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The contrast between candidates for President, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, was thrown into stark relief by their visits to Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac. Both men toured areas outside of New Orleans that were not protected by the barricades erected by the Army Corps of Engineers after Katrina hit. These areas sustained extensive damage from flooding this time around.
Here is Obama's response to what he saw in LaPlace, La.:
"We're going to make sure that at the federal level we are getting on the case very quickly about figuring out what exactly happened here, what can we do to make sure it doesn't happen again and expediting some of the decisions that may need to be made to ensure that we've got the infrastructure in place to protect people's property and to protect people's lives." At a flood victim's home, he said, "We're here to help."
Here is Mitt Romney's response, when asked for help by local resident Jodie Chiarello, who lost everything and whose house was completely underwater: "He just told me to, um, there's assistance out there. He said, go home and call 211," said Chiarello. (In some states, 211 is a public assistance number.)
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Chairman Goodlatte: Successful immigration reform must address effective interior enforcement. This is an integral piece of the puzzle. We can't just be fixated on securing the border, which undoubtedly is an issue of paramount concern. We must focus on interior enforcement, or more precisely what to do with unlawful immigrants who make it past the border and legal immigrants who violate the terms of their visas and thus become unlawfully present in the U.S.
Any real immigration reform effort must guarantee that our laws be enforced following a legalization program. This is required, in order to ensure that future generations do not have to deal with once again legalizing millions more people.
Interior enforcement of our immigration laws is critical to the success of our immigration system. Unfortunately, the Senate bill actually weakens interior enforcement in many areas or is simply ineffectual. The Senate bill allows aggravated felons who are currently subject to mandatory detention to be released in the care of advocacy organizations. The Senate bill provides an unworkable framework for deporting gang members. The Senate bill directs DHS to ignore criminal convictions under state laws for crimes such as human smuggling, harboring, trafficking, and gang crimes when adjudicating applications for legalization.
Today we turn to H.R. 2278, the immigration enforcement bill introduced by Trey Gowdy, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Mr. Gowdy's legislation, H.R. 2278, actually strengthens federal immigration enforcement.
One reason why our immigration system is broken today is because the present and past administrations have largely ignored the enforcement of our immigration laws. If we want to avoid the mistakes of the past, we cannot allow the President to continue shutting down federal immigration enforcement efforts unilaterally. The SAFE Act will not permit that to happen.
I remain concerned that whatever enforcement provisions Congress passes will be subject to implementation by the current Administration, which fails to enforce the laws already on the books. DHS has released thousands of illegal and criminal immigrant detainees while providing ever-changing numbers to Congress regarding the same. DHS is forbidding ICE officers from enforcing the laws they are bound to uphold. A federal judge has already ruled DHS's actions are likely in violation of federal law. DHS is placing whole classes of unlawful immigrants in enforcement free zones. DHS claims to be removing more aliens than any other administration, but has to generate bogus numbers in order to do so.
Ultimately, the American people have little trust that an administration which has not enforced the law in the past will do so in the future. That is why real immigration reform needs to have mechanisms to ensure that the President cannot simply turn off the switch on immigration enforcement.
Mr. Gowdy's bill contains such a mechanism. Not only does the bill strengthen immigration enforcement by giving the federal government the tools it needs to enforce our laws but it also ensures that where the federal government fails to act, states can pick up the slack.
Pursuant to the SAFE Act, states and localities are provided with specific congressional authorization to assist in the enforcement of Federal immigration law. States and localities can also enact and enforce their own immigration laws as long as they are consistent with federal law. The SAFE Act shows how to avoid the mistakes of the past with regard to immigration law enforcement, especially the 1986 immigration law.
The bill expands the types of serious criminal activity for which we can remove aliens, including criminal gang membership, drunk driving, manslaughter, rape, and failure to register as a sex offender. The bill ensures these individuals cannot take advantage of our generous immigration laws.
In addition to criminal provisions, the bill strengthens federal law to make it more difficult for foreign terrorists and other foreign nationals who pose national security concerns to enter and remain in the United States. Of note, the bill bars foreign terrorists or aliens who threaten national security from receiving immigration benefits, such as naturalization and discretionary relief from removal. Such provisions are particularly relevant; following the Boston bombings, where naturalized aliens killed, maimed, and injured Americans. Under the bill, no immigration benefits can be provided to immigrants until all required background and security checks are completed -- another item that the Senate bill fails to include. Rather, the Senate bill actually authorizes the Secretary to waive background checks. Mr. Gowdy's bill also improves our nation's first line of defense - the visa issuance process.
Additionally, the SAFE Act lives up to its name and provides much needed assistance to help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers carry out their jobs of enforcing federal immigration laws while keeping them safe.
Not only does the bill allow local law enforcement officials already working in their communities to pitch in to enforce our laws, but the bill also strengthens national security and protects our communities from those who wish to cause us harm. The SAFE Act provides a robust interior enforcement strategy that will maintain the integrity of our immigration system for the long term.
I look forward to hearing from all of our witnesses today and thank Mr. Gowdy for introducing this game changing legislation.
Source: http://judiciary.house.gov/news/2013/statement%2006132013_2.html

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Saint Gerard Majella, C.Ss.R.
Redemptorist Brother
Born 1726; Died: 1755; Professed: 1752; Canonized: 1904
Gerard Majella was born on April 6, 1726 in Muro, Italy. He was the son of a tailor who died when Gerard was 12, leaving the family in poverty. Gerard tried to join the Capuchin order but was denied because of his ill health. He was later accepted as a Redemptorist lay brother serving his congregation as a gardener and a tailor.
He is a saint whose intercession is requested for children (and unborn children in particular); childbirth; mothers (and expectant mothers in particular); motherhood; falsely accused people; good confessions; and lay brothers.
He was a man of great depth, insight, prayer and kindness. Unfortunately his health was never good. He died on October 16, 1755 at 29 years of age. Gerard was beatified on January 29, 1893 by Pope Leo XIII, and canonized on December 11, 1904 by Pope Saint Pius X. He was featured on an Italian 45-euro postage stamp in May 2005. His feast day is October 16.


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Doctors in Pennsylvania say Sharon Budd is starting to wiggle her fingers and toes after several surgeries on her skull, face and brain.
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IT WAS business as usual at the top of division one in the York & District Table Tennis League.
Leaders Coneysthorpe 'A' blitzed York RI 'B' 10-0 and then went on to beat Bootham 'A' 8-2. Martin Lowe was unbeaten in both matches.
Jon Wooldridge played well for Bootham, contributing both of their wins, including the prized scalp of Ashley Hodgson. He backed that up with a treble in an important 7-3 win over bottom side York RI 'C'.
Second-placed York RI 'A' kept their title hopes alive with a 9-1 victory over Holgate 'A', Mick Wilcockson and Paul Robertson unbeaten.
Coneysthorpe 'B' whitewashed University 'A' 10-0.
In division two, John Temple and Dave Quinlan each picked up two wins and teamed up to win the deciding doubles for Bootham 'D' in a surprise 6-4 defeat of York RI 'E'.
Pat Swindell claimed three superb wins as he helped his York RI 'D' to a 5-5 draw with Bootham 'B', while Ian Williams was the key man for Shepherds 'B' in a tight 6-4 defeat of their 'C' team.
Mike Robinson was the star for Tramways as they picked up a valuable win over Shepherds 'D' and youngster Nathan Taylor was on top form as second-placed Shepherds 'A' beat Bootham 'C' 7-3.
Holgate 'B' remain top, showing no mercy to their 'C' team in a 10-0 whitewash.
University 'B' are back on top of division three following a 7-3 win over BT 'B', with Bootham 'E' moving into second place after a 7-3 defeat of Holgate 'D'.
York RI 'F' remain in promotion contention with a good 8-2 victory over BT 'A'. Lewis McCarthy and David Dunn were too good for BT.
Matt Ayres and Rich Collyer inspired Bootham 'F' to a 7-3 defeat of York RI 'G'.
Burnholme 'B' remain on top of division four after three wins from Terry Ruane in an 8-2 thrashing of Wigginton & Haxby 8-2.
In second place, unbeaten York RI 'H' had Paul Greenwood to thank for salvaging a draw against University 'C'.
Tom Lines kept his Holgate 'E' in the promotion hunt with three wins in a 7-3 defeat of Bootham 'G' and veteran Mike Belton was too good for York RI 'I' in a comfortable 8-2 win for his Crescent 'F' side.


