is leaking from there. Then when he started after that radiator broke from another point. Then he changed the whole radiator as well. After couple of days this I got a check engine light but I ignored it because sometimes a warning about transmission causes this. Then maybe 30 days after it overheat again with the story I mentioned above. Ail and coolant is there but overeated..
Thanks in advance for the suggestions.
Air and fluid will only come out when you start filling to ET to the very top with distilled water. I assume you're doing this, but you can't really assume anything on these forums.
:) for sure I did...
Can you post please the exact steps taken to bleed the system then.
I can't see any way short of something terribly wrong that you wouldn't get anything out of the bleed screw.
Driving with a CEL and/or low coolant light on is not a good idea.
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