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They're bringing the presents and I'm bringing the party favors!!!!
Stampin' Up! extended it's opportunity to join for just $25
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You could save an additional 30% this week on the new specials.
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• Hilliard Darby High School Craft Show
Saturday November 9th from 9am - 4pm
4200 Leppert Road. Hilliard Ohio
• Christmas in the Country
Saturday November 16th from 9am - 3pm
9899 US RT 42 South. Plain City, Ohio
Upcoming In Studio Classes...
Stamp 3 each of 4 different designs for $35 including the matching envelopes!
You'll leave with 12 hand stamped Christmas cards with matching envelopes ready to send out.
Family & friends will love receiving a beautiful hand stamped card from you!
BONUS: Double sets (24 cards for only $60)
CHOOSE FROM 2 DIFFERENT TIMES (All dates offered are of the same cards)
Sat Nov 2nd at 10am OR Mon Nov 4th at 10am.
You must pre-register and pay for this event by October 24th.
If doing double sets, please let me know and pay when you register.
Please bring your favorite adhesive and scissors.
More info coming
More info coming
Blessings and Happy Stampin!
Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Sr. Manager
"Every time I go to work, I end up at a party!"
Posted at Oct 23, 2013 12:02 AM | Comments [0]
like branches on a tree,
we all grow in different directions,
yet our roots remain as one.
This weekend we were blessed to have all our family home for Labor Day weekend and to celebrate Nadia's birthday. Even though Nathaniel and Nicole have been away from home before much longer there is something different when they "move out" to live at college. I'm sure the transition will be even harder when they graduate and "move out" on there own for good. My family is growing and changing. Bittersweet for sure...
But I have to say it felt so good to have all of us home sleeping under one roof. Family is one of the most important things in my life beside my relationship with God and I feel blessed that ours is a close one. I love the feeling that not only I get but they get when they are home all together. It seems like it was just yesterday that they were all so tiny and depended on Todd and I for everything.
As we celebrated Nadia (the baby in the family) turning ten I was reminded just how quickly time time goes. It makes me re-evaluate what is important and how I spend the limited amount of time we have with them. I know it will be all too soon that they all will be leaving the safety of our nest.
For now we teach them that our home is a safe place... a place of family, faith, friends and cherished memories. The home of the Haines' is a place to grow and to learn, to succeed and to fail, to encourage and to scorn, to win and to lose, to celebrate and to weep, to help and to heal, to dust off and get back up again, to be gracious of what's given, to serve those who are in need, and at times it's okay to just come home to rest.
Our job is to love them immensely and to prepare them as best we can with what we have. It's to teach them to use their God given gifts and talents to make a difference in the lives of others, so that one day they will open their wings and soar with confidence from this nest to build their own.
Today I'm so excited to share with you my Family Banner that I just finish for our "nest". I just am giddy about it! I totally love how it turned out. Our new Banner Kits are so fun! Here are some close ups.
The possibilities are endless! I'll be working on "Joy" this week as well as "Fall" and a few others. What will your banner say?
My Family Banner features the following new products from the Hoilday Catalog:
Build A Banner Simply Created Kit
Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper
1-1/4" Burlap Ribbon
Pretty Print Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
I also used the following products from the Main Catalog:
Classic Ink - Crumb Cake and Smoky Slate
Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray
Canvas Creations #129375
Sponge Daubers #102892
Antique Brads #117273
Vintage Trinkets 118764
Crochet Trim, Natural Trim and Natural Cotton Ribbons
Tea Lace Paper Dollies #129399
3" and 31/2" Circle Dies
Simply Scored Scoring Tool
"Blessings" image from the Take Care Stamp Set
Artisan Lable Punch #130920
Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Sr. Manager
"Every time I go to work, I end up at a party!"
Posted at Sep 03, 2013 07:26 PM | Comments [2]
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* Friday and Saturday night lodging (bunk room style)
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* Door prizes, make & take, & special offers
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* Beautiful Fall view overlooking the lake!
* 100's of samples and displays for you to get new ideas
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$70 - Optional Headstart Day on Thursday October 17th starting at 3pm.
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* Fee includes Thursday night lodging
* Thursday Dinner, Friday Brunch, Friday Dinner
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Holiday Catalogs but also kick off the Buckeye season - GO BUCKS!!!
Shop from your computer anytime between now and Friday at midnight here:
NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE. No needing to come pick up or waiting for me to get order in.
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Refer your family and friends. The bigger the party they bigger the gifts.
Order from the Main Catalog, The Spring Catalog, MDS Downloads and even my On-Line Clearance Rack!!!
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Anita Haines
Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Sr. Manager
"Every time I go to work, I end up at a party!"
Posted at Aug 28, 2013 05:44 PM | Comments [0]
Join me tonight for a fun evening of PIZZA, MUSIC and STAMPING from 6pm to Midnight!
We been so busy this Summer that this is my first PMS Party of the Summer - FRIDAY AUGUST 2nd.
I have the BRAND NEW HOILDAY CATALOGS available for those of you that haven't received one, not to mention all my wonderful swaps and new products from convention! So join me tonight for a fun evening of stamping.
- All my stamp sets, punches, wheels,dies, inks, etc... are available for your use.
- My samples are also available to view and photograph.
- Be inspired by seeing what other gals are working on.
- $15 fee includes: Pizza, fun Music, and Stamping! (...and of course chocolate!)
- Stamp Club Members and Downline only pay $10!
TONIGHT IS FREE with a minimun order of $20
Join me in my studio! Contact me so I can save you a spot! 614-554-9297. Space is Limited!
Blessings and Happy Stampin!
Anita Haines
Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Sr. Manager
"Every time I go to work, I end up at a party!"
Posted at Aug 02, 2013 12:22 AM | Comments [0]
I've been so busy with getting ready for Nicole's graduation that I haven't had a chance to post anything lately. It's so hard to believe she will be headed off to college soon. I will miss her deeply but am blessed to have her attending The Ohio State Univerisity which is close by. Plus she will be near Nathaniel... Another huge blessing!
So I thought I would share my latest project. I used My Digital Studio to design Nicole's Graduation Banner. I just ordered it tonight and can't wait to see the real thing!!! The actual banner will be 2 1/2 feet tall and 6 feet wide!!! Whooowhooo!!! I sooooooo love being able to totally customize it just for her. It's actually a surprize and should be here just in time to put in the yard on her 18th birthday. Here is the MDS Image. I'll also take a pic and post when I actually have the sign in the yard for you to see as well.
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I loved that I could create Nicole's Graduation Announcements with My digital Studio (MDS). I remember when I ordered Nathaniel's two years ago the hardest part for me was only having a limited selection of what was available. Don't get me wrong, his invites were done very well and we were please with them, but I had wished I could have customize them a bit more.
