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HOSPITAL bosses have said they are powerless to stop people who continue to smoke outside the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals.
Last summer the Lancashire Telegraph reported how groups of patients and visitors were regularly seen puffing cigarettes outside the entrances, with one family complaining about the 'clouds of smoke' facing people entering the sites.
Staff at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust staff have since attempted to challenge the smokers and tell them about the 'no smoking' policy, but many have seemingly given up after receiving verbal abuse.
Chief nurse Christine Pearson said: "Smoking is prohibited in hospital buildings and in hospital grounds, (but) whilst the criminal law ensures that nobody smokes in our buildings, the law does not apply to our grounds. Therefore, whilst it is anti-social and inconsiderate, it is not illegal.
"We rely on the goodwill and indeed common courtesy of smokers and it is most unsatisfactory that a small number of smokers continue to smoke on our grounds, including hospital entrances without any regard for other people entering and leaving the building.
"Sadly, when they are challenged – as they should be – some even become abusive."
While staff, including the security guards, are encouraged to challenege the smokers, there is no contractual obligation to do so.
One patient who visited the Royal Blackburn recently, who asked not to be named, said: "As I entered the main reception area I not only had to walk through a cloud of second hand smoke I was greeted not by only patients, either stood or sat in wheelchairs attached to drips, but visitors as well all smoking.
"Non-smokers should not have to enter a hospital and be expected to smell of cigarette smoke."
He said he approached a member of staff about the issue, who said she did not challenge the smokers any longer after receiving abuse.
Mrs Pearson added: "We would appeal to all users of our hospitals who smoke – patients, visitors and the general public – please observe the signs; be considerate of other people and do not smoke on our grounds".

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We love our sauna! I am so sad that I can't use it while pregnant or now while breasffeeding. Miss going in it! It makes me feel so good – after runs it helps your muscles recover more quickly, it relaxes my body, it makes my skin feels so clean and smooth, it helps melt (or sweat!) stress away, or when sick. My husband loves how it can help nip a cold in the bud – he just goes in 2x per day when feeling ill and it really helps your immune system kick in and fight the bugs. I loved shaving in there as well – your legs will never feel smoother after a shave! No cream/gel necessary! We got the 5 person sauna so that when one person uses it we could lay down as the long bench can pull up into a lounge chair. The LED light bar and stereo are awesome. I feel so blessed and pampered (when I get to use it!) to have the sauna.


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Markets aren't known for their patriotic fervour. Populated by cynics and motivated by money, there is little reason to expect local markets to support their national governments – particularly in the eurozone, where the response by the wealthy in crisis-hit countries has been to ship their cash to Germany or the UK.
But hang on! Perhaps brokers are more patriotic than popularly thought: it turns out that analysts tend to recommend shares in companies from their countries.
A nice piece of work by Charles de Boissezon at Société Générale's global equity engineering and advisory unit looked at broker recommendations on German and Spanish blue-chips, the two markets tending to be reasonably domestically-exposed.
Not surprisingly there are more buy recommendations on German than Spanish shares, and more sells on Spanish.
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Heat the oil in a large soup pot and sauté the garlic and onion for 5 minutes. Add all remaining ingredients except the rice, parsley and grated lemon rind. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the rice, cover and cook another 20 minutes until the rice is tender. Turn the flame off. Remove and discard the bay leaves. Stir in the parsley and grated lemon rind. Ladle the soup into individual serving bowls and serve.
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A couple is considered infertile when they have not conceived after a full year of regular sexual intercourse without contraception. About one-third of all cases of infertility are related to male factors, and an equal number are due to factors in women. The remaining cases either are related to problems in both partners or occur for unknown reasons.
Men are considered infertile if they produce no sperm cells, if they produce too few sperm cells, or if their sperm cells are abnormal or die before they can reach the egg. Chronic problems with ejaculation also contribute to male infertility. In rare cases, infertility in men is caused by an inherited condition, such as cystic fibrosis or chromosomal abnormalities.
Most infertility cases are treated with conventional medical therapies such as medication or surgery. Assisted reproductive technologies, for example, in vitro fertilization and similar treatments, account for less than 5% of infertility services. Infertility, which is often a reversible or treatable condition, should be distinguished from sterility, which implies an irreversible inability to conceive.
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American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Guideline: optimal evaluation of the infertile female. Fertil and Steril. 2004;82:S169-S172.
Infertility in men. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T902812/Infertility-in-men. Updated February 26, 2016. Accessed October 4, 2016.
Jose-Miller AB, Boyden JW, et al. Infertility. Am Fam Physician. 2007;75:849-856.
Male infertility. American Society for Reproductive Medicine website. Available at: http://www.asrm.org/topics/detail.aspx?id=1331. Accessed December 2, 2013.
Male risks. Protect your fertility website. Available at: http://www.protectyourfertility.org/malerisks.html. Accessed December 2, 2013.
Reproductive health. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/repro. Updated August 19, 2013. Accessed December 2, 2013.
Sharlip ID, Jarrow J, et al. Report on optimal evaluation of the infertile male. J Urol. 2002;167:2138-2144.
Shefi S, Turek PJP. Definition and current evaluation of subfertile men. Internat Braz J Urol. 2006;32:385-397.
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WELLINGTON'S Dan Manlow was in good company when he took part in the F1 and F2 Canadian Futures events with 2004 French Open doubles champion Olivier Rochus among some top names in the draw.
Manlow, a former coach at the John McEnroe Tennis Academy in Manhattan, New York, successfully came through qualifying for both events, securing himself places in the main draw of the F1 in Gatineau and of the F2 in Sherbrooke.
Unfortunately his progress in Gatineau was halted in the first round by an impressive Hugo Di Feo of Canada.
Despite a defiant battle from Manlow, the 18-year-old Canadian came through in two close sets 6-4, 7-6(5).
In Sherbrooke Manlow was drawn against current world No271 and former junior world No1 Filip Peliwo in the first round.
On paper, Manlow's match looked as if it would be a straight forward win for Peliwo, but the promising Canadian was pushed to the limit by 23-year-old Manlow in a three-set epic.
Both players were in touching distance of victory, but the cruel nature of a third set tie-break proved fatal for Manlow's tournament journey.
Peliwo emerged the victor after a 6-4, 6-7(9), 7-6(3) marathon match.
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Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 (c. 35 minutes) Leif Ove Andsnes performs Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 Program Notes
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 (c. 35 minutes) Ludwig Van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 (30 Seconds) Program Notes
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Beethoven's music was the sun around which Western music revolved for a century, and the "Eroica" Symphony was the game-changer, the work that blasted the symphony into new dimensions of power, scale, and meaning. Beethoven the pianist also revolutionized what it meant to be a public performer, creating the template of the artist as a culture's creative conscience.
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WASHINGTON Why do people claim that the Benghazi scandal is "phony"?
To answer that, let's check in with the people fanning the controversy. They assembled Monday morning at the Heritage Foundation, convened by a conservative group to listen to Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., and several experts on the terrorist attack that killed four Americans in the Libyan city last year.
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* Average vote against pay deals falls to 6.6 percent from 7.6 percent in 2012
* Average 'No' vote on pay down 18 percent since 2011
* Business secretary Cable warns reforms will fail unless investors use new powers
* Investors say company boards have been rewarded for concessions
* For a FACTBOX on the FTSE 100 pay votes data, click here
By Joel Dimmock
LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - Investors in Britain's largest companies have rowed back on the protests over pay which most readily symbolised public distaste over perceived corporate greed during last year's 'shareholder spring'.
