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WASHINGTON (Sep. 11)
Lawmakers have returned from their Labor Day recess raring to tackle a heavy legislative agenda before the 101st Congress adjourns less than a month from now in early October.
Jewish groups are eyeing developments on Capitol Hill cautiously as legislators rush to complete business so they can campaign full-time for re-election in November.
The biggest single issue facing Congress is how to bridge an $85 billion shortfall in the government's projected 1991 deficit to avoid massive across-the-board budget cuts that will take effect Oct. 1 if a solution is not found.
While a number of other pieces of major legislation are pending, there appears to be little time for issues not germane to the 13 appropriations bills that must still be approved before the start of the new fiscal year.
That means such major legislation as a landmark child-care bill and one reforming campaign financing are safe bets for the back burner, barring a rare "lame-duck" session in December, which has not occurred since 1982.
The Senate also will be preoccupied, beginning Thursday, with confirmation hearings for New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who has been nominated to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court created when Justice William Brennan Jr. suddenly resigned in July.
The American Jewish Congress has submitted 10 sample questions for the Senate Judiciary Committee to ask Souter, covering a number of issues, including church-state concerns and reproductive freedom, otherwise known as abortion rights.
Abortion battles are also expected to erupt on the floors of the respective chambers, when three separate bills are debated:
The District of Columbia spending bill. Congress will consider allowing locally, as well as federally, raised funds to pay for poor women's abortions in cases of incest, rape or certain health reasons. Current law allows both types of funds to be used only for abortions in instances where the mother's life is imperiled. President Bush successfully vetoed the bill last year after Congress tried to enact the broader language.
The labor, health and human services, and education spending bill. Most Jewish groups favor a proposal to allow Medicaid to be used to finance abortions in cases of incest or rape, as was the case between 1973 and 1981. Under current law, Medicaid can be used to pay for abortions only when the mother's life is endangered.
The foreign operations spending bill, also known as the foreign aid bill. The House of Representatives voted earlier this summer to bar Planned Parenthood and the U.N. Population Fund from distributing $3 million in Romania for family planning. The Senate may also vote on the matter.
An estimated $220 million in U.S. funds were spent last year by the State Department's Agency for International Development for family planning, but those funds are used to educate foreigners only about natural forms of childbirth, such as the "rhythm method."
Sammie Moshenberg, Washington representative of the National Council of Jewish Women, said Third World countries are in dire need of assistance for more "viable" means of birth control.
Both chambers of Congress have already adopted a landmark civil rights bill, which would overturn a string of recent Supreme Court rulings by making it easier for victims of employment discrimination to win legal relief.
President Bush will likely veto the bill, which has the support of most Jewish groups, because he contends it will lead employers to resort to quotas to avoid litigation.
The multibillion-dollar child-care bill, though, may not reach the president's desk, as it has been stalled for months in a House-Senate conference committee.
The bill has been opposed by several Jewish groups, because it would provide federal funds to sectarian child-care programs and allow them to use religious preferences in hiring workers and enrolling children.
The campaign-finance overhaul bill may also die in conference committee. The Senate version would eliminate all political action committees, including pro-Israel PACs, while the House would cap the PAC contributions a lawmaker could receive at $275,000.
* Two bills of particular interest to the Jewish community may never get to the floor for debate:
* The Public Disclosure of Religious Dietary Certification Act would require forms to be filed with the Food and Drug Administration for products labeled as kosher that are shipped through interstate commerce.
* The Religious Freedom Restoration Act would reverse the Supreme Court's newly enunciated test of deferring to state statutes that collide with religious liberties. Its supporters may have to be content with a Sept. 27 hearing of the House Judiciary subcommittee on civil and constitutional rights.
Complicating the budget picture is the enormous cost of the Persian Gulf crisis. Aside from the billions of dollars it is costing the armed forces to send troops and military equipment to the Gulf, there is President Bush's recommendation that Congress forgive Egypt's $7 billion debt for military aid. And Israel has hinted it wants equal treatment of its $4.5 billion debt.
Other major budget items to be tackled during the coming weeks include the $3 billion in foreign aid for Israel and funding for the 40,000 Soviet Jewish refugees expected to gain entry to the United States next year.
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) may amend the foreign aid bill to include language directing the Immigration and Naturalization Service to grant Soviet Jews and others a presumption of eligibility for refugee status, on the basis that they have historically faced a "well-founded fear of persecution."
The budget summit has Jewish groups concerned, because one option on the table is capping at $50,000 the deductions that can be taken on federal income tax returns, including deductions for charitable contributions.
Without a budget summit agreement or a waiver of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit reduction act, across-the-board cuts could exceed 30 percent for most domestic programs.


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GE's Profile, SmartDispense Dishwasher: A 4th Generation Reinvention.
Dishwashers made their big debut in US kitchens during the 1970's, just as 'environmentalism' became a major force. And they were well on their way to becoming an everyday appliance just as the first big oil price shock, a.k.a the "Arab Oil Embargo of 1973", hit. Those few of you who actually were around for that experience may recall a very noisy, relatively unreliable, cramped and ugly dishwasher wedged next to the sink. And we'll bet it consumed prodigious amounts of water, electricity, and cleaning products per load. Thirty five years later (a span of roughly three dishwasher design lives), we face a vastly more important world wide oil shock, while environmentalism, feminism, and the whole raft of related movements that began in the US during the 1970's, are relegated to the shadows of US public policy making, but getting attention in Europe and Asia. Dishwashers, not surprisingly, are the focus of significant new innovation that should apeal to TreeHuggers. With severe drought in it's 4th year in several Western US states, and lingering across the US Southeast and with the added burden of soaring electrical bills nationally, resource efficiency is back on the design stage. "Ladies and Gentlemen", as Ed Sullivan would have said back in the 1970's, 'Live on our Blog, [pause] TreeHugger presents a really big shoe. Please welcome GE's new SmartDispense technology, part of that "eco-imagination" thing'.From the GE website: "Most unique is the dishwasher's ability to hold an entire 45 oz. bottle of liquid or gel dishwasher detergent and dispense just the right amount for each wash. Detergent amounts are determined based on water hardness in the home, which consumers measure with a water-hardness testing kit that comes with the product, soil level of dishes, and cycle selection. The detergent is automatically dispensed and lasts the average consumer two months". Translation: the profile makes it possible to buy soap in bulk and expend only what's needed from a bulk re-fill, which eliminates the "if a little is good more is better" tendency toward overconsumtion of cleaning products. We're not there yet, but 4 design-lives later, there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Keep hoping for the 7'th generation TreeHuggers.
Also: "A new optimized hydraulic system in the GE Profile uses less water while maintaining water velocity and pressure. Cycles have been optimized for the best wash/dry performance at the lowest energy usage. A reduced pump prime requires less water while the smart fill/cavitation sensing selects the appropriate water fill amount". Translation: reduced water consumption per load. Now add a greywater diversion valve to the toilet and we're almost there.
Here's the money cite: "...if all Americans used a GE Profile Dishwasher with SmartDispense technology, over 15.5 billion gallons of water a year would be saved - enough to fill more than 20,000 Olympic-sized pools".
Other features of the GE Profile (paraphrased and abbreviated from the original text):
* 'Noise level of 47 decibels (dBA)'.
* Has 'Single Rack Wash™ selection, which cleans up to five place settings in the upper rack by using only the top and middle wash arms, conserving water, energy...'
* 'CleanSensor™ technology, which continually monitors water temperature, soil levels and the dish load...'.
Big picture now. Why is this important? In the parlance of sustainability the GE Profile has "spread". Anybody in the market for a new dishwasher will likely encounter it, and it's not priced to compete with the elete imports, so the average person can contemplate it's purchase. That means "mainstreaming" can happen in a few years, just as it has with the hybrid propulsion after introduction of the Prius.

