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Australia's biggest retailer Coles Myer says its trading outlook remains strong although it expects consumer spending to be tighter this year.
Coles Myer today announced a net profit of $624.5 million for 2004/05, up 1.3 per cent on the previous year.
Its underlying net profit, excluding one-off items, rose 17.6 per cent to $678.1 million, at the high end of the company's guidance despite lower than expected earnings from the Myer department stores and a loss from its Megamart business.
Coles Myer said it had been encouraged by the level of national and international interest in the iconic Myer stores, which it is considering selling.
The group confirmed it remained on track to achieve its aspirational $800 million net profit target for 2005/06, before capital management measures.
"The outlook for the group remains strong, although the retail market is expected to remain highly competitive as consumer spending continues to be tighter than last year," Coles Myer said.
"In the first seven weeks of the quarter, the group sales trend has been encouraging.
"In food and liquor, comparative sales growth is tracking well above the fourth quarter. Sales in the non-food businesses remain in line with strategy."
High petrol prices have been impacting on consumer spending.
Coles Myer's sales increased 13.3 per cent to $36.6 billion in the 53 weeks ending July 31, 2005, compared to the 52 weeks to July 25, 2004.
The group's underlying earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) rose 15.8 per cent to $1.01 billion.
"In the 12 months following the removal of shareholder discount, we experienced a highly competitive retail market as consumer spending tightened and while the business undertook significant transformational change," Coles Myer chief executive John Fletcher said.
"The group was able to meet the high end of its guidance despite lower than anticipated earnings from Myer, which was impacted by tough trading conditions in the second half, and a significant loss by Megamart."
Megamart reported a $35.8 million EBIT loss for the year.
Coles Myer is selling the nine Megamart furniture, electrical and whitegoods stores and made an $81.5 million pre-tax provision for costs associated with the divestment in its 2004/05 result.
Myer's EBIT fell 46.2 per cent to $38.7 million in 2004/05, compared to the $45 million figure forecast last month.
Mr Fletcher said there had been a high level of interest in Myer, with the group now inviting parties to submit formal expressions of interest in the business.
"We are not the least surprised in the very high level of interest we have seen both internationally and domestically," Mr Fletcher said.
"There has been no shortage of people who can see the real value in that business."
Coles Myer is looking at three options for Myer - sell it off, demerge it as a separately listed company on the Australian Stock Exchange, or retain it in a streamlined version.
In 2004/05, Coles Myer's food and liquor business lifted earnings by 12.6 per cent to $732.6 million while in the non-food businesses, retail EBIT rose 10.4 per cent to $385 million, driven by Target and Officeworks.
Coles Myer's underlying net profit rose to $678.1 million for the year, excluding the Megamart divestment provision and other one-off items.
Its underlying net profit in 2003/04 was $576.5 million, before one-off items.
Coles Myer declared a fully franked final dividend of 17 cents per share, up from 15 cents, taking the total dividend for the year to 33.25 cents from 29 cents a year earlier.
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In an early blog I spoke of the need for all non pressure canned recipes to have a final acidity (pH) below 4.6. I further mentioned that in the interest of safety 4.2 is my maximum. At 4.2 nothing tastes like battery acid, consider fruits like strawberries way down at pH 3. The traditional methods of lowering pH are with vinegar and citric acid. Both of these have a place in canning. They are strong agents and require little to do a lot of lowering. On the other hand both add a distinctive flavor to a finished product. When using vinegars I like cider over white for added health benefits of the former but it does add an additional flavor and is sweeter, a decision that must be made. I always have a jar of citric acid ready when all else fails but I do not like to use it unless I have to. If a product is as liquid as I want it to be, and by adding more vinegar or whatever is going to make it more so, then out comes the citric acid. Even in big 12 qt. runs I add the crystals in 1/4 teaspoon increments for too much puts a bite in the finished product.
There are other effective agents. Lemon juice is a strong one. In my vegatable soups I do not want the flavor of vinegar and I do not want the bite of pure citric acid so I use lemon juice. Grapefruit and Orange juice, although not as strong an acid as lemon work well for other recipes. The key to remember is all fruits are acidic and will function as acidifying agents-some more effectively than others.
I really enjoy using Balsamic Vinegar in recipes I create and in fact my new canning book due out in February has an onion jam recipe using Balsamic Vinegar that I make over and over because I cannot make enough to keep my pantry stocked. Another agent I have begun to use is wine, not cooking wine but inexpensive reds and whites. They add a most sophisticated touch to many canning recipes where vinegars, juices, or pure acid just miss the mark.
If creating a recipe-remember one must ALWAYS meet the safe pH criteria and test pH both before canning and 24 hours after-the agents one can use are limited only by one's imagination. Fresh apple juice in the fall and peach juice in the early summer are just two off the wall acidifying agents ready to follow the home canner on a journey into new recipes.


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PHILADELPHIA - A former two-sport athlete at the University of Pennsylvania, Robert Topchik, W'50, passed away on Wednesday, May 22 at the age of 86. Topchik was a letterwinner for the Penn football and basketball teams.
Topchik played for the Quakers during some of their football glory years as a "Mungerman" under legendary head coach George Munger. He played with college football legends Chuck Bednarik and Reds Bagnell, and was a member of the 1947 squad that is still remarked by many as the greatest season in program history. The Quakers finished 7-0-1 and finished the year ranked 7th in the nation - which still stands as the program's highest finish of all-time.
Topchik was a two-year letterwinner for the Penn basketball team and lettered for football as a senior in 1949.
A native of Passaic, N.J., Topchik served in the U.S. Army during World War II and graduated from Wharton in 1950. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis, who he met as an undergraduate at Penn, and his four children and five grandchildren.


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The Adventures of Tintin is an animated movie based on the French comic series by Hergé from the late 20's to the mid-70's. It stars Jamie Bell as Tintin, Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock, and Daniel Craig as Sakharin. It was directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Peter Jackson, and written by Stephen Moffat, Edgar Wright, and Joe Cornish (the men behind Sherlock & Doctor Who – Moffat, Hot Fuzz & Shaun of the Dead – Wright, and Attack the Block – Cornish). A lot of big names were behind this.
In the story Tintin buys a model of a 17th century ship. Mr. Sakharin wants that ship, and will apparently do whatever necessary to acquire it. He's not really after the ship, he's after a scroll hidden inside of it. Tintin's apartment gets ransacked , and then he gets kidnapped because Sakharin thinks he has the scroll. That's when he meets Captain Haddock and the two of them set out to beat Sakharin at his own game.
- The opening sequence, which is animated in the standard 2D way, is stunning.
- The whole movie is a visual treat. This is the best looking movie that uses motion capture like this. It looks so realistic.
- Deserving of its own bullet is Steven Spielberg's directing, and kudos to the animation team. Spielberg sets up some great shots, like seeing an important character in the reflection of another character's glasses, or a bottle. A lot of the transitions are brilliant too. For example: the knuckles on a pointing hand turn into hills overlooking a city.
- Andy Serkis steals the show as Captain Haddock and is easily the best character.
- This is quite a personal gripe, but I expected it to be better. With all the names involved the bar was set way high, and The Adventures of Tintin fell a little short.
- This could be the fault of the comics, or adapting two stories, but the movie goes "OK, the climax is now! This is the end of the action." It's very abrupt, and it feels forced.