Research by Reuters has found that the average vote against executive pay deals at FTSE 100 annual general meetings has fallen by 18 percent from two years ago, even though surveys suggest earnings have continued to rise.
The decline in dissent comes shortly before shareholders acquire new powers to reject compensation policies.
With more than 70 percent of 2013 FTSE 100 AGMs completed, remuneration resolutions have drawn an average 'No' vote of 6.6 percent, down from 7.6 percent for the same companies in 2012 and from 8 percent for all FTSE 100 members in 2011.
As with other stock indexes, the British blue-chip benchmark's composition changes slightly from year to year.
These votes are still advisory, but from October reforms brought in by Britain's business secretary Vince Cable will give shareholders the power to reject any changes to a pay policy at the next company AGM, or to vote down an unchanged policy every three years.
No FTSE 100 pay vote in 2013 has so far seen objections reach the 50 percent threshold which would force a company back to the drawing board. Last year, a majority of shareholders at two companies, WPP and Aviva, voted against proposed pay deals for executives.
There is no clear evidence that the decline in voting levels reflects a fall in executive earnings, although some major investors credit efforts by companies to make changes and better engage with shareholders for the fall in protest votes.
A survey last week by consultancy MM&K and proxy voting firm Manifest found that average pay for UK CEOs in 2012 had increased by more than 10 percent from 2011 as an equity rally inspired by quantitative easing inflated earnings. Click here for more details: r.reuters.com/duj98t
Cable told Reuters there had been some evidence of pay moderation, particularly among new appointments. Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins got a package worth 2.6 million pounds last year, for example - much less than the 17 million pounds his predecessor Bob Diamond took home in 2011.
But Cable warned that shareholders risk squandering their new powers if they lack the determination to challenge pay deals they perceive to be too generous or contrary to a firm's long-term interests.
"Our changes will help to create the right environment for long-term, responsible private sector growth, which will in turn support a stronger economy and a fairer society," said Cable, a Liberal Democrat member of the Conservative-led coalition government.
"The challenge is now for shareholders to engage with companies. We've given them the tools through our reforms but these will only work if shareholders are willing to use them."
When British companies faced their shareholders during the 2012 AGM season, it felt like revolution was in the air. Heads rolled and the phrase 'shareholder spring' was coined to echo the popular uprisings across the Arab world.
The average vote against pay deals actually fell compared with 2011, however, and the latest data shows a further decline so far this year.
"This does not bode well for the incoming regime of binding shareholder votes," said Alan Macdougall, managing director at PIRC, which provides voting advice to UK institutional investors and is a vocal campaigner for improved corporate governance standards.
"The willingness of many asset managers to nod through all but the most egregious remuneration policies means it would not be surprising to go through a whole season without a company being defeated.
"There is a real danger that unengaged asset managers undermine the credibility of shareholder oversight of pay," he told Reuters.
And it's not the case that shareholders have simply toned down their protests through the use of abstentions.
When abstentions are rolled into the total votes counted at FTSE 100 AGMs, the Reuters research shows that 2.2 percent of votes have been withheld so far this year on pay resolutions, a fall from 2.4 percent in 2012 and from 3.6 percent in 2011.
Angeli Benham is UK corporate governance manager at Legal & General Investment Management, the fund arm of the British insurer, which owns about 4 percent of UK shares. She said the decline was a function of last year's ructions.
Although the average vote against pay dropped in 2012, investors could be said to have picked their battles. Shareholder votes claimed the scalp of Aviva CEO Andrew Moss, forced WPP back to the drawing board on bonuses, and sent other companies scrambling to tweak pay arrangements as their turn on the AGM treadmill approached.
"A lot of the companies that I worked against last year, did come and chat to shareholders and most of them have made significant changes to their remuneration," said Benham.
"Other shareholders are now engaging more with companies... and companies that haven't engaged with us in the past are coming forward."
Investors suggest that some companies last year were playing catch-up with pay after restraint during the financial crisis, and were willing to stomach political anger and investor tutting in order to bring salaries to levels they deemed appropriate.
Historically, many investors have been loath to join a public vote against management and there were already expectations that this latest AGM season might fail to live up to last year's headlines.
Fund managers often claim to do their best work behind closed doors and highlight the need for pragmatism when voting on compensation for UK CEOs which is not out of step with payouts to peers around the world.
"It suits the status quo in both PLC remuneration committees and the investment management industry to pretend that the drop-off in shareholder opposition to pay is a sign of progress," said PIRC's Macdougall.
"Neither group really believes that there is a problem with pay, and so the token changes companies are willing to make are quickly banked as 'wins' by asset managers." (Editing by Catherine Evans)


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The Hx4700 use the TI ACX100 (802.11b :s) and the driver ported for it is decent... much better than the same driver used in the HTC BA and HTC Uni, which essentially have the same card (although the Uni uses an od hacked 16 bit slave mem driver whereas the Hx4700 and the BA are SDIO -- the r3verse engin33red driver was meant for SDIO).
Either way, it's <still> 802.11b, and the range kinda sucks. You could use a pcmia sleeve and use better cards, but you'd lose out on the SD card install option.
Another thing is the fact that Angstrom <sucks> ... so the only real way to run BT apps is to botstrap a Debian install on an SD card partition (as it won't fit on the tiny flash ROM.
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I have just returned from a very enjoyable break in Leeds visiting relatives and friends. I was part of a coach party booked in to stay at the Merrion Hotel for three nights.
Before setting off I took time to read some reviews about the hotel. Things did not look very promising - it appeared to have more bad points than good ones. One person said to avoid room 202 at all costs.
On arrival I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was in the heart of the city centre and next to the Merrion shopping centre.
Reception was busy but there were plenty of staff there to complete check ins. I was promptly given my room key which was 422(great it was not 202). The lift was quick and smooth. My room was bright and airy as was the bathroom. There was everything you could want in the room tea/coffee, trouser press, hairdryer, two large mirrors, lcd tv with sky and a great shower over the bath. No complaints at all.
The prices vary depending what days and time of year you stay.
I paid £55 for my room per night and breakfast was £11.95 per person. Not bad when you consider you are staying in the centre of a large city.
Then came breakfast----Managed to find a table and sat down.
Went to the chilled area for some fruit juice and there were people waiting for more to be brought out. Out came the waiter with one large jug of juice which he told us was grapefruit and there was no orange juice left. Got my juice and sat down.
There were now plenty of waiters around but none of them appeared to be working to any system. I asked for coffee and had to wait for 10 minutes for it. I also had to make my own toast as no-one appeared to be doing this. Cooked breakfasts were also available but the queue was very long.
The second morning was better if only because I knew what to expect. I collected my own coffee, toast and fruit juice. I then managed to get a cooked breakfast without waiting.
I had it sussed-as long as you are prepared to help yourself there is not a problem.
All the staff were very amicable but there appeared to be a lack of organisational skills by the management.
Despite this I had a great time in Leeds but would need assurance that the dining room has been organised properly before returning to this hotel.
Incidently I did make my feeling known to one of the hotel managers.
Those of you who have read my review of the Le Meridien Albert and Victoria Hotel in Manchester will be aware of my enthusiasm for the conversion that has been carried out there. It's that sort of development that makes staying in a hotel a real pleasure.
