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"Industry survey"Miercom's research shows that in the past year stand-alone IP phones (as opposed to those that are sold exclusively with a vendor's IP PBX system) are beginning to make their mark on the voice-over-IP scene.
These are not an integral part of any particular vendor's voice-over-IP complete system and will reportedly work with one or more third-party products, such as voice-over-IP gateways and IP PBXs. Two vendors that are making a name in this new market segment are Pingtel and Symbol Technologies. Our research found considerable voice-over-IP interoperability work going on between these two IP phone vendors and other voice-over-IP vendors. A number of the IP PBX and gateway vendors we've tested do not offer any type of IP phone, and many are looking to outside sources to supply them. But the key is that the phones be fully interoperable with the IP PBX or gateway.
Pingtel's xpresssa phone is a hardware-based product, while its instant xpressa is a soft-phone application. Both products support G.711 encoding and obtain in-line power from a Category 5 connection and RJ-45 jack or via a separate, local AC/DC plug-in transformer. Based on the Session Initiative Protocol standard, Pingtel officials say the company has made notable progress in achieving interoperability with vendors including Cisco, Ericsson, Nuera, Sonus Networks, Tellabs/Salix, ipVerse, Vsys and others. Symbol's NetVision Phone is a voice-over-IP handset based on the H.323 standard. Its NetVision Data Phone, also based on H.323, is used on wireless LANs. These hardware-based phones are powered by rechargeable batteries. Symbol's interoperability partners include Cisco, Ericsson, Mitel, Motorola, Nortel Networks and VegaStream.
Other vendors within the new stand-alone IP-phone category include Cirilium, e-tel Corporation, Innomedia, MCK Communications, Mediagate, Oki Networks, Siemens, TEK Digitel, Telogy, Trillium, VocalData and Net2Phone.
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4-H teen leaders will be helping youth through a new interactive Commodity Carnival game that will be featured at the Iowa State Fair and eight county fairs in Iowa.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is offering farm leasing meetings throughout Iowa during July and August. The three-hour workshops focus on issues related to land values and rental rates, Iowa's Water Quality Initiative, and the Agricultural Act of 2014.
Iowa State University's Research and Demonstration Farms kicks off its series of Demonstration Home Garden Field Days July 21 in southwest Iowa, continuing through Aug. 9.
The third annual Urban-Ag Academy conference will be held in Ames from July 17 through July 19.
Some of the nation's leading beef producers, retailers, government officials, NGOs, animal scientists, veterinarians and students will discuss beef cattle welfare this week on Iowa State University's campus.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach summer interns are making a contribution to Extension and Outreach educational efforts throughout Iowa.
Grazing consultant Jim Gerrish will hold a series of five workshops across Iowa Aug. 18-22 in conjunction with the Iowa Beef Center.
Topics for fruit and vegetable farmers will be covered at the 2014 Fruit and Vegetable field day Monday, Aug. 11.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) are conducting a live update webinar July 21 on the farm program called Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC).
Water Rocks! hosted its first teacher Summit in June, with Iowa K-12 teachers and high school students from nine school districts congregating in Ames. The group received information about some of the greatest environmental challenges faced today as well as innovative ways to teach about them.
Forty Iowa youth officially began their new terms as State 4-H Council members on June 26 at the closing ceremonies of the annual Iowa 4-H Youth Conference.
As the price of food rises and interest in sustainable agriculture grows, consumers are finding increasing value and convenience in preserving foods. Iowa State University is working to make sure that those participating in the recent trend are staying safe.
A larva was collected by the Iowa EAB Team from a tree in Mt. Pleasant and has been positively identified as the Emerald Ash Borer by a federal identifier. Iowa now has 10 infested counties.
Iowa Learning Farms will host a field day near Leon focusing on pasture improvement on Thursday, July 31.
In summer, problems can crop up and limit a yard's potential. Here are some tips from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach to make sure both yard and garden look as beautiful as possible this summer.
This month's presenter is Jesse Randall with Iowa State University Forestry Extension. He will talk about planning for buffer strips as well as windbreaks to aid in soil erosion reduction, water retention and quality.
Jennifer Bentley, dairy specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, recently produced a new publication about automatic dairy feeding systems.
The 2015 Annual Garden Calendar, "Whimsy," is now available for purchase from the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Online Store.
Angela Rieck-Hinz is the new extension field agronomist for north central Iowa. She brings expertise in crop production and protection to this position, which serves a nine-county area.
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Lisa Marie Presley, the singer's only child and the one-time wife of that other King of Pop, Michael Jackson, yesterday sold Elvis Presley Enterprises for $100m, or £52m.
She will receive £27m in cash, and the balance in stock and debt repayments.
She retains the Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, where Presley lived and which each year is visited by 650,000 tourists and fans. She also keeps most of her father's "personal effects", and a 15% stake in Elvis Presley Enterprises.
Its purchaser, a new entity called CKX, gets most of the rest of the Presley estate.
CKX will control the rights to exploit the Presley name, image, and likeness; gains control of the singer's music catalogue; and will run the tourist operation at Graceland. It also gains ownership of the Heartbreak Hotel, over the road from Graceland.
CKX was set up by Robert Sillerman, founder of what was the world's largest concert promoter, SFX, which in 2002 was sold to another promoter, Clear Channel Communications, for $4bn.
In a statement, Lisa Marie Presley said: "I feel confident that Bob Sillerman and his team are the right people to do this with. My greatest responsibility to my father is to preserve and protect his legacy."
Elvis died in 1977. But Elvis lives on through businesses which in 2003 had total revenue of £23m, and £19m for the first nine months of this year. Elvis Presley Enterprises was set up in 1980 by his former wife, Priscilla, who first met him in 1959 aged 14; they divorced in 1973. She is Lisa Marie's mother and she will remain as executive consultant to Elvis Presley Enterprises.
Its business extends to licensing of Elvis products and ventures, music publishing, and development of Elvis-related music, film, video, TV, and stage productions.
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Nahum Grymes, 29 November 1984, Washington, DC, USA. This contemporary R&B singer was raised in Washington, DC, within a highly musical family. He began singing at a young age, encouraged by his mother who performed as part of a family gospel group in her own church. As he reached his late teens Grymes musical tastes began to take on a more secular flavour, with classic soul singers such as Marvin Gaye and Donny Hathaway a major influence. After casting around for a contract for a couple of years, during which time he sang with the ill-fated vocal group 295, he secured a major label deal with Capitol Records under the guidance of noted producer Rodney Jerkins. Adopting the recording alias of J. Holiday, he released, Be With Me, at the end of 2006. This single debut made minor inroads into the national R&B charts, but was eclipsed by the follow-up Bed. Written by upcoming singer-songwriter The-Dream aka Terius Nash, this slinky slice of bedroom soul reached the US Top 10 in late 2007. The attendant Back Of My Lac attempted to toughen up the singers image with a series of rap-influenced street anthems, but it was the slower, bedroom-fixated material that really stood out.