The Adventures of Tintin isn't as great as I expected it to be, but it's still certainly a good movie. The cast, animation, humor, and shot choice are great; it just feels like something is missing. Maybe Tintin and Captain Haddock will find that something in the inevitable sequel. Well, assuming this does well enough at the box office.


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Youngwood K-9s get some job protection
Two Youngwood rescue dogs are putting safety first with their new bulletproof vests.
The vests came from Vested Interest in K9s, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that donates protective clothing for canine professionals.
Youngwood applied to Vested Interest for vests for two of its search and rescue dogs, Bella and Rusty.
"We're trying to protect them just like we're trying to protect all of our firemen," Youngwood fire Chief Lloyd Crago said.
He said he hopes to eventually purchase vests for all 10 of the department's rescue dogs, but since each custom-fitted vest costs $950 it will take some major fundraising efforts to make it happen.
Vested Interest has been providing vests free of charge since it was founded in 2009.
"The dogs that are taking care of us, we have to take care of them. They deserve the same level of protection as human officers," said Vested Interest president and founder Sandy Marcal.
This need for protection was highlighted earlier this year when Rocco, a K-9 officer in Pittsburgh, died of a stab wound.
Vested Interest launched a nationwide fundraiser following Rocco's death. It brought in about $335,000 in less than a month, enough for 335 vests.
All the vests funded through this effort, including those donated to Bella and Rusty, have been embroidered with "In Memory of K9 Rocco, Pittsburgh Bureau of Police."
So far, all dogs nationwide who meet the application requirements have been able to receive a vest, Marcal said.
"We don't have a waiting list. We haven't had a waiting list in three years," she said.
To be eligible, dogs must be fully grown and certified for the type of work they are doing.
The vests are lightweight, at just over 4 pounds, and easy for the dogs and their handlers to get used to, Crago said.
"It's just a little bit of a learning curve for the dog and the handler," he said.
The Youngwood Volunteer Fire Department plans to begin fundraising for more vests soon.
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Jackie Earle Haley Is Freddy Krueger
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In Little Children, Jackie Earle Haley played a paedophile. In Watchmen, he played a maniac on a never-ending mission of his own devising. Now he's combining the two in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, where he will play Freddy Krueger.
Yes, that's right: they're remaking A Nightmare on Elm Street. Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes are (of course) behind it, along with original studio New Line. Music video director Samuel Bayer is directing, from a script by Wesley Strick. Strick wrote Arachnophobia and Wolf, but also the films of Doom and The Saint, so it's anyone's guess as to how this will turn out.
Filming's due to start in Chicago next month, with a bunch of nubile victims teens still to be cast between now and then. Let's hope Haley brings his usual quality performance to this, and that it doesn't harm the good name of the original.


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While President Obama's Fiscal Year 2017 budget proposal boosts spending in certain areas and the 2016 appropriations bill included some much needed increases for natural resources and conservation programs, much work remains to be done.
Misuse of a federal leasing tool is allowing companies to hoard America's public lands and cheat tax payers out of millions of dollars according to public data detailed in The Wilderness Society's report,
Managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), National Conservation Lands were established in 2000 to conserve, protect and restore nationally significant lands recognized for their outstanding cultural, ecological and scientific values.
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[1]On Monday, American Airlines and Alaska Air (NYSE:ALK[2]) said they planned to increase the number of routes covered in their existing partnership[3].
The news didn't help shares of either company. American Airlines' parent AMR (PINK:AAMRQ[4]) saw its stock tumble more than 2% in Monday midday trading, while shares of Alaska Air fell more than 1%.
The expanded agreement includes 22 Alaska Air routes covering Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest, as well as San Diego to Washington D.C., Boston and Orlando, and 19 American routes between Los Angeles and Orlando, Houston and Washington D.C., as well as flights between Texas and the Pacific Northwest, USA TODAY notes.
The airlines currently share passengers on a number of routes, putting their airline codes on seats on each other's planes. Passengers can then purchase tickets that cover flights on both airlines' planes, while still earning frequent flier miles. The practice is called codesharing.
American, which continues to reorganize under bankruptcy protection, is looking for potential alliances and has discussed a possible merger[5] with US Airways (NYSE:LLC[6]). Alaska Air has recently negotiated partnership agreements with Delta (NYSE:DAL[7]).
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A Coombe Girl has delved into human DNA to try to find the genetic cause of cancer and personalised treatments for it.
Seventeen-year-old Aisha Ben-Younis thought up the project after getting a work experience last summer on the Nuffield Research Placement, which is a six week programme for talented young scientists from state schools.
She has now made her way into the finals of the National Science and Engineering Competition with her project investigating the effects of chemotherapy drugs for personalised cancer treatments.
Representing the South East, she will have to pitch her project to judges at the Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair in Birmingham next month.
She said: "I am really excited. Some of the other projects that I've seen online are amazing too. I'm really interested in genetics and what causes cancer.
"It's been a lot of fun thinking about science and engineering in a new light and coming up with something that can help enhance people's everyday lives."
Sixth form tutor Richard Jones said: "Aisha is very active. She found out about this work experience from her own initiative.
"She got four A's in her AS Levels. She is somebody who has always known what she wants to do. She is so modest about it all."
Aisha hopes to study biochemistry at Imperial College in the future.
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Skene's Four Ancient Books of Wales
I. Let the cock's comb be red; naturally loud
II. Let the swineherds be merry at the sighing
III. Let the bailiff impeach; let evil be a tormentor;
IV. Let a monarch be vehement, and let him be brave;
V. Fleet let the racers be on the side
VI. Let the knight be conspicuous; let the thief be wary;
VII. Let the knight be conspicuous: fleet be the horse;
VIII. Let cows be round-backed; let the wolf be gray;
IX. Let the deaf be bent; let the captive be heavy
X. Let the deaf be dubious; let the rash be inconstant;
XI. Let the lake be deep; let the spears be sharp;
XII. Let the exile wander; let the brave be impulsive;
XIII. Let the furrows be wet; let bail be frequent;
XIV. Let him that is in pain cry out; let an army be moving;
XV. Let the gull be white; let the wave be loud;
XVI. Let the camp be green; let the suitor be reproachless;
XVII. Let the hen be clawed; let the lion roar;
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8 Things Chelsea Handler And 50 Cent Have In Common
So, the interwebs have been abuzz for weeks with the news that Chelsea Handler and 50 Cent might be dating. And last night, they were photographed together at a jazz club in New Orleans, with witnesses saying that they "were getting very hot and heavy with each other."
Sure, on the surface, this seems like the most illogical couple ever. But they were surprisingly cute and flirty when he appeared on "Chelsea Lately" last year. "I know you have a lot experience with guns, so I had to put mine out," Chelsea said. "Do you have a boyfriend?" Fiddy replied. After the jump, eight things this maybe couple have in common.
- They're both 35.
- They both adore potato alcohol. She named one of her books Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea and he is supposedly a fan of Belvedere Vodka.
- They both love a good feud. 50 Cent has beefed with Ja Rule, Diddy, The Game, and Young Buck. And Chelsea has taken on Michelle "Bombshell" McGee and Perez Hilton, after he dissed her VMA hosting job. Wait a second, they both hate Perez—though for the record, we think the way Fiddy handled it is mega-gross.
- 50 Cent recently said that men who don't go downtown on women should kill themselves. And oral sex is one of the topics that comes up most often in Chelsea Handler's stand-up routines.
- Their names both start with a C. (His is Curtis.)