On this occasion I had a need to stay in the Leeds area on business and so needed a hotel, as the reason for my visit was a seminar at which I was presenting, which was to start at around 9.00am in nearby Batley. On the basis of my experience in Manchester I chose the Le Meridien hotel in Leeds City Centre.
The Queens is a monumental edifice right next to the Leeds Central mainline station. Built, I would guess, in the twenties or thirties, it looks to have changed very little in the intervening years. Unfortunately, this is not intended as a complement. It looks every bit its age!
A short lay-by is in front of the entrance, where you may leave your car for a short time whilst you unload your baggage. The Concierge will arrange for the car to be taken to the hotel car park overnight for a fee.
Entering Reception, what a contrast! The first impression is uninspiring. Not the staff, who are friendly and helpful; the décor and ambiance. The whole feeling is of a tired and worn environment. This is carried right through to your room. All the way the carpets are worn and marked, as are the walls and paintwork.
This is a hotel long, long overdue for a major refit. My room, if typical, was large, consisting of a bed area and a separate lounge area. I had two TVs, one in each! A double bed plus a double sofa and a separate armchair in the lounge area.
In a very old style of plumbing, the two radiators were both located beneath the windows and behind long curtains. Close the curtains to keep out the light and noise and you keep the heat out of the room as well! Very intelligent!
Wanting something to eat and drink I set out to explore what the hotel had to offer. The initial search proved uninspiring, indeed unfruitful. Many of the signposted facilities are simply not in use at least, not for regular guests; maybe for functions.
I found one bar, the Piano Bar, open for use but the immediate impression was a cold and unwelcoming environment. The room was more or less round with the bar itself is set in a "well" the centre of the room. The wooden floor echoed to every footstep, the ceiling was high, the beer was the usual rubbish like John Smiths. The impression was obviously shared by most guests as there were very few customers.
I had a look at the restaurant, located just off of Reception. The menu was reasonable and the prices not too outrageous however, by this time very little would have persuaded me to eat in.
Now, there's one thing you can be virtually sure of and that's, if you wander around a city centre for long enough you are bound to find a friendly hostellery or restaurant, and that usually turns out to be a J. D. Weatherspoon. Leeds is no exception.
It took me 45 minutes, passing on the way pubs with no (decent) beer, pubs advertising food available but having none ("Yeh, sorry about that. We keep trying to get them to change the sign! We never do food in the evening!" - The Guildford). Pubs with various animal leanings (The Toad, The Slug and Lettuce!), none of which offer anything worth the effort of even opening the door.
Finally, salvation, the Weatherspoons was located (opposite the aforementioned Slug and Lettuce) on the corner of Greek Street.
Now, if there?s one thing you can be sure of at Weatherspoons it's a good selection of excellent beers in impeccable condition and at a reasonable price plus a range of very palatable food of acceptable quality and adequate quantity and exceptional price.
Furthermore, no TV, no music, no pool just peace and (relative) quiet in which to enjoy your drink, food and a good book or, in my case, a presentation which I had to learn for the following day.
A couple of hours later, a few pints of Black Sheep plus a plate of Gammon, Egg, Chips and Peas to the better, I returned to the hotel knowing I had made the right choice.
I did have a restful night. The bed was comfortable, the room adequately warm (once I'd hooked the curtains out of the way to allow the heat from the radiators to permeate the room.
In the end I couldn't be bothered to go down for breakfast in the morning so I showered (clean bathroom at least and an adequate supply of decent towels), dressed, packed and left.
The night's stay had cost (the company) £85 (room only, no dinner, no breakfast and no morning paper, even though I had ordered one and at a company discount rate as well!). I'm sorry but I've had far better at half the price.
Should I need to stay in the area again it will not be at The Queens, not until the whole place is totally renovated, whenever that may be. With competition from Hilton, Marriott, Radisson SAS and many others besides, there is far too much choice of quality to be had.
UPDATED - May 2008
Though I haven't been back since, I learn that as a part of the Le Meridian company reorganisation, The Queens has been disposed of to QHotels Group. They state on their website that the hotel has "recently" undergone a £10M refit. Boy did it need it.
As a result, my comments may now no longer apply. I cannot confirm this myself. You may wish to re-investigate.
42 The Calls used to be a canal side warehouse, however it has been wonderfully converted into a hotel with character. The luxury bedrooms have extra touches including CD players. The hotel reception stocks a wide range of CD's but I chose to take some of my own. I took a splendid bath whilst listening to my favourite music.
Included in the unusual coffees provided in the room were amaretto, Irish cream, java and double chocolate truffle!
Breakfast may be taken in the breakfast room which overlooks the canal or continental breakfast can be taken in your room. Each room has a dumb waiter and if you choose the latter you will find your breakfast here at your requested time.
The hotel doesn't have a restaurant but guests can dine at the restaurant next doot (Brasserie Forty Four) at a reduced price if booked through the hotel.
Finally when checking out we were given a selection of goodies including jars of chutney and jam bearing the hotel's logo. A nice touch we thought!


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Monroe — U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister announced Monday that he would run for re-election after all.
McAllister, who assumed office in November, had said he would not seek re-election after being caught kissing a married staffer. McAllister, of Swartz, has been married for 16 years and ran on a staunch family values platform. But constituents told him he acted too hastily, he said.
McAllister released a statement moments ahead of a news conference at the American Legion Hall in Monroe.
"Today, after consulting with my wife and family, I have made a decision to run for re-election for the 5th Congressional District. Without a doubt, this decision comes after much thought and prayer. This district has been home to me and my family all of my life. I know the needs of this congressional district very well. I also know that this district needs a strong, conservative voice in Congress. I plan to continue to stand up for our veterans, bring common sense solutions to our nation's problems and most importantly I will fight to get our fiscal house back in order," he said.
Gov. Bobby Jindal, who urged McAllister to resign in the wake of the kissing scandal, expressed disappointment at the congressman's decision. "Congressman McAllister made the right decision earlier when he said he would not run again. It is disappointing he changed his mind," the governor said Monday.
McAllister entered the American Legion Hall carrying his 3-year-old daughter and with his wife, Kelly, holding his arm.
She introduced McAllister to about 50 supporters, saying: "I'm so proud of my husband and our family and so thankful, too, more than anything."
The crowd included bikers and veterans wearing American Legion hats, but no local state legislators. Monroe Mayor Jamie Mayo, who endorsed McAllister in last fall's runoff, also was not present.
McAllister said he arrived at his decision after discussing it with his wife over the weekend. He said she pointed out that he won the election last fall with 60 percent of the vote. McAllister said his constituents deserve a voice in the voting booth.
"You need to lose 60-40 if that's their choice," McAllister quoted his wife as saying.
After the announcement, McAllister and his wife walked out hand-in-hand.
On the porch, McAllister greeted supporters while his wife and five children retreated to an air-conditioned Cadillac Escalade. McAllister said he expects one of the campaign's issues will be his philandering with former staffer Melissa Anne Hixon Peacock, who at the time was a scheduler in his Monroe district office and is the wife of a longtime friend.
A security camera videotaped McAllister, his shirt untucked, giving Peacock a lingering kiss in the darkened Monroe office. The video went viral in April and made Louisiana's "kissing congressman" the focus of media attention around the world.
"I made a mistake. I'm not pretending I didn't. I own up to it," McAllister said, adding that, beyond acknowledging his own culpability, he would not address details about the incident when attacked by opponents.
