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THE World Bank (WB) has dispatched a team of eight economists led by Swiss national Nadia Piffaretti to provide technical assistance during the formulation of Zimbabwe's 2013 National Budget, The Financial Gazette's Companies & Markets can report.
The budget will be presented on November 15, 2012 and stakeholder consultations have already begun.
The WB team, which arrived in Harare two weeks ago, has held consultations with ministers and government officials, in addition to independent economists.
"We have a team of eight economists from the World Bank who are assisting the Ministry of Finance with preparations for the budget," a source in the Ministry of Finance said this week.
The WB assists member countries in a number of technical areas aimed at boosting economic growth and alleviating poverty.
The Bretton Woods institution, however, halted support to Zimbabwe during the crisis years, taking a cue from its sister institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), after Zimbabwe ran into protracted arrears on its loans to the two institutions.
The team has been looking at the tax system and assessing the country's progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals, among several issues, sources said.
"Their presence in this market is helping," said Takunda Mugaga, head of research at advisory firm, Econometer Global Capital, who has met the WB economists.
"They will study the economy and give their feedback and advice," he added.
This year's budget comes as the country's economy has started showing signs of slowdown following poor agricultural production blamed on erratic rainfall and negative investor sentiment brought about by intensifying political rhetoric over polls expected early next year.
The WB economists are expected to guide the Ministry of Finance on strategies to overcome the economic decline.
Zimbabwe's economy grew at a rapid rate of 9,6 percent in 2010 and 9,4 percent in 2011 as the country rebounded following a long recession blamed on mismanagement.
In a review of Zimbabwe, the IMF last month said the growth would slow down in the medium-term to an average of about four percent.
The IMF said power generation and supply weaknesses and tight liquidity conditions could pose even further problems for Zimbabwe's economy.
It said the country's current account deficit was expected to narrow to about 20,5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), estimated at about US$10 billion, in 2012, as a spike in imports in 2011 is reversed and exports improved.
The IMF warned that the country must take steps to retire its unsustainable debt, estimated at about US$10,7 billion.
This debt was estimated to be 113,5 percent of GDP at the end of 2011.
"The large debt overhang remains a serious impediment to medium-term fiscal and external sustainability," the IMF said.
It said two salary increases for civil servants since 2011 had increased employment costs by 22 percent, and was compounded by an increase in employee allowances as well as unbudgeted recruitment.
With elections expected in March, 2013, the IMF said there were concerns about a repeat of the violence that characterised the 2008 presidential poll, further hurting investor confidence on Zimbabwe.
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Oily skin is very common, but many people don't understand the causes and how to take care of your oily skin.
Oily Skin
Oily skin is a skin type, as a skincare professional would tell you. But even people who don't have the oily skin type can suffer from bouts of oily skin from one reason or another. You can diagnose oily skin by noting that it is shiny and has large pores, especially around the nose and cheeks. Those with oily skin will have problems with makeup not lasting throughout the day and will usually have a problem with acne breakouts and persistent blackheads.
Permanent oily skin type is a genetic trait. For people with genetic oily skin, choosing the right treatment will be imperative to managing this condition permanently.
Seasonal changes can cause oily skin. In the summer, the heat and humidity increase oil production. In the winter, with the drying effects, the skin can overcompensate by increasing oil production. Stress is another temporary inducer of oily skin. Hormones cause oily skin, so women are especially prone to developing this condition.
It's commonly believed that eating oily foods contributes to oily skin and breakouts, but this hasn't been legitimately confirmed. But on the other hand, it has been confirmed that a good diet, especially one with high antioxidant levels and adequate water, contribute to excellent skin results.
The main thing to remember is that oil is actually a protector of the skin. So if you do anything that may damage the skin, such as buff too hard with a washcloth or exfoliator, or expose the skin to UV radiation, it may react initially by drying out, but the skin will then increase oil protection to the skin. Skin care for oily skin should always be gentle to avoid this response.
Because of the high oil production involved with oily skin, gentle exfoliation is very important.
Responsible use of skincare products is another important prevention tip, as many people actually develop oily skin from over-use of products.