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AfrISPA appoints regional carriers As part of its aim to establish true inter-country connectivity within the African continent, the African Internet Service Providers Association (AfrISPA) has appointed two organisations as regional carriers. Transtel and the Africa Online/SkyVision JV are the two bidders that successfully met AfrISPA's criteria to provide an African regional Internet traffic solution, in order to remove the current dependence upon overseas carriers and to promote the establishment and growth of African regional data carriers. The establishment of a network of Internet exchange points (IXPs) within Africa would also result in reduced costs, improved speeds and the improvement of the Internet backbone within Africa as a whole.According to AfrISPA, Africa Online will offer a fully meshed network, which uses proven and reliable VSAT technology to provide point-to-point connectivity between IXPs. It will also utilise existing terrestrial links between certain countries, such as Kenya and Tanzania, making it possible to create regional hubs whose component countries can share one VSAT link and so reduce installation costs even further.From IT Web [via my weblog]
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull may have to call in Finance Department secretary Jane Halton or another public service boss to help choose replacements for key positions at the top of the federal bureaucracy.
Three department head positions have become available at Communications and the Arts, Education and Training and Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Section 58 of the Public Service Act requires three key people to make the decision about who will fill these positions - Mr Turnbull, the Australian Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd and one other.
The last person is the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet secretary which, depending on whether decisions are made before or after January 23, could be the outgoing Michael Thawley or the incoming Martin Parkinson.
The PM&C boss, whoever it is, will effectively work on a report with Mr Lloyd to be handed to the prime minister.
Because of the reshuffle it is not clear who precisely will have discussions with the public service commissioner.
The first option is that Mr Thawley has input into who fills these jobs, even though he is about to leave the public service.
The second option is that decisions are delayed until Dr Parkinson takes the helm but this poses another problem. His wife, Dr Heather Smith, is a PM&C deputy secretary and contender for one of the jobs up for grabs.
She could apply for any of the three jobs available.
Public service observers had no doubt Dr Parkinson would distance himself from any process involving his wife. But how would the process work if this happened?
Professor John Wanna from the Crawford School of Public Policy and other sources said they could see another experienced secretary being brought in to stand in Dr Parkinson's place during the decision-making process.
Professor Wanna said this would be a central agency boss such as Ms Halton, the longest-serving department secretary in the bureaucracy at the moment, or Treasury secretary John Fraser.
One source said Dr Parkinson may be given the option to choose who his replacement in this process would be.
It was unlikely he would want to leave it solely to Public Service Commissioner Mr Lloyd to advise the prime minister.
Also at play was when decisions needed to be made.
The Communications and the Arts job is vacant now but there is probably no urgency to find a replacement before the end of the year. The Education and Training secretary position will be vacant by February and the government has until July to fill the job of DFAT boss.
Choosing people to fill these jobs might be a combination of Mr Thawley and Dr Parkinson being part of the process at different times - with the latter excusing himself from discussions at key times - with another secretary brought in along the way as well.
Professor Wanna said public servants played a major role during this process because the prime minister often had little idea about the strengths of bureaucrats rising through the ranks.
"They're trying to pick people [for these jobs] who are competent and easy to work with," he said.
Unofficially influencing the decision will be other public service secretaries who regularly put forward their opinions about rising talent to the public service commissioner.
Finally, Mr Turnbull's chief of staff, former Communications Department secretary Drew Clarke, will have a key role.
He recently held one of the jobs needing to be filled and already knew of some of the best minds sprinkled throughout the bureaucracy.
Once the final selections are made the governor-general goes through the usual formalities of approving.


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Impact of Rena oil spill part of wider disaster research
Thursday, October 4,
Impact of Rena oil spill part of wider disaster research
Emergency management specialists from Massey's Joint Centre for Disaster Research are to revisit the scene of the Rena oil spill in the Bay of Plenty as part of a $760,000 project investigating the resilience of communities having to cope with disaster on their doorstep.
The Ministry of Science and Innovation project, funded over two years, will add to existing knowledge about building resilience in New Zealand communities in the wake of such events as the Canterbury earthquakes, response to economic uncertainty and the oil spill off the Bay of Plenty coast caused by the grounding of the container ship a year ago this week.
Researchers will return to the Tauranga area in the New Year to talk to affected locals. Joint Centre director, Professor David Johnston, says the study is "recasting the lens" over recent disasters in New Zealand drawing in particular on aspects of what happened in Christchurch.
"One of the questions we will be looking at, is to what extent does scale [the physical size of the event and the population affected] have on disasters?"
The research would also examine the longer-term psychosocial impact the eruptions at Mt Ruapehu of 1995-96 and the Manawatu floods of 2004 had on their communities .It would update existing research which challenged some assumptions about what groups were most affected in a disaster.
"Research from previous events does not always confirm that the people you think would be most vulnerable are," Professor Johnston says.
"For example some of the elderly have a far more practical perspective on such events having lived through the economic deprivation of the Great Depression and the fear and uncertainty of World War II. Similarly, there's another study which shows that people in rural areas who are used to power cuts, are less fazed by such incidents than a lot of city folk."
Professor Johnston's colleague, Associate Professor Sarb Johal, who is also part of the project research team, stated in a recent opinion piece for Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand magazine about the importance of disaster preparedness for all scenarios.
'We can plan to meet the needs of the present, but good practice means we must build in contingency for the future – on a nationwide basis for all hazards, not just the Canterbury earthquakes or the last event we have had to cope with."
Professor Johnston says the research, via a collaborative initiative with Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu iwi, will also investigate post-disaster community resilience in urban, rural and Maori communities. Earlier research indicated Tikangia Maori were "an inherent part of community resilience" which together with marae structures and protocols enables effective community response to crises such as floods.
"Understanding how Maori institutions contribute at community level to resilience building, responding to change and recovery from shocks and disasters is of distinct benefit to New Zealand," he says.


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Ashley Greene in 'Skateland' Trailer (VIDEO)
Ashley Greene is really on a roll these days. At least, she is in her latest movie.
The trailer for the Twilight beauty's upcoming film Skateland has been released, showing the 23-year-old actress in a different milieu than her usual vampy environs.
Set in 1980s small-town Texas, the film chronicles a group of teens as they hang out at a roller rink and struggle to come to grips with their impending adulthood amid an unexpected tragedy.
Skateland hits theaters on March 25. Will you be checking out? Let us know in the comments section after watching the trailer below.


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Attempted drug theft leads to fight in Vancouver
Vancouver police said two suspects are in custody after three people allegedly showed up to buy marijuana and then attempted to steal it.
Vancouver police said two suspects are in custody after three people allegedly showed up to buy marijuana and then attempted to steal it.
A Japanese nuclear plant won preliminary approval Wednesday for meeting stringent post-Fukushima safety requirements.
A local man says he has lost everything because of his online reputation that was tarnished by charges that were never filed against him.
A teen has been sentenced to 10 days in juvenile detention for threatening to shoot students and staff at Skyview High School.
A man suspected of robbing a Target on Monday in Salem has been arrested.
A bystander who performed CPR on a 6-year-old saved the child from nearly drowning at a Happy Valley apartment complex's pool.
An investor began submitting signatures Tuesday for a ballot initiative that would ask voters to split California into six separate states.
Authorities in California have arrested two men on suspicion of stealing Oregon cheese company's three Volkswagen minibuses.
Farmers in Washington County say a deal regarding the lines of the urban growth boundary are threatening their lifestyle.
A burglary suspect told a neighbor that the homeowners had died after she was caught trying to enter the home, police said.
The council's decision "now allows a cart to stay in one place, build foot traffic and just get known," one vendor said.
A mother is behind bars after her 2-year-old and 3-year-old were found wandering alone in Sherwood on Monday.
Uber, the controversial ride-sharing mobile app, launched in Vancouver, Wash. Friday and was approved in Seattle this week, but in Portland,…
As Janet Balderas continues to recover from an accident last week, her friends have taken to GoFundMe to raise funds for her treatment.
Salary increase for 2014-2015 fiscal year includes bump for cost of living, which all other Portland officials accepted.
Dream Girl Espresso, a coffee stand in Forest Grove featuring bikini baristas, is closing after landlord terminates the business' lease.
Among the items stolen were a thermal imaging camera and a cardiac monitor/defibrillator.
Christopher Butler, 25, charged for promoting prostitution at Salem's Phoenix Inn.
Elk from Mount St. Helens to the Columbia River are dying from this crippling hoof disease
Stores throughout Washington experienced spikes, price drops, windfalls and product shortages — typical of a fledgling industry.
James Sapp's bail set at $2 million for drug charges, $5 million for attempted murder charges.
When Gorden Hanks first looked into drones, they were tens of thousands of dollars. But he built his own six months ago for about $3,500.
"We're seeing some fire activity that we usually don't see until August," said Justin DeRuyter with Portland Fire & Rescue
A Washington teenager is expected to be OK after being caught in chest-deep water at Dougan Falls for more than an hour.
Multnomah County Health officials are investigating norovirus or similar stomach bug in lake water.