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cld u pls suggest how to get over this..
also is there a way to limit size of file upload in imagefield...so imagecache can work with smaller files.
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I have the same problem:
thumbnails are not generated correctly for some images,
although everything is ok with others.
and at the same time size of these images is not bigger than others,
"Unlucky" images aren't oversized, and all of the images were uploaded at the same way.
here example:
error messages on page http://sl-art.ru/sites/all/files/imagecache/t/sites/all/files/artp/img_5...
* warning: getimagesize(sites/all/files/imagecache/t/sites/all/files/artp/img_5380.jpg) [function.getimagesize]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/u70551/sl-art.ru/www/sites/default/modules/imagecache/imagecache.module on line 233.
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O, sorry,
I've found discussion about it here http://drupal.org/node/124226
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@gurukripa, Set the max image size on the imagefield and the image files will be scaled down on upload...
I normally set the constraints to the largest imagesize I plan to display here.. I've found 1280x1024 to be a reasonable make size and is about 1/4 of the pixels found in the images created by my point and shoot.
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Set the max image size on the imagefield and the image files will be scaled down on upload...
@dopry: I've just spent about 20 minutes looking for a place to set this. Is it available in 1.x, or is this a 2.x setting? I'm building a site for a guy who struggles with changing file sizes, and it would be great if I could force it to happen on upload.
Please advise. Thanks!
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This fix assumes you are using the imagefield module with CCK.
One sets imagefield max size under administer--> content types --> (click your custom, cck image type) -->manage fields --> image (click configure) --> then change max resolution as suggested.
Good luck!
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I saw a similar issue. Turns out that upper case letters in the filename was causing the issue. Didn't investigate as to why...


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At Collaboration Summit, Cisco announced a number of exciting new technologies designed to make collaboration simple, fun, and intuitive. My friend Rowan Trollope who leads Cisco's Collaboration Technology Group, isRead More
Getting a Grip on Data in Motion to Understand How We Collaborate
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NFL doctors, players face off over painful choices
By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
As the National Football League rolls into New Orleans
for Super Bowl XXXVI, it caps a season dimmed from the start by the death of
Minnesota's Korey Stringer and dotted with scores of serious injuries, the yearly
toll the game takes on its players.
"Most of these guys are pretty banged up near the end of
the season," says orthopedic surgeon Jim Bradley, team physician to the Pittsburgh
Steelers who works at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. And keeping
players healthy challenges team physicians to make the best medical choices
independent of the voracious competitive demands of the sport.
Two weeks ago, Bradley's medical team got a little banged
up on the sports pages. A shot for pain given 45 minutes before the game
with the Baltimore Ravens numbed running back Jerome Bettis' left leg entirely,
rendering him unable to run and knocking him out of the game.
"What happened to Jerome wasn't very surprising," says
NFL Players Association chief Gene Upshaw. Once during his career, Upshaw took
a pain shot before every game for nine weeks to deal with back pain. "Sometimes
I was more sore from the shot than anything else," he says.
NFL teams hire the team physicians, so the players' relationship
with the team doctor is a complicated one. "We never know if it's the patient-doctor
relationship or the doctor-owner relationship" that matters in a team's medical
decisions, Upshaw says. He meets today with the league to work out details of
a plan to create a board of neutral doctors who will give players unbiased second
opinions on their injuries.
Players have reason to be concerned: Football is a dangerous
sport. Last season, three players, all on high school teams, died in games,
according to the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research in Chapel
Hill, N.C. An additional 12 died from football-related problems, such as heatstroke.
"No doubt the number of deaths and paralyses in football are greater than any
other sport," says center head Fred Mueller of the University of North Carolina.
"Everybody in the sport pretty much has some kind of injury."
For the Jan. 13 NFL wild-card playoff games, teams averaged
more than nine players on their injury reports, about 20% of a team's 53-man
roster. And those are just injuries worth mentioning. "Day in and day out,"
Bradley says, players' hands and feet take a continual beating, resulting in
hand fractures, dislocated fingers, turf burns and other minor injuries. "On
Sunday morning, I'm pretty busy getting everyone ready to play."
If you asked 200 former NFL players about their health
20 years after their retirement, every one likely would report "crippling" arthritis
in some joints from those injuries, estimates former Seattle Seahawks team physician
Pierce Scranton Jr. Even without the traumatic injuries caused by 250-pound
men plowing into each other at speeds approaching 25 mph, the simple wear and
tear of the game ruins the players' joints, he says. And two years ago,
a survey of 1,090 former NFL players found that 60% had suffered at least one
concussion. Those men reported more problems with memory, concentration and
headaches than other players.
Each NFL team works with two to five trainers, the front-line
troops in dealing with players' afflictions. Those trainers call in the team
physicians to treat injuries. On a typical day, the head trainer will call on
the head physician six times. The physician oversees a staff of specialists,
heavily weighted toward orthopedics experts but also from internal medicine
and general health specialties. And more exotic specialists, from neurosurgeons
to dermatologists, are on call to each team.
Alongside the trainers' Ace bandages and ice packs, the
doctor may pack five to 10 syringes containing a painkiller for injuries during
the game. When players disappear into the locker room for treatment after an
injury and then magically reappear all better, "they got a shot. Who are you
kidding? Do you think they rub him down?" Scranton says. As part of a common
pregame ritual, doctors favor giving hurting players a shot that lasts four
to five hours, long enough to cover four quarters if given just before the kickoff.
Doctors also carry the results of cognitive tests, taken
in preseason and used on the sidelines to evaluate the severity of a concussion's
toll on a player's mental state. The league takes so-called "dingers" much more
seriously now after severe concussions ended the careers of marquee quarterbacks
such as Troy Aikman and Steve Young.
While some college team doctors question the medical objectivity
of their NFL counterparts, doctors such as Scranton and Bradley fiercely profess
their independence. "If I tell Bill (Cowher, the Steelers coach) a guy can't
go, he never gives me any problem. ... It's my call," Bradley says.
"People make assumptions about us, gross misperceptions,
because of Hollywood," says New York Jets team physician Elliot Pellman of ProHealth
Care Associates in Lake Success, N.Y. "Coaches and owners defer to us because
they want to protect their players."
Though Green Bay's star quarterback, Brett Favre, overcame
a highly publicized addiction to pain pills, trainers say that prescription
narcotics are strictly reserved for post-surgical situations.
