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40. Thank you very much. Has an estimate been
made of the job opportunity cost of the utility sector from the
£5 billion windfall tax which has led to a cutback in the
capital expenditure programme? When you assess whether this has
been a worthwhile programme, has any estimate been made of potential
job losses or opportunity costs of the tax?
(Mr Wells) It was not done either with DfEE or DWP.
I am not sure that it was done within the Treasury either. I am
not sure there is a figure.
41. How do we know as Members of Parliament,
in assessing whether this was a worthwhile thing to do, whether
it is a worthwhile thing to do?
(Mr Wells) Part of it is the way the evaluation of
the National Institute works which looks at the whole effect of
the New Deal moving through the economy and will include the effect
of raising the windfall tax. Their estimates are that overall
there was an increase in employment and also in GDP.
42. What were the two figures Ms Lomax gave
for the increase in GDP as a result of this programme? Was it
£200 million or £500 million? There were two figures.
The range is presumably between £200 million and £500
(Mr Wells) Those are the two estimates which have
been given.
43. What is the opportunity cost of £5.2
billion? What is the annual return which in business you might
be expected to achieve from investing £5.2 billion a year?
(Mr Wells) I am not sure that is the appropriate comparison
because the £5.2 billion will be built into the National
Institute model. The reduction in profits and various others things
will work their way through.
44. So the £200 million is already taken
(Mr Wells) Yes.
45. May I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General
whether that is right? Is it already taken out?
(Mr Jones) Yes.
(Ms Lomax) Yes.
46. What was the total youth unemployment figure
in May 1997? I am really referring to a comment on page 13 that
there was a commitment to get 250,000 under-25-year-olds off benefit
and into work and this has happened. What was the total youth
unemployment in May 1997, which was the starting point?
(Mr Wells) The total for unemployed 18 to 24-year-olds
was 397,000.
47. In May 1997.
(Mr Wells) In 1997.
48. What was it by, say, June 2001 or the end
of the Parliament.
(Mr Wells) In January of this year it is 253,000.
49. So if I deduct 253,000 from 397,000 I get
134,000; so the reduction is 134,000.
(Mr Wells) There is a slight problem because these
figures are not seasonally adjusted and you should do year on
year comparisons.
50. Can we have the seasonally adjusted year
on year figures then? I am just trying to understand, to get to
grips with it.
(Mr Wells) If you compare, for example, January 1997
with January 2002, to try to take account of seasonal adjustments,
then the January 1997 figure was 475,000.
51. And the January 2002 figure was . . .? That
was the 253,000.
(Mr Wells) Yes.
52. So that does come to 222,000.
(Mr Lewis) May I add one thing to what Mr Wells has
said, which is that those figures are for all 18 to 24-year-old
unemployed people of any duration of unemployment. The New Deal
normally begins when somebody has been out of work for six months.
53. I understand that.
(Mr Lewis) If you look at the figure for 18 to 24-year-olds
six-months-plus unemployment in 1997, it was around 178,000 and
the current figure is 38,600 and that is probably a more meaningful
figure to look at to see the impact of the New Deal.
54. I was really looking at this number here.
So if unemployment was 475,000, is that the starting point rather
than 397,000? There does seem to be a large difference between
a seasonally adjusted number and the actual number, 397,000 and
(Mr Wells) These are all seasonally unadjusted numbers
and January is a month when there are many unemployed people compared
with the rest of the year because of the seasonal pattern after
55. Why is it fair then to take a January 1997
figure when you say there are all these people coming onto the
lists for seasonal reasons rather than the May 1997 figure? Why
is one intellectually more objective than the other?
(Mr Wells) Because the figure you are comparing is
January 2002. You could compare May 1997 with May 2001, but that
is nearly a year old now. I could give you those figures.
56. Yes, please; that would be helpful. What
is the number now, the latest figure?
(Mr Wells) The number now is January 2002, 253,000.
57. Is that the latest figure?
(Mr Wells) Yes, that is the latest figure. The May
2001 figure is 233,000 and the May 1997 figure is 397,000.
58. It would be helpful if we could have a chart
with all those numbers on. As far as I am concerned they are the
key figures.[1]
May I turn to page 3, paragraph 9 and the numbers there? It says
the effect was to reduce youth unemployment between 25,000 to
45,000 and to increase youth employment between 8,000 to 20,000.
Why are those numbers different? I do not quite understand why
they are not exactly the same numbers on each line.
(Mr Wells) Not everybody who leaves unemployment
goes into work. Some of them go onto the programmes themselves,
the Options. In general, there is a range of other avenues as
well as employment for young people. The biggest is the number
of people who are on the Government's training programmes.
59. We were told in the Report that in January
1998 120,000 young people were long-term unemployed. We were told
that every month 15,000 to 20,000 young people became unemployed
adding to the numbers and within two and a half years of the scheme
being introduced, 250,000 youngsters had found work. That is fantastic.
That is great. Then the Report says, which is a bit of a downer,
that a lot of them would have found work anyway. What do you say
to that?
(Ms Lomax) I say that the fact that people will find
work anyhow is a feature of any employment programme. The evidence
of the evaluation is that people found work quicker. Some people
who would never have found work found work, but the employability
of those people who were helped into work may also have been improved.
So over a period of time they have been helped in a way which
will improve their longer term employment in a way which is not
captured by these short-term figures.