This time I used MDS to create Nicole's Announcements and my choices were truly endless. The nice thing is if I wanted I could have used one of the designer templates available and just plop her photos and change the wording. Here is an example of just one the templates we have - Embark Graduate Ensemble - Digital Download 133467.
But I knew with Nicole I wanted to do something a little different and use more photos so I custom designed it myself with all our wonderful elements. I decide to go with the 5 x 7 Postcard Format and on the front feature one her favorite photos I took of her. So... what do you think? I love the boldness and edginess of the design and yet it let her shine! I may be a bit bias... but it's she simply beautiful!
They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed. ~ Mark 6:56
Baroque Motifs/Baroque Motifs - flourish, Color = 214,51,46
Baroque Motifs/Baroque Motifs - flourish, Color = 214,51,46
Music Notes/Music Notes - background, Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
Music Notes/Music Notes - background, Color = BASIC BLACK 19,27,29
Vintage Verses/Vintage Verses - only one you, Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
Vintage Verses/Vintage Verses - only one you, Color = WHISPER WHITE 255,255,255
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Blessings and Happy Stampin!
Anita Haines
Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Sr. Manager
"Every time I go to work, I end up at a party!"
Posted at Apr 15, 2013 12:54 PM | Comments [0]
April Events... are you signed up?
I love that this lets you capture it all on-the-go.
Bundle is only available through April 30th.
Products will appear in New Catalog individually.
Above you will see a sneak peek of a project I will have on hand for you to create!
Friday April 26th - Anytime after lunch (noon) till midnight
Saturday April 27th - Anytime after 7am till midnight
Friday - $35
Come both days for only - $88
Contact me to register!!!
Please get your registration FEE in early to make sure you have a spot...
My Studio space is VERY limited for this event.
You are not concidered registered until I receive your payment.
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Lovin' Me Some Soda Pop Tops!!!!
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Blessings and Happy Stampin!
Anita Haines
Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Sr. Manager
"Every time I go to work, I end up at a party!"
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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Increasing yield potential is often talked about when making soybean input decisions. Chemtura AgroSolutions™ is going one step farther with Dimilin® 2L insect growth regulator and guaranteeing increased yield when the product is used at the proper timing on soybeans (R3 stage or early soybean pod fill).
Since its introduction, university researchers and extension personnel have tested the efficacy of Dimilin in many field trials. Researchers saw yield improvements in nearly 80 percent of these trials. In some studies, the increase was 10 percent or more over untreated beans.
"We at Chemtura AgroSolutions are confident that soybean growers can experience similar results if Dimilin is applied at the reproductive R3 soybean growth stage (early pod fill) that we will guarantee the yield boost," says Keith Griffith,technical sales support representative, Chemtura AgroSolutions.
"In an average-yielding soybean field, that could add up to five bushels per acre and $60 per acre income with today's commodity prices. Spending only a few dollars per acre to be guaranteed as much as $60 back sounds like an investment farmers ought to like," adds Griffith.
Dimilin is labeled as a yield enhancement tool because soybean plants treated with a minimum rate of 2 oz/acre at the R3 growth stage have shown increases in the number of pods retained per plant—leading to a yield boost and increased profits. This effect is enhanced when applied in conjunction with a fungicide because both increase yields by improving the health of the soybean plant and should be applied at the same critical growth stage.
As a broad-spectrum, long-lasting insect growth regulator, Dimilin also interferes with the larval stages of worm pests and causes them to die during molting to the next size (instar). This R3 soybean stage application can prevent foliage defoliation and pod loss thus reducing damage to the soybean crop.
"We'd like you to take the Dimilin Soybean Yield Challenge on your farm this year," says Griffith. "If your yield increase does not cover the cost of the application, Chemtura AgroSolutions will replace the Dimilin used. Additionally, the first 200 growers to participate will earn $100 and enough product to treat up to 60 acres next year for their efforts."
Here's how to take the Dimilin 2L Soybean Yield Challenge:
· Contact Brandon Doggett at [email protected]or (678) 502-4651 for an enrollment form.
· Identify a uniform field to perform the side-by-side trial.
· Document the variety planted and the fungicides and micronutrients applied to the entire field.
· Treat at least 20 acres within the field with Dimilin according to the label and leave at least 20 acres untreated.
· Document yield based on on-board yield monitor or weigh wagon results.
· Report trial results to Chemtura AgroSolutions.
Crop consultants can also facilitate the trials for grower customers.
In addition to its proven efficacy and low cost, Dimilin has low impact on beneficial insects and is easy to apply with standard spray equipment. It can be tank mixed with fungicides, as well as with most adjuvants, liquid fertilizers, and pesticides. This convenient flexibility decreases trips through the field—saving farmers time and fuel costs.
For more information about Dimilin or the Soybean Yield Enhancement Guarantee, please visit www.ChemturaAgroSolutions.com/usor contact the technical sales support representativeat [email protected].
Chemtura AgroSolutions offers a comprehensive line of miticides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, plant growth regulators and seed enhancements that improve the quality and increase yields of specialty crops across the globe.

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Do you want to test them to see if they still work or do you want to see if they sound good ?
If it's to listen how well they sound the answer is nope. and even if you could it would'n sound the same as if it was set in a guitar.
For output? Use a multi-meter.
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All the wait is finally over for JYJ's Jaejoong has at last dropped his solo mini album 'I'!
Ahead of the reveal, the singer revealed his rock-genre title track of the same name through the impressive music video released yesterday, which you can check out here.
The mini album contains a total of 5 tracks including "Mine" and his pre-release "One Kiss" (take a listen to it here).
Check out the other tracks below!
[Update: It seems they have decided to change the title to 'I' rather than 'Mine', which was revealed to be the title of the album previously]
You Fill Me Up
All Alone
Healing For Myself
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With this device they attached great importance to the transportability. The Ascent vaporizer is really small and handy and fits in every pocket, so you can take it with you wherever you go. Of course the handling is very simple, too.
Turn on the power switch and regulate the temperature with the plus- and minus buttons. Really practical here is the small display, which always shows the current temperature. Your herbs and plants you can carry portioned in the storage compartment.
The Ascent Vaporizer is charged with the power adapter, which is delivered, too. In addition you get two oil cans, so you can excellently vaporize essential oils.
The supplied user manuel shows how to use the Ascent vaporizer in explicit detail and with pictures.
Height: ca. 11,5cm
Width: ca. 5,5cm
Scope of delivery:
1 x Ascent Vaporizer
4 x user manual (DE, EN, F, ES)
1 x Extra mouthpiece made of glass
1 x Filter set, containing 3 screens and a metal pick
2 x glassy oil reservoirs
1 x Ascent recharger
1 x bag made of black velvet
1 x Ascent badge
1 x DaVinci social-card
Here you can download a short manual (Only available in German).