About 70 percent of the nearly $1 million raised for the 2013 race came from McAllister's pocket in the form of loans and contributions, according to Federal Elections Commission disclosures. His account shows he had $8,425 on March 31.
McAllister vowed to self-finance his re-election campaign, if necessary.
He said he spent a lot of money getting name recognition during the campaign last fall. "Fortunately, that's not a problem this time around," he said, prompting laughter among supporters, as did several other allusions to his unexpected celebrity because of the videotaped encounter.
The mostly rural 5th District covers 24 parishes in northeast Louisiana, the central part of the state and the rural parts of the Florida parishes along the Mississippi state line. The voters favor Republicans.
McAllister, a first-time candidate, emerged to find a place in the runoff last fall that attracted only 19 percent of registered voters. He won the race against fellow Republican Neil Riser, a state senator from Columbia who had been endorsed by most major Republican players in Louisiana and whose campaign was run by Jindal's chief political strategist.
They were competing for the remaining year of the term of Rodney Alexander, who abruptly announced in August 2013 that he would resign.
Using mostly his own money, McAllister assembled a seasoned team from Washington, D.C. He capitalized on his friendship with the Robertson family from the popular reality television series, "Duck Dynasty," with whom he goes to church.
Several of the Robertsons made commercials on his behalf.
He said Monday he was unsure if the Robertson family would support his re-election bid. A nephew of "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson, Zach Dasher, of Monroe, has announced his intention to run. McAllister said he remains close friends with the Robertsons. "The relationship is still the same," he said.
McAllister ran as a conservative Christian who would bring traditional family values to Washington. But he said he also would work with Democrats and respect President Barack Obama, even though he did not agree with their policies. He said he was still conservative and still a Christian.
After the security tape was released, Jindal on April 10 called on McAllister to resign. The statement came only hours after the state GOP issued a similar request.
U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., met with McAllister and told him to resign. Cantor later told reporters: "I just said, 'Look, when we took the majority in 2001, I had said that we should hold ourselves to a higher standard.' And that's why I did what I did, and I told him I thought he should resign. Because, in my mind, what happened does not meet that higher standard."
McAllister responded in a prepared statement. "I do not feel it's in my constituents' best interest to leave them without representation for the second time in less than a year. My district deserves a voice and a fair election process, not an expensive potential special election that benefits the establishment."
He did say, however, that he would not run for re-election.
Riser and Alexander announced recently they would not seek the congressional seat.
Six candidates have announced they are running. Other than McAllister and Dasher, the other four candidates are: Republican Ralph Abraham, of Alto; Republican businessman Harris Brown, of Monroe; Republican former District Attorney Ed Tarpley, of Alexandria; and Libertarian Clay Grant, of Boyce.
Karen Peterson, chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party, said several prominent Democrats are looking at entering the race and will make their announcements in coming weeks.
She said she hopes the Democrats can rally around a single candidate because the November election likely will attract a far greater turnout than last fall's special election, which could help propel a Democrat into the runoff.
Candidates have to file the necessary paperwork between Aug. 20 and Aug. 22. All candidates who qualify run on the same Nov. 4 ballot. If no candidate garners at least 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters will meet in a Dec. 6 runoff.


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A Car for a Parish Priest in the Holy Land
Monday, April 14, 2014
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The tomb of the patriarch Joseph, one of the most sacred places of Judaism and a place of pilgrimage for Christians, Muslims and Samaritans as well is located in Nablus, the largest city in the Palestinian Autonomous Territories. This city, 39 miles from Jerusalem, has almost 300,000 inhabitants and is today a center of trade and industry. Soap and candy are made here, and the average age of the population is young, with over half of the people under 20 years old. The majority of the inhabitants are Muslims, but there are also some 650 Christians in Nablus, of whom 250 are Catholics. Father Johnny Abu Khalil ministers not only to the Catholics living in the city itself but also to those in 3 sub-parishes, as well as a local Catholic school.A car is an absolute necessity for this priest to be able to cope with his many duties. Unfortunately, last winter, his car caught fire and was completely burned. It has not yet been established just how this fire was caused, but the fact remains that he now has no car. And while the Latin patriarchate of Jerusalem has temporarily given him the use of a car so that he can continue his apostolate and minister pastorally to the faithful, the car is also needed elsewhere, so Father Khalil urgently needs a car of his own. Father Khalil has turned to ACN for help, and we have promised to help him with a contribution of $7,500. Will you give so that he can purchase a new car to help him continue his ministry to the faithful in the Holy Land?Aid to the Church in Need commits to invest your funds where they will have the greatest impact for the Church that we serve. Funds donated to Aid to the Church in Need's projects will be used towards the greatest need in our programs to help keep the Faith alive.
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Paul Keating has launched a withering attack on Bob Hawke, Labor's longest-serving prime minister, asserting that he assumed the role of leading the government for five years of Mr Hawke's almost nine years in office.
"To be prime minister of Australia, you have got to be lucky," Mr Keating told a Canberra gathering.
"To be prime minister for Australia, with five years down time, you've got to be more than lucky - and history deserves to know that that's the way it was."
The occasion was the launch of Gareth Evans' A Cabinet Diary of two of those years, from 1984 until 1986, and Mr Keating used passages of the book to flesh out his own critique of Mr Hawke's failings.
He also reflected on Mr Hawke's propensity to be sunbathing nude by the pool at the prime minister's Canberra residence when cabinet ministers called by to discuss pressing issues of state.
Although he recalled jesting about the size of the prime minister's manhood, Mr Keating noted that after one such meeting Professor Evans had conceded that "it does take a certain chutzpah" to meet ministers in the nude.
In an address spanning more than 50 minutes, Mr Keating also offered a brutal assessment of Mr Hawke's contribution on Aboriginal land rights, saying: "Bob always cried for Aborigines, but of course he wouldn't do anything for them."
Mr Keating said the great pity of Professor Evans' account was that it stopped at the end of 1986 "because of a lot of the grand fireworks were yet to come".
He admitted forgetting many of the exchanges Professor Evans records, before drawing on his own diary of annotated newspaper clippings to fill in the record.
The second entry in Professor Evans' diary refers to Mr Hawke's emotional breakdown after learning of his daughter Rosslyn's heroin addiction.
"In his book, Bob says he was down for a month or two. In fact, Bob was down for about five years," Mr Keating said.
"The job of the leader is to nourish the government with ideas. You run the debate, you set the framework and push on. In the end, most of that job fell to me in those years," Mr Keating said.
"We probably get to 1989 before things start to get normal. But this is nearly five years.
"I got on well with him, I still talked him into things, the camaraderie between us was good. I wanted the country to get the changes, more than to get Bob's job.
"But I won't have people say that he ran the show from '84 to '89. He didn't.
"Any treasurer is lucky to have a prime minister who will do mostly what he wants, and I had that in Bob Hawke. I acknowledge that freely, completely. We were a great partnership together."
Mr Keating said he would not have addressed Mr Hawke's prime ministerial failings if not for the diary, including the reference to his calling Mr Hawke a "lucky mug".
He also made reference to Mr Hawke's failure to honour their secret "Kirribilli agreement" to hand over the prime ministership.
"I said to Bob at the end, 'Bob, you leave on time, I'll write the history for you'. Of course, he didn't leave on time. He broke the pledge and he wrote that dreadful book, which was a fiction of course."
