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In state capitals across the country, the legislators who should be accountable to voters are busy pushing ways to keep more voters away from the polls. Harsh crackdowns on voting are a disturbing trend that could block millions from exercising their basic rights.
Behind these laws is the heavily corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council, which wrote sample voter-restriction legislation for numerous states—legislation later introduced by state legislators who are members of ALEC. And they fall hardest on young voters, elderly voters, minorities and those struggling economically—the people whose voices are already too frequently excluded from the political conversation, drowned out by corporate interests like those who fund ALEC.
This isn't a tricky issue. Voting is the fundamental building block of participatory democracy. Everyone should have access to it, without having to jump through hoops or pay to take part. (That's why restoring democracy by ensuring full voting rights is one of the 9 Demands of the 99 Percent.)
Fortunately, there are some signs of pushback against the war on voting. On Saturday, thousands marched in New York to demand full and fair voter access. The League of Women Voters and the NAACP are among the organizations fighting for voting rights. And this evening, Attorney General Eric Holder is making a major address on the need to ensure that those who want to vote can.
Across the country, instead of fighting for good jobs, state legislators are spending their time on unnecessary, undemocratic roadblocks to voting. In Michigan, the state legislature is pushing new limits on voting and voter registration. In Wisconsin, a schoolteacher and an 84-year-old woman who has voted in every election since 1948 are the latest people to be ensnared by the state's new voter ID law. In New Hampshire, the state House Speaker is blunt about the fact that he wants to put limits on young people's participation because he doesn't like how they vote. And in Pennsylvania, where the legislature is looking at limits on voter access, the Philadelphia Daily News rightly notes:
It seems to us that the state should find some evidence that fraud is a problem before embracing a solution that will make it harder for some folks to vote — and cost a bunch of money, too.
These limits on voter access are justified with tales of large-scale "voter fraud" that are, to put it generously, misleading.
There are many serious studies that have looked at whether vote fraud is really an occurrence that commonly happens and commonly distorts elections—and the evidence says the answer is no. A New Mexico study found the rate of fraudulent registration was less than one ten thousandth of one percent and the rate of actual fraudulent voting was around two hundred thousandths of a percent. An investigation into suspected voter fraud by Maine's Attorney General found exactly zero actual infractions. A study of Wisconsin in 2004 found only seven cases of fraud out of 3 million votes cast. (Even the people who want to push the voter fraud myth can't seem to come up with significant numbers.) These are just not the kind of numbers that indicate a public policy problem, especially one that could deter so many legitimate voters from participating.
Indeed, the Brennan Center—which has done great work on examining claims about voting—found that harsher rules on voter registration and access to the polls could prevent up to 5 million people from participating. The push for voter ID laws is like amputating an arm to tackle the problem of a chipped fingernail.
Thankfully, in Ohio, the legislature's proposed limits on voter access will go to the voters as a referendum before they take effect. Other states might not be so lucky, and we could see the next election marred by deliberate efforts to undercut the high levels of participation we saw in 2008.
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Sally Hansen caught up with "DearNatural62" to get her tips on the nail art trends. She joined us for a Q&A.
Hometown: New York
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9. 3. 2007 - Czech Airlines Receives its First Airbus A319
Prague, March 9, 2007
Czech Airlines (CSA) has just received its first Airbus A319 type aircraft. The plane, which was received by CSA's technicians from its manufacturer in Hamburg, Germany, landed in Prague on Thursday night, painted with CSA's colors. This year, CSA is scheduled to receive a total of two aircraft of this type and another four are scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2008. As with CSA's Airbus A320s, the A319s are being acquired by the airline through a tender for twelve medium-range aircraft, which was announced in October 2004. CSA received its first three planes out of this order last year and it will receive another five in 2007. The last four planes from this order will be delivered by Airbus S.A.S. in 2008.
"This model of aircraft is a newcomer to CSA's fleet. It is a modern airplane, which operates more efficiently, has a greater range and offers greater seating capacity than its predecessors. It will be used primarily for flights within Western and Eastern Europe, where it will be replacing the current Boeing 737-500s. In particular, the new models will be serving the routes where we have seen the greatest increase in passenger demand in recent years," said Jan Janík, CSA's Vice President for Flight Operations, in commenting on the arrival of the new plane.
The new A319 aircraft will be deployed on CSA's most popular routes, which include service between Prague and Brussels, Madrid, Athens, London (Stansted) and also Odessa, Thessaloniki, Yerevan and Düsseldorf. The new plane is scheduled to take its inaugural flight for CSA on Monday morning in a flight to Brussels. The new Airbus A319s will replace the Boeing 737-500s, which are currently used as part of the airline's fleet and will be returned to their owner after their current operating leases are up at the end of April and May. CSA ordered the new planes in a combination layout with a two-class configuration – with both business and economy classes. The planes can seat 135 passengers, which is 27 seats more than were available in the B737-500s.
The airline has been able to continue with the upgrade of its medium range fleet thanks to an extension of its guarantee for the financing of the new Airbus A320/319 aircraft. The guarantee was provided to Czech Airlines in early February by European Export Credit Agencies (ECAs). "They made the decision [to extend the guarantee] based on the company's financial results for the past year and the approved 2007 business plan that was prepared by the company's new management. It anticipates both a growth in earnings, as well as a further reduction in costs," said Luboš Černý, CSA's Vice President for Finance. CSA's management presented the airline's long-term strategic direction and the approved 2007 business plan to ECA bankers and analysts in Berlin at the end of 2006.
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The new planes are powered by engines manufactured by CFM International S.A. The new generation aircraft will offer the passengers a more comfortable travel experience with their more spacious and wider cabins and their larger overhead luggage compartments. The planes are also equipped with the latest onboard communication equipment.
The flight range of the new aircraft is 1,200 km greater than that of CSA's existing mid-range fleet. Compared to the older generation Boeing 737s, these planes are also approximately five percent faster. The operating expenses of the Airbus A320/319 are relatively low thanks to their greater fuel efficiency, lower maintenance costs and better performance on shorter runways. The A320/319 are also environmentally 'cleaner' – the aircraft meet stricter noise and emission standards and offer a substantially greater carrying capacity than the older generation planes they replace.
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A team from the University of Iowa and Northwestern University found embryos of zebrafish contain molecular cues that can stop tumours developing.
They say the study provides an avenue for finding out more about what fuels the growth of malignant melanomas.
The research, which has been welcomed by Cancer Research UK, is published in the journal Developmental Dynamics.
The researchers implanted zebrafish embryos with fluorescently tagged human skin cancer cells.
The cells were still moving around and dividing normally, but they did not form tumours, suggesting they were responding to something in the environment of the embryos.
The researchers say they now want to carry out further research to find out exactly what it is within the embryos which stops the cells forming tumours.
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Dr Robert Cornell, an embryo specialist at the University of Iowa who worked on the study, said: "These cancer cells don't do what they do in other circumstances, such as when they are placed under a mouse's skin.
"The objective of our work is to use this very simple system to identify the exact component that can influence the behaviour of melanoma and other cancer types."
He said finding out why could lead to the development of new medications to tackle skin cancers.
"When we identify the crucial factor, whatever it may be, we can look for the equivalent in humans, or make a synthetic version."