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A third of the world's population are cursed to become werewolves on the full moon, and walled cities like Seattle protect the Clean Bloods. People like Detective Daria McQueen protect the gates of the city to stand against the packs of wolves, three nights a month.
When Daria discovers a breach in the wall while on her patrol, and saves a family from infection by three hungry wolves, Daria herself is saved by a wolf hunter she had believed to be nothing but an urban legend: the Red Hood, Maireni Damaschin. The mysterious woman in a red cloak seems to possess inhuman abilities.
Daria and Maireni find themselves caught in a tangled web of deception that goes back centuries, which could spell the end to Clean Bloods and throw the world into servitude.
©2015 Erik Schubach (P)2016 Erik Schubach
I love almost anything post-apocalyptic, zombie, scifi, ect. Always looking for some new earhole entertainment!
"Loved it!"
Not the typical Little Red Riding Hood story you heard as a child. The big bad wolf is actually a werewolf! Red Hood has been tracking the wolf all over the planet trying to stop him and the werewolf curse. Red Hood and Detective McQueen partner up, in more ways than one, to stop the curse.
As always, Erik creates suck likable characters, and Hollie makes us fall in love with them! Beautifully written fairy tale of werewolf hunting and love!
"My What Big Eyes You Have"
Emotion, Action, Humor.

an action packed story from a well known fairytale. Red Hood brings you into a different world of Wolves and Witches and Demons that plague their world with the balance tipping over to evil we find one woman that can free the world of their curse
"you kicked a werewolf in the nuts"

hands down the funniest line ever!

BUT I would have to say and this is spoiler when the two sisters finally found each other and hugged each other. that brought a tear to my eye.
Oh I have and all are phenomenal performances. I have been waiting for this one ever since a teaser that was released by the author weeks ago. I love how Ms. Hollie Jackson did the accents it couldn't have been easy changing accents in the middle of a scene.
it made me do both! I laughed at the humor and cry like a child at the scene where Maireni told how she became the Red Hood. I read the book and that had made me picture the scene, but now hearing a voice that accompanies it just made the scene more powerful.
Definitely give this book a read and a listen. The book gives the story but also listening to the story unfold gives it the more realistic scene especially how the narrator did it, with different voices for each character. and by the gods that accent! I'm weak with accents!

Good Job to the Author and Ms. Hollie Jackson
"Hollie Jackson has brought this book to life"
Schubach has created a new and exciting WORLD where werewolves rule the 3 full moon nights every month and the clean bloods must prepared for them .
"Red Hood Rave"
I had never heard of this series, or this author. But, I am now a faithful and craven addict of this and the following books. This story is very accessibly written, nearly like just speaking to a friend which is the best way to really get into a tale. It has LGBT+ women, strong character development which breaks social norms in the best way possible, and a compelling ark which will keep you yearning for more
"Little Red"
Love the audio as much as I loved the book. I Love the 2 main characters for this. I will definitely be listening to the next audio as well.
"you wont regret buying this story"
i can't describe how much i love this story. its worth every dime i spent on this it. its a wonderful story of supernatural world were to girls fall in love with each other
"awesome remake! "
Erik is so creative! i don't know where he gets his ideas but I'm glad he does. i can't wait for the next book in the series.
"Good book!"
I really enjoyed this book, can't wait for a sequel, I have several of his books and have enjoyed them all.
"Always love this authors work."
a very easy listen! made the drive from vegas back to tx a joy! I can't wait to read or listen to the next.
"well, im hooked...or should i say bitten?"
I got to say, that the story was one of the better written werewolves-human and dramas lesbian series that I have read in a long time!
athe performance and narration of Hollie Jackson was incredible. She was able to distinguish different characters there subtle means ever voice and I enjoyed every bit of it! I hope the keep reading some of her works continuing on! Officially a big fan and she's inspiring me to go into narrating for audio books too!
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Curlin, coming off a dazzling maiden debut victory by nearly 13 lengths six weeks ago, was equally impressive Saturday, leaving his field behind while capturing the $300,000 Rebel Stakes (gr. II) for 3-year-olds at Oaklawn Park in his first start for trainer Steve Asmussen.
Jockey Robby Albarado had his hands full getting the inexperienced son of Smart Strike to negotiate the final turn, and Curlin was drifting out a bit through the stretch after gaining a commanding lead. But he finished as much the best to win by 5 1/4 lengths in a time 1:44 3/5 for the 1 1/16-mile distance.
The husky Curlin was reportedly purchased privately for more than $3 million and is now owned by Stonestreet Stables, George Bolton, Padua Stables, and Midnight Cry Stables following his 12 3/4-length maiden triumph in his first start at seven furlongs Feb. 3 at Gulfstream Park. Transferred by his new connections to Asmussen from Helen Pitts' stable, the chestnut colt was sent off as the narrow second choice in the field of nine.
Albarado stalked the leaders with Curlin in fourth early as Xchanger flew out of the gate to lead the field by himself through fractions of :23 2/5, :47 3/5 and 1:12 2/5. The 9-5 favorite Flying First Class, also coming off a flashy maiden win, was a bit rank early but stayed close to the leader and took over on the final turn for Edgar Prado. But Flying First Class had nothing left for the stretch run. Curlin broke with the second flight of horses, settled behind the leaders, and swept up to the them while four wide and getting out on the final turn. Curlin got the lead at the top of the stretch and kicked clear while under strong handling as he drew off late.
Officer Rocket, ridden by Luis Quinonez, offered a belated rally to finish a clear second. It was 2 1/2 lengths back to Southwest Stakes winner Teuflesberg in third, with Going Ballistic finishing fourth. U D Ghetto, Wannabeincluded, Xchanger, Flying First Class, and Sumac trailed.
Curlin earned $180,000 for Saturday's win and has banked $202,800 in his brief career. Fares Farm Inc. bred Curling, who is out of the Deputy Minister mare Sherriff's Deputy, in Kentucky.
He paid $6.40, $4, and $3.40. The British-bred Officer Rocket, who was also second in the Southwest for trainer Robert Holthus, returned $3.80 and $3.20. Teuflesberg, looking for his fourth win in five starts for trainer Jamie Sanders, was $3.80 to show.
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Curlin Sweeps Into Derby Picture With Rebel Rout
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Ross 3-hits Reds, complete sweep
SAN DIEGO -- Tyson Ross threw a three-hitter for his first career shutout and Rene Rivera hit a three-run single off big league ERA leader Johnny Cueto as the San Diego Padres beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 Wednesday for their first three-game sweep since September.
The Padres, who tied their season high with their fourth straight win, hadn't swept a series since Sept. 6-8 against Colorado.
Ross (7-8) was dominating in throwing his first complete game in 55 career starts. He struck out nine and walked none. The lanky right-hander retired the first 11 batters before Todd Frazier singled to left. Frazier had two of the Reds' three hits.
With the bases loaded and two outs in the first, Rivera hit a blooper to the gap that hit off the heel of the glove of diving center fielder Billy Hamilton to give San Diego a 3-0 lead.
San Diego appeared to take a 4-0 lead on Seth Smith's two-out double in the fourth, but the Reds appealed that Irving Falu missed third base. The umpires agreed, calling Falu out to end the inning. San Diego manager Bud Black argued, but the call was upheld on appeal.
Ross had received only one run of support in his previous five starts, and he knocked in that run in his last start, a 2-1 loss to Arizona. Ross was 0-4 in his last five starts.
Cueto (8-6) came in with the best ERA in the majors, 1.88. It rose to 1.99. He allowed three runs and seven hits in seven innings, struck out eight and walked three.


