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Keep Your Holiday Travel Organized With Mobile Apps
December 12th, 2015
Join me and my friend and colleague, Deb Lee on Blab.im December 14, where we will sharing our favorite travel apps to keep you organized for holiday travel.
We will discussing apps for last minute airfare and lodging, tracking flights – gates, locating lounges, alerts for friends picking you up, finding and connecting to wi-fi while traveling, getting around once you get there – driving, biking, parking, subway, packing, finding the best bathrooms along your road trip, cheapest gas prices, roadside assistance, expense tracking and finding the best things to do and the best times to visit attractions, finding place to and tracking your exercise. Lots and lots of good information. Join us!
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May 22nd, 2015
Are you prepared for death and dying?
November 14th, 2014
If you said no to any of these, I strongly suggestion getting one now. It is the best gift you can give your loved ones. If you said yes, congratulations you are ahead of the game. Now, the big question is… do you know where the documents are stored and most importantly, do the people who would need the documents know where to find them?
This set of documents can prevent a delay in getting you life saving care. They can take away your loved ones pain during a very painful time. It can help your loved ones make sure you get treatment based on your choices and they can help avoid family feuds based on your care and your estate.
Here is a downloadable form that includes the most common articles and indicates where they are located. Feel free to enter your information, save it and share with your loved ones so your wishes are always conveyed.
File what? How to eliminate paper with "FileThis"
September 17th, 2014
I am often asked "how can I easily get rid of papers that enter the house?" My first question is "what types of papers come in to the house?" The typical answer is mail, bills, statements, etc. The logical response is stop them from coming in to the house. I mean, stop the physical papers.
Years ago, I heard of a service called "File This Fetch". It is now called "FileThis". Not sure why they dropped the fetch but the service is the same… actually it continues to get better. The gist of FileThis is you sign up for the service, connect your accounts (utilities, financial statements, pay stubs, etc) and File This fetches your statements and bills. It then files them in a location you designate. I will let you read about the security of sharing your log-ins. I am not concerned about the security. I have been sharing my logins with reputable sites like Quickbooks and Mint for years. FileThis enables you to stop receiving the paper statements and bills and still keep them organized.
I was recently asked a bunch of questions about FileThis. I figured many others may have these same questions. Check it out. See if FileThis could help you reduce the amount of papers that enter your home and helps you keep the documents more organized. Read the rest of this entry »
5 Ways Professionals Can Transition Back to School
August 13th, 2014
We are at that time of year when we go from summer mode to back to school mode. For children, this means new routines, new surroundings, new clothing and supplies. It is the perfect time for adults to change things up, become more efficient, and change how we deal with the papers that come home with our children.
Change your surroundings.
Hopefully we have designated a drop area for the children's backpacks and homework area that is free of distractions. This is a perfect time for adults to re-evaluate their office space/work area. Is your current set-up allowing you to be most efficient? Is your space set-up in a way that allows you work and access necessary supplies without having to get out of your chair or leave your office? If not, move things around. It could be as simple as switching the location of your computer on your desk to rearranging all of the furniture or a new coat of paint. Tip: measure your space and furniture before moving it to make sure it will fit in a different location.
Create a family calendar.
This could be either a paper calendar that hangs in a central location where everyone can see it or a digital calendar that family members can sync to on their phones, mobile devices (iPods) or computers. As events that concern the entire family or specific family members arise, add it to the calendar. This could include doctors and dentist appointments, practices, meetings, family dinners, etc. Get family members in the habit of checking the family calendar before asking to make plans. I prefer a digital calendar because it can be updated and viewed from any web enabled device or computer.
Scan papers.
How many times have you been looking for a paper that was sent home with your child and you are searching and searching and searching? If you work outside of the home, there is often time you need information that is either on the countertop or in a file at home. Scan all of those papers that come home with your children. Any handouts you receive at back to school night, team rosters or schedules, scan those too. You can either scan them using a desktop or travel scanner or use the Neat Mobile App. Automatic upload to Neat Cloud makes the documents easily accessible from anywhere on web-enabled devices or computers. You can create an online folder based on the child's name or the name of the school or team. Searching for documents on Neat Cloud is much quicker and more efficient than searching for paper files.
Upgrade your supplies or equipment.
Before school starts, most schools or teachers provide a list of suggested supplies. Often times, this is the time of year we start off with new backpacks, notebooks, pens, etc. As adults, we can also use this time to evaluate our equipment. Is our current equipment serving our needs? Is it broken or outdated? Could upgrades to our equipment help us be more efficient with our time? I hear the average length of time of computer ownership before replacement is about 3 – 4 years. Why so quick? The advances in technology are happening so quickly that the information we are accessing on our computers takes more energy to run. We are also asking our computers to do more multitasking. The most common definition of multitasking relates to a computers ability to handle more than one task at a time. How many windows do you have open right now? How many apps do you have open? We are asking our equipment to do more than we have in the past. Sometimes an upgrade to our equipment helps us handle the tasks we are asking of it more efficiently. When computers first became popular, it was thought that it was the start of the end of paper. We now know that is far from the truth. However, we now have the ability to scan documents wirelessly and store the information in the cloud. Perhaps our thinking was ahead of its time when computers first became popular 20+ years ago. We can now run a paperless office by scanning information and using cloud based storage. Evaluate your equipment. Is it time for an upgrade? Tip: Check online for back to school sales. Many electronics and computer manufacturers run back to school specials on their equipment.
Get back to routines.
Summer is a time where things tend to me a little more laid back. Less routine. Been slacking off from exercise? Either get up before the kids and workout or go on a walk straight from the bus stop. Make a time to menu plan. By having menus designed for the whole week, you avoid make unnecessary trips to the grocery store. Create a consistent bed time. This helps both adults and children.


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Joined by her husband, Prince Philip, the Queen met the crowds on a 45-minute walkabout outside the castle, accepting gifts, cards and flowers.
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2004 07 29 - Bronwyn Evans - Off The Field - Fans Night and Member-Get-Member Function
Fans Night and Member-Get-Member Function
For the last couple of years, the Swans have run a Fans Training Night. They've also done a function for those members who recruited more than a couple of adult members .....