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the latest electronic versions available from the Michigan Court
of Appeals. Updates are posted as received from the courts.
Consult the advance sheets and bound volumes of the official
reports for final revisions and proper pagination. Errata and
requests for correction of Michigan Court of Appeals opinions
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FEICK v. COUNTY OF
MONROE, et al.
April 21, 1998
No. 198014
Monroe Circuit Court
COUNTY OF MONROE and
EDWARD F. SWINKEY, LC No. 96-005316 NO
Before: Hood, P.J., and McDonald and White, JJ.
Plaintiff appeals as of right from the circuit court's order
granting summary disposition and awarding sanctions to defendants
in this employment discrimination action brought under the Civil
Rights Act, MCL 37.2101 et seq.; MSA 3.548(101) et seq.
Plaintiff, a former chief prosecuting attorney, alleged that by
terminating her and not subsequently re-hiring her for various
positions, defendants discriminated against her on the basis of
her gender and age, and retaliated against her for filing a
complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. We
Plaintiff first argues that the circuit court improperly
dismissed her gender and age discrimination claims because
genuine issues of material fact remained regarding whether
defendants discriminated against her. We disagree.
Absent direct evidence of discrimination, a plaintiff may
establish a prima facie case of employment discrimination by
showing 1) that he or she was a member of a protected class; 2)
that an adverse employment action was taken against him or her;
3) that he or she was qualified for the position; and 4) that he
or she was replaced by a nongroup member. Matras v Amoco Oil
Co, 424 Mich 675, 683; 385 NW2d 586 (1986).
Plaintiff established that she was a member of protected
classes based on her age and gender and that she was not
re-appointed by Monroe County Prosecutor Edward Swinkey after he
won the 1992 election, defeating her former boss, William Frey.
Plaintiff also established that she was replaced by a younger
male,[1] and subsequently not re-hired
as chief assistant prosecutor and for various other positions.
Although defendants dispute that plaintiff was qualified to be
rehired as chief assistant prosecuting attorney, viewing the
facts in a light most favorable to plaintiff, we conclude that
plaintiff established that she was qualified for the position of
chief assistant prosecutor based on her having held the position
for seven years and the qualifications she testified to at
deposition. However, regarding the remaining positions plaintiff
applied for, department head in the office of the Friend of the
Court and a position with the Drain Commission, plaintiff
presented no evidence of the qualifications required for those
positions, or evidence that she met those qualifications.
Accordingly, as to the Friend of the Court and Drain Commission
positions, plaintiff failed to present the requisite evidence to
establish a genuine issue of material fact that she was as
qualified as the persons who obtained the position. Dubey v
Stroh Brewery Co, 185 Mich App 561, 564-565; 462 NW2d 758
We thus conclude that plaintiff presented a prima facie case
of gender and age discrimination only as to Swinkey's not
re-appointing her to the chief assistant prosecutor position on
December 31, 1992, and as to Swinkey's failure to subsequently
re-hire her for that position only.
The burden therefore shifted to defendant to articulate a
legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for not reappointing
plaintiff and not subsequently re-hiring her for the chief
assistant prosecutor position. Dubey, supra at 563. It is
undisputed that after Swinkey won the 1992 election, he did not
reappoint four prosecuting attorneys who had served under Frey,
his predecessor: plaintiff, two men, and another woman. In an
affidavit Swinkey submitted in support of his motion for summary
disposition, Swinkey stated that he did not reappoint plaintiff
because he wanted to hire a staff of committed and competent
attorneys who would appropriately and adequately represent and
further the policies and goals he promised to the electorate, and
that he had evaluated plaintiff's performance and decided she did
not possess the requisite competence and ability. Swinkey
presented evidence that, prior to the 1992 election, Frey came
under investigation by the Attorney Grievance Commission (AGC).
Swinkey presented evidence that several of the charges brought
against Frey involved plaintiff, including that plaintiff and
Frey represented adverse parties in a divorce action while
plaintiff was chief assistant prosecutor; that plaintiff took
part in Frey's decision to fire Swinkey's brother, an assistant
prosecutor under Frey who had testified before the AGC during its
investigation of Frey; and that plaintiff had been aware that
Frey was monitoring Swinkey's phone conversations and had
listened to tapes made by Frey.
Plaintiff argues that defendant discharged plaintiff "for
being associated with his opponent in an election" and that
such does not constitute a legitimate reason for its adverse
employment actions but is, rather, unlawful political
discrimination. [3]
In response to plaintiff's argument, Swinkey argued that by
statute, assistant prosecuting attorneys hold office at the
pleasure of the prosecuting attorney. See MCL 49.35; MSA 5.795,
which provides that "assistant prosecuting attorneys and
other employees appointed by said prosecuting attorney under this
act shall hold office during the pleasure of the prosecuting
attorney." Swinkey also argues that he could properly
premise not re-appointing plaintiff on plaintiff's political
affiliation. Under the circumstances presented here, we agree.
A dismissal or other adverse employment action toward a public
employee based solely on the employee's private political beliefs
or affiliation presumptively violates the First Amendment. Branti
v Finkel, 445 US 507, 515-517; 100 S Ct 1287; 63 L Ed 2d 574
(1980); Rutan v Republican Party of Illinois, 497 US 62,
65, 71-73, 75; 110 S Ct 2729; 111 L Ed 2d 52 (1990) (noting that
promotions, transfers, and recalls after layoffs of lower-level
public employees based on political affiliation or support
impermissibly infringe their First Amendment rights). However,
political affiliation may be an acceptable requirement for some
types of employment. Branti, supra at 517-518; Hall v
Tollett, 128 F3d 418, 422 (CA 6, 1997).
The term "political affiliation" includes not only
partisan political interests and concerns, but also beliefs and
commitments, Monks, supra at 753, n 2. In the instant
case, plaintiff and Swinkey are members of the same political
party. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
in McCloud v Testa, 97 F3d 1536, 1553 (CA 6, 1996), held
that First Amendment protection from adverse patronage employment
actions extends to non-ideological political factions of the same
party.[4] See also Monks v Marlinga,
732 F Supp 749, 753, n 2 (ED Mich 1990), aff'd 923 F2d 423 (CA 6,
To determine whether political considerations are appropriate
in making personnel decisions for a certain position, courts must
examine the inherent duties of that position and the duties that
the new holder of that position will perform. Hall, supra
at 423.
In Monks, supra, which also involved members of the
same party, the plaintiffs were assistant prosecutors who brought
suit against Macomb County's prosecutor, alleging that the
defendant terminated them because of their political affiliation,
in violation of 42 USC § 1983. The district court dismissed the
plaintiffs' political affiliation claims, concluding that
political affiliation is pertinent to the effective performance
of an assistant prosecutor's duties:
The Court's research has uncovered no precedent squarely
addressing whether political affiliation is pertinent to the
performance of the duties of an assistant county prosecutor
appointed pursuant to Michigan law. The language of the relevant
statutes, however, suggests that an assistant prosecutor's
position involves, at a minimum, 'a modicum of
policymaking responsibility, access to confidential information, or
official communication.' Mariani-Giron v Acevedo Ruiz, 877
F.2d 1114, 1117 (1st Cir. 1989) (emphasis in
original). Specifically, assistant prosecutors
perform any and all duties pertaining to the office of
prosecuting attorney at such time or times as he may be required
so to do by the prosecuting attorney and during the absence or
disability of the prosecuting attorney . . . . [quoting MCL
. . . . The mere fact that assistant prosecutors try cases
under the direction of the prosecutor indicates that political
loyalty is important to the office of assistant prosecutor. Every
prosecuting attorney, as an elected official, necessarily
possesses a political agenda. That agenda is manifested through
the handling of criminal cases within such prosecutor's county.
Thus, the Court cannot escape the conclusion that political
affiliation is pertinent to the effective performance of an
assistant prosecutor's duties. [Monks, 732 F Supp at 753;
see also McCloud, supra at 1557, in which the court
established four categories which attempt to capture the
positions that could possibly fall into the Branti
exception, including:
Category One: positions specifically named in relevant
federal, state, county or municipal law to which discretionary
authority with respect to the enforcement of that law or the
carrying out of some other policy of political concern is
We conclude that under this line of authority, Swinkey could
properly premise his decision to not reappoint plaintiff on
plaintiff's political affiliation with his opponents. Swinkey
thus articulated a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for not
reappointing or subsequently rehiring plaintiff.
The burden then shifted to plaintiff to show by a
preponderance of the evidence that the legitimate reason offered
by defendant was a mere pretext for discrimination. Dubey,
supra 185 Mich App at 563. A plaintiff can establish that a
defendant's articulated legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons are
pretexts: 1) by showing the reasons had no basis in fact, 2) if
they have a basis in fact, by showing that they were not the
actual factors motivating the decision, or 3) if they were
factors, by showing that they were jointly insufficient to
justify the decision. Id. at 565-566. Plaintiff did not
present evidence sufficient to satisfy any of the three prongs.
She did not present evidence that defendants' reasons had no
basis in fact or that they were insufficient to justify the
decision to not reappoint or rehire. Plaintiff also failed to
introduce evidence from which a fact-finder could conclude that
Swinkey's articulated reasons were not the actual factors
motivating the decisions.
We conclude that the circuit court properly dismissed
plaintiff's age and gender discrimination claims because
plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence to raise a
triable fact issue that Swinkey's articulated nondiscriminatory
reasons for not reappointing her or subsequently rehiring her
were pretexts. Grant v Michigan Osteopathic Medical Center,
Inc, 172 Mich App 536, 540; 432 NW2d 313 (1988).
Plaintiff next argues that a genuine issue of material fact
remained regarding whether defendants retaliated against her. We
The CRA prohibits employers from retaliating against an
employee for making a charge, filing a complaint, testifying,
assisting, or participating in an investigation, proceeding or
hearing under the act. MCL 37.2701; MSA 3.548(701). McLemore v
Detroit Receiving Hospital, 196 Mich App 391, 395-396; 493
NW2d 441 (1992). Plaintiff's retaliation claim fails because she
presented no evidence from which a reasonable fact-finder could
infer that there was a causal connection between her EEOC
complaint and defendant's adverse employment actions. Kocenda
v Detroit Edison Co, 139 Mich App 721, 726; 363 NW2d 20
(1984); see also Parnell v Stone, 793 F Supp 742, 746 (ED
Mich, 1992) aff'd 12 F3d 213 (CA 6, 1993). The only evidence
plaintiff presented was that Swinkey testified at deposition that
he was not pleased that plaintiff had filed an EEOC complaint and
that he had talked about the complaint to one other person. This
was insufficient to establish a causal link between plaintiff's
EEOC complaint and the adverse employment actions. The circuit
court properly dismissed plaintiff's retaliation claim for
failing to establish that a genuine issue of material fact
remained regarding whether defendants retaliated against her for
filing her discrimination complaint. McLemore, supra at
In light of our disposition, we need not address defendant
Monroe County's argument that it was not an employer within the
meaning of the CRA. Monroe County was properly dismissed because
plaintiff's claims of discrimination and retaliation failed.[5]
Finally, plaintiff argues that the circuit court erred in
granting defendants' motions for sanctions and costs pursuant to
MCL 600.2591(3)(a); MSA 27A.2591(3)(a), MCR 2.114(F) and MCR
2.625(A)(2). A circuit court's finding that a claim is frivolous
is reviewed for clear error. LaRose Market, Inc, v Sylvan
Center, Inc, 209 Mich App 201, 210; 530 NW2d 505 (1995).
The trial court expressly found that the action was brought to
harass and embarrass defendant Swinkey and with malice. While the
conclusion was not compelled, we are unable to conclude that the
circuit court's finding was clearly erroneous.
/s/ Harold Hood
/s/ Gary R. McDonald
/s/ Helene N. White
[1] Plaintiff also presented
evidence that her younger male replacement left after less than a
year on the job and that another younger male was hired as chief
assistant prosecutor.
[2] Plaintiff also applied for a
position with the Probate Court. However, at the hearing on
defendants' motion for summary disposition, plaintiff's counsel
withdrew plaintiff's claim regarding that position.
[3] Plaintiff has cited no
authority in support of this argument.
[4] In McCloud, several
Franklin County auditor's office employees, who were Republicans,
brought suit when they were dismissed following the resignation
of the Ohio Auditor and the appointment of a rival Republican to
serve out the term. Id. at 1539. The plaintiffs alleged
that their First Amendment rights to be free of patronage
dismissals were violated, contravening 42 USC § 1983. Id.
at 1541.
Plaintiff alleged that Monroe County funded and assisted in
operating the office of Monroe County prosecutor, and assisted in
staffing that office with assistant prosecutors, all of whom are
Monroe County employees.