Mr Hawke declined to comment on Wednesday.


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Valuations For Financial Institutions Are Falling — And Presenting New Opportunities For Estate Planning
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"Strange," "Nothing like it before," "Astonishing" are a few ways to describe what has transpired in the financial institution industry over the last several months. As liquidity and asset concerns for financial institutions have become magnified, national economic trends have exacerbated the situation. Despite all of this gloomy news there is at least one silver… Read More →


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The original problem here comes from exercism.io.
But let's try and make it a little harder.
The basic problem:
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Create a module called bob.py
Within it create a class Bob
The class should have a method hey(self, prompt)
Depending on the prompt the method must return the following:
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Bob answers 'Sure.' if you ask him a question.
He answers 'Woah, chill out!' if you yell at him.
He says 'Fine. Be that way!' if you address him without actually saying anything.
He answers 'Whatever.' to anything else.
Test your script with this script (placed in the same directory).
Note that because of the use of the u"string" syntax this must be run in either python 2.7 or 3.3 (python 3 had previously removed this syntax but re-added it /sigh)
This requires basic knowledge of string methods and the ability to understand the errors the unit test script gives you.
But it is too easy.
The challenge:
Normal mode: No ifs.
Hard mode: No square brackets [ ]. No ifs.
Golf mode: 135 characters or less any way you can.
For those of you for whom this might still be too easy, maybe hold off on answering a bit.
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61 Convertible — By Capt. Ken Kreisler
— December 2000
Pleasurable Business
|Viking's 61 Convertible is as at home cruising to a favorite destination as she is fishing the canyons.
"I have laid aside business, and gone a-fishing." I think the English author Izaak Walton (1593-1683) would have repeated this, probably in whispered tones of awe, had he been strolling the docks with me at the Cape May, New Jersey, fishing mecca known as the Canyon Club this past summer. For there he would have seen the row upon row of sportfishing boats, their towers and `riggers reaching skyward, their cockpits bristling with fishing gear, and their proud bows pointed away from their slips, ready for sea as the 10th-annual Viking-Ocean showdown was about to get underway.
While Sir Izaak wrote these words 348 years ago in his classic The Compleat Angler, they still reflect the kind of emotion that transcends time and is as good an explanation as any for what the new Viking 61 Convertible conjures for anglers. Whether you head for blue water in search of big fish, wish to cruise in comfort and style, or prefer some combination of the two, this is a boat to do it on.
"We approached this project as a completely new concept," says Dave Wilson, son of longtime Viking designer Bruce Wilson and who, along with his father and the Viking Design Team, is responsible for the 61. "This boat is the result of a progression from the highly successful 55 hull through to the 65," he adds.
Wilson goes on to explain how the 61 has a new, sharp entry that was achieved by pulling the lower end of the stem aft. "The result is less forefoot in the water," he explains. "Add some subtle chine changes, and what you get is a drier, softer ride, even in head seas. And we designed her to be flatter in the midsection for better stability."
The dry ride Wilson mentioned was noticeable as I sat on the port side of the transom and watched the big boat's bow wave being thrown so far to either side that there was never a chance of catching spray in the cockpit. Of course it might have been a bit different if the conditions were in contrast to the relatively flat water and the 10-knot wind we had on test day. But given Viking's reputation I had little doubt the 61 could perform as well as any vessel of her pedigree, and from my position, the frothing water seemed far from our fast-moving boat.
How fast? Earlier I had clocked our test boat, powered by a pair of optional 1,480-hp DDC-MTU Series 2000 V12s, at an average top speed of 38.7 mph and a fast cruise of 36 mph. With that iron, she displaces 92,000 pounds. (With standard 1,300-hp MAN 2842LE404s, she tips the scales at 87,000 pounds.) In my opinion, those are pretty impressive numbers for a boat that displaces that kind of weight.
This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Author: Jim Carroll, Chairman, BBH London
'Is that all there is, is that all there is?
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing.
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is.'
I remember the first time I heard Peggy Lee singing the classic Leiber and Stoller number, 'Is That All There Is?'. The heroine relates how, through the course of her life, experiences that may initially have been exciting, had in fact turned out rather tiresome. From her home burning down, to going to the circus, to falling in love. It's a hymn to disappointment and apathy. Like most teenagers I had spent large chunks of my short time on the planet lying in my room being incredibly bored. In amongst the bubble gum pop and dinosaur rock of Radio 1, a song that celebrated ennui was a rare and precious thing.
I remember the first time I heard the Clash sing 'I'm So Bored with the USA'. I was simultaneously shocked and excited. Could one really so publicly proclaim disappointment with the home of rock'n'roll, the land of the free, the country that had given us Barry Manilow, Boz Scaggs and The Sound Of Bread? Was that acceptable? Was that legal?
I remember the first time I saw the painting Ennui by Walter Sickert. The bored couple cannot be bothered to look at each other. One stares into space and the other at the wall. The blank generation. Tedium in oils. And yet so utterly compelling.
It's a curious thing. Apathy, boredom and tedium seem such dull, passive, inert qualities. Yet they can be exciting, inspiring, disruptive.
And I wonder whether this particular truth is lost on us and our world. We claim to be consumer experts. But are we not in denial of the fact that most consumers, most of the time are just not that into our brand or category? They just don't care. We sustain a myth that the primary communication challenge is lack of attention, when really, more often than not, it's lack of interest. (more…)


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May 30, 2012
In the Company of Bloggers: Where Enthusiasm Lives.
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Earlier this year, Inc. magazine published the results of a survey of the social media strategies and planning of the Inc. 500. Titled "The Inc. 500 Social Media Update: Blogging Declines as Newer Tools Rule" the study got a lot of attention, and decline in corporate blogging was put under the microscope.
The decline in blogging surprised me, given the increased interest in content marketing. After all, blogging is a constant exercise in content creation. So why have so many brands abandoned blogging? I had a bit of an epiphany a couple nights ago that offers an answer.
The personal side:
First, some context. I really enjoy social media. Updates from friends old and new pack my Facebook news feed. Twitter and LinkedIn are invaluable professional networks. Pinterest is full of inspiration and dazzling eye-candy, as are Tumblr, Instagram and (an admittedly old-school favorite of mine,) Flickr. But for me, blogging is at the core of my social experience.
I have two personal blogs (one on mushroom hunting, and one on a specific horseback riding sport) and I obviously spend a lot of time writing for the Beyond PR blog, too. As much as I enjoy social media, I like writing even more. And even more than I like writing, I like reading. For me, the blogosphere has been a gift.
I was thinking about this a few nights ago, as I raced home from a riding lesson, itching to blog. What a strange sentiment, right? While I did kick off my dirty boots before firing up my laptop that was my only concession to creature comfort. I wanted to record some thoughts from my lesson even more than I wanted to shower off layers of sunscreen, bug spray and general barn grime. I tapped away furiously at my keyboard, and hit "publish."
Was it time for that shower? No. It was time to read some other blogs. It was time for my reward.
I love catching up with the favorites on my blogroll, learning from their experiences, commenting on their posts and responding to the comments they leave for me. These are some really nice people, most know a lot more about the sport than me (and are more accomplished) and they are generous with their advice.