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The Anesthesiologist will report directly to the Chief, Anesthesiology Service. Dutiesinclude:
* Comprehensive medical management of patients to be rendered unconscious or insensitive to pain and stress during surgical, dental, and certain medical procedures including perioperative, intraoperative, and postoperative examination, consultation, management, monitoring, evaluation, and treatment.
* Management of fluid, electrolyte, and metabolic parameters.
* Resuscitation of patients of all ages.
* Management of malignant hyperthermia.
* Manipulation of body temperature.
* Diagnostic and therapeutic management of acute and limited chronic pain.
* Manipulation of cardiovascular parameters.
* Management of hypovolemia from any cause.
* Provide monitored anesthesia care.
* Deliver sedation and analgesia.
* Management of unconscious patients.
* Knowledge and expertise in the following anesthesia requirements: assessing, consulting, and preparing patients for anesthesia; rendering patients insensible to pain during surgical, therapeutic and diagnostic procedures; monitoring and restoring homeostasis in perioperative and critically ill patients; diagnosing and treating painful syndromes, managing cardiac and pulmonary resuscitation.
* Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with a diverse group of professional staff and management officials.
* Responsible for implementation and management of in-hospital therapeutic modalities and timely discharge planning and disposition.
* Service as the primary service for the perioperative care of selected surgical patients including, but not limited to Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Plastics, Urology, and Neurosurgery.
* Comprehensive perioperative care of the surgical patient.
* Expertise in the following anesthesia core requirements: assessing, consulting, and preparing patients for anesthesia; rending patients insensible to pain during surgical, therapeutic and diagnostic procedures; monitoring and restoring homeostasis in perioperative and critically ill patients, diagnosing and treating painful syndromes; managing cardiac and pulmonary resuscitation.
* Supervise CRNA staff, physician residents, mid-level practitioners, and medical students in the comprehensive medical management of all patient care.
* Accurately document care in the medical record.
* Provide guidance for the APNs on the Perioperative surgical service whose function it is to respond to facility wide Rapid Response Team (RRT) calls.
* Administration of general anesthesia (inhalation and intravenous) including invasive monitoring.
* Administration of regional anesthesia including: spinal, epidural, and peripheral nerve blocks.
* Placement of venous catheters.
* Placement of central venous catheters.
* Placement of chest tubes.
* Placement of arterial catheters and interpretation of pressures/wave forms.
* Placement of pulmonary artery catheters and interpretation of pressures/wave forms.
* Diagnostic Echocardiography, including placement of ECHO probe.
* Airway management including cricothyroidotomy.
* Bronchoscopy and other routine ICU procedures.
* Management of ventilator dependent patients and one lung ventilation.
* Teaching medical students, residents, fellows, and ACNP students as required.
* Taking part in departmental Journal Club and MM&I activities.
* Evaluation and supervision of mid level practitioners.
* Assisting with creation of policies and standard operating procedures for safe operations of the operating room.
* Assisting with creation of policies and standard operating procedures for safe operations of the Perioperative Surgical Home.
* Meet relevant service level and medical center performance measures.
* Serving on Healthcare System, VISN, and/or National VA committees or task forces as required
* Representing Anesthesiology on decision-making committees within the Healthcare System.
* Participating in leadership roles on local, state and/or national professional organizations specific to Anesthesiology, Pain Management, and Critical Care.
Work Schedule: Based on the needs of the service.
Functional Statement Title/#: Anesthesiologist - Critical Care/ #000000
English Language Proficiency: Must be proficient in spoken and written English.
Citizenship: Citizen of the United States. (Non-citizens may be appointed when no qualified citizens are available in accordance with regulations issued by the Under Secretary for Health or designee).
Education: Degree of doctor of medicine or equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are: Schools of medicine holding regular institutional membership in the Association of American Medical Colleges for the year in which the degree was granted, schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the American Osteopathic Association for the year in which the degree was granted, schools (including foreign schools) accepted by the licensing body of a State, Territory, or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) or in the District of Columbia as qualifying for full or unrestricted licensure.
Licensure: Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia. The physician must maintain current registration in the state of licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active, current licensure.
First-Year Residency (Internship): Completed a first-year residency, or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the year in which it was completed. For a VA resident, the appropriate Deans Committee and Resident Review Board may recommend appointment on the basis of the candidate's acceptability for residency training.
Approved residencies are:
(1) Those approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals, American Medical Association, in the list published for the year the residency was completed,
(2) Other residencies or their equivalents which the Professional Standards Board determines to have provided an applicant with appropriate professional training. The Board may determine that the residency requirement has been met if the candidate has completed 1 year of postgraduate education.
Must be board certified or eligible
Loss of Credential. An employee in this occupation who fails to obtain licensure/certification/registration within the required time frame, or who fails to maintain the required licensure/certification/registration must be removed from the occupation, which may also result in termination of employment.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Reference: VA Handbook 5005/27, Part II, Appendix G-2 PHYSICIAN QUALIFICATION STANDARD. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.
DESIGNATED DRUG-TESTING POSITION: Applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test result is received. [If applicable]
Physical Demands: This position may require prolonged standing and/or sitting for greater than 4 hours and repetitive stooping, bending, squatting, and or carrying items from one area to another.?, Lifting 30 pounds or more may be required.
Work Environment: Work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts of a medical center/hospital environment that require normal safety precautions typical of places such as offices, meeting and training rooms, or libraries. The workspace is adequately lighted, heated and ventilated.
You must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
* Resume/CV
* Occupational Questionnaire.
* Copy of your transcript when using education to qualify. (An official college transcript will be required before being hired)
* Copy of your professional license.
* Evidence of your eligibility to apply for this vacancy (please see checklist).
* Any other documents required by the checklist.
***If you are selected, you will be required to complete and return a Declaration for Federal Employment (OF 306) and the Application for Associated Health Occupations (VA 10-2850) - you may include them with your application package.
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Thursday, January the 23rd
Discussion moderator: Jan-Ingvar Lindström
9.30 Registration, coffee
10.00 Welcome
10.05 Introduction to VR technology, Lennart Fahlen
10.15 Introduction to Agent technology, Kristina Höök
10.30 Prof. David Rose: Brain Damage Rehabilitation. A Role for Virtual Reality
11.20 Kristian Simsarian: A medium for interactive 3d communication adn recreation for functionally
hindered and hospitalized children.
11.40 Kristina Höök: Automatic Adaptation to Users' Special Needs: some potential approaches
12.00 Lunch
13.20 Sheri Hunnicutt: Speech Technology: new possibilites for applications for users with special needs?
13.40 Enn Tyugu: Larger Buttons or More Intelligence?
14.00 Roy Davies: Virtual Reality on a Personal Computer - some examples. (video and demo)
14.20 Coffee
14.40 Problems for disabled, vision, followed by discussion
16.00 Summary of workshop
16.30 End of workshop
16.30 Brief annoucement for ECDVRAT 1998,
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and Associated Technologies, Skovde, Sweden,
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Black Conservatives Cheer Fisher v. Texas Supreme Court Decision Striking Down Race Preferences in College Admissions
Washington, D.C. - A 7-1 decision today in Fisher v. Texas by the U.S. Supreme Court striking down the use of race as a determining factor in public college admissions is being cheered by legal experts of the Project 21 black leadership network, which had argued in a legal brief filed with the Court in the case that such preferences violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
"The days of institutionalized racism are long gone, so it should be an accepted fact that public colleges cannot play a racial game of Chutes and Ladders with their admissions policies," said Project 21 Co-Chairman Cherylyn Harley LeBon, a former senior counsel for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. "I applaud the justices for realizing that terms such as 'diversity' are merely code words for quotas and set-asides that neither foster racial harmony nor truly help those who are allowed to skip the line. We owe people the best education possible, and preferences betray that ideal.
In Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, decided today, white plaintiff Abigail Fisher alleged racial preferences caused her 2008 admissions application to the University of Texas at Austin to be rejected in favor of a lesser-qualified minority candidate. Race-based admissions were outlawed in Texas in 1996 by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Hopwood v. Texas decision, but were reinstated at UT-Austin after the U.S. Supreme Court cited a "compelling state interest" for classroom diversity in its ruling in the case of Grutter v. Bollinger in 2003. The university's admissions policy was previously upheld by a district court judge and a three-judge panel of 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Project 21 joined an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") legal brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on Fisher's behalf that was written by the Pacific Legal Foundation. That brief was named by The Weekly Standard as "the most persuasive overall" of similar briefs in the case filed against race preferences.
The brief notes: "Diversity cannot be viewed in a vacuum as an abstract good; constitutional scrutiny arises because of the means -- racial classifications -- that are being used to achieve the end... Unlike remedying past intentional discrimination, which has its roots in the historical evils of the slave trade, slavery and Jim Crow, the benefits flowing from a diverse student body was an invention of politically interested social scientists."
"The vision of the framers and Martin Luther King is validated. There simply is no need to continue academic or employment apartheid in American any longer," said Project 21 Co-Chairman Horace Cooper, a former congressional leadership legal counsel and constitutional law professor.
The Supreme Court has consistently ruled that decisions based on race and ethnic origins are reviewable under the 14th Amendment using a strict scrutiny standard. Strict scrutiny is an exacting two-pronged test. First, the state must have a compelling interest in advancing the policy or rule - here the Supreme Court accepted that the University of Texas has great deference in this realm to achieve racial diversity in higher education. However, the state then must show that the means chosen to achieve said diversity are narrowly tailored to achieve those goals. They must show that a race-neutral policy would not achieve the same results. Here, the 5th Circuit failed to hold the University of Texas to such a standard, and the Supreme Court nearly unanimously agreed that they must reconsider the case under the proper parameter of strict scrutiny.
Previously, in 2011, Project 21 had joined an amicus curiae brief, also written by the Pacific Legal Foundation, asking the court to hear the Fisher case that was decided today.
Besides Fisher, Project 21 is currently involved in another case before the U.S. Supreme Court, having filed a legal brief of its own in the voting rights case of Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder. Additionally, Project 21 was the only conservative organization to publicly appear on the Supreme Court plaza to challenge groups such as the NAACP and Al Sharpton's National Action Network on the day of the Shelby County arguments.
Project 21 legal experts and other members have discussed these issues and other topics in media interviews featured on MSNBC, Fox News Channel, Glenn Beck's Blaze TV, the nationally-syndicated Jim Bohannon radio show, Florida Public Radio and Reuters.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear another case concerning admissions preferences,Schuette v. Michigan Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, in its 2013-14 term, which begins in October. That case involves the constitutionality of an amendment to the Michigan state constitution requiring colorblind admissions policies for public colleges and universities in that state. Project 21 will be submitting an amicus to the Court in that case as well, but is not yet making it publicly available.
Project 21, a leading voice of black conservatives for nearly two decades, is sponsored by the National Center for Public Policy Research (http://www.nationalcenter.org).
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Unheard of. Milli Vanilli, a dance-music duo that sounds like Alvin and the Chipmunks and speaks English like the two Teutonic muscleheads on Saturday Night Live, has done something boggling. The group, scorned by critics and adored by clubgoers and devotees of MTV, has scored three No. 1 singles off its debut album, Girl You Know It's True. It has also sold 10 million copies worldwide (7 million in the U.S.), put together a video compilation of its greatest hits that sold 100,000 copies in a month, and copped three American Music Awards in January. Last week the Millis strutted their...
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Unlike the sun, the moon does not give off its own light; instead it reflects the sun's light. Because of the orbit of the moon, we don't always see the whole moon illuminated. How much of the moon we see depends on the phaseit is in. Over the course of a month, you can observe all the different phases. A great way to teach your children about this is to observe the moon every few nights and discuss which phase it is in. If you have binoculars or a telescope, be sure to use them in your observation! During the month, what other changes do you notice? Does the moon always appear to have the same color and size? Your kids might enjoy keeping a journal with sketches and observations of each stage.
There are eight main phases in the moon's monthly cycle:
|New Moon- the sun, moon, and earth are lined up, with the sun's light reflecting off the side of the moon facing it. To the earth on the other side of it, the moon appears to be very dark at this stage.
|Waxing Crescent- the stage between the new moon and first quarter; a sliver of brightness is visible on the right. The dark part of the moon is still what is most visible to Earth at this point.
|First Quarter - the moon is to the left of the earth and sun (moving counter-clockwise); the sun's rays shine on the half of the moon facing it, half of which is visible to Earth. Thus, it appears to be a 'half moon,' half bright and half dark.
|Waxing Gibbous - the stage between the first quarter and full moon, when most of the bright side is visible.
|Full- the sun, earth, and moon are lined up, with the side of the moon facing the earth illuminated.
|Waning Gibbous - occurs after the full moon; the right edge appears to be dark or invisible. The moon is in the position opposite where it is during its waxing gibbous stage.
|Last (Third) Quarter - the moon is to the right of the earth and sun; because the sun's light only falls on the side of the moon facing it, there also appears to be a 'half moon' in this phase. The side that is bright is now opposite where it was during the first quarter, since the moon is on the other side of Earth.
|Waning Crescent - occurs between the last quarter and the new moon; only a crescent of the bright side shows, on the left edge closest to the sun. The rest of the moon facing us is the 'dark' side.
For younger children, you might want to demonstrate the moon's phases with a ball and flashlight in a dark room. See if you can determine how to arrange the ball (representing the moon), flashlight beam (sun), and a stationary audience (the earth) in the correct order to see the phases of the moon.
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Annette Bening says it was "fascinating" exploring what it feels like to have a romantic courtship at a more mature age with her new film The Face of Love.
The drama, which is making its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, stars Bening as a widow who loses her grip on reality when she tries to get romantically close to a painter who looks exactly like her late husband.
Both the late husband and artist are played by Ed Harris in the drama that's directed and co-written by Arie Posin.
Robin Williams co-stars as Nikki's widower neighbour, who's also her close friend.
The 55-year-old Bening says Nikki's situation really hit her during a scene in which she asks the painter over to her house.
"For me, because I've been married now for over 20 years, I haven't been in that situation in so long," says the four-time Oscar nominee, who wed Warren Beatty in 1992 and has four children with him.
"I have friends who are in that [situation] – they're divorced or they've lost their spouse and they're seeing somebody new. One of my best girlfriends is in that situation, so she has sort of a new-ish boyfriend."
Bening says she discovered dating at an older age "is the same and different."
"It's like the same from when you were a younger person, but then you have all these years of life experience and yet the falling in love and that insane thing that happens when you're attracted to a person, that you can't explain, that every song is written about and all these stories are about – it happens just the same."
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The Owens Harvest Community Garden was established in May of 2010 to offer on-site service learning opportunities to Learning Community students. The garden is a living/learning lab used by a variety of course disciplines. The Owens Urban Agriculture and Landscape and Turfgrass Management programs partnered with the Office of Service Learning to build and develop the garden. Students continue to apply their academic knowledge in the garden by working and providing creative input.
We invite students, faculty, staff and any member of the Owens community to enjoy the garden, help with volunteer gardening days and share produce with Owens community members in need.


