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Rough Roads: Aging transportation network a hurdle for State road repairs
04/03/08 7:55AM By John Dillon
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(Host) The constant freezing and thawing this winter have cracked highways and opened up crater-sized potholes.
But the problem didn't just happen over the past few months.
For years, Vermont has failed to keep up with repairs to the state's aging transportation network.
The question now in Montpelier is how can the state catch up before the situation gets even worse?
VPR's John Dillon looks at the problem, and the possible solutions, in this week's rough roads series.
(Dillon) Everybody's got their favorite stretch of bad road. For Janice Peaslee, it's the section of Route 2 that she travels on her commute to the Statehouse. Peaslee is a Republican from Guildhall in Essex County, and she says the roads are getting worse.
(Peaslee) "If you haven't taken a ride from here to West Danville, I mean you haven't lived.... And I don't know how to describe it, except it's just horrendous."(Dillon) Peaslee has served on the Transportation Committee for 18 years. Her Northeast Kingdom district has some of the worst roads in the state. In Caledonia County, 81% of the roadways are rated in poor condition.
(Peaslee) "It's like we get the crumbs, or we're the poor cousins of Vermont."
(Dillon) The pieces of asphalt crumbling off Route 2 and other highways are more than a sign of spring. The cracked pavement points to bigger problems - problems with decaying infrastructure and stagnant state funding.
To find out why roads disintegrate, and what the state can do about it, I hitched an early morning ride with the state's top road warrior, Transportation Secretary Neale Lunderville. We started on Route 15 near Essex Junction.
(Lunderville) "Vermonters are certainly used to rougher roads and potholes in the spring. And we're always trying to do the best we can, with the budgets we have."
(Dillon) Lunderville brought along his own expert. Gil Newbury is a state structural engineer. And he started with a history lesson.
(Newbury) "When you talk about where it starts, you have to go back before the birth of Christ, to the old Roman roads."
(Dillon) As we're waiting for a light to change, Newbury explains that the Romans knew that water destroyed roads, so they built theirs with proper drainage. The early road builders in Vermont apparently didn't study Roman history.
(Newbury) "Our roads didn't start out that way. They started out as paths that became a road from one rural settlement to another. It became a farm to a market road."
(Dillon) Water is the enemy of pavement. When it freezes and thaws, it causes frost heaves -- and this year's gigantic pot holes. As we lurch over Route 128 near Westford, Lunderville says it's financially impossible to completely fix all the roads in the state.
(Sound of the car hitting a bump)
(Lunderville) "That's a big frost heave we just went over. The fact is we're just going to never have the budgets to do all the work that ideally from an engineer's perfect world that we'd want to do on these roads."
(Dillon) But the question is are we catching up, or is the state slipping behind in road repairs?
Lunderville is optimistic.
(Lunderville) "I think we are catching up. It's going to be a slow path back to good, on all of our assets, not just our roads but our bridges and our culverts as well."
(Dillon) The roads may be getting better - at least on paper. The state recently changed how it ranks road conditions. Officials got rid of the worst category. Bad roads are no longer rated very poor. Now they're just called poor. And they added a top category. The best roads are now called excellent, instead of just good.
Kevin Marshia manages the state's roadway traffic and safety programs. He tried to explain the change at a recent hearing of the House Transportation Committee.
(Marshia) "A poor roadway is a poor roadway, and as we define it, that is a roadway where drivers do need to take corrective measures because of some of the deficiencies in the highway."
(Dillon) But the committee was skeptical. Here's Waterbury Democrat Sue Minter.
(Minter) "They have not changed any of this. They've changed what they call it and to me that's spin. That's what I think you're doing."
(Dillon) Governor Jim Douglas says the road description was not meant to minimize problems with the transportation network.
(Douglas) "The terminology that we've had has been somewhat weighted toward less favorable conditions. I don't know what they are, fair poor, very poor, very, very poor, very, very very poor... So the agency has tried to rename the categories and make them more realistic in their view. But we have some challenges. I don't want to suggest that we don't."
(Dillon) House Transportation Committee Chairman Richard Westman says we're losing ground.
(Westman) "The roads are getting worse. And they're going to continue to get worse. In this year's budget although they'll tell you there's over 250 miles treated, some of that is just what they call crack and seal, you go and fill the cracks. In actuality, this budget only has 98 miles of paving on the state highway system. We have 3,200 miles of road. So what that really means is we're on a track to pave roads, a mile every 32 years."
(Dillon) How does Vermont's transportation system compare with the rest of the country? Westman says we're near the bottom - 44th - in terms of the condition of our bridges.
There's not a similar federal ranking system for roads. But data from the U.S. Department of Transportation shows that Vermont's roads are worse than New Hampshire's. The Granite State has 51% of its road surface, including interstates - rated as "good." In Vermont, the rating is 44%. Vermont also has a higher percentage of pavement rated as poor or mediocre.
(Westman) "So this is a really difficult situation and it causes a lot of frustration in our committee, because we're so far behind in what we're doing statewide for transportation."
(Dillon) The roads are bad here for three main reasons: Geography: northern climates are harsh on highways. History: bridges built here after the great flood of 1927 need to be replaced. And many interstate bridges constructed 40 years ago also needs major work.
Meanwhile, politicians of both parties have chronically under funded transportation projects.
Steve Kimbell is a veteran lobbyist who represents the Vermont Paving Association. He says that for years, the state diverted Transportation Fund dollars to pay for other programs. He says the diversion added up to $385 million from 1991 to 2002.
(Kimbell) "Now that amount has been decreasing in recent years. But it's still in the range of $30 million, I believe. We've done that since 1985. Actually Governor Snelling proposed the first transfer of that nature."
(Dillon) There are other challenges as well. There's less money available to fix a problem that's getting more expensive every year.
(Kimbell) "The funding sources for the transportation fund are declining revenue sources. The gas tax, particularly. On the other hand the cost of construction and paving is going up, because of the cost of oil, the cost of aggregate, the cost of steel. So costs are going up, revenue source is declining. That's not sustainable."
(Dillon) Vermont is not unique. Lisa Aultman-Hall is director of the Transportation Center at the University of Vermont.
(Aultman-Hall) "Mostly in the 1950s and 1960s -we built a system that is now bigger than we can afford."
(Dillon) But Aultman-Hall sees a silver lining in the year of the pothole. She predicts the public will pressure policymakers to make changes.
(Aultman-Hall) "Because I think it means that more members of the community and more Vermonters are going to become engaged in the transportation funding discussion."
(Dillon) In the Legislature, Richard Westman says transportation has to become a top political priority, like health care, the environment, or economic development.
(Westman) "The real situation now is
that we've got this problem. It's on our doorstep. And if we don't really begin
to do so, in 5 to 10 years from now we will be handing a transportation
infrastructure to the next generation that is far inferior to where we are
today, if we don't get busy.
(Dillon) Westman's committee has pushed the Douglas Administration to issue bonds to fix the roads. The governor doesn't want the state to borrow more money.