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Ken Calvert, a lifelong resident of Riverside County and 17-year small business owner, currently represents the 42nd Congressional District of southern California. Calvert attended neighborhood public schools, graduating from Corona High School in 1971. He attended Chaffey College in Alta Loma for two years and then enrolled at San Diego State University, where he graduated in 1975 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics.
Rep. Calvert's legislative work has received top ratings from the Americans for Tax Reform, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Christian Coalition, League of Private Property Voters, National Federation of Independent Businesses, 60 Plus Association, Small Business Survival Committee and Citizens for a Sound Economy.
The 42nd Congressional District encompasses western Riverside County, including the cities of Eastvale, Norco, Corona, Lake Elsinore, Wildomar, Canyon Lake, Menifee, Murrieta and a portion of Temecula. The district also includes the unincorporated ares of El Sobrante, Woodcrest, Temescal Valley, Lakeview, Nuevo, Homeland, Winchester, and Aguanga.
Rep. Calvert was the author of legislation that created the E-Verify system, which is used to verify to legal status of newly hired employees. While the free, Internet-based system is currently used on a voluntary basis by businesses around the nation, Rep. Calvert has sponsored legislation that would make the use of E-Verify mandatory for every business.
In the House of Representatives, Rep. Calvert's priorities have been: supporting the military in our national defense; improving our local and national economies; strengthening our borders and reforming the immigration system; creating long-term solutions to California's energy and water problems; working towards the implementation and funding of new transportation corridors vital to Riverside County's future; and much more.


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Received his D.D.S. from UCLA School of Dentistry in 1973. He completed an internship and residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Westchester County Medical Center, Valhalla New York in 1976. Dr. Salomone moved to Palm Springs in 1976 and founded Desert Oral Surgery in 1978. He received his Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1982.
Dr. Salomone currently is a member of the ADA, a Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the California Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, the California Dental Association, and the Tri-County Dental Society. He has been the Chairman of the Eisenhower Hospital continuing dental education series, since 1980.
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The Oregon Duck did a parody of the bouncy "Gangnam Style" music video by South Korean rapper Psy. The also aquatic midshipmen of the U.S. Naval Academy have their own version in a "spirit spot" video for their football game Saturday against Virginia Military Institute. Their video goes way beyond the uniformity of the day at Navy.
Members of the 22nd Company at the academy in Annapolis, Md., show their dance moves in the corridors of their Bancroft Hall dormitory, in the elevators, at the urinals and along the docks where they keep their sailboats. One dances while sitting atop a cannon.
The "spirit spots" are a tradition at Navy. They can be edgy. This one is getting lots of attention.
Quack you up: Watch the Oregon Duck's version
"Even in the demanding environment of the Naval Academy, it's good to see that the midshipmen have struck a chord with the American public," Commander William Marks, an academy spokesman, said in a statement released to The Capital newspaper of Annapolis.
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
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Sometimes I feel like I'm losing the battle against time. Hours or days may go by with me thinking, Where did my time go? Why can't I complete my to-do lists? There are certain personal factors that I think influence my toil against time: I struggle with the urge to procrastinate, I sometimes overestimate how much I can get done in a given amount of time, and I am a perfectionist with high expectations of myself.
But it's not just me, is it? After all, there are many websites, blogs, and books that offer advice on how to master time. There are many resources available to help readers be super time managers, know how to write the best to-do lists, and download the ideal applications to keep them on track. The battle against time is one that all of humanity seems to face, and sometimes there doesn't seem to be an easy way to win it.
While there is much to be said about time management skills, tips for getting things done, and improving productivity and focus, I've been thinking more about the religious and spiritual aspects of time.
Time can seem like an enemy to righteousness: I don't have time to pray, or study Scripture, or go to church. Why do I rationalize putting off my prayers until tomorrow when I'll easily stay up another two hours watching YouTube videos? Similarly, why is it easy for me to check emails late into the night, but I'm too sleepy to have some quality time with my husband after a busy day?
Perhaps time, this precious commodity of which we are all given a limited supply in this life, can be a blessing. Perhaps we don't have to constantly fight a weary battle trying to "beat" time. We only need to change our perspective.
Time can remind us to prioritize our lives and how we spend our energy. After all, fifty years from now, what am I going to look back on more fondly: checking off one more item on today's to-do list, or investing in time with my family and friends? Of course, we all have responsibilities to fulfill and tasks that sometimes need to take priority, if only temporarily. But my perspective on time shifts when I think about what's important in the grand scheme of things.
Investing—I think that's a fitting word to describe the activity of spending time. Everything we devote our time to is an investment, for good or for bad. Of course, the most important investments are ones that push us onward toward righteousness and sanctification. If you want to improve your physical health, you've got to exercise regularly. Prayer, Scripture study, fasting, and other faithful activities are exercises for the soul.
We should also embrace the seasons of our lives without trying to hold on to them beyond their time. Many narratives in popular culture promote lingering in youth instead of aging gracefully and accepting the responsibilities and roles of the next stage of life.
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. — Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Contemplating time can also remind us that while we are perpetually moving forward, we only ever live in the present moment. Christ reminds us of this in the Gospel of Matthew:
'Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?…But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day." — Matthew 6:25-26, 33-34
I do not think we should forsake wise planning and preparation for our future and families. However, anxiety over the future (or the past, for that matter) is a poor investment of our time. Do not be anxious about tomorrow…that is a commandment I need to remind myself of on a daily basis.
If time has an opposite, it is eternity, timelessness. Descriptions of eternity are often reserved for discussions of heaven, an abstract concept of some future place. But we should remember that human beings are immortal creatures. We will all be temporarily torn apart in death, but thanks to Christ's incarnation and resurrection, death has been conquered, our bodies and souls will be reunited in the resurrection, and we will live on in the age to come. Perhaps, then, the greatest reminder time can offer us is that it is not as limited as it may seem; we are all going to live forever, and so in some sense, eternity has already begun.