Dr Julie Sharp, of Cancer Research UK, said: "Zebrafish provide scientists with a useful tool for learning more about cancer and how it develops.
"The researchers from Iowa have discovered that zebrafish embryos containing human skin cancer cells were able to send signals to the cancer cells - telling them to behave normally and stopping the cancer.
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The first half of the 2014 financial year is expected to be another quiet period for initial public offerings, with few companies planning a sharemarket debut amid volatile and unpredictable market conditions.
The disastrous debut of insurance comparison website
iSelect fell almost 16 per cent on its first day of trading, reflecting the sharp downturn in global markets in the weeks since the company's initial capital raising.
Head of equity capital markets at UBS
Work behind the scenes
"There's a lot of work going on behind the scenes, and part of the role of a good adviser is to help the company figure out when is the best time to test the market with a particular offering."
iSelect was the 81st listing on the Australia Stock Exchange in the 2013 financial year.
According to Dealogic, there were just 33 new listings above $US20 million, making it the quietest year for IPOs since 2009.
Deal value was $US3.4 billion, triple last year's volume, but almost half of that figure was wrapped up in the New Zealand government's $US1.4 billion privatisation of electricity generator Mighty River Power.
A second major New Zealand infrastructure asset, Meridian Energy, is likely to provide a similar bump to first half 2014 numbers. It is expected to raise more than $NZ3 billion ($2.5 billion) and list in Australia and New Zealand in October.
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In volatile markets, timing is particularly important for a successful float. Fertility services company Virtus Health showed there is strong demand for solid businesses with demonstrated earnings, but was also lucky to time its launch before the market downturn.
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"Making money on a float like Virtus will obviously buoy peoples enthusiasm for transactions, but I think investors are discriminating enough to judge each transaction on its merit," Mr Cox said.
"I don't see a huge amount of supply coming through, so I think it's going to be another difficult back half of the year. Bankers ultimately talk up prospects, but some of that has to do with self preservation."
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As individuals take on new responsibilities for their healthcare, laboratory testing is increasing in the home setting, one of the locations where point-of-care (POC) testing may take place. Some of the more common home tests include pregnancy tests and ovulation predictors, blood glucose monitors for diabetics, fecal occult blood tests to screen for colorectal cancer, and prothrombin time tests to monitor appropriate dosage of blood-thinning (anticoagulant) medications. Other home tests allow individuals to collect samples at home that they then mail to a laboratory for analysis (for example, hepatitis C tests and some home HIV antibody tests).
Home tests are available directly over-the-counter at pharmacies, over the Internet, by telephone, or by mail order. Some may require a prescription from a healthcare practitioner.
Home tests offer advantages, including convenience, privacy, and rapid results. However, consumers should be cautious when using home testing. For example, results can be inaccurate if the kit has not been stored properly, if the sample was not collected correctly, or if instructions for performing the test were not followed.
All home tests must be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Some companies sell unapproved home testing products; those may be unreliable, so be sure that the test kit you buy is FDA-approved. A list of over-the-counter in vitro diagnostic devices is available online from the FDA.
Home tests are considered screening tests, and it is important that you follow up with your healthcare practitioner in case you need additional laboratory testing and so you receive the highest quality care possible. For additional information on home testing, see our article With Home Testing, Consumers Take Charge of Their Health.


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Toronto » If they have to clear out of EnergySolutions Arena for the NCAA Tournament, the Jazz have resolved that coming home with anything short of a 3-0 mark from their last Eastern Conference trip of the season is unacceptable.
They took the first step Wednesday night, pulverizing the Toronto Raptors 113-87 at Air Canada Centre for their third consecutive victory. The Jazz never trailed and built a 27-point lead in what appeared the toughest game of their trip going in.
"These are all winnable games, but they're also dangerous ballgames," Deron Williams said. "I thought this was the most important one just to set the tone, set the tempo for the whole trip. I thought we did a great job."
The Jazz had seven players score in double figures, led by Williams with 18 points and 16 assists and Carlos Boozer with 18 points and 11 rebounds.
They will finish their trip this weekend at Indiana and Washington, which are a combined 28 games under .500.
Amid reports that Nuggets coach George Karl won't return until the playoffs as he undergoes cancer treatment, the Jazz drew even Wednesday with Denver in the standings at 47-25. The Nuggets fell 113-99 in Boston.
Although Denver holds the tiebreaker over the Jazz after winning the season series 3-1, the Nuggets still have games left at Toronto, Orlando and Dallas to finish a five-game trip. The Jazz trail No. 2 Dallas by just a half-game as well.
"It's going to be tough," Williams said. "We have to take care of business. We're going to need some help, but the most important thing is that we win out, win as many games as possible."
"It's huge for us," Boozer added. "We've got two more games on this trip. We possibly can go home and we have moved up a spot or two. For us, it's monumental ... and I hope that we can keep playing the way we're playing."
It also was the Jazz's 10th consecutive victory over Toronto, which hasn't beaten Utah since a 98-86 victory Dec. 22, 2004. They also own a 10-game winning streak over Detroit, the only two teams Williams never has lost to in his career.
The Jazz dominated all first quarter, which they won 33-17. C.J. Miles streaked to the basket for a dunk only 10 seconds into the game and Toronto called timeout just 3:29 in after Williams pulled up and drained a jumper to make it 10-2.
Even against a Toronto team giving up 105.7 points on average this season, the Jazz were special. Wesley Matthews' second 3-pointer of the quarter came with 10.9 seconds left as Williams collapsed the defense on a drive and found him open.
With Williams on the bench, the Jazz opened the second quarter with an 8-4 burst to take a 41-21 lead. Ronnie Price soared for a follow-up after Kyle Korver missed a 3-pointer. Korver hit a jumper and ran for a layup after a Sonny Weems turnover.
Trailing by 20 points after just 15 minutes, the Raptors called timeout to boos. They scored nine unanswered points, but Miles buried a 3-pointer to blunt the comeback. Even with Boozer exiting with his third foul with 3:02 left, the Jazz still finished the half impressively.
Williams hit a jumper as the Jazz played the two-for-one possession game, then got a runner to fall as part of a three-point play to make it 61-43. "His line is deceiving, 18 and 16," Raptors coach Jay Triano said of Williams. "He was better than that."
Williams was so aggressive, he tried to push 1-on-4 with another two-for-one opportunity presenting itself late in the third quarter with the Jazz leading by 23. He lost the ball for a turnover, but Williams set an unmistakable tone.
"However he goes, that's how we go," Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said, "and I thought he played extremely well."
The Raptors (35-35) came out in a zone defense to open the second half, then switched Weems to guard Williams instead of Jose Calderon, who went 1-for-6 in the first half. The Jazz still scored on five consecutive possessions as well as seven of eight during one stretch.
"I thought they had been playing well coming into this game," Williams said of the Raptors, who are fighting for a playoff spot, "but we're just on a mission, it seems like."
In short » The Jazz never trail in opening their three-game trip with an emphatic victory over Toronto.
Key moment » Deron Williams closes the first half by pulling up for a jumper and attacking for a three-point play to give Utah a 61-43 lead.
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HIGH POINT, N.C., Oct. 20, 2015 – High Point University students Aria Real and Haley Daber will have the opportunity for their furniture designs to be put into production by Shermag Furniture after being named winners of the company's design competition today.