And they say offering players pain shots to mask unhealed
injuries in vulnerable joints such as the ankle and knee the scenario
made famous by former pro football player Peter Gent's North Dallas Forty
doesn't happen. Scranton says some publishers turned down his 2001 book
Playing Hurt: Treating and Evaluating the Warriors of the NFL because
he couldn't add enough "dirt" to it.
But NFL doctors acknowledge that medical options given
to players, who are hyper-competitive and worried about losing their jobs to
injury, are not the ones given to the average weekend warrior after a skiing
Generally speaking, after an injury, players choose the
most aggressive way to handle a problem and get back on the field, often quoting
slogans like "You can't make the club in the tub." Players will beg doctors
to get them back into a game so they can make the three catches needed to trigger
hundreds of thousands of dollars in incentive clauses contained in their contracts,
Bradley says. During games, he has signaled trainers to hide an injured player's
helmet to prevent a return to the field.
"Everything is exaggerated, blown-up, critical," Pellman
Unlike the typical injured amateur athlete who seeks help
from a managed-care plan, pro players get instant treatment and have to make
instant decisions in the fevered atmosphere of the intensely competitive NFL.
In return, the players get "unbelievable care," Pellman
says, including rapid MRI exams, 24-hour observation by a physician and immediate
access to a raft of specialists. Connected to their stadium, the Steelers share
the 60-acre University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Sports Medicine with
the college's Pittsburgh Panthers. The trendsetting facility boasts advanced
X-ray machines and an "open" magnetic resonance imaging machine combined with
rehabilitation and training facilities all wrapped into one package.
Compared with 20 years ago, Pellman says, a number of advances
allow football's doctors to get players safely back on the field:
"We don't serve beer on the plane ride home, either," Pellman
says. "Everything has been professionalized."
Advances in sports medicine trickle down to the wider population.
Innovative surgery to save running back Garrison Hearst's ankle may spare people
from bone fusion procedures. A colleague of Bradley's, Scott Lephart, has received
an NFL grant to conduct a study comparing standard surgery to tighten shoulder
joints with a new laser-based technique.
And another colleague, Freddie Fu, a longtime expert on
knee repair, is looking at genetic engineering techniques to regrow cartilage
in damaged joints, which promises someday to replace surgery.
Over the past year and a half, Upshaw sees players as more
concerned about their long-term health in the NFL. He expects the next generation
of former players to suffer fewer long-term effects from their sports injuries.
"What it's about is we want the best care possible," he
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And Red Bull Extreme Sailing, headed up by two-time Olympic gold medalist Roman Hagara, carries the mantle of 'home' team as Red Bull come on board as the main local event partner to the US event, heavily promoting the team and the event in and around Boston. And if visitors cannot make it to Fan Pier they can catch up on all the latest action via Fox TV 25 who will be broadcasting live from the Race Village on Thursday and Friday including coverage of the Red Bull Air Force skydivers.
The weather outlook from official weather provider, WetterWelt, forecast that Saturday, 2nd July could see the most breeze of 13-15 knots with stronger gusts with the breeze light to moderate for the remainder of the event: 'I think we are going to have tricky conditions like we have had at previous events,' said Terry. 'Hopefully, we will get in as many races as we have at the previous events.'
Other crew changes of note are Leigh McMillan taking over as skipper of The Wave, Muscat, Adam Beashel tactician for Emirates Team New Zealand at the 2007 America's Cup sitting alongside Dean Barker, and Andrew Walsh joining Team GAC Pindar as tactician bringing with him some valuable experience from his days racing the BT Extreme 40 in previous years.
The official charity for Act 4 at Fan Pier is Courageous Sailing, a center of sailing excellence committed to removing barriers to access for all Boston youth, the public and people with physical and intellectual challenges.
Extreme Sailing Series website
Sailing Anarchy's 'On-The-Water Anarchy' team will produce and stream coverage of all five days of racing, and their coverage will include the Extreme 40 and 49er racing action, the opening press conference, daily prizegivings, numerous interviews, and a daily live talk show with the sailors. Racing commentary will be by two-time US Multihull Champion John Casey. The streaming video feed will also be available to iPhone, iPad. Android users via the dedicated Justin.TV app [download fee applies].


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"The Morning Show" on WSFL-Channel 39 in Miami ended its run Wednesday. That's nothing surprising, simply given the state of original programming on TV these days.
What's surprising is that the show's staff weren't informed it was their last episode until after they'd finished taping.
"Sorry we didn't say goodbye on the air," WSFL features reporter Eugene Ramirez wrote on his Twitter account, according to the Miami Herald. "We didn't know until after the show was over. Thx to loyal fans who made waking up early worth it!"
The show didn't build audience "the way we had anticipated," WSFL spokeswoman Kery Knutson said in a statement.
Some staffers are leaving. In the same statement, Knutson told the Herald: "Every effort is being made to help affected employees with this transition, including assisting them in exploring placement within our organization and at other Tribune properties. We're also helping facilitate the production of résumé tapes and other material for departing staff members."


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China's Education Ministry is trying to force the country's 9 million university students to live in closely supervised dormitories on campus to head off a wave of premarital sex.
Universities have meanwhile been installing remote-controlled cameras in classrooms and other likely places for after-hours trysts by student couples. Even kisses and embraces bring immediate expulsion.
But the drive against student sex - Canute-like against the country's rapidly liberalising attitude to love affairs and the growing use of sexual images in its media - is bringing unusually strong criticism from commentators and social analysts.
The latest case to set off an uproar involves two third-year students at a foreign languages university in the western city of Chengdu, who were noticed on a closed-circuit TV monitor lying together on the floor of a classroom one evening, kissing.
The college said they had committed "an illegal sexual act" and "intimate physical touches based on sexual desire" and expelled them last month. It stood by the decision even after the girl provided a medical certificate that she was still a virgin, Chinese media reported.
The expulsion was criticised by Ye Xingping, head of the law college at Shenzhen University as "somewhat outrageous" from a legal perspective, and "over the top" in dealing with a simple student disciplinary matter.
"I don't think it is appropriate to supervise students with video cameras installed in classrooms. That means you don't trust the students," Professor Ye said.
The Education Ministry issued a new regulation in June that requires universities and colleges to house their students on-campus when possible, rather than allowing them to rent rooms or apartments outside.
Dormitories at Chinese universities are cheap, costing about 200 yuan ($33) a month for full board, but are notorious for their squalor. In most of them students sleep four or six to a room in separate male and female blocks, and a lights-out policy is enforced well before midnight. Campus gates and dormitory entrances are usually guarded.
"The guard at our building has such a keen eye that even a male fly would not be able to sneak in," a female student at a Shanghai college dormitory told China Daily.
Many students admit that freedom to pursue sexual relationships was one reason for living in rented places, but say the crowded dormitories are unsuited for study and create enormous tensions. In one celebrated case this year a senior student at Yunnan University hacked four room-mates to death over a disputed card game.


