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Pam and Bob Ballard extend a warm welcome to Vue de M Bed and Breakfast.
Vue de M Bed and Breakfast is situated on the bank of the river Murray at Goolwa, a seaside resort where the river meets the Southern Ocean. Goolwa is only 87 km from Adelaide by road.
A sumptuous breakfast is served in the Sun Room at the front of our 1850s cottage, with arguably the best view in Goolwa.
Our BBQ and Poopdeck are available for use by our guests.
Open every day, we offer peace and solitude in our two bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms and relaxation on a private balcony with a magnificent view of the River Murray.
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|MEAC Cheerleading Championship Set for March 8
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., - The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) will host its annual cheerleading championship, Monday, March 8 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Joel Coliseum (2825 University Parkway) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
MEAC member institutions' cheerleading teams will compete in the championship which will broadcast live on www.MEACsports.com for the third straight year.
Admission to the championship is $5 per person. Tickets will go on sale through Ticketmaster outlets and the Joel Coliseum Box Office beginning November 16.
The cheerleading championship, held in conjunction with the MEAC Basketball Tournament, will tip-off action at the Joel Coliseum for the 2010 MEAC Basketball Tournament.
The Aggies of North Carolina A&T won first place honors for the third consecutive year during last year's championship. In addition to winning in the overall performance category, the Aggies also won the allâ€girls division and the allâ€star division.
North Carolina A&T's Lintandra Latham won in the Allâ€Star division while Regan Hales of Winstonâ€Salem State placed second and Chelsea Spoon of Morgan State finished third.
The South Carolina State Bulldogs were second in the overall performance category while the Florida A&M Rattlers finished third in overall team performance.
About the MEAC Basketball Tournament
The MEAC Basketball Tournament is a single elimination championship playoff that involves 11 Division I historically black colleges and universities located across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman, Coppin State, Delaware State, Florida A&M, Hampton, Howard, Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State, Norfolk State, North Carolina A&T State, and South Carolina State.
The tournament is played at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem North Carolina. Both the men's and women's tournament champion receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Tickets are available at www.meachoops.com, by calling the MEAC Office (757-416-7100), through Ticketmaster outlets nationwide, at MEAC School Box Offices and at the Joel Coliseum Box Office.


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Siena Takes On Iona At Madison Square Garden
Brandon Walters remembers the first time he played at Madison Square Garden.
Although he was just a freshman at Abraham Lincoln High School, in Brooklyn, he can recall the memory like it was yesterday.
"I was blown away," he said Monday morning, before the team departed for New York City. "I didn't really get that much of a chance to play, but looking everywhere and the atmosphere, it's almost euphoric."
Walters will get his seventh chance to play at arguably the world's most famous sports arena, when Siena takes on Iona, Tuesday evening.
"It never gets old," Walters said. "It's a great place to play."
The Saints and Gaels will hit the floor following St. John's game against Louisville, at approximately 9 p.m.
Siena coach Mitch Buonaguro has coached at The Garden before, as an assistant for Villanova and as a head coach for Fairfield.
"For me, it's a great experience because I"m from New York City," he said. "I used to go to games at The Garden and was a big (New York) Knicks fan growing up. To be able to coach there is a big thrill for me."
The Saints (0-2, 5-7) have won two games in a row, matching their longest win streak of the season.
"Both games were very similar," Buonaguro said. "They were close coming down the stretch and we made the plays."
Siena junior O.D. Anosike will be celebrating his 21st birthday on Tuesday evening and the Staten Island native expects at least 50 friends and family in the stands.
Coming into action on Monday, Anosike ranked fourth in the country, averaging 12.0 rebounds per game.
"I have to give credit to my teammates for putting pressure on the perimeter guys, so they have to take tough shots and I'm there to corral the rebound," he said.
All of the Saints realize this is a terrific chance to play in an arena with so much history and tradition.
"It's a great opportunity," Walters said.
Be sure to check out my stories in The Record, or at troyrecord.com. You can also check out my other blog, for more extensive coverage of Siena and the University at Albany's basketball teams.
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Grace Stewart Mullen founded the Redlands Bowl in 1923 and the first professional concert was given in August 1924. Community Sing, I believe, was one of the reasons Grace held the gatherings initially and then she slowly added the professional concerts when she was able to afford and personally transport the performing artists to Redlands.
Our young family moved here in June 1956 when my late husband, Myron J. Talbert, M.D. started his surgical practice in Redlands. We immediately took the family to Bowl nights, which then ran for three months, June, July and August—this was later reduced to just July and August after we suffered financial problems that also affected other Bowls/venues all over the country.
Fortunately for us in Redlands, we had the expertise of Conant Halsey, who pulled us through that rough time when most of the similar venues around the country were forced to fold.
Our first introduction to the Bowl was fabulous for our young family coming here from the midwest—to sit outdoors, hear a lovely concert and what was really great—no mosquitoes! We could sit in such peaceful comfort under the stars and it was all free!
Grace Mullen always came on stage at intermission and she was a formidable and majestic figure on center stage. She totally commanded both the stage and the audience.
If the audience had not pleased her with their responses like applauding in the wrong place or, worse yet, allowing a child to get near the stage, she would make known her displeasure in no uncertain terms. By the same token, if they had been a good audience, she praised them. She absolutely and totally held the audience in the palm of her hand and they loved her. I often thought that she scolded and praised like she was the mother and the audience her children.
I met Grace that first summer of 1956 and we remained good friends throughout the rest of her life.
After she was confined to a wheelchair and could no longer preside over intermission time, friends brought her in a van that was parked behind the last row of benches where she could view the programs and also warmly welcome the many people who stopped to visit with her during intermission.
I was the last person she spoke to before passing away.
One night when I was leaving, she said, "Don't let the Bowl die."
When I arrived the following morning, she had already passed away.
I often think of what dedication, devotion and just plain old gumption she had, to be remembering the Bowl as she was dying—her last thoughts were of her beloved Bowl.
I have been involved with the Bowl for many decades.
First as a member of the Bowl Associates Board including the presidency, and then many years on the RCMA board.
Plus, of course, I played for musicals in the Bowl and my entire family has been involved with those shows, starting with my daughter, Kathy, who directed and produced "South Pacific" in the Bowl's production August 22 and 23, 1975.
An interesting side note here. At that time, Kathy was working off Broadway with a little show called "A Chorus Line," and was offered a chance to move with the show to Broadway, but this happened right at the time Florence Beeler, Bowl program director, offered her the chance to produce her own show here in the Bowl. With her long family connection with the Bowl, she chose the Bowl musical.
I think it must have been tempting to stay with a show like "A Chorus Line," which then did become hugely successful on both Broadway and the world stage.
Kim Hoeptner and I have been co-accompanists for the Community Sing for the past 35 years, but I am now concerned for the continuance of the Community Sing, as we have been told there will be only two Community Sings this summer—I play July 22 and Kim will play Aug. 19.
For the first time ever, I see no mention of the Community Sing in this year's beautiful Festival Bowl brochure.
I am aware that our director, Curtiss Allen Sr., asked for a year's leave of absence but that should not be an obstacle as a substitute director can always be hired.
I have always enjoyed coming early on stage for the sing and love looking out at the people who also come early to enjoy singing together in a sort of Norman Rockwell moment. I would be very sorry if this valued Bowl tradition were to end, and I know Grace would not approve as, above all, she valued the togetherness of the Bowl audience and she felt, as many do, that the Community Sing does bring us all together happily singing.
Harriet Talbert has served as the Redlands Bowl Community Sing co-accompanist for 35 years. She is a resident of Redlands.


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New York (Jun. 3)
A three-day conference of Jewish social service and welfare agencies in the metropolitan area sponsored by the National Conference of Jewish Social Welfare in conjunction with the National Association of Jewish Center Workers and the National Council for Jewish Education, opened here today at the Y.M.H.A.
In compliance with the request made by the Office of Defence Transportation, the New York regional conference will serve as a substitute for the national conference teld in previous years. More than five hundred representatives of Jewish welfare agencies in Greater New York and its environs, as well as a number of outstanding leaders in the Jewish social service field who are in the city are participating.
The conference will feature reports forums and roundtable discussions on the various phases of social welfare work. Among the major problems to be discussed will be post-war planning for social service agencies, the provision of special services to veterans, overseas relief, and the institution of new forms of social service which will reach an increasing number of people.


