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Attend "Comfort Techniques for Midwives and Doulas," a full-day pre-conference class with Debra Pascali-Bonaro. You'll learn about techniques such as the gate control theory of pain, hot and cold compresses, music, massage/touch, acupressure, aromatherapy and the birthing ball. You'll see demonstrations of a variety of positions and techniques for both first and second stage, and there will be time for hands-on practice. Registrants at previous conferences have raved about this class, calling it fun and informative.
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Quote of the Week
There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.
— Josh Billings, American humorist
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The Art of Midwifery
It seems theoretically easier to meet the enormous needs of the developing human brain when the diet includes some food from the sea. Our focus has been on the molecules of fatty acids, which are preformed and abundant in the sea food chain. Sea foods have other characteristics, such as being rich in iodine. Iodine is also essential for brain development, as a major component of thyroid hormones. The imbalances between different thyroid hormones in preeclampsia also suggest that brain development is a priority among humans. Of course, the nutrients abundant in the sea food chain include salt. There is an increased need of salt during pregnancy. A sufficient amount of salt tends to moderate the stimulation of the reninangiotensin system and is also necessary for the adaptive blood dilution in late pregnancy.
— Michel Odent, excerpted from "Land Food, Sea Food, Brain Food," Birth Wisdom, Tricks of the Trade, Vol. III, a Midwifery Today book
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Jan's Corner
I have been thinking about twins and how to grow healthy babies. The old axiom that you are eating for two becomes eating for three! Though it has been discounted by many, it really is true. Dr. Tom Brewer wrote about the importance of good nutrition and how twins need mom to eat healthfully to grow two babies. The importance of nutrition cannot be overemphasized in pregnancy, and even more so with twins. Dr. Brewer discovered that with good nutrition, voilá!—the babies rarely come prematurely. A dear midwife friend told me, "Babies come out early because they are hungry."
We as midwives and doulas have a responsibility to the mothers and babies we serve. Doctors rarely tell mothers about the importance of nutrition to support healthy pregnancy. So please, take the responsibility to help moms with this (fairly easy) thing they can do to grow a healthy baby or babies. Let them know that prenatal care is what they do between visits to their midwife or doctor. Good nutrition can prevent prematurity, preeclampsia, abruption of the placenta, long hard labor, hemorrhage, time in the neonatal intensive care unit and a multitude of other problems we are just beginning to discover. It is up to us who care for mothers and babies to spread the message of the importance of prenatal nutrition. So tell the world far and wide of the value of nutrition in pregnancy. Let's help empty out those neonatal intensive care units!
For helpful information regarding prenatal nutrition, visit the Dr. Brewer Twin Pregnancy Diet page.
Jan Tritten, mother of Midwifery Today
Jan Tritten is the founder, editor-in-chief and mother of Midwifery Today magazine. She became a midwife in 1977 after the amazing homebirth of her second daughter. Her mission is to make loving midwifery care the norm for birthing women and their babies throughout the world. Meet Jan at our conferences around the world, or join her online, as she works to transform birth practices around the world.
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Featured Article
Six Days, Two Healthy Babies, One Extraordinary Birth
It wasn't that I set out to be an enthusiastic proponent of homebirth. As a matter of fact, I hadn't thought much about what kind of a birth experience I would like to have until I got pregnant. Somehow, when I found out that I was carrying a baby (or what turned out to be two), it became clear that it was my greatest desire to allow these children to enter the world in the most sacred, peaceful, loving way that I could imagine.
When I was six months pregnant, my partner, Francis, and I relocated to Southern California. I had read a number of books about birthing and was considering having a homebirth with a midwife. In the stories I read about homebirth, women went through amazing vision quests, discovered their own strength and softness and molded into the divine feminine. I wanted one of those experiences; I wanted to bond with Francis and feel the primordial creative force coming through us as we journeyed together with our babies through the transition from the unseen world into the material world. And I wanted to feel everything. Nowhere in my vision of birth did I see bright lights, hospital gowns, IVs or being immobilized and told what to do.
Miraculously, I found a wonderful Ob/Gyn who agreed to do my prenatal appointments and be a backup doctor for my homebirth. I just needed to find a midwife willing and capable of safely delivering my precious twins at home. This proved to be no small feat, but where there is a will, there is a way. After countless e-mails and conversations, I finally found an amazing midwife who had delivered 14 sets of twins and over 500 singletons. Francis and I drove three hours to meet with Brenda, and at that first appointment I knew I'd found the person who I trusted enough to be the first one to touch my babies. She was Mama Earth embodied: nurturing, grounded and serene. Moreover, being a midwife is truly Brenda's calling; she is passionate about giving women like me a choice in how we bring our children into the world. I was grateful and relieved to finally have all the birth plans finalized.
At 36 weeks, Francis and I went in for a routine appointment with the doctor and found out that Zaanti (our son, and the first one in position to come out) was footling breech. Miela (our daughter) was vertex. The doctor said that she no longer felt comfortable being a backup for my homebirth and strongly suggested that I schedule a c-section at 38 weeks. My heart tightened. My throat narrowed. I felt as if I was breathing through a tiny straw, getting just enough air to survive. I composed myself enough to thank the Ob/Gyn for her opinion and told her we needed time to process this news at home. As soon as we left the office, I became hysterical. This news was so sudden. I worked to accept that what I could control was setting a clear intention to follow my own Wisdom; the rest was out of my control and so I needed to surrender to the events as they unfolded. Whether it was a c-section or a vaginal birth, I wanted it to be a conscious birth with a conscience.
Francis and I decided to gather more opinions before we made a decision. In the week after that appointment, I entered a period of intense spiritual contemplation. I meditated, prayed, journaled and spoke with every "expert" I could locate—I even consulted a psychic. But, mostly, I listened. I closed my eyes, but opened them wide to the internal compass leading to a birth that honored me, Francis and our babies.
— Lana Shlafer
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Birth Q&A
Q: When caring for a mom with a twin pregnancy, what do you do? What does she need to know?
— Midwifery Today
A: Get at least 110 g of protein per day! And get into an aquatics class to be able to exercise and help babies find an optimal position.
— Martha Paschke
A: Mom needs to know how a proper diet will help her carry her babies to term, birth the way she wants and breastfeed. Her nutrition will take a great deal of focus and conscious effort.