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PR/Public Relations Senior Account Executive/Account Manager - Healthcare team
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- Location
- Covent Garden, Central London, London
- Salary
- Competitive salary plus excellent benefits
- Posted
- 11 Apr 2013
- Closes
- 11 May 2013
- Function
- Account Manager, Senior Account Executive
- Discipline
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Waggener Edstrom Worldwide's Healthcare Practice is going through a period of expansion. Globally, we provide a breadth of communications services to our clients across industries including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biopharma, healthcare IT and consumer health products. We develop innovative programmes that reach and influence physicians, advocates, patients, regulators, policy makers, payors and the public at large.
We are currently looking for a PR Senior Account Executive or Account Manager to join our talented team! We work with an array of exciting healthcare clients from ethical to corporate healthcare PR!
Key responsibilities will include -
• Identify, build & grow relationships with media/influencers; begin to have exposure to key senior level influencers
• Identify, develop & pitch stories
• Drive strategic recommendations for outreach in integrated marketing or other campaign tactics to impact client/business narrative
• Continue to deepen knowledge of global influencers
Digital & Social Media Acumen
• Partner with the agency's social/digital leads to drive news strategies
• Lead integrating fresh thinking for social media brainstorms & campaign development
• Oversee account activity & engagements with the agency's social/digital divisions
• Responsible for consistency of voice/tone among the client's different social media properties
• Manage the social editorial calendar (& integration with marketing calendar – newsletters, website updates, etc.)
Client Engagement
• Anticipate client communication challenges & develop recommendations
• Consistently provide strategic & tactical counsel that maps to client's business problem
• Serve as primary day-to-day contact with clients; proactively engage on issues
• Manage projects and news announcements with little guidance
• Report issues with scope of work to leads & make recommendations on ways to resolve
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• Develop & execute integrated communication plans with little guidance
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New Business Development
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• Identify & create relationships that are mutually beneficial for the agency & clients
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We are keen to hear from people with previous experience and a passion for ethical healthcare. Agency experience would be ideal but we would consider in house backgrounds too. You will be self motivated, proactive with strong client liaison skills and excellent attention to detail.
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National Nanny Training Day 2013 - San Diego
Networking Nannies
Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Hosted by Networking Nannies
National Nanny Training Day - San Diego 2013
9:00 - Check in
There will be bins at the event for anyone wishing to donate
canned or dried foods to Mama's Kitchen
9:30 - Davis Ehrler - Newborn Care
10:30 - Sarah McGaugh & Linda Osborn - Early Childhood Development
11:30 - 11:45 break
11:45 Tracie Arlington - Self Defense Techniques
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Dara Green - Nanny Contracts & Working with a Placement Agency
2:30 Lois Ingber - Positive Discipline
3:30 Larissa Neilson - Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE)
4:30 Closing Remarks/Surveys
*speakers subject to change
Meet the Speakers:
Davis Ehrler - 3 Day Sleep Solution
Tracie Arlington, Play It Safe - Defense Strategies for Women & Children
Play It Safe has been taught to women, teens, children and over 22,000 Girl Scouts since 2003. The organization's philosophy is to empower their students with safety awareness, along with tools such as; confidence, boundaries and voice. Students experience the power that comes from knowing how to set boundaries through voice and awareness. Physical self defense training is also incorporated into the curriculum. Topics that are focused on are; bullying, teen violence, domestic violence, sexual assaults and stranger attacks.
Tracie Arlington, owner and lead instructor, has her black belt in Tae Kwon Do and has been teaching self-defense courses since 1998 to women, teens and children. Her children's class has been taught to over 22,000 Girl Scouts since 2003. Tracie is also a certified Senior "Rape Escape" instructor for the Women's Self-Defense Institute. She has appeared on "Dr. Phil" and the "Doctors TV." as an expert in self defense.
Lois Ingber, LCSW, Adlerian Consulting
LOIS INGBER is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Positive Discipline Lead Trainer. She has 30 years experience providing services to children, youth, families and adults in clinic, school, hospital, social service and private practice settings. Lois uses POSITIVE DISCIPLINE and Adlerian Psychology in all of her work in counseling, providing parent education and as a trainer and consultant to schools and other professionals. She has been an administrator in social services and counseling programs, supervising staff and interns. Lois is a frequent presenter at conferences and workshops and is co-author with Jody McVittie, M.D. of "BRIDGES – Building Relationships for Improved Discipline, Academic Gains and Effective Schools - A Student-Centered Approach for Building Skills and Accountability." Lois believes that learning and using the skills of mutually respectful relationships is the key to personal and social harmony.
Larissa Neilson, professional nanny and author
Larissa Neilson was born and raised in Lima Peru. She holds degrees in both, Business Administration and Law. Having worked in Lima as a corporate attorney for a few years she moved to Los Angeles in 2000 where she began her career in the childcare industry as a private caretaker for over twelve years now.
After she learned about the Educaring™ Approach called RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) a philosophy based on respect when raising children, her interested in early childhood education began and decided to start her new career as an Infant-Toddler Care Specialist and has been serving families in Los Angeles covering cities from Atwater Village, all the way to Pacific Palisades.
In 2006 she began her formal training at the RIE Center in Los Angeles and completed: RIE I Theory and Observation, RIE II Practicum and RIE III Supervised Teaching and Evaluation.
Her training and experience throughout these years have given her the opportunity to teach "The Nurturing Nanny Class" in its Spanish version twice at the RIE Center. Now she has become a Parent/Infant specialist, gives private consultations to brand new families with their first born babies, and trains nanny candidates.
She has written her first book called The LA Nanny Book which will be available March 2013. She lives at her home in LA with her teenage daughter Esther Larissa.
If you want to learn more you can visit:
The LA Nanny Book on facebook or you can follow her on Twitter @theLAnanny
Goal: The goal of this event is to:
• promote awareness of the importance of training for nannies. Training and education of caregivers is one of the most important factors associated with the quality of the child care they provide.
• encourage nanny-related businesses and organizations to become actively involved in providing and/or promoting quality nanny training in their local communities.
• provide accessible and affordable quality training opportunities to nannies throughout the country.
• raise the overall quality of nanny care through a well trained nanny workforce.
Thank you to all speakers and sponsors
All tickets to National Nanny Training Day San Diego are non-refundable.
When & Where
Normal Heights Community Center
4649 Hawley Blvd
San Diego,
Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM (PDT)
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Aaron blazed more than a trail in Milwaukee
When Atlanta Braves slugger Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run in Atlanta on April 8, 1974, it shook the world and Milwaukee and Wisconsin took real pride in being part of it.
As a 12-year-old baseball fan growing up in Whitefish Bay, Aaron was easily my favorite baseball player, and still is in 2014. Sure, there was early Brewers star Tommy Harper and Robin Yount is a close second to Hank. I'm a huge Gorman Thomas fan and am still pulling for Nyjer Morgan in Cleveland. My close friends know my strange appreciation for more obscure players like Cito Gaston and Dave Kingman.
At the time, I wrote a letter to the Braves supporting Aaron against the racist letters and taunts he received while chasing Babe Ruth's record. I didn't ask for an autograph, but they sent me one anyway. I took my appreciation for Aaron to another level when my wife let us name our second son after him in 1996. Needless to say, we have a nice collection of bobble heads and other Aaron memorabilia, and our Henry was always number 44 on his junior league baseball teams.
Wisconsin and Milwaukee has also honored Aaron with the growing Hank Aaron State Trail linking the far West Side to the lakefront, retiring his number at Miller Park, a Hank Aaron statue at Carson Park in Eau Claire where he played minor league ball, and a wonderful book – "Hank and Me" – written by Milwaukee's Sandy Tolan in 2000. Of course, now in 2014, the Brewers have given us Hank the Dog.
Aaron came to Milwaukee as a major league rookie in 1954 after playing with the Northern League Eau Claire Bears. Before that, Aaron started his professional career in 1951 with the Indianapolis Clowns in the remnants of the old Jim Crow-era Negro Leagues.
The poetic justice of a former Negro League player breaking baseball's most sacred record in the heart of the old South was not lost of Aaron and many others.
So, just think of it now. A quiet, shy but amazingly talented black kid from Mobile, Ala., starts his career in Indianapolis, then Eau Claire and to Milwaukee for the glory years of the Milwaukee Braves. But, those years in Milwaukee from 1954 to 1965 were also the peak of the Civil Rights movement all around this country.
So, besides the statues, trails, plaques and dogs, just how did Hank Aaron change our area beyond his feats on the baseball field?
First, let's be honest. It's easy for anyone but the most hateful racist to appreciate black athletes like Hank Aaron. After his walk-off home run won the 1957 National League pennant for the Braves, he became an instant Wisconsin sports legend.
Second, while Aaron was, and still is, quiet and humble about his personal accomplishments, he always chose the best words and appropriate battles to fight racial injustice in sports and elsewhere. He remains critical of MLB for having only about 7 percent African-American players and a handful of managers, coaches and executives.
Third, consider that Aaron wasn't the only minority member of the Milwaukee Braves embraced by fans in our area back in the 1950s and '60s. Billy Bruton, Wes Covington, Felix Mantilla and Hank's brother Tommie were as popular as many of the other Braves in those days. Again, they were talented and contributing players, but were never overshadowed by Aaron, who always put the team above himself.
Finally, Aaron was a pioneer for other black athletes who embraced Milwaukee and Wisconsin beyond their playing days and continue to thrive here. Packers Hall of Famer Willie Davis is as tough in the board room as he was on the field, Junior Bridgeman might use his business acumen to help keep the Bucks here, and others like Bob Lanier and Larry Hisle have made community impact behind the scenes. Some also might remember another Mike Morgan (Wisconsin and NFL running back) who was a long-time and well-liked Wisconsin government official.
So, Milwaukee and Wisconsin needs to appreciate how blessed we are to be indelibly linked to the professional and personal achievements of Hank Aaron just as much as he appreciates us.
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The University maintains a collection of digital ANU theses in the University's Open Reserach Repository. The University supports the wide dissemination of ANU research into the academic and wider community, and all theses deposited in the Repository appear in Trove and are discoverable by search engines such as Google.
Your thesis is a major research output, and there are many benefits to making your thesis available open access.
To support the University's commitment to open access to research, the University requires a copy of all Higher Degree by Research student theses and all Undergraduate Honours theses receiving a mark of First Class, to be deposited in the Repository within one year of completion.
Restricting access to your thesis
If you have confidential interviews or information in your thesis you can apply to have access restricted to all or part of your thesis. Applications should be made to the Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Research Training) and include the reasons for restriction and the time period that restriction is sought.
If approved the Library will restrict access to the digital version of your thesis in line with the Pro Vice Chancellor (Research and Research Training) decision.
See the guideline Research Theses Submission and Examination: Information for Higher Degree Research Students and Use of Confidential Information in Research Theses for more information.
Concerns over publication refusal and plagiarism
Previous studies have found that the majority of publishers would not refuse to publish a book based on a thesis that had been made available online:
- Ramirez et al, 2013 (PDF, 467.75 KB)
- McMillan et al 2011 (PDF, 820.54 KB)
- Seamans et al, 2013 (PDF, 391KB)
Increasingly publishers across the range of disciplines are willing to accept submission for books or journal articles where the thesis is available via open access. Note that publishing your thesis open access will make it available to more potential publishers.
ANU graduate Barbara Dawson successfully published her book based on her PhD thesis -Barbara's thesis is available online, and her published book is available from the prestigious ANU Press.
Harvard University Press Assistant Editor Brian Distelberg has indicated that providing open access to your theses may actually lead to increased publication:
"I'm always looking out for exciting new scholarship that might make for a good book, whether in formally published journal articles and conference programs, or in the conversation on Twitter and in the history blogosphere, or in conversations with scholars I meet. And so, to whatever extent open access to a dissertation increases the odds of its ideas being read and discussed more widely, I tend to think it increases the odds of my hearing about them."
A survey of academic publishers in 2011 found that "manuscripts that are revisions of openly accessible electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) are always welcome for submission or considered on a case-by-case basis by 82.8 percent of journal editors and 53.7 percent of university press directors polled."
Depositing your digital thesis in an open access repository such as the University's Open Research Repository establishes your identity as the author and makes it much more difficult for others to claim your work as their own. The Australian Open Access Support Group has more information about thesis publication on their website.
Useful articles
- Harvard Professors Gary King and Stuart Shieber provide advice to graduate studentson the benefits of open access, in particular for theses (dissertations).
- Dr Danny Kingsley's blog So you want people to read your thesis? provides useful information on the benefits of making theses available online via open access.
- If you wish to publish a book from your thesis the blog post It's a Dissertation not a Book by Leonard Cassuto provides advice on the rewriting process for books from theses.
- If you are wondering whether it's better to make dissertations open access immediately or embargo them look at Dissertation Dilemma: To Embargo or Not to Embargo? By Shawn Smith-Cruz
- Randy Schmidt, Senior Editor at University of British Colombia Press, provides advice on "how to turn a thesis into a book"


