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There's a perfect storm brewing that will make the world's food system "vulnerable" -- thanks to a booming population and erratic weather attributed to climate change.
With farmers and ranchers across the globe needing to produce 70 percent more food by 2050 to keep 9 billion people fed, the task of meeting this global demand will become increasingly daunting.
Bloomberg reports that having "good crops" isn't enough.
Marc Sadler, practice leader at the agriculture and environmental services unit of World Bank, told Bloomberg that "although we are having some good crops, we continue to expand our consumption, so our ability to replenish stocks is challenged."
As Sadler notes, the real challenge facing the agriculture industry is "the environment, the production system, the variables that surround us, are increasingly volatile. It will continue to be a challenge to raise agricultural productivity in a resilient way in the face of climate change and this is the reality we face."
Read, "World Bank Sees 'Vulnerable' Food System on Climate Change."
This isn't the first time experts have addressed the concerns facing feeding a population of 2050. Earlier this year, a report from the Solutions from the Land initiative, laid out the challenges involved in sustainably increasing food production while using less land, water and other resources. With the world population expected to soar to 11 billion by 2100, it's unlikely that these challenges will stop anytime soon.

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Dickerson day to day with knee discomfort
CLEVELAND -- Tribe left fielder Chris Dickerson, who is day to day with left knee discomfort, was not in the lineup for Friday night's series opener vs. the Rangers.
Dickerson was removed from Thursday's game against Seattle after he came up limping while trying to field a Kendrys Morales double off the wall in the second inning. Dickerson finished out the frame but was later replaced by Mike Aviles in left field.
Manager Terry Francona said Dickerson's knee initially began bothering him after Wednesday's contest, when he made an impressive diving catch in left field.
"He said it didn't start hurting until he came in, and he said as he got closer to the game [on Thursday], it became worse and worse. I'm sure that [Morales double] didn't help," Francona said. "So he came in, they tried to stretch him and he couldn't get it going. We got him in here early, got him worked on, he'll continue to get treatment."
Francona added that the team believes Dickerson, batting .300 in 19 games since being acquired from the Pirates, could be back in the lineup as soon as Saturday.
With Dickerson unavailable for the time being, the Indians recalled Tyler Holt from Triple-A Columbus as insurance for their banged-up outfield. Holt fills the roster spot cleared by Zach McAllister's return to the Minors.
The move marks Holt's second stint with the Indians this season after he made his Major League debut with a defensive appearance on July 6. The 25-year-old outfielder was hitting .317 with a .425 on-base percentage and 19 stolen bases through 57 games with Columbus this season.
Alec Shirkey is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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32nd Annual Tchoupitoulas Social Aid and Athletic Club Bar-a-thon
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Friday, May 16, 2014 at 6:05 PM (CDT)
32nd Tchoupitoulas Bar-a-thon
Friday, May 16, 2014
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Been trying to tell you for a while. There's an easy way and a hard way. This year, the easy gets easier and the hard gets much harder. Here's what you need to know. Read carefully and take your time.
January 1, 2014 - May 12, 2014. Regular race registration. There will be no race day registration. Race capped and no exceptions and no extra gear for sale on race day. NOTE: registration cutoff is on a Monday after lunch.
May 15, 2014: Packet pickup from 5-9pm at Le Bon Temps Roule; food trucks will be there the entire time so come hungry; Abita Beer specials; Bar-a-thoners pay no cover for Soul Rebels at 11PM. You will get your snazzy, exclusive BARATHON BIB NUMBER, TSHIRT and POSTER before the race.
May 16, 2014: Packet pickup begins at 11AM at Le Bon Temps Roule; food trucks will be there for lunch (11AM-2PM) and dinner (7PM-11PM). You will get your snazzy, exclusive BARATHON BIB NUMBER, TSHIRT and POSTER before the race.
Race begins at 6:05PM sharp! Make sure you have a full beer (we'll give you one) for the start.
Get your KOOZIE after the race at the finish line.
Oysters shucked after the race. Beer specials and food trucks.
Awards begin in the back bar at 8:30PM.
Watermelon sacrifice whenever the hell Tutuman wants to do it (hint: right after the awards are done).
Band begins after watermelon sacrifice.
Go home when you're no longer any fun.
Already told you. 6 miles, 6 bars, 6 beers.
1. LE BON TEMPS ROULE (4801 Magazine)
2. REGINELLI'S (741 State)
3. TJ QUILL'S (7600 Maple) - now called "the Annex"
4. PATOIS RESTAURANT (6078 Laurel)
5. DOS JEFES UPTOWN CIGAR BAR (5535 Tchoupitoulas)
6. GRIT'S BAR (530 Lyons)
Be mindful of others - we had some late-comers this year and the beer was all gone by 6:20. We had 1200 of them and only 1050-1100 racers, so please let's avoid taking two (or more) beers even if you think it's easy to get away with. 6 beers in an hour or so is a decent clip and there's always more if you absolutely need it. Give the folks your beer tag and they will give you a beer. Don't open it till the gun goes off.
Visit the bars in this order. Each of them. Even Quill's, where you will be uniquely marked so our koozie enforcers at the finish line can give you your official FINISHER'S KOOZIE. We will be at the finish line with koozies for 2 hours 15 minutes, or about 8:20PM. One pull tag, one koozie.
Afterward, some weird old guys will shout into a megaphone and make you do things that you'll regret for a while, but if you're one of the "winners", you can expect a custom-crafted metal creation from local artist LUIS COLMENARES. These awards have gone over so well that the idea has been jocked by other clubs and races.
PURPLE MONKEY DESIGNS will assist in a new look for the shirts this year. Guaranteed - creative and a must-have.
This year, MAGWIRE has created one of her famous circus banners for our even poster. Everyone will get a poster again this year.
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Since 1983...6 bars, 6 beers, 6 miles.
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This year's Sport and Play Festival is set to be bigger than ever when it takes place in Trowbridge Town Park in June, with Paralympian swimmer Stephanie Millward appearing as a special guest.
The annual free event, organised by Trowbridge Town Council and Active Trowbridge, will include everything from extreme sports, such as high ropes and zip wires, to face painting, trampolining and rickshaw rides.
Community clubs will also be holding workshops in football, tennis, golf, basketball and other sports, aiming to improve health in the area and to encourage more people to get involved in sport.
This year's event, which will be on June 7 from 11am-4pm, is the fifth running of the day. It will also include several new activities, including an Alice in Wonderland-themed play zone, with activities featuring characters from the classic books, and, for the first time, a food court.
Hayley Bell, Active Trowbridge leisure activities manager, said: "It is going to bigger than before and it will be much more of a festival this year. There will even be live bands and dancing schools performing.
"The whole thing is free and the only thing people will have to pay for is food, unless they want to bring a picnic. It always brings the community together and last year we had about 12,000 people.
"We even get people from as far as Bath and Corsham. It is a good way of promoting Trowbridge and it gives good exposure to the local sports clubs."