— Rebecca Strickler
A: Mom needs to know what kind of twins they are and how important diet (especially protein) is to carrying to term. She needs to know about malpresentations in birth and her rights as a birthing woman.
— Selena Harbick
A: Eat nothing processed and find a doctor who will allow you to have the twins naturally. Once you find the doctor, know that this is how your babies will come—naturally and on their own.
— Lucy Mesa
A: Being pregnant is tiring, being pregnant with multiples is even more so. Early on, I'd recommend that you implement a rest period every day. Just get in the habit of taking a few minutes to lie still and be quiet.
— Jonalyn Provido Soliman
A: As a mom to twins, I always felt like my OB was expecting complications. I had a great, uneventful twin pregnancy, but I always left my OB's office feeling like I should be worried when actually everything was great. I think expecting a normal, healthy pregnancy contributed to achieving that.
— Caralee Anderton
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Harrisburg Twin Birth Class
Greetings to all of you lovely birth practitioners and supporters,
It's a hot summer day here in Eugene, Oregon, and we are working hard not only on the upcoming conference in Belgium, but also on our Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, conference which is set for April 23–27, 2014. Our program is almost finalized and will be up on the website once it is complete. I thought for this installment of conference chatter I would share a little teaser of the upcoming program. This edition of E-News is focused on twin birth, and at our Harrisburg conference we will have an amazing class on twin birth offered as part of our Midwife Issues and Skills pre-conference course. This will be taught by Mary Cooper and Diane Goslin. For all of you interested in learning more about twin birth, this class is a must. Check back soon on our website for the program or wait for it in your mail box. We hope to see you in Harrisburg!
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If you have any questions about this conference or any conference from past or future, please feel free to drop me a note at firstname.lastname@example.com and I'll be happy to assist you.
— Andrea Goldman
A big black cat had it out for my apprentice. The cat had stalked her during a home visit, freaking her out. At the birth, as baby was crowning, the cat jumped onto my apprentice's back. She screamed and backed up right into the birth tray causing it to tumble right into the birth tub! I had to ignore it all and continue to help baby out and into mama's hands.
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JUST IN: The Green Light with FGR fan John Light
10:04am Monday 31st March 2014
By John Light
10:04am Monday 31st March 2014
By John Light
DIG in for victory! That must be the rallying cry to our players. The next three games (at Woking and Barnet and home to Kidderminster) will determine whether the play-offs can be reached. We shall know in a week's time!
These matches will all be about character, resolve, determination and desire. We have the ability, but can we add to that the all important winning mentality. It will be a real motivational challenge for manager Ady.
Following the long journey north on Thursday he was very cross the referee did not show mercy and abandon the game. The results show we are no longer pacemakers in the play-off race, and are now behind the front runners.
I share his feelings. Some years ago lightning caused fatalities in a match in South Birmingham. Living there I knew some of the players who participated.
At the inquest surface water was mentioned as a possible cause of death. There was plenty of that at Southport, and of course the conditions were the same for both sides. It was the element of danger that concerned me, as it did Stuart Broad, our T20 cricket captain.
Two cracking goals won the game for Southport, giving them a lead they never looked like losing despite the three Rovers' substitutes (Wright, Klukowski and Taylor) all adding something to the Rovers' performance and Wright was especially useful, his strength being of paramount importance in moving through the Southport swamp.
Perhaps had the conditions been anticipated he (Wright) would have been on from the start. Luke Rodgers is a player who likes the ball to run and conditions made that impossible.
Barry, Rodgers and Norwood were the players withdrawn, I would have kept on Nors. The great Brian Clough said – and we should never tire of quoting legends – "never substitute your leading scorer".
We all know James can be exasperating but he can always cause problems. Unless he is injured keep him on the field! Who knows? He may produce a Norwood special.
It was not the night to criticise individual players, the conditions being so poor but one aspect of Rovers' play in recent weeks worried me. Collectively the midfield is not functioning as a unit.
Players are caught in possession too often, leaving the back four exposed. The same thing happens when the ball is given away because of a misplaced pass.
How often in the Conference do you see teams given the time and space our midfielders seem to need? Paul Green, filling in on the left in place of Marcus Kelly, did well but central midfield was our Achilles heel.
Perhaps there is a case to be made for recalling Forbes and adding Brogan to the match day squad. They may feel they have something to prove and will add pace and vigour to the team.
As Ady looks to next season midfield must be one of his priorities. It is the engine room of the team and at the moment is misfiring. We need a warrior in the middle and some height in the middle.
Another area for Ady to think about is our away form. Fifteen teams have a better away record than us.
On our travels we are consistently below par. Is this not an area where character and resolve play a part, or are we still naive, and lacking the street wisdom to grind out a result? When it comes to contracts for next season these two problems must be considered.
The man-of-the-match award on Thursday was awarded by the travelling fans on the supporters coach. Sam Reid chaired a brief meeting and the nomination of Paul Green was readily accepted. His versatility and determination being 'mentioned in despatches'. The convivial companionship on the coach and the expertise of driver Alan Boulton were the high spots of the evening.
There was one on field happening that is worthy of mentioning. When Barry left the field he was replaced by Klukowski, and it was to Yan he gave the captain's armband.
It could have been by accident but I hope it was by design. Off the field Yan shows all the qualities of a captain and if he can show on the field leadership there is no one better suited to skipper the side.
It is horrifying to hear that FGR fans will have to pay £22 to watch the match at Barnet.
The new ground has to be paid for but penalising away fans should not be the way. It encourages mixing with the home fans which may not be a good idea.
I close by referring back to the next three games. We have the ability to win them but, as a team, do we have the resolve? The manager, looking ahead as he is, will be anxious to find out.
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I was wrong – I passed the MCM lab last month.
I know I thought I'd failed – I'm still surprised that I passed. Maybe I managed to satisfy enough of enough questions. Certainly none of the questions were beyond me, as I wrote just after I'd sat it. But I do know that I left more questions in an incomplete state than I would've liked.
The things I hadn't finished were mostly those things which I'd simply been caught by from a time-perspective. I didn't feel like I was out of my depth at all, just that some things hadn't worked the way that I'd expected. In real life I would've been able to solve them, and given a little more time, I would've been able to get through them too.