Driving home from the SCG tonight, I had the radio on and on 2UE they were talking about sporting heroes and whether the reality lives up to expectations. So what's a girl to do but respond! So I sat on the line for 15 minutes, listening to a couple of Aussie girls who were doing well in the golf, impatiently waiting to take the air.
"I'm just on my way back from the Swans night for the fans and the member-get-member function and wanted to say that the guys are unfailingly courteous, friendly and encouraging to fans." The 2UE blokes agreed that the Swans were very proactive in the Sydney market. So what about the night ....
First of all, three RWOers (including me) had responded to the Club's call on the Redbacks to help out on the night. Another Redback joined the team. We rocked into the foyer at 5pm on the dot, to be greeted by Belinda and Sue. Whilst waiting, Myles B-H wandered in and said hello. We then headed off to the back of the SCG, outside, behind the Cheer Squad bay where the Vili's Pie truck was set up.
There followed a frenzied pie loading session with Heath from Vili's. All in order, we headed off to the Cheer Squad Bay for a brief look at the training session. There had been a slight change to plans, and training was due to finish a little earlier than planned.
By 5pm we were back in our Pie Float, ready to dish up to the fans. The mob hit us and for a good 1/2 hour we were handing pies out willy nilly, and my fingertips were red from the hot pies and my fingers were white from the cold! (Obviously well planned!) Poor Celia on the drinks was dealing with the ice! I think I did well.
A few RWOers popped up to say hi, as did a number of Redbacks and various others. One of the things that I particularly enjoy is being part of the Club and knowing so many people. It makes it feel like a real community.
Our first "customers' were 4 guys. One was a Redback who came up from Melbourne for the event and had brought his two mates and a stray Canadian tourist - he was trying to get a peek into Fox Studios and had been told that there were free pies in the offing!
As the crowd died down, Andrew Schauble appeared and asked for a pie. After getting a commitment that it wasn't for him, I handed a couple over! However, this proved a fruitless exercise when the support staff turned up and ran off with plenty of pies for the rest of the players. Well I tried to keep them on the straight and narrow!
When the crowd had died down, we headed off to the MGM function. This was held in the old gym, just off the race. There were still a few hundred people in the stands as we wandered through, but they were watching what seemed to be a couple of school boys (or reps) teams hitting out. Inside the old gym, there were some big posters of Kel, Stewie, Cressa, Nicksy, Goodesy and Micky. This is where the players come after the game and sing the song, or you see them do the cool down.
There were maybe a couple of hundred people there and about ten players. We had a good chat with Amon, who dealt very nicely with some dill coming up and calling him Adam and insisting he sign a Schneiderman poster. She seemed not to understand when he politely said that she had the wrong player. When I introduced him as Amon, she rudely toddled on her way - the players do a might fine job of dealing with this stuff.
I chatted with Paul Bevan, who was critical of his play the last few weeks, but for a first year player, I think we should be enthusiastic about his game and his prospects.
Chatted with Nicksy, he's really enjoying his game and it shows.
Swannette gesticulated to Micky who dutifully trotted over to chat to "the girls". I figure he was being very generous when he said we didn't look a day over 27! This was in response to him saying he was old and my retort that he didn't know what old was.
Stewie said a few words, thanking everyone for their contribution in getting new members. The MGM campaign has been successful, generating over 1000 new members in the couple of years that it has been operating.
It all wrapped up just after 7.30pm and I toddled off, happily musing on a big win on Saturday night and fantasising about a very happy saturday night on the last weekend in September - Bah Humbug to all your doomsayers! No point having a team if you don't cheer for them, love them and believe in them!


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Use our street works register to find out what road and street works are taking place across Southwark.
A majority of street works that take place in Southwark are carried out by private utility companies such as Southern Gas Networks, British Telecom, EDF and Thames Water who need to dig up pavements or roads in order to install, renew or repair their equipment. At present there are over 30 licensed utility companies who are registered to work in borough.
All the utility companies that work on public highways do so in accordance with the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991. The main provisions of this Act are that they must comply with requirements regarding
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Approximately 11,000 notices are received from utility companies each year and most relate to minor repair works.
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Njeri W. Wanjohi is an artist, writer and digital marketer based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her work and interest lies at the intersection between the arts, technology and media.
Latest posts by Njeri Wangari
15 February 2017
Kenyan Government Allegedly Pays Social Media Influencers to Promote "GreedyDoctors" Hashtag
As allegations of social media manipulation surfaced, seven Kenyan Doctor's Union officials were jailed for failing to call off an ongoing strike.
5 February 2017
Kenya's First Lady Tangled up in Healthcare Scandal
"#BeyondZero would be trying to raise the same resources that Drs went on strike for lack of? Counterintuitive and illogical much?"
3 February 2017
For Nearly Two Months Now, Kenya's Doctors Have Been on Strike
"51 days in! How did we let it reach this point!? We deserve and demand better healthcare! That's just it!"
12 January 2017
Kenyans Fear a Possible Internet Shutdown During 2017 Presidential Election
Kenya would be not the first country in Africa to shut down its Internet during elections -- Uganda and The Gambia have already gone this far.
18 December 2016
'Keyboard Warriors' Want To #TakeBackKenya
Even though police used teargas to disperse participants at the #TakeBackKenya walk in Nairobi, Kenyans are determined to speak out against corruption and bad governance.
24 March 2013
Condom TV Spot Pulled in Kenya After Religious Outcry
A public service announcement promoting condom use to combat the spread of HIV in Kenya was recently pulled from the airwaves after the TV spot caused an uproar among the...
15 February 2013
Kenya's Presidential Debate Ends on TV, Continues on Twitter
With only three weeks until Kenya's presidential elections, technology continues to change how the country participates in the electoral process. Kenyans submitted questions via Twitter for the first ever presidential...
7 January 2013
Technology Helps Kenyans Reveal Electoral Registration Fraud
As Kenya gears up for presidential elections, technology helped reveal that political parties stole National Identification details of unsuspecting Kenyans and registered them as their members with the Independent Electoral...