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Also, Im a normal... sane... honest... non-killerish type of guy.
I feel I have to mention this since we are on the inter-webs.
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*Not to sound shallow* but these are just my prefernces
REALLY KIND, goodhearted, Easygoing, honest, outgoing, Loves Kids and animals, likes traveling, values family and relationships, SMILES ALOT, loves laughing and doesnt take life to seriously....I guess someone thats just a nice person
* again, sorry if i sounded shallow there I didnt mean to offend anyone, these are just my preferences.
For a living i own a Gastro-pub and I'm in the sports business
ice skating & hockey..
giving hugs ....
Music: Rock N Roll (all forms)
Food: Yes please! as long as its delish
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Volume 20 - Article 15 | Pages 353-376
Poverty in the Texas borderland and lower Mississippi Delta: A comparative analysis of differences by family type
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We provide a comparative analysis of county-level poverty in the two poorest regions of the United States - the Texas Borderland and the Lower Mississippi Delta - with a special focus on differences by family type. Our results reveal important regional variation in both the prevalence of poverty and the composition of the poor population across major family types. Using OLS regression models of family type-specific poverty we demonstrate three key findings: 1) There are no significant regional differences in poverty levels by family type between the Borderland and the Delta, net of important structural factors that characterize the regions; 2) with the exception of the employment rate, the structural factors associated with poverty among married couple and single female-headed families are quite different; and 3) paradoxically, areas in the Borderland with high in-migration are especially likely to suffer from high married-couple family poverty. Our results suggest the need for regionally targeted and demographically tailored anti-poverty policies.
Author's Affiliation
Tim Slack - Louisiana State University, United States of America
Joachim Singelmann - Louisiana State University, United States of America
Kayla Fontenot - Louisiana State University, United States of America
Dudley L. Poston, Jr. - Texas A&M University, United States of America
Rogelio Saenz - Texas A&M University, United States of America
Carlos Siordia - University of Pittsburgh, United States of America
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Vin Diesel is a badass action star, no doubt about that. But back in 1994, when the actor was in his late 20s, he was more interested in brawlers of a different species: Street Sharks action figures!
In this amazing throwback clip, Diesel demonstrates some Street Sharks at a toy fair, dressing the part in a leather vest and a shark tooth necklace. His body is still ripped (and he's actually got hair!), but when he starts playing with the action figures, it's pretty hard to take any of it seriously.
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"This is Boomer. He's got the biggest mouth of them all, he's the whale shark," Diesel explains in the clip, showing off the toy's abilities. "Say hello to that round mound of pound and his power slam. Very deadly."
The actor's other underwater pals include "Sledge" the hammerhead shark, and "Ripster," a Great White and "leader of the Street Sharks," complete with "feel-real shark skin" and his own super power, the "right hand roundhouse punch."
WATCH: Vin Diesel Gets Emotional Remembering Paul Walker, Sings Heartbreaking Tribute at People's Choice Awards
But it's not until Diesel pulls out the "hand shark" puppet that things really get amazing.
"I've got something here with such 'fin-tastic' detail, it's gonna blow you away," the actor assures, demonstrating the puppet's "Rocky Balboa" punching action, complete with sound effects Diesel makes himself.
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Do You Have A "Passion(s)"?
What do you love to do…..listen to music?…….collect stuff like stamps or baseball cards, guitars, or maybe cars? As a noun "passion" is defined as "a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything."
I'm an incredibly lucky guy because one of my passions is my job, even after 35 years. Music is huge! I'm one of those guys who needs to know who the musicians are on an album, what brand of guitar they play, do they use Elixer or D'Addario strings, who's doing the high harmony. You get the picture. My Taylor 616ce acoustic guitar makes me very happy. I love the way it feels, looks, and sounds, especially with a new set of strings.Singing!! I'm always singing, just ask Lou. There's just an amazing feeling you get when your playing and singing a tune that can be difficult to describe. Our pontoon boat is also right up there with the rest of them. Cocktail/Dinner sunset cruises on Candlewood Lake with Mindy and some great friends make every summer special.
To top everything off, it goes without saying that spending time with the family and an amazing array of friends is the best, especially our new Grandson, Bradley! Do you have any passions in your life and are you able to appreciate what you have, instead of being bummed out by what you don't have? I know one thing for sure, I am one lucky Grandpa!!


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SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Crew members of USS Peleliu (LHA 5) donned their hard hats and safety goggles as the ship officially began her dock planned maintenance availability (DPMA) March 4 and entered dry dock March 24 at NASSCO shipyards.
Cmdr. Michael Sweeney, Peleliu's operations officer, said the 29-year-old ship has finally received some attention, a $52-million makeover.
"It's been a long time since this ship has been in dry dock," Sweeney said. "The purpose of the visit to NASSCO shipyard is to make modifications and preservations. The three main evolutions that will take place are the MV-22 modification, our local area network upgrade and hull preservation. These modifications are designed to keep Peleliu operational for years to come."
The availability is intended to extend the life of the ship and enhance her combat capabilities through several planned modifications to the existing hull.
NASSCO will modernize the flight deck and ship's supporting systems to complement the new V-22 Osprey aircraft. The V-22 was developed to perform Navy, Marine Corps and Special Operations Command combat missions and will improve Peleliu's combat capabilities.
Another upgrade is the replacement of one of the ship's boat davits with a seven-meter rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB). The RHIB is a high-speed, high-buoyancy, extreme-weather craft that can operate in heavy seas and winds of 45 knots.
"Having the RHIB gives our ship more maneuverability and speed during small boat operations," said Lt. Warren Freeman Jr., the ship's maintenance material officer.
Lt. Cmdr. Brent Ingle, aircraft intermediate maintenance department officer, said the second major modification, the local area network (LAN), is part of the habitability overhaul.
"The ship's force will be conducting much of the habitability maintenance that includes resurfacing decks, maintenance on non-water tight doors, replacing lagging and a big concentration on berthing and new galley equipment," said Ingle. "We are also getting Fiber Optical GIG-E LAN to improve the quality of life for our own Sailors and embarked Marines."
Several preservation projects are planned to strengthen the ship's hull and various internal spaces.
"The tanks are going to be opened, inspected and cleaned," said Freeman. "This applies to all ballast, fuel and sea-water compensation tanks. We are also overhauling the ship's steam turbine generators. This will give us better efficiency for the ship's electrical distribution," he said. "Lastly, we are going to execute external corrosion control to extend the life of the ship. We are going to repair the hull, remove any rust and repaint it."
With the ship scheduled to head into dry dock to complete all of her modifications in only four months, Peleliu is full of activity.
Ingle said contractors would outnumber Sailors on most occasions.
"When we are in the yards, there will be thousands of contractors on the ship at any given time," said Ingle. "Everyday, the ship is going to have a synchronization meeting between ship's force and the shipyard to keep everything under control and running smoothly."
Peleliu is covered with scaffolding and hoses, vents and cables run through doorways and down passageways rendering the ship uninhabitable. The ship moved her 1,100 Sailors to a temporary barge that sits adjacent to Peleliu and provides office and living space.
Sweeney said by the time the "Iron Nickel" finishes her DPMA in August, she will be ready to rejoin the fleet as a stronger, more capable platform in support of the chief of naval operations' maritime strategy.
For more news form USS Peleliu, visit www.navy.mil/local/lha5.


text: You know like in the Janet Jackson video , that's what I'm shooting for. I've been working out for the past 14 years so whatever you guys say I probably heard or read it already. I'm 5'9 and weigh about 168 lbs, my body type is a bit muscular already but not like him, I have a little bit of extra body fat mainly around my waist It's not that bad I'm a 31-32 waist , my clothes fit me just fine. My main question is up until now I've been doing this 100% natural, no protein shakes and no pills at GNC. I'm getting the same if not better results as if I were drinking Herbalife or Jay Robb shakes. Those are the only two I go for since the other garbage has chemicals that give you memory loss over time. So in your opinion is he doing average weights 10-12 reps / 3 setson a moderate protein intake low carb diet or is he going for complete muscle failure , low reps /heavy weights, a shit load of protein and 0 carbs. Or is he just genetically gifted...who knows.


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Introducing to you the first friend I've found on DA, Wei Liang!
He is a supportive person and he's always there to comment on my uploads.
Here are some samples from his impressive gallery,
col.-Pirate - An impressive character illustration.
The Top is Where We're Headed - An interesting architectural pattern presented in striking colors.
Little Red Beach House - Selective coloring used to create mood.
Do visit Wei Liang's gallery.