It's why I wrote that I was confident I'd pass it on a subsequent attempt, although I'm quite happy to not have to do that. I'm still happy I told everyone I was taking the exams, and would do the same again. The study aspect is still something I'm not sure about. As much as I'd like to advise people to NOT study, I get that most people don't manage to pass first time (even with some study). Heck – it used to require three weeks of intensive training in Seattle, and I was never going to do that (at least, not unless I was on the other side of the desk).
So now I'm a Microsoft Certified Master in SQL Server, to go with the Microsoft Certified Trainer cert and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award that I've had since 2006. I don't know how many people around the world have both MCM and MCT in SQL Server, but there can't be many. I need to deliver more training.
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Congratulations, Well done!
Congratulations, Rob!
Welcome to the group!!
Rob Many Congrats
in contrast my own Lab attempt was very disappointing, I knew the answers to the Questions I suspect, but my dleivery was sorely lacking and after a heap of wrong turns and then reaslizing I was not going to pass on that attempt, I didn't push it - I'm sure I'll pass next attempt
Congrats Rob!
So, that makes you part of another very select group: PASS BoD members that also have their SQL MCM. It's you, me, and Greg Low.
I'm thinking I need to make a visit down under soon so we can toast each other's success!
I am not surprised. I knew that you would pass it.
Congratulations Rob!
You now have officially lost your privileges to doubt yourself ever again :)
Congrats Rob
Congrats! I think you might be the only one who was surprised that you passed on your first attempt.
I'm not big on New Year resolutions. I can't say I respond particularly well to "everyone's doing something,
Congratulations, Rob!!!
Congratulations Rob, well done!
Congratulations Rob!!!
I'm a little late on my official congratulations. WAY TO GO, ROB! I knew you could do it!


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So, I have a question for those who do both vipassana and metta bhavana. How do you incorporate metta bhavana in your practice?
Do you do a few minutes at the end of each vipassana session?
Do you do metta in the morning, vipassana in the evening?
Do you alternate?
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Avram Davidson (1923-1993) was author of nineteen published novels and more than two hundred short stories and essays collected in more than a dozen books, won the Hugo Award in science fiction, the Queen's Award and the Edgar Award in the mystery genre, and the World Fantasy Award (three times). His writings defy genre stereotypes and are filled with wit, wonder, and the bizarre.
In his science fiction novel Rork!, Ran Loman wants only to be left alone, to get away from it all. That's why he volunteers for duty on Pia 2, the most remote, isolated world in the Galaxy.
The problem on Pia 2 is redwing, a plant used throughout the galaxy as a medical fixative. Redwing grows ony on Pia 2. And lately, less and less is being harvested. Lomar's assignment: find out why, and do something about it.
The Station Officer tries to warn him that the job may not be quite as simple as it sounds. But Lomar has to find out for himself about the strange inhabitants of Pia 2 - the Tocks, the Tame ones and the Wild ones, and the mysterious, legendary "rorks" that everyone fears.
When a murder and a kidnapping send Lomar and a Wild Tock woman across an uncharted continent, Lomar gets rather more than he bargained for....
©1965 The Estate of Avram Davidson (P)2012 Wildside Press LLC
"Excellent Story Telling"
The crisp, thought provoking plot kept the story moving at a nice pace.
His dulcet tones contained just the right mix for this story, conveying the wonder of this world, the dangers, but also the curiosity and naivety of the protagonist.
"Builds into a great story, great characters"
The surprises: not all of the speakers on the planet are human, the land has extraordinary features, the plot turns are sharp!
The discovery of what glows in the dark.
Gifted vocal delivery of an extraordinary range of creatures and characters.
Razor-sharp and relentless: Wait for it.
Although the story has very little movement in the first section, the novelist uses this section to establish the physical setting, some of his main characters, and the central issues and conflicts of his novel. Some readers may find this slow going, but stay on course--when the main character leaves the town, the pace picks up and the real fun begins.
"ok story, bad narrator"
not a bad little story of the man comes to understand alien he once feared variety, a little predictable in that respect, but it does then devolve into a let's kill everything else type which I tire of. but worst of all, i can not even say try it and see for yourself because the narrator is so slow and ponderous I 2x the playback and followed along easily. For this type of story I'd recommend the 2nd Ender book, Speaker for the Dead I believe it is.
"Great storytelling"
This was my first exposure to the writings of Avram Davidson, and I think I might have to look into his writings more. A very entertaining and interesting story.
It's a story set int the backdrop of humanity, far in the future, spread out in the galaxy but in decline, caught in the rut of routine, and almost dogmatic innovation-stiffling resistance to change. It's a story of predudice, and overcoming it, and of maybe seeing some redeeming light at the end of the tunnel. It was ultimately an uplifting story.
The performace of the narrator was very good, though some of the voices he used made tough to decipher what the character was saying - this was for minor characters though, and for short lines, so it isn't a major complaint.
"Terrific Reading of Entertaining Science Fiction"
I found the story and performance of Rork! very entertaining. The reader, Jim McCance, really brings out the humor and excitement in the book. His voices for the many humans and creatures add a great deal to the fun of it. I also enjoyed the social message of the story. It's an intriguing interplanetary tale with lots of surprising elements.
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Oil prices rebounded to above $93 a barrel Wednesday as markets digested the Greek prime minister's decision to hold a referendum about his country's latest rescue package and awaited word on possible measures to boost economic growth from the U.S. Federal Reserve.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for December delivery was up $1.25 at $93.44 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1 to settle at $92.19 in New York on Tuesday.
In London, Brent crude was up $1.49 at $111.03 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou startled markets Monday by saying he would call for a referendum vote on the agreement to cut Greece's debt level, provide the country with fresh rescue loans, and have bondholders accept 50 percent losses.
Greek labor unions have protested fiscal austerity measures, and if voters reject the debt plan, it could spark a chaotic debt default and a financial crisis.
Papandreou faces a vote of confidence in parliament Friday, which if he loses could scuttle the referendum.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy agreed to hold emergency talks on Greece with the EU and the IMF on Wednesday.
"The shock over the Greek referendum has abated somewhat and there are also hopes of further quantitative easing of monetary policy by the Fed," said a commodities report from Commerzbank in Frankfurt.
On Wednesday, the Fed is set to release its updated economic forecast, and Chairman Ben Bernanke will hold a news conference after the U.S. central bank's two-day meeting.
Gains by the euro also contributed to firmer oil prices. A weaker dollar makes crude cheaper for investors holding other currencies. The euro was up to $1.3786 on Wednesday from $1.3715 late Tuesday in New York.