For VPR News, I'm John Dillon in Montpelier.
Photo: VTrans Secretary Neale Lunderville examines a Westford road


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There's never a dull moment with SBTRKT, whose progressive 'post-dubstep' sounds have been making waves for over three years now. After "Wildfire," which seemed to set the blogosphere ablaze with excitement, the British artist returns to the music scene with visuals for "Trials of the Past," his newest track. The music video borrows cues from The Matrix, Terminator and other films that foresee a bleak human future — telling the story of a mysterious girl going into the barber for a makeover. With killer motion graphics, sharp twists, and a cliffhanger ending, the video for "Trials of the Past" is a theatrical take on SBTRKT's melodic work. Though it is visually appealing, we advise that you don't watch this video at work, or around small children.
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The initiative follows the 'Take Itt Easy' safety campaign for the island's TT festival which celebrated its centenary anniversary in May.
It features messages urging local and visiting motorbike fans not to speed or drink drive during the Grand Prix.
Billboards and posters will be placed around the island reiterating the message during the two-week event.
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The Mountain Road will remain two-way for the duration of the Manx Grand Prix unlike for the Centenary TT when the Mountain Road was made one-way due to the high number of visitors on the island for the festival.
Spectators are also being asked to keep clear of the prohibited areas which are marked with clear triangular warning signs.
In addition, the Road Safety Unit will be organising displays at various locations over the island.
Gordon Edwards, Road Safety Manager, said: "We are all looking forward to a busy and enjoyable Manx Grand Prix but please take heed of the road safety message and drive or ride safely around the Island."
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Earlier this month, BevNET Live Winter '13 transformed the Loews Santa Monica Hotel into the nexus for networking and learning in the beverage industry. Well over 500 entrepreneurs, executives, suppliers, distributors, retailers and investors packed into the conference hall to take in presentations and panel discussions, as well as fun: the sixth edition of BevNET's signature competition for start-up brands, the New Beverage Showdown, and announcements and presentations for the 16 winners of BevNET's Best of 2013 awards.
Start-up beverage companies and individuals new to the industry were also invited to an intimate Beverage School, where topics comprised a 'Beverage Industry 101′ crash course, ranging from formulation & packaging design to raising capital and routes to market.
The heart of the networking opportunities, the BevNET Live Expo, gave industry-leading formulators, flavor houses, co-packers and other service and supplier companies a unique chance to connect with the 140-plus unique beverage companies in attendance. The Expo was immediately followed by a cocktail hour where exhibitors, speakers and attendees alike were able to unwind and delve into informal business conversation.
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Tax deductions you might overlook
Every few years, Congress holds hearings on the face-melting complexity of the tax code and the need for reform. Then the lawmakers go back to their offices and cook up new tax credits and deductions.
That means taxpayers must be constantly vigilant for tax breaks that could reduce the amount they owe. With the tax deadline approaching, here's a look at some deductions you might overlook:
Tax breaks for non-itemizers
The most common tax breaks, such as the deduction for mortgage interest and charitable contributions, are limited to taxpayers who itemize on their tax returns. In order to justify itemizing, though, your total deductions must exceed the standard deduction that non-itemizers can claim. For 2010, the standard deduction is $5,700 for singles and $11,400 for married couples who file jointly. Taxpayers who are over age 65 or blind can claim a larger amount.
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This isn't a problem for most homeowners: Their mortgage interest alone often exceeds the standard deduction. But unless they're extraordinarily generous, most renters and homeowners who have paid off their mortgages don't have enough deductions to benefit from itemizing.
In recent years, though, Congress has approved a number of deductions that are available even if you don't itemize. For 2010, those deductions include:
Student loan interest. For 2010, borrowers can deduct up to $2,500 in interest on student loans. Interest on both federal and private student loans qualify for the deduction, as long as the loan was a qualified student loan for higher education, says Mark Luscombe, federal tax analyst for tax publisher CCH.
There are income limits on this deduction: It phases out for single filers with adjusted gross income of between $60,000 and $75,000, and married couples who file jointly with AGI between $120,000 and $150,000.
Borrowers who paid $600 or more in interest on a qualified student loan during the year should receive a Form 1098-E from the lender, according to the National Association of Enrolled Agents. If you haven't received the form, contact your lender.
Moving expenses. In more prosperous times, many employers reimbursed new employees' moving expenses. But at a time when job seekers outnumber available jobs, you may have to pay your own relocation costs as a condition of employment.
Fortunately, you can deduct most of your moving expenses, as long as your new workplace is at least 50 miles farther from your old home than your previous workplace was, Luscombe says. For example, if you previously drove 20 miles to work, your new job must be at least 70 miles away from your previous home in order for you to deduct moving costs.
Once you meet the distance requirement, you can deduct a wide range of expenses, including packing and transporting household goods, shipping your car and pets to your new home, storage and travel costs for you and your family.
Calculate your moving expenses on Form 3903 on Form 1040. Taxpayers who deduct moving expenses can't use the shorter 1040A.
Alimony. Claiming this deduction could take the sting out of writing a check to your ex. Alimony and back alimony is deductible in the year in which it's paid. Child support isn't deductible. You must fill out a 1040 to claim this deduction. Make sure you provide your ex's Social Security number on the form; otherwise, the deduction may be disallowed, the IRS says.
Early withdrawal penalties. Most financial institutions require you to forfeit several months of interest if you cash in a certificate of deposit before maturity. You can deduct this penalty against your gross income. The amount of the forfeited interest should be shown on box 2 of the 1099-INT you received from your financial institution. Enter the deduction on Line 30 of your 1040.
This tax break doesn't extend to withdrawals from individual retirement accounts, Luscombe says. Taxpayers are typically hit with a 10% penalty, plus income taxes, if they withdraw money from their IRAs before age 59½.
Deductions for itemizers
Taxpayers who itemize have an even broader assortment of deductions. Here are some itemized deductions you may not know about:
Job search expenses. If you were out of work last year or looked for new employment, you may be able to deduct some of your costs. Deductible expenses include the cost of hiring a recruiter, résumé preparation and travel for interviews, says Greg Rosica, contributing editor to the Ernst & Young Tax Guide 2011. You can claim these expenses even if your search was unsuccessful.
However, the deduction is limited to the cost of searching for a job in your field. If you're a paralegal who wants to become a trapeze artist, you can't deduct the cost of finding a job at the circus.
In addition, job-search costs, along with other miscellaneous itemized deductions, must exceed 2% of your adjusted gross income before you can deduct them. Other miscellaneous itemized deductions include unreimbursed work-related expenses, union dues and tax preparation fees.
Medical expenses. The bar for this deduction is even higher than the one for miscellaneous expenses. You can only deduct the portion of unreimbursed medical costs that exceeds 7.5% of your adjusted gross income. For example, if your AGI is $75,000, you would need to have $5,625 in unreimbursed medical and dental costs before you could deduct anything.