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Pumpkin Patch
Pumpkin Patch
We have over 30 acres of pumpkins and gourds just 10 minutes outside of Lincoln, Nebraska. You can walk or enjoy a scenic hay rack ride out to the pumpkin patch to search for your perfect pumpkin. We also have pumpkins, mini-pumpkins and gourds picked just for you towards the exit in case you want to pick one more last minute as you're heading out the door and back to Lincoln.
However, we offer SO much more than just a pumpkin patch (though we have to agree, the hayrack ride to the pumpkin patch is one of the best things about Roca Berry Farm)!
With over 30 activities ranging from Bunnyville and Candyland to the Racing Slide and Haunted Manor, it's fun for the whole family! For a complete look at the activities, please visit the Things to Do Page.
For a complete look at dates and hours, visit the Hours Page.
- Open daily Sept 16 through Oct 31
- 9 am to 7 pm*
* The Ticket Window closes 1 hour before closing. All weekend day attractions with extra charges close at 5:00 pm.
For a complete look at the rates, please visit the Admission page.
- Weekday: $8.50/person. Kids Under 18 months FREE Mon-Fri.
- Weekend: $11.50/person. Kids 2 years and under FREE on Weekends.
- Weekend Group: $10.00/person.
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The embattled aged care provider Primelife Corporation has foreshadowed its third legal brawl with its founder and former managing director, Ted Sent.
As the company announced losses approaching $30 million and unveiled plans to raise a further $70-$80 million from the market, it said it expected to face a protracted and complex legal issue over the validity of 23 tax-effective investment syndicates put together in the time of Mr Sent as managing director.
It said if the Australian Securities and Investments Commission found any of the syndicates in breach of the Corporations Act, it might take years to determine who was liable and to what extent Primelife would have recourse against other parties, including past officers.
Mr Sent is already fighting the company over his dismissal last October and over promises allegedly made by chairman Robert Champion de Crespigny and deputy chairman Ronald Walker to raise bank finance, for retirement village developments, that it is claimed never materialised.
The investment syndicates already account for a $35 million write-back of previous profits and receivables, and managing director Jim Hazel said Primelife was working in conjunction with ASIC on an exit mechanism for some of the syndicate investors. This could add to the costs.
Former company secretary Sandra Porter, a business associate of Mr Sent, said it was unlikely that Mr Sent or any other former officers would be held liable.
"The Primelife directors at that time acted on legal advice sought independently of Mr Sent and were satisfied with the advice they received," she said.
"The investor groups, who included lawyers, accountants and other professional people, also got their own legal advice. Most were accepted as tax-exempt investors, and on that criterion they signed releases that confirmed to their syndicate managers how they should be treated for tax purposes."
Primelife shares, which have tumbled from a December high of $2.84, were halted on Thursday at $1.36 ahead of yesterday's announcement. On resumption they fell 6¢ but rallied and closed at $1.35, down 1¢.
Mr Hazel's statement showed that the $35 million write-back on the syndicates would amount to the biggest single item in estimated adjustment to the June 30 balance sheet of $60-$70 million.
The expected after-tax loss of $29.5 million for the year on revenue of $95.1 million could not be compared in a meaningful way with the $29.1 million loss of the previous year because of the balance-sheet adjustments and ongoing transformation of the business model, Mr Hazel said.
Primelife would soon go to the market for $70-$80 million through a combination of new equity and convertible debt to finance the continuation of its $1 billion development pipeline.
It had agreed with Tricom Equities to underwrite a $50 million pro-rata renounceable rights issue of shares to all Primelife share and noteholders should it proceed with a rights issue.