31 March 2011
Kenyan Bloggers Form an Association; BAKE
On Friday 25th March, several Kenyan bloggers held a meeting in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, under the newly formed BAKE ( Bloggers Association Kenya). The meeting was the 4th in...
12 March 2010
Kenya: Nairobi becomes East Africa's tech heartbeat
Kenya, and specifically Nairobi, has in recent months become the technology heartbeat of Africa with conferences, launches, meet ups, summits and unconferences all running in quick succession.
19 February 2010
Africa: Hidden Thoughts & Emotions on Love among African Bloggers
14th February, better known as Valentine's day, the love mood was not only felt on the streets of Nairobi by the many red flowers, ladies dressed in all manner of...
25 January 2010
Kenya: Abdullah al-Faisal stirs confrontation
As on Thursday 21st Jan, the government of Kenya was at its nerves end trying to raise over US$,400,000 in a bid to deport Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal to his home...
6 January 2010
South Africa: A glowing tribute to Dennis Brutus
The News of the death of Dennis Brutus came as a rude shock to many, not just in South Africa but to the world at large who knew him for...
7 December 2009
Africa: Marking World AIDS Day Poetically
Blogger poets in Africa mark World Aids Day 2009 with selective words to describe the registry of emotions triggered by a pandemic that still sees no end.
28 November 2009
One East African Musician beats all odds for a global fan base
Not many know her as Mwanaisha Abdalla but Nyota Ndogo (Kiswahili for Small Star), is a household name in East Africa. She has been collecting fans of her eclectic East...
23 October 2009
Africa: Predators of Art, Entrepreneurship and Poet Ramblings
There are predators and there are art predators and Gwendolyn Alley is one such predator. It is not often that you hear that one is an art predator, an enthusiast...
25 August 2009
Kenyan cartoonists find a home in the blogosphere
The older Kenyan generations vividly remember cartoon characters like Bogi Benda, Juha Kalulu and many others who premiered in newspapers. But times are changing and the internet is changing almost...
17 July 2009
Out of Africa Emerges Digital Art and Animation
'Digital' has become the latest buzz word not just in Kenya but in Africa where most things are still analogue. However, Digital Art is a rather new term to even...
11 June 2009
African photographers, writers and artists find their voice in blogs
As more Africans come to realize the power of blogging as a tool for expression on a global scale, the number of bloggers has increased and so has the themes...
28 April 2009
The News of Bantu Mwaura's death shocks Kenyan bloggers
The news of Bantu Mwaura's death have caught many with absolute shock. Bantu Mwaura, an award winning Kenyan performing artist, director, playwright, storyteller, poet and university lecturer is dead.


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Elin Woods spent time with her husband Tiger Woods at his sex addiction rehab in Mississippi, RadarOnline.com is reporting.
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Lady Gaga, spotted today leaving her hotel in London, settles in on a couch to tout her upcoming "amazing" collaboration with photographer Terry Richardson in a new video.
She gives a reading from the book, Lady Gaga x Terry Richardson, which is dedicated to her "little monsters."
Richardson followed Gaga for almost a year, capturing her in "intimate, random, behind-the-scenes moments" in all aspects of her life. Featured are more than 450 color and black-and-white photographs of Gaga, beginning with Lollapalooza in August 2010, to the February 2011 Grammy Awards, to the final shows of her Monster Ball tour.
Gaga, using her finger at times to keep her place, reads the foreword she wrote, talking about her relationship with Richardson and his work. "I've discovered through him that shame is an obsolete notion ..."
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Tenerife Carnivalwritten by sinvertigo on 2010-03-03 #places
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival, together with San Fermines and Las Fallas, is one of the most international celebrations in Spain. Moreover, it is considered one of the most popular carnivals in the world along with those in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Venice, Italy5 6 Share Tweet
Lieko Shiga: Experiments With Lightwritten by marthasmarvels on 2012-01-24
Since graduating from the Chelsea School of Art and Design in 2004, Lieko Shiga has made four series of photographs that are unique in their inventiveness and imagery. Her work Lilly, for example, draws its influence from the early days of photography, creating ethereal and otherworldly images.1 5 Share Tweet
The Tipswritten by sinvertigo on 2010-12-11 #places
When it comes to the Canary Islands, you may be surprised to find that El Hierro, one of the most remote and smallest islands there is also one of the friendliest places in this location. Situated at the northwest side of the coast and with just 300 inhabitants, "The Tips" of El Hierro played an important role in the economy and development of the island, which had a small pier built in 1884 - on a rocky outcrop from where they started agricultural production throughout the region.5 Share Tweet
Las Puntaswritten by sinvertigo on 2010-07-17 #places
When it comes to "Las Puntas" on the island of El Hierro, perhaps is coming to one of the friendliest places on the island. When it comes to "Las Puntas" on the island of El Hierro, perhaps is coming to one of the friendliest places on the island.2 Share Tweet


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On 6/25/06, lists at dinplug dot com <lists at dinplug dot com> wrote:
> I would like to be able to enble the monowall PPTP server and at the same time make
> outgoing PPTP VPN connections from Windows XP machines located on the local LAN.
This works fine, with one caveat. Only one LAN machine can connect to
a single remote PPTP server simultaneously. You can have a thousand
LAN machines connecting to a thousand different PPTP servers
simultaneously, but not two LAN machines to the same remote PPTP
server. The NAT software used in m0n0wall can't track PPTP in this
matter because GRE has no source/dest ports like TCP and UDP, and it
doesn't do inspection of any packets at higher than layer 4.
> I am running monowall v1.22 and I added a WAN firewall rule to pass all GRE packets
> (any source any destination, allowing fragmented packets), is this the correct thing to
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High school students are welcome to use the Santiago Canyon College [SCC] Library with parental or legal guardian written permission as provided on the
High School Student Library User Application.
Ÿ High school student accompanied by parent or legal guardian must come to the Library to apply for high school student library use privileges.