- They've both published books. Chelsea's biggest hit was her memoir, My Horizontal Life and Fiddy's was his memoir, From Pieces to Weight.
- They both have a sidekick. Chelsea has her assistant, little person Chuy Bravo. And 50 Cent has his dog, Oprah Winfrey.
- She's done a Playboy cover, and he's done an interview inside the mag.
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HILO, Hawaii Following the November 2007 opening of its first store in Hawaii, Walgreens presented the University of Hawaii at Hilo's new College of Pharmacy with an oversized check for $50,000 Saturday.
Walgreens opened its first store on Keeaumoku Street in Honolulu and plans to add 25 to 30 more stores throughout the state.
Walgreens' gift, presented without restrictions, will fund activities in the college, which is Hawaii's first accredited pharmacy program. The first class of 90 students began last August and is expected to finish in 2011. The second class, also of 90 students, will begin this August, and the college hopes to enroll 350 students over the next four years.


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He was the white-throated sparrow, one of the largest and most interesting of his family.
These are the chickadee, the white-throated sparrow, and the hermit-thrush.
My object in going was to hear a white-throated sparrow, who often sang in that vicinity.
I at last discovered that it was the white-throated sparrow, a common bird all through this region.
The note of the white-throated sparrow was the first heard in the morning, and with this all the woods rang.
The white-throated sparrow, a large and very pretty bird, eats the seeds of smartweed and ragweed.
When he failed to hear it, he stopped and again whistled the notes of the white-throated sparrow.
It was a cedar swamp, through which the peculiar note of the white-throated sparrow rang loud and clear.
As the darkness turned to the dusk of dawn, the first day-song was the beautiful minor strain of the white-throated sparrow.
The principal singer was the white-throated sparrow, which we heard and saw everywhere on the route.


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Starting to plan for my packing, and considering which prints to make for the show!
Here's where to find me at VanCAF next weekend, the 23rd and 24th of May! I will be in the back of the front room in the Round House, at table B7! Looks like I have it all to myself, so i'll be sure to bring some art to spread out, i'd like to sell as much as I can, it's an expensive trip! If you have something specific you'd like to buy from me let me know before Wednesday! And if anyone wants to order a commission in advance, let me know!
I sent Dream Life on ahead via Can-Par [ouch, new prices…!], and i'm going to pack a handful of older titles, a few copies of Therefore, Repent!, and random Revolver's, though i'm really switching to push that as a primarily digital and POD book. Will be making some prints and postcards.


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Treviso (8) 24
Tries: De Gregori, Kingi
Con: Goosen
Pens: Goosen (4)
Marius Goosen's penalty in the last move of the game gave Benetton Treviso the win at Rodney Parade and all but ended the Dragons' slim Heineken hopes.
Treviso prop Nicolas De Gregori got the opening try from short range, Colin Charvis replying with a fine score.
Joe Bearman and Dion Kingi exchanged tries, before Rhys Thomas crossed.
Goosen's boot got Treviso back in front, Ceri Sweeney looked to have snatched it with a drop-goal, but then came Goosen's calm final kick.
The victory was Treviso's first on Welsh soil, but they also have next to no hope of making the quarter-finals.
The match had enjoyed a stormy build-up, the Dragons' dramatic fightback for a 33-35 win in Treviso last week having been followed by the Welsh side's players Rhodri Gomer-Davies and Thomas breaking a curfew and getting arrested following a nightclub fracas.
The pair were threatened with internal disciplinary action this week, but both started in Newport.
Centre Goosen galvanised the visitors after last week's defeat, though, and was rewarded with an early penalty followed by De Gregori's score.
The prop was then sin-binned for illegal use of the boot and, almost immediately, centre Gomer-Davies went through a hole on the Treviso 10-metre line on the left.
After making ground he fed wing Martyn Thomas who found Charvis, the skipper able to stretch to put the ball on the opposition line under the posts, making Sweeney's conversion simple.
Man-of-the-match Bearman picked and drove over from a close scrum and Sweeney converted, but Goosen soon countered with a second penalty.
Dragons prop Adam Black was sin-binned for holding down at a ruck and, moments later, number eight Kingi romped through a gap 15 metres out to put Treviso back in front.
The Dragons were not quite finished as the final 10 minutes approached.
Thomas put his side back in front with a drive over the line which put the Dragons a solitary point ahead at 19-18, but Goosen slotted a third penalty.
Sweeney continued the dramatic finale by landing a drop goal from 30 metres with two minutes left.
However, Goosen's fourth penalty success gained revenge for the Italians.
"They had a good line-out and you could probably see near the end that, as we did not kick it out far enough, they got their driving going from the line-out and got the penalty.
"As many things that were good from us, there were as many bad and you can't win European games like that.
"I don't think we ever got control of the game even when we dropped the goal to possibly win it - I think there was four minutes left on the clock then - which was the same as last week.
"In those last magical four minutes, we don't seem to be composed enough to go on and win those games. So it is disappointing but we've played a good European side.
"People may think we have come up short and we are extremely disappointed not only for ourselves but also four our supporters."
"We are growing as a team and we are a new group of players. We have new ideas and, in two years time, we want to compete in the Heineken Cup so we are going to use this experience to go forward.
"Our aim at the moment is to earn the respect of others in Europe and what helps us is that every game we play is a growing phase.
"We have our own objectives and winning is not always the objective of the game."
Dragons: K Morgan; M Thomas, P Emerick (A Smith 58), R Davies, R Fussell; C Sweeney, A Williams (W Evans 58); A Black (H Gustafson), S Jones (B Daly 44), R Thomas, L Charteris (A Jones 58), M Owen, J Bearman, C Charvis (captain), R Parks (H Gustafson (63-68).
Treviso: B Williams, L Borges, M Horak (S Orlando 69), M Goosen, B de Jager (M Muccignat 36-44), A Mercato, F Semenzato (N Mauger 63), N de Gregori, F Sbaraglini (D Vidal 50), M Barbieri (M Muccignat 49), A Pavanello (S Palmer 44), C van Zyl, R Berbieri, D Kingi, H Louw (N Picone 79).
Att: 4,516
Referee: Andrew Small (RFU).
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- It's easy to fall in the mainstream. I always avoid that, and ask to myself what i really want, even i have to beg to differ not to follow. I believe everyone has his own dream. stick to it no matter what.
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Don't stop doing things you like just because they tell you to. Follow your heart. I always do to myself. Stick to your plan. Dreams are not dreams if you start planning. Knowing there's gonna be that one voice telling you not to do all the time lets you see more clearly.
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Got my first CS experience in the Philippines
After that i hosted 3 guys so far, from Colombia, the Philippines and California
I participated in CS events time to time, in different countries.
Hosting experience:
July 2013 - Daniel from Colombia
July 2013 - Kyle from California
Oct 2013 - Ian from the Philippines
Aug 14 - Fernando from Mexico
Sept 14 - George from Greece
Sept 14 - Mike from UK
Surfing experience:
Mar 2013 - Daniel in Manila
June 2013 - Samuel and Churro in Seoul
June 2013 - Dong Bin in Busan
Oct 2013 - Ting in Bangkok
Jan 2014 - AJ in Malaysia
June 14 - Piers, Jonathan in Yangon
Traveling experience:
Singapore, Dec 12
Indonesia(Bintan Island), Dec 12
The Philippines(Manila, Puerto Galera, Boracay, El Nido), Mar 13
Korea(Seoul, Busan, Gyeongju), June 13
Thailand(Bangkok, Ayuttaya), Oct 13
Cambodia(Siem Reap), Oct 13
Malaysia(Malaysia, Melaka), Jan 14
Myanmar(Yangon, Mandalay, Bagan), Jan 14
The Philippines (thousand islands), Mar 14
Myanmar, Malaysia, Laos, Thaland, May 14
Colombia, Dec 14
USA, Jan 14 - now.