Picture caption: Active Trowbridge staff Adam Potter, Clifford Sakyi, Amy Knowland and Hayley Bell, with Hayley Uren and Sue Cook from Jo Jingles West Wiltshire, Nick Beavan from Martial Arts Leisure, Alison Rollinson from Pyjama Drama, Clare Hain from Beautiful Nice, Charlotte Holland from LA Studios and Trowbridge School of Poledancing, and Dave Penfold from The Old Bakery Supper club, promoting the Sport and Play festival in the park


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TWO thieves have been jailed for stealing a quad bike and tools and equipment worth thousands of pounds from the Salvation Army.
Ricky Port, 27, and Matthew Bristow, 29, took the £6,000 quad bike and £2,000 of tools from the charity's Hadleigh Farm in Castle Lane, Hadleigh, on October 5 last year.
The pair were caught when their getaway van triggered a police automatic number place recognition camera.
When police pulled them over, Port and Bristow claimed they were moving the property for a friend.
However, among the items police found in the back of the van was a Salavation Army sign.
Officers called Hadleigh Farm, which immediately confirmed there had been a breakin.
The thieves denied burglary, but were found guilty by a jury after a three-day trial at Basildon Crown Court.
Port, of Glebe Field, Basildon, was jailed for 30 months, while Bristow, of St James Road, Vange, was given 24 months.
Sentencing the pair, Judge Owen Davies, said: "You knew you were burgling premises belonging to the Salvation Army and you were taking items used to work on the land.
"This was a mean offence.
The Salvation Army was deprived of the tools it needed to maintain the farm."
The court heard Porter had 24 previous convictions for similar offences. As the judge passed sentence, there was a fracas in the court, with members of Bristow's and Port's families weeping, while others shouted abuse at the judge.
They were ordered out of the public gallery by court staff.
During the trial, the court had heard police forensic teams linked a crowbar, found in Bristow and Port's van, with a gouge mark left at the scene of the break-in.


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Glade Hollow was one of seven Dunmore's War of 1774. Its exact location appears to be uncertain, though it was presumably somewhere in the area now known as "Glade Hollow" in Russell County, VA. (See Forts of Southwest Virginia No trace of Glade Hollow survives today, and its site is not marked by a Virginia State Historical Marker. Hamilton, 1968 describes it as lying between the towns of Lebanon and Dickensonville in modern Russell County, on Big Cedar Creek. The area known as Glade Hollow, is immediately north of the town of Lebanon, but it extends somewhat into the southeast, and which may explain Hamilton's placement. It was certainly on the Kentucky Trace, as Issac Crabtree in his pension application quoted by Hamilton, stated:
"The Trace" refers to the "Kentucky Trace", or "Kentucky Road", which originated further north near Roanoke where it split off from The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road and passed south through Castle's Woods. It was the major route by which settlers from the Valley of Virginia passed southward into Southwest Virginia. It took the name "Kentucky Road" after Boone completed the Wilderness Road to the Cumberland Gap, and Kentucky beyond. Prior to that it was known locally as "the Road to the Clinch" as shown on Dasniel Smith's Map of 1774.
Hamilton, 1968 identifies Glade Hollow as the fort designated "Fort Christian", by Captain William Russell in his letter of 13th July 1774 to Col William Preston:
Hamilton's equation of Glade Hollow with Fort Christian seems reasonable. He points specifically to the fact that Christian's Fort was about ten miles distant from Fort Preston, which is known to have been in Castle's Woods. This is consistent with a location of Fort Christian in the Glade Hollow area near Lebanon. Also, Russel describes it as a fort built by "the inhabitants of this river", referring to the Clinch; that is also consistent with Fort Christian being in Glade Hollow, but much further than that along the Kentucky Trace would place it in the Holston watershed. That area was under the responsibility of another militia officer (Captain Daniel Smith), and as Hamilton points out Russell would not be likely to give a name to a fort in someone elses area of control.
Yet there is some confusion on the subject, and some think that "Fort Christian" actually refers to a fort house on or near Daniel Christians homesite at Maxwell's Mill. it is clear that there was indeed a fort of some description at that location. Maj. Arthur Campbell wrote to Col. WIlliam Preston stating:
T&K:194 apparently thought that Smith's Station, as it might have been known, was in fact Daniel Smiths "own fort...designated Fort Christian". Also, a biographical sketch for Daniel Smith by Jay Gould Cisco Cisco, 1909 notes that
This seems to be a confusion here, an area 12 miles from Blackmore's Fort, would have been in the Clinch River Valley, not the Holston, and Daniel Smith's Station would have been in the Holston. It seems likely that this confusion comes from the fact that there were apparently two "Smith's Stations". This is shown in a letter dated 12 July 1774 from Col. William Christian in a letter to Col. William Preston ([Thwaites and Kellogg, 1905|T&K]]:85 citing Draper MSC:3QQ63)) which gives the number of men to be stationed at various forts on the Clinch and Holston rivers. The forts are apparently list in geographic order:
"J. Smith" is probably Jeremy Smith, aka "Jemmy Smith", who owned land in the Glade Hollow area according to Hamilton.
Hamilton was concerned with why James Smith was sometimes spoken of in connection with Glade Hollow Fort, and concluded that it was probably located on his land. As such, it could also have been known as "Smith's Fort" or "Smith's Station", and could have been confused with the Daniel Smith's Station.
Overall, the data seems to support the idea that "Fort Christian" corresponded to "Glade Hollow Fort", and that "Smith's own station" refer's to a fort-house probably built on his property at Maxwell's Mill in the North Fork of the Holston River Valley
The following roster of soldiers stationed at Glade Hollow Fort is based on Thwaites and Kellogg, 1905:401, citing Draper 5XX2 and 6XX106. The list is ostensibly a roster of Captain Daniel Smith's Company taken 13 August 1774. Some entries include notes indicating listings, and discharges after that date, and as late as 18 November 1774. This list is sometimes used to show that these men fought at the Battle of Point Pleasant; while there is no doubt that they served in Dunmore's War, there seems to be no direct indication in Thwaite and Kellog, 1903, that they participated directly in the battle of Point Pleasant on 10 October. On the ninth of October, the day before the battle, Col Wm. Preston wrote to Daniel Smith, saying:
This seems to make it clear that Smith had been detailed the responsibility of protecting the settlements on the Clinch while others from the area went to Point Pleasant. Presumably the men under Smith also remained behind. On the whole, the evidence seems to indicate that for the most part the men of Fincastle County who went to point Pleasant were from the lower Clinch River area, around Castle's Woods, and served under Captain Russell, and did not include those in Captain Daniel Smith's Company at Glade Hollow or elswhere. However, Thwaite and Kellogg noted that three of the men on the Glade Hollow roster (Abraham Cooper, Archibald Woods, and William Bustar) were only listed beginning October 29 thorugh November 6 "after returning from the Point Plesant expedition."


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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of becoming a prophet. -- Isaac Bashevis Singer
The easiest thing to do in a market that has been rallying like this one is to look for reasons why it won't continue. Of course, the trend will eventually come to an end and we'll have some poor action. That is the nature of markets and it is inevitable that the cycle will turn.
Unfortunately, many market players focus so much on predicting when things are going to go bad that they fail to profit while times are good. If you keep predicting bad news, you will eventually be correct, but you will probably end up costing yourself money because you miss out on all the positives while you wait to be proven correct.
Over the years I've noticed that one thing Jim Cramer does extremely well is that he stays with a market that is rallying. He will focus on reasons to continue to like the market while many others are focused on reasons why it can't continue.