Armoyan, who resigned from the Shermag board earlier this spring, is also the chief executive of Clarke Inc., the Halifax-based activist investment firm which owns about 20 per cent of the Sherbrooke furniture maker.
Shermag Furniture has been making quality baby furniture for over 91 years and that's why they are a leading manufacturer in the high-end nursery furniture market today.
This family run business is known nationwide for their contemporary baby Shermag gliders and ottomans, giving parents what they need to create an ideal, soothing nursery for their baby. Shermag's stylish glider and ottoman sets usually start in the nursery and then easily transition into an adult space in later years.
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We are an authorized dealer of Shermag Furniture. One of the most trusted names in wood furnishings for over 30 years, Shermag Furniture has a reputation for providing high-quality contemporary designs. The mission of Shermag Furniture is to be the home furnishing company of CHOICE. Meaning, not only are customers offered a choice of quality products but also that employees, shareholders, business partners, and customers are proud to be associated with the Company community. Shermag uses global sourcing to continually provide customers with unique materials and innovative designs in each of their distinct and dining room collections. You can find , dining room tables and chairs, night stands, dressers, mirrors, and armoires in a variety of styles to suit your decorating needs. If you have questions on any piece of Shermag Furniture, please contact a Home Gallery Stores sales team member for more information.


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Michael Kors (KORS) knocked the ball out of the park again this quarter. Revenues were up 53.6% over the previous year and same-store sales increased by 26.2%. Earnings per share were up by a whopping 56%. For Kors' fiscal year 2014 — which ended March 29 — earnings per share were up by an even more impressive 63.5%.
Michael Kors is first and foremost an American brand — more than 80% of its revenues are from North America — but sales are growing at an absolutely blistering pace in Europe. European revenue grew 125% in the fourth quarter, and same-store sales were up by 62.7%.
All of these results beat expectations … and yet Kors stock was actually down in early trading, yesterday. And it's sinking again, today.
What gives? What's not to like here?
To start, rapid growth creates certain problems that make investors wary. They are high-quality problems, mind you … but problems nonetheless.
Gross margins fell ever so slightly from the previous year (59.9% vs. 60.1%). Kors' retail operating margins fell 6.7% due to paying higher rent costs for stores that aren't open yet or that have only been open for a short time. Add to this an uptick in inventories, and you had a recipe for investor skepticism. Flat-lining margins and an inventory build are a recipe for deep discounting.
But the biggest worry for KORS stock? Valuation. Kors is not cheap by any measure, trading at 33 times trailing earnings, 21 times forward earnings and nearly 7 times sales. As a point of comparison, rival Coach (COH) trades for 12 times trailing earnings, 14 times forward earnings and just 2 times sales.
I know, I know. Coach is struggling and losing market share at the moment. I get that. But what about LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (LVMUY), the premier global luxury conglomerate? It trades for 21 times trailing earnings, 18 times forward earnings, and a very Coach-like 2 times sales.
Of course, a high valuation is completely reasonable for a high growth company, and let's not forget that Michael Kors is more than doubling its annual revenues every two years. Fashion is fickle — just ask Coach about that — but the Kors brand still appears to be gaining momentum.
What's the story here? First, Michael Kors is in the right market at the right time. The U.S. economy is further along the road to recovery than Europe and most emerging markets. High concentration in the North American market — and distinctly low concentration in Asia and emerging markets — would normally be something I would consider a negative. But for Kors, it has been a case of being at the right place at the right time.
Cost is also a factor. Michael Kors is an aspirational brand that most middle class women can afford to buy, at least in moderation. Its lower price point also makes it attainable for Millennial women starting their careers. And because Kors is still a relatively new brand, the market hasn't been flooded with fakes … not yet, anyway.
Will Kors' day in the sun last forever? No, of course not. And 50% annual revenue growth is certainly not sustainable over the long haul. But right now, the Michael Kors brand has momentum, and I expect it to last for at least another couple years. I'd recommend buying KORS stock on any dips.
Charles Lewis Sizemore, CFA, is the editor of Macro Trend Investor and chief investment officer of the investment firm Sizemore Capital Management. As of this writing, he did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities. Click here to receive his FREE weekly e-letter covering top market insights, trends, and the best stocks and ETFs to profit from today's best global value plays.


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Madison WI (SPX) Jul 03, 2013
We rely on our physical environment for many things - clean water, land for crops or pastures, storm water absorption, and recreation, among others. Yet it has been challenging to figure out how to sustain the many benefits people obtain from nature - so-called "ecosystem services" - in any given landscape because an improvement in one may come at the cost of another.
Two ecologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison report this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a novel approach to analyzing the production and location of 10 different ecosystem services across a landscape, opening the door to being able to identify factors governing their synergies and tradeoffs.
Monica Turner, the Eugene P. Odum Professor of Zoology, and graduate student Jiangxiao Qiu mapped the production, distribution, and interactions of the services in three main categories: provisioning (providing resources like food, fiber, or fresh water), cultural (such as aesthetics and hunting), and regulating (including improving ground and surface water quality, handling floodwater, preventing erosion, and storing carbon).
They focused on the Yahara River watershed, which covers much of central portion of Dane County and parts of Columbia and Rock Counties in southern Wisconsin and includes the chain of Madison lakes.
"We found that the main ecosystem services are not independent of each other. They interact spatially in very complex ways," says Qiu, lead author of the new study.
Some of those interactions were not surprising - for example, higher levels of crop production were generally associated with poorer surface and ground water quality. However, two other sets of services showed positive associations: flood regulation, pasture and freshwater supply all went together, as did forest recreation, soil retention, carbon storage and surface water quality.
"If you manage for one of these services, you can probably enhance others, as well," says Turner. "It also means that you can't take a narrow view of the landscape. You have to consider all of the things that it produces for us and recognize that we have to manage it very holistically."
Even in the expected tradeoff between crop production and water quality, the researchers found something unexpected.
"There is a strong tradeoff between crop production and surface and groundwater quality," Qiu says. "But despite this, there are still some locations that can be high for all three services - exceptions that can produce high crop yield and good water quality in general."
Preliminary analysis of these "win-win" areas suggests that factors like flat topography, a deep water table, less field runoff, soil with high water-holding capacity, more adjoining wetlands and proximity to streams with riparian vegetation may contribute to maintaining both crop production and good water quality.
The results also show that nearly all of the land in the watershed provides a high level of at least one of the measured services but that they are not uniformly distributed. Most areas offer a high level of just one or two services. But a few, termed "hotspots" and making up just three percent of the watershed (largely parks and protected areas), provide high levels of at least six of the measured services.
"A single piece of land can provide different kinds of services simultaneously but you cannot expect that this land can provide all of the benefits," Qiu says.
The work was undertaken as part of a larger project to improve water sustainability in a mixed urban and agricultural landscape, supported by the Water Sustainability and Climate Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF).
"This paper is an initial assessment that gives us a picture of the spatial distribution of ecosystem services in contemporary times, a starting point for comparison," says Chris Kucharik, a UW-Madison professor of agronomy and environmental studies and principal investigator of the overall NSF project. The project aims to use a combination of contemporary and historical data to understand how the watershed may change over the next 50 to 60 years.