And finally, we've reached the point of my little aforementioned epiphany. There's more to this little cluster of bloggers than simply positive reinforcement. Within this loose association of people is a community, and one that is highly, highly specific, focused on a particular type of horse (retired racehorses) and a specific riding discipline (dressage.) In terms of subject matter and interest, this is the needle in the haystack. And like most bloggers, we have a real connection from our shared common interest. We pay attention to what each other says, we share links and product information, and we respect each others' opinions. This is where enthusiasm lives.
For me, this is where things get interesting from a marketing and communications standpoint. When we talk about "targeting audiences" we're really talking about finding nodes of connected people who care about a subject enough to write about it, obsess about it and build tribes of their peers.
The "tribes of peers" notion is very real. This coterie of bloggers with a similar (and very narrow) interest is also active on Facebook and a variety of internet discussion forums. In addition influencing each other, we influence others, too. Collectively, we have an audience of thousands of fellow equestrians.
Taking the time to find people who share common ground with your brand – and are in fact passionate about related issues – is an invaluable piece of community building, and it's necessary for your brand to build traction with an audience.
The business context:
I've developed similar relationships with fellow bloggers and thinkers in the PR community, who share my focus on the intersection of interest, intent and messaging. I've met some of them in person, we've shared ideas and promoted each other's blog posts and white papers, and we've given each other access to beta tests, speaking opportunities and un-published content. As a vendor to the PR space, these interactions are invaluable to PR Newswire's brand and business. As a person who is really interested in this stuff, these interactions are rewarding, informative and help me build the network of socially connected, like-minded people who are also talking and writing about these topics. Another word to describe these folks is influencers.
So I guess don't have much patience for those who say corporate blogs don't work. Blogging is incredibly powerful if you do it right. Like all other social media pursuits, it needs to be authentic and in tune with the audience. Ghost-written, ego-driven missives espousing the brand's POV, issued from the ivory tower, will not gain traction with readers. Ultimately, the blogger has to care about the subject. From caring comes credibility and passion, two qualities no successful blog lacks. To win, you have to have some enthusiasm for the subject!
Author Sarah Skerik is PR Newswire's vice president of social media. She's the author of the free eBook, Unlocking Social Media for PR.
PR Newswire loves bloggers as much as I do. We recently launched PR Newswire for Bloggers, a site dedicated to serving the blogger community. There, bloggers can access featured news releases, a free widget for adding relevant content to their sites and a host of other services designed to help blogs thrive.
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I really enjoyed reading how this sense of community exists within other blogger groups as I've had a very similar experience through my involvement with the Ohio Blogging Association. Through blog swaps, monthly meetups and our Facebook group we've built a close community of bloggers who write about or live in Ohio. Although some of us blog on different topics, it's allowed us to build a community of peers and share opinions on the topics we blog about – making me not just a better blogger, but a better blog reader too.
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Roundup: Softball improves to 21-1
Published: Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 9:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 9:42 p.m.
Junior Hannah Rogers tossed a one-hitter against Drake and eight home runs for the Gators against FAMU helped the No. 4 Florida softball team improve to 21-1 on Saturday after the Gators topped the Bulldogs 4-1 and the Rattlers 20-2 at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
Florida's eight long balls against Florida A&M — including two grand slams — tied a school record for most home runs in a game, last achieved at Auburn in 2011. Seven Gators connected for the homers: junior Stephanie Tofft, freshman Taylor Schwarz and sophomores Jessica Damico, Katie Medina, Bailey Castro, Lauren Haeger and Briana Little. Haeger and Damico also connected for homers against the Bulldogs in UF's first game of the tournament.
Rogers used a season-best 11 strikeouts for her fourth career complete-game one-hitter in the 4-1 win over Drake. The righty walked just two and held the Bulldogs hitless until the top of the seventh to improve to 9-1.
The Gators will play Presbyterian today at 1:45 p.m. in their final game of the weekend. Drake and Mount St. Mary's take to the field at 9:30 a.m. to start the day.
Lacrosse: Senior attack Kitty Cullen scored four goals, while senior attack Gabi Wiegand and sophomore midfielder Shannon Gilroy each chipped in four points to help lead No. 2 Florida to a 14-10 win over No. 4 Syracuse in the Orange Bowl Classic at Sun Life Stadium in Miami.
The win helps the Gators remain undefeated at 7-0 and marks the first win over the Orange since 2011. In addition, it's also the third win over a ranked opponent this season and second win over a Top-10 foe this season.
"I thought we went out and played really, really well as an offensive unit and I thought we did a great job in the goal cage with some huge saves," head coach Amanda O'Leary said. "Offensively, we were really unselfish and we can have any number of players score when they have the opportunity. They all play unselfishly, so I'm just really, really pleased with the win tonight."
The Gators used a balanced offensive attack from the trio of Cullen, Wiegand and Gilroy, who scored a combined nine goals and were backed by eight saves from senior goalie Mikey Meagher. Florida led the entire game, using three unanswered goals to start the game, but the Orange (2-2) didn't make it easy as it cut the lead to two with 19:06 left in the second half.
Florida returns to action at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday when it hosts No. 7 Loyola (MD).
Track and field: Junior Sean Obinwa built upon his impressive performance last weekend at the SEC Indoor Championships to capture another 800-meter title Saturday at the Alex Wilson Invitational in South Bend, Ind.
Obinwa ran the second-fastest 800 meters of his career, finishing in a season's best of 1:47.90. The three-time All-American sits in 10th with a few Last Chance meets finishing up later Saturday and today.
Two Gators also turned in season's bests, including Agata Strausa, who finished third in the women's mile in 4:37.58, and freshman Najee Glass, who finished just outside the all-time top-10 at Florida in the 400 with his fourth-place time of 46.51.
Glass and fellow freshman Arman Hall will be in the mix for the Florida men's 4x400-meter relay squad, and Strausa should be in the lineup for the Gator women's distance medley relay. Those teams sit in 2nd and 12th heading into the Last Chance weekend. The Gator men's 4x4 owns three of the top-10 times in the country in the event.
Florida will compete at the NCAA Championships March 8-9 at Randal Tyson Track Center on the Arkansas campus.
The No. 2 Gator men are the three-time defending NCAA Indoor champions and the No. 10 Florida women turned in a top-10 finish a year ago.
Women's basketball: Florida travels to Columbia, S.C., to play No. 14 South Carolina in a 1 p.m. tipoff today in the regular-season finale for both teams.
The game will be televised live on SunSports (Cox Ch. 48 in Gainesville).
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Did you know?
The poaching of abalone (perlemeon in Afrikaans) is an enormous threat to South Africa's resources of the shellfish.
South African seafood is superb, with a varied assortment of linefish and shellfish available owing to our geographical situation on two oceans – the cold Atlantic and the warm Indian.
Thanks to the Cape Malay influence, pickled and curried fish have become traditional fare, while all South African cultures enjoy fish braais (barbecues). More recently, sushi has become very popular, with a profusion of Asian-style restaurants and fast-food outlets across the country.
The overfishing of our waters is a pressing concern and initiatives such as the Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative (SASSI) are welcomed. SASSI has introduced a colour-coded system to indicate to consumers when a fish is endangered or unsustainable – green indicates the product has been responsibly harvested and can be eaten freely; orange shows that the species may be threatened; and red denotes that it should not be touched. SASSI Restaurant Supporters will have the initiative's logo on view in their restaurants. Support this initiative by checking the status of fish before ordering or eating.