Trading volumes of oil futures have been undermined this week by the bankruptcy of MF Global, a U.S. securities firm run by former Goldman Sachs chief Jon Corzine.
Signs that U.S. crude demand may be improving helped support prices. The American Petroleum Institute said late Tuesday that crude inventories fell 156,000 million barrels last week, while analysts surveyed by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos., had predicted an increase of 1.1 million barrels.
Inventories of gasoline fell 1.1 million barrels last week, while distillates dropped 3.4 million barrels, the API said.
The Energy Department's Energy Information Administration reports its weekly supply data — the market benchmark — later Wednesday.
A report from Goldman Sachs predicted that global demand for crude would rise more than production capacity growth, boosting oil prices.
"It is only a matter of time before inventories and OPEC spare capacity become effectively exhausted, requiring higher oil prices to restrain demand, keeping it in line with available supply," Goldman Sachs said. "Further, we believe that the oil market has been too focused on the downside risks to prices and not focused enough on the upside risk should the economy avoid recession."
In other Nymex trading, heating oil rose 0.6 cent to $3.04 per gallon and gasoline futures gained 1.9 cents at $2.64 per gallon. Natural gas dropped 1.9 cents at $3.76 per 1,000 cubic feet.
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text: East End building condemned, landlord arrested By Travis Crum January 3, 2013 Story Share Kenny Kemp Charleston Police Lt. Shawn Williams stands outside 1411 Jackson St. on the city's East End, where building inspectors condemned seven rental units for unsafe conditions and insect infestations. Kenny Kemp Brandon Lester and Candise McKean stand in the kitchen they share with three other rental units in the building's upstairs. The building's conditions have made it almost unlivable for them and their two children, they said. Kenny Kemp This is the bathroom shared by three separate rental units inside 1411 Jackson St. on Charleston's East End. Police said conditions here are deplorable and unsafe. Kenny Kemp This is the stove shared by three separate rental units inside 1411 Jackson St. on Charleston's East End. Renters said they've never prepared a meal here because of the kitchen's deplorable condition. Kenny Kemp A sign posted outside a rental unit at 1411 Jackson St. on Charleston's East End alerts others of the unsafe and hazardous conditions there. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Candise McKean pointed to a once-white stovetop now charred with a thick layer of grease while a cockroach scurried up the oven and burrowed itself under a burner."I've never been able to cook dinner for my family," she said.Brandon Lester opened his bathroom and removed a piece of wood covering exposed tile molding on the floor. He pointed to a grime-covered bathtub and yellow-stained toilet."I go to my mother's place when I have to use the bathroom and shower," he said. "I don't go here."McKean and Lester weren't surprised when Charleston building inspectors condemned 1411 Jackson St. on the East End and the building's seven rental units on Thursday.Lester said he's complained about the deplorable conditions to the landlord for months and McKean even filed a civil lawsuit against the landlord in Kanawha County.The landlord, Timothy Harold Stone, 44, scuffled with officers immediately after the building was declared unsafe, police said."He showed up as the building inspector and police officers were on scene and he was extremely belligerent and angry," Lt. Shawn Williams said. "As a result of receiving a citation from inspectors, he brandished a screwdriver and began pushing on officers and a brief struggle ensued." Stone was charged with battery on a police officer, brandishing a weapon and a second offense of carrying a concealed weapon. Police said they also found a 10-inch open switchblade knife on him.Stone is currently being held in South Central Regional Jail in lieu of a $150,000, or 10 percent cash, bail.Stone's building has been a large hindrance in police efforts to rid Jackson Street of crime, Williams said.Officers have been called to that building more than 1,000 times over the years for complaints of drugs and prostitution, he said."One of the biggest problems we have here in Charleston is housing," Williams said. "And this is a prime example." The building and its condition is the worst that Williams said he's seen in his 15 years as an officer. Building inspectors found infestations of cockroaches, bedbugs and scabies inside every rental unit. Many of the units didn't have working heat and many didn't have smoke detectors, he said.About 15 people renting apartments in the building need to move out by Monday. McKean and Lester said they only moved into the building out of desperation. Their previous apartment was unexpectedly sold to a realtor and they needed to find somewhere quick to live. Together they have two children, ages 2 and 3, and McKean is nine months pregnant. They said weren't aware of the problems with drugs and prostitution when they signed the lease."When we first moved here we didn't think it was that bad, but things just got worse and worse," Lester said.The couple pays $485 a month for one single bedroom. They share a communal bathroom and kitchen with three other apartment units on the top floor.The kitchen and bathroom are virtually unusable and there is no cold water, only hot.They did everything they could do to make the apartment livable and installed new carpet and tried to clean up the kitchen. McKean said she put insecticide near every electrical outlet to kill the roaches, which move in and out of the outlets.However, Stone refused to address other safety issues and put a padlock on their door on several occasions demanding more money, they said. "I wouldn't call him a landlord, he's more of a con artist," Lester said.Their children stay with Lester's mother most of the time because the apartment's conditions are so bad.The couple has since found an apartment on Charleston's West Side, but it won't be ready until Jan. 15. Lester said that in the meantime, he's taking McKean and the children to his mother's home.Williams said Stone owns several other apartments along Jackson Street. He also has a residence along Bradshaw Branch in Ashford in Boone County.Police would be looking at Stone's other units and additional charges could follow, Williams said. Reach Travis Crum at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-5163. 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Jerome Williams claimed on waivers by Phillies
Houston, TX - The Texas Rangers today announced that RHP Jerome Williams has been claimed on waivers by the Philadelphia Phillies. Williams is expected to join the Phillies on Monday.
Williams had been designated for assignment by Texas on Friday. He was 1-1, 9.90 (11 ER/10.0 IP) in 2 starts for the Rangers since his contract was purchased from Round Rock on July 25. Overall, Williams is 2-5, 6.71 in 28 games/2 starts with Houston and Texas in 2014.
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- BSO Case Number: PB13-02-01425
- PIO Number: 13-6-7
- Date: February 5, 2013
- Time: 8:15 p.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 1100 E. Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Beach
- Jurisdiction: Pompano Beach
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Broward Sheriff's Office detectives are hoping surveillance video will help collar a man who robbed an auto parts store in Pompano Beach.