Cleanliness is important for anyone with oily skin, and the skin will benefit from gentle cleansing twice a day, and some people find that adding a mid-day cleansing is beneficial. Just be sure that the products are not stripping oils out of the skin so significantly that the skin begins to fight back with extra oil production.

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On Friday, Southwest Healthcare System will cease offeringlabor, delivery and gynecology services at Inland Valley MedicalCenter in Wildomar, and instead will consolidate those offeringssix miles away in a building at Rancho Springs Medical Center inMurrieta.
The services will be provided in the $53 million women'sservices building in Murrieta, which was completed in late 2008 butdid not open for business until February because Southwest Healthcare was battling to keep its operating license and Medicare funding.
Company spokesman Ben Connors said the consolidation is part of a long-range plan to increase services at Inland Valley.
"We're going to be consolidating all the women's services. That way all our nurses and staff for women (are) going to be centralized with all the great technology right there," Connors said. "This enables us to enhance services to families and provide ... space for new services at the Inland Valley location."
The women's services building has 24 postpartum rooms, 17 labor and delivery suites, two triage areas, a dedicated post-anesthesia care unit, and two cesarean-section operating rooms.
It also is equipped to provide the region's first intensive care unit for infants. That wing has not yet opened, though.
In addition to women's services, the building also is home to Rancho Springs' emergency room.
Women's services also are offered at Loma Linda University Medical Center ---- Murrieta and Hemet Valley Medical Center.
Although the move paves the way to offer additional services at Inland Valley, hospital officials have yet to announce the types of services they will provide in the soon-to-be vacant space.
Representatives for the California Department of Public Health , which would have to approve any new service, did notrespond to questions Monday regarding the issue.
County health officials, however, have their hopes pinned on a specific offering.
Michael Osur, deputy director of the Riverside County Department of Public Health, said Monday that Southwest Healthcare ideally would use the space at Inland Valley to increase its trauma center from a Level 3 to a Level 2.
That, Osur said, would add neurosurgical services to Inland Valley's repertoire,which would mean patients who now must be transferred to otherhospitals for neurosurgery could instead be treated at theirneighborhood hospital.
"We are still hoping they will expand trauma services," Osur said, adding that the main need is to provide 24-hour, seven-day-a-week neurosurgical coverage. "We want patients to be seen as much as possible in the area they live."
Asked about consolidating women's services at Rancho Springs, Osur said the county supports the move.
"It allows things to expand," Osur said. "I see this as good thing."


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Q: Engine Oil Cooler vs. Head Gasket Leak on 1998 Cadillac Catera
I have had my coolant system tested at two different shops and both said I have a small external coolant leak on the back of the engine, either the intake or the head gasket. Today a cadillac mechanic told me he believes it would be an engine oil cooler. I am having an oil pressure problem also. Can you tell me what the symptoms of engine oil cooler vs. head gasket are? 108,000 miles on it.
Got a 2000 Saab 95 with the same engine as the Catera. I have a leak in my oil cooler. Thought it might be a head gasket but I realized this engine has an oil cooler and these things always go bad. Took out the oil cooler (very difficult w/ turbo engine)and low and behold, leak. Symptoms engine runs great. No loss of coolant. No odd smells. Just oil in coolant reservoir. Hard to bypass. Would if I could.
how did you remove the oil cooler hoses?
If you had a head Gasket problem, you would generally have over heating issues and noticeable coolant consumption. The oil cooler would not cause the engine to over heat, unless you ran the coolant really, really low and cooked the motor. Have a Block Check performed, which is a chemical test of your coolant to see if your head gasket is leaking internally. Also find a shop who has a hand held Mirror, so they can tell you PRECISELLY what and where it is leaking. I just worked on a Catera this week, and you can use a Mirror to isolate the leak, if in fact it is an external leak, trust me.