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What do the French Revolution, the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany, the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Bolshevik Revolution all have in common?
What do the French Revolution, the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany, the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Bolshevik Revolution all have in common?
One more clue should bring it into clearer focus: What is the biggest problem facing America today? The answer, of course, is the impending meltdown of our economy if something isn't done to fix it, pronto. The implications are sobering.
No matter at what point in history or which nation is involved, when average wage earners are forced to support the extravagant demands of a privileged few at the expense of the majority, resulting in the drastic economic decline of that nation, sooner or later the people will revolt, either at the polls or by taking matters into their own hands.
The very clear message of the 2008 election, a demand for real change in the way our government operates, should have convinced even the vanguard of "good old boy" politicians in Washington that the American people are tired of the same old same old.
But the failure of the Obama administration to cash in on the momentum of those heady, good-will charged days of his early presidency, and the subsequent caving in to a bailout plan for a privileged class of bankers and corporate executives (instead of prosecuting and jailing them as was done when the 1920s crowd tried the same shenanigans), led to the disastrous midterm election of 2010. It returned enough Obama opponents to power to forestall any progress the president might have made toward a true economic recovery.
Because human nature is remarkably consistent, often the best place to find the most accurate forecast of the future is in the pages of history. Ironically, a college textbook from a course on early modern Europe ("The Mainstream of Civilization: 1350 to 1815" by Joseph R. Strayer, Hans W. Gatzke and E. Harris Harbison, second edition, pages 523-525) yielded a chilling, mirror image of modern America in, of all places, a section about the French Revolution. See if any of this rings a bell:
"The purchasing power of well to do peasants declined. … Nevertheless, noblemen and other large landowners, who had become accustomed to high profits, sought to save their own declining fortunes by demanding from their tenant farmers dues and obligations that had long been neglected. The countryside was ripe for revolution.
"The finances of Louis XVI's government were in a shambles. By 1787 one-half of the nation's tax revenues went to service the massive public debt that Louis XIV had left to his successors. France's involvement in the Seven Years War and in the American War for Independence had driven the government further along the road to bankruptcy.
"Without a reform of the tax system the king could not meet his obligations. But such a reform would mean an attack on the privileges of the upper classes, and this Louis could never quite summon the courage to do.
"During the 1780s, then, aristocratic demands on the peasantry were aggravating the distress of the countryside, and aristocratic resistance to tax reform was hampering the government in its attempts to revamp the nation's financial structure. These were two facets of the aristocratic reaction that was directly responsible for the coming of the French Revolution.
"The tremendous strength of the French privileged classes had been built up steadily during the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI. At every turn, the poor, the aspiring middle class and enlightened reformers in government confronted the fact of privilege.
"Some men of the Enlightenment … encouraged the king to rationalize state finance and to bring a measure of justice to French society at the expense of the privileged groups. Louis XVI supported several of these plans for reform, but he always backed down when the privileged classes protested."
American lawmakers would do well to remember that our most American holiday, the Fourth of July, is a standing memorial of a popular uprising against legislative abuse, caprice and tyranny. In every poll, the American people have told their elected representatives that they want equity of taxation, meaning they want tax cuts for the super wealthy to end.
Instead, they have been forced to watch the very legislators they have elected gut social programs that are vital to the continued well-being of so many of our citizenry, including Head Start, mental health care funding, decent pay for teachers, threatened cuts to Pell grants, Medicare, Medicaid and the eventual collapse of Social Security if we do not make the richest sector of our society pay its fair share of taxes.
A few thoughts to consider carefully:
(1) While Germany spends about 21 percent of its national budget on its social safety net, and Canada's figure comes in at about 26 percent, the United States allots a paltry 6� percent, which certain lawmakers are trying to cut even further in order to add another $5 billion to our defense budget, by far the largest military budget in the world and the most endless source of our national debt.
(2) Corporate executives in Scandinavian countries earn about seven times the salary of the average worker. American CEOs command more than 400 times what the average American worker earns.
(3) The 400 wealthiest Americans make about $300 million a year or more, yet, like everyone else, only the first $106,000 is subject to Social Security taxes.
What we are facing now is not taxation without representation, but taxation by legislators who represent not those who elected them but those who have bought their allegiance by financing their re-election campaigns, and have pitted their interests against the very citizens who have elected them.


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INDIAN ROCKS BEACH — Russell "Robbie" Robinson wasn't one to guess.
When commissioned by Largo's Christ Presbyterian Church to sculpt 72 clay busts of historical Christian figures, he combed the Bible for clues.
Were the disciples outdoor types? Tax collectors? Fishermen? Where did they originate?
"He talked a lot about the study that he went through when he tried to create those people," said his friend, Dick Merryman. "He gleaned every sentence he could find in the scripture."
Their experiences told him everything.
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Mr. Robinson, a noted artist from Indian Rocks Beach, died Saturday after a battle with cancer. He was 88.
He started painting as a boy, studying art in Clearwater. He joined the Navy during World War II, and was injured during the Anzio invasion. An explosion blew out his eardrums and caused cuts all over his body.
After the war, he lived with other starving artists in Woodstock, N.Y., chopping wood and making large picture frames to sell. He studied fine art in Philadelphia and spent years painting and sailing around the gulf and Caribbean.
In Florida, his art career flourished. He had a string of one-man art shows across the state during the '60s and '70s.
He painted a 13-foot crucifix at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Largo. He created huge murals in the entrance of a yacht company and at the Pelican Restaurant in Clearwater.
He built a 14-foot sculpture in front of a St. Petersburg bank and sculpted bronze reliefs of Morton Plant Hospital benefactors.
He was never satisfied with a single medium. A member of the National Rifle Association, Mr. Robinson was a gun enthusiast who loved to refinish weapons, adorning them with jewels and fancy hand grips.
Mr. Robinson executed his work breezily, sometimes distractedly, talking to friends and philosophizing on politics and religion while painting incrementally.
"He would mix a little paint and put a dab on the canvas, mix some more, put a dab," said Merryman. "I'd look at the thing and go, 'Holy smokes, that's a nose!' "
He had a large circle of influential friends. He taught art and painted family portraits for many business and educational leaders.
Through his life, he had heart problems and several types of cancer. His passion, he believed, sustained him.
"Give a life something to live for," he once told the St. Petersburg Times. "Take care to appeal to the soul and the body will take care of itself."
Stephanie Hayes can be reached at email@example.com or (727) 893-8857.


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An estimate by the Heritage Foundation says the Senate immigration reform bill would cost taxpayers $6.3 trillion over 50 years. Do you agree with this conclusion?