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Gold is often the forgotten element in St. Patrick's Day parties, but this glitzy color is so trendy now, making it the perfect time to bring it front and center to create a festive and modern party style.
Gold is often the forgotten element in St. Patrick's Day parties, but this glitzy color is so trendy now, making it the perfect time to bring it front and center to create a festive and modern party style.
I love repurposing old items and giving them a new look, and these vases are the simplest form of repurposing I've come across yet. Not only are they incredibly inexpensive, but also they are also simple and quick to make, so much so that you can go to your local thrift store to buy the vases in the morning, and have them dry and adorned with flowers by lunchtime.
The collection of vases shows you 3 different looks you can achieve by using one supply chest of gold paints, leaving you with a variety of styles and endless possibilities to put your own stamp on your next party.
- Shamrock Stencil
- Gold Spray Paint
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- Vases in various shapes and sizes
- Twine (optional, not used)
For a solid gold and clean glass vase (silhouette vase)
Step 1: Secure the tape (in this case I used painting tape) to create the pattern you would like to remain gold free onto the vase.
Step 2: Spray on your solid gold paint in an even spray across the area that is not covered in tape. In some cases you may need to apply a second coat.
Step 3: Once dry carefully remove the tape and fill with flowers.
For a part solid, part shimmery vase (see round vase)
Step 1: Secure the tape across the area that you want to have the lighter gold painted effect.
Step 2: Spray paint the expose glass with the gold spray paint and allow it to dry. Then, spray with the gold glitter paint to offer that subtle glitter effect.
Step 3: Once dry, remove the tape and then paint the glass-paint across the clean surface in as many brush strokes as needed to reach the depth of gold you are after.
Step 4: Once dry, fill with flowers.
For a part solid, part shimmery vase (see tall vase)
Step 1: Use the gold pen to paint the inside of the ridges of the vase.
Step 2: Spray paint the glass with the gold glitter spray paint and allow it to dry.
Step 3: Once dry, fill it with flowers.
Note: For more complicated projects you can fasten twine to the glass in a spiral and created a string effect on the glass. This vase is not shown.
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Q: Stereo on 1990 Ford F-250
I installed a stereo, I've done this numerous times. But this time everytime I give it gas the stereo shorts out. I gave the truck a tune up and that's when I noticed it acting up. I thought it was the spark plugs so I switched to resistor plugs but nothing. I replaced the condenser and nothing. I grounded it at different places and nothing.
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When you say the radio shorts out do you mean it blows a fuse and you have to replace a fuse or the radio just stops working. It may be internal in the radio or a loose connection, try tugging at the wiring harness in various places and see if you can get the radio to stop working, trying to isolate where it is you have a bad connection.
I meant that the stereo is playing when the truck is idling but when I put it in gear and give it gas you can't hear it. When I'm going 20 m.p.h. or more with the foot on the gas pedal you can't hear anything, then I let my foot off of the gas pedal and the sound comes back.
This could be resulting because your spark plug wires need to be replaced.
When I gave it a tune-up, I installed new Accel Performance wires, Bosch spark plugs at 34 gap, rotor, dist. cap, points at 17 gap and condenser all new, right after I noticed it acting up.
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TOP STORY >>No bond for pair, will stay in prison
By JOHN HOFHEIMER
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After a week in prison, former Lonoke Police Chief Jay Campbell and his wife Kelly thought theyd be freed on bond and back home in Lonoke Tuesday afternoon, reunited with their three children.
Instead, they were locked in Lonoke County Sheriffs Office patrol cars and transported back to prison to continue serving lengthy prison terms. In their wake, they left stunned and sobbing relatives in the parking lot of the Cabot City Annex.
The sudden change in their expectations occurred when Special Judge John Cole vacated his own April 24 ruling that the Campbells were eligible to be free on appeals bondshe on a $200,000 bond, she on a $100,000 bond.
Getting into the patrol car, Jay Campbell said he couldnt go back to prison, so for security purposes, a second deputy rode in the car. He arrived back at the Corrections Department without incident.
Jay Campbell is assigned to the Diagnostic Unit at Pine Bluff, and shes at the McPherson Unit at Newport.
An unsuspecting Kelly Campbell had entered the courtroom wearing a big smile, handcuffs and bright prison whites.
But the smile vanished from her face when Cole ruled that he had been in error last week when considering only the flight risk while determining that the Campbells could be freed on bond. Tuesday he said he was not convinced they didnt pose other sorts of risks.
Defense attorneys have speculated that it would take 18 months to get the appeal before the state Supreme Courtseven months alone for the court recorder to transcribe the two-month-long trial.
Until 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, the Campbells had expected to be free during that year and a half.
Jay Campbell is sentenced to a 40-year term for running an ongoing criminal enterprise, conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine and 21 other charges including several residential burglaries and several counts of receiving of a controlled substance by fraud.
Unless his case is overturned on appeal, hell serve at least 10 years in the state Correction Department.
Kelly Campbell is sentenced to 20 years for 26 convictions including several residential burglaries and several charges of receiving a controlled substance by theft. With good behavior, she could be out in about three years and four months.
Cole informed Lonoke County Prosecutor Lona McCastlain and defense lawyers Patrick Benca and Mark Hampton at 2 p.m. Monday that he would not allow the Campbells to be freed on bond, but neither defendant knew that until arriving at the temporary circuit courtroom in Cabot.
Im happy, said McCastlain. I think the people will be pleased that justice was served and the appeal bond denied.
Both Campbells tested positive for drugs in urinalysis, McCastlain told the court, but since Cole ruled they were not eligible for bond under Rule Six of the Arkansas Code, she did not call the witnesses to establish that the couple had drugs in their system.
McCastlain said Jay Campbell tested positive for hydrocodone and that Kellys urine revealed the presence of opiates, cocaine and methamphetamine.
Benca told the court that his client, Jay Campbell, had a prescription for the drug in his system.
In the emotional aftermath of Coles ruling, Kelly Campbell glared at McCastlain.
McCastlain dismissed her behavior later, saying it was a reasonable reaction to the sudden change in expectations and loss of liberty.
Cole also denied Benca and Hamptons challenge of his appeal-bond ruling and their motions for mistrials and retrials.
Benca argued that since Kelly Campbell was found innocent of participating in a continuing criminal enterprise with her husband, that Jay Campbells guilty verdict on that count must be set aside.
Cole denied his motion.
He did relieve both attorneys of the responsibility of further defending their clients during the appeals process and also ruled that both Campbells were indigent and that he would appoint them new lawyers.
Benca said it was probable that new lawyers for the Campbells would challenge Coles ruling on the appeals bond within the next 30 days.
The indigency ruling also meant they would not have to pay the estimated $70,000 to have the trial notes transcribed.
Jay Campbells easy smile, decreasingly evident over the past few court appearances, surfaced only briefly for his mother. Otherwise, he sat in quiet concern.
Waiting for the hearing to begin, the gallery behind the prosecutors table was chatty and festive. It included at least one victim of the Campbells, one jury member and some of McCastlains staff.
In stark contrast, across the aisle and behind the defendants and their attorneys, somber family members and a former co-defendant sat quietly, some crying and hugging. The families knew what Jay and Kelly Campbell did notthat they were headed back to prisonbut relatives couldnt reach them in prison.
Until (new inmates) have an account and a phone list, they dont have phone privileges, according to George Brewer, a Correction Department spokesman. We dont set that up during intake.
One former juror, who last week complained in tears to McCastlain that the system didnt work and that the jury had expected the Campbells to go straight to jail two weeks ago, when they were convicted, was all smiles Tuesday when the judge ruled the Campbells were not eligible for bond.
Speaking for the first time to the press on the condition of anonymity, the woman said the jurors were appalled by Campbells breach of trust and abuse of his position.
Thats why they gave the maximum penalty on almost every count. But, she said, the Campbells were young enough to learn and perhaps earn redemption, so they recommended the judge run the sentences concurrently.
Also happy to see Jay Campbell in prison was Linda Ives, who has long held that he and another lawman killed her son Kevin and another teenaged boy 20 years ago and left their bodies on a Saline County railroad track, where they were struck by a train.
She said Campbells high-placed friends were no longer able to protect him. None of this is new, she said Tuesday.
Its not fair. She didnt get to come home today, said Tammy Crow, Kelly Campbells sister. Weve had no contact with her.
Crow is the primary custodian of the Campbells three children while their parents are in prison.
Crow, her mother Caroline Hoagland, and two other sisters huddled and hugged after Kelly Campbell was driven off.
Were a strong, close family and well get through this, she said. Were trying to be strong for Kelly and the children, she said.
Benca said Campbell needed a new attorney for the appeal, someone who wasnt so close to the case and someone who could argue, if necessary, that Benca did a poor job of representing the former chief.
Hampton asked to be replaced because hes not an appeals attorney.
I have approved (Pulaski County Prosecutor) Larry Jegley as (Larry) Norwoods special prosecutor, Cole said in a related matter. Norwood, a bail bondsman, was at one time a codefendant in the Campbell case and is charged with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine with Jay Campbell and fellow bail bondsman Bobby Junior Cox.
There was testimony in the Campbell trial that Cox, then a codefendant, solicited Ron Bear Tyler to kill McCastlain and also witness Ryan Adams, the meth cook.
While currently neither Cox nor Norwood is charged with soliciting capital murder, Jegley instead of McCastlain will handle their charges. McCastlain is an alleged intended victim.
Jegley could not be reached for comment Tuesday and it was uncertain whether the two bail bondsmen would be tried together, and also whether or not he expected to charge one or both Cox and Norwood with solicitation of capital murder charges.
Cole will be the judge not only for charges against Cox and Norwood, but for former dispatcher Amy Staleys charge of having sex with inmates and former Lonoke Mayor Thomas Privetts misdemeanor theft-of-services trial for having Act 309 inmates hang his Christmas decorations and repair an air conditioner at his home.