If the oil saturates the coolant it won't circulate and still will overheat
i myself is doing a 97 catera right now, same symptoms oil in resrvoir, oil pessure drops as warmed... took apart all the manifold pieces down to the cooler, took an air hose and blew down the side of the cooler top and yes we found milkshake! a little difficult to get oil cooler lines up and out of way but you can do it. good luck
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The No. 5-ranked Georgia women's golf team earned a bid to the NCAA East Regional, the NCAA announced late Monday. The Lady Bulldogs are seeded third among 21 teams who will compete on May 10-12 at the University of North Carolina's Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C.
The field for the NCAA Women's Golf Championship was expanded from two to three Regionals this year, while the total number of teams invited to Regional play was upped from 48 to 63. The top eight teams and the top two individuals who are not members of those teams will advance from each Regional to the NCAA Championships, which will be held on May 22-25 at Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Resort in Howie-in-the-Hills, Fla.
''We're happy to be in the East,'' coach Todd McCorkle said. ''It's obviously the closest from a travel standpoint, and we played the same course during the fall. The East appears to be the deepest of the three Regionals. The West may have a couple more strong teams at the top which would make it the most difficult to win, but the East will be the most challenging overall.''
The Lady Bulldogs traveled to the UNC course in early October and finished third of 17 teams behind only Duke and Tennessee. Individually, Laura Henderson tied for fourth, Summer Sirmons tied for sixth, Whitney Christie tied for 26th, Liz Stuart tied for 36th and Angela Jerman tied for 66th.
The Lady Bulldogs were without Reilley Rankin, who was still rehabbing her back at that point during the fall. Rankin has posted five straight top-10 finishes this spring.
The East Regional features 10 teams currently ranked among the nation's top 25 according to Golfstat, while the West and Central Regionals include eight and seven top-25 squads, respectively. In addition to the No. 5 Lady Bulldogs, also in the East are: No. 1 Duke, No. 2 Auburn, No. 9 Wake Forest, No. 11 Pepperdine, No. 15 TCU, No. 18 Vanderbilt, No. 22 Northwestern, No. 24 New Mexico and No. 25 South Florida.
Rounding out the field in the East are: No. 29 Michigan, No. 35 San Jose State, No. 38 South Carolina, No. 40 Florida State, No. 41 Campbell, No. 42 North Carolina, No. 46 Kansas State, No. 52 Louisville, No. 65 San Diego State, No. 70 Charleston Southern and No. 146 Jackson State.
Golfstat released its latest individual national rankings on Tuesday, which included three Lady Bulldogs among the nation's top 50 players. Rankin is currently listed at No. 11, Sirmons is No. 14 and Henderson is No. 42.
Cassini, Compton named to U.S. Palmer Cup team
Senior Nick Cassini and sophomore Erik Compton of the Georgia men's golf team have been selected as members of the United States Palmer Cup team, according to an announcement made Monday by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
The Palmer Cup, a Ryder Cup-style competition between collegians from the U.S. and Great Britain/Ireland, will be played June 27-28 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, N.J., site of 15 U.S. Golf Association championships, including the 2000 U.S. Amateur.
"This is a tremendous honor for Nick and Erik," Georgia coach Chris Haack said. "They have worked hard to get where they are, so it's nice to see them recognized in this way."
Compton, the No. 2-ranked individual nationally, leads the Bulldogs with a 71.14 scoring average. Cassini, who is rated No. 5 nationally, is second on the squad with a 71.21 average.
Cassini will be representing the U.S. in the Palmer Cup for the second time. Last season, he posted a 2-1-1 record as the U.S. dropped a 12.5-11.5 decision. The U.S. leads the overall series 2-1-1 and has never lost in America.
The rest of the U.S. team is made up of Bryce Molder of Georgia Tech, John Engler and Lucas Glover of Clemson, Chris Wisler of East Tennessee State and Scott Lander of UNLV. A final member of the squad will be announced at a later date. Texas A&M's Bob Ellis, who will retire after 27 years of coaching the Aggies, will coach the U.S. team.
Team members for the Great Britain/Ireland squad will be named later this month. Keith Williams, national coach for England, will coach the team.
The Golf Channel will televise this years event on tape delay on Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. The show will re-air at 11 p.m. that same evening and again on Sept. 15 at 9 a.m.