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Asked if the subject of MacGill's discipline arose at the selectors' meeting, Hohns declared: "It always does. There is no doubt about it.
"But you can't have every player the same. I mean, you need people to be a little bit different. Certainly, Stuart is aware of the problems he has caused, not just this season, but in seasons gone by. He knows he has a little bit of work to do within the team environment, as well."
On Waugh's retention of the captaincy for the four-Test tour, Hohns said that "once Stephen was chosen, it was logical he would lead the side".
"It is obviously a very difficult tour. In saying that, we are quite pleased to have Stephen Waugh available and leading the side. We were waiting to know of his availability."
Hohns continued, without missing a breath and not without a trace of dryness: "Stephen kindly let us know the day before we were choosing the side. Once that was done, we could go ahead with picking the side. I suggest we are very pleased and happy to have him going and leading the side."
Hohns admitted he had been uncertain whether Waugh would continue playing after the Ashes series. "It got to the stage a week or so ago that I assumed he would continue," Hohns said. "Stephen knows he had our support, one way or another. If he wanted to finish, he had our support; if he wanted to play on, he also had our support. That was a decision he had to make."
As for Waugh's future after the tour, by which time he will be almost 38, Hohns said: "It's form and contribution which count these days. Stephen is the first to acknowledge that. And the same goes for everybody".
The selectors were always conscious of the need to blood young players, but of NSW's 21-year-old Clarke, Hohns said: "I suppose the position Michael Clarke may have occupied has gone to Martin Love.
"At the end of the day, Martin played in the last Test in Australia, did not do anything wrong and deserved his place in this squad.
"Unfortunately, Michael may have to wait a little bit, but certainly he is an up-and-coming star of the future."
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Matthew Hayden
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Damien Martyn
Darren Lehmann
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Comedians, at their best, point out the folly of our own lives, using humor to pry open our minds so that we can question our assumptions, beliefs, sacred rituals and mundane behaviors. George Carlin (may Pesci rest his soul) did this masterfully, crafting canonical criticisms of the sacred and the profane. In his newly released […]Read More..>>


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any farms like this around?We are coming for a special anniversary end of August, staying in Chepachet but will be there for 4 days so trying to fill up the time with very down to earth activities, even if I could milk some cows I would be very happy. I want to go to all the farms in the area because that makes me happy and I love to support the small farms still left in New England.
Also any cheese makers and honey makers? Also any great artist studio I should visit, I love anything glass and I collect antique commercial perfume bottles.
Thanks for any help and please have a great happy summer filled with great food. If you could please tell me how far from Chepachet and how to get there I will be indebted to you because I have Never ever been to this area.
One more thing: Is there anywhere in this area where you can have lunch or dinner right on the farm? Boy that would make the entire aniiversary trip the absolute best, I always see that show "Endless feast" and wish that I could experience something like this. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!


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The place is only a pub., after all, but everyone who goes there has to behave himself.
After the war youll see him as a chucker-out at a pub., or throwing cannon-balls about the music-hall stage.
Next to the factory is a "pub.," and publics and factories checker themselves all along the route.
pub., with English translation, in the Harleian Miscellany, vol.
In 1535 his translation of the Bible was pub., probably at Zurich.
Jim and me went to some races that was held at Peter Anderson's pub., about four miles across the ridges, on Queen's birthday.
He began to write when still a boy, and pub., in 1820, Ismael and other Poems.
In 1663 the first part of Hudibras was pub., and the other two in 1664 and 1668 respectively.


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Despite the antics in Washington, the S&P 500 appears to be trying to muster up the strength for a year-end rally to close out 2012 at or near fresh 52-week highs. But while the market is scratching a rally together, a growing number of ETFs already are seeing more and more of their holdings strike new highs, themselves.
These are the ETFs and sectors that investors should favor as the year-end rally builds steam.
On a daily basis, we track the number of companies in all of the listed ETFs to gauge the percent of constituent companies that are making new highs. The theory is simple: The larger the number of companies in an ETF making new highs, the stronger the performance. This especially stands true when the ETF itself is a market leader.
They say investing in momentum can be key … well, this is an easy way to find the ETFs with the most upside momentum.
As of this week, three ETFs are showing building signs of a breakout. What makes this even better is the fact that Wall Street isn't saying much about these sectors' performance, meaning the trades aren't "crowded" yet — a good sign, as it suggests they're still in the early stages of a rally.
The table below identifies the widely traded ETFs along with their respective new-high/new-low data in order of bullishness from top to bottom. Simply put, the higher the ratio of new highs to new lows, the more bullish the potential is for that sector to continue on the momentum trade. The S&P 500 Index ETF (NYSE:SPY) is included to provide a benchmark measure.
Topping the list is the Insurance sector representative, SPDR KBW Insurance ETF (NYSE:KIE). This ETF is headlined by names like The Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV), Allstate (NYSE:ALL) and one of our favorites for the last year, Cincinnati Financial (NASDAQ:CINF).
Insurance has been one of the great leaders in 2012 as investors appeared to have replaced the traditional financials with this derivative of the group. The KIE is almost 20% higher for the year, beating the S&P 500's return of 13%.
Momentum is strong here as 15% of the KIE share's component companies are breaking to new 12-month highs and none are breaking to new lows for the same period.
Looking at the list of companies making new highs, we love the aforementioned Cincinnati Financial, a Dependable Dividend Stock that boasts a yield of 4%.
Additionally, Travelers is gaining the attention of investors as it climbs back toward $75. A break above this level likely will set the technical traders into "buy mode" on this under-loved stock.
Consumer Staples
No. 2 on the new-high list is the Consumers Staples Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLP). Companies like Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) and J.M. Smucker (NYSE:SJM) work in a market environment because we're all still going to purchase the products that they offer, regardless of fiscal cliffs or slowing economies.
The XLP actually is trailing the S&P 500 year-to-date, but recent price activity suggests that this ETF might take a leadership role in the first-half of 2013.
Seven of the 42 companies in the XLP are making new 12-month highs. For our money, Costco (NASDAQ:COST) is an attractive name as the bulk retailer has surged higher on solid retail results. The recent special dividend shaved $7 from the stock price, likely setting shares up for a nice short-term trade as we see the shares headed back to the pre-dividend prices above $106.
Another unsung performer in the XLP is Dr Pepper Snapple (NYSE:DPS). This stock is leading the market higher, despite the fact the analyst community has it ranked among the worst consumer staples companies. We expect to see this undervalued leader shoot higher as it garners the attention of the Street, drawing more buyers into the mix.
As of this writing, Johnson Research Group did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.