YES and NO: Heritage correctly highlights unlawful immigrants tend to have relatively low education and work in relatively low-wage jobs. Over their lifetime they are likely to consume more government services than pay in taxes. The report errs, however, by not considering significant benefits arising to the economy from undocumented workers moving out of the shadows and becoming full taxpayers. It also does not consider the impacts from some of those immigrants being more able to move up the income ladder. In other words, the report only describes gross effects of unlawful immigration on the federal budget and not net impact.
NO: One problem with the Heritage Foundation report is that it uses static analysis and doesn't fully take into account the positive impact of immigration reform on the economy. The libertarian Cato Institute found that immigration reform would boost the economy by $1.5 trillion over a 10-year period due to greater productivity and economic activity from those who would otherwise be in the shadows of society. The rest of the economy would also benefit, including more revenue being generated at all levels of government. The same study shows a negative impact of $2.6 trillion if all those who are now here illegally were forced out of the country.
NO: It is very difficult to estimate the added number of immigrants that would result from this legislation, let alone to calculate the added tax revenues from their earnings and the total expenses for government transfers and services for them over the next 50 years. I think it is more meaningful to look at the consequences for the distribution of income. Having more people seeking low-skilled jobs is a benefit to employers who get to hire cheap labor, but hurts American workers who are also trying to get those low-paying jobs. Immigration is one reason why those on the bottom have been falling farther behind.
NO: I do not trust this research and I do not believe these conclusions. Mexicans and other immigrants have mostly not received Social Security and unemployment benefits, although most pay into those funds. They have not been able to claim the benefits because many, if not most, do not have legitimate Social Security numbers. If immigrants are offered amnesty, they are on the exact same footing as U.S. citizens and therefore their tax and benefit contributions/withdrawals are the same as you or I. It is true that the government will lose money on them, but at the same rate as they lose money on the rest of us.
NO: It is impossible to estimate anything 50 years out. The analysis makes assumptions that are very speculative, e.g., that illegal residents never leave. They do, especially when they reach retirement age. It also presumes that most illegal (immigrants) don't currently use many public services. They do and they often pay Social Security using fake numbers. Last, it totally ignores the below-market wages paid to such workers, which are a huge economic benefit to produce farmers, consumers of produce, smaller hotels and many other hard labor jobs that legal residents don't want to do. These wages would certainly go up and until such time we all benefit from the contributions of cheap labor.
NO: While certain elements of the Heritage Foundation study might be true, different reports and assumptions have indicated varying estimates of the costs of illegal immigration. The Heritage study acknowledges that a legalization program would reduce costs during the initial phase (more than a decade) as immigrants move from the underground economy and pay higher taxes. Concerns focus on higher means-tested benefits and old-age benefits over time. However, more education, higher wages, more self-sufficiency, benefits to U.S. companies and ending the current stigma of fear and uncertainty make solving our illegal immigration problem a compelling proposition.
NO: The Heritage study assumes that "illegals" who become citizens would all remain in low-skill and low-pay jobs indefinitely. Very unlikely. It also assumes that U.S. GDP would not benefit from the contributions of these future citizens, when almost all economists who study immigration agree that U.S. GDP would be substantially higher with the proposed immigration reform, generating a lot of additional tax revenue. Over the next 13 years, during which time the (unauthorized immigrants) are not eligible for federal benefits, there is a net fiscal saving even under the flawed assumptions of the paper.
NO: Immigrants now comprise more than 12 percent of the American population, approaching levels not seen since the 1920s. About 28 percent of the total foreign-born population could be unauthorized, some 11 million people. So, although the concern has merit, as long as the U.S. remains the land of opportunity, not guaranteed entitlements, it should be able to continue to prosper and grow from the contributions of immigrants. Although currently roughly 30 percent of immigrants lack a high school diploma, nearly four times the U.S. average, immigration policies can be adjusted to ensure the U.S. attracts and retains people with the greatest opportunity (education and skills) to contribute to economic growth.
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Allegheny Health Network name of new Highmark-West Penn Allegheny system
Now the real work begins for Highmark Inc.
The state approval on Monday of the health insurer's $1.1 billion bid to buy West Penn Allegheny Health System shifts the focus from tens of thousands of pages of planning documents to the process of rebuilding Pittsburgh's moribund No. 2 hospital chain.
"They're going to have to do something that no one has been able to do in a decade: Make West Penn work," said Steve Foreman, associate professor of health care administration at Robert Morris University in Moon. "And they're probably going to be blamed for any untoward events that occur, such as increasing health premiums, failure to contract with UPMC and/or the closure of multiple community hospitals."
The Pennsylvania Department of Insurance approval marked the final piece Highmark needed to advance an ambitious strategy to compete head-to-head with UPMC, the largest hospital network in Western Pennsylvania.
"The community knew what was at stake if West Penn Allegheny Health System didn't survive," said Highmark's CEO, Dr. William Winkenwerder. "It will not only survive, it will be revitalized."
Anchored by West Penn Allegheny, the system will be called Allegheny Health Network, Highmark officials said. It will be led by John Paul, a former UPMC executive who for two years has worked at Highmark to build the network.
As president and CEO, Paul said his priority will be to build a patient-centered network with affordable prices.
"When we do it right, we'll set the template for the whole country," Paul said.
The deal was critical for the Pittsburgh area. Highmark, headquartered Downtown in Fifth Avenue Place, is the state's largest health insurance company, with about 5 million members, $15.2 billion in annual revenue and $4.1 billion in reserve. West Penn Allegheny owns five hospitals in the Pittsburgh area and employs about 12,000 people.
Nevertheless, the state's approval didn't happen easily. The insurance department since November 2011 reviewed several versions of the deal, including the latest submitted in January.
Some conditions the state imposed are that West Penn Allegheny not share confidential information of competing insurers with Highmark; that Highmark not influence West Penn Allegheny's negotiations with other insurers, or limit its contracts with other insurers; that West Penn Allegheny executives tie their compensation to the system's performance; and that Highmark create a transition plan if it cannot secure a reimbursement contract with UPMC beyond 2014.
The last condition appears to be the most thorny challenge. UPMC has given no indication it will strike a contract with Highmark and its Blue Cross-Blue Shield customers. The contract would give Highmark members access to all UPMC hospitals. UPMC released a statement urging Highmark to establish a transition plan "as there will be no new UPMC contract or extension when the current one expires in just 19 months."
Michael Consedine, Pennsylvania's insurance commissioner, told the Tribune-Review he is prepared to impose other conditions on Highmark if it fails to meet the conditional requirements designed to protect consumers and Highmark's stability.
"We are not issuing this today and washing our hands of what happens in the marketplace after the order goes into effect," Consedine said. "A lot of these conditions are really designed to keep the department in the loop as to how this whole transaction plays out."
Cathy Stoddard, president of the SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania chapter that represents nurses and service workers at Allegheny General, was relieved that the deal had been approved.