If your mindset is to keep looking for positive action it is surprising how often you can find it, even when negatives are starting to appear. This past week for example, the indices didn't make much progress, but if you stayed positive and focused on individual stocks there was some very strong action. If you wanted to find things to worry about it wasn't very hard to do, but it didn't make you any money. It was far better to maintain a positive attitude and focus on what was working rather than what wasn't.
Ever since the market low in March of 2009 there seems to be this overwhelming belief among many individual investors that another disaster is going to occur. It has held so many people back and has been one of the reasons we have had such huge equity outflows for so long. How can we possibly expect the market to rally endlessly when the economic recovery is so poor, unemployment still so high and so few people optimistic about the future?
Reconciling the way the market has acted with the generally pessimistic view of the economy has been one of the most difficult things for me to do over the past few years. I have to consciously remind myself to not focus on all the big-picture worries. This market has ignored them so completely, and so often, that you have missed out totally if you have embraced the bears' case.
I don't want to be a Pollyanna, but it has been a far better approach to the market than anything else for a very long time. If you are going to bet against this market, we need hard proof in the form of poor price action. We have had a few weak days lately, but we keep shrugging them off and regaining our focus. If we have a few more of these downtrend days and weak closes it will eventually take a toll, but so far the bulls are fighting back very nicely and not letting things come in for long.
It is important to keep in mind that this market has been strong enough recently to afford some weak action. You can be sure the bears will be jumping up and down with excitement if you pull back a few percent, but it won't be enough to really kill this uptrend. In fact, it may just be the rest and reset that is needed to support further positive movement.
We have a very quiet start this morning. Earnings season is just about over and the focus is going to shift to political battles again, which has the bears feeling good, but stay focused on that price action and let that be your guide.


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BLACKBURN Rovers have appointed Alan Myers as the club's new director of communications.
Myers announced yesterday that he was leaving his post as communications director at boyhood club Everton.
Rovers managing director Derek Shaw said: "Once we were made aware that Alan had left Everton, we moved quickly to secure the services of a very talented and experienced football man.
"We have seen how he engaged with the Everton fans and the significant success he had over a short period of time, and that is what attracted us to him.
"After discussions with the owners, it was unanimously agreed for Alan to join Blackburn Rovers as early as Monday and his appointment will further strengthen our existing media team."
Myers said: "I am extremely excited to join Blackburn Rovers and be at a club with such rich traditions and history.
"I have observed from a distance, through my work at Sky, developments at Blackburn Rovers over the past few years and have been really impressed in recent months at the stability and progress being made both on and off the field.
"One of my first tasks will be to engage with the Rovers fans. I think it's fair to say they've had a difficult time over the last few years, but that is changing now and I want to be part of that.
"Madam Desai and the Rao family have tasked me with bringing the club and its fans together and that is my main aim here.
"I'm extremely excited to be working with Gary Bowyer – one of the country's brightest young managers – and I am joining an extremely talented and committed management team, led by managing director Derek Shaw, along with hugely experienced Football Secretary Ian Silvester.
"I believe this is a really exciting time for Blackburn Rovers and its fans."


text: Boehner hints at tax rate increase By McClatchy Newspapers December 7, 2012 Story Share WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner on Friday wouldn't rule out higher income-tax rates as part of an agreement to avert the coming "fiscal cliff," but he also said no such movement was possible unless President Obama showed more interest in compromising.The Ohio Republican was asked at a news conference whether he could accept higher rates, perhaps 37 percent, and "protect small business at the same time.""There are a lot of things that are possible to put the revenue that the president seeks on the table," he said.Boehner reiterated later that he still opposes higher tax rates, but his initial comments are significant, because they suggest that higher rates might be part of a deal. The comments also reflect the murky nature of such negotiations, and how sending signals can be oblique, but significant.The current tax rates expire at the end of the year, and $109 billion in automatic spending cuts will take effect Jan. 2 unless lawmakers act.Obama campaigned on a pledge to raise taxes on the wealthy but to keep current rates intact for individuals who make less than $200,000 a year and families earning less than $250,000.He's said over and over since the election that other rates must go up. Currently, the top rates are 33 and 35 percent; they're slated to rise to 36 and 39.6 percent next year. Obama has suggested that he could accept a number in between, and Capitol talk has centered on 37 percent.Boehner was hardly optimistic Friday. "None of it is going to be possible if the president insists on his position, insists on 'my way or the highway,'" he said.Republicans in the House of Representatives offered a deficit-reduction package Monday but haven't gotten a White House counteroffer. It included $800 billion in new revenue, with no specifics. Some veteran Republican lawmakers suggested that they could accept higher rates, notably Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, who's considered close to Boehner, and Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, who is regarded as one of the Senate's most outspoken conservatives.Obama and Boehner spoke earlier this week, and Boehner called the conversation "pleasant, but just more of the same."So, Boehner said Friday, "There's no progress to report," adding, "The White House has wasted another week."At the White House, officials declined to comment, while the administration continued its public push for middle-class tax breaks.Vice President Joe Biden had lunch at the Metro 29 Diner in Arlington, Va., with a half-dozen handpicked Americans whose income taxes would rise if a deal isn't reached by the end of the month.Biden said it would take "15 minutes" for a bill to get done if Boehner agreed to let taxes on the wealthy go up. He said while the administration preferred having the rates go up to Clinton-era levels it was willing to negotiate with Republicans. Attendees include a naturalized citizen from Colombia whose wife recently lost her job, a small-business owner whose children have developmental disabilities, and a college senior.Anne Marie Munos of Falls Church, Va., who cares for three seniors, was selected for the lunch after she responded on the White House website."I can't see how we can afford to pay more taxes," she wrote. "We certainly won't be able to boost the economy because our buying power will suffer even more than it already has."Obama is trying to pressure Congress through a public relations blitz while leaving top aides to work out a compromise. Since beginning the #My2K campaign a week ago, more than 100,000 stories have been shared on WhiteHouse.gov and 250,000 tweeted with the hash tag #My2k. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Obama pulled Zuckerberg aside to warn him about fake news on Facebook 2 Parole hearing set for Putnam man who claims wrongful sex assault conviction 3 Innerviews: Dual-identity surgeon riding high in horse racing world 4 Gazette editorial: Capito has second chance to do the right thing 5 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield Phone companies to relay 911 texts by May 2014 Previous Story Columnist Bragg recovering from strokes Next Story


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Blog Cabin 2012: Parting Thoughts
Online team, from left: Photographer Frank Murray, photographer Bruce Cole, special projects director Jeannine Shipp, special projects editor Mary Graff, visual designer Jason Kisner.
We wrapped the online photo shoot and departed Waldoboro yesterday, but not before squeaking in one last hearty diner breakfast, replete with blueberry pancakes, grilled muffins and breakfast sandwiches.
In thinking back on the events of the last few days, my mind returns to one story shared by interior decorator Victoria Lesser. When salvaging materials from the home and barn for use in remodeling projects, she couldn't help but think of Macy's flagship department store in New York's Herald Square.