This article published in the Athens Daily News on Wednesday, May 2, 2001.
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3 Guiding Principles to Technology AcceptanceBy Brian P. Watson | Posted 10-01-2007
3 Guiding Principles to Technology Acceptance
Bob Otto knows something about IT that delivers, having served as a programmer, security specialist and portfolio manager with the United States Postal Service before becoming CIO and CTO in January 2001. Prior to his Oct. 1 retirement, he spoke with senior writer Brian P. Watson about his experiences in IT management and what he sees in the future for CIOs. The following is an edited version of their conversation.
CIO INSIGHT: What are the biggest changes you've seen over the course of your career?
OTTO: It's just so complex now. Lots of changes--things like wireless technologies, security, data breaches. All of this stuff factors in. If you think about in the 1960s and 1970s, most of us in IT had business problems, and people made decisions on technologies and tools from them. Nowadays you have to think about those same solutions with access from a Web page or handheld device, and it has to have load balancing that allows tens of thousands of users to access it, and it has to encrypt sensitive data like Social Security numbers.
How have you gotten your people to accept new technologies?
OTTO: I have three guiding principles--principles I've used since I was young. First, standardize everything. If you find a process you like, standardize it. Second, centralize everything you can. If you have services in five different places and you can centralize them, you will have reliability, predictability. Third, simplify. The computer has taken over your life, so I want it to be intuitive [for people to operate and manage]. I also test my own dog food. Everything we build has to pass the "Bob" factor. I put myself in the place of the lowest common denominator, of someone who might not have a high school degree. I look at how people could be intimidated by technology, and I don't want them to have a hard time.
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Style"> How has your management style evolved over the years?
OTTO: I'm not revolutionary. I'm just basically going back to how things were when I was a kid. I wanted things to be easier. We--people--make things more difficult. So now we set the goals for the team first, both short- and long-term. Then have the managers set their goals. Then you look at them every quarter and critique them. We as a team start initially by saying, for instance, Bill might be off track. But after the first quarter, we survive or win as a team. You start working together on your goals, objectives and improvements. And you start working together as a team, not just as stars. If Bill fails, the team fails.
There's always a high demand for talented IT workers. Are there lessons learned at USPS in terms of attracting and retaining IT staff?
OTTO: We like to look at it from the perspective that you didn't come here to work for two to three years--you came here for a career. We make it challenging. Today you could be working on a wireless application, tomorrow you could be working on a PDA device. We're on the leading edge of letting people work on things that help improve our business.
What do you see for the future of IT management? What do aspiring CIOs need to keep in mind as they move up the ranks?
OTTO: I see all my peers continuing to consolidate functions like computer centers and helpdesks. Everybody's going green--focusing on IT power. Eighteen months ago no one was talking about this--now everyone is. I also see my peers focusing on IT lines of business--all programming in a functional line of business; all security in a functional line of business. If they build in lines of business and later you want to outsource, it makes it easier.
How did you become a manager?
OTTO: I was a type-A person and driven to perfection. I was a technician who wanted to be the best at whatever I did. But I also wanted to be in management because I knew I had skills and abilities. I got to a point where one of my mentors said to me, 'You can let this go or you can move on.' I came to realize it was time to let go of some of the things holding me back as a person. When I started to see I could get things done through people and that some had skills that I didn't in certain areas, I started to see the makings of a successful team.


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AN OXYGEN therapy centre which is a "lifeline" for people with serious illnesses must move permanently after a factory fire.
Managers at the West Yorkshire MS Therapy Centre in Leeds are desperately seeking new premises.
The charity was based at Airedale International Air Conditioning in Rawdon, which was ravaged in a blaze last year. Although the centre was not damaged, the charity must move out because of work to rebuild the factory.
The firm has agreed to pay the charity's rent for two years, but the search is on for a suitable building.
The centre's hyperbaric oxygen chambers allow users to breathe pure oxygen, which people suffering from MS, stroke, cerebral palsy and autism can find beneficial.
Manager Joanne Goodwin said: "It's a total lifeline for a lot of people and we don't have the option to close permanently."