Ÿ Parent or legal guardian must:
o Live or work in Rancho Santiago Community College District service area
o Present two (2) forms of identification showing current home address including one that is a photo I.D.
Ÿ High school student must present a valid photo identification
Ÿ Parent or legal guardian and student complete and sign the High School Student Library User Application. o Parent or legal guardian is registered as the borrower and issued a Community Patron Card
o Community Patron Card is valid for one year from the date issued
Ÿ The following services are available to High School Students users:
o Use/check out library materials
o Place a "Hold" on SCC library material
o Request Interlibrary loans [ILL] from Santa Ana College Library
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WASHINGTON – A top U.S. military official on Wednesday called for better missile defense cooperation between Japan and South Korea, in the face of strained ties between America's two closest Asia allies and a belligerent North Korea.
"We're encouraging our allies and partners to acquire their own missile defenses and to strengthen regional missile defense cooperation that will result in better performance than individual countries acting alone," said James Winnefeld, vice-chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff.
"We will continue to emphasize the importance of developing regional ballistic missile defense systems," Winnefeld said during a speech at the Atlantic Council think tank.
"This is a very politically sensitive topic for several of our regional allies, but progress in this area would only increase our confidence in the face of persistent North Korean provocations," Winnefeld said.
"This is about ensuring we can deny the objectives of any insecure authoritarian state that believes acquisition of deliverable weapons of mass destruction is key to the preservation of its regime."
Winnefeld said that in terms of weapons capability Pyongyang poses the greatest threat, "followed by Iran."
His appeal comes with relations between Seoul and Tokyo at their lowest level in years, strained by Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea and a territorial dispute over islets in waters between the two countries.
Despite those regional tensions, Washington likely will "come to rely more" on its Asian allies "to resource the means for their defense," the general said, especially "in a world of declining budgets."
North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile program is a major security concern in the Pacific region and beyond.
Despite international isolation and extensive sanctions, Pyongyang appears to be readying a fourth nuclear test, observers have said.
Separately, resource-poor Japan has maintained friendly relations with oil-rich Iran through its years of ostracism, keeping up a diplomatic dialogue during Tehran's decades long confrontation with Washington.
A U.S. newspaper has reported that Washington is weighing a plan to deploy an advanced missile-defense system in South Korea, one that could intercept short, medium and intermediate missiles.
The anti-missile system THAAD, short for Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, is similar to one deployed by the United States to protect bases in its territory of Guam.
A Pentagon spokesman, Colonel Steven Warren, said Wednesday that while THAAD is "a very capable system . . . as of today, there's been no decision" by Seoul or Washington to deploy a battery in South Korea.
Winnefeld argued that a regional approach to missile defense could help spread the costs, noting that a single Thaad missile interceptor costs around $11 million, compared with $3 million for a Scud, North Korea's preferred missile.
Meanwhile, Winnefeld said the United States will deploy an additional TPY-2 radar in Japan by the end of 2014 "to both improve our homeland and regional defense capabilities."
He added that the United States is also continuing to operate the Sea-based X-Band Radar "as needed in the Pacific" and is planning to deploy a new, long-range radar for the Pacific region around 2020.


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It's about time we signed off for the day.
Tony Abbott is putting on Christmas drinks for the press gallery this evening.
Never mind that he's in South Africa, they are still going ahead.
So what have we learned on this parliamentary Tuesday?
- Warren Truss as acting PM is not just decorative. He writes letters to business chiefs demanding immediate clarifications;
- Abbott doesn't only have competition in the correspondence stakes. His frontbench have him on notice over photo opps with oversized vehicles (ping Michael Keenan);
- Childcare workers wages are simultaneously a union slush fund issue and a Coalition broken promise;
- The Nats had nothing to do with Sophie Mirabella losing in Indi, really they didn't; and
- Christmas is coming early. MYEFO will be handed down next Tuesday.
Stay tuned to Fairfax Media for more reaction on Greg Hunt's Barrier Reef decision. And for the memorial service for Nelson Mandela (expected around 8pm AEST).
As we leave tonight, the Senate is also debating the abolition of the Climate Change Authority.
Until tomorrow.
As predicted, the Greens are not keen on Hunt's decision this afternoon.
Queensland senator Larissa Waters has just called the announcement "criminal".
"The Abbott Government has sacrificed the climate and the Great Barrier Reef for overseas mining companies with its approval today of the world's largest coal port and another [coal seam gas] plant in our Great Barrier Reef", the Greens environment spokesman said in a statement.
Waters also questions whether the decision will put the reef on the World Heritage "in danger" list.
Watch out for debate on this in the Senate tomorrow morning.
While on a green theme, in breaking environmental news, Hunt has approved coal and gas projects at Abbot Point and Curtis Island in the Great Barrier Reef.
He says that he has made a "rigorous assessment" in the process.
But something tells me the Greens will not be pleased about the decision.
You may recall that this morning Greg Hunt continued his dance that parliament might sit over the holidays to get the carbon tax repealed.
(See: 11.28am post)
Greens Leader Christine Milne says it doesn't matter what the day is, her party still isn't going to support the repeal of a price on carbon.
"Our vote won't change," she has told ABC 24.
In the Senate this afternoon, Milne successfully referred the Coalition's Direct Action Plan to an Environment Committee for further scrutiny.
The Greens Leader says this will expose the policy as a "ploy to distract Australians from the government's refusal to take the advice of experts".
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People smugglers are telling asylum seekers that bad diplomatic relations between Australia and Indonesia mean that the boat route to Christmas Island is open again.
"'Nowadays it is a safe time to go to Australia because my country and Australia have a bad diplomatic relationship,' one smuggler's agent in the West Java town of Cisarua told a potential client."
Indonesia correspondent Michael Bachelard has the story here.
A real sense of torch passing in the House this afternoon.
Angus Taylor, the new member for the NSW seat of Hume has just given his maiden speech.
He thanks his predecessor Alby Schultz, who retired in 2013, with some serious health issues.
Schultz is in the public gallery to hear Taylor speak.
Taylor, a Rhodes scholar, has a farming and business background.