Just after 8 p.m. on February 5, BSO deputies responded to Advanced Auto Parts at 1100 E. Atlantic Blvd. after an armed robbery was reported. A black male about 6-foot-1 with a full beard wearing a black baseball cap, black shirt, blue jeans and a purple lanyard around his neck walked into the store and selected a chamois. He then went to the register. When the cashier rang the item up, the male suspect then threw a $20 bill on the counter. The item was over $20, so the suspect then went to grab another chamois which was less money.
When the suspect approached the register for the second time, he pulled a black handgun from his waist and pointed it at the clerk. The suspect tossed the cashier a plastic bag and ordered the cashier to put the money in the bag. Afraid for his life, the cashier complied with the suspect's demands.
Anyone who recognizes the suspect or has information about this case should contact BSO Det. Steven Hoover at 954-321-4270 or contact Broward Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at 954-493-TIPS (8477) or online, at www.browardcrimestoppers.org. Tips to Crime Stoppers that leads to an arrest can net a cash reward of up to $1,000 for the anonymous tipster.
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Dear Carolyn:
My mother-in-law asked me for Christmas gift ideas for my 4-month-old son. I said I thought he was too young for electronic toys and asked for something simple, like blocks, board books or a teddy bear.
She bought him a "baby laptop" that lights up and plays music, saying, "Well, I didn't have time to travel back to the 1950s to buy him blocks." I am very upset that she not only completely disregarded our wishes but also insulted our choices. My husband agrees with me and does not understand why his mother did this.
We firmly believe in the importance of creative play. Both my husband and I have had this discussion with her several times. Our choice may seem a bit strange, but I feel like she should respect our wishes regardless of whether she agrees. I do not want to hurt her feelings but I am considering returning the gift.
I also feel this situation is symbolic of a much larger problem.
She questions every decision we make as parents and is constantly making snide comments about our choices. I am tired of fighting these battles with her. Any advice?
-- Tired Mom
Yeah. Duck.
Kidding, or thereabouts. You're right about a larger problem, but it's larger even than the snide-comment problem. She could so easily just accept your child-rearing approach at face value. I mean, you're asking for blocks, not explosives. Instead, she's reacting to your choices.
On top of that, she's handling her reaction poorly. She isn't, for example, attempting a reasoned argument against buying blocks -- maybe, "I know you want to make good choices for Baby, but I'm concerned it's going too far -- I'd like some leeway to have a little fun." That's something you can work with, even if you strongly disagree. Instead she's sniping and undermining. You can't work with that.
You can neutralize this. It takes time, though, plus patience, compassion, careful battle-choosing, and full spousal cooperation. That's because you need to:
Understand that people who lash out usually feel wounded themselves. Confused, too -- new baby means new feelings for all.
Gently draw a baseline. "These are exciting times for us. We'll mess up -- but praising successes would help me so much more right now than trying to fix non-dangerous mistakes."
Decide what lines are uncrossable.
Include, include, include his mother, however you can abide, unless/until she crosses uncrossable lines. Ask for her help or opinion sometimes, on non-touchy subjects. Warmth is best at softening resistance.
Ignore minor affronts ...
To save your strength and accrued good will for enforcing those lines she can't cross. You'll need it, whether you return gifts, call out her sniping, or, worst case, limit visits.
You and your husband are in charge. Good bosses are flexible, fair, fierce.


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Pagan clubs winner in Giants' walk-off victory
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants prevailed Friday night over the San Diego Padres, 3-2, but they did just as much to lose the game as they did to win it.
Madison Bumgarner threw 25 pitches in the first inning. Giants hitters went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position against Padres starter Edinson Volquez, who began the game with an 11.68 ERA. Bumgarner executed a slug-bunt attempt perfectly in the sixth inning but nearly hit into a triple play. And Andres Torres botched a sacrifice-bunt try in the ninth.
None of that mattered as Angel Pagan drove in Torres with a one-out double in the ninth inning off Luke Gregerson, breaking a 2-2 tie and vanquishing any lingering disappointment from the three-game sweep San Francisco absorbed in Milwaukee.
The climactic ninth typified the Giants' performance. Gregor Blanco led off by attempting one of his self-described "push/slaps," in which he breaks from the batter's box as he tries to punch the ball on the ground by an infielder. Much to his dismay, Blanco popped up.
"I was disappointed," he said.
But his dejection quickly vanished as the ball fell between shortstop Everth Cabrera and left fielder Kyle Blanks for a bloop single. It was Blanco's third hit of the game.
Up came Torres, who bunted directly to Gregerson -- the one man he was trying to avoid. Gregerson forced Blanco at second base. Torres ached for a chance to atone for his poor execution as he listened to first-base coach Roberto Kelly.
"You want to try to get your job done," Torres said. "But I forgot about that. [Kelly] told me to get a good jump and go."
Torres did exactly that, dashing to second base to record his first steal of the season. Impressed by Torres' clean break, Pagan didn't want to spoil his teammate's theft by fouling off a pitch.
"I wasn't going to swing," Pagan said. "I could see him in the corner of my right eye. He got an incredible jump."
It paid off as Pagan lined Gregerson's 2-0 slider to the right-field wall. Torres scored easily, giving Pagan his sixth go-ahead RBI of the season. He ranked second in that category among National Leaguers entering Friday.
"In those situations, you want to be the guy," Pagan said.
Earlier, Bumgarner wasn't just the guy for the Giants. He was The Man. Seeking his fourth consecutive victory, Bumgarner settled for an impressive no-decision. The left-hander struck out 10 batters in six innings, the ninth double-figure strikeout game of his career.
"We had some good swings early but in the middle part of the game, he locked in," Padres manager Bud Black said. "He got it together. We couldn't get anything going. It was good to get on the board early against him."
Bumgarner left with the score even, 2-2, though he nearly gave himself a lead before he officially left the game. Brandon Belt and Blanco singled to open the Giants' sixth, setting up a sacrifice-bunt situation. Nick Noonan, the would-be pinch-hitter, was called back from the on-deck circle so Bumgarner could bat. Instead of bunting, Bumgarner swung and hit a sharp grounder past third baseman Headley. But Cabrera, moving over to cover third base, was in perfect position to field the ball. He tagged Belt and relayed the ball to second baseman Jedd Gyorko, whose throw to first was in the dirt. Hustling up the line, Bumgarner might have been safe anyway. But the Giants knew that they barely avoided the ignominy of a triple play, despite Bumgarner's admirable effort.