Every time she visits the store and rests her hand on the store's old wooden escalator balustrade, she's overwhelmed by memories of her grandma and shopping trips the two enjoyed. This relationship between material and memories, she adds, is the very reason why the design/build team saved as many parts and pieces of the original structure as they could. Celebrating and honoring the memory of generations of family members who called Blog Cabin home was top of mind for the entire crew. And, I am proud to say, the mission has been accomplished; everything from the dining table and master bed to the staircase, rebuilt with its original newel posts, has a unique story to tell.
The trip is over but I traveled home with plenty of my own fond memories. In my mind, even on the rainiest, grey day, Waldoboro shines.


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HOUSTON - A proposal made to City Council Wednesday by Mayor Annise Parker and the Houston Police Department aimed to eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits within a 12- to 14-month period.
If the proposal is approved by Council, then the thousand of untested rape kits stored in evidence could be shipped out as early as next month for testing.
Two years ago, Local 2 Investigates exposed a massive backlog of untested rape kits stored in evidence in HPD's property room. Since then HPD has conducted an exhaustive audit of a backlog city officials all agree was "decades" in the making.
Rape kits contain physical evidence found on victims that can be vital in prosecuting a rapist and potentially linking that person to other crimes. Last year, HPD officials determined the department had 6,663 untested rape kits stored in evidence.
"We didn't want a fix, we didn't want to piecemeal it -- we wanted a solution," said Parker. "Now we have an opportunity to clear the books."
Parker, along with HPD officials, proposed sending all of the untested kits to two private labs run by Bode Technology and Sorenson Forensics. The anticipated cost of the project is $4.4 million, half of which would be paid for with federal grant money. Council had already included up to $5 million in this year's budget to tackle the backlog.
Parker and HPD officials said after the more than year-long review of the backlog, they do not believe any of the untested kits allowed a rapist to simply walk free. Rather, police said, other evidence may have made the testing of a particular rape kit unnecessary in solving a crime.
"There could have been a confession from a suspect, somebody could have been arrested, charged and actually convicted in a case where that testing did not take place," HPD Assistant Chief Matt Slinkard said.
Still, the testing of these kits may reveal other related crimes the department was not aware of at the time a determination was made not to test a specific kit.
"This is an opportunity to go back and find if there was anything there that was missed over the years," said Parker. "It may link them to other cases, and that is what the hope is."
In addition to eliminating Houston's backlog, the proposal put before council also called for the two private labs to also test another 1,450 "active" kits, 1,020 kits containing evidence in crimes other than rape and the 1,000 rape kits the department is expected to receive over the next year.
Parker and HPD's proposal said the average cost of testing each kit is $401.60, as opposed to other vendors charging an average of $1,134 per kit.
"This is essentially volume pricing, we were able to lock into this price because of the amount of work we're sending to these labs," said Parker.
Parker added this proposal will also help clear the way for an independent crime lab to take over testing of DNA evidence in the future.
"We didn't want this lab to be burdened with the problems of the past," said Parker.
"We will get to a position where we can guarantee every victim that sexual assault evidence or other DNA evidence will be processed thoroughly," said Scott Hochberg, chairman of the Houston Forensic Local Government Corporation.
Since the backlog was first brought to light, there has been a major shift in state law that takes the decision of whether a kit should be tested out of the hands of law enforcement. In September of 2011, a state law went into effect requiring every rape kit collected to be tested. Before this law went into effect, HPD and many other police departments would determine on a case-by-case basis whether testing a kit was needed to help solve a case.
City Council is expected to vote on this proposal next week.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Mets first baseman Ike Davis is participating in Cardinals reliever Jason Motte's fledgling "Strike Out Cancer" initiative. Fans can purchase Davis T-shirts online to help the cause.
The website 108stitches.com went live on March 17, with 108 Stitches showcasing the "Strike Out Cancer" tees in each team's colors. Each is promoted by a different player who agreed to join Motte in a partnership that will benefit multiple charities. Each participating player has chosen a charity that will benefit from the T-shirts sales, and for each shirt sold, $5 will go to the Jason Motte Foundation and $5 to a charity of that player's choice. A full list of recipient charities will be listed on the 108 Stitches website soon, along with a photo of each player rep in his team-colored shirt.
"At the end of the day, it's about reaching people," Cardinals right-hander Jason Motte said. "Baseball is great and everything, but there are other really important things going on out there that affect a lot of people. Wearing these T-shirts shows people that they're not alone. They're not sitting there doing chemo by themselves where no one cares. People do care, whether it's friends, family or baseball players. There are people who this has touched and this has affected. This is something we're trying to do to get the word out there and try to raise money to help."
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Broward Sheriff's Office detectives are searching for the suspects who robbed two priests on July 18 at St. Helen Church in Lauderdale Lakes.
Father Lesly Jean was taking a visiting priest for a tour of the church around 10 p.m. The father noticed two men as they walked southbound on Northwest 31 Avenue but didn't think anything of it. Surveillance video shows those two suspects walking past the church and then prowling around area. After about four minutes, they walk back toward the church, jump over the fence and confront the priests in the parking lot. At first they asked the victims if they knew the location of the nearest bank, then one of the suspects took out a gun and pointed it at the priests. They robbed both men of their cell phones, money and other valuables and jumped back over the fence.
The video shows the men running toward the surveillance camera, where an SUV was backed into a parking spot waiting for the suspects. The two men jumped into the backseat ,and they sped away.
The suspects are described as black males. One is about 5'7" tall, in his late 20s or early 30s. His accomplice is about 6' tall, heavy-set and was wearing a black shirt with a white stripe.
At one point in the video, the driver of the getaway vehicle gets out and walks around to the passenger side and in view of the camera. The driver appears to be a heavy-set woman, with hair down to the small of her back, who is wearing long pants, a dark-colored shirt and a white cardigan or sweatshirt.
Anyone with information about the robbery, the suspects or the SUV seen in the video is asked to contact BSO Robbery Detective Vincent Coldwell at 954-321-4270. Anonymous tips can be provided to Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477) or online at www.browardcrimestoppers.org.
A reward of up to $3,000 is available for information leading to an arrest.