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NEW YORK — When your office is more — way more — than the size of a cubicle, the decorating possibilities extend well beyond the frame of a corkboard.
Just west of Manhattan's Garment District, designer and emerging lifestyle maven Isaac Mizrahi has 18,000 square feet of new workspace to play with — enough room to nurture all his projects, including his Target lines and couture collection. (The studio for his Style Network show, Isaac, is even located here.)
But Mizrahi's workplace, the entire fourth floor, is no maze of drywalled rooms. White columns, about 20 feet high, are just about all that interrupt the flow. "What I love about the space is that it really has no boundaries," says Mizrahi, who began moving in last fall. "It is so amorphous, and it can change in a second."
Likewise, there's little division among the businesses: Seamstresses stitch custom gowns mere feet from where ideas for Target togs are hatched. "It really is a high/low world," Mizrahi says.
Office furniture references everything but the office. To wit, there are no Aeron chairs here. Instead, there are white upholstered formal anti-ques and old iron-and-wood factory seats. Something red and modern from Design Within Reach and something low and cozy Mizrahi plucked off the streets of the Upper West Side more than two decades ago. Sleek black club chairs from the '50s and plain wood school chairs Mizrahi picked up at a nearby flea market and had stripped and refinished, originally used as dining room chairs for his Bridgehampton beach house. And, of course, Target's $19.99 folding white metal Isaac chairs, with their hot pink seats and mandarin orange backs.
"I don't like sets of chairs," Mizrahi says. "I only like hodgepodges." A motley assortment is stationed around the conference table.
Lines between Mizrahi's home and work are blurred in other ways. Harry, his 6-year-old golden/border collie mix, is as much a fixture here as the early 20th-century Singer sewing machine in a corner. One of many once owned by Mizrahi's dad, a manufacturer of children's clothes, it has followed Mizrahi from his family's Brooklyn basement (he learned to sew on it), to his Upper West Side studio apartment, to his former Soho studio, to here.
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On 4 July 2013, we published a story titled: "Corrie stars Caught in TV Sting", which suggested that a number of Coronation Street stars, including Michelle Keegan, had behaved appallingly while attending a bogus celebrity "gifting suite", demanding free goods and misleading their fans by Tweeting about them.
Contrary to what was said in the article, Ms Keegan did not attend the event or behave in the manner suggested and she was not involved at all. We apologise for the embarrassment and distress caused to her.


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By Howard Hurlbut
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Cost estimates for a proposed uranium processing facility for nuclear weapons in Oakridge, Tenn. have increased to 19 times the original estimate — to $11.6 billion.
This would make it among the largest investments in the U.S. nuclear weapons infrastructure since the Manhattan Project that developed the atom bomb during World War II.
Originally priced at $600 million, the plant would produce uranium cores for the nation's stockpile of aging hydrogen bombs.
The Project on Government Oversight recommends that the plan be scrapped, citing an Army Corps of Engineers report that said the work could be done more economically at existing facilities.
The Energy Department has delayed its plans for a new plutonium facility in New Mexico, acknowledging that it had overestimated the number of plutonium triggers needed.
Legislators looking for areas of deficit reduction should examine this project very carefully as we and Russia proceed to cut our stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
Wall Street leader warns against default on debt
Frank Keating, president and CEO of the American Bankers Association, on Friday strongly opposed any decision by Congress to default on the debt ceiling.
He wrote, "Using the debt ceiling as leverage in the deficit debate is unwise and dangerous…our nation's financial integrity should not be used as a bargaining chip."
Keating speaks for banks of all sizes in the $13 trillion industry. As governor of Oklahoma, he balanced his state's budget for eight years in a row.
He quoted George Washington, "No pecuniary consideration is more urgent than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt."
Latino Series shows impact of numbers
The second segment of the PBS series "Latinos in America" focuses on Latino service in World War II and on Cuban and Puerto Rican migration north.
After WWII, "Operation Bootstrap" helped transform Puerto Rico's sugar cane plantation economy into one emphasizing the manufacture of consumer goods.
As the population outpaced even these new jobs, the U.S. began to fly Puerto Ricans (who are all U.S. citizens) to cities such as New York.
But as the number of new Puerto Ricans increased, some New Yorkers began to resent the increasing competition for jobs and housing.
A decade later, Cubans began immigrating to the U.S. after the Castro revolution, hoping to return home as soon as he was overthrown.
At first, the Cubans were welcomed as Cold War refugees. But as more immigrants came and none left, the welcome gradually cooled.
In the late 1940s a few Latino families immigrated to Arlington, Va., where I was attending high school.
Even though Virginia was a segregationist, Jim Crow state, the young Latinos and Latinas were received as cordially as we in Redlands today welcome foreign exchange students.
Dark eyes and hair, a Spanish accent, all were regarded as highly attractive attributes. Latin singers, music, and dance were extremely popular.
Today, however, Latino immigrants find themselves much less welcome in many Southern states, again partly due to their numbers during a recession.
Ted Cruz said to follow Obama's election path
National Review editor Rich Lowry observes that Sen. Ted Cruz is generally following President Obama's historic path to election as president, although veering to the right.
Lowry writes, "Where before have we heard of a new senator capturing the imagination of his party's base, establishing an unimpeachable standard of purity on a hot-button issue absolutely essential to it, and beginning to run for president shortly after arriving on the national scene?"
Even though Cruz' efforts to defund Obamacare may fail and anger GOP insiders, his appeal to Tea Party conservatives has been reinforced, Lowry argues.
Tea Party support in the primaries is crucial to obtaining the GOP nomination for president.
Also, Cruz has emulated Sen. Marco Rubio's recent success in using a filibuster speech to gain national attention. Lowry's analysis seems very accurate.
GOP response to fires is to increase logging
Responding to wildfires ravaging the West, the House of Representatives last week approved a bill to double the logging in our national forests.
Passed on a largely party-line vote, the bill would limit environmental reviews so as to speed timber-cutting in states such as California.
Titled the "Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act," the bill would increase cutting to 6 billion board feet of timber per year up from the current 2.5 billion feet.
Rep. Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) urged Republicans instead to stop slashing funds for the Forest Service and its fuel reduction programs.