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Harvest: 'Yields are fantastic'
WORTHINGTON -- Greg Ponto of rural Reading is feeling really good about this year's harvest, but it pains him in a way. Other farmers in southwest Minnesota weren't lucky enough to escape mid-season hail storms and late-season drown-outs.
As some bring in below-average yields -- if they have yields at all -- Ponto is harvesting some of the best corn and soybean crops he's seen in a while.
"The yields are fantastic," he said. "The corn moisture, we're actually getting moisture of 15 to 17 percent -- that's just unheard of, and to do this when it's 70 degrees."
Clad in a short-sleeve shirt and jeans, the long-time farmer is usually in the field by 7:30 or 7:45 a.m. and calls it quits by 8 p.m. every night.
"You kind of pace yourself and get ready for the next day," he said.
By 7 a.m., he'll be headed out the door to start harvest all over again, greasing up the equipment, filling the implements with fuel and doing other pre-field maintenance.
"We've got yield, we've got weather, we've got prices -- it's just unbelievable," Ponto said from the cab of his combine Tuesday afternoon. And, like most farmers would admit, said, "I just keep waiting for that hammer to fall."
Ponto finished combining soybeans on Monday, and is about half finished with the corn crop thanks to a good stretch of sunny days.
"Us old farmers, when we die and go to heaven, this is what we look forward to -- it just doesn't get any better than this," he said.
For the most part, soybean harvest in southwest Minnesota has wrapped up and farmers are making good progress on corn.
The Minnesota Field Office of the USDA's National Agriculture Statistics Service reported Tuesday that 82 percent of the state's soybean crop had been harvested, along with 17 percent of the corn crop. In southwest Minnesota, officials at area grain elevators report farmers have finished with soybeans and started combining corn late last week.
"Basically the beans are done and we're getting a good start on corn," said Dan Schmitz of Schmitz Grain Inc., Slayton. "It's coming fast and furious."
Soybean yields reported to the elevator there ranged from the upper 40s (bushels per acre) to the lower 50s, with extremes in both directions, Schmitz said. He rated this year's soybean crop as average. Yields were somewhat impacted because the beans were too dry -- some arrived at the elevator at just 9 percent moisture. Yield loss occurs when the moisture level drops below 13 percent, he added.
As for corn being hauled in, Schmitz said moisture levels range anywhere from 14 percent to 19 percent.
"In two weeks the majority of (harvest) will be done if we continue to get weather like this," Schmitz said.
As the crops continue to roll in, Schmitz said it's been a challenge to keep up with storage, especially for the soybeans.
"We're still moving beans," he said. "We filled some of our corn storage with beans, and we're trying to get them out of the way."
Soybean yields appeared to be quite a bit better near Bigelow in southern Nobles County, where United Co-op Elevator agronomy salesman Larry Lamb said producers are seeing bushel-per-acre ranges in the low 50s to high 60s and even low 70s.
"The average is 58 to 62 bushel per acre," Lamb said, adding that soybean harvest is about 99 percent done.
As for corn, Lamb said he's seeing moisture levels range from 14 percent to 15.5 percent, with yield data still a bit sketchy as most fields haven't completely been harvested. Early data shows corn yields in the upper-180 bushel per acre range to the low 200s.
With farmers working day -- and some into the night -- to get this year's crops out of the field, there have been some concerns about safety on the area roadways. Though no farm-related accidents or complaints have been reported to the Nobles County Sheriff's Office in recent days, Deputy Sheriff Chris Heinrichs said everybody needs to "give each other a little room and be courteous."
"The farm implements, if possible, should pull as far to the side of the road as they can, and the cars need to make sure it's safe to pass," Heinrichs said. "A lot of these implements are hard to see around. You're going to have to be a bit more patient this time of year because there's a lot of farm implements on the road."


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The Kinks' Ray Davies rocks the farm
FOLLOWING the recent death of former Kinks bassist Pete Quaife, front man Ray Davies gave a passionate performance at a recent gig, criticising his old band and refusing to budge off the stage.
Waterloo Sunset and You Really Got Me singer Ray, who together with his brother Dave formed The Kinks in 1964, was reportedly asked to cut his time short at the Hop Farm festival in Tonbridge, Kent, to make sure headliner Bob Dylan played on time. But after getting a crowd of 30,000 up dancing Ray, 66, said: "F*** it, I'll play for as long as I want."
Ray called his old band "a pain in the a***" and criticised fellow artists playing at the event, which alongside Dylan included posh folk band Mumford & Sons.
Ray told the crowd: "I don't live in a gated community like some of the acts here tonight."
Quaife died on June 23 aged 66 of renal failure. Davies dedicated his set to him last month at Glastonbury.