But the list of expenses that qualify for this deduction includes items you may not have considered. Eyeglasses, contact lenses and hearing aids are deductible medical costs, Rosica says. The IRS recently ruled that mothers who breast feed can deduct the cost of breast pumps and related equipment.
If you're covered by an employer-provided health insurance plan, your share of the premium isn't deductible. But premiums paid for an individual insurance policy for you or your family are deductible.
Gambling losses. A weekend in Vegas can rob you of your savings and your dignity. While there's not much the IRS can do about those embarrassing photos on the Internet, you may be able to deduct some of your gambling losses.
However, you can only deduct those losses against any gambling winnings, Rosica says. You can't deduct gambling losses that exceed your gains.
Still, since gambling income is taxable, deducting your losses will reduce the amount you owe.
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FUNDING towards an Eco Park, a tidal defence barrier and children's play facilities has been secured from a project to build 186 homes off Haygrove Road in Bridgwater.
The application by Joe Notaro and joint developer David Wil-son Homes was granted permission by Sedgemoor District Council's development committee over a year ago in February, 2013, and since then a comprehensive Section 106 Legal Agree-ment has been drawn up and is now agreed.
It includes: contributions of around £600,000 towards the adjacent Meads Eco-Park; 30% on-site affordable housing (24 flats and 31 houses), and an £89,000 flood defence tariff.
Also included will be on-site public open space and children's play facilities, financial contributions of £453,509 towards the funding of additional school places and £67,500 towards the cost of providing the pedestrian/cycle link.
However, Bridgwater Wyndham Ward councillor Gill Slocombe told the Mercury: "Every development has a Section 106 Agreement and this is normal practice that needs to contribute to the community, but I think the community would prefer not to have the development.
"I, Ann Bown and David Baker have done everything we possibly could to object.
"It has all been done correctly, but this development was not necessary and is total overdevelopment for this area."
Bridgwater West county councillor Ann Bown said: "Really and truly I appreciate that these things have to be done, but I don't think the Meads should be in the 106 as it's a separate project.
"I feel very strongly about the extra cars this development will create and it's a road safety hazard."
A spokesman for Sedgemoor District Council said: "The proposed development will deliver a significant element of the Meads Eco-Park.
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It's hard for most non-hunters to appreciate our sport. They haven't experienced the greatest things about hunting.
Maybe it's an excited young pup bounding back to his owner after his first pheasant retrieve, a son's first morning in the turkey woods with Dad or the exhausted sheep hunter who hiked miles on the roughest terrain imaginable to finally get his hands on his first ram.
The list goes on.
Every day we go afield we get a chance to make one of these memories and enjoy all the things hunting has to offer. There's nothing that ties those experiences and memories together like a good photo. It might be a sappy premise, but it's surely what keeps the outdoor addiction flowing.
Petersen's Hunting is dedicated to the best photography in the game, both in our magazine and on this website. We've found that there's no better way to tell our story and yours, and maybe even allow indoor city folk to appreciate what we do. To be the best we had to search far and wide for the most gritty, creative, real photographers that not only snap photos, but hunt as hard as anyone. We're not talking about National Geographic sissies with no street cred. These are the guys that can capture the best images and through that demonstrate the soul of hunting.
To illustrate just how good it gets, we've compiled the 50 most amazing hunting photos we could find from five of our favorite photographers. Each photo tells a story and each photographer has been nice enough to share the details behind how these amazing shots came to be. Enjoy.
- <h2>John Hafner: Frozen Food </h2>I shot this pic in Saskatchewan last fall while on assignment for Cabela's. The day before the hunter shot this buck, I photographed and videoed the old bruiser for over an hour as he dogged does, worked a scrape line and tirelessly ran off several lesser bucks. I believe in taking my time when shooting hero shots—to honor the animal and preserve the memory of the hunt. Despite heavy snow, howling winds and bitter cold temps, we broke out the strobes and did justice to this gnarly old buck.
Wyman Meinzer is the only official State Photographer of Texas, named so in 1997 by the Texas State Legislature and then Gov. George W. Bush, an honor he still holds today. He has traveled across the state from the Panhandle to the Borderland in South Texas, from El Paso to Nacogdoches and all points in between to capture the first and last rays of sunlight as they kiss the Texas landscapes. In 2009 he received the Distinguished Alumnus award from Texas Tech University in recognition of outstanding achievement and dedicated service. See his work at wymanmeinzer.com.
Lee Kjos is a lifelong duck hunter whose photography has appeared in numerous outdoor magazines and advertisements for companies like Franchi, Benelli, RealTree, Cabela's and many more. As a child in Webster, Minn., Kjos was drawn to hunting photography and was soon snapping photos of his hunts to capture the memories. Kjos' goals with every stunning image are summed up in three sentences: "Capture the moment. Tell a story. Move the people." See his work at kjosoutdoors.com.
John Hafner is a well-traveled shooter who tells the stories of the outdoor industry's biggest brands with uncompromising drive, unique vision and absolute authenticity. A Montana-based freelance photographer, Hafner's commercial and editorial assignments have taken him across the globe, from the Yukon to Zimbabwe. It's rare to find him anywhere but behind his camera, but in between assignments, he can be usually be found in the whitetail or turkey woods. See his work at johnhafnerphoto.com.
Donald M. Jones has been a full-time Wildlife Photographer for over 20 years and resides in the small Northwestern Montana town of Troy. Don's clients are wide and varied, from magazines, books and calendars to advertising. Don has his 10th book coming out this fall and has nearly 700 magazine covers to his credit. To view more of Don's work visit his web site at donaldmjones.com, or if you are interested in purchasing Don's work as fine art limited edition prints visit wildreflectionsgallery.com.
Kenton Rowe started "moonlighting" as a photographer in 2004, never intending on becoming a full time professional photographer. In the end all paths led him in that direction. Since 2007 he has explored the back roads and trails of Montana, shooting for Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, and an impressive selection of Montana's most storied ranches. His first image was featured in Petersen's Hunting in the summer of 2012, and he later joined editor Mike Schoby for a hunt in Zimbabwe featured in the August issue. See his work at kentonrowephotography.com.


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Aug 27, 2013 - By Alejandra Silva, Staff WriterThe Riverton City Council has approved the recommendations from the Fix Our Roads Citizens Committee on pavement overlay projects on Watt Court to Dave's Asphalt and the Woodridge Estates subdivisions to 71 Construction.
Both will be funded by the optional 1 percent sales tax approved last year by voters with the stipulation that the money be used for infrastructure work.
Initial recommendations were delayed by the council so the city could consider two bids in addition to the quote from 71 Construction, the company that is already executing work for the Central Wyoming College Health and Science Center.
The city received two additional quotes along with
71 Construction's proposal for both overlay projects. The Central Wyoming College campus would be connected to College View Drive via an extension of Watt Court to handle expected increased traffic tied to the opening of the Health and Science Center.
The project would create a two-inch overlay over the existing, degraded asphalt as a new section is paved.