***MEDIA NOTE: Video showing the suspects and getaway vehicle is available on our website at www.sheriff.org.
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Clinical Nurse Manager - Surgical About Facility and Benefits HCL is working with a prestigious private hospital in the heart of London's medical district and only a stone`s throw away from Harley Street. We offer the very highest standards of clinical skills and nursing care across a wide range of specialties. Ours is a vibrant, professional and friendly environment. The technology and equipment available to you is second to none in the industry and some of the most advanced in the country and our employees take pride in being the very best at what they do. Over the last 5 years there has been significant investment into the hospitals facilities to modernise it, this has created a space is conducive to a calm and restful atmosphere for both the recovering patient and staff that work there. General Surgery at the Princess Grace Hospital involves a wide range of different surgical procedures performed by leading surgeons in their field of high acuity treatments. General Surgery focuses primarily on abdominal organs (e.g. intestines, oesophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts. It also involves diseases of the skin, breast, soft tissue and hernia. Job Description The Clinical Nurse Manager will be highly visible and available to patients and consultants thereby promoting confidence in our services. They will maintain a high profile within the Surgical Department and maintain standards for clinical practice and ensure teams have the skills to deliver the needs of the outpatient services in a safe, efficient and effective way. The Clinical Nurse Manager will promote and enhance world class patient focused care by assessing areas of risk in relation to patient safety and implementing initiatives to improve patient experience Duties and Responsibilities Coordinate and lead projects in clinical practice development exploring appropriate models to support best clinical practice. Keep up to date with current knowledge and advances in clinical practice and maintain practice that is evidence based. Responsible for own continuous professional development in line with the NMC Registration. Demonstrate sound understanding of Clinical Governance and apply to working environment Accountable for own actions and carry out duties as may be required and are consistent with the responsibilities of the role. Provide leadership and support to Clinical Nurse Specialists, to the clinical teams and to act as a role model. Ensure infection control and prevention policies are adhered to and to work closely with the Infection control and Prevention Nurse. Promote clinical governance and service improvements following the analysis of complaints, adverse events and other drivers for change Skills & Experience RSCN/RN NMC Registered Mentoring and Assessment Course/ENB 998 equivalent Evidence of ongoing professional development. Demonstrable success in leading and delivering practice in a ward setting. Proven ability to analyse complex problems and implement practical solutions Ability to think and plan strategically Be conversant with policies regarding IT, Health and Safety, COSSH, Fire Safety and all mandatory training and keep up to date with current procedures, trends and legislation. About the Individual The ideal candidate will need to demonstrate a strong sense of personal and team accountability and have the ability to collaborate constructively to create successful partnership working with consultants and colleagues in an outpatient setting.


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Growing up in Daly City, CA., gave young Javier Medina his first introduction to the amazing culture of Lowriding. It was in these formative years that he saw the sport first hand, as his older cousins from Los Angeles, Mexico, and the Bay Area were heavily into riding slow and low. He can still recall the day he couldn't turn back, a day that happened when he was just twelve years old. The preteen boy and his family made a trip to Anaheim, CA., to visit some relatives, and the trip would be life changing for this budding enthusiast. One of Javier's older cousins, who was in his late 20s at the time, let the 12-year-old hit the switches in his Regal and Javier has been hooked ever since.
Since his craving started well before the legal driving age in California, the young Javier got his feet wet the same way most young riders do; he began building Lowrider bikes. Soon after his first build, he joined the San Francisco-based car club Nuestro Estilo, and he began studying the other club members' rides. Javier took his next step at age 18, when he picked up a 1987 Buick Regal for $3,500. "I got the car from one of the guys from the club. The car already had old Fenner-Stone black pumps and Roadsters," says Javier with a smile. Still envisioning hitting the switches of his own, Javier took his car to Del Toro out in Los Baños, CA., to have it reinforced. "I just wanted to hop it back then," admits Javier. The art of hitting switches does require some learning, and one of the best memories that Javier has had with the Regal was when he first understood how to hit the switch. "I used to blow all kinds of things," laughs Javier, "but once I got the rhythm, it was like riding a bike, you never forget." Spending a significant part of his Lowriding career being extremely "switch-happy," Javier recently began slowing down on swinging his car.
Five years ago, after only three days of having his car out of the interior shop, Javier was cut off by another car and disaster struck. Given the combination of the weight in the trunk from the hydraulic set up and the 13-inch wire wheels, Javier was unable to stop in time and he wrecked his prized '87 Regal. Never one to give up, he resurrected his dream machine a few years later after rebuilding it. In a way, it gave him a chance to improve on a design that he already loved, so Javier found himself surprisingly motivated during the rebuild. Still infatuated with the previous look of his car, he decided to go with the Candy Tangerine paintjob again, but this time, he added patterns and stripping. Eventually, Javier would like to revamp the stock engine compartment of his car, but for now, the young Lowrider appreciates its daily driver status. "What I really like about the car is that I can just turn the key and go cruising," Javier explains.
A fan of his G-Body, Javier's tastes are diverse and he currently has a '50 Fleetline that he is planning to restore. "I want to go the 'Old School' route," says Javier. "I like many different kinds of cars like hot rods, lifted trucks, and just basically anything with wheels," explains Javier. "What I really like about Lowriders is the fact that they have soul. No other cars are like these," beams Javier with pride.
When Javier first got into the Lowrider scene, his parents thought he was "just going through a phase," but after spending more than half of his life riding slow and low, it's safe to say that they were wrong. His obsession is one that will last a lifetime. Javier would like to thank Nuestro Estilo Car Club, Del Toro Kustoms, and Lalo at Custom Mikes for helping him to make this Buick a force to be reckoned with.
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Owner: Javier Medina
Vehicle: 1987 Buick Regal
City/State: South San Francisco, CA
Club: Nuestro Estilo
Engine: Stock
Body/Paint: After shaving the door handles, Javier took his car to Custom Mikes out in San Leandro, CA. There, Lalo of Customs Mikes sprayed the Regal with a Candy Tangerine and added some patterns and pin stripe work.
Interior: Wanting to have an interior that would flow with the rest of the car, Javier took his ride to Fast Fready, who stitched up the tan and orange vinyl in the basement of Cortland, in San Francisco.
Sound System: Fellow Nuestro Estilo C.C. members Mike and Carlos hooked up the Pioneer head unit to the Rockford Amp which pushes a pair of 10-inch Kickers.
Setup: Javier took his G-body to get lifted at Del Toro Kustoms out in Los Baños, CA. Del Toro's wrapped the frame and installed a two-pump set up with two Delta pumps and Adex dumps. Javier controls the bounce of the car with four switches.
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The incredible buzzer-beating floater that Roosevelt Jones drained at the end of Butler's 64-63 victory over Gonzaga was the perfect ending to an unbelievable day of college basketball.
And, of course, this perfect ending happened in the perfect setting—Butler's historic Hinkle Fieldhouse, which was hosting its first-ever matchup between two teams ranked in the top 15 of the national polls. When Jones' shot settled into the net, the never-say-die Bulldogs, who were playing without leading scorer Rotnei Clarke, pulled off what feels like another miracle under head coach Brad Stevens.
At some point, these victories might stop feeling so miraculous. Let's hope that never happens, eh? After a week spent debating the lies of Lance Armstrong and the bizarre situation surrounding Manti Te'o, a full day of exciting basketball capped by another chapter in the amazing story of America's Cinderella was very cathartic, at least to those who had the good fortune of tuning in for some of the action.
Hinkle Fieldhouse was packed all day—ESPN's GameDay was on hand—and it felt almost impossible for the actual game between No. 13 Butler and No. 8 Gonzaga to live up to the hype. So much for that.
From the time Butler's Chase Stigall made a 3-pointer with 10:35 left in the first half, neither team was able to scratch out more than a five-point lead. Gonzaga led, and then Butler led, and then Gonzaga led, and then Butler led. And then, with 46 seconds left, Gonzaga's Elias Harris hit a jumper from the baseline to give his team the lead. And then, with 27 seconds left, Butler walk-on Alex Barlow—remember him, the one who hit the game-winning shot against Indiana?—made a runner to give his team the lead. And then Kelly Olynyk made two free throws with 4.6 seconds left to put the Zags back in front.
And, then, finally and exhaustingly, after a Barlow turnover, Jones came up with a steal that sent Hinkle into an absolute frenzy. Using every single moment at his disposal, his shot with 0.1 seconds left on the clock set off a well-deserved court-storming.