South Africa boasts an impressive range of establishments offering seafood, from high-end exclusive eateries to countrywide restaurant chains (Ocean Basket; Cape Town Fish Market; John Dory's) to seaside takeaway kiosks that do the freshest of no-frills hake and chips.
Coastal cities score high marks for quality fish eateries. In the Mother City, the Black Marlin in Simon's Town, Kalky's in Kalk Bay and Panama Jacks in the Table Bay harbour are worth a try. There are also a number of restaurants specialising in fish at the V&A Waterfront, as well as in the fishing villages of the West Coast, such as Paternoster.
On the Garden Route, the Robberg Seafood Safari in Knysna and Plettenberg Bay has a good reputation, while Durban's Glenashley Fisheries, Café 1999 and New Café Fish are recommended.
Inland, Johannesburg's Fishmonger in Illovo is packed on a nightly basis, while Montego Bay Seafood Restaurant, Sushi & Oyster Bar on Nelson Mandela Square does brisk business. Portuguese, Mozambican and Brazilian restaurants in general are renowned for excellent shellfish.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Ocean Basket
Johannesburg: Tel: +27 (0)11 655 1300
KwaZulu-Natal: Tel: +27 (0)31 569 5871
Cape Town: Tel: +27 (0)21 54 3780
Kalk Bay harbour
Tel: +27 (0)21 788 1726
Panama Jacks
Tel: +27 (0)21 448 1080
Cape Town Fish Market
Tel: +27 (0)83 4002 005
Best time to visit
Most seafood restaurants are open for lunch and dinner from Tuesday through Sunday (although some are open on Mondays). Generally, South African kitchens close early – around 9pm. Information on times is available on the various websites. It's always a good idea to book beforehand.
Around the area
Book a charter-boat adventure when visiting South Africa's coastal cities.
What will it cost
Prices depend on the establishment, but the average cost of a seafood platter these days is in the region of R120 to R150 (which will often feed two people), while a hake and chips will set you back about R45. Prawns and crayfish are often offered as SQ items on menus.
Where to stay
If you are visiting Cape Town, then book a guest house or B&B in Kalk Bay or Hout Bay and enjoy watching the fishing boats come in. The West Coast is very well known for its seafood, and there are numerous B&Bs and boutique hotels along the coastline.
What to eat
You can't visit the coast without ordering a groaning seafood platter (mussels, calamari, linefish and prawns) with a view of the ocean and a glass of the Cape's own Sauvignon Blanc.


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Weather forecasters have issued a winter weather warning for several mountain counties and a winter weather advisory for most of central and eastern North Carolina through Wednesday afternoon. Temperatures will plummet late Tuesday afternoon as precipitation begins to fall. The mountain counties are expected to see between two and six inches of snow, while much of central and eastern North Carolina could get one to three inches of snow with the heaviest amounts along the Virginia border counties.
Perry said drivers could encounter patches of black ice once the sun goes down. With wind chills in the single digits overnight, there likely will be more widespread black ice conditions Wednesday morning.
Travelers are asked NOT to call 911 or the State Highway Patrol for road conditions. The lines must remain clear for emergency calls.
You can find updated weather and road conditions on www.readync.org web site or with the new ReadyNC mobile app. The free app is available for iPhones and Android devices in the AppStore and Play Store; search ReadyNC.
If you must travel, the North Carolina Highway Patrol recommends following these safety tips:
· Reduce your speed. Driving at the regular speed limit will reduce your ability to control the car if you begin to slide.
· Leave plenty of room between you and other vehicles.
· Bridges and overpasses accumulate ice first. Approach them with extreme caution and do not apply your brakes while on the bridge.
· If you do begin to slide, take your foot off the gas and turn the steering wheel IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SLIDE. Do NOT apply the brakes as that will cause further loss of control of the car.
While this storm is not expected to bring large amounts of snow and ice, nor cause widespread power outages, public safety officials said this is a good time to review winter safety tips:
· Keep alternative heating sources prepared. If you have a fireplace, store a good supply of dry, seasoned wood. Keep fire extinguishers on hand, and make sure your family knows how to use them
· Do not use charcoal grills or generators indoors; the fumes can be deadly.
· Turn off electrical appliances that were on when the power went off to avoid a power surge when the electricity is restored.
· Use flashlights. Do not use candles; they greatly increase the chance of having a fire in your home.
· Limit your activities to no more than two rooms and close off unneeded rooms.
· Stuff towels or rags in cracks under doors and cover windows at night to keep cold air out and warm air in.
· If you have well water, fill up tubs and buckets with water so if the power goes out you still have water.
· Remember to eat and drink regularly. Food provides the body with energy to produce its own heat.
· Keep the body replenished with fluids to prevent dehydration.
· Wear layers of loose fitting, lightweight, warm clothing. Layering clothes keeps you warmer than a single layer of heavy clothing. Remove layers to avoid overheating, perspiration and subsequent chill.


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Verlander positive about his throwing session
Right-hander says his shoulder feels much better, targets next start on Saturday
ST. PETERSBURG -- After throwing for the first time since being diagnosed with right shoulder inflammation about a week ago, Justin Verlander's initial report was positive.
The Tigers' right-hander said he felt good after spending 10-15 minutes throwing from about 60 feet in the Tropicana Field outfield before Tuesday's series opener against the Rays.
"Definitely felt a whole lot better," Verlander said. "There wasn't that 'can't get loose' feeling. As far as shoulder joint mobility and getting loose, I felt much better."
Verlander said that he "worked past the stage where it would've really started bothering me." He said before Tuesday that he could only throw softly without his shoulder starting to bother him. But Verlander didn't feel that way at The Trop, which he said was a positive sign.
Verlander missed his last start, but he is hoping to make his next turn in the rotation, which would be on Saturday in Minnesota, and avoid the disabled list.
"The ultimate decision on when he starts wouldn't be until after a bullpen [session]," manager Brad Ausmus said. "But we still have one more step before that, and that's how he feels tomorrow."
If Verlander still feels good on Wednesday, he could throw the bullpen session on Thursday.
"It'll either be Thursday, or no bullpen and just pray that I have a decent feel on Saturday," Verlander said.
Last week, an MRI on Verlander's shoulder had shown inflammation but no structural damage. He sent the scans out to three other doctors for second opinions, and all confirmed the original diagnosis. Verlander said a DL stint hasn't crossed his mind.
"I'm really thankful that, knock on wood, I might not have to go on the DL," Verlander said, pounding on his locker at The Trop. "Obviously, I want to get back, especially with Anibal [Sanchez] on the DL. Hopefully, I'll only miss one time through."
David Adler is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Curtis Sironen has declared he wants to play out his career as a one-club man at the Wests Tigers after committing to the joint venture for three more years on Thursday.
The tough utility has signed on with the Tigers until the end of the 2017 NRL season, joining a host of other talented youngsters including Luke Brooks, Aaron Woods, David Nofoaluma and Mitchell Moses in pledging their future to the club.
Equal top of the NRL ladder after seven rounds the Tigers have moved to secure the majority of their young squad as they embark on a new era.
Club boss Grant Meyer welcomed Benji Marshall's return to the NRL this week. But quickly noted the Tigers had moved on since the club legend swapped to rugby union at the end of last season.
Sironen's re-signing is another indication of that, and the son of Balmain Tigers great Paul said he hoped to play out his career with the Tigers.
"I could see myself playing out my career here," Sironen said.