Airedale HR Director Steve Joyce said: "Since the fire, we have worked hard to secure the future for Airedale and to maintain our support for the centre."
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Sources: Syrian tycoon moves businesses to Gulf region
American sources were quoted last week as reporting a mass flight of capital from Syria to banks in the Gulf region in anticipation of the publication of a list of senior officials of the Assad regime who are suspected of being involved in the assassination of Lebanon's Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The names of six officers were published Saturday.
The London-based Al Hayat quoted U.S. officials as saying, several wealthy Syrian businessmen, among them close associates of the regime, have transferred billions of dollars and moved their businesses to the Gulf region.
This latest development has been reflecting the fears within the Syrian business community about the possible collapse of the Baath regime following the adoption of U.N. resolution 1636, which ordered Syria to cooperate "fully and unconditionally" with the UN investigation team. It also manifests the lack of confidence in the Syrian economy, analysts claim.
No names were mentioned in Al Hayat's report, but Albawaba sources in the Gulf region indicate that Dubai and Abu Dhabi are the main destinations for the Syrians. However, Albawaba sources can confirm that one of those businessmen, who moved his businesses to the Gulf region is Rmai Makhlouf.
Makhlouf is a first cousin of Syrian president, Bashar Assad, and is considered one of the most powerful economic figures in Syria. In the past, business circles claimed no foreign companies could do business in Syria without his consent.
Among others, Makhlouf controls the country's mobile phone network, SyriaTel. It should be recalled that the Syrian tycoon is the son of Adnan Makhlouf, the former commander of the Syrian Republican Guard.


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Weight can do more than just burden our bodies with extra pounds. It can also affect the way we live our lives, sometimes long after the weight has disappeared.
I've known for months that this would be something I'd decide I could do, or admit that I simply couldn't. It wasn't until the night before the sentencing at the County Courthouse that I made my decision: I was going to attend.
Last April my husband's mother whom I loved dearly, was diagnosed with an inoperable aneurysm. She died in early July. While attending her viewing, I tried to comprehend the words of my sister-in-law as she ran up to the casket where I stood as she said, "Ellen, you need to come outside – your mother has been hit by a car."
I prepared myself for the worst, and when I opened the door of the funeral home and saw her lying there, I realized that nothing could have prepared me for that image. Witnesses said that a car came around the corner speeding up to 50 miles an hour, drove onto the grass where was standing. She was struck, and the car drove off.
I remember kneeling next to her, talking to her, not knowing whether she was dying in front of me. When the ambulance took her away, I turned to my husband and said, "You have to go back inside and be with your family. I'll go to the hospital." He took me by the arm and said, "Ellen, my mother is gone. Your mother is still alive. I'm going with you." There was surgery, countless stitches; the threat of infection or amputation; and we still had my mother-in-law's funeral to attend.
My mother's leg has healed on the outside and miraculously, she suffered no other injuries other than a concussion and gash to the forehead. But since July, she's had no bone growth in her leg. She cannot bear weight on it, she cannot leave her home without assistance, she can no longer drive. Medical bills are arriving.
I was voluntarily putting myself in a position of extreme discomfort this week while that court date loomed in the back of my mind. No, I was not required to attend. It was my choice. However, my mother could not attend and I felt a strong responsibility to be there on her behalf. Still, this was a challenge I literally agonized about and forced myself to do. I knew I'd be seeing the young man who was involved in the hit-and-run along with his family in court. They'd previously asked to meet with our family – to apologize; they'd sent a card to my mother, asked their attorney about her over and over again, and I realized that this accident had deeply affected not just one family, but two.
My mother has never showed a hint of anger towards anyone over this accident. Yes she said, he was going too fast. Yes, he most certainly should have stopped, 'but under different circumstances it could have been any one of my kids behind that wheel, making a foolish mistake at that age.' I tried very hard to remember her words as I made my way up the courthouse steps.
Thankfully, I wasn't alone. My husband was able to meet me at the courthouse and my nephew came as well. We entered the courtroom and slipped into the pew at the back of the room.