Other quotes received were from Western Wyoming Construction Co. for about $42,000 and Dave's Asphalt for about $24,000. 71 Construction held to its earlier estimate of about $32,000.
Two new bids received for the Woodridge Estates subdivisions were from Mountain Construction for about $475,000 and Dave's Asphalt for about $382,000.
The city awarded the project to 71 Construction with the lowest bid of about $350,000.
The tax is expected to bring in close to $2 million. So far, the city has reported a revenue from the tax of about $400,000.
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Washington (AP) - Home prices fell in nearly nine out of every 10 U.S. cities in the first quarter of this year as first-time buyers looking for bargains dominated the market.
The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that median sales prices of existing homes declined in 134 out of 152 metropolitan areas compared with the same period a year ago. Prices rose in the other 18 cities.
Nationwide, sales of foreclosures and other distressed properties made up about half of the market. Overall, sales dipped 3.2 percent from the year-ago period.
"I think we're near a bottom, but we're not there yet," said David Resler, chief economist at Nomura Securities. While prices could hit bottom as soon as this summer, he said, they are likely to remain stable and start edging higher slowly.
But the nascent signs of recovery in the housing market could be short-lived if employers continue to lay off workers in bulk.
At the Realtors' midyear conference in Washington, talks focused of how to turn around the beleaguered housing market. Real estate agents hope the $8,000 tax credit for first-time buyers included in the economic stimulus package signed by President Barack Obama earlier this year will boost sales.
But in high-priced areas such as New York City, it doesn't make much of a difference for buyers. "It's not really a major motivator for people," said Robert Oppenheimer, a Re/Max broker in nearby Englewood Cliffs, N.J. "It's almost an afterthought."
Many in the real estate industry say that Congress should do more to stimulate housing demand.
"They need to go further," said Robert Sibcy, president of Sibcy Cline Inc., a Cincinnati real estate agency, drawing applause from a crowd of real estate agents. "They need to do it for all buyers."
Speaking at the conference, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said the Federal Housing Administration soon will allow its borrowers to get short-term loans and turn the $8,000 tax credit into a down payment.
The tax credit, "is not only a tremendous opportunity for first-time home buyers, but also an enormous benefit for communities struggling to deal with an oversupply of housing," Donovan said, according to prepared remarks.
In the Realtors' first-quarter report, home sales fell in all but six states - Nevada, California, Arizona, Florida, Virginia and Minnesota - where buyers have been able to snap up foreclosures at a deep discount. Sales more than doubled in Nevada, rose 81 percent in California and grew 50 percent in Arizona - signaling that the worst may be over for those distressed states.
Still, the median sales price nationwide was $169,900, down 13.8 percent from a year ago. The median price is the midpoint, which means half of the homes sold for more and half for less.
The biggest drop, of more than 50 percent, was in Fort Myers, Fla. Prices fell 40 percent or more in Saginaw, Mich.; Akron, Ohio; San Francisco; San Jose, Calif.; Phoenix; Sarasota, Fla. and Riverside, Calif.
The biggest price gain, of more than 21 percent, was in Cumberland, Md. The only other double-digit increase was in Davenport, Iowa, which saw the median price climb nearly 14 percent.
Home prices fell in nearly nine out of every 10 U.S. cities in the first quarter of this year as first-time buyers looking for bargains dominated the market.


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Verizon's Profit Rises 16% as Margins Improve
Verizon Communications Inc.'s first-quarter profit rose 16% as its wireless business continued to add customers and reached its highest profitability ever.
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Senate Republicans took the first steps Tuesday to having taxpayers pick up the legal tab for current and former lawmakers who are fighting subpoenas over their private emails related to immigration legislation.
On a party-line vote, the Appropriations Committee agreed to set aside up to $100,000 for what could be a fight over whether they have to cough up those documents to lawyers suing to overturn SB 1070.
Challengers to the 2010 law claim the measure is unconstitutional, at least in part because was motivated by racial bias. And they are hoping the emails prove their case.
Senate President Andy Biggs said the special funding in SB 1159 is necessary because of a loophole in the law.
In general, the Attorney General's Office can provide legal help to current and former lawmakers when they are being sued. In this case, though, the lawsuit is against the state and the individual legislators are not even parties — other than the evidence challengers think they can provide.
Biggs said it's only fair to provide them with legal help.
Senate Minority Leader Anna Tovar objected to what she sees as a blank check. The Tolleson Democrat said while the appropriation is capped at $100,000, lawmakers are not even being told how much an outside attorney will be paid per hour.
Sen. Lynne Pancrazi, D-Yuma, had a more basic objections — and a less expensive alternative.
`"If we hadn't passed SB 1070, this bill, SB 1159, wouldn't even be necessary," she said. "I think that a better way to handle this would be to repeal SB 1070 and this lawsuit would go away."
That 2010 legislation contained several provisions aimed at illegal immigration.
Several sections already have been voided by federal courts, but challengers are still fighting one provision which requires police to question those they have stopped about their immigration status if there is reason to believe they are in the country illegally.
There was no debate Tuesday, though, over a companion measure that would close the loophole and permit the attorney general to represent current and former legislators even in cases where they are not actual defendants in a lawsuit. SB 1221 was approved without dissent.
Separately Tuesday, the same panel voted 7-1 to give an additional $1.46 million to the Independent Redistricting Commission, mostly for its legal costs.
While the commission finished its decennial chore last year of drawing up new congressional and legislative districts it now faces three separate challenges. One of them actually comes from the Republican legislative leaders themselves.
Biggs told colleagues that refusing to fund the commission is likely a fruitless act. He said rejection of SB 1220 likely would result in a lawsuit against the Legislature by the commission which it has a voter-approved constitutional mandate to do its work and defend its maps.
All the measures now go to the full Senate.


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In the glorious light of the San Fernando Valley, an armchair traveler in a bright blue suit (Sandler) collects frequent-flier miles and shivers with repressed rage. A peripatetic woman (the luminous Watson) appears and inexplicably takes an interest in him. Sparks fly. Tears flow. Paul Thomas Anderson's elliptical, stunningly beautiful 2002 Cannes prizewinner is a meditation on true love, the ways in which we are all bizarre, the magic of the perfect match, and the preposterously unlikely nature of the whole enterprise. EXTRAS An indulgent mix, including an arty short, a hilarious commercial for the movie's Mattress Man, and gorgeous artwork by Jeremy Blake, who designed Punch-Drunk's Rothko-on-acid interstitials.


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Lifelong learning programmes
The European Commission offers a plethora of funding programmes, which are integrated under a single umbrella, the Lifelong Learning Program (LLP). These learning options differ significantly and focus on different stages of education.
Until 2013, the European Union will have spent nearly seven billion euros on:
› Comenius (pre-school and primary to secondary school)
› Erasmus (for students)
› Leonardo da Vinci (vocational education and training)
› Grundtvig (adult education and alternative education streams)
› Jean Monnet (higher education)
Click here for a complete list of all national agencies and / or to apply for any of the above-mentioned LLP programmes.