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Young the Giant, Muse, Fiona Apple, Oasis, Passenger, Gun N' Roses, Matchbox 20, Foster the People, Fall Out Boys
Avatar, Hunger Games
Game of Thrones, Suits, HIMYM
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I'll tell you when i meet you. it's more fun sharing in person ;)
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I can share my backpacking experience with you. I've been to most of the countries in Asia. still exploring.
I've been learning spanish. I also know Cantonese, Mandarin and English
I hope to know more languages and more travelling stories
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Cambodia, China, Colombia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United States
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Fishing Line for May 7
Lingering cold keeps anglers trekking trout streams, but warming trends could heat up the warm-water fisheries.
Hatchery trucks deliver trout stock into streams and ponds with water temperatures mainly below 50 degrees. Even most inland lakes have shallow-water reading in the high 40s during most overcast days. Yet Great Lakes feeders often pump warmer waters that draw everything from suckers to smallmouth bass; bullheads bump shorelines everywhere they can find a degree or two jump in water warmth.
LOC (Lake Ontario Counties) derby entrants cast from shore or travel to less than 100-foot depths for entry-sized fish. Lake Erie perch prospectors began heading out of Buffalo Harbor and Cattaraugus Creek this past week.
Lake Erie
"You can catch trout, bullhead, suckers and bass," was the Lake Erie feeder-stream catch report from Dave Watts at Dave's Bait & Tackle in Derby. The mix of cool and warming water had warm-water species moving in as the trout are moving out.
Warming rains later this week could shift the bulk to bass and suckers in the smaller creeks and an uptick in catfish at the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek. Rick Miller at Miller's Bait & Tackle in Irving saw about 10 boaters headed to the lake to scout for perch in both directions – Dunkirk Harbor to the West and Sturgeon Point to the east. He reminds early-season anglers to check for walleye in the river before heading out to lake waters in search of post-spawn 'eyes.
Access at the Catt looks good. Miller noticed side docks going in at the state launch and Hidden Harbor Marina; the Town of Hanover ramps had not been started as of Monday. Sturgeon Point Marina officially opens May 15, but dredging operations may close or confine launching access at the marina.
Boaters able to get on Buffalo Harbor waters have been having fun with perch inside the breakwater, but those schools are on the move. Lucky casters moving with electric trolling motors hit into rare schools of crappie occasionally, but the perch bite prevails.
Lower Niagara River
Smelt dipping has shown but remains slow in 37-degree water. Dippers check every evening since the Smelt Dip & Fry event last weekend, but the take has been slow or non-existent. The last of Lake Erie Ice Boom ice could up the temperatures and smelt run this weekend.
Steelies still hold solidly in the lower river, with an odd run of brown trout seen from Fort Niagara up and into Devil's Hole. Minnows and Kwikfish prevail as bait.
Lake Ontario
LOC Derby entrants are mainly bringing in lake trout, which show best between Wilson Harbor and the Niagara Bar; three 20-pounders were weighed in on Monday.
Bar action varies, but waters just east of the bar, between Two Mile Creek and Wilson Harbor, have been the target center for lakers and some kings. The coho and brown trout run continues along shore just outside the mud line from feeder streams and the Niagara River. Boaters trolling the shore have been heading out to 50-foot depths in hopes of hooking into Chinook (king) salmon along the way. Shore casters still have a shot at cohos and browns from piers in Wilson, Olcott and Oak Orchard.
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• Wilson Invitational, a salmon contest at Wilson Harbor, will be held on Saturday. For info, go to wilsonharborinvitational.com.
• Southtowns Walleye Association holds its May 17 and its Walleye Tournament June 7-14 on Lake Erie and upper Niagara River waters. For entry details, call 649-8202 or go to southtownswalleye.org.
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FLORENCE, S.C. – The Dooley Planetarium on the campus of Francis Marion University will present a program titled "To Worlds Unknown," Sunday, July 13.
The program will begin at 3 p.m. and admission is free. The planetarium, located on the second floor of the Cauthen Educational Media Center, will open its doors at 2:30 p.m., and no admittance will be allowed once viewing begins.
Since its opening in 1978, the planetarium has regularly shown public programs on the second and fourth Sundays of each month. The next program, titled "NASA Missions," will be presented on Sunday, July 27.
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I'm expecting my first baby, and several of the older at women at work like to play "pat the tummy" with my stomach. I am not much of a touchy-feely person, and them touching me like that seems like a total invasion of my personal space. I want them to stop, but I also don't want to be mean. How can I get them to back off, without alienating them totally?
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There must be something about pregnant women that make others want to reach out and touch... almost like a moth drawn to a flame. I have always found that pregnant women either don't mind others touching their belly or they are so averse to it that they want to strike out at the person.
I think it would be fair to say that you fall into the latter category. There is nothing wrong with wanting others to keep their hands off your ever-expanding belly. Naturally, you don't want to rude and yell, "Back off ladies or you'll be sorry," but a more gentle approach, I am sure, would be quite effective.
Next time your see those hands reaching for a tummy pat, step back and with a smile say, "I think it must be my wild hormone levels, and I hope you don't mind, but having others touch my belly makes me uncomfortable." You can even try to cushion it (as to not cause hurt feelings) by adding, "I didn't mind it before, but my obstetrician said it happens sometimes."
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The immigration department needs to improve health screening of visa applicants to ensure Australia is not at risk from tuberculosis, a report says.
The Australian National Audit Office report, released on Thursday, identifies inconsistencies preventing the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) from knowing the effectiveness of its health screening program.
While the report says the department has well-established procedures for ensuring temporary migrants do not pose a tuberculosis (TB) threat to Australia, it calls for more thorough checks.
"Notwithstanding these guidelines and procedures, DIAC should strengthen its arrangements to reduce the health risks associated with TB," it said.
"In particular, DIAC's health risk matrix for assessing temporary visa applicants should be kept up to date, to ensure that visa applicants of highest TB risk (are) identified."
The main purpose for screening visa applicants for health issues is to protect Australia from tuberculosis, a deadly disease that primarily affects the lungs.
People identified as having inactive tuberculosis or who have a history of the disease are sometimes allowed to enter Australia if they sign an undertaking that compels them to get a check-up from a health authority after they arrive.
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Education spending that isn't smart
Not long after President Obama proclaimed in his second inaugural that "an economic recovery has begun," we learned that the U.S. economy actually shrank in the last quarter. Many economists believe this is a temporary setback. This recovery might be the weakest in American history, but the economy isn't cratering either.
Still, you can bet that if the economy continues to contract, Obama will propose the same remedy he always has — more "investments" in education, infrastructure and various industries of the future. It seems that whatever the ailment, Dr. Obama always writes the same faulty prescription.
This is hardly shocking: Building roads and schools is a big reason why God created Democrats in the first place. And identifying the Next Big Thing — and taking credit for it — is something of a vocation for many liberal policymakers.
But are these really the drivers of economic growth?
Higher education in particular is almost universally championed as the key to "winning the future" — a buzz phrase the president borrowed from Newt Gingrich a while back. New York Times economics columnist David Leonhardt calls education the "lifeblood of economic growth."