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Beards are back and bushier than ever.
"I'm a total sucker for beards,'' comedian Virginia Gay says. ''I like the kind of beard that I can sink my fingers into and lose a digit in. Maybe even a whole limb. The kind of beard that needs its own conditioning routine. And there really are a few out there right now.''
She's not kidding. Facial hedges are thriving. Take a stroll through Bondi or Surry Hills and it's hard to avoid being tickled by bristles. Not since the days of Jesus has the beard had so many disciples.
The beard has been back for a few years now but the trend just keeps growing. And so does the volume of the fuzz. Take Gardening Australia host Costa Georgiadis, once described as half-man, half-hedge. Or the Snowdroppers, the Sydney rock act whose furry chins could frighten small children.
When Grand Royal Barbers opened in Darlinghurst in 1999, co-owner Maria Dillon trimmed about one beard a week. Now she does about 10 a week for clients aged 25 to 35. The trend has really taken off in the past two years, she says.
''Guys come in for a haircut and they have a beard trim, too,'' Dillon says. ''And we're seeing a lot of fuller, longer beards.''
The return of the beard is linked with the rise of the hipster, an urban subspecies that has been breeding wildly in small bars. Hipsters cherry-pick from previous fringe movements such as beat, hippie, punk and grunge, then mix those elements with tokens of ethnicity or gay style. One identifying characteristic of the male hipster is his bushy beard. (Another is his distaste at being called a ''hipster''.)
''First sightings of hipsters in Bondi date back as long ago as late 2008,'' says Christiaan van Vuuren, one half of the Bondi Hipsters comedy duo, whose weekly clips are an online hit.
As the Bondi Hipsters sing on their track, The Life Organic, ''What do you get when you take a hobo, add some emo, and a touch of metro? A hipster! Ha ha! Not me, though!''
Van Vuuren, who sports a mid-length beard, says women nowadays want a manly man. ''For a while, the metrosexual was really challenging for women,'' he says. ''The turning point was the film 300, when every girl started frothing over Gerard Butler. Then Brad Pitt grew a beard and chicks always froth over him. It's normal practice for men these days to use hand creams but, as far as I'm concerned, men are supposed to have calloused hands, big beards and low balls.''
For men, the appeal of the bushy beard is obvious. It requires less effort than a daily shave. For some women, the appeal is its masculinity. ''I want the full rugged beard that smells of cloves and manliness,'' Gay says.
For many men, she adds, beards are the ultimate in anti-grooming grooming. These men may look like they've simply let their faces sprout, while in fact they've been styling and trimming with obsessive zeal. Their untamed look is carefully crafted. Then again, there are men who don't think too much about it.
They just wear a beard and have done for years.''I started growing a beard in 1967,'' film critic David Stratton says. ''That was a goatee but by 1969 it was a full beard. I haven't shaved since. Think of the hours I've saved.''
Stratton hasn't really noticed the current flowering of facial follicles: ''Fashion, as [At the Movies co-host] Ms Pomeranz will confirm, is not my thing.'' Nonetheless, Stratton is, as they say, on trend. And Dillon says that trend hasn't peaked yet. Beyond her vague prediction, however, the hairdresser is too busy to talk. ''Gotta go,'' she says. ''Gotta do a beard trim.''


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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O) has agreed to make chips on behalf of Altera ALTR.O, a significant step toward opening its prized manufacturing technology to customers on a larger scale, potentially including Apple (AAPL.O).
Intel will make Altera's programmable chips using its upcoming 14 nanometer trigate transistor technology, the most significant agreement of its kind announced so far by the world's top chipmaker.
"It's a step in terms of building into a business level we wish to achieve," Sunit Rikhi, Vice President and General Manager of Intel custom foundry, told Reuters on Monday. "There's no doubt in my mind the foundry will be a significant player in the future."
Building new generations of chip manufacturing plants is becoming more and more expensive, and to help offset the cost, Intel has said in the past it was willing to open its facilities to strategic customers - as long as doing so does not its help competitors.
Intel has announced agreements to manufacture on behalf of Achronix Semiconductor Corp and other small chipmakers but Monday's announcement with Altera is the most significant so far.
With Intel struggling to find its footing in smarpthones and tablets with its own processor designs, some investors believe Intel may eventually agree to make Apple's processors for the iPhone and iPad.
"If and when we are called upon to serve large mobile customers who can drive a lot more volume, we could serve them today in terms of capability," Rikhi said. "I'm confident we have a very strong platform of offering upon which we can scale."
He declined to discuss Apple specifically.
Altera, which with Xilinx (XLNX.O) dominates the market for programmable microchips, touted its pact with the world's top chipmaker as a major competitive advantage, as a slowdown in telecoms infrastructure spending continues to erode sales growth.
Altera Chief Executive John Daane told Reuters in a phone interview that Altera, which depends on communications infrastructure for about half of its business, is the only major programmable chipmaker that will have access to Intel's plants.
""We are essentially getting access like an extra division of Intel. As soon as they're making the technology available to their various groups to do design work, we're getting the same," he said.
Altera has been waiting for a pickup in spending by carriers in the United States and China. In the December quarter, its revenue fell 4 percent from the year-ago period.
In January, it forecast revenue would fall between 4 percent and 8 percent sequentially in the first quarter.
Shares of Altera were unchanged in extended trading after closing down 0.96 percent at $35.01. Xilinx was down about 0.9 percent at $37, versus a close of $37.30 on the Nasdaq.
Intel's stock was up 0.49 percent in extended trade after closing down 0.93 percent at $20.23.
Reporting By Noel Randewich; Editing by Gary Hill, Leslie Adler and M.D. Golan