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Apart from contacting your university's career office, you may also check the following links:
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› Studenten Werk (in Dutch)
A factsheet with the immigration procedures for foreign students doing an internship can be downloaded here.
Note that all non-EU / EEA students with a valid residence permit can work either full-time seasonal (June - August) or part-time of maximum ten hours a week.
In that case, their employer is not obliged to acquire a work permit for them.
Did you know that many work-related study courses and materials are tax deductible? Learn about the possible tax benefits of declaring your study costs.
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The Dutch university association is asking the government for more international scholarships, arguing the Netherlands needs more foreign students.
Enrolments by foreign students in Dutch universities increased in 2013 for the third year in a row.
The Dutch government has launched a new plan to encourage international students to stay and work in the Netherlands after they finish their studies.
For those of you still looking for a job in the Netherlands, there is one more option: to start your own business.
After all the fun you've been having as a student in the Netherlands, it's time to get down to business. Here is some advice on how to find a job in the Netherlands.
The Erasmus student exchange programme is facing a budget shortfall this year, and the European Commission fears that the situation will only worsen in 2013 without intervention by the European Parliament.
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To the uninitiated, design may seem more like an art than a science, but while there may be no one winning formula or aesthetic, there is undoubtable objectivity to "good design."
Erika Templeton | Editorial Director
To the uninitiated, design may seem more like an art than a science, but while there may be no one winning formula or aesthetic, there is undoubtable objectivity to "good design." Much like scientific practice, good design solves problems through experimentation. We identify issues, prototype and render solutions, test our concepts, and seek to continually improve the results.
Design that improves our well-being is becoming an increasingly important marker of success, as Rachelle Schoessler Lynn notes in this month's ASID column—and through science we are becoming better and better at doing it. As I write this month's letter, I'm on my way to our inaugural Design Connections conference for healthcare design. There, many conversations will center on chemical red lists, HPDs, and how design, when done right, is scientifically proven to help heal.
On that note, psychologist Nicola Davies shares her insights on
how design elements spanning the five senses can shape our mood,
influence behavior, and enhance healing in healthcare environments.
In her IIDA column, Felice Silverman brings up a fabulous story we heard at the BIFMA 360 Conference a few weeks ago. The MIT Self-Assembly Lab, directed by Skylar Tibbits, is redefining material development and how it affects the design process. They are calling on tools like DNA manipulation and nanorobotics to rethink the way we assemble and install products.
Plus, we've searched the globe for interesting innovations in material development, and found some cool new products, processes, and gadgets that might very well change the way we work.
Look out for our Art of Design issue later this year, when we will explore the process of taking these scientific ways of thinking and adding a seamless, effortless layer of beauty to the results. That, we would argue, is the
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You've no doubt heard the internet adage "content is king," but have you really taken it to heart?
If your online marketing efforts are limited to a static website and a Facebook page, you may as well be advertising your business on a sandwich board for all the good it's doing you.
Here are few reasons why your small business needs a content marketing strategy.
1. People don't trust traditional advertising. The days of attracting customers solely through display advertising and marketing messages are over. According to a report by market research firm Nielsen, consumer trust in traditional advertising has taken a nosedive. However, the report also reveals that "nearly six in 10 global online consumers (58 percent) trust messages found on company websites and half trust email messages that they signed up to receive." A strong content strategy taps right into those receptive consumers.
2. Content boosts your SEO. The current search ecosystem no longer rewards keyword-stuffed websites and other web spam. And Matt Cutts, Google's top expert on the subject, has repeatedly said that Google rankings hinge on quality content. As search engines get more sophisticated at ferreting out the best information for users, the more critical it will be for you to produce fresh, relevant, authoritative, and unique content to rank highly in search engine results pages.
3. Content resonates on social media. A 2011 AOL study shows that 27 million pieces of online content are shared daily in the United States, and that number has likely grown since then. Furthermore, the study says that 60 percent of those shared messages specifically mentioned a brand or a product name. If content isn't a key component of your social media efforts, you're missing out on a powerful marketing opportunity.
4. Content builds relationships. Ultimately, content marketing is about building a relationship with your target audience. Creating content that shares your expertise around your product or service helps establish you as an authority in your industry. It also fosters trust (see #1). People will come to you for insights, ideas, and solutions — and bring you their business, too.
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By Mindy Fetterman, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON Executives at Home Depot were watching the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York from the company's emergency command center in Atlanta — a room with banks of TVs and phone lines. They saw that rescue workers' boots were being sliced by the smoldering steel remains of the World Trade Center towers.
"We sent 40,000 pairs of work boots to New York right away," CEO Bob Nardelli says.
He's not looking for praise. In fact, he thinks the way Home Depot — and other U.S. corporations — got information about what they could do to help in that disaster, and during Hurricane Katrina four years later, was ridiculous.
"We saw it on CNN!" he says, exasperated.
Now, nearly 30 CEOs have teamed in an unprecedented effort to set up an "emergency protocol" with the U.S. government and charities so they can all respond better to the next natural or manmade disaster.
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"We're starting to put our actions where our words are," says Bill McDermott, CEO of SAP Americas, part of the world's largest business software company.
That protocol includes everything from a 24/7 direct phone link to the Department of Homeland Security and a website that will have real-time news about what government needs from business, to "swat teams" of employees from competing firms. Those teams will fly into a disaster site within 24 hours, assess needs and report back to the government and business community.
The group says it won't wait for the government when the next disaster hits.
"We're not saying it in an arrogant or condescending way," says Nardelli, chairman of the Business Roundtable's disaster-response task force. "But some of our frustration even before Katrina was having to wait for a coordinated effort from government. We want to set up that cooperative effort now."
CEO members of the task force, the largest ever put together by the Business Roundtable, met for the first time last month in Washington. Frances Townsend, President Bush's point woman on Homeland Security, was at the meeting.
Q&A : Townsend answers our questions.
Nardelli called it "an old-fashioned workout," where all parties get into a room, air complaints and come up with solutions. Nardelli, who used to be a top executive at General Electric, learned the "workout" discipline from then-chief Jack Welch.
"We're past the venting," Townsend laughs. "Now it's a question of how we can do better. I told them: 'Tell me what I can do better.' "
Who has what, where?
The CEOs told her. They want in on the early planning. They want in on information during a disaster. And they want in on the emergency operations on the ground.
Townsend agreed. She's holding a meeting in November at the White House with the CEOs, officials from DHS and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and emergency operations chiefs from some state and local governments.
"The idea is that this works better if the private sector is involved in planning on the front end," Townsend says. "There's a lot we can learn from business."
The tsunami that hit Indonesia in December 2004 was "a watershed event" for U.S. businesses, says Johanna Schneider, spokeswoman for the Roundtable. "Companies were stepping up as never before."
When Hurricane Katrina hit, that volunteer spirit kicked in again, but with only limited success. "There was a huge outpouring of support," Schneider says. "But we were unable to get people connected down there (in the Gulf Coast) in a way that could really make a difference."