Often channeling such writers as Thomas Friedman, whose fondness for the Chinese economic model borders on the perverse, Obama routinely elevates education to a national security issue.
Now, obviously, education is important and necessary for a host of reasons (and nobody is calling for "disarmament," whatever that means). But there's little evidence it drives growth.
Growing economies spend a lot on education, but that doesn't necessarily mean that spending makes them grow. During the so-called Gilded Age, the U.S. economy roared faster and longer than ever before or since, while the illiteracy rate went down. But the rising literacy didn't cause the growth. Similarly, in the 20th century, in places like China, South Korea and India, the economic boom — and the policies that create it — always come first while the investments in education come later.
There are similar problems with claims that infrastructure spending will pay off. When I was in college, prominent experts and journalists — Lester Thurow, Robert Reich, James Fallows, Kevin Phillips et al. — were insisting Japan would be the next world economic superpower. In the late 1980s, Jacques Attali, the first head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, claimed that "America has become Japan's granary, like Poland was for Flanders in the 17th century."
Japan is now well into its third "lost decade." Over the years, it has poured money into "stimulative" infrastructure projects that have yet to stimulate and protected industries that have steadily lost their competitive edge. Economic growth has averaged less than 1 percent since 2000, while government debt is now more than twice its GDP. If a highly educated workforce, support for allegedly cutting-edge industries and lavish spending on infrastructure were the recipe for economic growth (and if debt didn't matter), Japan would be doing great.
Obama surely wants to see some real economic growth. Perhaps the problem is that he thinks investing in a much bigger cart to put before the horse will get him where he wants to go.
Jonah Goldberg, editor at large of National Review Online, is the author of "The Tyranny of Clichés."


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Running a fashion show. A featured interview with Carl George
Running a fashion show is definitely the aspiration of a multitude of soon-to-be planners out there. We decided to ask Carl George to share few tips with us to inspire our readers that want to get involved in the business.
Carl George is an event producer, designer and consultant to retailers, museums, Fortune 500 corporations, restaurateurs and philanthropic organizations – designing exceptional public spaces and staged events – environments that simply "wow" an audience.
A bit of Background
Born and raised in Ontario, Canada, Carl George moved to New York City in 1980 where he soon became actively involved in the city's art and nascent underground club scenes. During this time, Carl produced several experimental films that are exhibited internationally and are now part of the permanent collections at the Whitney, the Guggenheim, the New York Public Library and the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA).
While still actively involved in the East Village avant-garde art scene, Carl became involved in the fashion and home furnishings industry, ultimately working as an event and fashion show producer. His first fashion show was for the launch of Fendi, North America. He then acquired luxury brand clients Yves St. Laurent, Courreges, Charles Jourdan and Armani – solidly establishing himself as one of the premier event producers in New York, specializing in fashion, beauty, culture and the arts.
For more than fifteen years, Carl George traveled nationally and internationally, designing and producing launch parties, events, and public relations tours for some of the world's best known corporations and brands including Germaine Monteil, Estee Lauder, Prescriptives, Origins, Joop!, Cool Water, Jil Sander, Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Vogue, Vanity Fair and the Museum of Modern Art.
In 1998, Carl relocated to Los Angeles and once established, rapidly acquired such clients as The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Sony, Disney, Warner Brothers, Courvoisier, Jeremy Scott, Guess?, Valentino Rome, AT&T Wireless, Lexus, the Pacific Design Center, Platinum Guild International and numerous private clients.
Carl George's work is marked by its inventiveness, whimsy and an impeccable attention to detail. Offering an unsurpassed level of service, Carl provides high-touch, "turn-key" service – whether designing unique and functional retail spaces, producing stunning large-scale events, or designing intimate social gatherings for a select, private clientele. You can find him here
Let's see what he told us
Three attributes the fashion show producer should have
- Strong organizational skills
- Excellent communications skills (written and verbal)
- A thorough knowledge of art and fashion history, current, global art and fashion trends and movements, and a strong vision for production and set design that refers to all of the above.
What would you recognize as the most important stakeholders when running a show?
I would answer that it is always the client and your ability, as a professional event producer, to listen and collaborate closely with the client to insure that you help them to obtain their vision, goals and objectives by enhancing the overall effect.
The day of the show your survival kit will definitely include…
- A very smart and enthusiastic assistant who listens well and exceeds all of my expectations.
- A "right-hand man/woman" to work the front of house and call the show. Someone, like myself, who has years of experience in live show production.
- An on-site laptop with a printer to constantly update the show run and production schedule – up to the very last minute.
- A professional lighting/sound crew who want to please the fashion designer, and who understand my event design and the mood of the room, and who work to exceed all of my expectations.
- A professional public relations firm who will check in guests, handle celebrities, greet everyone warmly and seat all guests quickly. Manage all print and electronic media by positioning them advantageously and according to importance.
- Assign one of my best staff members to "shadow" the fashion designer/client and tend to his/her every need for the duration of the event.
- Excellent hair / makeup teams under the direction of positive and highly artistic lead designers who know how to collaborate creatively with me and the fashion designer (no bitchy ego please) and who also possess great time management skills (very important). I always use and recommend to use the best hair and makeup team.
- Good digital cameras and super fast printers to record any and all last minute changes to the looks or models wearing them.
- Professional dressers who come to the job prepared with kits for instant repairs, last minute pinning, sewing, fixing of broken earrings or heels. I always assign team captains and work with dressing "teams" this way.
- Professional models who arrive on time and in shape and who listen well. Models who "feel" the clothing and who feel beautiful wearing them. No actresses or actors please! I try to always give models some good runway prints after the show for their portfolios. They really appreciate it.
- Chilled pink champagne popped the minute after the designer takes his / her bows.
The most memorable location that has hosted one of your events
It would have to the the "Platinum Rocks" show at the Couture Jewelry Conference at the Phoenician Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona sponsored by Vogue Magazine and the Platinum Guild International. I used gorgeous Ford models, set up the industrial, black rubber runway outside under the full moon and stars, had two $125,000 custom designed Harley Davidson motorcycles at the ends of the "T" shaped runway.
The models were outfitted in hard core punk rock fashions from a variety of sources including Gaultier, vintage Mugler, Vivienne Westwood, Frederick's of Hollywood, thrift shop leather biker pants and chaps, and "barely legal" mini skirts… and to top it off, each of the girls was wearing $1,000,000 worth of platinum jewelry accented with diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires.
Music by Heart, Pat Benetar, Courtney Love and Blondie. At the end of the show, two big fat biker Daddies mounted the Harley's, revved up the engines and drove off of the runway with a beautiful biker chick /model on back. The audience of 1000 spectators went wild.
Tell us a difficult situation you have faced and how you got out of it
Every event has hair raising complications that arise. A professional event producer handles them quickly, efficiently and intelligently and moves on.
What would you suggest to those that want to be involved into the business?
Have a well rounded knowledge of:
- Art history
- Marketing
- Public relations
- Geography
- Cultural anthropology
- Graphic design
- Product design
- Architecture
- Design history
- Fashion history
- Develop your communication skills (written and verbal)
- Learn to write an effective, award winning creative proposal (practice, practice, practice)
- Learn how to write an accurate "estimated" budget on an excel spreadsheet
- Become an effective networker
- Learn how to promote yourself confidently without fabricating or being overbearing
- Practice proper business protocol.