"He did what you're supposed to do on that play. He smoked the ball," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "It was a smart play on his part. It was just bad luck."
Buster Posey provided encouragement for the Giants by showing signs of emerging from his offensive funk. He doubled in two at-bats and was involved in generating San Francisco's first two runs. Posey lifted a first-inning sacrifice fly before walking and scoring in the third on Hunter Pence's double.
Current events made this evening at AT&T Park more emotionally charged than usual. A pregame moment of silence was observed for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and for Mae Louise Allen Mays, the wife of Giants great Willie Mays, who died Friday at 74.
Everybody in the park, it seemed, knew of the capture of the second Boston Marathon bombing suspect. That was apparent as fans stood between halves of the eighth inning and, instead of being serenaded by Journey, enthusiastically sang Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline," the unofficial Red Sox anthem.
"That was touching," Bochy said. "It was nice to honor Boston."
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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next Packers defensive end Ryan Pickett had hoped to attend National Porn Sunday, a Feb. 6 religious service whose anti-pornography message will be broadcast to 300 churches across the country on Super Bowl Sunday.
But, it turns out, he has a conflict.
Pickett will be suiting up with hopes of taking down the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV at Cowboys Stadium, about 30 miles from the service in nearby Addison, Texas.
"I would love to have been with you guys today. But fortunately, I'm a little busy," Pickett tells viewers in a video that will be played in the churches as part of the national outreach. Then he adds, grinning: "Go Packers."
Pickett and his wife, Jennifer, who also appears on the video, sit on the board of directors of xxxchurch.com, a Las Vegas-based Internet site that bills itself as the largest online resource for people struggling with pornography addiction and workers in the sex trade.
"We just hope the day is a blessing to you as much as the ministry has been a blessing to us," he says.
Pickett said in an interview Friday in Green Bay that he personally hasn't struggled with pornography but is troubled by its prevalence.
"It's just everywhere. I just felt like it was a good thing to jump on board with," he said of the ministry.
Players tout ministry
The video includes personal stories of other current and former NFL players, including quarterbacks Matt Hasselbeck of the Seattle Seahawks and Jon Kitna of the Dallas Cowboys. They're seen touting the ministry and its software, which tracks a user's Internet movements, sending a weekly list of sites visited to the user's "accountability partners" - say, friends or a spouse.
Hasselbeck says it's strengthened his marriage and gives his wife "a lot of security."
Josh McCown, who spent seven years in the NFL before signing on with the United Football League, tells viewers he began to deal with his porn problem because he feared it was "taking me someplace I didn't want to go."
"It's a whole lot easier to tell your wife you're struggling with it than to have her walk in on you," he says in the video.
Craig Gross, the founder of Triple X Church, as they call it, won't say whether any of the featured players struggled personally with pornography, though the video suggests some have.
"Not everybody's addicted," said Gross, who presided over the Packers' chapel service on the eve of this month's rout of the Falcons. "And the guys who are really struggling are probably not the guys we could get to be in the video."
Gross will say, though, that NFL players may be more at risk than the average Joe.
"NFL athletes are some of the most disciplined in the world . . . but this stuff is being thrown at them more than most people, so they have to work that much harder.
"The bigger issue," Gross says, "is that these guys have money and time, and they're away from their families."
Players offer strategies to block sites
Also on the video, players talk about their strategies for staying on the straight and narrow. Hasselbeck, for example, says he still bunks with a roommate. Kitna explains how, each time he enters a hotel room, he videotapes himself turning off the TV porn channels and sends the clip to his accountability partners.
"We try to do stuff when we travel so if players do have the temptation to watch certain things, we call," Pickett said Friday. "We have a thing where we're trying to set up a block of hotel rooms so you can't order certain movies and see certain shows. It's just kind of like we're building a network."
Statistics suggest as many as 40 million Americans - that's about one in eight people - regularly view pornography online, and that the average age of first exposure is 11.
Among the myriad arguments over the effects of pornography, Gross said that it distorts viewers' perceptions of sex and discourages them from true intimacy.
"It's not enhancing their sex life, it's keeping them from the person they love. And there's the progressive nature of it," he says.
"What you're looking at online can take you offline - to strip clubs, extramarital affairs."
'The elephant in the pew'
Faith communities almost universally condemn pornography. But it's rarely a subject for the pulpit, Gross says.
Just this week, he said, he had 40 cancellations for Porn Sunday, including apparently two of the four Wisconsin churches that had signed up.
The issue, says Gross, is just too controversial for some congregations to speak about publicly - though pastors themselves also struggle: A 2001 survey by Christianity Today found that 33% of pastors had visited porn sites; 18% of them did so regularly.
"It remains the elephant in the pew. The stats are overwhelming, nobody is immune to this," Gross says. "But there's still a huge obstacle to talking about porn. And a lot of pastors just aren't willing to do it."


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Indiana get Baron Davis 11.5 mil and Kaman 9.5
Clippers get Murphy 10mil Foster 6mil and Tinsley 7mil
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Indiana get Baron Davis 11.5 mil and Kaman 9.5
Clippers get Murphy 10mil Foster 6mil and Tinsley 7mil
the pacers starting five would look like this:
PG: Baron
SG: Rush
SF: Danny
PF: Kaman
C: Hibbert
top 3 or top 4 team in the east
The Clips brass aren't this stupid are they? If they are, then we should jump on this one if it were offered.
I don`t think the PACERS are that stupid to pick up those lowsy contracts !
Yeah, I think the Clips do this with the quickness, for no other reason than to get rid of Davis' terrible contract.
If the Pacers can do this its a no brainer, we don't lose Danny, Rush or Hibbert. But in reality its nit happening. If anything we would have to keep Tinsley and give them Ford which I would still do. The obly thing that would kill us is those longterm contacts that would put us over th LT and who knows how Baron would play.
Its a huge risk and I think the Clipps can get something better from another team, possibly even Bosh and Calderon
Basically we should do it, we might even get Dunleavy Sr to take his son
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"So, which one of you guys is going to come in second?" - Larry Bird before the 3 point contest. He won.
No thanks. Clippers would say the same I'm sure.
your name is TroyMurphy3 and your picture is Troy Murphy of course you don't want him to be traded.......