The CEOs want to harness that spirit and set up better logistics for getting people and supplies to disaster sites quickly.
"We want to make sure they get food and water, and not television sets," says McDermott of SAP. "How do you logistically get things to people who need them at the time they need them? Business can help do that."
DHS is identifying equipment and supplies it would need in various emergency scenarios — a hurricane, a tornado, a terrorist attack.
"In certain disasters, we'll know what we'll need, like water, tarps, housing. And we're communicating that to business" so that contracts can be bid on and awarded before the next disaster, Townsend says. FEMA has contracted with six companies for $1.5 billion in temporary housing to avoid delays such as those seen during Katrina, she says.
Government audits found hundreds of millions of dollars wasted on no-bid contracts and fraud, from $300 million spent on 10,000 mobile homes that sat unused to $3 million for unused beds.
"There was legitimate concern after Katrina that the government's contracting was wasteful," Townsend says. "We think that if you precontract, you'll do it in a rational way."
In the next year, the CEO task force will assess what supplies and equipment are on hand at U.S. corporations, including companies that aren't members of the Roundtable. Who has the bottled water? Who has the satellite telephone equipment? The lumber and tarps? That way, the government can request and get supplies quickly.
Charities and 'mission creep'
During Hurricane Katrina, charities competed for donations. But companies that were giving millions of dollars felt it was unclear what a charity would handle: Emergency response? Rebuilding? Food and water? Housing?
CEOs saw "mission creep" as many charities were trying to do the same things. "There was a lot of carpetbagging going on" after Katrina, says Kevin Martinez, community affairs director for Home Depot, pointing to 400 new charities that were formed. "We're saying to charities: Don't work in a vacuum. Work with each other. What exactly are you fundraising for?"
Like governments, charities also were overwhelmed by Katrina.
The American Red Cross was sharply criticized in a Government Accountability Office report for being unprepared and slow to react. Since then, the Red Cross has spent about $80 million to triple its warehouse space for emergency supplies, triple its satellite phone availability, and add volunteers and computer capacity.
"Our mission has been the same for a long time: mass care early," says Jack McGuire, interim CEO of the Red Cross. "But there's a huge problem relative to what people think our mission is. People were upset because they didn't see our helicopters with the Coast Guard out there rescuing people off rooftops. We don't do rescues. We don't build houses. We don't give loans. We don't run hospitals."
The Red Cross and other charities are beginning to work together to coordinate volunteer response, although efforts are in the early stages, McGuire says.
Katrina taught everyone, he says, that "these things are going to work better if it's a system of the many rather than the few."


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Adult shield bugs are attractive insects, easily characterised by their flattish oval or five-sided shield shap (the pentatomids). They are often called stink bugs because when threatened, some species produce a pungent liquid from special glands near their hind legs (poke one and then sniff your hand). Most shield bugs feed on plant sap and some are pests of economically important crops such as coffee and cotton. Few gardeners would consider them to be pests, although the noxious liquid they produce can taint the taste of some fruit. Most shield bugs need symbiotic bacteria for the digestion of the sap. They acquire this aid-to-digestion at an early age, their mother smears her eggs with the bacteria so that the young nymphs ingest them as they feed on the egg case. Unlike many insects, shield bugs often show parental care, guarding their young from predators. The Parent Bug (Elasmucha grisea) is so named because the female will actually sit on the eggs until they hatch. This reduces levels of attack from parasitic wasps.
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In Mexico Stink Bugs are eaten both live and cooked (for instance in a pate or salsa) since their pungent odour gives a dish an aromatic flavour.
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China gets a lot of attention these days for its air pollution. It's a big challenge for a country that is developing fast. One of the top sources of pollution, as in almost every country, is the automobile. Mostly powered by gasoline or diesel, automobiles burn ancient fossil remains and the resulting smoke makes its way into our bodies, doing lasting harm that can even lead to premature death.
Wang Chuan Fu, a self-made Chinese billionaire, may be the leading person to move China away from such pollution. Chuan Fu was born in a family of poor farmers but became the richest man in China in 2009. After studying chemistry and working as a government researcher, Chuan Fu and his cousin started a company in 1995 called Build Your Dreams (BYD) that used Chuan Fu's chemistry expertise to create batteries used in mobile phones. It became the largest producer of such batteries in the world.
Chuan Fu was keen to see the cell phone market (and, thus, cell phone battery market) opening up, and he was also keen to enable it through good battery technology. He also made a risky but successful leap in acquiring an auto company as the Chinese auto industry was beginning to boom. He seems to have retained that knack for foresight and is now leading the way into the electric vehicle future. With the existing benefit of being a leading battery producer and auto producer, BYD now produces a few electric vehicles and is looking to fully shift to electric vehicles over time.
At the moment, BYD produces the BYD e6, the BYD Qin plug-in hybrid, and an electric bus. Its eBus has been a leader in electric bus pilot programs and has shown that electric buses can now compete with conventional buses. In many places, it is now competitive (on a lifetime basis) with buses powered by fossil fuels, but it doesn't create the pollution and health costs that those buses create. I expect the BYD eBus will make it into thousands or even tens of thousands of transit agencies in the coming years.
BYD has also branched out into other cleantech realms. It offers solar PV modules, cells, wafers, and tracking systems. It also offers energy storage systems, solar-powered street lamps, and various LED products. Clearly, Chuan Fu has a passion for helping the world to address global warming and pollution problems while also profiting from leadership in emerging sectors. In a 2011 interview with Caixin, Chuan Fu is paraphrased as saying:
"One aspect of doing business is meeting the interests of shareholders. Another is using technology to provide better things for society, the world and the future, while encouraging society to change in a good way; this is BYD's original dream.
"What will the future bring to the company and society? I think we should embrace new energy. In fact, the government has given new energy a high strategic position. This is a good opportunity. We have a dream, and the state has given a high degree of support.
"From batteries, we moved into electric vehicles, energy-storing power plants and solar energy: These three industries can be connected just right, and the key is battery technology. (Energy-storing power stations and electric cars) involves the technology linking two ends.
"Among these three industries, the electric car will slowly grow over the next three years. I think the solar energy industry will explode in 2016. We just began working on energy-storing power stations this year, and the industry will grow slowly over the next decade.
"New energy's capital demands are too great. Thus, we need to increase the profitability of our IT components and traditional automobiles. But if we wait for the solar industry explosion and then prepare, we'll be too late."
Chuan Fu also has a tendency to do or say somewhat shocking things that get the attention of the press and the public, including many people who had never heard of BYD before. In 2008, he reportedly drank BYD battery fluid. He was discussing BYD's goal of having 100% recyclable batteries and the importance of environmentally friendly technological solutions. "His focus there was that if we're going to help solve environmental problems, we can't create new environmental problems with our technology," David Sokol, who was receiving a tour of BYD's facilities, stated. He has also made bold statements about hot industry leader Tesla, stating that BYD "could make a Tesla any minute," if enough demand was there, and also stating that the Tesla Model S is "a rich man's toy." That's not a great way to make friends with other electric car leaders, but it is a good way to get press.