People were coming and going as cases ended while new ones began. The victim's advocate saw us arrive and came back to sit next to us. She asked if one of us wanted to speak during the sentencing. I could not bring myself to do it without bursting into tears. I will probably always regret that I wasn't able to get it together enough to do this one thing. My husband had a few words with the prosecutor and agreed to speak on the family's behalf, for which I was so grateful.
We continued to wait for over an hour before a young man and two women sat down next to us. It wasn't until the case was called before I realized I was sitting in the same pew as the man involved in the accident along with members of his family.
Two hours and several cases later, it was time. The prosecutor, defense attorney and defendant stood before the judge. When the judge asked if there were any witnesses, my husband was called to be sworn in and stood at his place in front of the bench. He recounted what happened while I watched the replay in my head for the hundredth time. When the defendant's turn came to speak before the court I heard phrases like ….didn't know anyone was hurt……thought I'd just hit a sign……so sorry for what I did. When the judge gave his sentence and it was over, my chance came to speak to the defendant and his family on my mother's behalf.
For months we have ached over the events surrounding this accident, but my heart softened as a very young man and his grandmother stood in front of me that day. He looked me straight in the eyes and I saw the shame and guilt he felt over fleeing the accident. Suddenly I saw them not as enemies but as people – just like us. The first few moments were awkward, but the emotion we all felt was so overwhelming, so genuine, the words came quickly. We spoke; we cried; we even hugged.
And after months of worry, it was over.
My mother may have physical limitations for the rest of her life but she is taking it in stride. As I watch her heal both physically and emotionally I realize that she has every right to say, 'I've lost so much; where do I go from here?' but she chooses not to look at life that way. She made the decision to forgive. She continues to live one moment at a time, and challenges her own comfort zone each and every day. She is truly a remarkable woman.
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Notre Dame now offering employees contraceptive coverage
The University of Notre Dame is now offering their employees contraceptive coverage.
The Affordable Care Act mandated non-profit organizations with religious affiliations across the country to begin providing contraceptive services to employees starting January 1.
Paul Browne, a Notre Dame spokesperson, says the university has notified their employees of the coverage.
"As part of the ongoing legal action, however, the program may be terminated once the university's lawsuit on religious liberty grounds against the (Department of Health & Human Services) mandate has worked its way through the courts," Browne said.
Notre Dame filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court claiming the U.S. Affordable Health Care Act violates Notre Dame's freedom to practice religion without government interference. Under the law, employers must provide insurance that covers a range of preventive care, free of charge, including contraception.
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What makes this game special: These teams first met in 2002. Schalick holds a 4-3 edge, but Cumberland has won two straight.
Cumberland and Schalick are located in nearby towns, so this rivalry has a neighborhood feel.
Schalick update: The Cougars lost to Penns Grove 14-6 in the first round of the South Jersey Group I playoffs two weeks ago.
Schalick relies on the ground game with Michael Johnson (600 rushing yards) and Jon Goldsboro (653 rushing yards).
Cumberland update: This is a rebuilding season for the Colts. Freshman quarterback Steve Garron has thrown for 562 yards. Junior running back Charles Clark has rushed for 579 yards.
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Cloud services are just as susceptible to network outages as any other platform. This concise book shows you how to prepare for potentially devastating interruptions by building your own resilient and reliable applications in the public cloud. Guided by engineers from 9apps—an independent provider of Amazon Web Services and Eucalyptus cloud solutions—you'll learn how to combine AWS with open source tools such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis.
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A new study finds that patients' opinions of the care they receive can be quite different from the actual quality of the medical care. More alarming is that opinions and experiences vary greatly by race. Researchers asked 374 women who had received treatment for early stage breast cancer at New York City hospitals about their opinions of the care they got. African-American women were less likely to report excellent care than Caucasian or Hispanic women, less likely to trust their doctor, and more likely to say they experienced racism during the process. There was, however, no difference in the actual quality of medical care they received, compared to Caucasian or Hispanic women.


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Roxanne is a dog character and the tritagonist of the Disney 1995 film A Goofy Movie, where she served as the love interest to Max Goof.