"Some people say politics is about power," he told the House.
"I don't agree. It should be about leadership, service."
Now speaking of people doing stuff for their country, PJ Keating is coming to Canberra on Thursday.
He will attend a special caucus meeting to mark the 30th anniversary of the floating of the dollar.
Labor MPs are already getting giddy about the selfie potential (yes, Tim Watts, we are talking about you).
He's coming back... To Caucus! The Great PJK will address a special meeting of caucus this Thursday to… http://t.co/3StsXqRAgJ — Tim Watts (@TimWattsMP) December 10, 2013
For a look at the acting Prime Ministerial autograph (and what the government wants from Holden), here is a copy of Warren Truss's letter to Mike Devereux.
It is punchy stuff.
"An immediate clarification of GM Holden's future plans is needed to end the uncertainty for Holden's workforce, its suppliers and the people of Australia."
World leaders are arriving for Mandela's service in Johannesburg.
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President Obama, Bush, First Ladies arriving in Johannesburg to attend memorial service for the late Nelson Mandela. pic.twitter.com/12GXVEoEGY — Stephen Crowley (@Stcrow) December 10, 2013
Liberal MP and former high school science teacher Ann Sudmalis is giving her maiden speech.
Sudmalis succeeds Joanna Gash (who retired at the election to pursue a local politics career) in the NSW seat of Gilmore.
She starts with a famous quote:
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
But she notes that this is often too broad for people to translate into real life.
The question is better framed as: "what can I do for my community?"
"I'm tired of this 'I', 'me' and 'my' dominating the media and sinking in to the mindset of our children and our youth," she says.
Fun fact: after school teaching, Sudmalis had a small family business making fudge ("Gran's Fudge").
She also worked for Gash for five years, who is the public gallery this afternoon.
Meanwhile, over in South Africa, preparations continue for Mandela's memorial service.
Bronwyn Bishop announced at the start of QT that she has arranged a condolence book for Lower House MPs to sign today. Senators can sign it tomorrow.
Inside stadium for #Mandela memorial. http://t.co/EomSgCgqb6 — Sally Sara (@sallyjsara) December 10, 2013
As we emerge from question time, chief political correspondent Mark Kenny has some piping hot analysis on Holden.
"Right now it's shadow boxing all round," Mark writes.
"A muscular discourse of hard-nosed market rationalism has led to a stream of signals out of Canberra that after decares of taxpayer support the jig is finally up ..."
In the House right now a (Labor initiated) matter of public importance is being debated.
The subject is car mobiles.
Employment spokesman Brendan O'Connor framed the debate thus: "The implications for Australian jobs of the government cutting $500 million to automotive industry assistance."
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Mark Dreyfus executed a decent "Oh, c'mon", while Chris Bowen looked on in a state of great excitement.
Wayne Swan gave his old foe a free hand for the budget.
Joe Hockey constructed an argument about debt through song.
Manager of Opposition Business Tony Burke made some important procedural points of order from the comfort of the frontbench.
No one was kicked out during that session.
Tuesday can be such a low-energy, bummer of a day.
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|Episodes 95-96 After witnessing Naruto�s mastery of the Rasengan, Orochimaru decides that Naruto might be a potential threat after all, and abandons his fight with Jiraiya to finish off the unconscious genin. Jiraiya tries to stop him, but Orochimaru takes advantage of the distraction to grab Jiraiya�s leg with his tongue and slam him into the ground, taking him out of the fight for a while. Orochimaru then uses his tongue to launch himself through the air towards Naruto, his sword Kusanagi extended from his mouth. Although her body is still shaking uncontrollably from her hemophobia, Tsunade manages to shield Naruto, taking the sword through her chest. Orochimaru retracts the sword and says that he needs to kill Naruto, not her, but Tsunade refuses to budge, even as Orochimaru continues to slash and stab with his sword. The need to protect the boy who reminds her so much of her deceased loved ones and whom she believes to be the future of Konoha gives Tsunade the strength to finally overcome her hemophobia, allowing her to stand up and kick an astonished Orochimaru a fair distance away. Orochimaru regains his composure, knowing that even if Tsunade has overcome her fear, the many wounds she has accumulated will keep her from fighting. However, the medical ninja uses a jutsu of her own invention, Ninpo Souzo Saisei (Divine Restoration) which releases the diamond-shaped reserve of chakra on her forehead to force the cells of her body to divide and form new cells. Although doing so shortens her life span, it causes her wounds to quickly heal. Meanwhile, Jiraiya manages to get back on his feet. Resolving to defend Konoha with her life, Tsunade begins to cast Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique). Facing both Tsunade and Jiraiya as his opponents, Orochimaru takes a risk and retreats to Kabuto�s position to use his subordinate�s blood and hand seals to summon the rebellious Manda, a giant snake. Tsunade summons Katsyuu the colossal slug, and Jiraiya, who has finally gotten over Tsunade�s poison, summons Bunta the boss frog. Shizune finishes healing the wounds she received from Kabuto and prepares to re-enter the battle, but Katsyuu separates a small part of herself to form a smaller slug at Tsunade�s request. The detachment then carries the unconscious Naruto to Shizune and tells her to stay out of the battle for now. Shizune complies and remains a spectator to the epic three-way clash between the Sannin who are mounted atop their summoned partners. Katsyuu starts things off with Zesshi Nensan (Sticky Mouth Acid), spitting a giant glob of acid at Manda. The giant snake dodges behind a rock and quickly charges up to Katsyuu, coiling around the slug to hold her in place for a poisonous bite to the head. Bunta intercepts the bite by stabbing at Manda�s head with his sword, but the evil snake dodges the sword and grabs the flat of the blade with his mouth, keeping Bunta at a deadlock. Meanwhile, Manda snake tightens his coils around Katsyuu, trying to crush her to death. Katsyuu breaks free by splitting her entire body into a thousand smaller slugs, moving a fair distance away to reform. His lower coils free, Manda manages to wrest the sword out of Bunta�s hands, who jumps away. Manda flings the sword at Bunta who jumps away again, but the sword continues on toward Katsyuu, whom had just finished reforming. Luckily, the sword falls short just in front of the slug�s face. �Bunta, give me oil!� Jiraiya shouts as he forms the hand seals for Katon Goukakyu no Jutsu (Grand Fireball Technique). �All right!