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Somebody named Jonathan was certain to start in goal for the Kings during their grinding 2-1 victory Friday night over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Staples Center. It happened to be Jonathan Bernier, although it could have been Jonathan Quick.
Not that it mattered much.
The Kings could have made a snowman and stuck him in front of their net and it wouldn't have made much of a difference against the lackluster Blue Jackets. Bernier needed to make only 12 saves and was 2 minutes, 25 seconds away from a shutout in his second consecutive win in place of Quick.
Kyle Clifford and Mike Richards scored for the Kings in their lone Staples Center appearance in a stretch of nine games. Clifford scored an unassisted goal late in the second period and Richards scored with the Kings on a two-man advantage in the opening minutes of the third.
"I'd like to say that's where I wanted to shoot, but sometimes I just close my eyes and put it on net," Clifford said after recording his seventh point of the season, tying him briefly with Jeff Carter and Anze Kopitar for the team lead at the one-quarter mark of the lockout-shortened 48-game season.
Richards' goal, off an assist from Kopitar, was his 400 th NHL point. It proved to be the winning goal after Columbus' Nick Foligno ended Bernier's shutout bid by backhanding a centering pass from former Kings defenseman Jack Johnson into the net to cut it to 2-1.
The Blue Jackets (4-8-2) would get no closer, however.
The Kings (5-5-2) wouldn't let them, matching the Blue Jackets' grinding, patient style of play.
"They're a real physical team and we have to match up with them," Kings coach Darryl Sutter said of the Blue Jackets. "There are parts of our game that we have to absolutely demand that we try and get better at because of the inexperience at the back end."
With three key defensemen sidelined because of injuries, rookie Jake Muzzin got a second chance to impress Sutter on Friday. Muzzin took Alec Martinez's spot in the lineup after Martinez suffered an upper-body injury during the Kings' victory Monday over St. Louis.
"We took Muzzin out because he was (poor) in Anaheim," Sutter said, referring to the Kings' 7-4 loss to the Ducks on Feb. 2. "Most guys play like that in one game and they're doing time again. He's got to put his foot on the right pedal if he wants to play again."
The Kings were already without defensemen Matt Greene (back) and Willie Mitchell (knee), neither of whom is expected to be sound enough to play any time soon. Martinez, placed on injured reserve earlier this week, isn't expected to be out for long.
Sutter stuck Bernier behind them, giving him his first Staples Center start since March 17. The Kings coach wouldn't say which Jonathan would start Sunday against the Chicago Blackhawks, when the team begins a three-game trip with a nationally-televised game.
The Blue Jackets didn't test Bernier with anything resembling sustained pressure, generating four shots in the first period and four more in the second. Foligno had the lone quality chance in the first two periods, but Kings defenseman Rob Scuderi disrupted his point-blank try early in the second.
"Mentally, you've got to stay ready," Bernier said of his light workload. "It's a lot harder, but at the same time we didn't give up much."
Bernier also could have spoken about serving as Quick's backup. After all, the Kings rode Quick's superb goaltending last spring to their first Stanley Cup championship. Bernier had one of the best seats in the house for the Kings' charge, sitting on the bench.
But with Quick off his playoff form to start this season, Sutter gave Bernier a start Monday against the Blues in St. Louis and he was solid in a 4-1 victory. Sutter went with Bernier again Friday against the Blue Jackets, and the Kings won again.
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There were a smattering of boos the first time Johnson handled the puck in his first Staples Center appearance with the Blue Jackets since he was traded for Carter last Feb. 23. Johnson went into the game as the NHL's leader in ice time.


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Deciding when a patient is stable enough to leave a hospital is difficult for any doctor, but some former employees of Prime Healthcare Services say the chain has gone to extreme lengths to keep patients at their medical facilities.
Court testimony shows that Dr. Panch Jeyakumar, former medical director at Prime's Desert Valley Hospital in Victorville, has accused the chain's founder and board chairman, Dr. Prem Reddy, of overstating one patient's level of illness in "an economic decision."
Jeyakumar testified that he and two other physicians, including a cardiologist, believed that one patient who came to Desert Valley had endured a fainting spell.
But Reddy, who had practiced as a cardiologist, got involved in the case and wrote on a patient medical record: "post cardiac arrest – sudden death."
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Reddy exaggerated the diagnosis to ensure that the patient appeared too sick to be transferred to a Kaiser Permanente hospital, Jeyakumar said, recalling a discussion about the patient during a Feb. 13, 2003, meeting. Other nurse managers gave similar testimony at the trial.
Prime officials would not respond to requests for comment. In testimony, Reddy said he reached the "cardiac death" diagnosis because of the patient's family history, though he did not document the history in the patient medical record, testimony shows. He also testified that he was angry that Jeyakumar accused him of doing something "immoral, unethical, illegal for a few dollars."
Kaiser and the Heritage Provider Network have claimed in lawsuits that Prime is playing tug of war with their clients, rendering care without reaching out to their usual doctor or reviewing their medical histories.
Under laws governing how insured patients are treated in emergency rooms, hospital doctors are obligated to decide when an out-of-network patient is "stable." Once a patient reaches that point, hospitals must give insurance-company doctors information so they can decide whether to send an ambulance to get the patient or authorize the hospital to continue treatment.
Kaiser and Heritage have accused Prime of pressuring doctors not to deem patients "stable" at all during their stay or until hours before they are sent home – and then sending big bills to managed care firms.
Prime denies the latest accusations in legal filings, saying Kaiser's claims are "demonstrably false" and has accused Kaiser of being too aggressive in bringing its patients back to network hospitals.
Prime accuses Heritage of inappropriately arguing that patients were stable. Both cases are pending in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
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Another former Prime employee said she was charged with asking doctors to "backdate" medical records to get payment from Kaiser. The accusation came from Cheri Boka, who oversaw collections for four Orange County Prime hospitals for 10 months ending in April 2010.
Boka said she called Kaiser to ask about docked payment for patients who came to Prime emergency rooms and were admitted to a hospital floor. She repeatedly learned that Kaiser refused to pay because Prime had not followed regulations that call for Prime staff to discuss care decisions.
In as many as 50 cases, Boka said, her supervisor asked her to copy patient medical records and send them with a blank form labeled "unstable for transfer" to doctors at several Prime hospitals.
The doctors, Boka said, were expected to backdate the form and document information showing that the patients were too medically fragile at the time of treatment to be transferred t o a Kaiser facility.
With the signed forms in hand, Boka said she was expected to submit the bills to Kaiser for the second time.
"It was horrifying," said Boka, who settled a wrongful termination suit against Prime on an unrelated matter. "I said, 'This is not right. We're backdating records.' "
Boka said in March that she testified this year about the arrangement in a deposition for Kaiser after the firm contacted her.
A Kaiser counter-lawsuit echoes Boka's account, saying Prime will seek payment and insert documentation in a medical record to appear as though a doctor made an on-the-spot decision that a patient was not healthy enough to be moved.
"In truth, there has been no such determination," the lawsuit contends.
The Heritage cross-complaint also accuses Prime of "intentional mislabeling" of patients as "unstable" for transfer even though the patients are well enough to go back into managed care facilities.
Prime has denied allegations in both lawsuits and said Heritage inappropriately claimed that patients were stable to be transferred when they were not.
During a hearing about a proposed hospital sale, Assemblyman Jose Solorio, D-Santa Ana, testified that it is "against California law" to admit patients through the emergency room without talking to insurers.
"Dr. Reddy does this every day in every one of his hospitals," Solorio said. "In fact, this is how he gets most of his admissions. This should be of concern to the (state)."


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A new liquid crystal lens design is proposed to improve the recovery time with a ring-and-pie electrode pattern through a suitable driving scheme and using dual-frequency liquid crystals (DFLC) MLC-2048. Compared with the conventional single hole-type liquid crystal lens, this new structure of the DFLC lens is composed of only two ITO glasses, one of which is designed with the ring-and-pie pattern. For this device, one can control the orientation of liquid crystal directors via a three-stage switching procedure on the particularly-designed ring-and-pie electrode pattern. This aims to eliminate the disclination lines, and using different drive frequencies to reduce the recovery time to be less than 5 seconds. The proposed DFLC lens is shown effective in reducing recovery time, and then serves well as a potential device in places of the conventional lenses with fixed focus lengths and the conventional LC lens with a single circular-hole electrode pattern.
Optical lenses have been used in many commercial imaging modules or communication devices such as mobile phones to realize the functions of focusing and/or zooming. In recent years, the capability of on-line tunable focal length in a conventional variable focus lens module has commonly been achieved by mechanical motion methods in compact camera modules (CCMs). The lens is actuated by stepping motors, piezo or voice coil motors (VCMs). Nevertheless, the control mechanism for lens motion is not only very complicated but also requires substantial space for lens movement. To remedy these problems, several past studies on the liquid crystal (LC) lenses with tunable focal length are proposed [
The LC lens was first introduced by Sato in 1979 [
A new type of the dual-frequency LC (DFLC) lens with ring-and-pie electrodes and a suitable driving scheme is proposed in this study to reduce addressing time. The designed DFLC lens is aimed for applications in a compact camera module (CCM) with theoretically acceptable imaging quality. For cell phone applications, the suitable lens aperture is generally around 2 mm for a camera module with 2M∼5M pixels. The smallest focus length required should be less than 10 cm. It is pertinent to note that for CCM applications, polymer network liquid crystal lens (PNLC) lenses [
It is known that due to the thick LC layer [
This paper is organized in the following sections. Section 2 states the proposed design of a DFLC lens in the aspects of structure, ability to eliminating disclination and driving scheme. Section 3 provides details on fabrication while Section 4 describes experimental system, conduction and present resulted data. Section 5 concludes this work.
A conventional hole-type LC lens is designed to be equipped with a hole-ITO-electrode at the top of the upper glasses [
The proposed design, as shown in
Therefore, a driving algorithm is developed in this study for the ring-and-pie electrode to prevent the occurrence of disclination lines. This algorithm generally first applies a uniform in-plane electrode field across the LC lens by applying the same voltages to its ring and pie electrodes, as shown in
The details of the proposed driving scheme for the proposed lens are stated in this subsection, which is, as shown in
In the rising stage, ring voltage is increased to the maximum driving AC voltage in 1 kHz,
The structure and fabrication process of the ring and pie electrodes on a glass substrate for the proposed DFLC lens are described as follows: The experimental parameters and the structure specifications of the proposed lens are listed in
With the designed GRIN DFLC lens fabricated, experiments were conducted next to validate the expected performance.
The interference patterns shown in
With the above index difference between adjacent bright rings in hands and the fact that the effective index of the central solid circle in
A similar experiment system with a power meter instead of a CCD is built to characterize response times in different stages, as shown in
A new driving scheme design for the LC lens is proposed to prevent disclination lines and to improve the response time of LC lenses, particularly the recovery time. The designed DFLC lens has electrodes in a ring-and-pie electrode pattern and uses the MLC-2048 dual-frequency LC material to achieve the focusing function. The proposed DFLC lens is able to generate electrical fields leading to desired measured interference patterns, thus giving the same focusing capability as conventional LC lenses. Finally, the proposed DFLC lenses were fabricated and show superiority in terms of lens structure, electrodes and shortened response time with the new driving scheme. It is evidenced from experimental results that the recovery time of the proposed DFLC lens is successfully reduced to less than 5 seconds, a significant reduction compared to past studies.
The authors are deeply indebted to the National Science Council, Taiwan, under the contracts NSC 98-2220-E-009-018 and 97-2221-E-009-057-MY3 for their financial support. The authors are also grateful to National Chip Implementation Center (CIC) of Taiwan for helping to implement the devices.
The driving scheme for the proposed DFLC lens.
The experimental setup.
The photo of the proposed ring-and-pie DFLC lens.
Interference patterns with the lens aperture in 2 mm
Extracted indices and focus lengths with 20 V, 30 V, 40 V and 50 V applied to the ring electrodes.
The focal length of the purposed LC lens with applied voltages, 20 V, 30 V, 40 V and 50 V.
The experiment system with a power meter.
The recovery time of the ring-and-pie type DFLC lens at different driving frequencies.
Output signal of the power meter in mV illustrating recovery times for the two cases with power-off and driving frequency in 50 kHz.
The parameters and structure specifications of the proposed DFLC lens.
|The thickness of ITO
|45 nm
|The thickness of glass
|0.55 mm
|The thickness of Mylar spacer (Cell gap)
|50 μm
|The aperture of hole electrode
|4 mm
|The aperture of ring electrode
|2 mm
|The aperture of pie electrode
|1.97 mm
|The width of the ring electrode
|50 μm
|The distance between ring and pie electrodes
|15 μm
|The pre-tile angle
|2 deg
The parameters for DFLC, MLC-2048.
|The refractive index of e-ray
|The refractive index of o-ray
|Optical anisotropy
|Dielectric constants of parallel to the director, at 1 kHz
|10.6 F/m
|Dielectric constants of perpendicular to the director, at 1 kHz
|7.3 F/m
|Dielectric at frequency 1 kHz
|Dielectric at frequency 50 kHz