Those in the historic fieldhouse rushed down the stairs to celebrate a wonderful moment of college basketball, and those around the country watching on TV—Butler fans or not—wished they could join them.
Even though Kansas has the best basketball team in the Big 12, and even though the Jayhawks are going to win the conference's regular-season title for the ninth year in a row, the path to the championship won't always be smooth.
Not many people expected such a tough challenge Saturday at Texas, though.
The Longhorns don't get point guard Myck Kabongo back from his NCAA suspension for another couple weeks. They've started the Big 12 season with a 0-3 record, including an overtime loss against West Virginia (yes, the same West Virginia squad that lost by 27 against a mediocre Purdue team on Saturday).
But here they were, up on the fourth-ranked Jayhawks by 11 points less than five minutes into the second half after an impressive 12-0 run. The Longhorns kept KU point guard Elijah Johnson off kilter the entire game — he finished 1-for-11 from the field, and he had more turnovers (three) than assists (two). And, in the first half, they kept Ben McLemore — the redshirt freshman who could be a top-five pick in the 2013 NBA Draft if he chooses to jump — to just five first-half points.
Eventually, the Jayhawks did what they've done so often this season, and finished off a 64-59 victory. They controlled the second half of the second half, and they made bigger plays down the stretch than their opponents. They did that at Ohio State and in home victories against Temple and Iowa State — they outscored the Cyclones by eight in overtime.
There are things the Jayhawks must improve. Johnson must be better as the point guard. McLemore must be more assertive throughout the entire game, not just down the stretch — where he was outstanding Saturday, grabbing rebounds, scoring points and coming up with steals while the Jayhawks made their victory push.
Their play down the stretch, though, isn't something they need to worry about.
The idea of this season's North Carolina Tar Heels as one of college basketball's elite teams seems a bit far-fetched right now.
The team that was ranked No. 11 in the preseason AP Top 25 entered ACC play with three losses, and then opened conference play with back-to-back defeats, at Virginia and at home to Miami (Fla.). A bit of panic settled over Chapel Hill (though there were more intense emotions associated with this team, too, given fans' reaction).
Of course, that extreme seems a bit far-fetched, too. After winning a road game at Florida State a week earlier, the Tar Heels blitzed Maryland early at the Dean Smith Center on Saturday and never really let the Terps back into a game they won 62-52. Reggie Bullock, one of the two Tar Heels capable of carrying the team on his back — big man James Michael McAdoo is the other — had the best offensive game of his career, pouring in 20 of his game-high 24 points in the first half.
How good was the start for Bullock and his Tar Heels? Through the first three minutes of the game, Bullock had eight points and the Terps had five turnovers, and their only shot attempt was blocked. Yep, it was that kind of day for Maryland.
The Tar Heels have issues, but Saturday's victory followed the ideal script. They forced turnovers — Maryland committed 22 of them, helped by 11 UNC steals. They grabbed 14 offensive rebounds. Freshman point guard Marcus Paige had six assists and zero turnovers. Defensive specialist Dexter Strickland had four steals. McAdoo, who was all over preseason All-American lists but hasn't consistently dominated, had 19 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks. The Tar Heels stayed out of foul trouble — only Desmond Hubert had more than two personal fouls.
At 12-5 overall and 2-2 in the ACC, the Tar Heels appear to have at least settled the ship. They're probably not going to reach the Final Four, but they're probably not going to miss the NCAA Tournament, either.
The same can't be said for Maryland. The Terps have a good overall record (14-4) but they gained their best win of the season this week — by far — with a home victory over N.C. State. The NCAA Tournament selection committee doesn't look fondly on teams with a weak non-conference strength of schedule (Maryland's ranks 344th in the country, according to kenpom.com), especially when those teams don't win road games in the conference.
Oregon is the favorite in the Pac-12.
Sounds strange, right? At the very least, unexpected. Well, it's true.
The Ducks have already knocked off the other two favorites in the league—they beat Arizona at home on January 10, and upended UCLA on the road Saturday with an outstanding second half in a 76-67 victory. And, Oregon, which is 16-2 overall and a perfect 5-0 in conference play—doesn't play either Arizona or UCLA again during the regular season.
So, yep, Oregon—the team that was voted seventh in the preseason poll and didn't receive a single first-place tally—is your clear-cut, no doubt Pac-12 favorite on January 19.
Don't be confused, though. It's not just a schedule thing.
The biggest question about the Ducks—the backcourt—heading into the season has been given an emphatic answer. Oregon's freshman duo of Dominic Artis and Damyean Dotson has proven it's capable of leading the Ducks to the conference title. In the win against Arizona, the two combined for 19 points, seven rebounds, five assists and just three turnovers. Against UCLA on Saturday, the duo was even better—25 points, nine assists, nine rebounds, three steals and just three turnovers in a hostile environment.
And they made some of the biggest plays, too. With Oregon holding onto a two-point lead with under eight minutes left, Artis buried a jumper and Dotson canned a 3-pointer on back-to-back possessions. They each went two-for-two from the free-throw line in the last 45 seconds of the game to help the Ducks ice the victory.
You get the picture. They can handle the pressure.
On Wednesday, Sporting News named Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall as our coach of the half-year, as part of our midseason awards.
On Saturday, Marshall again proved he was the worthy selection.
His still-shorthanded Shockers held off the nation's 12th-ranked team in a 67-64 victory over the Creighton Bluejays. As is often the case for Marshall's teams, the Shockers featured a balanced scoring attack—four players scored in double-digits, led by Carl Hall's 17 points. Wichita State improved to 17-2 overall and pulled even with the Bluejays atop the Missouri Valley standings with a 6-1 record.
Remember, the top five scorers for last year's Wichita State team, which finished 27-6, were all seniors. That hasn't seemed to matter. Neither has an unfair injury bug. Hall missed seven games with a broken thumb but returned against Illinois State. Ron Baker, who averaged 25.1 minutes, is still out for another couple weeks with a stress fracture in his left foot. Evan Wessel, who played 19.0 minutes, is out for the year and seeking a medical redshirt after surgery on his broken finger.
And yet, here are Marshall's Shockers, perched at the top of the Missouri Valley Conference with a victory over everybody's pick to win the Valley. Creighton's Doug McDermott had 25 points on Saturday, and Bluejays big man Gregory Echenique had 13 rebounds (six offensive) and five blocked shots.
The Shockers only scored five points in the final five minutes—and went just 3-for-9 from the charity stripe—but the defense was good enough to make a slim lead hold up. The missed free throws made things more tension-filled than was probably necessary—Creighton's Ethan Wragge missed two clean looks from 3-point range in the final 10 seconds—but Wichita State came away with the win.
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Cincinnati's Sean Kilpatrick. Shame on you if you haven't been paying attention to the great junior season from the Bearcats guard. With his backcourt mate, Cashmere Wright, sidelined against Marquette on Saturday, Kilpatrick produced one of the best games by any player this season. Despite being the focal point of the Golden Eagles' suffocating defense, Kilpatrick scored 36 points in an overtime victory for the Bearcats. He had Cincinnati's final five points of the game, including the game-winning layup with 4.3 seconds left in overtime.