� Bunta replies just before he spits up a giant spray of oil, which Jiraiya ignites with flame to form the Katon Gamayu Endan (Frog Oil Fireball). The giant blaze catches Manda, whose serpentine form can be seen to melt in the flames. Once the smoke clears, however, it is revealed to be only a cast-off skin. Manda, who had burrowed underground to avoid the fireball, tunnels towards Bunta and launches up out of the ground at him. Bunta catches Manda before getting hit, but it turns out that he has only caught the snake�s tail end. Manda bursts out of the ground behind Bunta to bite him, but Tsunade comes flying out of the air using her monstrous strength to wield Bunta�s giant sword, stabbing Manda through the mouth and pinning him to the ground. Orochimaru realizes that he cannot depend on Manda alone to win, and launches his tongue at Tsunade where she stands atop the hilt of Bunta�s sword. The tongue wraps around Tsunade�s neck as Orochimaru attempts to separate her head from her shoulders. However, Tsunade manages to wrest free of the stranglehold, seizing the tongue and pulling Orochimaru up towards her. Orochimaru meets Tsunade�s fist at the top and gets sent flying back down, but Tsunade keeps her hold upon his tongue and swings him up into the air. She then jumps after him to deliver a series of blows, finally kicking Orochimaru back down towards the ground. Unrelenting, Tsunade lands back on the sword hilt and catches Orochimaru�s tongue once again to pull him up for yet another punch. However, the side effects of her regeneration jutsu are starting to weaken her, and her punch falls short. Both Sannin pause for a moment, out of breath. Orochimaru taunts Tsunade for letting her advantage slip away, but Tsunade starts getting her second wind and punches Orochimaru down to the ground. She then chases after him, punching him over and over again. Orochimaru, his arms paralyzed, cannot do much besides run and try to stay on his feet as Tsunade pummels him. Finally, Orochimaru spies an opening and manages to grab Tsunade with his tongue, holding her arms to her sides. He then unsheathes Kusanagi and leaps at Tsunade, but Tsunade catches the flat of the blade between her feet and pushes Orochimaru away, breaking free of his tongue. The medical ninja continues to land blow after blow, but Orochimaru somehow continues to stay on his feet. Both shinobi on the brink of exhaustion, Tsunade uses a jutsu that accumulates chakra to her fist, granting her use of her monstrous strength again for a short moment. Orochimaru, barely able to stand, is unable to dodge the punch that sends him flying up and crashing into Bunta�s sword to land stunned on Manda�s back. Manda decides that he�s had enough and disappears, leaving Kabuto and Orochimaru behind. To Tsunade and Jiraiya�s surprise, Orochimaru gets back up on his feet; his youthful body has much more stamina than the other Sannin expected of the fifty-year old ninja. Orochimaru decides that he is unable to win this battle and retreats by using a jutsu to merge into the ground, proclaiming that he will recover the use of his arms in another way and return to crush Konoha. Tsunade, exhausted, and Jiraiya, his legs and ribs broken from when Orochimaru had thrown him into the ground earlier, are unable to stop him and are forced to let Orochimaru and Kabuto escape, ending the battle.
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EU and Africa meet on trade
European Union leaders are meeting with presidents of African countries in Brussels to discuss trade and development at the start of a two-day summit.
European Commission president Romano Prodi and Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt are among those meeting a delegation which includes South Africa's Thabo Mbeki and Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo.
Trade, the global economic slowdown and conflict prevention are on the agenda, with African foreign ministers expected to meet their counterparts on Thursday.
This week's meetings take place ahead of the next EU-African summit in Lisbon and is a follow-up to last year's first-ever summit, which gathered the leaders of 67 nations in Cairo.
Economic boost?
Improving Africa's poor economic and social conditions topped the agenda on that occasion.
The New Africa Initiative (NAI), an economic program adopted last July by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), is likely to be on the agenda this time.
The NAI aims to boost African economies and lay the groundwork for sustainable development.
Sharing knowledge
Another big issue will be intelligence sharing on suspected terrorists, and co-operation to block money laundering and terrorist finances - along the lines of recent agreements between the EU and Russia.
"The conference is a good opportunity to intensify the political dialogue with the whole continent of Africa," the European Commission said in a statement.
The EU continues to be Africa's biggest foreign aid donor.
It recently signed an aid and trade package with the ACP group of 77 African, Carribean and Pacific nations.
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Aug 16, 2012 - By Emily Etheredge, Staff WriterOne thing is certain, Larry Bauman is not afraid to speak his mind.
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Bauman said he is not satisfied with how things are handled in Riverton, which is why he's running against current city councilman Lars Baker in an uncontested race for the Riverton City Council Ward 3 seat. Both Bauman and Baker will advance to the general election following next Tuesday's primary election.
"The city seems to go from self-induced crisis to crisis," Bauman said. "I think council members lack direction, and if they had direction and a plan, these types of issues wouldn't keep happening."
Bauman said he decided to run for council when council members voted to lease the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation building for five years with a building that has a 30-year payout.
"This is another instance of a bad decision," Bauman said. "DCI could say after five years they want to relocate, and then the city is stuck with a building. There was no thought and no looking down the road. The decisions that are made impacts the city for five or 10 years down the road."
Bauman said it was also a bad idea for the city to purchase the property at 422 E. Main St.
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We had a poll posted online recently asking folks about whether they would use an integrated solution for an analog design problem. The results, while unscientific, are food for thought. We need to discuss integrated analog more, because I think there is insufficient understanding of what exactly it is.
The largest number of respondents indicated they would use an integrated solution. Pretty straightforward -- they're in with no reservations. The smallest numbers of respondents said "No." Just above the no votes was "Maybe." So of these bottom two groups, they either need to know more (a hopeful sign) or maybe (I'm hoping) if they just knew more, they wouldn't say no and we could bring them onboard. The one I like the most though is the "Perhaps, if I knew more" response. That is strongly pointing to the need for more education or promotion.