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Welcome to the program!
If it looks like a Bourne movie, moves like a Bourne movie and has Joan Allen in it, it's a Bourne movie, right? That's the theory, and with Jeremy Renner promising a similarly hyperkinetic action experience to the Greengrass/Liman films, hopes are high for The Bourne Legacy to maintain the franchise's vaunted standards.
As no-one at Treadstone likes saying, all will be revealed. If the jury's still out at this point, today's first-look trailer promises all the slugs of post-9/11 moral ambiguity and pulse-busting action we've come to expect.
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Presumably the first one means he does the CIA's dirty work and the second that he'll kill a man with a pencil and return the pencil to Treadstone's stationery cupboard afterwards. Beyond that, there are scant details on how close to the formula this one sticks - and we're kinda happy about that.
Just to round off a big Bourne day, there's a new one-sheet for the film too. We're not sure what all the shutter-like design work is about but it does give us the chance to make this shocking play on the word "blinding".The Bourne Legacy will be slamming onto our screens on August 15.


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Generic Name: tolcapone (TOL-ka-pone)
Brand Name: Tasmar
Severe and possibly fatal liver problems may occur in patients who take Tasmar. Tasmar should only be used in certain patients who cannot take or have not responded to other treatments. Patients who do not show an improvement in their symptoms after taking Tasmar for at least 3 weeks should stop taking it due to possible risk of liver injury. Patients who have liver disease or have had 2 abnormal liver function tests should not start taking Tasmar. Liver function tests will be performed before and during treatment to monitor side effects. However, these tests may not decrease the risk of developing serious liver problems. Make sure to keep all doctor and lab appointments. Contact your doctor at once if you develop dark urine, loss of appetite, pale stools, right-sided stomach pain, severe or persistent nausea or tiredness, sluggishness, or yellowing of the skin or eyes. Patients who develop liver problems while taking Tasmar should not take Tasmar again.
Patients who have a history of severe uncontrolled muscle movement (eg, jerking, twitching) should use Tasmar with extreme caution.
Tasmar is used for:
Treating Parkinson disease. It is used along with levodopa/carbidopa. It is only used in patients who cannot take or have not responded to other medications.
Tasmar is a catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor. It works by prolonging the anti-Parkinson effect action of levodopa.
Do NOT use Tasmar if:
- you are allergic to any ingredient in Tasmar
- you have liver disease or have had 2 abnormal liver function tests
- you had to stop taking Tasmar before because of liver problems
- you have a history of certain muscle problems (rhabdomyolysis) or fever and confusion that may have been caused by Tasmar
- you are taking a nonselective monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) (eg, phenelzine)
Contact your doctor or health care provider right away if any of these apply to you.
Before using Tasmar:
Some medical conditions may interact with Tasmar. Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of the following apply to you:
- if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding
- if you are taking any prescription or nonprescription medicine, herbal preparation, or dietary supplement
- if you have allergies to medicines, foods, or other substances
- if you have a history of kidney problems, liver problems (eg, cirrhosis), abnormal liver function tests, mental or mood problems (eg, depression), or sleep problems (eg, daytime sleepiness)
- if you have a history of severe, uncontrolled muscle movements (eg, uncontrolled jerking, twitching) or a certain severe muscle problem (rhabdomyolysis)
- if you experience dizziness or light-headedness when you stand up
Some MEDICINES MAY INTERACT with Tasmar. Tell your health care provider if you are taking any other medicines, especially any of the following:
- Warfarin because the risk of bleeding may be increased
- Desipramine or nonselective MAOIs (eg, phenelzine) because they may increase the risk of Tasmar's side effects
- Apomorphine, dobutamine, isoproterenol, levodopa, methyldopa, or a sympathomimetic (eg, albuterol, pseudoephedrine) because the risk of their side effects may be increased by Tasmar
This may not be a complete list of all interactions that may occur. Ask your health care provider if Tasmar may interact with other medicines that you take. Check with your health care provider before you start, stop, or change the dose of any medicine.
How to use Tasmar:
Use Tasmar as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions.
- Take Tasmar by mouth with or without food.
- Do not suddenly stop taking Tasmar. You may have an increased risk of Parkinson disease symptoms, fever, confusion, or muscle rigidity. If you need to stop Tasmar or add a new medicine, your doctor will gradually lower your dose.
- If you miss a dose of Tasmar, take it as soon as possible. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not take 2 doses at once.
Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use Tasmar.
Important safety information:
- You must discuss the benefits and risks of Tasmar with your doctor and sign a patient acknowledgment form before you begin treatment with Tasmar.
- Tasmar may cause drowsiness, dizziness, or light-headedness. These effects may be worse if you take it with alcohol or certain medicines. Use Tasmar with caution. Do not drive or perform other possibly unsafe tasks until you know how you react to it.
- Do not drink alcohol or use medicines that may cause drowsiness (eg, sleep aids, muscle relaxers) while you are using Tasmar; it may add to their effects. Ask your pharmacist if you have questions about which medicines may cause drowsiness.
- Tasmar may cause dizziness, light-headedness, or fainting; alcohol, hot weather, exercise, or fever may increase these effects. To prevent them, sit up or stand slowly, especially in the morning. Sit or lie down at the first sign of any of these effects.
- Some patients who take Tasmar have reported suddenly falling asleep while performing daily activities (eg, driving, eating, talking). Some patients did not experience drowsiness and felt that they were alert immediately before suddenly falling asleep. Some of these events have been reported as late as 1 year after Tasmar was started. Use caution when driving, operating machinery, or performing other activities that could be dangerous. Inform your doctor if you experience unusual drowsiness or sleepiness while using Tasmar.
- If your symptoms do not get better within 3 weeks or if they get worse, check with your doctor.
- Some patients who take Tasmar may develop certain muscle movements that they cannot control. Tell your doctor at once if you have new or worsening muscle problems with your arms, legs, or your face, mouth, or jaw (eg, tongue sticking out, puffing of cheeks, mouth puckering, chewing movements) while you take Tasmar.
- Tasmar may cause nausea or diarrhea. Nausea may be more likely when you first start taking Tasmar. If nausea or diarrhea occurs, discuss with your doctor ways to lessen the effects.
- Some people have experienced new, unusual, or increased urges (eg, gambling, sexual urges) while using Tasmar. Tell your doctor right away if you notice such effects.
- Patients with Parkinson disease may have an increased risk of developing a certain type of skin cancer (melanoma). It is not known if Tasmar also increases the risk of melanoma. You may need to have skin exams while you are using Tasmar. Tell your doctor if you notice any unusual skin growths or a change in the appearance of a mole. Discuss any questions or concerns with your doctor.
- Use Tasmar with caution in the ELDERLY; they may be more sensitive to its effects, especially hallucinations.
- Lab tests, including liver function tests, may be performed while you use Tasmar. These tests may be used to monitor your condition or check for side effects. Be sure to keep all doctor and lab appointments.
- Tasmar is not recommended for use in CHILDREN; safety and effectiveness in children have not been confirmed.
- PREGNANCY and BREAST-FEEDING: If you become pregnant, contact your doctor. You will need to discuss the benefits and risks of using Tasmar while you are pregnant. It is not known if this medicine is found in breast milk. If you are or will be breast-feeding while you use Tasmar, check with your doctor. Discuss any possible risks to your baby.
Possible side effects of Tasmar:
All medicines may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor, side effects. Check with your doctor if any of these most COMMON side effects persist or become bothersome:
Seek medical attention right away if any of these SEVERE side effects occur:
Constipation; diarrhea; dizziness; drowsiness; dry mouth; gas; headache; increased sweating; light-headedness when sitting up or standing; mild loss of appetite; nausea; sleepiness; stomach upset; stuffy nose; trouble sleeping; unusual or excessive dreams; vomiting.
Severe allergic reactions (rash; hives; itching; difficulty breathing; tightness in the chest; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue); abnormal thinking; blood in the urine; chest pain; confusion; fainting; falling; fever; hallucinations; muscle pain (with or without fever or confusion); new or worsening behavior, mental, or mood changes (eg, agitation, depression, paranoia); new or worsening uncontrolled muscle movements of the arms, legs, or of the tongue, face, mouth, or jaw (eg, tongue sticking out, puffing of cheeks, mouth puckering, chewing movements); rigid muscles; severe or persistent diarrhea; severe or persistent dizziness, drowsiness, or sleepiness; shortness of breath; sudden irresistible urge to sleep or suddenly falling asleep at unusual times; symptoms of liver problems (eg, dark urine, loss of appetite, pale stools, right-sided stomach pain, severe or persistent nausea or tiredness, sluggishness, yellowing of the skin or eyes).
This is not a complete list of all side effects that may occur. If you have questions about side effects, contact your health care provider. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. To report side effects to the appropriate agency, please read the Guide to Reporting Problems to FDA.
If OVERDOSE is suspected:
Contact 1-800-222-1222 (the American Association of Poison Control Centers), your local poison control center, or emergency room immediately. Symptoms may include dizziness; nausea; vomiting.Proper storage of Tasmar:
Store Tasmar at room temperature, between 68 and 77 degrees F (20 and 25 degrees C). Store away from heat, moisture, and light. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep Tasmar out of the reach of children and away from pets.
General information:
- If you have any questions about Tasmar, please talk with your doctor, pharmacist, or other health care provider.
- Tasmar is to be used only by the patient for whom it is prescribed. Do not share it with other people.
- If your symptoms do not improve or if they become worse, check with your doctor.
- Check with your pharmacist about how to dispose of unused medicine.
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Kennedy makes local pitch for pedestrians, bicyclists
Standing on a busy corner near where two youngsters have been hit by cars in the past two years, State Sen. Tim Kennedy, D-Buffalo, called Wednesday for expansion of the state's Complete Streets Law to make roadways safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.
"By reforming our state's law, our legislation would make dangerous intersections like this one much safer for pedestrians and bicyclists," Kennedy said at a news conference at Union Road and Maryvale Drive in Cheektowaga.
Kennedy said he also is pushing for creation of a dedicated line of funding for pedestrian and bicycling infrastructure in the state budget. He was joined by Cheektowaga Supervisor Mary Holtz and Justice Booth, executive director of the advocate group GObike Buffalo.