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Ohio student wins Eastern Michigan University's Presidential Scholarship
YPSILANTI — Zachary Smith, of Troy, Ohio, has won a prestigious Eastern Michigan University Presidential Scholarship for 2008-09. The four-year award pays for 30 credit hours per year of in-state tuition each year (valued at $14,901 for the 2007-08 school year).
The competition is open to incoming freshmen with a minimum 3.7 grade point and qualifying test score.
During the competition, students write an essay and participate in a personal interview with a team of faculty, administrators and current EMU students.
Freshmen recipients must live in University housing the first two years of this award, maintain a 3.5 grade point average and complete 15 credits a semester to renew their scholarship.
Fifty students were interviewed and wrote an essay this year, with only 16 scholars being selected for the award.
Smith is a 2008 graduate of Troy High School.
Eastern Michigan University is a public, comprehensive university that offers programs in the arts, sciences and professions. EMU prepares students with the intellectual skills and practical experiences to succeed in their career and lives, and to be better citizens.
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North's Conner Frankamp goes for 52 points in double-OT loss to Northwest
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Northwest boys basketball coach Chris Collins heard the rumors.
His shot is even silkier now. His ballhandling has improved. He has actually gotten better from last season.
But until you see it with your own eyes, it's hard to believe the hype surrounding North sophomore Conner Frankamp. Then he turns you into a believer.
"I heard that over the summer and I was like, 'What's all the fuss about?' " Collins said. "Now I know what the fuss is about."
Frankamp's ability was on full display Tuesday night against Northwest, as he scored 52 points, a Wichita City League record, on 18-of-38 shooting that included eight three-pointers. But it was the Grizzlies who won the game, an 87-81 double- overtime thriller.
Frankamp broke the 33-year-old record of 47 points by South's Ricky Ross.
Frankamp took over the game down the stretch and nearly single-handedly defeated a quality Northwest team (2-0, 2-0).
"That is the type of kid that can steal one by himself," Collins said. "He has that type of ability as I heard, but now I know."
The pregame warmups foreshadowed Frankamp's shooting night. He barely missed.
"I kind of had a feeling it was going to be a good night," Frankamp said.
Northwest kept a fresh defender on Frankamp the entire game. Each one had the task of shutting him down; each one came away shaking his head.
"A lot of them you're like, 'I was right there, I thought I was in position,' and he just knocks them down," Northwest's Grant Landenberger said.
When the Grizzlies threatened to run away with the game, leading 54-45 after three quarters, Frankamp was at his best.
He started the quarter with a driving layup displaying impeccable body control in the air. He got to the line and made both free throws. A no-look pass for an easy basket for his teammate. A crucial layup to give North a 66-63 lead with 1:15 left in the fourth quarter.
Northwest's June Johnson (21 points) drained a three-pointer to force a tie, but Frankamp had left his mark on the fourth quarter: 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting.
"It's a team game, but once we saw him get into that zone, we just let him go to work," North coach Gary Squires said. "We spread the floor and let him go. He's a type of scorer that can change the game around and he did."
In the first overtime, Frankamp scored North's first five points but missed a driving layup that would have won the game.
Northwest took a 84-81 lead in double overtime on an offensive rebound from Kendrick Miller (17 points, 12 rebounds). The next trip down, Frankamp came up short on a three-pointer.
"It looked good for a second, I thought it was going in," said Frankamp, who played 40 minutes. "But I was a little tired there at the end, so I got to work on my endurance."
Frankamp's 52 also broke North's school record of 41 by Larry Neal in 1968.
"He's past up a lot of great scorers in the City League from way back," Squires said. "As a coach, I'm just enjoying every moment of watching him play."
After Frankamp scorched the nets against Heights last week, it begs the question of if he should be double-teamed throughout the game.
North's next highest scorer was Jacob Urban with nine points.
"At this point," Collins said, "I think you got to."
Frankamp appreciated the congratulations and the compliments following his scoring performance. He just wishes it was for getting a win for North (0-2, 0-2).
"It means a lot to me, but not as much as getting a 'W,' " Frankamp said.
North (0-2, 0-2) 14 17 14 21 7 8 81 Northwest (2-0, 2-0) 23 14 17 12 7 11 87
NORTH: Frankamp 18 8-8 52, Williams 2 0-0 4, Urban 3 3-4 9, Kinder 2 0-0 4, Bridges 1 1-2 3, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Howard 2 1-2 5, Price 1 2-4 4. Totals 29 (8) 15-20 81.
NORTHWEST: Nicholson 4 12-18 21, Johnson 8 1-2 21, Landenberger 3 0-1 7, Miller 7 3-4 17, Gales 5 1-4 11, Carter 2 0-0 6, Kramer 2 0-0 4, Fizer 0 0-0 0. Totals 31 (8) 17-30 87.


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The debate over online privacy tends to be simplified as a tug of war: Consumers demanding privacy protection are pitted against businesses that fear government restrictions will hamper electronic commerce. But legislators, who are rolling up their sleeves on privacy legislation this session, are learning the issue is not so black and white.
Lawyers and analysts framed the debate in a larger historical and legal context in recent testimony before the U.S. House Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
"Isn't privacy one of those warm fuzzy things everyone should be in favor of?" asks Eugene Volokh, a law professor at the University of California at Los Angeles who previously served as the chief consumer protection economist at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. "But if people have the right
Such freedom is both an individual and a business interest where privacy in the digital age is concerned, says Solveig Singleton, a lawyer and policy analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, an organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government.
"What has not been widely recognized is the extent to which business relies on the freedom of information for businesses and services," Singleton says. "The idea that people should own and control information about themselves is a radical and extreme departure from the free flow of information that has made the U.S. the world's leading economy."
The ideas that privacy can actually be good for business and that information sharing can actually be good for consumers are the "two dirty little secrets" of the privacy issue, says Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado.
A Different Tack Online
Whether by default or on purpose, the government has taken a new approach to digital information, noted Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).
"The reason we're seeing consumer alarm is that we haven't set up laws," Rotenberg says. "This is really the first instance with a new technology that Congress has decided not to regulate and to allow industry self-regulation." EPIC is a member-funded public interest research center established to focus public attention on civil liberty issues.
Exploitation of personal information is the central fear voiced by consumers worried about e-commerce privacy, and junk mail is often cited as an annoying result of such Web site data-gathering. But in actuality, the opposite is true, according to Fred Cate, a law professor at Indiana University in Bloomington who testified at last week's hearing.
If online companies can't gather information about their customers, they can't target their mailings to reflect consumers' likely interest, and the result is even more junk mail, he says.
Emory University law and economics professor Paul Rubin raised another view opposing privacy regulation. "The potential benefits of regulation appear to be small because there is little evidence that consumers are now being harmed by misuse of marketing and advertising information."
Growing Scrutiny Expected
But consumers continue to fear that personal information collected on the Web will be exploited.
"The real and perceived fears surrounding privacy need to be addressed," says Rep. DeGette.
The hearing is just the first in a series of many to examine privacy issues, says W.J. "Billy" Tauzin, R-Louisiana, chair of the Energy and Commerce committee.
"Before we can have great debates of how to fix the current situation, we must understand the current situation and the constraints we are bound by," Tauzin said. "Before we add new law, we must examine the old, as the heavy hand of government often takes a broad swipe when invited in."
This story, "Congress starts scrutinizing online privacy" was originally published by PCWorld.


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BURNLEY are on level terms at half time in this afternoon's Championship fixture at Bolton Wanderers after a quiet opening period.
Craig Dawson headed Jay Spearing's corner just wide for the hosts before the Bolton defender again freed himself from a set piece, only to see his effort kept out by the feet of Lee Grant.
Burnley felt Zat Knight might have been shown a red card when he hauled down Danny Ings in a promising position, only for Chris Foy to instead opt to book the Bolton defender, and Ross Wallace then put the free kick over the bar.