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What's so attractive about riding your bike around a muddy track with unrideable obstacles throughout the cold winter season?
Well, I'm not too sure, which is why I caught up with International Mountain Biking Association special projects and publishing director Pete Webber to figure out why he'd rather cross it out than sit back and relax during the coldest months of the year. Pete has been racing cyclocross for over ten years now, securing a second place at Nationals in 1993 and winning the cyclocross stage at the 2000 Tour De Dewey. Here's what he had to say:
Dirt Rag: Why is cyclocross so much fun?
Pete Webber: I think it is true that other types of bike racing are not as much fun as cyclocross. It is hard to describe exactly why, however. I think it's a combination of things. Cross is grassroots and low key. It is about family, the people, the culture. The races are short and tight, the competition is always close and there aren't many racers on the course. It's fast and intense and always exciting. Plus, the season is short and well-defined--only two months separate the first and last race in the schedule, so your energy is always high.
DR: What is this "dismount" that I hear so much about and how can I master it myself?
PW: The cyclocross dismount isn't difficult--just swing one leg around the back of the saddle and jump off. The tricky part is doing it at high speed. To score in races you must learn to dismount without slowing down. Practice getting off at higher and higher speeds--resist the urge to grab the brakes--the speed at which you can successfully dismount will surprise you.
There are a couple of subtle skills that will help: Always get off on the left side of the bike--away from the drivetrain. Unclip your left foot and rest it on the pedal at the beginning of the dismount to avoid getting stuck in the pedal. On high speed dismounts, bring your right foot forward between your left leg and the bike--you'll be able to plant your right foot down first in a normal running stride.
DR: What about getting back on?
PW: The cyclocross remount is more difficult to explain. How does a person leap skyward into the saddle without causing serious damage down under? There is only one way to learn this elusive skill--spend some time watching an experienced crosser do it and then go practice it yourself about a thousand times.
DR: I've heard a bit about the run-up, too. How can I master that?
PW: Running is what sets cyclocross apart--you must embrace it no matter how much you hate it. Some things to remember: Carry your bike on your shoulder; don't push it along at your side. You'll be able to use a normal stride and run faster. To shoulder the bike comfortably, stick your right arm through the frame, around the downtube and grab the handle bar. Practice putting the bike on your shoulder and repeat the same motions and bike position every time. Make running a part of your workouts.
DR: Do you really need a cross bike to do cyclocross?
PW: No, but I highly recommend it. Part of the allure of cyclocross is riding skinny tires and drop bars off-road. A cross bike is faster than a mountain bike. It is also more difficult to ride--harder is better in cross, that is why it is a cult sport. Picture yourself smokin' into the first turn of a race, sketched out in a two-wheel drift, shoulder-to-shoulder with a pack of crazies--it's just not the same on a fat-tire mountain bike. However, with just a few modifications, a mountain bike can be nearly as fast a cross bike.
On some technical courses a mountain bike can be faster. Switch to skinny knobbies, a rigid fork, get rid of the bottle cages and bar ends and you're ready to race. Rear suspension mountain bikes don't work very well because their extra weight and squishiness will slow you in a race, and many are difficult to shoulder. Dig the old rigid bike out of the garage rather than suffering on a full suspension. Some folks suggest that a road bike can be modified for cross, but that sounds scary to me.
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"I believe if most of us are honest, we know the men in our lives have had a profound impact on how we view ourselves and our relationships," says Serita Ann Jakes, founder of the women's ministry at The Potter's House and wife of Bishop T. D. Jakes. Now, in a wise and revealing book, she takes women on a journey into their souls, revealing their choice and their place in God's plan…
A child adoring her daddy...a teen with her first boyfriend...a single woman embracing who she is...a bride entering a relationship...a mom juggling love and work...a widow facing a season of solitude.…In this moving, interactive guide, Serita Jakes helps you take an eye-opening look at your past and present, heal the broken places, strengthen your faith, and reach for happiness. With prayers, Scripture, and thoughtful reflections, Serita leads you through this book's four powerful sections:
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At Last a True Statesman.
Listen to Ron Paul and see if he does not make since to you. He acually tells the truth. What a breath of fresh air.
I am a huge fan of him, still studying his thought, even though i m not American. :-)
If nothing else - we need to support him and get him elected to let the "powers that be" know we are not putting up with their *^(& anymore! Wouldn't it be a great surprise to them if we had a write in campaign and got this guy in the white house. It would sorta upset the apple cart? NO?
I've listened to him, and as honest as the guy is, I need a guy that's gonna make health care affordable to me. I don't want a President who doesn't support a woman's right to choose. I don't want a President who cuts education budgets, and doesn't favor a union's right to strike. Most importantly, I don't want a President who is going to cut education funding for the children.
Congratulations. What you WANT is the same Globalist
STOOL PIGEONS who have been running America into
the ground since 1964. Ron Paul is a DOCTOR. Who
better to FIX HEALTH CARE RIGHT?
As for this "right to choose" malarkey, should a mugger
get off scot-free if he "exercised his right to choose" and
MURDERED you instead of just stealing your cash?
Its the same argument from the viewpoint of that human
being who gets BURNED ALIVE & CHOPPED UP if
some woman "chooses" to "ABORT" a living child.
I've just been checking him out. He has a lot of good things to say - and you can tell he means every word.