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Robert Haas wrote: > > 7. Why is there no option to do parameterized-queries which replan every > > time? > > > > This just seems like an area that has been neglected, or maybe I am > > missing something and our current setup is acceptable. > > No, our current setup is not acceptable, and your questions are all > right on target. I have been hoping that someone would take an > interest in this problem for years. An option to replan on every > execution would be a very, very fine thing. IMHO, there should also > be a way to signal to PL/pgsql that you want this behavior for a > particular query, short of wrapping it using EXECUTE, which is clunky > and also forces a re-parse on every execution. I was hoping I was wrong. :-( -- Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
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Last Friday, we talked about whether a deadline would help Chrysler reach an agreement. Today, we have an answer.
It seems that on Sunday, Chrysler was able to resolve some issues with labor, reaching a concession agreement with the UAW. Here's the story:
Negotiations are still ongoing with Fiat and Chrysler's debtors, but things are looking up for the automaker, which may be able to avoid bankruptcy after all.
As a Deadline to a negotiation approaches concessions and the magnitude of concessions often increase. If the Deadline is real — as this one appears to be — participants will often start making riskier decisions.
At a Deadline one negotiating option is to simply halt the talks and walk away. It appears that this option probably is not available to Chrysler or its unions.
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QR Code Readers
This page has information about the best QR code readers available. Whether you are using iPhone, Android or Windows phone, you can find best qr reader apps listed here.
Best QR Code Readers
i-nigma Reader
i-nigma reads:
QR Code, Data Matrix
A lot of people feel i-nigma is one of the best QR code readers available. i-nigma works with most cell phones.
i-nigma scans fast and is simple to use. Start the app, click "Scan code" and the reader scans the barcode. The sound of a bell alerts you that the scan was successful. A new page appears with the barcode's URL and a button you can press to "Go Online" which will provide you with the data from the code: i-nigma is a very good QR Code reader.
Download i-nigma Reader: http://www.i-nigma.com/Downloadi-nigmaReader.html
Download i-nigma Reader from your cell phone: www.i-nigma.mobi
Download i-nigma Reader from iTunes: i-nigma
QR Droid/Zapper Scanner (*this App also makes QR barcodes)
QR Droid reads: Android (v2.0 or greater)
Zapper Scanner reads: iPhone (iOS 4.0 or greater)
I really like the Zapper Scanner, and I suspect the Droid version is just as good. This is a fully automatic QR code reader, in that you open the app and point it at the barcode and "zap" it reads it and executes the desired action. You can also make all kinds of barcodes right from the app on your phone... it's very slick!
I'm going to play with it a bit more, and I honestly believe it may be the best QR code reader I've tried.
Download QR Droid from cell phone or desktop (via Google Play): http://market.android.com/details?id=la.droid.qr
or from this link: http://q.qr.ai
Download Zapper Scanner from iTunes, or from this link: http://z.qr.ai
QuickMark Mobile
QuickMark reads: QR Code, Data Matrix,
Quick Code (QuickMark's proprietary code)
Quick Mark is free (except iTunes .99) and works with most cell phones - You can check to see if QuickMark works with your phone: www.quickmark.com.tw/En/basic/download.asp
QuickMark does an excellent job scanning QR Code on the iPhone 3G, even though the 3G doesn't have an autofocus camera. However, you'll need autofocus to scan UPC barcodes with QuickMark.
QuickMark is one of the easiest QR code readers to
use. You open the app, point your camera at the barcode and QuickMark
automatically scans the code. You'll quickly hear a
cute QuickMark sound, letting you know the scan was successful.
From there you'll see a screen offering several options:
Generate Barcodes - which allows you to create a barcode of what you just scanned
Social Networks - send the data to a friend, or post to your Facebook or Twitter account
View as Plain Text - the data from the scanned barcode is converted into text
*You can also easily share barcodes (transfer data) from one cell phone to another
You need to create an account (free) and verify the account via your
email address
Download QuickMark: www.quickmark.com.tw/En/basic/download.asp
Download QuickMark from your cell phone: QuickMark
Download QuickMark from iTunes: QuickMark
BeeTagg Reader
BeeTagg reads: QR Code, Data Matrix, BeeTagg Code (BeeTagg's proprietary code)
BeeTagg Reader works with most cell phones. however you can check:
Which cell phones work with BeeTagg?
BeeTagg is an excellent code reader. After opening the BeeTagg app you select one of two buttons, 'Camera' or 'Stored images'. Choosing the 'Camera' button puts the app into auto decode mode, you point the phone at the barcode and it automatically scans and takes you to the webpage displaying the code data... it's that easy.
Download BeeTagg: www.beetagg.com/downloadreader
Download BeeTagg from your cell phone: http://get.beetagg.com
Download BeeTagg from iTunes: BeeTagg
ScanLife Reader
ScanLife reads:
QR Code, EZcode, Data Matrix,
ScanLife works on most cell phones, however you can verify:
Which phones work with ScanLife?
ScanLife does a good job with QR Code, however there are a few issues:
1- the first time you use the reader you'll be prompted for your name, age, annual income, zip code and email address. ScanLife reports that your info is sent anonymously and that they require your email address is so you can send data, such as someone's contact info, to your email address.
2- unless the code you're scanning is registered with ScanLife (which most aren't), you'll see a warning stating "This code is not registered or was created from an unknown source". If you press 'Continue' you'll be taken to the scanned information.
3- with an iPhone 3G, ScanLife doesn't read UPC codes (no autofocus)
Download barcode reader: http://app.scanlife.com/appdownload/dl
Download from your cell phone: http://app.scanlife.com/appdownload/dl
Download from iTunes: ScanLife Barcode Reader
Nokia Barcode Reader
Reads: QR Code, Data Matrix, Aztec Codes
Nokia Barcode reader works with Nokia, Blackberry, HTC, and others
Watch a video about
how the Nokia barcode reader works - see it in action.
Neo Reader
Neo Reader reads: QR code, UPC, Code
128, Data Matrix, Aztec code,
Neo Reader works with most cell phones. Check here: http://www.neoreader.com/get-neoreader/handsets-supported/all
The Neo Reader works almost identically to the i-nigma Reader. Start the app, touch the screen to scan, a bell sound confirms the scan and the barcode's URL appears. Pressing "Continue" takes you to a page with the scanned barcode data.
Download Neo Reader from your cell phone: http://www.neoreader.com/get-neoreader/wap-download
Download Neo Reader from iTunes: Neo Reader
UpCode Reader
UpCode Reader reads: QR Code, DData Matrix
UpCode works with most cell phones.
UpCode works a bit differently that many current barcode readers. You start the app, focus in on the barcode and click a small camera icon to initiate the scan. The app then takes a 'photo' of the code which, if it's good quality, you can use by clicking the 'Use' button. The URL address is pulled from the code and you're immediately taken to a webpage displaying the code data.
Download: http://www.upc.fi/en/upcode/download
Download UpCode from iTunes: UpCode
KAYWA Reader
KAYWA reads: QR Code, Data Matrix
KAYWA works with Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Erickson phones
Download KAYWA: http://reader.kaywa.com/getit
Download KAWYA from your cell phone: http://reader.kaywa.com
SemaCode QR Code Reader
SemaCode reads:
QR Code, Data Matrix
SemaCode works with iPhone only
The first time you use SemaCode you're asked to create an account. You enter an email address (which you'll need to verify) and password into your iPhone and upload. Feedback is that SemaCode isn't a very good QR code reader.
Download SemaCode from iTunes: SemaCode
QR code & Barcode Resources
- make QR codes - free (and other barcodes too)
- free UPC barcode readers
- a list of the different types of barcodes in use
- best barcode apps - popular barcode applications
- the difference between Data Matrix and QR Code
Do you know about a great QR code reader?
Please let us know :-)