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The Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic isn't just bringing some of the best teams in men's college lacrosse to M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday.
It's also bringing some of the hottest storylines in the sport. For starters we have North Carolina, which fell to winless Penn on Tuesday for its second loss in a row after opening the season at No. 6.
In the feature game, Cornell won't have one of the best players in the nation, attackman Rob Pannell, who broke his left foot. So how will the Big Red offense fare against defending national champion Virginia?
And the nightcap just received a huge jolt as UMBC issued a wake-up call with its stunning fourth-quarter comeback win Tuesday against No. 5 Maryland.
Here's what to watch for at what could be the biggest showcase of the regular season:
The Tar Heels were shocked by Penn, 10-6, on Tuesday and have now lost two straight. Coach Joe Breschi acknowledged to me Wednesday: "We are not where we want to be. But we will get better." Meanwhile, the Tigers are coming off a loss to No. 2 Johns Hopkins.
North Carolina's offense was dysfunctional against Penn. The Tar Heels put only 10 shots on goal in the loss and committed 17 turnovers. They must fix their schemes and figure out where to put the puzzle pieces. Their roster is overstocked with natural attackmen (including Jack McBride, Marcus Holman and Davey Emala) who aren't as functional running midfield shifts.
North Carolina must create transition from defensive stops. Princeton runs to the substitution box after offensive possessions and is vulnerable to six-on-five and five-on-four breaks. The Tar Heels must take chances and play loose and fast.
North Carolina defenseman Jordan Smith will cover Princeton midfielder Tom Schreiber. The sophomore is the Tigers' key catalyst, leading a pass-first offense that doesn't have an abundance of speed or penetrators. Shutting down Schreiber is a must.
The Cavaliers topped then-No. 14 Syracuse at home in a thriller Sunday, looking very much like the nation's top-ranked team. The Big Red is dealing with the loss of superstar Pannell to a broken foot.
How does Cornell react to the news that Pannell will miss six weeks? This isn't the time to feel sorry for yourself. The Big Red is a championship-caliber team with Pannell leading the offense. Without him, we will see. My gut says Cornell is still a tournament-caliber team. The Big Red did beat Hopkins in a scrimmage without its playmaker. His absence puts more responsibility on Connor English, Matt Donovan and Roy Lang.
Schematically, the Cavaliers have multiple options. They run two distinct offenses (power midfield isolations and two-man invert behind the goal) and two different defenses (3-3 zone and man-to-man). This variety gives coach Dom Starsia and offensive coordinator Marc Van Arsdale choices. It's a winning formula — and one of the reasons Virginia is the top dog.
Can Cornell handle Virginia? The Big Red is 4-12 since 2008 against top-tier programs from the Atlantic Coast Conference, Syracuse and Notre Dame.
The Blue Jays are 5-0 after shutting out Manhattan, 11-0, on Tuesday, while UMBC upset No. 5 Maryland, 8-7, that night. The Terps dropped Towson from their schedule and moved UMBC to a midweek game. They paid the price — messing with a Don Zimmerman-coached team on short preparation was costly.
The Retrievers will invert and show extreme patience with the ball on offense. Attackman Scott Jones, a Canadian, is their best target. He is a right-handed shooter with slick hands. Rob Grimm and Dave Brown must be able to penetrate from the invert if UMBC hopes to score against a stingy Blue Jays defense.
Hopkins earned positive momentum with a win at Princeton on Friday night. Games with Syracuse, Virginia and North Carolina loom on the horizon. The Blue Jays must respect UMBC and continue to improve their extra-man offense, attack and defensive depth.
This game projects to have a very slow tempo. The over-under for total team stall warnings is nine. Any chance for a UMBC upset starts with faceoff man Phil Poe and a patient and opportunistic approach.


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Former President Bill Clinton - uncle to a senior at Redondo Union High School - will be in town next week to help raise money for the Redondo Beach Education Foundation, and might even attend Friday's commencement ceremony.
The foundation sent out fliers this week advertising the fundraiser, which will happen in the library of Parras Middle School on the same day as the commencement ceremony.
Cost of the event is $750, which will purchase a meet-and-greet with Clinton as well as a chance to pose for a photo with him. Only 50 tickets are available.
In addition, word has been spreading among parents and students that Clinton will not only attend the graduation ceremony, but also might deliver the commencement address. School officials have refused to confirm or deny the rumor.
Clinton's brother, Roger, has a son, Tyler, who is graduating from Redondo Union.
Four years ago, Clinton attended Tyler's eighth-grade ceremony from Riviera Hall Lutheran School in Torrance.
In 2001, the 42nd president of the United States showed up at the school unannounced, arriving by motorcade. With Secret Service agents keeping vigil outside, Clinton hung out in Tyler's classroom, chatting with the second-graders about their favorite school subjects.
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Barcelona vs Alaves 3-1 - Highlights & Goals - 27 May 2017 - Copa del Rey Final
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English Commentary By FOOTBALL SPOTLIGHT Barcelona vs Alaves 3-1 Highlights & Goals 2017 Copa del Rey Final, 27 May 2017. 1-0 Lionel Messi 1-1 Theo Hernandez 2-1 Neymar 3-1 Paco Alcacer Barcelona 3 Alaves 1: Barcelona win the Copa del Rey by Messi, Neymar and Alcacer goals. Alaves crash to a 3-1 defeat at Estadio Vicente Calderon in their first ever Spanish cup final, with Luis Enrique getting his hands on a trophy during his farewell game at Blaugrana. Goals from Messi, Neymar and Paco Alcacer were enough for the favourites, with El Glorioso responding with a great free kick from Theo Hernandez. Barca take some silverware to salvage their season, with Pellegrino\'s men able to be very proud of their efforts. Barcelona salvaged an otherwise disappointing season with a 3-1 victory over Alaves in the Copa del Rey final in Luis Enrique\'s last match as manager. Lionel Messi opened the scoring for Barca after a tense first 30 minutes in which Alaves twice went close. The Argentina international curled home a first-time shot from 20 yards after playing a one-two with Neymar to give his team a 1-0 lead. But Alaves struck right back, with Theo Hernandez beating Jasper Cillessen with a magnificent free kick from 30 yards away that left the Barca keeper no chance. Barcelona were soon back in front, with Neymar tapping home from close range to cap a well-worked team move by the Catalans. And Leo Messi would have one more moment of brilliance before the break, shredding the Alaves defence and somehow picking out a cutting Paco Alcacer, who blasted home past Fernando Pacheco to ...


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Engineering News Briefs: November and December 2007
Issue of Time Magazine Features JHU Chapter of Engineers Without Borders
Johns Hopkins University's Chapter of Engineers without Borders was featured in a Time Magazine article in their December 10th issue. Here is the direct quote from Time:
At Johns Hopkins University, for example, engineering professor William Ball says more than half of his department's students have signed up with the school's EWB chapter, which is engaged in long-term work to improve irrigation in rural South Africa. "I know for a fact that many students come here because we talk about this sort of work," says Ball. "And that's the kind of student we want to attract."
Click here to read the full article, and learn more about Professor William Ball by clicking here.
Freshmen Mechanical Engineering Students Compete in "Flippy Car" Contest
On December 10, the annual Mechanical Engineering Freshman Design Competition was held. This year's project? The students had to design a "Flippy Car." A twist on the usual mouse-trap car: the vehicle had to travel 10 feet, flip over, and then travel another 10 feet, using only the energy stored in rubber bands and mousetraps. Thirteen teams of students, who had worked on their cars for over a month, competed in a single-elimination tournament. Click here to check-out the full details about the Fall 2007 Mechanical Engineering Design Team Project. Click here for even more on MechE Design Projects.
Engineering Student Video Competition Launched!
The first ever Engineering School Student Video Competition launched in December. Students must submit 2-3 minute videos on the topics:
1. "It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time"
2. "A Day in the Life"
3. A New Discovery
4. "How it Works"
Cash prizes will be awarded to the best videos in early March and a selection of the videos will be made available on the Engineering School website and on YouTube. Prospective students should check back to see what our creative students come up with. Click here to read the full details of the contest.
Mechanical Engineering Professor Featured in Science Magazine
Professor Greg Chirikijian was recently featured in Science Magazine's story "Making Machines That Others of Their Kind." The article discusses the professor's work developing simple robots that can make others like themselves out of a few relatively complex parts. Click here to view Professor Chirikijian's faculty profile.