Integrated analog can mean different things to different people. It could mean programmable analog. Here's a short quote pulled from Wikipedia that describes a form of programmable analog that I find to be accurate:
The Wikipedia entry goes on to discuss continuous time and discrete time types of analog building blocks. Here's an example of a continuous time type of FPAA:
You can make different subsystem circuitry out of this by interconnecting the op-amps, resistors, and capacitors. The FPAA hasn't gained wide acceptance. Part of the problem is that as an analog circuit designer, you don't have much choice in the op-amp devices. If your application needs an op-amp with just a little more open loop gain or a little less bias current, you're out of luck.
There are other applications for these FPAAs where op-amp parameters aren't critical. For example, if you needed a subsystem circuit to monitor multiple power supplies and report if any output voltage had drifted above or below a certain point, you would need a window comparator. A window comparator is used to determine if a voltage is within a certain range. It's sort of a Goldilocks circuit -- not too high; not too low; it's just right.
The discrete time types of analog building blocks mentioned in the Wikipedia entry are circuits that have a sample clock and a switched capacitor network (a sample and hold). Here again, the analog engineer may find that what an IC manufacturer provides does not match well with the engineer's needs.
If you want to read a bit more about FPAA, have a look here at a nice piece from EDN from three years ago.
Another use of the term "integrated analog" that we've seen over the last couple of years applies to devices like the analog front end (AFE). An AFE contains the circuitry used to interface with the sensors that are part of, for example, a weigh-scale, an EEG, an EKG, or a gas analyzer. These sensors are typically used in a half- or full-bridge circuit. The circuitry in the AFE is typically composed of op-amps, tightly matched resistors, low-value capacitors (typically part of active filters), analog multiplexers, and some power supply circuitry such as linear voltage regulators. Note that the tight matching on the resistors is necessary to maintain a high common mode rejection ratio (CMRR) that is needed when monitoring a bridge circuit. Since conversion of the data to a digital format is almost always needed, a delta-sigma ADC and a voltage reference are sometimes included on the AFE IC.
The application specific standard product (ASSP) or the application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) are also terms that are used with respect to integrated analog. Such parts may also contain circuitry for monitoring sensors (as well as other functions) as with the AFE.
An important point to keep in mind -- indeed, an important change to one's design philosophy -- is that for the AFE, ASSP, and ASIC, the issue of the specifications for the devices internal to the IC is rendered moot (within reasonable limits). The design engineer need only be concerned with overall performance. In this sense, you become more of a systems engineer.
Let me know your thoughts on this in the comments section below.


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OK, so I'm up in Detroit getting ready for the Bass Pro Shops Northern Open. It's Sunday, and I'm telling Tracey I love her while I'm trying to fish. I hit a wave. The boat lurches. My phone jumps up in the air. I claw for it. There's a small splash. I look down. All I can see is my smartphone drifting down through the water, toward darkness.
At first I didn't care much. It's just a phone. I can get another one quick enough. Then I did care. I wanted to communicate with people, but couldn't. It was irritating. I've grown accustomed to being in touch when I want to be in touch. The darn thing is almost a part of my hand. Call it spoiled if you will.
But then, sometime Monday during the day, a funny thing happened. I began to realize I liked the quiet. True, I'm somewhat of a workaholic so I wondered (worried) about the office. And, of course, I missed talking to Tracey regularly. Still, it wasn't all bad, not having the phone going off all the time, not having to listen for a reply to something I sent. I actually got so I liked it.
It's fashionable to complain that we're not as social as we once were. You know, that computers, smartphones and the cyber world in general have destroyed our ability to communicate and to interact. That might be true if you're talking about face-to-face communication — talking — but, really, in my opinion all this high-tech stuff has made us more communicative. We call, e-mail and text whenever we want regardless of where we're at or what we're doing.
On some level, that's good. I was out 20 miles from the ramp without a phone yesterday and the day before. I'll admit it gave me a worried feeling. What would I do if I had motor trouble, got sick, saw someone else who was in serious trouble? I had no way to ask for help. Complain all you want about technology but it's mighty handy in an emergency.
But not being in touch has real advantages, too. I found myself thinking more, reminiscing and using my thumbs less, except to keep my reel from backlashing. It was a kind of Walden moment. I relaxed for a while. Not two years like Thoreau did on Walden Pond, but long enough to know what it feels like and long enough to appreciate it.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that technology goes both ways. It's good sometimes but not so good at other times. I wish I could tell you that I now turn off my phone for long periods of time but I don't. That's not likely to happen in the future, either.
My new one arrived late yesterday. I immediately charged the battery, connected to the Internet and downloaded my messages. I'd like to tell you more about my two days without a phone. If I did that, however, I wouldn't have time to put all my numbers into the new one.


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AN INTREPID group of Halesowen friends have walked the length of Hadrian's Wall for charity.
Ken Kirton, wife Angela, Nick Bagshaw and Malcolm Reay covered 84 miles starting off in Barrow-in-Solway and finishing in Newcastle.
They stopped off bed and breakfasts along the way and the whole expedition and raised £400 for the British Heart Foundation walking upto 15 miles a day.
Ken Kirton, aged 49, said: "We went across vast pastures, green fields, through country towns and cities, farms yards, housing estates and followed winding rivers from West to East to reach Newcastle.
"There were lots of blisters and a bit of screaming and balling but it was a wonderful experience in aid of a great cause."
Last year the same friends successfully completed the Three Peaks Challenge and have now got the fundraising bug.
Mr Kirton said: "There are heart problems in my family and I lost my mother and father and thought the British Heart Foundation is a great charity, over the two events we have raised over £2,000 for charity."


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Lake Medora is 40 miles north of Houghton, Michigan on Route 41. It's 5 miles south of Copper Harbor, the northern tip of the Upper Peninsula.
The fishing is excellent. We catch small mouth bass and walleye right off the dock.