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Free weddings and vow renewals at Washington County Fair
Couples seeking a unique wedding experience will have that opportunity during the Washington County Fair.
The fair will be offering for the first time free weddings and vow renewals at the Washington County Fairgrounds in Lake Elmo, Aug. 1-5.
Couples will sign up 30 minutes before their desired time slot for either a wedding or vow renewal.
The ceremonies, being officiated by 10th Judicial District Judge Greg Galler, will take place on a hill overlooking Washington County's Master Gardeners Fairest Garden. Bergmann's Greenhouse and Farm Market in Stillwater will be landscaping and decorating the immediate area where the ceremonies will be held.
Ceremonies will last between three and five minutes.
"I liked it because it was different than what I was used to at county fairs," said Margot Rheinberger, the Washington County Fair Board director. "It is something unexpected."
The weddings and vow renewals have one catch though - couples and guests have to purchase a Washington County Fair admission.
The idea of the weddings and vow renewals began last year by Galler who suggested it to Rheinberger.
Galler said he was trying to think of ways to draw people to the judge's booth that was set up at the fair when he thought of weddings.
The idea kind of sat stagnant for a few years until he suggested it again last year to Rheinberger.
Galler said his idea for the fair was to help couples save money on weddings and vow renewals while providing great memories.
"I think people will like the uniqueness of being able to say where your wedding was at," he said. "It's the kind of thing you're really going to remember."
Galler will be officiating from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Aug. 1-3 and from 2-4 p.m. Aug. 4-5, but times will go longer if there is enough interest.
"I don't know what this thing will look like," Rheinberger said.
Rheinberger said she has already been receiving phone calls from interested people who want to sign up early.
"I can't even pinpoint the groups that I've talked to," she said. "It runs the gamut. The spontaneity of that is going to be great."
Galler said his initial vision of who was going to have a wedding or do a vow renewal at the fair are those who are fans of the fair, maybe couples who met at the fair or even couples who were once 4-H exhibitors.
"I think it will be just folks who are fair people," he said.
One of the people who has already approached Rheinberger about doing a vow renewal is St. Paul resident Kelly Vlach. She is hoping to surprise her husband with a vow renewal at the fair.
"My husband doesn't know anything about it," she said.
Vlach was looking at the Washington County Fair website when she saw mention of the vow renewals and it was just by coincidence that she and her husband of 12 years had just been talking about renewing their vows.
"This seems kind of kitschy in a way," she said. "We don't have to make it formal and plan it.
"It's a festive summer event that the whole family is going to be outside with good food and fun."
Vlach said she is excited about making memories at this year's Washington County Fair and making her vow renewal one she will always remember.
"It's fun to think, here we are 12 years later and we know the meaning of those words more than when we were 23," she said. "I don't even know what to expect, but I know it's going to be short and sweet and a fun memory - I think it will be special."
Free weddings and vow renewals will be offered during the Washington County Fair, Aug. 1-3, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and Aug. 4-5 from 2 -4 p.m. Couples are asked to sign up 30 minutes before their desired time.
For those requesting a wedding, there is a required five-business-day waiting period to receive marriage licenses.
More information on the Washington County Fair weddings and vow renewals can be found at www.washingtoncountyfair.org. Click on the attractions tab and then on the "Weddings/Renewals of Wedding Vows at the Fair" link.


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Duke Aiona on Health Care
A: No.
Q: Do you support interstate health insurance compacts?
A: Yes.
Q: Should individuals be required to purchase health insurance?
A: No.
Q: Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
A: Yes.
Aiona adds, "My vision is for Hawai'i's citizens to lead healthy, productive lives with access to affordable, high-quality health care that is available to all and where a healthy lifestyle is the norm. To achieve this goal, I'll pursue policies that focus on prevention rather than just treatment of illnesses. I'll work to expand health care options available to Hawai'i's families and encourage a greater number of providers to ensure we have a competitive market that gives our citizens meaningful choices when choosing insurance. And I'll pursue programs that increase our supply of well-trained physicians, nurses and health care professionals."
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Colleen Hanabusa
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Mazie Hirono
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AL: Bentley(R) vs.Griffith(D)
AR: Ross(D) vs.Hutchinson(R) vs.Griffin(R,Lt.Gov.)
AZ: Ducey(R) vs.DuVal(D) vs.Mealer(AE) vs.Gilbert(L) vs.
CA: Brown(D) vs.Kashkari(R)
CO: Hickenlooper(D) vs.Beauprez(R) vs.
CT: Malloy(D) vs.Foley(R) vs.Walker(R,Lt.Gov.)
FL: Scott(R) vs.Crist(D) vs.Snitker(L,Lt.Gov.)
GA: Deal(R) vs.Carter(D) vs.Hunt(L)
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MA: Coakley(D) vs.Baker(R) &Polito(R,Lt.Gov.) vs.
ME: LePage(R) vs.Michaud(D) vs.Cutler(I)
MI: Snyder(R) vs.Schauer(D)
NM: Martinez(R) vs.King(D)
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OK: Fallin(R) vs.Dorman(D)
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IL-R: Bruce Rauner
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ID-R: Butch Otter
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ME-R: Paul LePage
MI-R: Rick Snyder
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NH-D: Maggie Hassan
NM-R: Susana Martinez
NV-R: Brian Sandoval
NY-D: Andrew Cuomo
OH-R: John Kasich
OK-R: Mary Fallin
OR-D: John Kitzhaber
PA-R: Tom Corbett
SC-R: Nikki Haley
SD-R: Dennis Daugaard
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WY-R: Matt Mead
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The 'Joe le Taxi' singer wears no make-up and flashes no smile when being spotted going out for shopping with her tween daughter, Lily-Rose, at the Groove.
Vanessa Paradis has been spotted stepping out for the first time since being rumored to have broken up with her longtime boyfriend Johnny Depp. In a picture courtesy of X17online, the French star looked glum during the Friday, January 6 outing, giving no hint of smile to the camera. She went out to go shopping at The Grove in West Hollywood.
Wearing her hair in loose unkempt curls and applying no make-up, the mother of two dressed for comfort that day. She donned a sleeveless dark-colored top and matched it with a pair of jeans and ballet flats. She's accompanied by her 12-year-old daughter, Lily-Rose, who opted for a strapless black fitted top and a pair of denim shorts and wedge shoes.
Rumors that 39-year-old Vanessa and 48-year-old Johnny called it quits emerged over the weekend. It's reported that they fought constantly, and the "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor didn't "seem able to hide how badly things are going right now" although he tried to be strong for their kids.
"People around him are worried about how Johnny is doing because he and Vanessa seem so fractured right now. Their relationship is heading toward the end," a source said. "Johnny has started reaching out to lawyers, probably to quietly discuss how to get out of the relationship."