"Now we can focus on the patients," Stoddard said. "There's nothing more valuable than coming to work every day knowing you have the resources and the leadership you need."
State approval took effect immediately. Highmark had asked for a decision by Tuesday, when its agreements with West Penn Allegheny and the struggling health system's bondholders expire.
To avoid a West Penn Allegheny bankruptcy, Highmark struck a deal to buy about $710 million in bonds from investors at a discounted price. The insurer said on Monday that it finalized agreements to purchase $604.2 million of the bonds, or about 85 percent of the outstanding principal amount.
Highmark is giving West Penn Allegheny $475 million in grants and loans to help boost the system's finances and operations.
Gov. Tom Corbett said Highmark's acquisition of West Penn Allegheny "is an important step toward" improving health care access, quality and affordability in Western Pennsylvania.
"This affiliation also protects thousands of jobs of hardworking people who provide critical care in our local communities," Corbett said.
Luis Fábregas and Alex Nixon are Trib Total Media staff writers. Reach Fábregas at 412-320-7998 or email@example.com. Reach Nixon at 412-320-7928 or email@example.com.


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Nuremburg Chronicle
The Special Collections of the MSU Libraries contain a first edition copy of the Liber Chronicarum, also known as the Nuremburg Chronicle.
The most extensively illustrated book of the 15th century, the Nuremburg Chronicle has more than 1,800 woodcuts of religious subjects, historical events and city views. It traces the full sweep of world history from the creation stories of the Hebrew Bible to 1493, the year it was published.
Production of the Chronicle was organized by two wealthy citizens of Nuremburg, Sebald Schreyer and Anton Kamermeister, as a showcase for the financial and artistic resources of their city. The popularity of the anticipated work was so great that 2,000 copies were printed for the first edition – an unusually large print run for that time.
The MSU Libraries' copy has Latin text printed in double columns in Gothic lettering. Pigskin binding and a clasp were added later, possibly by the first owner. It was acquired for the Special Collections in the 1950s.
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Government scientists are in the midst of a 10-day trip, surveying southeast Alaska beaches for debris from last year's deadly tsunami in Japan.
While there have been several high-profile instances of debris from the tsunami reaching U.S. shores, groups that routinely clean ocean trash from Alaska beaches have reported a difference in the volume and type of debris they're seeing this year, leading them to believe more debris from the disaster has arrived.
A five-member team for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is due back in Juneau on Sunday. NOAA's Jeep Rice said the hope is for the cruise to average four to six sites a day, with the team split into two crews. However, he said weather will be a factor, with many of the sites opening directly to the ocean and surf expected to limit activity some days. He said some sites also will be very difficult to walk along.
Some of those sites will be less than a kilometer, he said.
NOAA, in a news release, said all human-related marine debris will be counted and cataloged. The team plans to confer with marine debris experts on the West Coast about its findings, NOAA spokeswoman Julie Speegle said.
Surveys of coastline farther north and west are planned for later this summer in Alaska. Rice said NOAA plans to pay particular attention to Kayak Island, located in the Gulf of Alaska, which he said was completely cleared of debris last summer, and any other sites that NOAA can confirm had been recently cleaned.
NOAA said tsunami debris surveys will be conducted periodically during the next couple years.
Rice characterized the current trip as a preliminary assessment to get a sense of what's arriving. Rice said the trip will help inform future cleanup efforts.
The team includes a NOAA contractor and University of Alaska student.


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Claudia Labin writes for the theatre and the screen. Her plays have been produced and given staged readings in a variety of local theatres and published in the Indiana Theatre Journal. Read more
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Nursery AM: 8.45am – 11.45am ¦ Nursery PM: 12.30pm – 3.30pm.
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I am furious at the Holiday Inn East (the one near the con).
I booked a room way back in June. I was told no rate was available. When will the rate be available? "I don't know, probably sometime in December," says the lady on the phone line.
Each month, I phone back (sometimes twice a month), asking if any rooms are available at the Anime North rate. The person on the other end says the exact same thing.
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This is totally stupid. Man, I could use so much profanity here to let you all know how angry I am. I booked my room back in *JUNE*, right after the last con, and there was a rate available then, and the incompetent staff somehow messed up. So now I'm pretty much screwed.
I got a room at the Crowne Plaza, but I really don't like that hotel much... small rooms and that steep hill to climb up. No Sheraton, either... had that hotel for this year's AN, and it's way too expensive. I could have gotten the Doubletree, but I hate their room policy (even if it's understandable) and constantly getting stuck in overcrowded elevators. I managed to get a king at the Radisson, this year... hopefully a friend of mine will be willing to share a bed. As for other hotels, I'm not going to waste my time/energy at the con walking (I'm usually completely drained to the point of being sick at the end of AN as is... I was so completely drained this year that I was really sick by the end of Sunday).
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Shelby Sineway is looking at winaywayna, a city created by the Incas. The Incas had to carry these heavy rocks to this location before building. Nowadays, a tractor would be used.
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A rift in the Progressive Conservative caucus could effectively give Dalton McGuinty's Liberals the majority government they missed by one seat in this fall's Ontario election.
But capping off a bizarre turn of events that has set Queen's Park buzzing, the Liberals insist they'll turn down the gift their opponents are handing them.
On Tuesday afternoon, PC Leader Tim Hudak grimly announced that veteran MPP Frank Klees – a former cabinet minister who was runner-up in his party's 2009 leadership contest – had rejected a prominent position in the Tories' shadow cabinet. Instead, Mr. Klees plans to run for Speaker of the Legislature despite Mr. Hudak's explicit request that no members of his caucus do so.
If elected to that job, Mr. Klees would shift the balance of power in the provincial Legislature by bringing the number of opposition MPPs down to 53 – the same as the number of Liberals. Given the tradition of the Speaker voting with the government on matters of confidence, that would make it almost impossible for Mr. Hudak's Tories and Andrea Horwath's New Democrats to bring down the Liberals and force an election.
Within moments of the revelations about Mr. Klees' candidacy, however, officials from the Premier's Office insisted they will not ask any of the four members of their own caucus currently campaigning for the Speaker's job – Donna Cansfield, Kevin Flynn, Dave Levac and David Zimmer – to stand down.
With even one of those MPPs' names on the secret ballot, Mr. Klees' path to the chair could well be blocked. Candidates for Speaker can vote for themselves, so if every member of the opposition other than Mr. Klees voted for a Liberal, that person would have the 54 votes needed to win.
"There's still going to be a Liberal Speaker," a senior government official predicted on Tuesday afternoon.
The Liberals seem to believe that having the same number of seats as their opponents would be no less volatile a situation than being one seat short. The departure of any one Liberal MPP could easily lead to the government being brought down, potentially more quickly than if the opposition parties had to turn on a minority government that they had previously allowed to govern.