The lake is about 700 acres with depths of up to 30'.
The water is crystal clear – no leeches, no seaweed, no stagnation…


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One of those strange little cultural artifacts of East Dallas, the spring musical production at "Woodrow" is a generations-old tradition. Parents start putting their kids through dance, voice and acting lessons while the kids are still in grade school to win them a place in the Woodrow musical. The production standards are high: professional orchestra, backdrops from New York, extravagant costumes. But the main attraction is a chance to see kids who will go from here to Yale drama school, UCLA, USC--serious young talent, wonderful voices, great acting, mixed in with some...well, you know...high school stuff.
This place is smashingly good fun in addition to bringing out the artist in folks of all ages. Using bits of broken glass, ceramics and tile (all tumbled to remove sharp edges), patrons turn frames, candleholders, coasters and vases into colorful works of art. Actually, the place has a threefold purpose: It's an art studio, a showplace for commissioning pieces and an art gallery. Owners Robin Franklin and Tracy Graivier are ready to help with ideas. If you prefer doing your smashing and gluing at home, they have take-home kits to get you started. Graivier has even written a book, Crazy Mosaic, which is filled with ideas and hints. So, if you happen to break a piece of Granny's china or knock over her favorite lamp, just scoop up the pieces and head on down. There's art in such disasters.
If you like your reading fast and gritty, with lots of bad-guy chasing and a liberal sprinkling of sex with the scams and body count, Dallas' A.W. Gray is your man. He's been spinning best-selling mystery tales for years, beginning with his popular series about local private eye Bino Phillips (Bino, Bino's Blues, etc.). And here's a little secret: When you think you've read his complete body of work, there's plenty more. The prolific writer has several pen names. Want horror? Try Crossland Brown's Tombley's Walk. Jeffrey Ames (Lethal City, etc.) is a Gray crime fiction nom de plume. For his legal thrillers, look for the name Sarah Gregory (In Self Defense, etc.). He/she can be found in better bookstores everywhere.
Like Riverdance performed underwater by fat people, clogging has its own strange appeal...or not. If you just can't get your fill of mature ladies in sensible shoes making their skirts fly up over their panties, you could see a psychiatrist, or you could call the number above for the Texas Clogging Council and get specifics on next year's Texas Clogger's Rally, to be held March 5 and March 6. There's always a big audience. Maybe you know why.
Say you're a lonely Howard Dean supporter, a witch, a native speaker of French or a pagan (same thing), a John Kerry supporter, Web logger or Goth, and you want to meet others of your tribe. Meetups is the place to go. Operating by Web and all over the world, Meetups arranges get-togethers in local venues for people seeking their ilk, whatever that may be. Plans are still in flux, for example, for the next Dallas-area meet-up of people who are Elvis. But there are already 53 of him signed up. Hey, even if you're not Elvis, how could you miss? There's a movie in here somewhere.
If we were up for drinking games at 8 a.m., this would be the quickest way to get shit-faced. The rules would be as follows: One drink every time Scott Sams mispronounces and/or gives the incorrect name for a local charity, council member or day of the week. Two drinks every time he makes a blatant pass at the eternally uncomfortable Grecian Goddess of Mixmaster Traffic, Alexa Conomos. One drink every time weatherman Greg Field's voice cracks, and another swig any time any one of them tries unsuccessfully to create "colorful banter" after underestimating how much time they have left on the air before the signal mercifully switches back to Good Morning America. We've formed an addiction to Daybreak and watch it religiously before heading off to work. It's funny and gets us going. Don't believe us? Just watch. It's like Laugh-In with extended forecasts.


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On the subject of the hours of service, my entire time covering the trucking industry has been to the ever-more-visible backdrop curtain of calls (to really mix metaphors) to introduce some sort of flexibility into the current, rigid 14-hour window for drivers to take short sleeper berth periods and not risk losing valuable driving hours. The current FMCSA administrator, Anne Ferro, in her remarks to the Mid-West Truckers Association convention in Peoria, Ill., over the weekend, highlighted her ...Read More
Dr. Mary Gunnels provided an overview of pending regulations and answered questions from HTAA summit attendees.Read More
The Overdrive staff delves into the Arrow Trucking debacle, texting, driver contests, Pride & Polish, DOE funding, CARB compliance assistance, tariff modifications in the Port of Los Angeles, air emissions and much more.Read More
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Obama v Abortion
Matthews -- Obortion
Jill Stanek
says that the Illinois General Assembly destroys audiotapes of its
floor debates after transcripts have been written. That is why there is
precious little audio, if any, of Barack Obama as state senator making
any speeches.But a pro-life sleuth has found a short audio clip
on the Chicago Tribune website of Obama arguing on the IL Senate floor
on April 4, 2002, against Senate Bill B1663, a companion bill to the
Born Alive Infants Protection Act that would have required an
abortionist to call a second physician to assess a baby aborted alive.
Obama advocating infanticide audio mp3
Obama advocating infanticide audio wav
is the senate transcript to ensure the comment is heard in context.
Obama opposed SB1663 arguing he had "confidence" that the abortionist
-- who was invested in attempting to kill the child pre-delivery --
would not mind revealing his or her botch by calling a 2nd physician to
ensure the child was given proper medical attention and revived if
Obama thought it remarkable to suspect an abortionist of having a
subjective medical opinion about his new second patient. It didn't occur
to Obama that the abortionist might also be invested in seeing the baby
dead to preclude malpractice lawsuits down the road if the baby were
found not to have pre-birth diagnosed defects, an overriding reason for
these late-term induced labor abortions.
But Obama's most telling statement from the clip was to say this bill
"is really designed simply to burden the original decision of the woman
and the physician to induce labor and perform an abortion."
In other words, if a baby were to survive his or her abortion, the
death plan marked out for this child should be carried out nonetheless.
It's Above My Pay Grade
"Just last month at the
White House, I asked President Obama to provide the American people with
a progress report on the implementation of his Executive Order, which
purports to ban taxpayer-funding of abortions. Unfortunately, the
President provided no information, and the American people are still
waiting for answers."
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