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HDFC Bank — Refund of Processing fee & compensation against unfair services in r/o housing loan
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Jajaipal singh
This is my first reminder against my mailed did on 12.2.2010. Matter is as under:
Please refer to clause 9 (3) (a) of the Banking Ombudsman Scheme 2006.
This complaint against your housing loan branch at Sector-18, Noida. I mailed that branch so many times but action on their part is NIL.
I am in Central Govt. Service and working as Sr. Auditor in iCISA (An International Traning Centre of Comptroller & Auditor General of India), A-52, Sector-62, Noida (UP) 201307. I had applied for Home loan of Rs. 14 lakh in HDFC branch Sector-18, Noida for property at Raj Nagar Extention, NH-58, Gzb. UP and I faced such unexpected problems as under:
i) Applied for home loan of Rs. 14 lakh (Property cost Rs. 15.06 lakh on CLP excluding Reigistry cost) on DUAL RATE basis in the first week of December 2009. Mr. Dhiraj (employer-Mobile No. 9953213291) had informed me that HDFC can provide me only Rs. 12.80 lakh, I made myself agree on his offer inspite of short of money.
ii) The HDFC vide their File No. 588585587/HUM dated 22.12.2009 has informed that loan amount of Rs. 12.80 lakh has sanctioned to me with interest rate 8.75% on floating rates and asked to submit such relevant papers to Mr. Joshi for disbursement of loan. (This sanctioned letter was provided to me through mail, on my request made on 30.12.2009)
iii) I disagreed on above proposal of loan on floating rates. On 12.1.2010 I mailed to HDFC (Mail address: firstname.lastname@example.com), request them to rectify the interest rate as 8.25 % on Dual Rate basis as applied me in my loan application.
iv) On my request the HDFC has issued to me a another Home Loan sactioned letter vide their File No. 588585587/HUM dated 25.1.2010 of Rs.11.02 lakh instead of Rs. 12.80 lakh on Dual Rate Home Loan basis.
v) I found my self totally disagree on above offer. On 29.1.2010, I mailed to Mr. Joshi that I don't want loan from HDFC and request him to return my processing fee of Rs.7170/- which was taken by them in first week of December 2009 against the loan amount of Rs. 12.80 Lakh (.5% of loan amount + 10.30 % service tax) and all original papers of my property.
Till today, I have paid Rs. 51,000 + 1,43,580= Rs. 1,94,580/- to Carol Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd vide their receipt No. RH03516 dated 30.11.2009 and RH03565 dated 14.12.2009 respectively towards purchase of flat No. F-562, Tower No. 15 in River Heights at Raj Nagar, Gzb. UP. These days I found myself nowhere due to services of your branch at Sector-18, Noida.
I am submitting my humble request to you to make such arragement for return of my processing fee of Rs. 7170/- and compensation of Rs. 1 lakh from the HDFC Bank and all original papers of my property that are kept with your branch at secter-18, Noida because now I have to pay huge interest to builder due to delay in payment.
Yours truely,
Jaipal singh
House No.38, iCISA Residential Complex,
A-52, Sector-62, Noida (UP) 201307
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Time to Start Voting for Jacquie From Colts Neck on The Voice!
Sixteen year old Jacquie Lee made it through all of the auditions to get onto national network TV on the number one competition show in America, The Voice!
Then Jacquie , with her incredible singing voice, made it through the Battle Rounds and through the Knock Out Rounds. She has Christina Aguilera as her mentor and Adam Levine telling her she's the cutest thing he's ever seen!
The live rounds are on NBC tonight and tomorrow night…and you can vote for Jacquie!Let's help this hometown girl win The Voice! For all the info on how to vote, click here!
We've had Jacquie on our morning show each week…she is a sweet and humble high school girl from a great family. Her mom is out in L.A. with her during the competition since she's a minor. Her dad and little brother Richie came to see us this morning and this whole family couldn't be nicer. They represent Monmouth County well!


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conebeckham wrote:Namdrol wrote:"Realizing" emptiness means the mind becomes free from the proliferation of the four extremes [is, isn't, both, neither]. That is not a cognitive event since it [the mind] has now become free from all apprehended characteristics. At this point, the mind has been transcended.
So, is there such a thing, in your view, as a "direct cognition of emptiness?"
Or, another way of asking, what is it that "realizes" emptiness if not the mind?
I will answer your first question, according to Santideva:
"The ultimate is beyond the experiential range of the mind,
the mind is conventional."
So no, there cannot be a direct cognition of emptiness, since emptiness is ultimate and the mind is relative.
However when the mind is freed from all characteristics, then that can be considered the realization of emptiness.


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Police are hunting an armed home invader alleged to have tied up a South Yarra woman with a phone charger cord and driven off with her BMW coupe.
The woman, aged in her mid-20s, was attacked by a balaclava-clad man in her Arthur Street carport shortly after 10pm, police have been told.
Stonnington Crime Investigation Unit detectives are scouring through CCTV vision and appealing for anybody with information to come forward.
The man, armed with scissors and wearing a single glove, followed the woman into the carport and forced his way into her bedroom, police say.
He demanded access to the woman's safe but after discovering there wasn't one at the property, he tied her up and made off with her black BMW and $10 from her wallet.
Detective Senior Constable Brendan Humby said police believed the intruder had used "an iPhone cable, a lamp electric cable and a cable from an electric blanket" to tie the woman up.
"She's obviously quite traumatised from the incident," he said. "It's obviously quite disturbing that someone could do that to someone.
"The fact that they've come into their home as well as then tied them up, she's very traumatised, and so are a few of the neighbours."
Detective Senior Constable Humby said police had canvassed the area for leads and would continue searching for the missing car.
"Hopefully someone will find this car, we believe it could still be being driven around at the moment," he said.
Police have not ruled out mistaken identity as a potential motive.
The black BMW, with registration XEC 146, was last seen travelling east on Arthur Street towards Chapel Street.
The man has been described as of Caucasian appearance, with a solid build and about 183 centimetres tall with light-coloured eyes. He was wearing a black puffer-style jacket, a dark-coloured vest with dark-coloured pants and shoes.
Anyone with any information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.


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WEBINAR: Google Local, The New Yellow Pages - Better Results for No Money
America's Small Business Development Center @ The College of NJ
Saturday, July 28, 2012 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (EDT)
For many years local businesses depended on the Yellow Pages to generate leads. Yellow Page directories used to be full of listings, with large display ads for popular categories such as furniture, pest control, air conditioning, plumbing, etc.
Now with the internet most people are turning to online searches to find almost everything, and up until recently the internet didn't provide good search results for local businesses. Now there is Google Local.
Google Local is a major shift in the way Google helps people find local businesses. Google Local allows businesses to be found on the first page of a search for local products and services. Google also allows businesses to enhance their Local page with additional features, such as photos, video and coupons.
Google Local makes the search for your business easy, relevant and useful, practically eliminating the need for the Yellow Pages. The best part is that there is no cost to local businesses for this service.
These benefits make Google Local the biggest opportunity for locally-based businesses to get online, get found, and get more new and repeat patronage. It's relatively simple to set up, easy to update and manage, and very likely to bring in customers.
In this webinar, Ed Andriessen (LinkedIn profile), CEO of a small business internet marketing consultancy called Business Training Resource, answers important questions about where to start and what to do with Google Local.
Ed will cover:
If you're a small business owner looking to get in front of more potential buyers, take a moment to register and attend this valuable session.
The NJSBDC network (www.njsbdc.com) is the premier provider of comprehensive services and programs for midsized businesses in New Jersey. The organization, which consists of 11 centers statewide, helps businesses expand their operations, manage their growth or start ventures. The New Jersey Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) network is partially funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration, the State of New Jersey, and The College of New Jersey. SBA's funding is not an endorsement of any products, opinions, or services. All SBA-funded programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made, if requested at least two weeks in advance by contacting 609-771-2947.
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BR Walls Project: Come Paint With Me
BR Walls Project
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 8:00 PM - Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 1:00 AM (CST)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Join us Wednesday 12.12.12 to indulge all your senses in the BR Walls Project : Come Paint With Me event at downtown's newest spot, Mud and Water.
Participants are encouraged to join gallery renown artists in a live-collaborative painting experience with a art auction fundraiser to follow.
Jami Eastin and Whitney McMorris with Paris Parker Salons & Spas will present Avante Garde hairstyles and makeup. Entertainment will also include a performance of partner acrobatics and the soundtrack for the event will be provided by DJ Otto and Salamander.
Food will be provided by local food trucks & drinks will flow across the newly renovated bar from 8pm to 2am.
Tickets are $22 in advance and $25 at the door. All proceeds raised will go to the BR Walls Project to continue enhancing the artistic beauty of our capital city into 2012 & 2013.
***If you would like to paint with a specific artist please email email@example.com with this request or donors will be assigned to artists night of the event.
When & Where
Mud and Water
174 South Blvd
Baton Rouge,
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 8:00 PM - Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 1:00 AM (CST)
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The shuttle Endeavour docked with the station Wednesday night, and shares it with a Russian Progress resupply craft that arrived in February. The shuttle is slated to leave March 24. Europe's robotic cargo ship arrives April 3. Four days later Progress leaves, while a Russian Soyuz craft arrives April 10 for a crew swap. And next year, Japan is expected to add its automated resupply ship to the mix.
"That's quite a traffic flow. We're thinking about launching an air-traffic controller soon to keep it all straight," quips Mr. Shireman, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's deputy program manager for the International Space Station.
Does space need air traffic control?
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