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This was a look into the first potential commercial deployment of what was previously known as Wireless Roadside Inspection Technology. What the system does is communicate critical safety data on both the vehicle and the driver. That includes driver identification, electronic logging information and the weight of the vehicle as well as other attributes.
"It's next generation technology, delivered today," said Brian Heath, president of Drivewyze, the company developing the e-inspection system. Heath calls it the first solution that allows truck drivers to augment traditional roadside safety inspections.
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The way the system currently works, if a truck bypasses a weigh station for whatever reason, no credit is logged in the Motor Carrier Management and Information System (MCMIS). The hope is that with the new e-inspection system, truck drivers would have their information logged in the MCMIS to count towards CSA safety scores.
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VATICAN CITY, JAN. 28, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Here is the Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today before reciting the midday Angelus with several thousand people gathered in St. Peter's Square.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today the liturgical calendar commemorates St Thomas Aquinas, the great Doctor of the Church. With his charism as a philosopher and theologian, he offered an effective model of harmony between reason and faith, dimensions of the human spirit that are completely fulfilled in the encounter and dialogue with one another.
According to St Thomas' thought, human reason, as it were, "breathes": it moves within a vast open horizon in which it can express the best of itself. When, instead, man reduces himself to thinking only of material objects or those that can be proven, he closes himself to the great questions about life, himself and God and is impoverished.
The relationship between faith and reason is a serious challenge to the currently dominant culture in the Western world, and for this very reason our beloved John Paul II decided to dedicate an Encyclical to it, entitled, precisely, Fides et Ratio — Faith and Reason. Recently, I too returned to this topic in my Discourse to the University of Regensburg.
In fact, the modern development of the sciences brings innumerable positive effects, as we all see, that should always be recognized. At the same time, however, it is necessary to admit that the tendency to consider true only what can be experienced constitutes a limitation of human reason and produces a terrible schizophrenia now acclaimed, which has led to the coexistence of rationalism and materialism, hyper-technology and unbridled instinct.
It is urgent, therefore, to rediscover anew human rationality open to the light of the divine Logos and his perfect revelation which is Jesus Christ, Son of God made man.
When Christian faith is authentic, it does not diminish freedom and human reason; so, why should faith and reason fear one another if the best way for them to express themselves is by meeting and entering into dialogue? Faith presupposes reason and perfects it, and reason, enlightened by faith, finds the strength to rise to knowledge of God and spiritual realities. Human reason loses nothing by opening itself to the content of faith, which, indeed, requires its free and conscious adherence.
St Thomas Aquinas, with farsighted wisdom, succeeded in establishing a fruitful confrontation with the Arab and Hebrew thought of his time, to the point that he was considered an ever up-to-date teacher of dialogue with other cultures and religions. He knew how to present that wonderful Christian synthesis of reason and faith which today too, for the Western civilization, is a precious patrimony to draw from for an effective dialogue with the great cultural and religious traditions of the East and South of the world.
Let us pray that Christians, especially those who work in an academic and cultural context, are able to express the reasonableness of their faith and witness to it in a dialogue inspired by love. Let us ask the Lord for this gift through the intercession of St Thomas Aquinas and above all, through Mary, Seat of Wisdom.
[After praying the Angelus, the Pope made an appeal for peace in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip]
Dear brothers and sisters, thank you for your greeting and for your enthusiasm. I must begin with an appeal. In recent days violence has returned to bathe Lebanon in blood. It is unacceptable that this road be taken to support one's political motives. I feel deep distress for that beloved people. I know that many Lebanese are afflicted by the temptation to abandon all hope and feel, as it were, disoriented by what is happening.
I make my own the strong words spoken by H.B. Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir to denounce the fratricidal clashes. With him and with the other religious leaders, I invoke God's help so that all the Lebanese without distinction might be able and willing to work together to make their homeland a true common home, overcoming those selfish attitudes that prevent one from taking proper care of one's Country (cf. Apostolic Exhortation, Une espérance nouvelle pour le Liban, n. 94). To the Christians of Lebanon I repeat the exhortation to be champions of an authentic dialogue between the various communities, as I invoke upon all the protection of Our Lady of Lebanon.
I also hope that the violence in the Gaza Strip may end as soon as possible. I would like to express my spiritual closeness to the entire population and to assure the people of my prayers that the desire to work together for the common good, choosing peaceful ways to settle the differences and tensions, may prevail in everyone.
[After praying the Angelus, the Holy Father greeted pilgrims in six languages. In English, he said:]
To all the English-speaking visitors and pilgrims here today, I extend affectionate greetings. In particular I welcome the boys from St. Philip's School in London and their teachers. Your patron saint is known as the Apostle of Rome — let his gentleness and love for Christ be an inspiration to you. Upon all who are here today, and upon your families and loved ones at home, I invoke God's abundant blessings.
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Let's explore this saving-crazy phenomenon.
I was first introduced to couponing somewhat by accident,
years before TLC ever broadcasted a single episode of Extreme Couponers.
In Highschool I had a part-time job working at a grocery store.
On my breaks I would usually buy a drink and a bag of pizza flavored goldfish.
One day I grabbed a Powerade that had one of those little sticky coupons attached to it for $0.55 off at time of purchase.
The Powerade was on sale for $1.00 and when I got to the register to check out, my coupon doubled to $1.10 off.
(don't worry we will talk about doubling coupons later)
After taxes my balanced came to something like -$0.03, and instead of paying for my drink, the cashier handed me $0.03!
Yeah! I unexpectedly got paid $0.03 to take home some powerade!
I had seen many people use coupons on their transactions for small savings- but I had never seen that before.
Items coming up for free all because of couponing- or even better- getting paid to shop!
Needless to say, before I went home after my shift,
I loaded up on some more of the money making powerades, earning myself around an extra $0.15.
I didn't think much about it again-
I thought it was some kind of once-in-a-lifetime cosmic mistake!
Until years later when TLC came out with their reality series "Extreme Couponing".
I was amazed and confused!
But most of all, I was impressed!
So I started doing some research...
Now please understand, you wont be seeing me on any upcoming episodes of Extreme Couponing anytime soon.
I am not an "extreme couponer".
but I am a couponer.
Couponing has been good to me.
I find it to be a relaxing hobby.
I like finding coupons and discovering deals, clipping coupons and saving money.
But maybe you feel overwhelmed?
Not too sure where to start?
Well let me try to help you.
Let's start at the very beginning...
Where to find coupons!
There are a few places that I know of...
Now please keep in mind, I am no expert, and I don't know everything there is to know about couponing.
But what I do know, I gladly share with yall.
This is, in my opinion, the best way to find coupons!
You'll find magazine-like booklets in your Sunday newspapers, labeled something like:
SmartSource, RedPlum, P&G etc..
You'll find these all over the internet.
Just search "printable coupons" and a lot of coupon sites should turn up.
Keep your eyes open when you are reading your favorite magazines for coupons!
You can find All You magazines at Walmart each month, this magazine has by far, the most coupons if any magazine I have seen!
If you have kids then you are probably already very familiar with these!
You will find them in the aisles of your local grocery store.
Take a at least one coupon from each one you see,
even if the deal at the time isn't very good because the product might go on sale later and the expiration dates on these blinkie coupon usually lasts a while!
5. Tear Pads:
Another great way to land free coupons while grocery shopping!
Keep your eye out!
You will usually find these on displays in your grocery store- or even your local gas stations!
These are always a pleasant surprise!
(and the same type of coupons I used for my first extreme couponing experience that I already mentioned)
The will be stuck on the product in the store- just remember to point it out to the cashier when you check out!
7. Store Coupon Books:
A lot of stores like walgreens will have their own coupon books!
Just go up to the customer service counter of your favorite store and ask if they have a coupon book.
(You can't be afraid to ask questions when you are a couponer, so get friendly with your customer service workers)
Okay, I use this one a lot!
I google coupon clipping services- and I find different coupon clipping websites.
the coupons are free, you only are paying for the time they took to cut the coupons and for the shipping.
So each coupon will only be about $0.08 a piece- sometimes more, sometimes less...
Yes you are still paying for coupons but not as much as you would if you were buying newspapers.
I buy about 1 newspaper a week (at $2)- if I see a great coupon or I know there is a great deal coming up and I need a certain coupon for it I will order in bulk from coupon clipping services.
So the other week I needed 20 Almay makeup coupons-
Each newspaper has one coupon in it, per type. (So 1 Almay coupon per 1 newspaper)
My choices were: spend $40 on newspaper inserts for 20 Almay coupons or spend about $2 on a coupon clipping service for 20 Almay coupons...
So I buy coupons I need in bulk on clipping sites...
(Klip2save is one I use all the time)
This one goes hand in hand with the coupon clipping services.
You can bet or buy coupons in bulk on ebay...
This is also a good place to find hard to find, or popular coupons at...
Okay you need to open a paypal account if you decide to do this one...
You can search the hashtags for coupons and you'll find people selling and trading coupons..
Usually their prices are even better than a coupon clipping service...
I use instagram, but you can always google coupon trading, or coupon trading forums and find other places where you can purchase or trade coupons at.
This is how I get the majority of my coupons.
Ask your family members and friends to save you their sunday inserts.
I work as a caregiver and a while ago I asked some of my clients and patients I've met if they could save their coupon inserts for me- and they said "sure".
A lot of times if you mail your favorite companies a letter telling them about how you love their product or asking them for coupons- they will send you back free, high value (most of the time) coupons!
Okay so for now, that's a good place to start!
I'll upload some ideas on where to find lots of coupons and coupon inserts after I test them out and research them a bit more.
Coupons are everywhere!
Keep your eyes open.
For now,
happy couponing!