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Everyone else in the SEC. The Florida Gators showed on Saturday that they are, without a doubt, the best team in the SEC. Billy Donovan's team wasn't even close to full health, and the Gators still laid a 31-point beatdown on a Missouri team almost everyone figured would seriously contend for the league crown. Florida is now 4-0 in the SEC, with an average margin of victory of 26.8.
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Temple's domination of St. Bonaventure in Philadelphia. The Owls were a perfect 30-0 against the Bonnies on their home court, and this didn't seem like it would be the day for that streak to end. Temple was 12-4 on the season and St. Bonaventure was just 7-9 this season, including a 0-3 start in the Atlantic 10. All five St. Bonaventure starters scored in double figures and the Bonnies held off the Owls and Khalif Wyatt's 31-point performance in an 81-78 victory.


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WASHINGTON -- The Brewers' longest relief outing in more than seven years was preceded by all of six warm-up throws.
That's all the work Marco Estrada got in the bullpen before taking over from Matt Garza with one out, two runners on base and the Brewers already in a 5-0 hole in the bottom of the first inning on Saturday. Estrada delivered 5 2/3 innings, allowing three more runs, but saving the rest of the bullpen from a blowout in the longest relief stint by a Brewers pitcher since Manny Parra's 6 1/3 innings against the Mets on Aug. 1, 2007.
The morning after, how did he feel?
"Tired," Estrada said with a sigh. "I'm sore. Normal stuff that would normally happen after a day you would start. It was different because it's been a while since I started -- a week and a half I think. I threw six pitches in the 'pen, and then I saw Ron [Roenicke, the manager] running out there."
Compare that to his warmup routine before a scheduled start, which entails 40 pitches.
He said it took him about an inning and a half Saturday to finally feel loose. That Estrada got the Brewers through the sixth inning meant Roenicke had a reasonably rested bullpen for Sunday's series finale, including left-hander Will Smith available after missing two games with a stiff back.
"You think about if [Estrada] could only go a couple innings, and where you'd be," Roenicke said. "We'd be a mess today."
Garza's outing was only the fourth non-injury-related Brewers start this season of fewer than five innings, but three have come within the past eight games -- Wily Peralta's 4 1/3 innings against the Phillies on July 8, Jimmy Nelson's 4 1/3 innings against the Cardinals on July 12 and Garza's one-third of an inning on Saturday.
Speaking of Garza, Roenicke was impressed with one element of Saturday's nightmare outing.
"The thing I like is [he was] obviously not happy about what happened," Roenicke said. "But I looked and, I don't know what inning it was, the third or fourth inning, and this guy is back on the bench with the rest of the guys. He's a really good teammate. Most guys would have been in there [in the clubhouse] ticked off the whole game. He's out here with the guys. That was pretty great."
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Aemilius wrote:I am replying your statement/opinion that they are literary compositions. The situation is that we have institutions like universities, book publishing companies, schools, etc.. We have unquestioning faith in them, this faith is so selfevident that we don't see it at all. In the same way in ancient India, and ancient world in general, there were equal institutions that had equal authority, power and prestige. If you say "groups of monks and nuns", they are equal to nothing, because they are like nothing in our present day society. Instead you have to realize that monasteries, ascetics, yogis etc had equal power and authority as the universities, publishing companies, etc have in our modern society. These institutions that had real natural authority had percieved what universe was really like. This means that the beings of the three realms, buddhas and bodhisattvas of infinite eons etc were facts. They were reality, like the facts that the modern authorities produce today, they were not tales at all. Almost all of our knowledge exists by faith, habitul faith in the authorities, socially enforced faith. We can not even trust our own experience when the society decides otherwise, we have to deny our own experience, or suffer the consequences of it.
All of that really has no bearing on the arguments to which I refer. The scholars in question are all quite familiar with the milieu they study - far more than you or I. I can see this discussion is going nowhere, so I don't see much point in continuing it.


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APPARENTLY less concerned about winning the Tour Down Under than it was last year, Australia's trailblazing Orica-GreenEDGE team has named a seven-man outfit headlined by Simon Gerrans.
While Gerrans is defending champion in the week-long event that starts the World Tour season in a particularly interesting year for the sport, new director Matt Wilson said the team would take a ''different approach'' in Adelaide this January.
It would appear Orica-GreenEDGE intends to use the race to perfect its lead-outs for sprinter Matt Goss, who will have South African Daryl Impey, Dutchman Jens Mouris and Australians Luke Durbridge, Simon Clarke and Stuart O'Grady riding with him.
''Last year, winning the Tour Down Under felt essential,'' said Wilson, who has stepped up into a sports director role following Matt White's sacking.
''This year, we're taking a different approach. Wins at the Tour Down Under are now one of many goals for our second season.''
Gerrans has said publicly he wants to defend his Tour Down Under title but, like his team, has more burning goals to tick off later in the year in Europe. Goss will attempt to launch his season by claiming confidence-building stage wins on home soil.
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konchokzopa wrote:i wasnt even accepted to a 10 day course since my past drug use, which was already two years ago at the time i applied. so im not a fan of Goenka course and probably will never attend one.
greenthumb wrote:@ konchokzopa, 45 day course 2014 offered here East Coast, also you may want to check out other Goenka centers. You have to have many 10 day courses done, Satipatthana course work and if I remember correctly letters from your teachers to do long courses. I did it the sneaky way, I served and sat, served and sat through many months, again you need to have sat many 10 day courses and get permission from a teacher at the center you plan to serve and sit. No soft and plushy beds, 2 meals a day, noble silence, strict segregation of sexes. Strict observance of sila. You can find the schedules and codes of conduct on http://www.dhamma.org http://courses.dhamma.org/en-US/schedules/schdhara
I remember 3 month courses being offered but usually in India
I would love to do a 3 month retreat as well! I you find one let me know.
konchokzopa wrote:Hi, I am wondering where you can do 3 month long vipassana retreat with access to meditation teacher and preferably the cost would be covered by donation or otherwise would be of low cost?
monasteries or retreat centers, any place with these requirements basically anywhere in the world will maybe do.
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REEDSPORT, Ore. -- After a year-long battle with cancer, well known Reedsport man Jim Akre has passed away.
The loss of Akre has affected the entire community in Reedsport, as he touched the lives of hundreds of people. Not only as a coach, but as a teacher and as a friend.
Keith Tymchuk, the mayor of Reedsport and close friend of Akre, says he made a huge difference in the community. "Jim Akre was an exceptional individual, he was exactly the type of person you want in a community, who jumped in with a big splash and made things better with almost everything he touched," Keith said.
Akre played a major role in bringing the Umpqua River Lighthouse to Douglas County.
Another close friend of Akre remembers seeing a picture of the lighthouse with him. "All you could see was the bricks as it was being built, and the first thing he said is, "240,000 bricks." That's what it took to construct that, he never missed a teachable moment and he will just really be missed," said Sherri Elliot.
"Jim's passing will leave a tremendous hole in this community," said Tymchuk, "and one that we will feel for a long time."