"With the core we have got, I grew up with a lot of the boys and we are like mates so it makes it a lot easier coming every day it is not repetitive and it is fun every day.
"To me it wasn't about money I wanted to be here, I wanted to stay here, get healthy and play footy.
"I've always wanted to play with the club.
"Now I don't have to worry about playing for a contract, I can just get healthy and concentrate on my footy."
Sironen suffered a Lisfranc fracture in the Auckland Nines and is due back in round 13.
His father played 246 first grade games for Balmain but Curtis said he didn't pressure him to stay.
"He gave me some advice in terms of security, signing contracts, you have take care of your future, but there was no pressure from him for me to stay at the club," he said.
"He wasn't going to blow up or anything if I did leave.
"But I never even thought about that happening, so it was a pretty easy decision for me.
"That game against Manly (at Leichhardt Oval) the other day it really hit me that I wanted to be here - 16,000 in the p***ing down rain, cheering the boys on, I thought geez I just want to play footy here.
"I have the all clear to play now from the doctors, the bone in the foot has healed, now it is getting my running up and my match fitness and trying to get a spot back in the side."


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A new speaker series will feature a writer with deep local ties who is currently riding a wave of critical acclaim for his latest book.
Andre Dubus III will be the inaugural speaker of the Visiting Author Series, appearing on campus to discuss his latest work of fiction, Dirty Love, and much more. After a craft talk and Q and A session with faculty, staff and students, he will present a reading and book signing which is open to the public. The reading will be held Thursday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Conant Auditorium in the Center for Science & Mathematics.
Dubus's numerous works of fiction include the novel The House of Sand and Fog, a National book Award finalist, a New York Times bestseller, and the basis for an Oscar-nominated film starring Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley. His memoir, Townie, was also a critical and commercial hit.
"We see a series like this as integral to the university's mission," said Bruce Machart, assistant professor of English, and one of the organizers. "It allows the campus and the local community to enter the literary conversation."
He's seen other institutions have great success with similar series. The hope is a benefactor can be found to sponsor the BSU series long term.
As for the takeaways for students who attend the craft talk before the reading, the hope is to "demystify the writing life" for them, Professor Machart said.
The series is presented in conjunction with the Office of Academic Affairs and the College of Humanities & Social Sciences. For more information, contact Professor Machart at firstname.lastname@example.com .


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Swedish box office best since 1989
Swedish cinemas registered the best annual result since the late 1980s with 18.4 million admissions in 2012, up 12% on 2011 (16.4 million), according to the Swedish Film Institute.
With 18,358 million admissions in 2012 – 12% up on 2011 (16,419 million) – Swedish cinemas registered the best annual result since 1989 (18,431 million).
The top grossing Swedish release was secret agent thriller Hamilton – I nationens intresse (Hamilton - In the Interest of the Nation), which sold 512,661 tickets.
But Hamilton was out-gunned by 007. James Bond's latest mission, Skyfall, topped the chart with 1,045,219 admissions.
Hamilton was the top-grossing Swedish release (#6 overall) and contributed to the 4 million attendance for domestic features, which increased their market share from 20% in 2011 to 22%.
European fare controlled 18% of the market (up from 15%), while US product was down to 60% (from 65%).
Eight of the top 25 titles in the box-office were Swedish.
The statistics also reflected the growing audience interest in local documentaries: Kristina Lindström-Maud Nycander's Palme was the best-attended Swedish doc in almost 25 years and headed the top 10 list with Malik Bendjelloul's Searching for Sugar Manand Sara Broos' För dig naken (For You Naked).
Top Five Swedish Releases (2012)
- Hamilton – I nationens intresse
Dir: Kathrine Windfeld - 395,264 admissions
- En gång i Phuket (Once Upon a Time In Phuket)
Dir: Staffan Lindberg - 395,264
- Snabba cash II (Quick Money II)
Dir: Babak Najafi – 323,475
- Cockpit
Dir: Mårten Klingberg - 272,600
- Hypnotisören (The Hypnotist)
Dir: Lasse Hallström - 266,087
Top Five International Releases (2012)
- Skyfall
Dir: Sam Mendes (UK-US) - 1,045,219 admissions
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Dir: Peter Jackson (US) – 833,145
- The Dark Knight Rises
Dir: Christopher Nolan (US) – 717,958
- Ice Age: Continental Drift
Dirs: Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier (US) - 596,318
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
Dir: Bill Condon (US) – 521,936
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Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel is a devotional television channel floated by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the body that administers Lord Balaji Temple at Tirupati. The 24-hour channel aims to propagate the glory of Venkateswara and the teachings of Hinduism.
Newspapers have been reporting about the channel for more than a year including reports about its inauguration. But the launch of the channel was postponed several times.
It seems the Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel will go on air in July 2008, during Amritotsavam – the diamond jubilee celebration of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams.
Hope the channel, apart from the regional language programs, will air some content in English so that youngsters can understand more about the glory of Sri Venkateswara.


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BABY girls born in a suburb of Worcester can expect to live longer than almost anyone else in the country.
Figures revealed by Public Health England this week revealed the life expectancy for women born in the Lyppard Grange area of Warndon Villages is 95.3 years – joint fourth highest in the UK with Grange Park in Swindon.
It is believed the findings refer to the entirety of the Warndon area of Worcester rather than the specific suburb of Lyppard Grange, but a spokesman from Public Health England said the organisation was unable to determine which specific area of the city was included in the figures.
Women born in Marlow in Wycombe can expect to live slightly longer at 95.7 years while a record number of birthday cards from the Queen are delivered to those from the Beggarwood area of Basingstoke, where the life expectancy is 104.3.
Northburn in Northumberland topped the list, where women can expect to live to the grand old age of 105.
"I think it's good news," said Lauren Cartwright, 30, a mother to a two-and-a-half year-old girl born in Warndon Villages.
"It's a lovely area to live in with lots of green spaces where children can get out and about."
County councillor Andy Roberts, whose ward covers Warndon Villages, also says he's not surprised by the Worcester results.
"We're a relatively affluent society when you look at earnings per household," said Cllr Roberts.
"Academic achievement is high, too.
"I think one of the reasons for the results is that the Villages has a relatively young population who are, perhaps, less likely to take risks."
Worcestershire County Council, however, urged caution over the figures.
"The estimated relative life expectancy from birth for women in Lyppard Grange is 95.3 years, 13 years longer than the English national average," said Cllr Marcus Hart, cabinet member for Health and Well-being.
"Looking at figures at a very local level should be used with caution as the population sizes tend to be too small to give representative figures.
"Overall, Worcestershire has a life expectancy higher than the English national average with small pockets of variation being below and above the national average.
"One of the Health and Well-being board's aims is to narrow the differences in health outcomes across the county including life expectancy and focus the core of our work in the areas that need it most."
Nationally, the highest average age for men is 97.7 for those born in Knightsbridge, Westminster.
The worst places to be born for women are Holme Wood in Bradford, where the life expectancy is 72.5 years along with Patricroft in Salford at 72.9 and west Hull at 73 years.
Men born in Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, can expect to live to just 66.5 years while the life expectancy for those from the Radford area of Nottingham is only 67, followed by Grange Park in Blackpool at 67.3.
Public Health England's chief knowledge officer John Newton said life expectancy had increased by 3.2 years for men and 2.4 years for women from 2000 to 2012.


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