"We ultimately want to be able to look at future scenarios for this watershed," Turner says. "If climate changes or land use changes, what's going to happen to the values that we care about?"
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have completed the signing of Italian under-21 international Giulio Donati from Serie A giants Internazionale.
The 23-year old right back recently played for the Italy under-21 side at the under-21 European Championships in Israel, losing 4-2 in the final to Spain.
Giulio Donati has signed a four-year contract at the Bay Arena through to 30 June 2017. The two clubs agreed not to disclose the transfer fee.
Bayer Leverkusen executive director Wolfgang Holzhauser has high hopes of the club's latest signing:
"In Giulio Donati we have signed a young, aspiring player, who fits perfectly into the profile of team Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He was a mainstay in the successful Italian team at the under-21 European Championships in Israel. We are convinced that Donati will successfully fill the position of right-back."
The new signing is looking forward to playing in the Bundesliga:
"Bayer 04 are a top club in Germany and also have a very good reputation in Italy. I'm looking forward to playing in the Bundesliga and, for me, personally being able to compete in the UEFA Champions League with Leverkusen is of course a very special challenge. I will be giving my all for Bayer 04 so that we achieve our targets."
Giulio Donati had been an Internazionale player since joining their youth academy in 2008 but never made a single league appearance for the Nerazzurri.
Last season, the young Italian right back spent time on loan in Serie B with U.S. Grosseto. The previous two seasons he had been on loan to Padova and U.S. Lecce.


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|The Circuits: It's always nice to know where the breakers are -- especially for the large-draw sockets. Warnings regarding high voltage and imminent death duly noted.
|The Loft: The loft is above the kitchen and adjoining "dining room". I'm not sure why they even bothered to put the thick railing/beam in.
|Up the Stairs: This is a slightly different view showing the relatively steep stairs leading to the loft from the doorway to the porch/deck.
|The Living Room: A view of the living room from the kitchen. Note the fireplace and bright day visible through the window blinds. Usually the apartment does not require lighting until dusk -- the big windows and skylight provide ample light.
|The Hallway: Looking across the kitchen counter (called a "breakfast bar" on the brochure) into the hallway that joins the main room, bathroom, bedroom, a coat closet, and the washer/dryer alcove. The door into the bedroom is basically the only feature visible through the hall way in this shot.
|The Kitchen: The kitchen has lots of cabinetry and has an interesting (ie non-rectangular) floorplan. A little more space for movement in the kitchen would have been nicer.
|The Freezer: Soon to be full of bachelor food.
|The Fridge Proper: Soon to remain sparsely populated with perishable foods that strike my fancy.
|The Dishwasher: This handy appliance does some of the work I like least about eating at home -- doing the dishes. Suprisingly enough, quite a few of my roommates in the past never used their dishwashers.
|The Stove: AKA Range. Nothing much to see here. It has the neat self-cleaning feature but lacks a griddle (large plate cooking surface). An advanced analog clock is currently one of its more usefull features.
|My Walk-in Closet: It's always nice to have plenty of space to hang non-existent clothes. I'm going to have to buy more hangers.
|Room Enough for a Skeleton or Two: This is where I will stuff my skeletons. I don't have any at the moment, so I'll just use it for coats in the mean time.
Brand New Washer and Dryer:
These were installed the day before I moved in (the day I signed the papers). Complete with registration forms and installation instructions. The installation instructions were interesting because they promised me I would die if I failed to complete the instructions in the order given.
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Abilities Unlimited Inc., a local nonprofit dedicated to serving citizens with special needs, and platinum sponsor Hargray Communications held their 3rd Annual Golf Tournament Sept. 12 at the historic Savannah Golf Club. The gold sponsor, BRW Construction, and silver sponsor, Canine Therapy Center, and all other sponsors made a huge impact on the success of the event.
Critz Buick GMC sponsored a 2011 Buick Regal for a hole-in-one and Bernard Williams & Company sponsored a 165-yard Million Dollar Shoot-Out. Golfers who qualified to take this shot were chosen by their standings in closest to the hole and longest drive.
The winners were: Closest to the hole: Don Consos, James Toler, Bob Lyons, and Mark Mobley; and longest drive: Neil Victor.
Other winners: 1st place team low gross — Hargray Communications Team No. 2, Donald Consos, Jeremy Detwiler, Preston Swan and Jerome Butler; 2nd place low gross — Wells Fargo Advisors, Marcus Seligman, Neil Victor, Carol Simon and Ben Price; 3rd place low gross — Kern-Coleman – Terry Coleman, Kelly Coleman, Tommy Ryle and David Allgire; 1st place low net — Coastal Transmission, Richard Freymuth, James Toler, Jimmy Duncan and Stan Sparks; 2nd place low net — Merrill Lynch, Brian Coulter, Patrick O'Neal, Kevin O'Neal and Hurb Curry; and 3rd place low net — Hargray Communications No. 1, Ken Harrison, Al Kennickell, Mark Mobley, and Jimmy Edwards.


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Storms that pop up amidst drought conditions often bring a lot of lightning with them, with Boyd saying the dry ground helps produce a lot of cloud-to-ground lightning.
Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation Communications Coordinator Todd Palmer said about 1,200 members lost power in Lebanon for around 45 minutes during the lightning.
He said a pole was struck by lightning at the corner of South College Street and East Spring Street in Lebanon, resulting in power outages from around 11:15 a.m. to shortly after noon.
Lebanon Fire Chief Chris Dowell also said the department was busy around the same time with several calls regarding fire alarms and traffic signals in the area around South Cumberland Street.
We had a bunch of calls about alarms and one man trapped in an elevator, Dowell said.
When the power went out at Best Value Inn, located at 822 S. Cumberland St., a man was stuck inside the elevator. Dowell said a team responded to the hotel and safely got the man out.
Dowell said a number of traffic signal outages along South Cumberland caused a few traffic accidents, but none with injuries.
It got busy there for a while, but I couldnt ask for a better result, he said.
Although the rain brought some relief on Monday, Boyd said the heat is just too much for a small rain. He said evaporation is high in the current conditions and noted between 0.3 and 0.5 inches of water is evaporated daily from the ground and plants.
That water will be gone before the end of the day, he said.
Todays forecast is calling for a high of 96 degrees and an overnight low of 73 with a 30 percent chance of storms during the day. Boyd said local fireworks displays in Lebanon, Mt. Juliet and Watertown would at least not be hampered by rain.
The chance of rain would mainly be during the day and maybe 10 percent at night, he said. The fireworks should be okay.
The unfortunate fact remains that much of Wilson County is still considered in a moderate drought and Boyd said the temperatures over the weekend produced four straight days with triple digits.
The longest such streak of consecutive days in the triple-digits came in June 1952 when Wilson County suffered through eight days of temperatures over 100. However, Boyd said in August 2007, Wilson County had 15 total days of triple-digit temperatures, although not consecutively.
Boyd said on Friday, June 29, the NWS Old Hickory office recorded a high of 106-degrees, with Lebanon experiencing a high of 108 on Saturday, June 30 and Watertown had a high of 109 degrees on Friday.
Lebanons all-time record high is 111 degrees from Aug. 8, 1930, Boyd said.