- Work for the best. Listen closely. Say less. Learn. Learn. Learn.
- Dress fashionably – however that best describes you.
- Take care of your money and it will take care of you.
- Always pay your vendors, in full and on time and they will never let you down. You will also gain respect and a great reputation generally.
- Keep your clients and contacts close. Treat them carefully, judiciously, and with respect.
- Read newspapers, periodicals and newsletters every day (most for free online)
- Keep your finger on the pulse – better yet, become the pulse!
- Stay ahead of the curve
- Never be afraid of competition. It's healthy.
Thanks to Carl for sharing such great advice and experience. I invite you to read more about Carl here
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The Archives and Special Collections Department at Nicholls State University has created a collection of videotaped interviews of U.S. veterans living in southeast Louisiana. The collection consists of interviews primarily from Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes, but also includes interviews from the following parishes: Assumption, Iberia, Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, and St. Mary. Participants in the interviews range from service in World War II to the present conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, including service during peacetime. The interviews feature their life growing up in Louisiana, military experience, and life after active duty.
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To get us started with Digital Writing Month, we worked up a collaborative digital poem. Poetry is especially susceptible to the digital, as semantic and lexical connections made in poetry can be reflective of the connections made between words and people on the web. In this exercise, at least 60 participants joined forces to create a work of words and connections that turned out to be unique and surprisingly lovely. And, because it was a collaborative work, everyone got to count all the poem's words in their word count for the month.
Here were the rules:
1. We must complete this poem in one hour — from 12:00AM to 1:00AM EDT.
2. Each contributor must contribute one word — no more, no less.
3. Each contributor must move one word — no more, no less.
4. Each contributor may contribute or remove one punctuation mark.
5. No word may be deleted, except by its author.
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Dance of the night hawks; Fantasia de wee sma' hours
Alone!; Sans amour
Under the rose; Op. 8, no. 1
Heartsease waltz
Four leaf clover
Dreams of old Kentucky; March--two-step
Down "ole" Virginia; Dance Ethiopia
Shuffling coon; Buck & wing dance
Sambo's hunting song
Go to sleep my honey; Solo in darkey dialiect
Hannah Thompson's ma baby's name
I aint 'bliged to stan' no nigger foolin'
I'se gwine to save yo' soul; Peace disturber in march tempo
Just say "bye bye" mah honey
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Life on Earth may have originated not in warm tropical seas, but with weird tubes of ice - sometimes called "sea stalactites" - that grow downward into cold seawater near the Earth's poles, scientists are reporting.
Their article on these "brinicles" appears in ACS' journal Langmuir.
Bruno Escribano and colleagues explain that scientists know surprisingly little about brinicles, which are hollow tubes of ice that can grow to several yards in length around streamers of cold seawater under pack ice.
That's because brinicles are difficult to study. The scientists set out to gather more information on the topic with an analysis of the growth process of brinicles.
They are shown to be analogous to a "chemical garden," a standby demonstration in chemistry classes and children's chemistry sets, in which tubes grow upward from metal salts dropped into silicate solution. But brinicles grow downward from the bottom of the ice pack.
The analysis concluded that brinicles provide an environment that could well have fostered the emergence of life on Earth billions of years ago, and could have done so on other planets.
"Beyond Earth, the brinicle formation mechanism may be important in the context of planets and moons with ice-covered oceans," the report states, citing in particular two moons of Jupiter named Ganymede and Callisto.
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Internal Revenue Bulletin: 2007-8
February 20, 2007
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This notice addresses the foreign earned income exclusion and housing cost amount for certain citizens and residents of the United States living abroad as modified by the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-222, 120 Stat. 345, (TIPRA). This notice provides that, under certain circumstances, the Internal Revenue Service (Service) will waive section 6654 penalties for underpayment of estimated tax by certain citizens and residents of the United States living abroad.
Generally, the Internal Revenue Code requires individuals to pay federal income tax as they earn income. To the extent these taxes are not withheld from an individual's wages, an individual taxpayer must pay estimated taxes in four installments. Section 6654(a) of the Code provides for an addition to tax where a taxpayer fails to make a sufficient and timely payment of "estimated tax."
In general, estimated taxes are required in four installments and the amount of any required installment shall be 25 percent of the "required annual payment." See section 6654(c) and (d)(1)(A). The term "required annual payment" means the lesser of 90 percent of tax shown on the return for the taxable year (or, if no return is filed, 90 percent of tax for such year), or 100 percent of tax shown on the return of the individual for the preceding taxable year if the adjusted gross income (AGI) shown on the return of the individual for the preceding taxable year is less than or equal to $150,000. If the AGI shown on the return of the individual for the preceding taxable year exceeds $150,000, the required annual payment is 110 percent of tax shown on that return.
If the preceding taxable year was not a taxable year of 12 months or if the individual did not file a return for such preceding taxable year, the required annual payment is 90 percent of tax shown on the return for the current taxable year. See section 6654(d)(1)(B).
Section 911(a) of the Code allows a qualified individual to elect to exclude from U.S. gross income the foreign earned income and housing cost amount of that individual. Prior to the enactment of TIPRA, the maximum amount of foreign earned income that could be excluded under section 911 in 2006 was $80,000. The housing cost amount that an individual could exclude under section 911 was the taxpayer's "reasonable" housing expenses over a floor equal to 16% of the salary of a GS-14 federal worker. The exclusions for foreign earned income and housing cost amounts operated like other exclusions in the Code and were ignored when determining the tax rate applicable to non-excluded income.
On May 17, 2006, TIPRA was enacted into law. Section 515 of TIPRA made several changes to section 911 of the Code. First, TIPRA increased the foreign earned income exclusion cap by indexing it for inflation after 2005. Thus, the amount of foreign earned income that may be excluded in 2006 is $82,400. Second, TIPRA modified the housing cost amount by changing the manner in which the floor is calculated and by generally imposing a cap equal to 30% of the maximum amount of the taxpayer's foreign earned income exclusion. Third, TIPRA imposed a "stacking" rule on the amounts excluded under section 911, so that income not excluded by section 911 is subject to the same rate of tax as would have been applicable had the taxpayer not elected the section 911 exclusion. Thus, an individual with $82,400 of excluded income and $20,000 of taxable income will be taxed at rates that apply to taxable income in the range of $82,400 to $102,400 (25% or 28%), rather than $0 to $20,000 (10% or 15%).
The TIPRA changes to section 911 were enacted in May 2006, but they are effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005. Therefore, taxpayers relying on the law as it existed prior to the retroactive change may have underpaid their estimated tax liabilities for 2006.
Section 6654(e)(3) authorizes the Service to waive section 6654 penalties for underpayments of estimated tax in unusual circumstances to the extent its imposition would be against equity and good conscience. Pursuant to this authority, the Service will waive the section 6654 penalty for calendar year 2006 for an underpayment of estimated tax to the extent that the underpayment is attributable to the modifications made by section 515 of TIPRA. This waiver is available only to qualified individuals who file a Form 2555, Foreign Earned Income, or Form 2555-EZ, Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, with their timely filed Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, or Form 1040X, Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return.
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A former aide to Pol Pot who married the late Khmer Rouge dictator's widow has been appointed the chief of a district in north-western Cambodia, an official says.
Tep Khunnal officially became the chief of Banteay Meanchey province's Malay district, a former Khmer Rouge stronghold, during a ceremony Wednesday, said Arn Soum, a provincial deputy governor.