Davis has done nothing to want to pay him 4 MORE years .He always seems to be hurt and takes alot of bad shots-NO THANKS!
Baron is the JO of PGs.
Turn out the lights, this party's over!
Its an interesting trade but Baron is old and expensive. I think the Clips might be stuck with him
"So, which one of you guys is going to come in second?" - Larry Bird before the 3 point contest. He won.
The Clippers are going to make a trade like this with somebody because they want to dump salary and do it fast.
But it doesn't make sense for the Pacers, from a business perspective, to take back long term, high dollar contacts especially on risky guys like Baron Davis.
Pacers have too many PG's in Ford, Jack, Diener and Tinsley. It would be like addition by subtraction in adding Baron. I could see Dallas looking at Baron though, especially if J-Kidd leaves.
In NBA2k9 land where I could care less about his Contract and his injury history and I can use him to hit 3pt shots all day long......I would have no problem with BDiddy.....but in the Real World where stuff like this matters....it's not hard to figure out why I wouldn't want BDiddy on the roster.
Adding Baron and Kaman would kill us financially. On top of that BDiddy is a prima-donna, doesn't get along with his Coaches, he has 2 interests ( producing Movies and his NBA career where neither has a priority ), wouldn't want to leave the glitz of LaLaLand for Indy, is injury prone and has only come into Camp in-shape ONCE ( when he was in a Contract year ).
Need I say more?
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When was the last time you assessed your financial health? Unless you ask the right questions and track results, you are merely guessing at how your business performs. In today's volatile marketplace, you have to do better. Use these tips to help determine the financial health of your dairy business.
Get out your latest balance sheet and determine your equity stake in the business. (Total assets – total liabilities = % equity.) Percent owner equity measures your financial position and well-being at a given time.
If your equity ratio is 50 percent, that means you own 50 percent of the business and your lenders own the other half. The median equity position for dairy producers enrolled in the Illinois Farm Business Farm Management Association for 2003 through 2006 was 69.7 percent. The top 25 percent of these producers owned 84.8 percent of their business.
Your equity stake can increase in two ways — growth through profits and growth through appreciation of assets.
Probably the most important factor to look at on your balance sheet is earned net worth. (Earned net worth is owner equity calculated on a cost basis.) Specifically, you want to know if it is growing, shrinking or holding steady.
To determine this, you will need to use a two-column balance sheet created by the Farm Financial Standards Task Force and used by most financial institutions. This balance sheet has one column for fair market values and a second column for cost-basis value. Earned net worth is reflected on the cost side.
When earned net worth remains the same or erodes, and the fair market value equity continues to increase, it is a big red flag. It tells us that inflation is the only thing increasing your financial position. We have seen galloping increases in fair market value net worth during the past few years due to inflation of land prices and the increase in fair market value of livestock. Your lender is interested in the fair market value of your assets since he would use those to liquidate your loan if necessary, so the values do need to reflect current economic conditions. However, the bottom line is that earning equity the old-fashioned way — through profits — is the only true way to succeed in the long run. Therefore, you want earned net worth to increase over time.
Cash-strapped vs. liquidity
When you focus too much on growth and investment in land, equipment or breeding stock, you can become starved for cash liquidity. Remember, the producer who has liquidity in cash has more options and more flexibility than the individual whose equity is locked up in producing assets.
One measure of liquidity is your current ratio. The current ratio is a comparison of current assets to current liabilities. Current assets are assets that will normally be liquidated in the next 12 months. Current liabilities are obligations, such as your operating note and the principal due on term notes within the next 12 months.
Generally, lenders like to see a current ratio of 2: 1, which means that you have $2 of current assets for each $1 of current liabilities. The 2:1 ratio indicates that you will have little problem meeting your debt-service needs in the coming year. Dairy producers can operate with a little lower current ratio than other agricultural producers because you receive regular monthly milk checks. Dairy producers enrolled in the Illinois Farm Business Farm Management Association reported a median current ratio of 1.55:1 for the period of 2003 through 2006. The top 25 percent of Illinois dairy producers reported a current ratio of 3.08:1!
When you look at the financial standards listed here, don't get hung up on the fact that the examples used are from Illinois producers. Whether your business resides in California, Wisconsin, or Illinois, it doesn't really matter. Just remember that your best comparison comes from results reported by fellow dairy producers.
Take some time to assess if your business is making progress. Then, apply these measures and develop a plan to improve your financial position going forward.
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Contempt proceedings are to be brought against a number of people who posted photos claiming to show James Bulger killers Jon Venables or Robert Thompson on the internet, the Attorney General said.
Venables was 10 when he and classmate Thompson abducted and murdered two-year-old James in Liverpool in February 1993.
Images recently appeared on the social network site Twitter claiming to show an adult Venables, who was released from jail on licence with a new identity in 2001.
The Attorney General said court papers will be served shortly to bring contempt proceedings against those who posted the pictures, which have since been taken down.
Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, of the High Court Family Division, made an unprecedented court order banning publication of any information which could lead to the revelation of their new identities.
A statement from the Attorney General's Office said: "The terms of the order mean that if a picture claims to be of Venables or Thompson, even if it is not actually them, there will be a breach of the order.
"Providing details of the new identities of Venables and Thompson or their whereabouts is also prohibited - this order applies to material which is on the internet.
"There are many different images circulating online claiming to be of Venables or Thompson - potentially innocent individuals may be wrongly identified as being one of the two men and placed in danger.
"The order, and its enforcement, is therefore intended to protect not only Venables and Thompson but also those members of the public who have been incorrectly identified as being one of the two men."
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Stylistically, the RAV4 EV shares much with its gasoline counterpart in the way of exterior body panels. Key differences can be found up front with a redesigned bumper/grille and headlights (LED + halogen) along with clear taillight coverings out back. The center stack on the dashboard has been redesigned to incorporate automatic climate control and a large touch screen, but is otherwise familiar to current RAV4 owners.
The big changes, however, are beneath the bodywork. In place of a 4- or 6-cylinder gasoline engine is a Tesla-designed 154hp (115kW) electric motor that drives the front wheels. In normal mode, the RAV4 EV can hit 60 mph in 8.6 seconds. Switching to Sport mode cuts that time down to 7 seconds. Top speed is listed at a just 80 mph, which means that you won't be hogging the left lane on most interstates in the U.S. The maximum driving range is listed at 100 miles.