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By Peter Adamson
Since 1980 UNICEF has attempted to monitor the progress of the world's children by publishing basic statistics on child well-being for each country. The core indicators used have included the under-five mortality rate, the percentage of children malnourished, the percentage of infants immunized, and the proportion of children reaching at least grade 5 of primary school.
These measures continue to be valuable and will continue to be used. But when the most obvious of needs have been met for the great majority of a nation's children, say 80% or 90%, then the emphasis must shift away from aggregate national figures and towards the kind of disaggregated monitoring that will help to identify those who have been excluded from the progress that has been made. In short, the task should be one of monitoring for disparity reduction.
For the majority of children in societies that have moved beyond basics, new criteria by which to judge progress or regression are also necessary. In all such societies, new challenges and new concerns are evident. In some cases, the new concerns may in fact be long-standing problems that are simply assuming a higher profile as more common or basic problems are reduced in scale or severity. In other cases, they may be genuinely new problems arising out of, or associated with, the very processes of modernization and economic advance that have allowed 'old problems' to be overcome.
Either way, the process of monitoring remains important for informing policy and allocating available resources efficiently. Similarly, comparisons between nations remain useful - both to show what can be achieved through the pursuit of different policies and priorities, and to act as a spur to national pride and performance.
But in moving beyond basics, the monitoring of progress inevitably becomes more complex.
All indicators are statements of values, carrying with them implicit messages about what is considered good or bad, positive or negative, to be encouraged or discouraged. If the indicator used is the rate of child survival, or adequate nutrition, or access to primary health care, then the implied value judgements, although certainly present, pose few problems because they enjoy a high level of acceptance in all societies. In other words, there is a broad consensus on the meaning of progress and therefore on what it is that ought to be measured. But beyond such basics it is possible, indeed desirable, to imagine a much greater degree of diversity in concept and definition of progress, in underlying values, and therefore in choice of what it is that should be measured and by what means.
Photo: Mounting problems, both old and new, face children in the industrialized world.©
Furthermore, the selection of indicators is commonly influenced by available policy options or technologies, and here, too, complexity increases as the basics are left behind. The choice of national immunization levels as a leading indicator of progress for children, for example, is determined not only by a widely shared assumption that preventable disease is a bad thing but also by the availability of low-cost vaccines that are equally effective in almost all social and cultural settings. The same cannot be said for many of the possible indicators that might be selected in societies that have moved beyond such basics. A popular indicator like the percentage of children growing up in solo-parent families, for example, does not rest on the solid ground of broad consensus either in the value judgements that underlie it or in the policy options that might be available for acting on it.
It was to consider such issues that a group of 35 experts from various disciplines related to child well-being came together in Jerusalem earlier this year. Sponsored by several international organizations,* the meeting was the first in a series that will attempt "to develop more appropriate indicators that permit comparison of the condition and well-being of children in developed industrial societies."
At this initial four-day session, much time was spent in the discussion of conceptual frameworks, although many of the participants accepted that the minefield of cross-cultural value judgements had already been crossed by the 10 years of negotiations leading up to the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child - drawn up by representatives of many nations and since ratified by almost all governments.
Even so, finding specific and measurable indicators that reflect the Convention's principles proved to be a task fraught with problems, both conceptual and practical. Not the least of those problems was the fact that suggestions for specific indicators were constantly bumping heads against the low ceiling of data availability. Even though economically advanced societies are generally well documented, their wealth of data is not always nationally representative or available in internationally comparable form. Even a relatively straightforward measure, such as the percentage of children who smoke cigarettes, can be confounded by the fact that different countries track the problem using different reference years, different age groups, and different definitions of smoking.
These are just some of the problems that confront the Jerusalem initiative as it works through two more sessions towards its final recommendations, due in 1998, on a set of internationally comparable indicators for monitoring the well-being of children in more economically advanced societies. To maintain the momentum of that search, and to widen participation in it, an Internet forum will soon be established.
In the meantime, these pages present data on several of the child well-being indicators that were considered in Jerusalem and for which reasonably up-to-date and internationally comparable statistics are already available. The indicators chosen - the proportion of children living below national poverty lines, the proportion of young people at each level of literacy, teenage fertility rates, teenage tobacco use, youth suicide rates, injury death rates, and the percentage of children growing up without fathers - are at this stage determined almost entirely by the availability of internationally compatible data.
In future, as the Jerusalem initiative proceeds, it should be possible to begin publishing cross-national comparisons of progress or regression for children based on other indicators, or on clustered sets of indicators relating to particular areas of concern, and to provide the kind of additional context and analysis that will make such data more useful. Those indicators might well include measures of children's mental well-being, risk behaviours, use of time, quality of family support, hope and confidence or fear and anxiety about the future, residential stability, quality of domestic and neighbourhood environments, the presence of violence or the threat of violence in children's lives, crime by and against young people, availability of leisure and recreational facilities, the quality of life of disabled or chronically ill children, and some measurement of social exclusion.
Such a list is itself indicative both of the complexity of the process - and of the need for it.
* The meeting was sponsored by: the National Council for the Child (Israel); the JDC/Brookdale Institute (Israel); the European Center for Social Welfare Policy and Research (Austria); the International Youth Foundation (United States); and the Institute for Families in Society, University of South Carolina.
A report by Progress of Nations editor Peter Adamson on the Jerusalem initiative - an attempt to draw up indicators for monitoring and comparing the well-being of children in more economically advanced societies. The initiative is sponsored by foundations and universities in the industrialized nations.


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A new addition to The American List is Maryland's C.R. Daniels, which sells a variety of goods under the Dandux label. The company manufactures all different sorts of canvas and molded plastic items; everything from conveyor belts to the plastic seats for Black Hawk helicopters. So if anyone gives you shit about your canvas tote bag, just let them know that is was rolling off the production line right next to part of a damn Black Hawk, that outta shut them up. The basic black and natural canvas bags are priced at an affordable $26.95, have a killer Dandux label and are all made in the USA — you can't beat it with a stick. All of the Dandux canvas goods can be seen here.
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Wow, great find. I think I need this bag in my life!
Are all of the Wild Duck bags made by Dandux?
Wow, these are really boring. I would look like a bag lady. Frumpy.
Great looking simple bags – nice find Michael. So cheap too…
dandux used to make a nice straight-jacket, in addition to their awesome totes.
I just don't like the look, but calling me dirtbag is really not on.
Very happy that you found the brand and like it. I wrote up something about Wild duck bags a few years ago but never got around to contacting C.R. Daniels. (of course they are located just up the road from me, go MD!)
Great job.
While the material is different– the shape is army issue aviator helmet bag. Not bad. Any pockets on the inside?
Nice Bags!
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Dog owners are being urged to keep their animals on leads when walking near private land after complaints of sheep worrying in the Hope Valley.
Police have received complaints from local farmers relating to dog owners not having their pets under control and causing distress by chasing sheep and cattle.
And officers were contacted following a suspected dog attack on sheep at a farm in Edale sometime overnight between April 4 and April 5, when three ewes and three lambs died.
PC Graham Mason, from the Hope Valley Safer Neighbourhood Team, said: "This incident highlights how dog owners need to be more considerate and keep their dogs under control and on a lead when walking close to private farm.
"Incidents like this cause a great deal of distress for the farmer and their sheep, so I would like to urge all dog owners to act responsibly."