Officials also stressed that Mr. McGuinty can't prevent his backbenchers from seeking a job that involves more power, more pay and more prestige – and that trying to do so would risk sowing dissent in his caucus.
In an interview, Ms. Cansfield confirmed that she would still run for Speaker even if the Premier asked her not to do so. "There is no integrity in backing down," the Etobicoke MPP said. "When I say I'm going to do something, I follow through."
For the PCs, it's evidently too late to avoid a degree of internal strife. And matters will surely grow more uncomfortable if Mr. Klees loses the Speaker's job and has to return to his party's caucus.
Other PC MPPs' anger will mostly be directed at Mr. Klees, rather than Mr. Hudak. There have long been complaints that he is not a team player, and many will take his rejection of a role within caucus – including an offer to do outreach work with new Canadians, along the lines of what Jason Kenney has done federally – as confirmation of that.
But Mr. Klees has a big following among the Tories' social conservative wing, which makes up a significant portion of the party's general membership and propelled him to a surprisingly strong showing in the leadership race.
While it's doubtful he'd be able to defeat Mr. Hudak in the leadership review scheduled for early 2012, he could create major headaches for him leading up to it.
On Tuesday, Mr. Klees' decision left the usually even-keel PC Leader looking uncharacteristically shaken. Whereas NDP Leader Andrea Horwath unveiled her shadow cabinet that morning at a cheery event in the Legislature's press theatre, Mr. Hudak dumped his list on reporters at an abruptly convened scrum outside his office.
"Frank is Frank," Mr. Hudak said quietly, describing himself as "surprised and disappointed" by what had transpired.
It was not the sort of storyline the Tories wanted as they try to bounce back from their disappointing election result. If there's any consolation for them, it's that – at least for now – the Liberals don't appear inclined to press their advantage.Report Typo/Error
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A lion of Minnesota's business community, Dwight Opperman led West Publishing to become one of the most prominent publishers of legal content in the country.
He also helped launch West into the digital age as a provider of online legal research.
Opperman died Wednesday at age 89. He will be remembered for his lifelong interest in the law and his career at West Publishing helping legal research be more thorough and efficient. By his family, he will also be remembered for his bootstrapping.
His son, Vance Opperman, recalls that Dwight Opperman grew up poor. Dwight and his first wife, Jeanice, now deceased, were both gifted musicians who in the early days of their marriage earned money by performing. But Vance said the family was effectively broke when Dwight graduated in 1951from law school at Drake University.
"We didn't have any money at all, and we lived in student housing which was the old Drake trailer camp, and he took the bar exam, which he passed," Vance said. "And we went out looking for a job, and we didn't have any daycare, so I went with him. I was just a little kid. And he talked to various law firms that were trying to hire people."
Vance Opperman said his father got the best job offer from West Publishing in St. Paul, where he would become an editor. The job matched his father's scholarly demeanor. Vance said.
"He's a very academic person and very drawn to the English language and the structure," he said.
A few weeks after arriving at West, Dwight Opperman made friends with John Nasseff, who had a very different background. Nasseff only finished 9th grade. Both men would rise to the firm's senior executive ranks. Nasseff said Dwight stood out for his intellect.
"He was a very brilliant man. He had a good memory. He could remember things in detail, which was really an asset," Nasseff said. "And when he got started at West, he read a lot about the history of the company. So he knew a lot about the company. And everyone could see how smart he was."
At the helm of West Publishing, Opperman, led the company to develop Westlaw, an online legal database that has become an essential tool for lawyers, judges and legal scholars. In 1996, the publishing company was sold to what is now Thomson Reuters.
Opperman made many other contributions to the legal field. He was a major benefactor of the American Judicature Society and the United States Supreme Court Historical Society.
His contributions were regarded as so important that the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Roberts, took time to mourn Dwight Opperman's passing.
In a statement, Roberts wrote, "Dwight has long been a committed friend and supporter not only of the Supreme Court but of the Federal Judiciary as a whole. Those of us on the court will miss his warm friendship."
In Minnesota, Opperman gave financial support to William Mitchell College of Law and Hamline University School of Law.
But Nasseff's esteem for Opperman extends far beyond his legal contributions. He says Opperman was a deeply kind man.
Nasseff recalls his own heart attack in 1959. Opperman and Jeanice invited Nasseff on a trip to San Diego to speed his recovery. Nasseff said Opperman personally nursed him back to health.
"And every morning, he'd get up, he'd make me walk about a half a mile, then a mile, take breakfast. He watched me like a hawk. Every day. Every day," Nasseff said.
Nasseff said from then on he and Opperman were inseparable friends who spoke every day, either in person or by phone, until the very end.
Opperman had recently been diagnosed with liver cancer, according to his son, Vance. He is survived by his second wife, Julie Chrystyn, sons Vance and Fane, nine grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren.
A memorial service is expected to take place sometime in August in St. Paul.


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The smooth, pastel-tone corridors of Mountasia Family Fun Park's two 18-hole miniature golf courses encircle the rising crags of a central waterfall that cascades past greens of orb-rolling entertainment. Parties of all ages can choose from two different courses, navigating around obstacles that include burbling rapids and caves. The turn-filled go-kart course provides tandem go-karts so youngsters can join the four-wheel fun, and inside batting cages patrons flail away using a trusty bat. Elsewhere onsite, water enthusiasts are invited to enjoy bumper boats, Mountasia's 30-foot rock wall beckons to altitude-immune adventurers, virtual thrills reside in the video arcade, and guests take aim at each other in a post-apocalyptic laser tag area.


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Square Enix has released the opening cinematic for the upcoming entry into the Final Fantasy series, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII will be available on 11 February 2014 (USA), and 14 February 2014 (Europe), for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Nathan Manning is an Xbox Editor for AnalogAddiction. You can find him on Twitter and AnalogAddiction there as well.
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p. 297-198 Many of the first log houses were roofed with hay or grass. Then came the period of oak shakes for roofs; then oak shingles; and finally the present whitewood and pine shingle roofs. The logs were first laid up by notching in, leaving the rough ends sticking out at the corners, and when raised to the required height, they were laid in by degrees until they came to a peak at the top. This was called " cobbing up," because it was of the style of a child's cob house. Shakes were put down in layers over these logs for a roof, and were held in their places by long poles laid across each layer and fastened by a peg or a withe at each end. This was the primitive style of log house architecture. Then followed the log with square corners, and rafters for laying down the roof. The floors were at first small-sized oak logs split in two, the flat side being hewed smooth, the pieces were laid round side down, and if necessary pinned at each end with oak pins. These floors were used until saw-mills were erected and lumber could be procured. A stick chimney was laid up with a mixture of clay and sand for mortar, at one end of the house. This answered until brick could be obtained. The old brick fire-place was in use until the stove superseded it
The log house stood with the side to the road; a door on wooden hinges and with a wooden latch, was in the center, with a window of two six-lighted, seven-by-nine sashes, close by it, and a window of the same size in the opposite side of the house. Not a nail or particle of iron was in use in any part of the building, nor any sawed lumber. The glass was held in the sash by small wooden pegs.