Chuan Fu is certainly an exceptional scientist and business leader. Berkshire Hathaway partner Charlie Munger has described him as "a combination of Thomas Edison and Jack Welch -- something like Edison in solving technical problems, and something like Welch in getting done what he needs to do. I have never seen anything like it."
Is there any wonder Chuan Fu received a Zayed Future Energy Prize Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014?


text: 000 FXUS63 KDLH 202339 AFDDLH Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Duluth MN 639 PM CDT Thu Jul 20 2017 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday) Issued at 400 PM CDT Thu Jul 20 2017 A mid level ridge will build eastward from the Upper Midwest tonight into the central Great Lakes by Friday evening. Behind it, a warm front will lift northeastward from the central Dakotas into central Minnesota. Despite the ridge, there is an area of frontogenesis from 900 hPa to 800 hPa moving into northern Minnesota late tonight that was associated with the shower/storm activity over northeast North Dakota/northwest Minnesota earlier today. The RAP/HRRR guidance has captured this activity best, so leaned on this guidance for this evenings POPs. Cloud cover will increase late tonight from west to east due to the incoming warm front. With relatively clear skies for most of the night and light winds, expect patchy fog to develop across northwest Wisconsin and eastern portions of northeast Minnesota. Low temperatures range from the low 50s in far northeast Minnesota, to the low 60s in the Brainerd Lakes Region. The warm front will lift northeastward into the eastern Dakotas and western portions of Minnesota on Friday. This will bring increasing chances of showers and thunderstorms especially from the Brainerd Lakes Region east to northwest Wisconsin. Across the rest of northeast Minnesota, less certain on shower/storm chances as guidance has been all over the place. Should have a better idea on these chances later this evening as the higher resolution guidance suggests that the forcing aloft originates from the thunderstorm activity over northwest North Dakota. Regardless, environmental parameters show 40-50 kts of 0-6 km bulk shear with a few hundred to 1000 J/kg of MLCAPE. PWAT values are around 1.5 to 2.0 inches from central Minnesota to northwest Wisconsin, which is around the 90th percentile based on SPC sounding climatology for MPX. With this in mind, strong to severe thunderstorms are possible with the threats of large hail, damaging wind gusts, and heavy rainfall as highlighted in SPCs latest Day 2 Outlook. Expect another hot and humid day with highs in the upper 70s and low 80s. .LONG TERM...(Friday night through Thursday) Issued at 400 PM CDT Thu Jul 20 2017 Friday night we have a continuation of convection potential along the mid level baroclinic zone draped from northwest Minnesota southeast into Wisconsin along with a surface trough axis that may be able to focus some convergence an produce thunderstorms. Evening activity is going to depend on what happens earlier in the day, so have kept pops somewhat generic as even if we can get a decent complex going earlier in the day, additional storms may form behind it if enough instability can develop again given the broader scale environment. A potent, compact upper level shortwave is expected to move across the area Saturday evening, which together with some decent instability and shear produces a risk for severe weather that evening. At this time the risk seems to be confined to the afternoon and evening hours with hail and wind the main threat. Have kept to mainly chance pops with a small area of likely along the Canadian border. Temperatures to remain on the warm side with some low 80s southwest to low 70s northeast. As the shortwave drops southeast of the area Sunday we are looking at some daytime instability showers and possibly thunderstorms with little/no severe risk due to the lack of shear. Temperatures will also be much cooler with afternoon highs only in the low to mid 70s. After the shortwave drops to our southeast a large high pressure ridge moves in and keeps the weather quiet for Sunday night through early Tuesday, with a gradual warming trend. Precipitation chances return for the Tuesday afternoon through Thursday time frame, with enough differences in the models to keep pops in the slight chance or chance pop range. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Friday evening) Issued at 640 PM CDT Thu Jul 20 2017 Generally VFR conditions will prevail at all TAF sites with the possibility for some shallow MVFR fog this evening at DLH, HIB, BRD, and HYR, with fog most likely at BRD and HYR. Increasing VFR mid/high level clouds late tonight into Friday with the possibility for showers at INL tonight. Periodic chances for showers and thunderstorms at BRD beginning mid to late morning Friday and continuing through the day, but given the low confidence in timing just kept a VCSH mention all day until we can better refine the time when thunder is most likely. Nearly calm winds overnight, becoming light out of the south-southeast Friday, gusting up to near 20 knots at BRD during the day. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DLH 59 78 58 72 / 0 20 20 30 INL 54 80 59 76 / 40 30 30 60 BRD 62 81 64 83 / 10 20 40 30 HYR 58 82 63 78 / 0 50 40 30 ASX 57 82 58 72 / 10 20 30 30 && .DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...None. MN...None. LS...None. && $$ SHORT TERM...WL LONG TERM...LE AVIATION...JJM


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Raghuram, AC and Radhakrishnan, S and Krishnan, RV and Ramachandran, V (1988) Failure of the Universal Joint on the Actuating link road on the Actuating Link Road of an undercarriage in an AN-32 Aircraft. Project Report. National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore.Full text available as:
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SFS Program: Kenya Summer 2006
Favorite SFS Memory: Listening to a lecture while perched on a vehicle at Amboseli National Park – beautiful!!
"Seeing Mt. Kilimanjaro's glaciers connected me with climate change in a new way," said Lauren Thie, climate change epidemiologist at the North Carolina Division of Public Health.
Lauren lived in the shadow of the great mountain while at the SFS field station in southern Kenya, with a clear view of its rapidly disappearing ice cap. She visited arid villages that rely on streams fed by the glaciers as their primary source of clean water. She learned about the human and wildlife conflicts that arise when natural resources like water are in limited supply.
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She left Africa inspired to better understand how human health and well-being is affected by the rising temperatures and shifting weather patterns associated with climate change. She wanted to see how her home community in North Carolina might be affected by this global problem.
After graduating from Meredith College cum laude with a bachelor of science in biology, she pursued graduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, receiving her master of science in public health in 2009. She now works for the State of North Carolina, researching the local and regional health impacts of climate change.
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CUPS, Common UNIX Printing System CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIX-based operating systems. It has been developed by Easy Software Products to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors and users. http://www.freshports.org/print/cups/ HPLIP, HP Linux Imaging and Printing HPLIP is an HP developed solution for printing, scanning, and faxing with HP inkjet and laser based printers in Linux. The HP driver project provides printing support for nearly 1000 printer models, including Deskjet, Officejet, Photosmart, PSC (Print Scan Copy), Business Inkjet, LaserJet, and LaserJet MFP. http://www.freshports.org/print/hplip/ GtkLP GtkLP for CUPS is a frontend for the lpr that comes with CUPS. It is written to make it easy to use nearly all the options from CUPS without knowing them by name. For print-admins, there is also an pretty simple queue tool implemented. http://www.freshports.org/print/gtklp/

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Mood jewelry is made from either a clear capsule filled with thermo chromic liquid crystal, or a thin sheet of liquid crystal paint that is sealed underneath a plastic or glass dome. Mood jewelry change colors by the same principle as a liquid crystal thermometer. Changes in temperature cause the liquid crystal to change colors. The liquid crystal used in mood jewelry is set at a neutral color for the average skin temperature and then fluctuates with the temperature changes brought on by the emotional state of the user. A correlation between the body temperature and the color of the mood jewelry can be observed but the most noticeable changes in mood jewelry happen with air temperature changes.