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Advances in biology and neuroscience are showing us how a child's brain and cognitive development are shaped by his or her learning experiences and environment. Instead of debating nature versus nurture, we now know that "nature" — our DNA and RNA — is much more fluid and complex than we ever imagined. Learning, in turn, affects the brain and its capacities. In the Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) Program, you will learn how the latest findings in biology and cognitive science bear on fundamental questions of education, such as how people learn and what can we do to improve learning.
These big questions give rise to more specific questions. In MBE, you can investigate important questions like:
Mind, Brain, and Education: Todd Rose
The Mind, Brain, and Education Program (MBE) is committed to interdisciplinary thinking — to integrating biology, cognitive neuroscience, psychology and the social sciences to understand how people learn and develop, MBE students learn to think in terms of systems. They develop the skills needed to critically and cautiously examine trends in education that, even if well intentioned, may be misinformed about current findings in psychology and neuroscience. Some graduates of the program return to schools or other educational settings where they use this new understanding in educational practice. Others become researchers who advance the field with new findings about how biology and psychology affect learning. Yet others integrate their understandings of the relations between cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and education into other professions, such as law and medicine. Anyone who is committed to understanding the relationships between biology, cognitive science, and education, and to ensuring that this understanding will be used responsibly to improve educational outcomes is an appropriate candidate for this program.
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MBE is the first graduate program in the United States to focus on the intersection of biology, cognitive science, and education. MBE is a one-year, full-time master's program designed for both researchers and practitioners. The greatest strengths of the program include:
MBE coursework provides a broad foundation in the science of cognition and brain development, the principles of teaching and learning, and the research methods that allow us to make strong connections between biological processes and educational outcomes. The curriculum is excellent preparation for both academic researchers and professional educators.
Students pursue a course of study that promotes development of interdisciplinary thinking and research analysis skills and allows for customization based on the academic and professional goals of each individual.
You will complete eight courses (32 credits) in the following categories:
One course in Developmental Neuroscience, to be chosen from the following:
One course in Quantitative Methods, to be chosen from the following:
Three additional MBE courses*
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*One of your additional MBE courses or one of your electives must fulfil the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Requirement.
See list of courses here: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Requirement.pdf (113 KB)
View all courses in the Academic Catalogue.
For your three elective courses, not only can you enroll in any course at HGSE, but any course at Harvard. Cross-register for courses in cellular biology, cognitive neuroscience, and linguistics in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences or explore the impact of research on education policy in the Harvard Kennedy School. You can even cross-register for courses at MIT, one of our longtime research partners.
Harvard faculty members are some of the leading voices in the fascinating new field of mind, brain, and education. Todd Rose is doing pioneering work in the science of individuality. Gigi Luk and the B.E.E. Lab are exploring how the cognitive impact of bilingualism extends across the lifespan. And Jon Star is studying the development of flexibility in mathematical problem solving. Learn more about our extraordinary faculty and how they will help you reach your academic and professional goals.
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Handcrafted In The USA By Israeli Born Artist, Michal Golan. This Decorative Hamsa Pendant Hangs Beautifully Onto A Strand Of Complementing Semiprecious Stone Beads. The Hamsa Is 1.25" Tall And The Necklace Is 14.5" Long With An Additional 4" Extender. The Stone Encrusted Hamsa Is Decorated With Red Jasper, Lapis Lazuli, Swarovski Crystals And 14K Gold Plated Accents.


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THIRTEEN-time Grand Prix winner David Coulthard says Australian Mark Webber has to somehow find a way to squeeze more out of the new car than his teammate and reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel to win this weekend in Melbourne.
"I would love Mark to win his home Grand Prix.
"He's a talented Formula One driver, but clearly the statistics show that of the three opportunities - when the Red Bull has been a championship winning car - when the music stopped, he wasn't the man holding the trophy," Coulthard said.
"But can he be a good champion? Yes, but as a direct comparison with Seb you have to say that he - either because of talent, luck or support - has been able to get more out of the same car. Only Mark can really know what the difference is."
But Coulthard says, that Vettel, despite winning his third consecutive world drivers' championship last year, does have weaknesses.
"He is human, therefore he has weaknesses.
"Sebastian is still a young man so his reaction to events on track is going to be a bit more vocal or reactive than someone who's got a few more races under their belt.
"But he's a great qualifier, he's a great racer, great work ethic within the team."
Webber will also have to fend off the might of Ferrari, with Fernando Alonso desperate to secure his third world championship with the Italian team.
"I think the other teams will be looking closely at Ferrari," said the Brit.
"Knowing that they really get behind Fernando and that they were really able to develop that car last year, they've got the element of stability.
"I think Ferrari have to be considered one of the real favourites for the championship. Can they win this Grand Prix? Absolutely."
McLaren's Jenson Button, who won the event last year, could also prove to be in the mix with showers expected over the weekend. But he must stay ahead of new teammate Sergio Perez throughout the season to ultimately prove his No.1 status at the British squad.
"In certain circumstances, Jenson Button is peerless - changeable conditions, the way he reads a race, the way he controls tyre choice," Coulthard said.
"I think it's going to be a very telling year for Button. To finish behind Lewis Hamilton in qualifying, no one would give him a hard time for that because Lewis is one of the quickest drivers out there.
"If he's behind Perez, it's a very different thing. It's a big year for him."
Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean may have finished the first practice session at Albert Park in sixth and 10th respectively, but Coulthard believes both drivers need to up their game to stay in the fight.
"Has (Raikkonen) used that comeback year to really fine tune his single lap speed that he always had or is it just going to deliver what he did last year, which was already a good performance?" Coulthard said.
"Grosjean has the speed, he just has to now deliver the consistency of results.
"Whenever you see him in close action with someone else you do kind of hold your breath and wonder what's going to happen.
"It's not the best reputation to have."
Originally published as Webber can win, says Coulthard


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Lindisfarne Castle, and indeed the rest of Holy Island, is only accessible via a causeway at low tide. It is perhaps this fact as much as any other that lends the site so much of it's mystique. Certainly it's location, perched precariously atop a rocky outcrop overlooking the North Sea makes the castle alluringly photogenic, but the fact you are on a tidal island is always close to your thoughts. Especially if travelling back on foot, you'll have to be aware of the times of the tides lest you be stranded until the next low water. To some, it is perhaps an unwelcome reminder of the old adage that time and tide wait for no man, and nowhere is it truer than Holy Island; for there are no alternative crossings available. In an age where most of us have become so isolated from nature, I think it will do none of us any harm to have our 'busy schedules' at the mercy of the seas for a few hours.