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Credit Card AssignmentIntroduction:
Credit cards are convenient, user friendly, and at times dangerous. In this lesson students will learn the joys and dangers of using credit as they help Credita, solve her credit problems. Today's teens are frequently offered credit cards through the mail, and the temptation to "buy now--pay later" for instant gratification, may be quite compelling. This lesson illustrates how quickly credit card purchases can create a dangerous situation for buyers.
3. Calculate the real cost of debt.
4. What will it take to pay off your credit card?
5. The true cost of paying the minimum.


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Best knife defense video ever–
A hilariously over-the-top police training video regarding knife defense tactics.
Robot could tackle dangerous situations–
Footage of a remotely controlled robot that could help law enforcement with dangerous tasks.
Reality Training: Franconia Officer Killed in a Traffic Stop–
In 2007, Corporal Bruce McKay of the Franconia, New Hampshire Police Department was killed during a motor vehicle stop. Dave Smith examines the history between the suspect and the officer. Could this tragedy have been prevented?
Dr. Laura Bedard: Women in Corrections–
Dr. Laura Bedard, one of Florida's leading correctional authorities, shares her input on the problems and issues that the corrections field is dealing with today. She also discusses the increasing role of women in corrections. Related Links: Featured Corrections Article Cell stops: Best practice for making initial contact Visit the PoliceOne Corrections Topic Relevant PoliceOne Links: Visit the Police Community Topic section Law Enforcement News PoliceGrantsHelp.com


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|Jeanne Shaheen, D
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|Motto: Live Free or Die
New Hampshire is an American state, and was one of the first 13 states. It was the 9th state to ratify the Constitution of the United States of America. New Hampshire is best known for holding the first primary election for president in the nation, a position that it maintains every four years. Its largest city is Manchester and its capital is Concord. Its highest point is Mount Washington, the highest point in New England at 6288' (1917m) and one of the windiest places on Earth.
New Hampshire had a fairly conservative foundation for example the "Live Free or Die" motto. The state has no personal income tax and no general sales tax. It is the first state to hold primary elections for US Presidential candidates. Recently, it was counted on as a solid center-left state with Democrat majorities in government and the population has more registered Democrats than Republicans. Its electoral votes went to Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential election and on June 3, 2009, the New Hampshire legislature passed a bill which made it the sixth state to allow gay marriage. However, during the 2010 Midterm Elections, Republicans won the U.S. Senate seat and both House seats, and gained clear majorities in both chambers of the State Legislature from the Democrats.
Dartmouth College, the smallest of the Ivy League universities, is located in Hanover, New Hampshire. Despite its small size, it is a full-scale university, with medicine, engineering and business schools.
New Hampshire is a swing state in presidential elections. By state law, it is the first state in the union to hold its primary election for President of the United States although the Iowa caucuses generally precede it. The village of Dixville Notch, in the north of the state, is traditionally the first community to declare its result in the Presidential Election.
Elected Officials
- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D)
- Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R)
- Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-01]
- Rep. Ann Kuster [D, NH-02]
- Governor John H. Lynch (D)
Notable residents
- Dan Brown, author of controversial novels, one of which, The Da Vinci Code, made spurious claims attacking the Catholic Church.
- New Hampshire was the birthplace and home of President Franklin Pierce.
- Gene Robinson, the first openly homosexual bishop of an Episcopalian church, is the current bishop of the diocese of New Hampshire.
- Alan Shepard, astronaut - first American in space, commander of Apollo 14, and one of the men who have walked on the Moon.
- David Souter, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990-2009, who switched positions from conservative to liberal early in his term on the bench.
See also
- Free State Project of New Hampshire and its "vote with your feet" strategic relocation offshoot The Free State Wyoming Project
- State Governors


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"The case is not supposable," said Laura, who could not be serious half an hour at a time.
Now, the monks, it is supposable, might be commonplace drones.
None is supposable between performers on different instruments.
It is not supposable that Mrs. Eddy realized, at first, the size of her plunder.
It is not supposable that any paper on earth could have aught to gain from a dispute with the New York Herald.
That Clara should be without lovers, was not a supposable case.
Such a defect of logic in a rival of Newton is not supposable.
The case is not only supposable; it exists as an actual fact.
"He's a man," he answered briefly, adding nothing to the supposable fact.
It was supposable that this might be the place of places for fish.
early 14c., "to assume as the basis of argument," from Old French supposer "to assume," probably a replacement of *suppondre (influenced by Old French poser "put, place"), from Latin supponere "put or place under," from sub "under" + ponere "put, place" (see position). Meaning "to admit as possible, to believe to be true" is from 1520s.