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Greetings, and thank you for visiting my personal site, TimWeitzel.net. I have developed this site as a sample of my web design abilities, and also as a way for others to learn about me as a person, a professional and an entertainer. I encourage you to browse this site and prompt me with any questions you may have.
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Having revealed her and film director Paul Anderson's wedding date of Aug. 22, Milla Jovovich has now owned up to one of her attractions to her fiancé: his Newcastle, England, background and that town's favorite dish: fried fish and French fries.
"I'm marrying a Geordie!" the former model, referring to the name applied to Newcastle locals, triumphantly told Britain's GMTV Friday. "I love Newcastle, we have so much fun there. I love going up to Lindisfarne and Lumley Castle – and having fish 'n' chips."
Anderson, 44, and Jovovich, 33, have a 20-month-old daughter, Ever Gabo, and Jovovich is currently juggling motherhood, promoting her movie A Perfect Getaway and planning the nuptials at her Los Angeles home. ("It's going to be small," she told PEOPLE.)
"You know, just because I like to overwhelm myself – it's just that I can't live normally if I don't have 10,000 things to do," she told the TV program.
As for her own family background, "I come from a long line of Yugoslavian revolutionaries, all of my forefathers have spent at least eight years in prison for acts against the government, persona non grata, all that," she said. "My great grandmother's clothes are in a museum, she smuggled weapons into Yugoslavia against the Turks back at the turn of the century, so yeah, it's kind of crazy."
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Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism - the Reserve Bank's responsibilities and approach
Taking action to reduce money laundering and the financing of terrorism is important, not only because of the social harm caused by these illegal activities, but also because of the damage these illegal activities can do to the stability and reputation of a nation's financial system. This article sets out the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's role and responsibilities with regard to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009. It briefly explains the regulatory and s upervisory framework established by the Act, discusses the Reserve Bank's Risk-Based Approach in this context and outlines some of the major areas of work to be undertaken in order to develop and implement the Reserve Bank's supervisory framework.
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Ann Marie Stiliha
For Immediate Release
June 24, 2010
(Philadelphia, PA) Moore alumna Ann Marie Stiliha '72 has established a new scholarship to provide support to a Moore student with unmet financial need.
The Ann Marie Stiliha '72 Scholarship was established this month and may be awarded to an incoming student in any major, with preference given to a student who is majoring in Art Education. The roughly $3,000 yearly gift may be awarded to one student or more than one student. The student will be selected by the Director of Admissions or the Director of Financial Aid.
Stiliha earned her bachelor's degree in Art Education from Moore and her master's degree in Education from Marywood University in Scranton, PA. She was an art education teacher for 35 years in public schools in the Scranton/Wilkes Barre area, retiring as chair of the Art Department at Wyoming Valley West High School. Her art classes have been featured on the local television news.
A generous supporter of Moore over the years, Stiliha is a lifelong believer in the power of the arts to transform lives. She was recognized by Moore as a Distinguished Alumna in 2002.
Moore College of Art & Design educates students for inspiring careers in art and design. Founded in 1848, Moore is the nation's first and only women's art college. Moore's career-focused environment and professionally active faculty form a dynamic community in the heart of Philadelphia's cultural district. The College offers nine Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees for women. A coeducational Graduate Studies program was launched in summer, 2009. In addition, Moore provides many valuable opportunities in the arts through The Galleries at Moore, a Continuing Education Certificate program for adults, the 91-year-old acclaimed Youth Art Program for girls and boys grades 1-12, The Art Shop and the Sculpture Park. For more information about Moore, visit www.moore.edu.
June 24, 2010
Moore alumna Ann Marie Stiliha '72 has established a new scholarship to provide support to a Moore student with unmet financial need.


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I have finished by bargello quilt, and have hung it on my livingroom wall.
The quilt measures 53 x 68. Its has been up only for a few days. It doesnt lay flat. Am I jumping the gun asking for suggestions how to make it go flat. I know you can put weights at the bottom to help pull it down. I however did not Iron it before hanging it. Would that help\??? I have never hung anything to this size before so any and all suggestions would be great.
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Hi, december 19 i'm going to USA and my sister is telling me to buy the "glee karaoke revolution" game. I told her to se if she likes it first (games are a little bit expensive) so i downloaded it to play on the usb loader gx. I read that I need the cios 224 by hermes to play this game, but when I try to install it I get the messager "hash bad" and an error I think it's 1017, and it comes back to the homebrew page. Then I heard that I need ios 249 base 38 to install the cios, but I have no idea how to update my ios 249.
Does anyone can help me?
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From Erfwiki
Life in Magic
Hocus Pocus: Finding Life on Erf, Predicting the Fate of one Life, Understanding the Numbers behind Life.
Eyemancy: (with Motion) Viewing life, influencing it, impersonating it.
Hippiemancy (with Matter) Maintaining life, protecting life, understanding life?
Stagemancy (with both) Transmitting life, altering life, transcribing life?
Abscence of Life
Spookism (Motion) Manipulation, but not of life.
Stuffamancy (Matter) The erf, alchemy?, replication - not life.
Naughtymancy (both) Abscence of life. Death magic.
Clevermancy (none) Something from nothing.
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text: I hate taking a blogging break and starting with excuses but, alas, sometimes excuses is all you really have. It's been a super busy month between the holidays, New Year's and celebrating our engagement with mine and my fiance's family this past weekend. In fact, I'm not even sure where to begin. So, I'll share a few snippets.


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Queensland trainer Kelso Wood may have missed out despite having three runner's in last weekend's Stradbroke Handicap but he can still pick up a winter Group 1 in next weekend's 2013 Tattersall's Tiara (1400m) with Spirit Song.
The five-year-old, who has had just two starts for Wood, battled on gamely for ninth in the Stradbroke despite receiving no luck in running.
Wood confirmed on Queensland's Radio TAB this morning the consistent galloper will contest the fillies and mares' feature and has booked Victorian jockey Brad Rawiller to ride.
Rawiller had a strong association with Spirit Song when she was prepared by Warrnambool trainer Aaron Purcell.
Yet to record success for her new trainer, the daughter of Invincible Spirit has won eight of 31 starts including back-to-back wins in the Group 2 Sunline Stakes at Moonee Valley.
Wood said stable star Sizzling, who is in the paddock after finishing seventh in the Stradbroke, will be aimed at the Cox Plate in the spring. The former two-year-old stand-out will also contest the Group 1 Epsom Handicap at Randwick.
A Group 1 winner at two, the Snitzel colt's major winter highlight this year was a barnstorming win in the Group 2 Queensland Guineas.
Sizzling will be making his second trip to Melbourne after finishing midfield in two starts last spring.
Wood resisted the urge of a title defence in Saturday's Eye Liner Stakes with consistent sprinter Belltone but will be hoping he can claim a second straight Glasshouse Handicap at the Sunshine Coast later this month.
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Trayton David Judkins was born April 24, 2010 to Tonia Judkins and Donald Judkins, Jr. Trayton David weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. and was 20" long. Grandparents are David and June Schmidgall of Hancock, Donald Judkins, Sr. and Julie Ressler. Great grandparents are David and Kay Eisenmann of West Bend, Iowa and Gene and Dorothy Schmidgall of Hancock.


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PARIS — France yesterday backed down from a plan to tax carbon dioxide emissions that had been a central plank of President Nicolas Sarkozy's push for a more prominent role in the global fight against climate change.
The plan, launched by Sarkozy with much fanfare in September, has been on the back burner since being ruled unconstitutional in December. Sarkozy's government had insisted a reworked tax would go into force by July.
Jean-François Copé, a leading conservative legislator, said after meeting with the prime minister that they agreed that any carbon tax "would be Europe-wide or not [exist] at all.''
Prime Minister François Fillon's office said in a statement later yesterday that the government would ask the European Commission to accelerate plans to harmonize environmental taxation across the continent.
The tax had been part of France's plan to meet its pledge to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions fourfold from 1990 levels by 2050. Some environmental groups criticized the tax as not strict enough.
Many within Sarkozy's own conservative party criticized the tax, arguing that it would put French companies at a disadvantage compared with European rivals.
The decision was made two days after the president's UMP party suffered a stinging defeat in regional elections.
Sarkozy's plan would have made France the largest economy to impose a carbon tax.