The causeway itself is around 3 miles long, and is closed from 2 hours before high tide until 2 hours after. Tide times are printed in local newspapers and are displayed at each end of the causeway. Additionally, tide tables can be obtained at Northumberland Life. If planning to walk across to the island, be aware that there is quite a long walk from the head of the causeway to the castle, so you should have a good idea of your capabilities before setting out, and give yourself plenty of time. Don't attempt the crossing by any other route as the sands can be treacherous, though guided walks are apparently available.
Public transport to and from the island is available, though make sure you check the bus timetable beforehand. Buses do not run every day, and there are a few surprises as to what days the buses don't run! The nearest taxi service is in Berwick upon Tweed, and although they will pick up at Holy Island, you'll be charged for the milage out from Berwick. This ran to about £25 each way when I last checked.
The castle's island status makes photography challenging. If you are looking for a high tide shot, this will obviously mean spending a few hours there at minimum, and possibly even spending the night. Once the tide is high enough to be in shot, your retreat back across the causeway to the mainland will be blocked by the sea. This presents no problem in all honesty; the island has many pubs and cafes to pass the time in once you have your shots in the bag. Accomodation on the island can be expensive though, and can fill up quickly in the summer, so make sure you book ahead of time if you decide to spend the night.
As to equipment, you'll need all the standard fare for a coastal location, and a good solid tripod should probably be considered essential. If you want to slow your exposures to capture motion in the sea, you either have to time your visit to coincide with sunset or sunrise, or else pack a neutral density filter. As usual, a polariser will help give your skies a boost, and will probably be worth packing.
You should note that also in the area are the equally impressive coastal castles of Bamburgh and Dunstanburgh Castle. My last trip encompassed both of these sites, and if you are making the journey I'd strongly recommend you visit them both also. All three of these sites can be reached via the A1 from Newcastle or Berwick-upon-tweed, with all of these areas being serviced in the summer months by the 505 and/or 501 buses from both Newcastle and Berwick-upon-tweed.
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11 January 2000 (1)
(Equal treatment for men and women — Limitation of access by women to military posts in the Bundeswehr)
In Case C-285/98,
REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EC Treaty (now Article 234 EC) by the Verwaltungsgericht Hannover, Germany, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between
Tanja Kreil
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
on the interpretation of Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions (OJ 1976 L 39, p. 40), in particular Article 2 thereof,
composed of: G.C. Rodríguez Iglesias, President, J.C. Moitinho de Almeida, L. Sevón (Presidents of Chambers), P.J.G. Kapteyn, C. Gulmann, J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur), G. Hirsch, H. Ragnemalm and M. Wathelet, Judges,
Advocate General: A. La Pergola,
Registrar: L. Hewlett, Administrator,
after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of:
— Tanja Kreil, by J. Rothardt, Rechtsanwalt, Soltau,
— the German Government, by W.-D. Plessing, Ministerialrat at the Federal Ministry of the Economy, and C.-D. Quassowski, Regierungsdirektor at the same ministry, acting as Agents,
— the Commission of the European Communities, by J. Grunwald, Legal Adviser, acting as Agent,
having regard to the Report for the Hearing,
after hearing the oral observations of Tanja Kreil, represented by J. Rothardt; of the German Government, represented by C.-D. Quassowski; of the Italian Government, represented by D. Del Gaizo, Avvocato dello Stato; of the United Kingdom Government, represented by J.E. Collins, Assistant Treasury Solicitor, acting as Agent, and by N. Pleming QC; and of the Commission, represented by J. Grunwald, at the hearing on 29 June 1999,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 26 October 1999,
gives the following
The law applicable
'1. For the purposes of the following provisions, the principle of equal treatment shall mean that there shall be no discrimination whatsoever on grounds of sex either directly or indirectly by reference in particular to marital or family status.
2. This Directive shall be without prejudice to the right of Member States to exclude from its field of application those occupational activities and, where appropriate, the training leading thereto, for which, by reason of their nature or the context in which they are carried out, the sex of the worker constitutes a determining factor.
3. This Directive shall be without prejudice to provisions concerning the protection of women, particularly as regards pregnancy and maternity.'
'(1) Men who have attained the age of eighteen years may be required to serve in the Armed Forces, in the Federal Border Guard, or in a Civil Defence organisation.
(4) If, while a state of defence exists, civilian service requirements in the civilian public health and medical system or in the stationary military hospital organisation cannot be met on a voluntary basis, women between eighteen and fifty-five years of age may be assigned to such services by or pursuant to a law. They may on no account render service involving the use of arms.'
by Article 3a of the Soldatenlaufbahnverordnung (Regulation on Soldiers' Careers, hereinafter 'the SLV'), according to which women may enlist only as volunteers and only in the medical and military-music services.
The main proceedings
'Is Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976, in particular Article 2(2) of that directive, infringed by the third sentence of Article 1(2) of the Soldatengesetz (Law on Soldiers) in the version of 15 December 1995 (Bundesgesetzblatt I, p. 1737), as last amended by the Law of 4 December 1997 (Bundesgesetzblatt I, p. 2846), and Article 3a of the Soldatenlaufbahnverordnung (Regulations on Soldiers' Careers), in the version published on 28 January 1998 (Bundesgesetzblatt I, p. 326), under which women who enlist as volunteers may be engaged only in the medical and military-music services and are excluded in any event from armed service?'
The question referred for a preliminary ruling
govern matters of defence, which form part of the field of common foreign and security policy and which remain within the Member States' sphere of sovereignity. Secondly, even if the Directive could apply to the armed forces, the national provisions in question, which limit access for women to certain posts in the Bundeswehr, are justifiable under Article 2(2) and (3) of the Directive.
treatment to be reconciled as far as possible with the requirements of public security which determine the context in which the activities in question are to be performed.
her child. It does not therefore allow women to be excluded from a certain type of employment on the ground that they should be given greater protection than men against risks which are distinct from women's specific needs of protection, such as those expressly mentioned.
On those grounds,
in answer to the question referred to it by the Verwaltungsgericht Hannover by order of 13 July 1998, hereby rules:
Council Directive 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions precludes the application of national provisions, such as those of German law, which impose a general exclusion of women from military posts involving the use of arms and which allow them access only to the medical and military-music services.
Rodríguez Iglesias
Delivered in open court in Luxembourg on 11 January 2000.
R. Grass
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John Derbyshire -- National Review
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...Let me mention once, then leave aside, the sneaky little sleights of hand that we have now come to expect in anything written by those opposed to enforcement of immigration laws. The purpose of the wall in that first quote is not, as Lindsey claims, to keep out immigrants, but to keep out illegal immigrants.
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Look at what happened to Miami," stated Colorado Congressman and immigration reform leader Tom Tancredo. "It has become a Third World country. You just pick it up and take it and move it someplace. You would never know you're in the United States of America. You would certainly say you're in a Third World County," Tancredo told a crowd...