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text: Having long ago shaken most of the Flaming Lips comparisons, Mercury Rev's back-to-back salvo of Deserter's Songs (1998) and All Is Dream (2001) remains an impeccable A-side/B-side demonstration of how to turn a grandiose studio vision into something beautiful, then slightly harrowing. But 2005's The Secret Migration lost the grandeur amid weightless burbling, and the new Snowflake Midnight integrates all kinds of gimmickry good for press releases: Random-note generators and avant-garde patches punctuate the songs. The best is "People Are So Unpredictable," in which Jonathan Donahue's faux-naïve worldview is given grit by fierce backing: As he sings the title, pummeling drums accentuate it. That sense of drama is missing from the rest of the disc, which indulges in fussed-over backgrounds full of glitchy adornments, similarly admirable in their complex arrangements, but absolutely weightless. (An ill-advised spoken-word segment on "Runaway Raindrop" doesn't help, either.) At its best, Mercury Rev is secretly an Americana band (see Levon Helm and Garth Hudson's appearances on Deserter's Songs), tricking out solid songs with studio know-how; their collapse into catchall experimentation is brave, but ultimately not the best route.


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Jones: The more things change, the more they stay the same
May 6, 2013
Alphonse Karr is credited with first stating the phrase, "The more things change, the more they remain the same."
The truth of that phrase is noticeable when I read some of the writings of the Old Testament prophets. Obviously, in many ways today's world is far removed from the world of 700 B.C. Still, the writings from prophets such as Isaiah and Ezekiel, whose writings now are more than 2,500 years old, could be applied to the world of the present as easily as to the world of the past.
Both Isaiah and Ezekiel served to warn against the perils of sinful behaviors. For example, Isaiah wrote, "Ah, sinful nation, a people loaded with guilt, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption. They have forsaken the Lord … Your hands are full of blood; wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight! … Your rulers are rebels, companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow's case does not come before them. Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: … I will turn my hand against you" (Isaiah 1:4, 15-16, 23-24, 25).
And Ezekiel wrote, "This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices" (Ezekiel 14:6).
He continued, "And your fame spread among the nations on account of your beauty, because the splendor I had given you made your beauty perfect, declares the Sovereign Lord. But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a prostitute … You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself idols and engaged in prostitution with them … And you took your sons and daughters whom you bore to me and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough? You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols … You will bear the consequences of your lewdness and your detestable practices, declares the Lord" (Ezekiel 16:14-15, 17, 20-21, 58).
Wisely, Isaiah said, "The Lord Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty … The arrogance of man will be brought low and the pride of men humbled; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day, and the idols will totally disappear … Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?" (Isaiah 2:12, 17-18, 22).
It is easy to see how man has fallen. One example I look to is our treatment of children. Solomon, in the Psalms, wrote, "Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward" (Psalm 127:3).
Yet all around us in the world, children are treated shamefully — not as rewards, but as rubbish. Many suffer from hunger and disease, nearly all of it preventable. Information from the worldhunger.org website states that the world produces more than enough food for every person, yet hunger persists as a distribution problem, not a population problem.
Further, many children are sold into slavery and prostitution. A 2009 UNESCO report suggests that more than 100 million children currently suffer such circumstances.
While such issues may occur much less here than in third world countries, those problems do occur here. Also, we are not immune from discounting the value of our country's children in other ways. While events like last December's shooting in Connecticut shock us through the tragic loss of young lives, that event pales in comparison to the fact that over 3,000 conceived babies are killed every day in the United States through abortion. More than 150 times as many children as were killed at Sandy Hook are killed in clinics every day.
Perhaps our idols aren't silver and gold. Perhaps our idols are ourselves, our pleasures, our conveniences and our disdain for personal responsibility. Indeed, Ezekiel, the more things change, the more they remain the same. As R.C. Sproul, Jr. said in his first Principle of Hermeneutics, "Whenever you see someone doing something really stupid in the Bible, do not say to yourself, 'How can they be so stupid?' Instead say to yourself, 'How am I stupid, just like them?' "
May we repent and turn from our detestable practices. And, as Jesus said, "Trust in God; trust also in me" (John 14:1).
Dan Jones lives in Greeley with his wife. He is a member at the Greeley Vineyard Christian Fellowship downtown, where he drums on the worship team, serves on the board and tries to learn from the past for a smarter future.
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Canberra, Australia (UPI) Nov 15, 2012
Australia's Department of Defense is aiming to roll out a streamlined desktop computer system from main contractor Thales after recent completion of a pilot project.
Thales Australia said the Defense Department gave second pass approval to the Next Generation Desktop program.
The pilot project involved more than 700 defense users in Australia using the secure desktop computer system that is simpler to use and less expensive to maintain than current systems, Thales said.
Instead of multiple terminals for different networks, a user has one workspace with one computer, one keyboard, one screen and one mouse.
Thales said its server-based system allows simultaneous access to the Defense Restricted Network and Defense Secret Network on the same screen.
Thales Australia Chief Executive Officer Chris Jenkins said the company has been working closely with the Defense Department's Chief Information Officer Group as well as end users and other private sector partners, including Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions, Microsoft and Citrix Systems, a provider of desktop virtualizations, software-as-a-service and cloud computing technologies.
"In its full implementation, NGD will use thin-client technology to replace traditional desktops, which will substantially reduce hardware, power and sustainment costs for Defense," the Thales Australia statement said.
The pilot program cost around $6.2 million, a report by ITNews, an Australian business news website said in July.
Implementation of the system is expected to start early next year for completion of the rollout by mid 2014.
The NGD project came from a 2009 Information and Communication Technology strategy report that said defense personnel needed easier access restricted and secret networks.
ITNews said Defense's Assistant Secretary of Infrastructure Architecture Daniel McCabe said the project has been taking longer than expected because of a lengthy tendering process.
Some delay was due to unexpected challenges in running a number of applications on Windows 7 instead of Windows XP.
Around 10 percent of Defense's 50 pilot applications needed to be reconfigured to run in the NGD environment, including an SAP finance system.
Also, trial participants wanted more training in the use of Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010, prompting Defense to introduce more help desk staff and develop lists of "handy hints."
Earlier this month, Thales Australia and Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions hosted an NGD product briefing at the Military Communications and Information Systems Conference in Canberra.
Thales Australia employs around 3,300 people at 35 sites across the country and had more than $960 million in revenue last year.
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