Tep Khunnal, 53, had served as the district's deputy governor since 2003 and was promoted to the top job "due to his high sense of responsibility, good leadership and capability," said Arn Soum.
Several former Khmer Rouge members have government jobs as chiefs and deputy chiefs of provincial districts and municipalities in areas they used to control during Cambodia's long and bloody civil conflict.
Educated in France, Tep Khunnal served as a diplomat with the Khmer Rouge mission to the United Nations during the 1980s before peace talks led to the formation of a democratic government in Cambodia in 1993.
He acted as a translator for Pol Pot, then under house arrest, during a rare interview with an American television journalist in 1997. Pol Pot died in 1998 and the Khmer Rouge movement collapsed the following year.
Tep Khunnal married the deceased despot's wife. The family lives in Malay, a former Khmer Rouge stronghold located 310 kilometres (190 miles) north-west of Phnom Penh near the border with Thailand. Some 36,000 people live their, growing rice, corn, beans and other crops for a living.
The radical policies of the Khmer Rouge, in power between 1975-79, led to the deaths of some 1.7 million people from starvation, disease, overwork and execution. But none of its leaders have yet been brought to account for their crimes.
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Rising Gas Prices Don't Lead to an Increase in Happy Cycling AdoptersPosted: February 17th, 2012 | Author: Jennifer Roberts | Filed under: Cycling, Sustainability | 1 Comment »
I've been reading several posts lately about the expected rise in gas prices in 2012 and the potentially positive influence it might have on the cycling population. I think there maybe some influence but I definitely don't think there's much causation.
When people get excited and eager for gas price increases, I think they are exhibiting a lot of misplaced optimism. Maybe they live within walking distance of their office, grocery stores, and great restaurants. Perhaps, they live in temperate climes and in flat regions and don't have to ride through ice and snow, searing heat, up hill riding a Huffy. No offense to Huffy, of course.
But I would suggest that the average commute for most people isn't in the 3-5 miles range and may actually be closer to 29-50 miles. I tried to find a national average but was unable to find a definitive number. And because of those distances, I think that the burden of rising fuel costs will be felt disproportionately by the people least likely able to afford it.
I think about this conundrum- the effectiveness of offering alternative forms of transportation – every time I go out to Denver International Airport. It's about an hour long drive from where I live. But I imagine that for the people that work there making minimum wage their commute can't be much less. Why do I think that? Because Pena Blvd is 13 miles of prairie, uninhabitable waste land. Yes, there are a few condos out there, but no where to buy groceries, go to school, or out for an evening. In other words, the barista serving you coffee probably drove in from places quite a distance away and just had to spend approximately two hours of their working day just paying for the gas to do it. And it's not like commuting by bike is an option. Yes, I've seen the commuter bus, which drops off and picks up airport employees to take them to DIA, and it's somewhere out in the middle of cow pasture-ville, which in order to get to they had to drive. There the ones that get hurt, when the price of gas spikes.
Yes, I believe commuting and other forms of transportation are important but let's be honest that without investment in other ways to get around, rising gas prices just means many are stuck paying higher fuel prices. That's it. Rising gas prices doesn't immediately translate into a cycling-friendly utopia, with everyone riding Dutch bicycles. It more likely means less alternative and more creative ways to get around.


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Las Vegas is the next stop on the list for the International Coin Collectors Association's world tour.
During this event at the Holiday Inn Express, the ICCA will be purchasing coins, paper currency, gold and silver on behalf of their network of collectors, dealers and refineries. The event will run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from March 6 through March 9 and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 10. It is free and open to the public.
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ALBUQUERQUE — Bernalillo County's treasurer says he will be more mindful of what he says in the workplace after complaints from workers triggered a harassment investigation.
Patrick Padilla says he was only having fun when he mimicked a Native American accent with one worker and allegedly called others "stupida."
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Saturday, Feb. 23 — A charge of burglary and robbery against Jim Poe has been filed in the office of Judge Luis Armijo by the district attorney's office. Arrangements are being made for a preliminary hearing. Poe was arrested by members of the sheriff's office Thursday. He is suspected of being implicated in the Gross-Kelly company robbery, which occurred May 14, 1934, Sheriff Francisco P. Delgado said today.
Story Time at Carnegie
Story Time at Carnegie Library is at 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., today, Wednesday, in the children's area of the public library. This week's book is "Lama Llama, Mad at Mama" by Anna Dewdney. The theme for the month is "Leap Year Laughter." All programs are free and open to the public.
Sunny, with a high near 58. West wind around 15 mph. Mostly clear at night, with a low around 28. West wind around 15 mph.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Windy, with a west wind 20-30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Partly cloudy and breezy at night, with a low around 24.
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If you're hoping to cast your ballot early for the municipal election, you'd better hurry. Early voting, which is being held at City Hall, ends at 5 p.m. this Friday. Election day is March 6. On that day, polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.
By Beth J. Harpaz
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NEW YORK — Peter Brouwer turns 56 on Wednesday. But if you count the times he's celebrated his true birth date, he's only turning 14.
Brouwer is a Leap day baby. And like a lot of people born Feb. 29, he relishes the uniqueness of his birthday. He even thinks there's an advantage to marking your real birthday just once every four years.
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Board ousts superintendent
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe school board has ousted Superintendent Bobbie Gutierrez.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the board voted late Monday to end Gutierrez's contract before it was scheduled to expire June 2013.
The move followed a closed-door session that lasted more than two hours.
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CHARDON, Ohio — The death toll rose to three Tuesday in the shooting rampage in an Ohio high school cafeteria as schoolmates and townspeople grappled with the tragedy and wondered what could have set the teenage gunman off.
The teenager under arrest in Monday's attack, T.J. Lane, faced an afternoon hearing in juvenile court.
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Highlands University
New Mexico actor and comedian Steven Michael Quezada will be the master of ceremonies April 21 at the New Mexico Highlands University President's Gala: Dollars for Scholars.
The gala is a scholarship fundraiser that will also celebrate Highlands President James Fries' five-year anniversary. It will begin at 6 p.m. at the university's Wilson Complex, 1241 9th St.
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Doan Receives Prestigious Award for Border Work
April 1, 2008
Contact: Lindsey Willis, (202) 501-1231
WASHINGTON – Lurita Doan, Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), was awarded the prestigious, tri-national, "Friend of the Americas Award" by the Border Trade Alliance (BTA) for her support of and commitment to border trade, economic development and improved efficiencies at our nation's land border ports of entry. The award was presented at the BTA International Conference 2008 in Washington, DC.
The Friend of the Americas award is presented every year to an individual who expresses views and establishes policies that improve the quality of life of border communities in North America though the facilitation of trade and commerce. Previous recipients include Tom Ridge, former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, and then-Texas governor, George W. Bush.
Administrator Doan's efforts have resulted in increased awareness and understanding among policymakers to the economic importance of trade, travel and commerce along the U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico borders, according to the BTA. In addition, the transformative leadership initiatives Doan has instituted at GSA have resulted in a more streamlined and efficient system of federal infrastructure investment at our nations' land ports of entry.
"Years of inattention coupled with explosive growth in North American trade have turned many of our nation's ports of entry into parking lots where legitimate trade and travel is bogged down in mile-long delays that can extend for hours," Doan said. "We can do better and we must do better, so GSA is taking the lead in this effort. We are committed to building what we can, where we can, as fast as we can."