The logs had been cut eighteen by twenty-two feet for a common sized house and hauled to the spot; a neighbor may have assisted in the hauling. Potta- wattomies, the settler's country cousins, may be said to have been the main help in raising the first log houses in this part of the State. I know of an instance where but two white men were present at the raising, the rest being Indians. They lifted cheerfully and lustily in rolling up the logs. They also assisted much at raising in after years. Only let them know that — "Che- mo-ko-man raise wigwam, like Indian come help him," and you could count on their aid. In our settlement we depended on Goguac and Climax prairies and the intermediate region for aid at raisings. The hands being all on the ground and everything ready, the settler superintended his own raising, or requested some one else to do it. In either case the one who commanded the men was called the " boss." He was implicitly obeyed in all things. He gave the word and the work begun. The two side logs were laid securely in their places, and the two end logs were fitted to theirs. Four good ax-men — men who " knew how to carry up the corners" — were then selected and one placed at each of the four corners of the building to be erected. Their duty was to block off the tenons and fit their end of the log for its place. The logs were rolled up on two long skids by the united strength of the party, who pushed with hands and shoulders as long as they could, and when the log got too high for them to reach, they took stout poles with a crotch in one end, that were called " mooleys" and putting the crotches against the log they pushed it with many a " heave-o-heave " to its place on the building. Thus log after log was rolled up, and all the corners carried up true and secure, until the top log was in its place, the plates put on, the rafters erected, and the house was raised. Then some adventurous settler climbed to the top of the building taking a bottle of whisky from his pocket, took a good "swig," swung the bottle around his head three times, threw it to the ground and named the building. Three cheers were given by the party and the raising was over.
From Sampson, F. A., and F. C. Shoemaker. 1906. Missouri historical review. Columbia, Mo: State Historical Society of Missouri.
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There were probably not as many round log as hewed log houses in our section up to the war, for as a rule the pioneers of thrift and who were ambitious of improving their surroundings, were able in a few years to replace their round log with hewed log houses, using the former for stables and cribs, or as an addition to the new house. While there was little distinction of social status in the community, yet the family living in the hewed log house was generally regarded as holding a higher social status than the family living in the round log house, for usually the home and surroundings of a man were looked upon as an index to his character and energy.
A house raising, whether it was a round log or a hewed log house, was a notable event in which the neighbors, both men and women for several miles around were invited to participate, the men to assist in putting up the logs and notching and fitting them into position, and the women to assist the hostess in preparing and serving the dinner, or sometimes to engage in quilting a quilt. There was always due preparation for the event, the owner having cut and hewed and hauled the logs to the place where the house was to be put up, and the wife, the hostess, having pieced the quilt and placed it in the frame ready for quilting when the guests There was nearly always some rivalry between the men in regard to their skill in fitting the logs into position on the corners, the notches on the saddles, and between the women displaying their skill in quilting or in dressing the table. There was usually one or two in each of the parties of men and women who had some reputation as to skill and efficiency in his or her line of work, the man for the skill with which he fitted his corners with neatness, and the woman for the skill and neatness with which she did her work in quilting. A good dinner was prepared by the women and a long table improvised so that all the men could sit down at the same time to satisfy their hunger, and after some brother on request returned thanks to the Giver of all good things, one of the guests was asked to do the carving of the turkey, chicken or venison. On such occasions the table was bountifully supplied with fried chicken and stewed chicken and dumplings, fresh beef, venison and wild turkey, and cakes and pies and fruits of the season, some of the menu of which some of the guests frequently generously contributed, particularly venison and wild turkey which the host would not likely have on hand and which could be accepted to grace the occasion. It was always known which of the guests had contributed special parts of the menu, as the women the jellies and preserves, and the men the venison and wild turkey, and each came in for compliments during the dinner as to the delicious quality of the part he or she had sent.
There was never any envy among the guests, for if some of those present had not sent anything, it was recognized that they were not in position to do so, and no excuse or apology was needed to explain why they had not done so. In those times a neighbor was glad to show his good will on such occasions, and it was spontaneous, for all recognized that mutual dependence in many things made life sweeter in the struggles that lay before them. When the notches were fitted smoothly on to the saddles, the ends of the logs sawed off so as to show no projections and giving the corners an even appearance, a hewed log house with shingle roof of proper slope, was not only a comfortable house for a family to live in, but made a pleasant impression on the artistic eye. We who were born and lived in log houses, know that they have been the dwelling places of the pioneers of civilization, who, through many struggles and hardships and dangers, have carried the torch of liberty and light through desert and wilderness from the shores of the Atlantic, westward across the Continent to the Golden Shores of the Pacific. As years passed and the family increased and the head of it became more prosperous, an addition was built on to the log house and a barn was constructed, consisting of a stable for horses and cows, crib for corn and hay loft, all under one roof.
The addition to the dwelling sometimes consisted of a hewed log house built on to an old round log house, the latter being used for a kitchen and dining room, and sometimes the addition was of hewed logs, making the dwelling a double hewed log house. In those times both the round log and hewed log houses, usually had only one window with four panes in it, say ten by twelve inches in the sash on the side near the door, so that the houses were poorly lighted. Before water power mills were much in use, most houses had puncheon floors, which were made of a given length of tree split open and the inner sides of the halves hewn straight and the under sides chopped and hewn off to make each puncheon of the required thickness. This kind of floor was not satisfactory to families ambitious of having the best to be had and were replaced in a few years by sawed plank floors, for there was good water power on nearly every stream and saw mills put up and sawed enough lumber to meet the demands of the people. arrived.


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The Project: Provide 40,000 far-flung soldiers with education opportunities through a virtual university.
The Payoff: Boosts the Army as a career path; better-educated soldiers.
It's rough enough patrolling the mean streets of Iraq. But some 270 U.S. soldiers there face additional tests: marketing, English, Psych 101. These are students at eArmyU. This three-year-old U.S. Army program is now one of the nation's largest virtual universities. Learning through laptops, some 40,000 soldiers are continuing their studies in 50 countries -- even in Iraq and Afghanistan.
EArmyU, a consortium of 27 universities, offers soldiers the choice of 142 degrees and certificates and more than 900 online courses. More than 8,500 GIs say they have extended their tours or re-upped in order to qualify. And why not? The Army provides laptops and foots tuition up to $4,500 a year. And it's a bargain for the Army as well, which figures it would otherwise spend some $45,000 to recruit and train each replacement soldier.