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Cancer patients and Superstorm Sandy victims got a helping hand from the White Plains fire union Friday (Dec. 7) when the Bravest donated about $20,000 that was raised through the sale of T-shirts at the city's annual Oktoberfest and a boot drive that was held shortly after the hurricane devastated the region.
"Our guys just wanted to find ways to give back to the community and this is what we came up with," said Firefighter Kevin Clampet, secretary treasurer of Professional Fire Fighters Association of White Plains. "We want to thank the people of White Plains for being so generous."


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A thoughtfully designed house may enhance the landscape at large, but the act of constructing it wreaks terrible havoc on the soil. Heavy earth-movers and delivery trucks converge on the property, compacting the compacting the ground and squeezing out air pockets that encourage plant roots to grow deep. That's bad news for water conservation, since the channels by those long roots carry rainwater down into the earth, where it tops up underground aquifers. Adding insult to injury, after construction, large portions of the lot often are seeded with shallow-rooted turf grass and paved with terraces and paths. With so much impermeable surface, storm-water gushes down the driveway into the street, taking with it street, taking with environmental pollutants. Storm drains are overloaded, and fresh water ends up miles away in a salty ocean or bay.
Water shortages have been an issue for so long that people now do their part to plant drought-tolerant native species, and the thirsty green lawn is no longer the suburban prize it once was. Yet permeable landscaping is just starting to catch on as an ecologically sustainable gardening practice. Basically, it means increasing the percentage of landscaped areas and permeable surfaces to prevent rainwater from leaving the site.
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A permeable landscape starts with improving the soil's porosity, or air space. That's accomplished by drilling into the soil and filling the holes with leaf compost or aerating the lawn by pulling out plugs with a machine, says Karla Patterson Lynch, manager of horticulture education at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Ill. A better alternative is to minimize the lawn area in favor of plantings that send down deep roots, and a good place to find them is the local native-plants nursery. "Here in the Midwest, native prairie plants have root systems that go 10 feet to 15 feet into the soil," Lynch says, "whereas turf goes down 6 inches, if you're lucky."
Ideally, vegetated areas should include a combination of ground covers, perennials, woody shrubs, and trees, since layers of foliage disperse water from a downpour. "Rain hits all the different leaves and slows down, which allows the soil to absorb it better," Lynch explains. "Trees can absorb thousands of gallons of water a day and function like a giant umbrella to slow down and deflect water."
Hard surfaces are practical, though, and they tie the house and garden together. Fortunately, the options for earth-friendly pavement have grown exponentially in recent years. One approach is to use porous materials engineered to allow water to filter through—such as permeable asphalt, permeable interlocking concrete-based pavers, and honeycomb modules with planted voids that provide a structural parking surface. Another is to install natural materials such as clay bricks and stone without mortaring them in place. Water spills into the joints and down into a drainable construction base—typically coarse ¾ -inch gravel topped with a layer of 3/8 -inch gravel and a sand base. The depth of each layer depends on the soil type and how much weight it must bear.
"Driveways need roughly a foot of ¾ -inch stone, 4 inches of 3/8 -inch stone, and 1 inch of sand—basically a leveling course for the brick," says Bob Marzilli, owner of R.P. Marzilli & Co., a landscape contractor in Medway, Mass. He adds that, without the benefit of interlocking pavers, it takes a skilled craftsman to create uniform joints on large surfaces like driveways. A sturdy driveway edge, such as vertical bricks in a concrete haunch, helps keep the outline crisp.


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Pemberton Shawl by Laura Singewald
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Pemberton Shawl
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Pemberton is top down triangular shawl with bands of reverse stockinette on a stockinette field. Easy to knit, it's made with 2 hanks of Juniper Moon Farm Sabine or an equivalent worsted weight yarn.
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Covers the structure, composition, and dynamics of planetary atmospheres. Includes the origin of planetary atmospheres, chemistry and cloud physics, greenhouse effects, climate, and the evolution of planetary atmospheres---past and future. Same as ATOC 5810 and ASTR 5810.
Current topics in planetary science, based on recent discoveries, spacecraft observations, or other developments. Focuses on a specific topic each time it is offered, such as Mars, Venus, Galilean satellites, exobiology, comets, or extrasolar planets. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours, provided the topics vary. Prereq., graduate standing in physical sciences or instructor consent. Same as ATOC/ASTR 5830.
Leads students through quantitative spatial analysis of environmental and paleoclimatic problems. Each student will develop a project from start to finish, with emphasis on raster GIS for building large empirical databases that bear on process and variability.
Covers the exploration and production aspects of petroleum submarine fans and turbidite systems. A one-week field trip to Arkansas is included. Students are responsible for part of the trip expenses. Prereq., GEOL 6330.
Offered alternate years. Mechanics of deformable materials, with applications to earthquake processes. Introduces seismic wave theory. Inversion of seismic data for the structure, composition, and state of the interior of Earth. Same as ASTR 6610 and PHYS 6610.
Offered alternate years. The solar system: theories of its origin, meteorites. Distribution of radioactive materials; age dating. Heat flow through continents and the ocean floor; internal temperature distribution in Earth; mantle convection. Origin of the oceans and atmosphere. Same as ASTR 6630 and PHYS 6630.
Principles of geophysical inverse theory as applied to problems in the Earth sciences, including topography, Earth structure, and earthquake locations. Prereqs., calculus and computer programming (any language). Same as PHYS 6670.
All doctoral students must register for not fewer than 30 hours of dissertation credit as part of the requirements for the degree. For a detailed discussion of doctoral dissertation credit, refer to the Graduate School section.
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American Girl Sundress by Kayla Newman
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Fits any 18 inch doll.
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Honey Can Do Large Vacuum Bag - 3-Pack
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Mr. Samuel Marshall "Marc" McGaw IV, 34 of Pensacola, Fla. and formerly of Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., died Sun., April 6, 2014 after a brief illness.
His grandparents, Samuel Marshall "Mike" McGaw and Anna Burnett McGaw, preceded him in death.
He is survived by his parents, Marshall and Jean Bond McGaw of Pensacola; grandparents, Frazier Don Bond of Wiggins and Marilyn Janet Bond of Picayune; children Marshall McGaw V, Zakary McGaw, Ava McGaw, Emma McGaw and Addison McGaw; brother, Jacob McGaw of Pensacola; sister, Jessica (Matt) Aldrich of Ft. Rucker, Ala.; nieces, Aleecia, Kylee, Hallie, Grace Aldrich; and nephews, Noah and Jack Aldrich.
Graveside services were held Sat. April 12 at the Seaborn Bond Family Cemetery, Perkinston.
Moore Funeral Services in Wiggins was in charge of arrangements.
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By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY
Worried about your cholesterol? You may need to cut back on your sugar intake, a new study suggests.
For years, medical experts have said that to reduce your cardiovascular disease risk, you need to watch your consumption of saturated (animal) fat and cholesterol. They also have known that high intake of added sugars is linked to many poor health conditions, including obesity, high blood pressure and other risk factors for heart disease and stroke.
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But this is one of the first studies to take a close look at the association between added sugars and cholesterol in adults.
Researchers at Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta examined the added sugar intake and blood fat levels in more than 6,100 adults.
Added sugars included table sugar, brown sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, molasses, brown rice syrup, agave syrup and other caloric sweeteners in prepared and processed foods — for instance, in soft drinks, iced tea, candy, pastries, cookies and canned fruits. Not included: the sugars in fruit, 100% juice and other whole foods.
Findings in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association:
•Participants consumed an average of 21.4 teaspoons of added sugars a day, or more than 320 calories a day from these sources.
• About 16% of participants' total daily caloric intake was from added sugars. That compares with 11% in 1977-78.
•People with the higher intakes of added sugars were more likely to have lower levels of HDL (good) cholesterol and higher levels of triglycerides (blood fats).
"We need to get used to consuming foods and drinks that are less sweet," says senior author Miriam Vos, an assistant professor at Emory. "People have been so focused on fat that we haven't been focused on sugar, and it's gotten away from us. This data show we can't let either one or the other get too high."
The American Heart Association says most women should consume no more than 100 calories, or 6½ teaspoons, a day from added sugars. Most men should consume no more than 150 calories or 9½ teaspoons a day from added sugars.
"Our data strongly support these guidelines," Vos says.
Rachel Johnson, a nutrition professor at the University of Vermont and lead author of the heart association statement on sugar, says this study reinforces the fact that people need to pay closer attention to their intake of added sugars.
If you're looking for ways to cut back, then skip sugar-sweetened beverages such as soft drinks, lemonade and sweetened tea, Vos says. They're the No. 1 source of added sugars.
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A woman in the throes of passion, a crucifix, and a book, presumably a Bible with a cross emblazoned on the cover. Those are the elements of a photo illustration (via PhotoDisc) gracing ABCNews.com's front page and teasing an article entitled "Christian Sex: Holy and Hot!"
"People who have faith have better sex than swingers, says pastor," reads the subheader to the April 15 Susan Donaldson James article.
Published the same day Pope Benedict XVI is set to arrive in Washington, D.C., the article's timing in and of itself might turn heads. Of course the subject matter -- how Christian ministers approach preaching and teaching on sex and romance in the context of marriage -- is in and of itself perfectly fine for a general news publication. But the illustration in question is, to say the least, uncalled for.
What's more, ABCNews.com tagged as "Related" articles of interest such news items as the recent Polygamy arrests in Texas and Pope Benedict's trip to the United States. This all above a topic heading entitled, "Make Your Marriage Sizzle" (screencap below):