Administrator Doan has made Land Ports of Entry one of GSA's top priorities. During the past 22 months, GSA has retooled its ability to design, build and maintain ports of entry and committed additional funding to push the best projects forward as quickly as possible. As a result of GSA's efforts, a building boom is now underway along the northern and southern borders of the United States to build more inspection booths, lanes, bridges and other infrastructure to speed the secure flow of legitimate trade and travel. For the first time in over a decade, GSA is simultaneously constructing four new Ports of Entry at Jackman, Maine; Calais, Maine; San Luis, Arizona; and Donna, Texas.
Founded in 1986, the BTA is a grassroots, non-profit organization that serves as a forum for participants to address key issues affecting trade and economic development in North America. Working with entities in Canada, Mexico and the United States, the BTA advocates on behalf of policies and initiatives designed to improve border affairs and trade relations among the three nations.
GSA provides a centralized delivery system of products and services to the federal government, leveraging its enormous buying power to get the best value for taxpayers.
• Founded in 1949, GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,600 government-owned or leased buildings and 208,000 vehicles.
• GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 425 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services.
• GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and E-Gov travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
Did you know? Over $2 billion in trade cross our nation's ports of entry every day.


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Subject: [DNA] Article: DNA identification by pedigree likelihood ratioaccommodating population substructure and mutations
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:54:44 -0500
Interesting article on genetic identification.
Open Access Research
Investigative Genetics 2010, 1:8 doi:10.1186/2041-2223-1-8
DNA identification by pedigree likelihood ratio accommodating
population substructure and mutations
Jianye Ge*, Bruce Budowle and Ranajit Chakraborty
* Corresponding author: Jianye Ge
Author Affiliations
Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics, University of North
Texas Health Science Center, Ft Worth, Texas 76107, USA
Institute of Investigative Genetics, University of North Texas Health
Science Center, Ft Worth, Texas 76107, USA
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Investigative Genetics 2010, 1:8 doi:10.1186/2041-2223-1-8
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Received:29 September 2009
Accepted:4 October 2010
Published:4 October 2010
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DNA typing is an important tool in missing-person identification,
especially in mass-fatality disasters. Identification methods
comparing a DNA profile from unidentified human remains with that of a
direct (from the person) or indirect (for example, from a biological
relative) reference sample and ranking the pairwise likelihood ratios
(LR) is straightforward and well defined. However, for indirect
comparison cases in which several members from a family can serve as
reference samples, the full power of kinship analysis is not entirely
exploited. Because biologically related family members are not
genetically independent, more information and thus greater power can
be attained by simultaneous use of all pedigree members in most cases,
although distant relationships may reduce the power.
In this study, an improvement was made on the method for
missing-person identification for autosomal and lineage-based markers,
by considering jointly the DNA profile data of all available family
reference samples. The missing person is evaluated by a pedigree LR of
the probability of DNA evidence under alternative hypotheses (for
example, the missing person is unrelated or if they belong to this
pedigree with a specified biological relationship) and can be ranked
for all pedigrees within a database. Pedigree LRs are adjusted for
population substructure according to the recommendations of the second
National Research Council (NRCII) Report. A realistic mutation model
was also incorporated to accommodate the possibility of false
The results show that the effect of mutation on the pedigree LR is
moderate, but LRs can be significantly decreased by the effect of
population substructure. Finally, Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA
were integrated into the analysis to increase the power of
identification. A program titled MPKin was developed, combining the
aforementioned features to facilitate genetic analysis for identifying
missing persons. The computational complexity of the algorithms is
explained, and several ways to reduce the complexity are introduced.
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It was in the "Yeoman of the Guard" revivals and my rle was shadbolt.
And if this be maturely considered by Mr. shadbolt, I believe his opinion will be greatly altered.
"Don't forget to mark me down as out of college, shadbolt," he warned the porter.
Mr. shadbolt is certainly mistaken in saying that positives printed from negatives will not stand a saturated solution of hypo.
Mr. shadbolt suggested a remedy for the disasters referred to by Dr. Diamond with regard to the gutta-percha vessels.
This is, as Mr. shadbolt states, Professor Wheatstone's rule for distances.
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By Nick Patterson Herald writer
The NHL lockout is over.
And its conclusion comes at an awkward time for the Western Hockey League.
The WHL trade deadline is Thursday, and the end of the NHL lockout could have an effect on player movement.
The NHL and its players union reached an agreement Sunday, five days before the WHL's trade deadline. With the NHL getting back to work, that means some of the WHL's top players will be departing, at least temporarily.
The player who would have been most effected by the NHL's lockout ending is Everett Silvertips captain Ryan Murray. The 19-year-old Murray, who was selected second overall in last year's NHL draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets, was expected to play in the NHL this season, and when the lockout ended it was assumed he would depart the WHL for good. However, Murray's season was ended by a torn labrum in his shoulder, pushing back his NHL debut.
No other player currently in the WHL was expected to stick in the NHL this season. Nevertheless, a number of WHL stars, including Moose Jaw defenseman Morgan Rielly (Toronto Maple Leafs), Edmonton defenseman Griffin Reinhart (Edmonton Oilers) and Red Deer defenseman Mathew Dumba (Minnesota Wild), are expected to leave their WHL teams to attend NHL training camps, beginning this weekend.
None of those players are thought to have a realistic chance of making their NHL team, meaning they likely won't be away from their WHL teams for long. However, once camp starts, one never knows who's going to impress. Some may be kept around to play in some NHL regular season games before being returned.
Should any of those players stick for good, it could dramatically change the balance of power in the league. Even the uncertainty about player status could affect how general managers act at the trade deadline. Are some players, who may be on the block, unable to be moved because of fear they won't be coming back? Do some teams make deals to insure against the possible loss of a key component?
There has been some talk in the Ontario Hockey League about pushing its trade deadline back to accommodate NHL training camps. There's no indication the WHL is considering a similar measure.
Around the WHL
With the trade deadline looming, several teams got an early start. … Prince Albert pulled off the biggest deal in the week before the trade deadline, acquiring 19-year-old defenseman Dylan Busenius, disgruntled 18-year-old forward Jayden Hart and a sixth-round pick in the 2014 bantam draft from Medicine Hat. In return the Tigers received 19-year-old defenseman Zach Hodder, 18-year-old forward Logan McVeigh, 15-year-old defenseman prospect Connor Hobbs and a second-round pick in 2013. … Kamloops filled its vacant overage roster spot by acquiring forward Kale Kessy from Vancouver in exchange for 18-year-old forward Rob Trzonkowski and a fifth rounder in 2015. … Calgary's Cody Sylvester was named the WHL Player of the Week. The 20-year-old forward had two goals and six assists as the Hitmen went 3-1. … Swift Current's Adam Lowry was named the WHL Player of the Month for December. The 19-year-old forward had 13 goals and eight assists in 12 games. … Kelowna's Jordon Cooke was named the WHL Goaltender of the Month for December. The 19-year-old went 6-0-0-0 with a 2.00 goals against average and .908 save percentage. He has won 13 straight games.
League leaders
Points — Colin Smith (Kamloops) 68; goals — Josh Nicholls (Saskatoon) 29; assists — Smith 41; penalty minutes — Adam De Champlain (Portland), Carter Proft (Spokane) 117; wins — Luke Siemens (Prince Albert) 23; goals against average — Mac Carruth (Portland) 1.77; save percentage — Carruth .937.
Check out Nick Patterson's Silvertips blog at http://www.heraldnet.com/silvertipsblog, and follow him on Twitter at NickHPatterson.