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Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2009
The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test flight Feb. 13 of a Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) built by Lockheed Martin. The Navy launched the unarmed missile from the submerged submarine USS Alabama (SSBN 731) in the Pacific Ocean.
The Trident II D5 missile now has achieved 126 successful test flights since 1989 - a record unmatched by any other large ballistic missile or space launch vehicle.
"The Navy's Strategic Systems Programs has achieved this level of performance with its effective leadership and partnership with the entire Navy and industry team," said Melanie A. Sloane, vice president of Fleet Ballistic Missile programs, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, the Navy's Trident missile prime contractor.
"The D5 missile's record of success underscores the readiness and reliability of this key element of our nation's strategic defenses."
The Navy launched the missile as part of a Demonstration and Shakedown Operation (DASO) to certify USS Alabama for deployment, following a shipyard overhaul period and conversion from Trident I C4 to Trident II D5 configuration.
For the test, a missile was converted into a test configuration using a test missile kit produced by Lockheed Martin that contains range safety devices and flight telemetry instrumentation.
First deployed in 1990, the D5 missile is currently aboard OHIO-class submarines and British VANGUARD-class submarines. The three-stage, solid-propellant, inertial-guided ballistic missile can travel a nominal range of 4,000 nautical miles and carries multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, Calif., is the prime contractor and program manager for the U.S. Navy's Trident missile. Lockheed Martin Space Systems employees, principally in California, Georgia, Florida, Washington, Utah and Virginia, support the design, development, production, test and operation of the Trident Strategic Weapon System.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems has been the Navy's prime strategic missile contractor since the inception of the program more than 50 years ago.
The test also involved the Lockheed Martin-integrated navigation subsystem that provides navigation data required to support today's stringent Trident Weapon System performance requirements. Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors Undersea Systems at Mitchel Field, N.Y., has been the prime contractor for the navigation subsystem aboard fleet ballistic missile submarines since 1955.
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Bangladesh staged a late fightback against New Zealand to set up an intriguing finish to the first Test after the tourists batted sensibly in the second innings here on Monday.
Opener Aaron Redmond (62 not out) and Jesse Ryder (38) had put New Zealand in a commanding position through their 90-run second-wicket stand before the home team ran Ryder out as the tourists finished the fourth day at 145-2.
New Zealand, chasing 317 to win, put up a remarkable batting display to change the complexion of the game before the last minute dismissal left the match in balance.
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori was the other unbeaten batsman with nought. The tourists need another 172 runs to win or bat out the 90 overs to draw the match on Tuesday.
Bangladesh, who made 242 runs in their second innings earlier in the day, failed to match the first innings spark in their bowling on a weary pitch which offered little bounce.
They need eight more wickets for their first win over a major Test playing nation. They have won only one Test, against Zimbabwe in Chittagong in 2005.
New Zealand, who were shot out for a paltry 171 in their first innings, were given a solid 55-run start by Redmond and Jamie How (36) before left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak provided the breakthrough.
Redmond then took charge, hitting two successive boundaries off fast bowler Shahadat Hossain to reach his first Test fifty, overhauling his previous best score of 28 at Old Trafford during New Zealand's 2-0 defeat against England earlier this year.
How too batted solidly, hitting five boundaries and a hooked six off paceman Mashrafe Mortaza before he was bowled, trying to cut a sharp turner from Abdur Razzak.
Redmond said no team was favourite to win the match.
"The match is evenly poised, can't say any team is favourite to win. A lot will depend on the first session on Tuesday," said Redmond, who has so far hit eight boundaries during his 192-ball knock.
New Zealand have never chased more than 164 away from home. That came against Australia when they made 164-4 at Perth in 1985 and their best chase in all Tests was 324-5 which came against Pakistan at Christchurch in 1994.
Razzak believed Bangladesh were still in the game.
"We are still in the game," said the left-arm spinner. "The pitch has variable bounce but the spin is slow. They still need more than what they got in the first innings and we need eight wickets."
Bangladesh, who resumed at the overnight score of 188-8, added another 54 runs for the last two wickets before they were bowled out half-an-hour before lunch.
Mortaza made 44 and added 40 for the ninth wicket with Razzak (18) and another 22 for the last wicket with Shahadat Hossain (nought) to take Bangladesh's lead beyond 300-run mark.
Mortaza hit seven boundaries during his 87-ball knock before he was finally stumped by Brendon McCullum off part-time bowler Redmond to finish the home team's second innings.
Left arm spinner Vettori followed his 5-59 in the first innings with 4-74.
The second Test starts in Dhaka from October 25.


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LONDON (AP) — Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos met with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron Monday to win support for his domestic reform program, with human rights also on the agenda.
Colombia figures highly on Human Rights Watch's list of most abusive countries, with rights and labor groups saying an alarming number of activists have been killed.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said he hopes the South American country will continue to prosecute those involved in human rights abuses, and Cameron said he was glad the countries planned to sign a human-rights agreement during Santos's visit.
Santos is in Britain to rebrand Colombia as one of the new emergent economic powers in Latin America in meetings with Cameron, Queen Elizabeth II and senior ministers. He is expected to sign agreements on education, and will meet with business representatives.
Colombia's economy has been growing at about 5 percent this year, due in large part to increased investment in mining and the oil, natural gas and coal sectors, according to government statistics.
There has been greater investor confidence in the country after its security gains of the past decade under former President Alvaro Uribe, including a weakening of the country's main rebel group by the U.S.-backed military.
The country's murder and kidnapping rates have also dropped during that decade, but in the past year they have been on the rise.
Cameron praised Santo's leadership Monday, saying Britain was "very impressed" with the president's economic agenda and thinks there are "great opportunities for growing trade and investment" between the two countries.
"Colombia and the United Kingdom have a very strong partnership, but its a partnership we want to see grow even stronger," he added.
Santos agreed, saying there are many areas on which the U.K. and Colombia can work together — from innovation, technology and education to trade and investment.
"We want to at least double trade between Colombia and the U.K. in the next three or four years," he said in remarks opening his two-day visit to the U.K.
The United States recently clinched a long-sought free trade pact with Colombia, but human rights was a sticking point.
Labor and human rights campaigners, especially in the United States, have long criticized Colombia's failure to punish slayings of labor activists or the widespread killings and theft of land by right-wing paramilitaries.
Human Rights Watch reported last month there has been "virtually no progress" in getting convictions for killings since January 2007, with only six convictions for 195 slayings.
The rights group said 2,886 trade unionists have been killed since 1986, with convictions in only 10 percent of the cases.
Santos and his predecessor, Alvaro Uribe, have repeatedly promised to crack down on rights abuses and Santos says he is trying to compensate or return land to farmers dispossessed by the paramilitaries.
Cameron said that the U.K. is planning to start a more structured, high-level dialogue with Colombia starting in 2012.
Associated Press writer Frank Bajak in Lima, Peru contributed to this report.


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Lleyton Hewitt's grass court tennis campaign got off to dream start last night when he obliterated Spaniard Marc Lopez on his way to the third round of the Queen's Club tennis championships.
Hewitt never looked troubled as he wiped out the 21-year-old unseeded Lopez 6-3 6-2 in their second round encounter.
It was the perfect start to his Wimbledon build up, with the grand slam starting in less than two weeks.
Hewitt, who will face British wildcard Jonathan Marray in the third round, made it to the quarter finals of the French Open on clay last week.
But he declared afterwards he had his sights set on Wimbledon and announced he was one of the few players capable of winning it.
"There are only a few guys capable of winning Wimbledon and I'm one of them," he told British newspaper The Times.
"I've been the top player in the world, I knew it wouldn't last forever, but I believe I'm better now than I was then and that counts for a lot.
"I'm fitter, stronger and pretty determined.".
The 21-year-old South Australian is a three-times winner of the Queen's Club tournament, claiming the title in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
He went on to win Wimbledon in 2002 but was a shock first round loser last year, the first time since 1967 the champion bowed out in the first round.
Hewitt is the only Australian remaining in the main draw of the Queen's Club event after Sydneysider Todd Reid lost to fifth seed Sebastian Grosjean last night.
The Frenchman was responsible for knocking the 20-year-old out of the Wimbledon warm-up event last year and repeated history last night when he won the match 6-3 6-1.
Reid, a former Wimbledon junior champion who won four qualifying matches to book a berth in the main draw at the Queen's Club, was no walk over and even managed to break Grosjean in the fifth game.
But Grosjean proved to be a class above the Australian.
"I didn't really have the goods out there today, he was just a bit too good," Reid said.
The 1997 Queen's Club winner Mark Philippoussis bowed out of the tournament a day earlier when he lost in straight sets to the world No.866.
Unknown Briton Ian Flanagan posted a 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-3) win over last year's Wimbledon finalist and continued his winning streak last night when he beat Romanian Victor Hanescuv 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 to advance to the third round.
South Australian Wayne Arthurs was knocked out in the first round when he lost to Yen-Hsun Lu from Taipei.