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A few years ago, Jason Isenberg was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. To give him and his wife Cheryl an escape, they turned to cosplay. Now that Jason has made a recovery, they've added a dog to the mix – a Boxer dog named Fable.
How to they celebrate expanding their duo to a trio with the addition of a puppy-wuppers? Easy – Dragon Age cosplay. Jason is cosplaying as Cassandra, Cheryl is cosplaying as Cullen, and Fable is cosplaying as the dog sometimes referred to by fans as Barkspawn. Neato!
Photos by Gapple. Check out more pics from the series below.
Check out more of Jason and Cheryl's cosplay efforts on their Facebook page.
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I first bought this item because I'm a sucker for cool-looking peripherals for my Mac, but it turns out that this USB multimedia controller adds a lot of functionality that you just don't find in your mouse. Program it for use in almost any software that you use and you'll find yourself turning to the Powermate for most of the routine functions that would otherwise require key commands or navigating menu options. For laptop computers without the new scrolling trackpads, it is indispensible for web-page scrolling.


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Did you know?
A special feature at Koi is its wide range of teas, many imported from the East – there are green teas, flavoured black teas and, of course, rooibos for a local touch.
There are four stylish Koi restaurants: in Rosebank, Sandton and Pretoria in Gauteng; and in Cape Town in the Western Cape. And if you love your tom yum goong served just the way it's done in Thailand, your dim sum straight from the kitchens of Shanghai, or your sushi as authentic as it comes, then these restaurants won't disappoint.
Asian cuisine is their forte, which they serve with a touch of contemporary Western style. Koi restaurants employ highly skilled Japanese and Chinese chefs, who prepare excellent sushi, Japanese noodles, and the whole gamut of Asian mains from crispy Peking duck to decadent prawn curries.
Dim sum is a highlight on the menu. The aim is to order collectively (as opposed to individually) and to enjoy a stream of dim sum dishes as they come freshly prepared to your table. Choose from the spinach and cream cheese, prawn and shitake mushroom, and chicken and ginger dim sum, among others. Or, for real decadence, try the salmon and cream cheese dim sum topped with caviar. You can also order dim sum platters, including a vegetarian dim sum platter that works well as an appetiser.
Starters include spring rolls; oysters; and crispy calamari served with hoisin sauce, coriander and lime. Tempura soft-shell crabs are also a highlight on the starter menu. There are also soups and salads on offer, including a spicy tom yum goong. The Japanese salad and sunomono salad are healthy and filling, while the roast duck and rice noodle salad is served with micro herbs and a sesame soya dressing.
For mains you might want to try the wok-charred beef fillet, crispy Peking duck, delicious Koi curries (chicken, prawn, vegetables), or the sesame-crusted seared tuna. Lamb shank and prawns are also on offer.
There is also a selection of noodle dishes, while the sushi menu is pretty extensive – try the dragon roll, the Koi volcano sandwich or the Cajun salmon skin if you're feeling adventurous.
To finish off you might want to try the chocolate and banana spring rolls, or the ginger and saki tiramisu.
Wine and cocktails have been selected to complement Asian dishes, and the drinks menu includes non-alcoholic cocktails.
The restaurant's decor is up-to-the-minute contemporary Asian – light and airy, it features large expanses of foldaway glass doors, much light wood, and motifs of the sea. There is also a considerable amount of outdoor seating at Koi restaurants.
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Who to contact
Koi Rosebank
Tel: +27 (0)11 447 2440
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Koi Sandton
Tel: +27 (0)11 883 7247
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Koi Lynnwood
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Koi Bantry Bay
Tel: +27 (0)21 439 7258
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How to get here
There are detailed maps and directions on the Koi website.
Best time to visit
Check the listed website for operating hours of the various restaurants.
Around the area
When in Rosebank, visit the African Market or the Rooftop Market, which takes place on Sundays. In Sandton, the malls of Sandton City and Nelson Mandela Square offer hours of shopping fun.
What will it cost
The average main course starts at about R110.
Where to stay
Stay at 54 on Bath in Rosebank, The Michelangelo in Sandton, the City Lodge in Lynnwood, or the Ambassador Hotel in Bantry Bay.
What to eat
Sushi and/or noodles. The dim sum is also a good choice.


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Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., who represents New Orleans, has not been charged and denies any wrongdoing.
According to the court document, Jefferson - in one audiotaped meeting - chuckles about writing in code to keep secret what the government contends was his corrupt role in getting his children a cut of a communications company's deal for work in Africa.
According to the document, as Jefferson and the informant passed notes about what percentage the lawmaker's family might receive, the congressman "began laughing and said, 'All these damn notes we're writing to each other as if we're talking, as if the FBI is watching,"' according to the affidavit.
As for the $100,000, the government says Jefferson got the money in a leather briefcase last July 30 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Arlington. Authorities say the plan was for the lawmaker to use the cash to bribe a high-ranking Nigerian official — the name is blacked out in the court document — to ensure the success of a business deal in that country, the affidavit said.
Authorities say all but $10,000 was recovered on Aug. 3 when the FBI searched Jefferson's home in Washington. The money was stuffed in his freezer, wrapped in $10,000 packs and concealed in food containers and aluminum foil.
Two of Jefferson's associates have pleaded guilty to bribery-related charges in federal court in Alexandria. One, businessman Vernon Jackson of Louisville, Ky., admitted paying more than $400,000 in bribes to the lawmaker in exchange for his help securing business deals for Jackson's telecommunications company in Nigeria and other African countries.
Earlier this year, Brett Pfeffer, 37, a former legislative director to Jefferson, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting bribery of a public official and conspiracy.
The new details about the case emerged after federal agents searched Jefferson's congressional office on Capitol Hill Saturday night and Sunday. The nearly 100-page affidavit for a search warrant, made public Sunday with large portions blacked out, spells out much of the evidence so far.
The document includes excerpts of conversations between Jefferson and an unidentified business executive from northern Virginia. She agreed to wear a wire after she approached the FBI with complaints that Jefferson and an associate had ripped her off in a business deal.
Jefferson's lawyer, Robert Trout, contends that the prosecutors' disclosure was "part of a public relations agenda and an attempt to embarrass Congressman Jefferson. The affidavit itself is just one side of the story which has not been tested in court," Trout said in a statement.
The affidavit says Jefferson was caught on videotape at the Ritz-Carlton as he took a reddish-brown briefcase from the trunk of the informant's car, slips it into a cloth bag, puts the bag into his 1990 Lincoln Town Car and drives away.
The $100 bills in the suitcase allegedly had the same serial numbers as those found in Jefferson's freezer.