Toyota has partnered with Leviton to provide charging solutions for the RAV4 EV. Toyota says that the lithium-ion battery pack can be recharged in six hours with a Leviton 240V (Level 2), 40A, 9.6kW charging station. The vehicle also includes a 120V (Level 1) emergency charging cable when the driver doesn't have access to a Level 2 charger -- just expect to wait around a lot longer while the battery recharges.
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A visit that was part stump speech and part education on Northern California water issues had gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari in Oroville and Richvale Friday.
Kashkari toured the inner workings of Oroville Dam and met with reporters at the top of the vista point at the lake, which is about 170 feet below maximum capacity.
The candidate has made water issues one of the cornerstones of his campaign. He sees the money proposed to build high speed rail in California as a waste of money that is better spent on new water storage. His plan is to ask voters to rescind approval for the rail system and instead approve $9 billion for new water storage.
In the Central Valley, land is subsiding, he said during a brief chat with the Enterprise-Record while traveling across the valley.
"There are limits to what we can do in the middle of a drought. But in my view, let's get going right now ... to capture more water before the next drought."
Another proposal is to have a 10-year mandatory sunset for regulations. At that point regulation would be reviewed or expire, he said.
Later in the trip, Kashkari arrived at the Butte County Rice Growers Association in Richvale, where he met with farmers and leaders of the Butte County Farm Bureau.
He checked out a giant storage facility piled nearly to the ceiling with golden-colored rice,
The mound is seed for about 80,000 acres of rice, explained association president Carl Hoff, who told Kashkari about the wildlife that thrives in Sacramento Valley rice fields.
The association headquarters is right down the road from the Rice Experiment Station, Hoff explained, where success in rice breeding has helped California growers produce 9,000 pounds of rice per acre.
Due to drought restrictions, a predicted 800,000 acres in agriculture will go fallow this year, a grower said later, when local ag leaders gathered around the association boardroom table. Locally, many growers will see surface water allocations decreased by 50 percent, they said.
The visit with rice growers came about when 3rd Assembly District candidate Ryan Schohr, a rice farmer in Gridley, struck up a chat with Kashkari at the Tulare Farm Show. Schohr invited Kashkari to check out the very dry Lake Oroville, and talk with local residents about water and farming.
Part of Kashkari's push is to help agriculture continue to be a major factor in California economics, a view Schohr shares.
Colleen Cecil, manager of the Butte County Farm Bureau, said "every regulation that comes out of Sacramento impacts Butte County agriculture," and the new regulations seem endless.
Kashkari agreed and talked about his regulatory sunset proposal, as well as his call for reform of the California Environmental Quality Act. He criticized Gov. Jerry Brown for giving expedited review for the Sacramento basketball arena, but not giving the same favored status to other projects.
Farmer Stacy Gore said the impacts of less water are easy to see in the valley. His father in Willows is talking about growing only 40 percent of his normal crop, Gore said. That means at least "two guys won't be working for me."
These are workers with families, Gore continued.
Kashkari said he had recently visited the food bank in Fresno, which is expecting an influx of people in need of food, as jobs dry up in the Central Valley.
The difference between farming and other industries in California is that farmers can't leave, Cecil of the Farm Bureau said.
Kashkari's background is in investment banking with Goldman Sachs, and he was appointed assistant secretary for the Treasure for International Economics and Development. He played a role in overseeing the Troubled Asset Relief Program during the financial crisis of 2007-2008. Later he worked for Pimco.
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• Reducing trade barriers that impact California.
• Clearing existing reservoirs of sediment to increase storage capacity.
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• A cap on personal injury lawsuits to $250,000.
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Radical Publishing announces that Disney has acquired the film adaptation of OBLIVION, based on Radical Publishing's illustrated novel created by Tron: Legacy director, Joseph Kosinski, written by Rex Mundi creator, Arvid Nelson, and with illustrations by Andrée Wallin. OBLIVION will be directed by Joseph Kosinki and will be produced by Radical's President and Publisher, Barry Levine, and Kosinski. Radical Studios' Executive Vice President Jesse Berger is signed on as Executive Producer. Kosinki is repped by Verve and Anonymous Content while Radical is repped by CAA and David Schiff.
OBLIVION, the 128-page illustrated novel, will be released in Summer 2011 and will feature prose, combined with over 40 fully painted landscape renderings. OBLIVION will be distributed worldwide through Random House.In a future where the Earth's surface has been irradiated beyond recognition, the remnants of humanity live above the clouds, safe from the brutal alien Scavengers that stalk the ruins. But when surface drone repairman Jak discovers a mysterious woman in a crash-landed pod, it sets off an unstoppable chain of events that will force him to question everything he knows.
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Reston Police District – Police are seeking the public's help in locating a 78-year-old man who has been missing since around 5 p.m. Saturday, February 11. The man suffers from dementia and is in need of daily medications. He was reportedly on his way to a grocery store but never returned home.
Robert Alfred Mercure of the 11400 block of Bingham Terrace is driving a 2000 black Buick Le Sabre. The license place is VA YLX-2311. He is described as white, 6 feet tall, 183 pounds, white hair and white closely cropped beard. He was wearing a waist-length green jacket, beige sweater, blue pants, black shoes and a blue baseball cap at the time of his disappearance.
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16 CoinsLogic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
Johnny was given 16 coins by his older, somewhat meaner brother, Mark. He told him that he could keep them all if he could place all 16 on the table in such a way that they formed 15 rows with 4 coins in each row.
After 10 minutes, Johnny walked away with the coins and Mark, after complaining futilely to his mother, left with nothing.
How did Johnny place the coins?
HintStars and pentagons
AnswerIf you draw a 5-pointed star with all sides of equal length, you will create a pentagon in the middle with all 5 sides of equal length. Then draw another 5 pointed star, upside-down, using the 5 points of the interior pentagon as the points of the inner star, This will give you another 5-sided pentagon in the interior of the second, smaller star.
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Derailment temporarily limits access to Oriole Park
The Orioles would like to alert fans heading to Oriole Park at Camden Yards tonight that a Light Rail train has derailed near the Camden Station, blocking access to Oriole Park from Conway and Howard Streets.
Fans are advised to access Oriole Park on-site parking lots are via Lee Street (off of Russell Street), Ostend Street, or Hamburg Street.
Another release will be sent once access has been restored.