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Man Hurt During E. 86th St. Robbery
One man was injured Tuesday after-noon when a catering supply house on East 86th Street near Foster Avenue was robbed at gunpoint, po-lice said.
Patrol officers from the 69th Pre-cinct responded to the office of Zone Chefs, 527 East 86th Street, at about 1 p.m. on October 2 after a lone thief held the owner, 60, and a male and female worker at bay with a handgun.
Police sources said the owner, 60, told them he and the staffers were in the middle of a meeting when the thief, wearing a blue mask, burst in the door of the nondescript building and an-nounced the holdup. He displayed a silver handgun, held it to the owner's head and then told the victims to lie on the floor. Then he methodically took a metal chain from a woman and wallets and cash from the two men. The owner said the thief then struck the other male worker, 49, in the head with the butt of the wea-pon and fled in an unknown direction. As soon as he left, the owner said he called 911.
None of the names of the victims was released. The injured man was taken to Brookdale Hospital by Emer-gency Medical Service ambulance.
The suspect was described as about five-feet, eight-inches tall and weighing about 150 lbs. He was wearing a tee shirt and blue jeans, besides the mask, at the time of the robbery. Any-one with information is asked to call, the 69th Precinct Detective Squad at (718) 257-6215 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. All calls will be kept strictly confidential.


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Computer Scientists and computer professionals who may not think of themselves as "scientists" and hackers who just think of themselves as awesome are all opinionated people. Over the years I have learned of several what I would call religious arguments. These are topics that are always great for starting a discussion (ok maybe even the online equivalent of a bar brawl) among computer people. Those who teach are, it seems, even more susceptible to these sorts of things. I thought I might just list a few of these for the fun of it.
Language Wars
- Java is horrible/ Java is the answer – related is write once run everywhere vs. write once debug everywhere
- Real programmers use {assembly, C, C++, Scheme, you name it} Implying that people who use other languages are fake programmers perhaps?
- The best first programming language is (assembly, C, C++. Java, you name it} To get people really going recommend Visual Basic as I do. I'm right of course but you'd never know it to listen to some people.
- Functional programming is the answer! What's the question again?
- For Linux/UNIX users the arguments over the best shells can go on for a long time as well. And of course "are shells programming languages?" is a closely related part of the issue.
- case sensitive vs. case insensitive
- late binding vs. early binding
Operating Systems Wars
- Apple vs. Windows vs. Linux – enough said – you all know where I stand on that one.
- Command line operation is the way to go vs. you can do it with GUI – this one gets into what a power user is all about. I think it should be about "your OS is really poor if you have to use a command line more than once a month." Whoops I think I let my feelings show again. Sorry.
- Virtual machines are the future vs. virtual machines are too slow and inefficient for real time (or any time critical) applications Everyone seems to think their apps are the standard that all should be measured against.
Teaching Wars
- HTML & web development is not computer science vs. oh yes it is!
- Objects early objects late, objects in parallel, objects never
- The AP CS course is great – oh no its not.Now they are developing a second APCS course that we can argue about!
General Wars
- GPL is the best/worst license ever Related are "that's not a true open source license" about several "approved" OSS licenses. "What is open source" is always good to start people
- Everyone should use Open Source for everything vs. Proprietary software has an important role and is not intrinsically evil. Basically anything you bring up OSS vs Proprietary software and someone suggests that they are incompatible and that one is good and one is evil you'll get a
fightdiscussion. In fact if you argue that they can co-exist you'll get a fightdiscussion in many cases as well. No peace in this fightdiscussion.
- EMACS vs. vi vs. Are you really using an old fashioned text editor in the 21st century with the great IDEs we have today?
The really unfortunate thing is that there is value in discussing all of these things. Not in fighting over them but a fair and honest discussion of the merits of different sides in different contexts. There is really no right or wrong answer. There are few absolutes here (if any at all.) It's just unfortunate that we too often let ourselves become polarized and closed-minded. Something that needs to happen in education is to teach students how to discuss without fighting. To evaluate based on contexts, concepts, and principles rather than emotions, politics and absolutes. Can we do that? I think we need to if the discipline is going to grow as a profession.


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Tomato chlorosis virus was first detected in greenhouses, but the disease has since moved out into the field to become a potentially serious pest.
The viral disease, commonly refered to as ToCV, can be spread by several whiteflies, although the silverleaf is the most efficient, Charlie Mellinger, an owner of Jupiter-based Glades Crop Care writes in a newsletter.
A related virus, tomato infectious chlorosis virus (TICV) occurs only in the western United States and has caused major losses.
This disease is not a threat to Florida agriculture because it is vectored only by the greenhouse whitefly, which is currently not an economically important pest.
Transmission of ToCV is relatively efficient; whiteflies can transmit the virus with feeding times as short as an hour. But they become more efficient the loger they feed. The most efficient transmission occurs after two to three days of feeding.
Unlike tomato yellow leaf curl virus, which can be transmitted during the whitefly's entire life, ToCV tranmission only occurs for one to nine days after feeding.
identifying ToCV can be difficult, as its symptoms are similar to nutrient deficiencies or herbicide toxicity. Symptoms include
interveinal leaf chlorosis, leaf brittleness, reduced vigor and early senescence.
The middle to lower parts of the plants typically are the most severely affected while the tops of the plants can appear normal.
Glades Crop Care scouts have observed this virus in a few Immokalee area tomato farms during the spring 2007 season at an incidence of 5 percent to 10 percent, Mellinger writes. During spring 2008, the incidence on some farms was much higher.
In addition to whitefly, several weed hosts can play a role in the virus' spread by being reservoirs. They include blant night shade (Solanum nigrum), jimsonweed (Datura stramonium) and tomatillo (Physalis ixocarpa).
As with most other tomato viruses, Mellinger says controlling the vectors and the alternative hosts are part of an overall integrated pest management program.
Be on the lookout for tomato chlorosis virus
Tomato chlorosis virus was first detected in greenhouses, but the disease has since moved out into the field to become a potentially serious pest.


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Clarion Collection Hotel Grand Bodø is located in central Bodø, round the corner from the Glasshuset shopping street and the nearby harbor. Guestrooms' interior are characterized by elegance and glamour of English style, and come fully equipped. The hotel's restaurant offers a light evening meals each night, the bar has an extensive menu of drinks, and snacks. Visit the relaxation corner, which has a wonderfully serene atmosphere, comfortable furnishings, and access to the sauna, steam sauna, and infa sauna. The hotel gym offers a great facility incase guests would like to stick to their exercise regime.
The hotel has cozy guestrooms that are well furnished and equipped with standard amenities. Room amenities include: daily newspaper, in house movies, hair dryer, ironing board, television, bathtub, shower, mini bar, satellite/cable TV.
The Clarion Collection Grand Restaurant offers a delicious, wholesome breakfast in the mornings, followed by an afternoon snack. In the evening a delicious buffet dinner is served.
The Compact Gym has equipment for fitness and strength training, and there is also a sauna, infra sauna, and a steam sauna for guests to unwind and relax in.


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The Modesto Bee has selected a Georgia editor with central California roots to be the paper's next editor and senior vice president of news.
The newspaper announced Tuesday ( http://bit.ly/wtdUsP ) that Joe Kieta will replace Mark Vasche, who retires on March 30.
The 40-year-old Kieta was editor of the Merced Sun-Star from 2001 to 2008, and his wife's family lives in the area. Under his leadership, the paper won a national public service award for a series illuminating wrongdoing by Merced County's district attorney.
Since 2010, Kieta has been executive editor of the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in Georgia. He also was editor of the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, N.Y.
Kieta says he will oversee the Bee's push into social media and mobile platforms.
The Modesto, Merced and Columbus papers are all owned by Sacramento-based McClatchy Co.


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Three thieves cut a hole in the floor of a Bronx apartment, dropped into the room below and made off with six bags full of goods, police said.
The men broke into the Bedford Park apartment building on University Avenue near W Fordham Rd at 3:15 a.m. Feb 4 and entered a vacant apartment.
The crooks, including one who was obese, were caught on surveillance video leaving the building with large black plastic bags brimming with computer equipment, clothing and cash.