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In a statement today, 2nd District Republican Rep. John Kline said it is up to President Obama to make the case to the American people for military action against Syria in the wake of last month's chemical attack.
"The horrific acts by the Bashar Assad regime of using chemical weapons to kill citizens including children is anathema and unacceptable in our country and around the world," Kline said. "While I am disappointed the President put the U.S. in a difficult position by publicly using a 'red line' with Syria, America's credibility is now in question and the world is watching. I am pleased the President is reaching out to Congress, but he must make the case to the American people and provide a clear and concise plan to stop Assad and warn others this type of behavior will not be tolerated."
A story in today's paper includes statements on the Syria situation from three Democrats — 1st District Rep. Tim Walz and Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar.


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TWO men from Trafford were arrested yesterday, Thursday, after drugs worth more than £7 million were seized.
Titan, the North West's regional organised crime unit, confirmed that four people were arrested after a van was stopped on the M6 yesterday.
Officers from the North West Motorway Police Group stopped the VW van close to Sandbach services (southbound) in Cheshire shortly after midday and arrested the 46-year-old driver, who is from Middlesex.
A search of the van by officers from Titan led to the discovery of 225 kilograms of white powder and more than 50 large packets containing cannabis.
The white powder was later tested and found to be ketamine, a Class C controlled drug.
Detectives estimate the ketamine to have a street value of £6.75 million and the cannabis to be worth in the region of £1 million.
They had been hidden among pallets of frozen food.
At around the same time, officers in Manchester arrested a 66-year-old man at a house in Salford and two men aged 21 and 31 at an industrial premises in Trafford Park.
All four men have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs and will be questioned today at various police stations throughout the North West.
An investigation led by Titan remains ongoing.


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Ford introduced the much anticipated – sorry much required – sorry again much desired 2014 Ford Fiesta facelift into the Indian market. The car was showcased at the 2014 Indian Auto Expo though it was introduced in Europe few months ago. The new Fiesta adorns the second iteration of Ford's Kinetic design philosophy - 'Kinetic 2.0'. The fresh new face will surely be the attention magnet on the red lights and probably the only affordable car you can get that give Aston Martin hue!
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Are you following the final countdown! No, we are not talking about IPL finals, we are here to take you through the ecstatic trip of Ford Eco Sport that company is going to launch around Mid June this year.
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Ford India seems extremely busy these days. Reason? Well, the new Ford EcoSport Crossover is on display at the two prominent Mumbai malls from January 20th 2012. Ford India chose the same kind of tactic with the new Ford Fiesta Sedan. The company then showcased the premium sedan at the Saket Citywalk Mall in New Delhi. From 20th till January 27th 2012, the new Ford EcoSport Crossover will be displayed with proud at the InOrbit Mall located at Vashi and at the Infinity Mall in Malad the car will be on display till 25th of this month. With this kind of strategy, Ford India will figure out the aspiring consumers for the Ford EcoSport Crossover.
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Amidst an impressive backdrop of the grand stage setting at the Taj Palace hotel in New Delhi, the much anticipated mini SUV Ford EcoSport has finally broke covers today. The Ford EcoSport is the very picture of true mini SUV exuding power from the overwhelming orange compact body with an all new Ford's EcoBoost petrol engine to power the car which was unveiled in front of the masses by none other than Ford's Chief Executive Allen Mullaly and Micheal Boneham, President and MD of Ford India during the presence of Joe Henericks, President of Ford Motors for Asia Pacific and Africa . It is a new beginning for the Ford's all new 1.0L 3 cylinder EcoBoost petrol engine too to show some phenomenal performance with the capacity to equal the 1.6L petrol engine in performance. This 1.0 L EcoBoost petrol engine is an alternative to the Ford Fiesta's 1.5 L diesel powertrain under the hood.
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text: Streaming music service Spotify today updated its app for iOS, bringing a major user interface redesign that emphasizes album arts with a darker theme, along with the addition of newer fonts and icons. The app's new look is meant be in line with the design of the desktop and web versions of Spotify, which marks the first time the service has seen a visual overhaul since it first launched in 2008. Speaking to The Next Web, Spotify's Director of Product Development Michelle Kadir said the following about the service's new look on iOS and other platforms: In addition to an overhauled user interface, the app also now includes a revamped Playlists section that allows users to save and organize music in a variety of ways, along with an updated Browse feature that contains enhanced smart playlist functionality and improved context-aware suggestions. Spotify launched its free streaming tier for iOS devices last December, and integrated its Browse playlist curation feature last August as it has attempted to keep up with the likes of rival music streaming services such as Pandora and iTunes Radio. A report from Edison Research last month noted that Spotify was the fourth most popular service in the United States, making up for 6% of all listeners behind Pandora, iHeartRadio, and iTunes Radio. Spotify is a free download for iOS devices and can be downloaded through App Store. [Direct Link] Article Link: Spotify for iOS Updated with Redesign, Revamped Browse and Playlist Features


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It's rare that one can buy an Oscar dress as seen on the red carpet, but that's exactly what you can do with Rhea Durham's Naeem Khan gown. The wife of Mark Wahlberg wore this beauty with a bevy of gold accessories — strappy sandals, drop earrings, and a hard clutch. Shop the exact dress, with everything else, now.