Amid the sweltering heat, University Medical Center treated a handful of people for heat-related illnesses. AnnaLee Cockrill, director of business development and marketing at UMC said four patients were treated at the Emergency Room over the weekend due to the heat.
All four patients were discharged home but the illnesses ranged from heat fatigue, heat cramps and general heat illness.
Boyd said the temperatures will remain in the high 90s going into this weekend, but said those temperatures should fall slightly next week. The high on Thursday and Friday will be 98 degrees with a 20 percent chance of rain on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Slight reprieve from the heat should come around Sunday when a front is expected to move in and increase the chances of rain and lower temperatures. However, Boyd said those temperatures will be low, relative to last weekends scorcher.
Next week well have a front come down about Sunday and temperatures should be lower. Well, I should say we will have temperatures that are not as hot, Boyd said.
The highs on Sunday through next Tuesday are expected to be in the mid-90s, which Boyd said is still over the normal high this time of year of 89 degrees.
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Monday, December 14, 2009
Case Keenum (Houston, Junior) had a big day for the Cougars on Dec. 5 in the Conference USA title game, completing 56-of-75 passes for a title game record 527 yards and five touchdowns, but his team came up short, losing 38-32 to East Carolina. He was named the C-USA Most Valuable Player for 2009, and currently leads the Football Bowl Subdivision in total offense, with 429.3 yards per game. On the season, he has completed 468-of-659 passes for 5,449 yards with 43 touchdowns and just nine interceptions. His 468 completions broke his own school record of 397 set in 2008. He also holds the school record for career touchdowns with 101, and has thrown for more than 500 yards on five occasions, which guided the Cougars to a national ranking in 2009. He became just the second player in FBS history to have recorded multiple 5,000 yard passing seasons; he had 5,020 yards in 2008 and his 5,449 yards this season is fourth most in FBS history. Houston will face Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl on Dec. 31 at 11 a.m. CT on ESPN.
Manning Award Finalists The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that takes into consideration the candidates' bowl performances.The first five winners of the Manning Award reads like a Who's Who list at the quarterback position. USC's Matt Leinart was the inaugural winner of the award in 2005, followed by Texas' Vince Young in 2006. Both went on to be top 10 NFL draft picks. In 2007, LSU's JaMarcus Russell earned the award and was the NFL's No. 1 draft pick. Boston College's Matt Ryan claimed the award in 2008 and was drafted No. 3, quickly becoming the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. Last season's winner was Florida's Tim Tebow, who is making his bid to become the first two-time winner of the honor this year.
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After months in the doghouse, Mr. Banks is summoned to face what he firmly believes will be the coup de grâce.
My mother used to make men buy two pieces, one for the occasion and the one for when he would be in the doghouse.
Poor Pinocchio huddled close to the doghouse more dead than alive from cold, hunger, and fright.
The man brought him home for me, and chained him up in an unused wood-shed, for I had no doghouse as yet.
As soon as the four Weasels had talked things over, they went straight to the chicken coop which stood close to the doghouse.
He stuck his nose out of the doghouse and saw four slender, hairy animals.
Maybe it was his house, although it was bigger than any doghouse she had ever seen before.
When Ralph got to the roundhouse he found Fogg in the doghouse chatting with his friends.
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NORWALK - A man found stabbed in the San Gabriel River during the weekend was identified as a 46-year-old Downey man.
Lt. Fred Corral of the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner said an autopsy could be conducted Wednesday on Arnold Salas Garcia.
Downey police discovered Garcia's body Sunday night after responding to a 9-1-1 call of a person who had been stabbed on the west side of the river at Foster Road.
The sheriff's Homicide Bureau took over the case when it turned out the victim was stabbed in the east side of the river which is in Norwalk.
Witnesses said Garcia was walking along the east side when he was approached by one to three men, according to deputies.
One of the suspects stabbed Garcia who ran and collapsed on the west side of the river.
Deputies said Garcia was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
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HELTONVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- Extradition proceedings will begin this week against two southern Indiana teenagers arrested in Ohio in connection with the beating death of a man in his remote Lawrence County home, according to authorities.
Taylor Flynn, 19, and a 16-year-old boy, both of Bedford, were arrested Saturday evening on murder warrants in Ironton, Ohio, Lawrence County Sheriff Sam Craig said.
The two are suspected in the slaying of Rodney Allender, 43, Craig said. A relative found Allender's body Thursday night in his northeastern Lawrence County home about 60 miles south of Indianapolis.
"They're going to be held in Ohio" over the weekend, Craig told The Times-Mail (http://bit.ly/Nk6pnH ). "The extradition process will start at the first of the week to see about bringing them back here for their charges."
A third Bedford-area teen, Austin Curtis, 18, was being held without bond in the Lawrence County Jail on Sunday, a day after being arrested on preliminary charges of murder and robbery, Craig said.
An autopsy Friday showed that Allender died from blunt force trauma, the sheriff said.
Money and guns were taken from the home where Allender, who operated an excavating and logging business, lived alone on a ridge top, Craig said.
Flynn and the juvenile were located Saturday evening in Ironton, where one of the two had an acquaintance, the sheriff said. The two led police there on a car chase through part of the Ohio River city located about 15 miles west of Huntington, W.Va, and initially evaded officers before they were captured on foot.
Curtis has an attorney but it wasn't clear Sunday who that was, a Lawrence County Jail officer said. Automated jail records for Flynn and the juvenile did not indicate whether they had attorneys. The Associated Press typically doesn't identify juveniles accused of crimes.
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Heat olive oil in a large stock pot and set over medium heat.
Once oil is hot, add the onion, carrot, leeks, celery and salt and sweat until the onions are translucent, approximately 6 to 7 minutes.
Add the lentils, tomatoes, broth, coriander, cumin and pepper and stir to combine. Increase the heat to high and bring just to a boil.
Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook at a low simmer until the lentils are tender, approximately 35 to 40 minutes.
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|Two Finnish peacekeeping soldiers on duty 24 hours
a day at the United Nations Mission in Addis Ababa,
The United States has an immense amount of influence all over the world. It is a country that has taken the time and liberty to be a key player in many international affairs. The United States has had a very significant role throughout the Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict. When war erupted in 1998, the vice president of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, came to Ethiopia and was joined by a delegate from the United States to find a way to ease the tension between Ethiopia and Eritrea. In May 1998, the United States, along with Rwanda, came up with the U.S.-Rwandan Plan, which was geared to promoting peace since both countries had excellent relationships with the countries at war. They established some recommendations, which included urging the two countries to commit to resolving the dispute, renouncing force, reducing tension and agreeing on the creation of the border based on colonial treaties and international law.
When the war started, it seemed as though the international community was more than willing to bring about peace. However, with the current stalemate, it seems as though the international community has decided on a "wait-and-see attitude."
I spoke with a senior UNMEE official. To me, it is imperative that the international community, especially countries like the US that have power, produce some kind of pressure in order for the countries to come to a peaceful agreement. It is essential that peace is established because currently the UNMEE is spending close to $200 million U.S. annually to keep its troops deployed at the TSZ. I spoke with the UNMEE official about why the international community, especially the United States, has not put pressure on Ethiopia to accede to the decision made by the Boundary Commission in April 2002.