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English-only sentiment spreads among employers, others
Adele Northrup doesn't let her Mexican- born cleaning lady speak Spanish on the job. The same goes for her landscaper, who is from Guatemala. -- And Northrup's Christmas present to both of them this year is the same: a Spanish- English dictionary. -- "I really resent feeling like a stranger in my own land," says Northrup...
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Illegal alien criminal activity will shock you
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By Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON When the Supreme Court opens its term on Monday, it will look different from any U.S. high court in history. And as this new set of nine — including, for the first time, three women — begins to resolve cases, it could chart new territory on the law, too.
In its early days, the look of the bench is likely to be most striking. Along with Justice Elena Kagan, who rounds out the first trio of women on the court, the group is more youthful. Kagan, who succeeded John Paul Stevens, is 40 years younger, and the average age of the justices is now 64, compared with 76 five years ago.
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The court under Chief Justice John Roberts has pushed the law to the right and is likely to break ground again this term. Cases that could test the ideological divide involve Arizona tax credits for contributions channeled to religious schools, a Texas death row prisoner's attempt to obtain DNA evidence to exonerate himself, and a California law prohibiting sale of "violent" video games to minors.
In the half-decade since Roberts became chief, a five-justice conservative majority has left its imprint most deeply on social policy issues, for example, in rulings that curtailed government's use of race for school diversity and scaled-back abortion rights. The narrow majority recently lifted limits on corporate and labor union spending in political campaigns, which has helped accelerate the flood of money in upcoming midterm elections.
Yet, although Roberts is an ideological conservative, he lacks the firebrand rhetoric of Justice Antonin Scalia. He has tried to project an image of neutral decision-making and has not pressed to the hard right in all areas.
"It may be that he's running a marathon, as opposed to a sprint," New York University law professor Cristina Rodriguez says. "He is a strategic operator."
Where the Roberts Court heads depends largely on the views of Justice Anthony Kennedy, who is generally with the conservatives but has voted with a four-justice liberal bloc in some key cases.
"I'm not sure Chief Justice Roberts has five votes for any decision that substantially breaks from precedent without the vote of Justice Kennedy," says University of Utah law professor Paul Cassell.
Justice Stevens, on the bench for nearly 35 years, often held liberals together and worked strategically with Kennedy. An overriding question is who will emerge as leader on the left.
Kagan's role is likely to be modest, not only because she is the junior justice. As a former U.S. solicitor general, she represented the U.S. government in many of the cases now on the calendar. She has taken herself out of nearly half of the pending cases.
That will remove a liberal vote in many disputes and ensure it takes a few more years before the contours of her legal approach emerge.
Women's 'subtle influence'
So far, the justices have set out 50 of the roughly 75 total cases they will hear for the 2010-11 term. By late fall, the court is likely to say whether it will take a case testing whether former attorney general John Ashcroft can be held personally responsible for a post-Sept. 11 detention policy and an appeal by Wal-Mart in a class-action lawsuit by women employees alleging they have been denied pay and promotions.
"It's the largest employment discrimination class-action in history," says Washington lawyer Roy Englert, who often represents business.
Looming more distantly on the horizon are cases coming up from lower courts testing the constitutionality of the Democratic-sponsored health care overhaul, state immigration policy and laws affecting same-sex marriage.
Such disputes eventually will shape the Roberts Court in its second half-decade.
Since 2005, four new members have joined the court, after what was an unusually stable period of 11 years with no retirements.
Today, generally with Roberts, 55, on the right are Republican-appointees Scalia, 74, Kennedy, 74, Clarence Thomas, 62, and Samuel Alito, 60. The Democratic appointees on the left are Kagan, 50, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 77, Stephen Breyer, 72, and Sonia Sotomayor, 56.
The greatest change in the courtroom is the three women sitting together.
Female justices, including Ginsburg, have said their presence would not necessarily affect the substance of the law. Yet Ginsburg has referred to the "subtle influence" women have.
The gender divide might come into play in a challenge to a provision of U.S. immigration law that treats mothers and fathers differently. It brings the court back to a 2001 ruling that Ginsburg told USA TODAY last year is "the case that I most regret on this court."
In the earlier case, the court upheld a law that made it easier for a child born to unmarried parents abroad to be considered a U.S. citizen if the mother, rather than father, was already a citizen.
The new case tests whether mothers and fathers can have different residency requirements in situations involving the citizenship of a child born out of wedlock abroad.
Of the 2001 decision, from which she dissented, Ginsburg referred in the interview to "the notion of men of a certain age" that an unwed father would not care about a child as much as an unwed mother. The court has become younger and more female since 2001. Yet it will be without a third woman when it hears the case; it is one of the disputes involving the government that Kagan will sit out.
Free speech gets new hearing
The last court term was notable for its many free-speech cases, a feature that continues this term.
On Wednesday, the court will take up an appeal from a father whose Marine son was killed in Iraq. Fundamentalist preacher Fred Phelps and his followers picketed the funeral with anti-gay messages unrelated to the son, who was not gay, but part of Phelps' protest of what he says is the nation's tolerance of homosexuality, including the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
Albert Snyder sued Phelps and other demonstrators for the distress he suffered from their picketing and a Web video the Phelpses created about their protest. Snyder won a $5 million verdict. A lower U.S. appeals judge overturned it, saying the protest was protected free speech.
Another First Amendment dilemma arises from a 2005 California law targeting violent video games that feature "killing, maiming, dismembering, or sexually assaulting an image of a human being." The law would impose a maximum fine of $1,000 on anyone who sold or rented a violent video to a minor.
California, which has never enforced the law because of the case, says it seeks to prevent psychological harm to minors and prevent aggressive behavior by youths who play the games.
A U.S. appeals court struck down the law, saying the state failed to show that viewers were harmed by the games. It noted the high court has allowed exceptions in the First Amendment for obscene, but not violent, materials.
If the court revives the ban, says Washington lawyer Maureen Mahoney, who often argues at the court, "this would be a major upheaval in the law. If you can prohibit sales in this area based on violence, presumably that can be done in literature and movies."
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Little good news comes out of Beirut nowadays, but last week the headlines offered some cheer. Saudi Hostages Bakr Damanhouri and Khalid Deeb were freed, evidently thanks to pressure by Syrian President Hafez Assad. Damanhouri, a cultural officer at the Saudi embassy in Beirut, had been held by an unidentified terrorist faction. Deeb, 23, the son of a security official in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, had been kidnaped in late January, apparently by the partisans of Islamic Jihad. The pair's good fortune raised hopes that the Syrians might secure the release of at least some of the 23 other foreigners,...
Lebanon: Two Out, 23 To Go
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