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WASHINGTON (AP) - WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's Republican leader said today he is reserving judgment on whether to support former Sen. Chuck Hagel, the front-runner to be the next defense secretary, and predicted that his former colleague would face serious question about his stands on Iran and Israel. President Barack Obama may round out his new national security leadership team this week, with a nomination for Pentagon chief expected and a pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency possible. Obama was returning today from his vacation in Hawaii. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said any defense nominee must have "a full understanding of our close relationship with our Israeli allies, the Iranian threat, and the importance of having a robust military." McConnell told ABC's "This Week" that Hagel, a Nebraska Republican who left the Senate in 2009, has "certainly been outspoken in foreign policy and defense over the years. The question we will be answering, if he's the nominee, is do his views make sense for that particular job?"McConnell said he would "wait and see how the hearings go and see whether Chuck's views square with the job he would be nominated to do." He added: "I'm going to take a look at all the things that Chuck has said over the years and review that, and in terms of his qualifications to lead our nation's military." Obama, in an interview that aired last week on NBC's "Meet the Press" called Hagel "a patriot" who "has done extraordinary work" in the Senate and on an intelligence advisory board. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the second-ranking Senate Democrat, told CNN's "State of the Union" that Hagel "is a serious candidate if the president chooses to name him." Hagel has criticized discussion of a military strike by either the U.S. or Israel against Iran. He also has backed efforts to bring Iran to the table for talks on future peace in Afghanistan. Some lawmakers have been troubled by his comments and actions on Israel, including his reference to the "Jewish lobby" in the United States. Obama has nominated Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., as his next secretary of state, in what was the president's first step in filling out his second term Cabinet and national security team. Kerry, as well as the nominees for the Pentagon and CIA, must be confirmed by the Senate.
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One of the biggest mistakes many businesses make with their mailing list is sending the same email to everyone, all of the time.
If you think about it, not every subscriber on your mailing list is equal. You've probably got a mix of potential customers (those that haven't made a purchase yet), new customers (those who have just made their first purchase), loyal customers (those who have made many purchase), and former customers (those who haven't made any purchase in a while).
On top of that, if you sell items in different categories (for example, women's clothing, men's clothing, and kids clothing), do you think every subscriber is interested in all of those products? Do you want to send the same message to all of these people? Of course not.
While you can't customize an email specific to every subscriber on your list, you can create emails based on specific criteria using segmentation. In this post, we'll look at different ways to segment your mailing list in order to increase engagement and conversions.
Segmenting Your List Based on Customer Type
Wouldn't it be nice if, when people walked into a store, they had a label on them that indicated whether they were new to the store, had visited but never purchased, have purchased once but not again, or have purchased many things on a regular basis? If people had labels like that, the salesperson that greets them would probably say something different each time.
Many customer databases have these labels. If yours does, then you should consider segmenting your list based on these differentiations. This way, you can target your emails in a way that will convert potential customers into customers, first time customers into loyal customers, and loyal customers into brand advocates. It can be as simple as offering new customers discounts or your most loyal customers a free gift with purchase.
Segmenting Your List Based on Interests
Let's say your online store sells pet supplies. You probably have dog owners, cat owners, hamster owners, new pet owners, elderly pet owners, and so on. Sending them all the same email campaign isn't going to always make a sale. However, sending them a targeted ad based on their specific pet owner needs will.
This is when an interest-based segmented list comes in handy, and there are several ways you can get subscribers into the appropriate segments. You can do it based on:
- Products they click on in your email. If the subscriber clicks on a dog leash, then you can segment them as a dog owner and send mailings about new dog products.
- Lead magnets they subscribe through. If your online store offers free guides for different breeds of dog, and your subscriber choose the guide to Chihuahuas, then you can segment them as a small dog owner and send mailings about new products for small dogs.
- Items they purchase. If your customer tends to buy ferret toys and hamster wheels, then you can segment them as a small animal lover and send mailings about new products pertaining to little critters.
Find out which option works best with your customer database and mailing list platform and start sending targeted mailings based on specific interests. For example, here's an email Nordstrom's sends to subscribers it knows is interested in menswear.
By segmenting your emails based on interests you'll increase your open and click through rates and lower your unsubscribe rates as you will not be blasting products to people who are not interested in them.
Segmenting Your List Based on Location
Location can be an important segmentation for several reasons. For starters, if you have both an online store and a physical location, you may want to send emails about sales that are happening in-store, but only to people in your region. If you have customers from various countries, you may want to send country-specific promotions on shipping like Deals Direct in the example below.
Most mailing list service providers will have an option to segment based on location. The location is usually determined when a subscriber signed up for your mailing list. You can also use your customer database to find the current location of your customers based on billing and shipping addresses.
Segmenting Your List Based on Engagement
Last, but not least, you will need to tailor messages differently based on the subscriber's activity. You've likely seen emails that say, "We've missed you." These were probably from businesses whose emails you have not opened in a while.
Most email marketing providers will allow you to create segments based on subscriber activity like Mailchimp does here:
One reason that businesses create a separate segment for inactive subscribers (those who have not opened emails in a long time) is each subscriber typically costs you money. So why pay for subscribers who are not engaging with you?
The strategy usually goes like this. You will create a segment of subscribers that have not opened their emails in a certain timeframe, say three months, six months, etc. You send just that segment of people an email that asks them to reconfirm their subscription, either to confirm they want to continue receiving your emails or to get a special discount code or a free resource (like a new style guide for example). If the subscriber does not confirm within the next week or two, they are removed from your list.
This is a great way to make sure your mailing list consists of people who want to get your emails, i.e. the people most likely to make purchases. This will always boost the ROI of your email marketing, as you'll be paying less for your mailing list service and only sending emails to the people who want them.
Your Mailing List Service Provider's Segmentation Options
Note that some of these segmenting options may or may not be available to you based on the mailing list service provider you have chosen. To find out what segmentation options you have available to you, you will need to refer to the features your provider offers. You can do a Google search for your mailing list provider's name plus segmentation, segment your list, and similar keywords. If you use the following mailing list service providers - Aweber, MailChimp, Campaign Monitor or Constant Contact - you can refer to their features listings and documentation guides for more information.
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The Foothill-De Anza Community College District seeks district residents to serve on its Measure C Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee.
Volunteers are needed to fill two-year terms in four capacities:
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• Taxpayer association representative
• Business organization representative
• Foothill-De Anza auxiliary organization representative
The seven-member committee reviews expenditures associated with the $490.8 million bond measure approved by district voters in 2006 and reports annually to the public and the board of trustees on the implementation of the Measure C bond program.
The committee meets quarterly. New members would be seated in January.
Applicants must reside within district boundaries, which include the cities of Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Cupertino, Sunnyvale and parts of San Jose, Santa Clara and Saratoga. District employees, contractors, consultants or vendors are not eligible to serve.
"I have enjoyed serving on the committee because I have had the opportunity to work with interesting and intelligent people, both fellow committee members and staff members of the colleges," said Chairman Dudley G. Andersen. "I've been able to represent the community by providing oversight and feedback on the use of bond funds to create facilities that bring the colleges continuing recognition as leaders in community education and also offer exceptional learning environments for students."
Members who will be leaving the committee at the end of the year include Andersen, at-large representative; Robert Lancefield, taxpayer association representative; David Bergman, business organization representative; and Anita Manwani Bhagat, auxiliary organization representative.
Continuing on the committee are William Dietz, senior citizens' organization representative; Susan Silver, at-large representative; and Etienne Bowie, student representative.
For more information, call 949-6100 or visit measurec.fhda.edu.