The UNMEE official said one of his main observations is it is inevitable that Ethiopia is less preoccupied with the conflict than Eritrea. This is because for Eritrea this conflict is about proving its power and showing its frustration with the financial support Ethiopia has gotten from the international donors that have ameliorated infrastructure and development in Ethiopia. His analysis of the speeches given by both parties have shown only 20 percent of the Ethiopian officials' speeches address the conflict while 80 percent of the Eritrean officials' speeches address the conflict. This inevitably adds to the stalemate and difficulty in trying to bring about a peaceful solution to the dispute.
We also examined the international community and its role in the peace conflict. The African Union is an organization that took the head position in trying to establish peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea. According to the UNMEE official, the African Union has a very important position because it is "in the good books" (as they say in Zambia) of many African countries. Both Ethiopia and Eritrea have said how much they support the African Union; in addition, they have reiterated how much they prefer the African Union's tradition of negotiation as a mechanism for peace and security. However, its only weakness is it cannot push any country to abide by any recommendations because it should never appear to be a partisan organization. On Sept. 19, 2003, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi issued a document to the United Nations and African Union saying he had no intentions of working with the Boundary Commission. The United States, European Union and United Nations said Ethiopia should accede to the decision. The African Union chose not to make any statements in fear of being seen as partisan. But the Eritrean government saw the African Union's actions as biased because to them by not saying anything, they were silently supporting Ethiopia.
"The only country that can be influential in the Horn of Africa is the U.S.," the UNMEE official said.
He believes strongly the United States can achieve results.
"Ethiopia is a strategic country for the United States in so many ways, due to its land mass, population size (68 million as opposed to Eritrea's mere four million), geographic location and the growing acceptance of democracy," the official said.
He said to the United States and the European Union, Zenawi is the best thing that has happened to Ethiopia. Zenawi is known to be an intelligent man who has claimed to embrace democracy. He was the first to mention his eagerness to fight terrorism, and he is motivated to be part of any development programs for his country.
Eritrea has not neglected to express its disappointment with the United States as a mediator because it seems as though the United States favors Ethiopia. It is easy to see this because the United States has often supported Ethiopia above any country in Africa. Fifty percent of the aid that goes to Africa from the United States goes to Ethiopia. In 1994, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the former U.N. Secretary General, expressed his disappointment with the international community for neglecting Eritrea and not providing aid. Eritrea has tried to get "in the good books" of the United States by also saying it would fight terrorism in its country. Nonetheless, both countries have accused each other of terrorism. This is a tactic used by both sides to undermine each others ties with the United States.
The UNMEE official said he did not think the United States believed the claims of terrorism. It is important to note, however, there are terrorists in the region, especially those coming from Somalia.
The official also spoke of Arab nations' influence in the conflict.
Ethiopia and Eritrea both have a one-to-one ratio of Christians to Muslims. In addition, Eritrea has expressed its ambition of being part of the Arab League. According to the official, the Arab countries are currently too involved with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq and their own internal problems to come to Eritrea's rescue. Libya is the only country to show support for Eritrea by supplying Eritrea with arms and other types of support.
Israel also has a strong interest in the Horn of Africa. Its main interests lie in its desire to control the Red Sea and keep it from being completely under Arab control. Furthermore, Ethiopia has a historical connection with Israel because of the Ethiopian Jews, also known as the Felashas.
It is necessary to have peace in this region. Pressure from the international community is the main solution. It is disappointing the countries and organizations with the most impact have failed to pull the peace process out of its stalemate. The two countries have also remained very difficult to work with.


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[Photo of picketing workers at the Richmond B.C. IKEA store. Credit: Jeff Vinnick / Globe and Mail]
IKEA Workers Locked Out, Boycott IKEA and Expand the Strike!
On May 9th 86% of IKEA workers were at British Colombia stores voted to strike. Since May 13th they have been locked out from their jobs. Three hundred workers are locked out.
One key issue is a two tier wage system and performance pay that would take workers 20 years to reach top pay. These two tier wage setups are attempts to divide older and younger workers while also cutting pay. They are unacceptable.
In the face of this important strike, the BC Federation of Labour is calling for a boycott of just a couple IKEA stores in BC. This is not adequate. Since the parent company owns all IKEA stores, this strike needs to be expanded to all IKEA stores possible as should be the boycott. In addition, mass non-porous picket lines (defying the cops and court injunctions as needed) should be organized to the extent possible. Against such a powerful and wealthy company, the strike needs to be expanded beyond IKEA as well. Solidarity should be sought from powerful unions outside of IKEA, like the ILWU (Longshoremen) who could stop shipments of IKEA cargo.
Enough is enough of the failed conservative tactics of the union bureaucracy! A strike is class war and we need to use winning tactics!
-Steven Argue of the Revolutionary Tendency
Statement on the British Colombia Federation of Labour website:
Do not patronize IKEA in Richmond or Coquitlam
On May 13, 2013 management at the Richmond IKEA locked out the nearly 350 members of Teamsters 213 who work at that location.
IKEA has shown its determination to succeed and a willingness to break labour law, having already been found in violation of Labour Code provisions preventing the use of replacement workers.
IKEA is not a franchised company. The Richmond and Coquitlam IKEAs are both owned by the parent company, whose owners are among the wealthiest 100 families in the world.
I am writing today to make it be clear that customers choosing to patronize the Coquitlam location, while the strike is on at the Richmond location, are assisting the company in breaking the strike.
The issue is the imposition of a tiered wage structure. Despite the Richmond location being highly profitable, management is seeking to impose significant wage cuts on the majority of its work force. Five years ago, the Teamsters fought the tiered wage structure and won.
Tiered wage structures such as the one proposed by IKEA poison work sites, creating resentment between co-workers. Moreover, they contribute to the part-timing of work, as management seeks to take advantage of the new, lower wage categories.
Please inform your members of this ongoing dispute and ask them to not patronize either BC IKEA location until the dispute is resolved fairly and to the satisfaction of the Teamsters and its IKEA members.
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Failover transport client gets corrupted connectedBrokers data
Key: AMQ-3124
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-3124
Project: ActiveMQ
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Broker
Affects Versions: 5.4.2
Reporter: Adam Sussman
When clients use the Failover transport, the broker will deliver a list of brokers it peers with to the client. This happens on initial connection and, if configured, as brokers come in and out of the cluster.
The problem is that the entire URI is given, including query string information. If the query string contains commas in it then the Failover client breaks it up into unusable client uris and will attempt to connect to them. Also, in 5.4.2, this leads to the same failure that occurs in AMQ-3085.
Also, there doesn't seem to be a point in the client trying to use the same query string parameters that the server is using.
Attached patch strips the query string before sending uris to the client.
With a client connecting to: failover:(ssl://broker2:61616), you will see (extra debugging added by me):
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Failover add: u[0] is: ssl://broker2:61616
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Reconnect was triggered but transport is not started yet. Wait for start to connect the transport.
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Started.