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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Romania's president apologized for the deportation of thousands of Gypsies to Nazi death camps during World War II, the first time a government official has done so publicly.
President Traian Basescu also awarded the Order for Faithful Service to three Gypsy Holocaust survivors at a ceremony Monday.
More than 25,000 Gypsies, half of them children, were sent from Romania to extermination camps in the eastern Moldovan region of Trans-Dniester, which was then part of the Soviet Union. About 11,000 of the Gypsies, also known as Roma, died there.
"The authorities were merciless. They took the Roma from their homes, from the towns and army and sent them far away, to obtain a pure nation," Basescu said.
"We must tell our children that six decades ago children like them were sent by the Romanian state to die of hunger and cold," Basescu said.
A lack of wartime records makes it difficult to determine the overall number of Gypsies killed in the Holocaust. According to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, it is between 220,000 and 500,000.
Part of Basescu's apology was in Romanes, the language spoken by Roma, an unprecedented gesture by a Romanian head of state.
It was the first time a Romanian official apologized for the persecution of Gypsies during the Holocaust. Romanian leaders have in the past apologized for the role of the state in the killings of Jews.
Officially, about 500,000 Gypsies live in Romania, but surveys have put the actual figure at more than 1 million. The majority live in poverty and face discrimination in Romania and other parts of Europe.
Basescu said Europe should take steps to better include Gypsies in society, and Romanian schoolchildren should be taught about how they were enslaved and killed in the Holocaust.
Romania has begun work to improve the rights of its Roma minority, but many still do not have identity papers allowing them to receive social benefits. They also face discrimination in seeking jobs.
Gypsy children are more likely to drop out of school than their peers from other ethnic groups.
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Karl Rove Forced To Defend Bush Immigration Policy - On Fox News?
If you listen to the Obama administration, Democrats, and the mainstream media, Fox News is just an echo chamber for Republican talking points as well as a proud defender of former President George W. Bush.
Fox fans counter that this is the only television network where liberals and conservatives regularly are allowed to voice their views while getting challenged by hosts and anchors.
Thursday's "O'Reilly Factor" was a perfect example of this premise.
The host's guest was Karl Rove, and the former Bush adviser was certainly NOT treated with kid gloves by the very contentious and argumentative host.
As you watch the following clip, try to imagine a member of the Obama administration being so forcefully grilled on any mainstream television station (video follows with transcript):
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We can't turn law abiding American citizens and law abiding immigrants into subjects of suspicion and abuse. We can't divide the American people that way. That's not the answer. That's not who we are as the United States of America. And that's why I have instructed my administration to closely monitor the new law in Arizona.
BILL O'REILLY, HOST: Well, with all due respect, Mr. President, instead of monitoring, you should be building. You, President Clinton and President Bush all failed to secure the Mexican border. Let me repeat that. Those three presidents have failed to secure the border.
There's no reason on earth, no reason on earth that the most powerful country in the world cannot control its southern border. The Feds can do it. They simply won't do it largely for political reasons.
So the state of Arizona faced with an overwhelming crime problem, social chaos and a bankrupt treasury had to do something. So they passed the new law. And now anybody who supports the law is being branded racist in the far left precincts. If that doesn't make you angry, nothing will.
Hispanic Americans are not at fault. Indeed some of them support tough measures to get illegal immigration under control. As "Talking Points" has stated, if one group is singled out for anything, that group is not going to be happy. We understand. But all Americans, all Americans should support what's best for the country. And a porous border is certainly not good for the USA.
It's really a very simple issue. We can't have millions of people walking in here unaccountable. The federal government is obligated to help Arizona and every other state.
Coming up, we'll take to you a high school where students are at each other's throats over the issue. That's awful. It shouldn't be happening. It's way beyond time for all fair mind Americans to rally together and solve the immigration mess. And that's the Memo.
Now for the top story tonight. Let's bring in FOX News analyst Karl Rove, the author of the big bestseller "Courage and Consequence," who is in San Antonio, Texas this evening.
So you disagree with me a little on this, don't you?
KARL ROVE, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: Well, I agree with some of what you have to say. I strongly disagree with some of what you have to say.
O'REILLY: All right, give me the strongly disagree.
O'REILLY: Give me the strongly disagree.
ROVE: Well, look, you said neither Clinton, Bush, nor Obama got control of the border. The border is a lot tougher today than it was 15 years ago. You used to be able to hire a coyote to get you out of Northern Mexico.
O'REILLY: It's better now, but it's still easy to get it.
ROVE: No, no, it's not that easy to get it. And that's the problem, because the tougher it is, the more dangerous the weak points along the border like Arizona are because, look, if you're trying to come up here and pick onions or change beds in some hotel in Las Vegas and get a job doing that, the risk-reward ratio is no longer very good for you. But if you are a drug dealer, you've got to get your product north and you're your money and guns south. That's why we had this terrible murder in Southeast Arizona because the porous part of the border, the most -- the weakest part of the border today is along the Arizona, particularly in more rural parts.
O'REILLY: Okay, but it shouldn't be. Look, look, look, look. Under President Bush, you put in the virtual fence. $50 million virtual fence.
ROVE: No, no, we started the virtual fence.
O'REILLY: Under President Bush, that fence was erected, Mr. Rove.
ROVE: No, no, we started it. Yeah, you bet.
O'REILLY: $50 million wasted. Wasted.
ROVE: No, no, no not at all.
O'REILLY: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
ROVE: You got to try -- we had -- hey, look, Bill, you've got to try everything. And we put up the fence. We put up sensors that did work. We put up watch tours that worked, but we tried everything. And you can't start something as important as this and throw as much money as we did and expect to have everything work perfectly.
O'REILLY: That's a good point and I cede that point. I cede that point.
ROVE: We doubled the size of the border patrol and tripled the budget and did everything we did, try and work you out. But you got to give Bush credit. Bush, for example, ended 30 years of the practice of catch and release, where we took OTM's, other than Mexicans and released them on their own recognizance and told them to show up.
O'REILLY: Mr. Rove?
ROVE: He ended that practice by spending a lot of money.
O'REILLY: Mr. Rove, you guys did some good things, but you also were slow--
ROVE: And so did President Clinton.
O'REILLY: You were slow.
ROVE: No.
O'REILLY: It took me five years to pound you guys into sending Guard to the border. After five years of me pounding you, you did it. That was far too slow.
ROVE: Bill--
O'REILLY: Secondly, secondly--
ROVE: Bill, I hate to tell you, Bill, I hate to tell you--
O'REILLY: Hold it, hold it. Let me get mine--
ROVE: --but governors had something--
O'REILLY: I let you have yours. Let me have mine. Let me have mine.
ROVE: All right.
O'REILLY: You were slow to get the Guard to the border. That's a fact. The second thing is this is the most powerful country on earth. We can control the South Korean border, but we can't control the southern border. You're right. Some sectors, San Ysidro in Diego, some parts of Texas are virtually impenetrable. They can't get through, but Arizona, New Mexico, other parts of Texas, you can. Imperial County, California. And that is a disgrace for the most powerful country in the world.
ROVE: Yes.
O'REILLY: The federal government can do this. Go.
ROVE: Bill, you know, your analogy that we're like North and South Korea, armed states, we aren't. We're not North and South Korea. We have millions of people south of the border who are trying to come across a very long and very porous border. It's gotten a lot tougher. I wish you would give the border patrol and give the government some confidence that they're getting -- doing a better job.
O'REILLY: I'll give the border patrol, but I won't give the feds. I will not give the federal government.
ROVE: Well--
O'REILLY: It should have been done a long time ago.
ROVE: The border patrol--
O'REILLY: What is -- is Obama sealing that border now? I don't think he is.
ROVE: No. And I do -- and look, I do have some concerns because I'm picking up. I spent last weekend out in West Texas talking with people in the border patrol and in communities affected by this issue. There is -- they have anecdotal evidence that this administration is cutting back the budget of the border patrol. There's evidence that they are making the recruitment classes at the facilities for border patrol smaller.
O'REILLY: Well, we will report that--
ROVE: Let me finish, Bill. And they have stopped, I understand, the building of the fence in Arizona. The physical fence, which has proved to be one of the better things to help us control the flow across the border.
O'REILLY: We'll investigate that and find out what's true and isn't. But look, look, it's -- the frustration that I and millions of my viewers tonight feel is that we don't want to be persecuting Hispanic Americans or pulling them over. And the cops certainly don't want to be chasing gardeners and house painters around. But the federal government of the United States has an obligation to protect us. And they have not done it.
ROVE: Well--
O'REILLY: You can seal down a border. It is possible and doable, but it hasn't been done. I'll give you the last word.
ROVE: Well, Bill, yeah, Bill, look, it does require you to do things that we may not want to do.
O'REILLY: Good, do them.
ROVE: Like have a biometric, national identification card for everybody.
O'REILLY: Do them.
ROVE: You saw the trouble we got into. We spent years trying to get driver's licenses with biometrics in it. And we got eight states that will not participate in them today.
O'REILLY: Then cut off their highway funds. Cut off their funds.
ROVE: Well, easy to say, hard to do, Bill.
O'REILLY: All right.
ROVE: Easy to say, hard to do.
O'REILLY: Complicated problems are hard. And I -- it's not easy, but it's got to stop. We're at a juncture in our history. It's got to stop. Mr. Rove, always a pleasure to see you.
Imagine that. A former high-ranking official in the Bush administration goes on Fox News and is forcefully grilled about his boss's policy concerning a controversial issue.
On Fox News, the Republican echo chamber?
Exit question: Would you like to see members of the current Administration grilled like that when they appear on mainstream television programs?


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According to the International Religious Freedom Report 2009 issued by the U.S. Department of State, there are 10,000 Messianic Jews in Israel. The report documents several cases of violence against Messianic Jews, including cases where baptismal services have been disrupted, Messianic Jews have been beaten and Christian literature has been torched.
In February 2012, the Jerusalem District Prosecutor's Office and Teitel's attorneys reached an agreement under which he would confess to two counts of murders.


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Feb 20, 2012 - Bill Jacobs Missouri ValleyEditor:
I wish the Fremont County Commissioners could explain the rationale for the waste disposal fee structure at locations where we have paid to have scales installed.
I'm questioning why we pay a minimum charge for specific vehicles and trailers instead of a simple 4 cents per pound, period.
I can see the Missouri Valley transfer station from my house. However, as I am in town every week anyway and also recycle everything I can, I have always taken my trash to the Riverton bale station.
It takes the two of us several months to generate 200 pounds of trash. Before these fees were instituted we would stop by the bale station perhaps every couple weeks with a few pounds of trash.
Now, if I don't want to get royally ripped off by Fremont County Solid Waste, I have to hoard trash for several months. This is a royal pain in the neck that people in town don't have to put up with.
I understand that the scale at the Riverton bale station is accurate to within a few pounds. My objection is having to pay $5 to dispose of perhaps 15 pounds of trash; that is considerably more than 4 cents a pound.
I have already contacted the new head of Fremont County Solid Waste, and he informed me that they feel the present structure is fine and they don't plan to change it.
I have to wonder if he lives in town.
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