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Waking up reconnect task
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - urlList connectionList:[ssl://broker2:61616]
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Attempting connect to: ssl://broker2:61616
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Failover add: u[0] is: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Failover add: u[1] is: TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Failover add: u[2] is: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Failover add: u[3] is: TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Failover add: u[4] is: ssl://broker2:61616?needClientAuth=true&enabledCipherSuites=SSL_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Failover add: u[5] is: TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Failover add: u[6] is: ssl://broker1:61616?needClientAuth=true
[WARN] FailoverTransport - Transport (broker2/10.73.76.102:61616) failed to ssl://broker2:61616 , attempting to automatically reconnect due to: java.io.IOException: Unexpected error occured
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Transport failed with the following exception: java.io.IOException: Unexpected error occured
at org.apache.activemq.transport.failover.FailoverTransport.add(FailoverTransport.java:614)
at org.apache.activemq.transport.failover.FailoverTransport.updateURIs(FailoverTransport.java:1049)
at org.apache.activemq.transport.failover.FailoverTransport.processNewTransports(FailoverTransport.java:285)
at org.apache.activemq.transport.failover.FailoverTransport.handleConnectionControl(FailoverTransport.java:265)
at org.apache.activemq.transport.failover.FailoverTransport$3.onCommand(FailoverTransport.java:177)
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - urlList connectionList:[TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, ssl://broker2:61616]
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Attempting connect to: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Connect fail to: TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, reason: java.io.IOException: Transport not scheme specified: [TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA]
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Attempting connect to: ssl://broker2:61616
[DEBUG] FailoverTransport - Connection established
[INFO] FailoverTransport - Successfully reconnected to ssl://broker2:61616
Note that the stacktrace occurs for the same reason as AMQ-3085, but all the extra work attempting to connect to invalid uris is wasteful. Also, the client has no need for the query string parameters of the server uris.
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Rick Santorum is on the air in Michigan today with a spot touting himself as a "full spectrum conservative" with the "best chance" to take on President Obama.
The "best chance ad" is one of two positive campaign spots Santorum is running in Michigan ahead of the Feb. 28 primary. Recent polls show the former Pennsylvania senator leading Mitt Romney in Michigan, a state that Romney won in the 2008 Republican primary campaign.
BLOG: Romney TV ad in Michigan
The "best chance" ad shows images of Santorum with his family, and highlights his ties to the Tea Party movement and his foreign policy experience from his time on the Senate Armed Services Committee. The narrator says Santorum is "rock solid on values issues."
The ad is basically the same one that ran before the Iowa caucuses, which Santorum won, and replayed in South Carolina.
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OpenEMR is a medical practice management, electronic medical records, prescription writing, and medical billing application. It is a replacement for medical applications such as Medical Manager, Health Pro, and Misys. It features support for EDI billing to clearing houses such as MedAvant and ZirMED using ANSI X12. Major features include electronic billing (includes Medicare), document management, integrated practice management, e-prescribing, prescriptions by printed script, fax, or email, insurance tracking, multilanguage support, easy customization, easy Windows installation, integration with an external general accounting program (SQL-Ledger), and a built-in scheduler. It is multi-facility capable, voice recognition ready (on Windows), and Web based (secure access with SSL certificates).
Alexandria is a GNOME application to help manage a book collection. It retrieves book information (including cover pictures) from several online libraries, allows you to search for a book (either by EAN/ISBN, title, authors, or keyword), can import and export data into ONIX, Tellico, and EAN/ISBN-list formats, generates Web pages from your libraries, allows marking your books as loaned, saves data using the YAML format, features an HIG-compliant user interface, shows books in different views that can be filtered or sorted, and handles book rating and notes.
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The Undergraduate Exchange Programme draws students from over 400 partner universities worldwide. Each year, Sciences Po's staff, faculty and 12.000 students welcome over 1.500 exchange students, making them an important part of the student community and the university's academic mission. Exchange students contribute to a dynamic learning environment composed of top-notch professors, researchers, professionals and an accomplished student body. Through the 300 undergraduate courses offered, international and home students together discuss, debate and develop the comparative and methodological skills characteristic of a Sciences Po education. To hone these aptitudes, students follow a broad spectrum of introductory coursework in the major disciplines of the social sciences.
Students may participate in the Undergraduate Exchange Programme for one semester or one year. Students may choose to study in English, in French or in both languages. Linguistic diversity is part of the Sciences Po's identity: all courses are taught in French and English, and to a lesser degree, in other languages (particularly at the regional campuses). Sciences Po is therefore an excellent destination for students who are not French speakers (but fluent in English), and yet are interested in studying abroad in France.
Exchange students are considered regularly enrolled Sciences Po students, and as such benefit from access to all campus facilities and services: computer labs, email and internet services, libraries, career services, informational resources on housing, etc. Students are encouraged to take part in campus life through the more than 100 student clubs and associations and diverse sports activities, as well as daily conferences and special lectures.
The Paris campus is located in the heart of Paris, close to the political centres of power and cultural attractions. It is composed of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century buildings and its neighbours include ministries, embassies, corporate headquarters, publishing houses, the Assemblée nationale... in short, many centres of French decision-making. Students are also exposed to the strong cultural flavour of the Saint Germain district: renowned cafés sheltering a new generation of philosophers, art galleries and architecture, shops and cinemas, and restaurants. World-class historical and cultural attractions (the Louvre, Notre Dame, Musée d'Orsay, the Sorbonne, the National Museum of the Middle Ages-Cluny) are within walking distance. The Paris campus offers numerous courses on the historic, economic, political and sociological facets of France, Europe and the World, all taught by world-renowned professors.
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Exchange students can also choose from six other regional campuses. These unique campuses offer the same academic curriculum as the Paris campus, but integrate area studies into their programmes. Of the 100 - 200 students at each campus, generally half of the student body comes from the region concerned. This contributes to a culturally rich and academically stimulating environment that makes the regional campuses so distinctive. They will find at each campus a close-knit community of students and faculty, excellent conditions for study, and a high level of support services. The cost of living is often lower in these smaller cities than in Paris.


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Project Gutenberg by Pernod-Ricard was profiled in Gizmodo (Brent Rose) where a little video describes how the bottles are reinvented as slender aluminum books that are easily re-ordered and all connected with an app. Interesting but dubious. Rose mentions the logistical challenges (and there are many) but from a collector's standpoint, how many specialty bottles can't be ordered or easily tracked on a database? This seems like a system specialized for the "rail-gun" of home bars and little more. Neat video, though.
Sriracha Hot Sauce aged in bourbon barrels has got to warm the hearts of every whiskey enthusiast out there. Guarantee you that Proof66 will be looking at tasting this as soon as we can.
2 Gingers Rum is launching nationwide, which is a nice success story for an Irish whiskey that first started out as a private-label bar brand. We got to taste it ourselves some time ago and declared "We did enjoy it on the rocks… we found it potentially showing well in different cocktails… but it's a finicky whiskey that demands a careful and considered touch."
Hood River Distillers acquired Clear Creek Distillery which is an interesting move for two Pacific Northwest Companies. Hood River is known for a number of imported brands so this is a move on their part into the craft-distilling world. Clear Creek on the other hand is almost exclusively hand-crafted berry liqueurs (though they have one whiskey). Those that have been submitted for ratings have done extremely well… hopefully HRD can maintain the quality while elevating the brand awareness.
Now Bacardi Rum is being stolen, as reported by The Brentwood Gazette. With the rise of Bitcoin (and its fall), the fears of hyper-inflation, and the recent theft of whiskey from Buffalo Trace, one has to wonder if liquor is becoming once again a preferred form of currency! In this case, the theft was only about $250… but that's still a lot of Bacardi rum!
Buffalo Trace suing Bison Ridge continues the craziness around one brand getting overly protective of their name. Sazerac, who owns Buffalo Trace, is claiming that the Crosby Lake Spirits Company, owners of Bison Ridge, released their whiskey "with the specific intention of making a sound- and look-alike product." This assumes that people generally know that a "buffalo" is an "American bison" and that "trace" is another word for a buffalo traing… though how that's associated with "ridge," is a little problematic except as a geographic feature. Quick look at the relative scores on Proof66 should be enough to show the difference between the two whiskeys.


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Iverson, Biel, relay team win events for Wolverines
By Jay Davis
Herreid-Selby Area earned three wins at the Sisseton/Northern State Indoor Meet at the Barnett Center in Aberdeen on Monday.
Austin Iverson won one event and ran a relay leg in another. Iverson won the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.94 seconds to beat Zach Crandall of Britton-Hecla, who ran an 8.12.
Cooper Schaefbauer, Logan Schaefbauer and Nick Larson joined Iverson for first place in the 640-meter relay. The Wolverines ran a 1:23.52, while runner-up Mobridge-Pollock ran a 1:24.37.
Haylee Biel led the Lady Wolverines with a first-place finish in the high jump. Biel had a winning jump of 5 feet, 1 inch. Kristi Pond of Ipswich cleared 4-9 for second.
The Herreid-Selby Area boys added second place finishes with Iverson in the 200, Larson in the 55 and Cooper Schaefbauer clearing 11-0 in the pole vault. Justus Wittorf took third and John Begeman took fifth in the high jump. The 1600-meter relay team took fifth and Karsten Goehring took eighth in the 400.
The girls' 1600-meter relay team ran to second place and the 640-meter team took fifth. Kendra Thorstenson took third and Charlie Tisdall took fourth in the 800. Biel tied for fourth in the shot put. Grace Goehring took fifth and Kara Thorstenson took seventh in the 400, while McKenzie Frank took seventh in the 3200.


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Jacob and Monica (Ballmann) Artinger, Union, announce the birth of a son, Zachary Derek Artinger. Born June 16, 2012, at Mercy Hospital St. Louis, Creve Coeur, he weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces.
Grandparents are Brenda and Keith Ballmann, Union, and Barb and Roger Gansmann, Washington. Great-grandparents are Shirley Frankenberg, Norman Mische and Betty Gansmann, all of Washington.


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Dickerson clubs three homers, six RBIs
Slugger leads Asheville to historic night against Hagerstown
By David Schoenholtz / Special to MLB.com | August 27, 2011 8:27 PM ET
Dickerson went 4-for-5 with three home runs, six RBIs, a walk and three runs scored as Asheville tied two South Atlantic League records in beating the Hagerstown Suns in a 21-11 slugfest.
Dickerson's night did not seem unusual at first. In fact, he didn't hit the ball out of the infield his first two times up, legging out an RBI infield single in the first inning and grounding out in the third.
"I took some bad swings early in the game, so I made some adjustments in my third at-bat," said Dickerson. "Then I felt locked in."
The Mississippi native clubbed two-run homers in the fourth and fifth innings, and, after drawing a walk in the sixth, he added a solo shot in the seventh.
Dickerson's third longball gave him 30 for the season. No one else in the South Atlantic League has more than 24. He also leads the league with a .638 slugging percentage, and his 62 extra-base hits are just one behind Kannapolis' Dan Black, who leads the the league.
The 22-year-old also hit three home runs in a game against Augusta on June 3. He drove in 10 runs in that contest.
"I actually hit the ball a lot harder tonight," Dickerson noted. "I was feeling good."
Though he was feeling well, many of his teammates were not. "Eleven guys on the team were sick with a stomach virus. Avery Barnes had to leave the game, and we only had one bench player who was not sick," reported Dickerson.
Dickerson homered in three straight games Aug. 20-22, and he has seven homers and 17 RBIs in his last nine games. He is 17-for-36 during that span.
"I was struggling early in the year and also went through a mid-season slump. Now I'm just being patient and trying to hit the fastball. I'm constantly making adjustments," said Dickerson, who was chosen by the Rockies in the eighth round of the 2010 Draft.
Asheville hitters combined for 21 runs on 23 hits in their eight innings on offense. Everyone in the starting lineup had at least one hit, and all except Joey Wong crossed the plate at least once. Brett Tanos hit two home runs, and Tanos, Dickerson and Dustin Garneau led the club with four base knocks apiece.
Despite giving up seven runs (six earned) in only five innings of work, Nick Schnaitmann won his fifth straight start and improved to 6-1.
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Wort and phlegm were key words in the Middle Ages, though they are barely used by polite people now. Wort is a folk word for root or plant and plantain is known as the mother of all worts. Some herbalists would prefer plantain to be called a 'she', not an 'it'. Mother of worts is such a vital and nurturing herb that she/it should be treated with the utmost respect. One nickname for plantain is 'rat's tail' but that won't do at all.
An abundance of phlegm is no longer seen as a component of someone's personality as it was in the Middle Ages (a person who is a bit
unemotional, a bit too calm) but clearly there can be an over-abundance of phlegm in the body. When phlegm, puss and poison need to be expelled, herbalists call in the mother of worts. It is an instant healer, the kind laypeople like best. Crushed leaves (chew to crush them if necessary) can be made into a poultice to draw dirt from a scraped knee but also to smooth over and heal the wound. It does everything, just like mother. Plantain is possibly the best herb for insect stings and bites – again with spontaneous DIY treatment – and is more effective than dock after a nettle sting. The strap-leaved plantain ribwort and the rounder leaved greater plantain share the same medicinal qualities.
Expelling, healing, soothing and smoothing. It is demulcent and mucilaginous – words which deserve more of an airing – being soft and gluey and a bit phlegmy. It coats over inflamed skin, tissue and membranes, ulcers, bronchial lungs. Another instant treatment is for sore feet: put the leaves in your shoes.
Plantain is a cure-all herb with a list of attributes which is wildly eclectic. In his book Herbal Medicine, Christopher Menzies-Trull elucidates the 'medicinal indications' in a winningly deadpan style: 'Tuberculosis. Toothache. Acne. Burns.Measles. Wounds. Gonorrhea. Syphilis. Plague.' etc. One would like more elucidation on the mortal illnesses.
Ribwort and greater plantain both had an outing last week in Sarah Price's garden at Chelsea Flower Show, as did herb robert, red clover and cow parsley.And it wasn't Chelsea cow parsley either but real cow parsley. How charming the plantain can look when it is not pushing up between paving stones,stepped on by all and sundry. On closer inspection it is a very lovely plant, which is why some people grow it from seed. Julia the herbalist has some seedlings growing on her window sill, along with red clover and white horehound, because she likes the way it looks in a pot. It takes on its own character away from the usual distractions, of long grass and bits left over from passing animals and humans. Seed suppliers such as Suffolk Herbs charge a nominal sum for a packet of weed seeds and people buy them. The idea of Crocus, the high-end plant suppliers, growing hundreds of pots of weeds for a gold medal garden at Chelsea is a cheering one.
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