Roxanne is a student from Max's high school. She is very beautiful, very popular, and is best friends with Stacey, the student body president. The film shows that Max has had a crush on her for some time, though he believes she does not and never notices him due to him being incredibly unpopular. She starts to develop a crush on him as well, following her first meeting with him. She lives with her father, who is somewhat overprotective of her. She loves her father dearly, but does need to discipline him when he gets too overprotective. She appears to be extremely kind and friendly, as well as extremely forgiving, which is shown at the end when she forgives Max for his lie to her very quickly.
A Goofy Movie
Roxanne first appears in Max's dream at the beginning of the film. She calls to Max, and he finds her sitting atop a column. The two spend time together, but as she leans in to kiss him, Roxanne is frightened off when Max unexpectedly transforms into Goofy, in a manner similar to werewolf movies, before Max wakes up in a cold sweat from the nightmare.
She is later seen in the audience at a school assembly. Like the other students, she grows bored while listening to Principal Mazur's speech. Another boy named Chad takes the opportunity to ask her to Stacey's 'end of school' party, but she presumably refuses him. Suddenly, Mazur disappears, and "Powerline", a famous rock star, appears on stage. However, he is soon revealed to be Max in costume. Unknown to her, Max had staged the concert in an attempt to impress her.
Roxanne later sees Max sitting outside the principal's office. She talks to Max, and she agrees to go to the party with him. Later that afternoon, Max comes to Roxanne's house, to cancel their date. Apparently, his earlier antics were reported in overexaggerated detail to his father, causing Goofy to fear the worst, and so he decided to take Max on an impromptu father-son trip. When Roxanne mentions that she can find another date, Max impulsively lies to her. He tells Roxanne that he and Goofy are going to see Powerline in concert and that Goofy and Powerline knew each other. He also tells her that they will be on stage with Powerline during the final number. Roxanne is suitably impressed and excitedly tells Max that she will see him on TV.
Near the end of the film, Roxanne is seen at Stacey's party but is unhappy as, so far, Max has not appeared. Stacey reassures her, and indeed Max and Goofy soon appear on stage. Later, she is seen copying Max's dance, and getting sprayed with Cheddar Whiz by Bobby.
Later, Max goes back to Roxanne's house to tell her the truth. Roxanne is somewhat confused at first. When Max explains that his actions were meant to get Roxanne to like him, Roxanne reveals that she already had liked him ever since she heard his "Ah-hyuck!" laugh. She forgives him and offers to go out on a date that night. Max cannot, as he has plans with Goofy. Instead, he offers to go tomorrow, and Roxanne accepts. She offers to shake hands to make it a deal, but Max instead kisses her, causing them both to laugh. They then notice Goofy, who is working on his car. The car explodes due to the damage sustained from the waterfall, causing Goofy to fall right through Roxanne's roof. Max then takes the opportunity to introduce Roxanne to Goofy.
Roxanne does not appear in the sequel An Extremely Goofy Movie. It is not known what happened to her but it is assumed that either she and Max have split up (though still could still be good friends) or are attending different colleges and are in a long-distance relationship. However, it is most likely the former, as in the film, Max gives a girl at a clothes shop a flirtatious look, and later attempts to give a girl student a seat next to him, but Goofy ends up taking the seat and the girl sits next to Bradley instead when he offers a seat for her. She does, however, appear in the episode "Max's Embarrassing Date" in Mickey's House of Mouse, where she goes on a date with Max, taking place a year after An Extremely Goofy Movie.
Disney Adventures comics
After the release of A Goofy Movie, Roxanne appeared in two Goof Troop comic stories published in Disney Adventures. In the first story, "My Hero" (printed in the October 1995 issue), Max wants to be Roxanne's hero and, assisted by P.J. and Bobby, tries to set up perilous situations to save her from, but Max instead ends up saving Stacey and Bobby in his attempts to do so. Then, when Max tries to save Roxanne from a fake python, he gets frightened by a real python, but Roxanne saves him from it.
Roxanne's other appearance in the Disney Adventures comics was in what was notably the magazine's final Goof Troop comic, "Gorilla in Our Midst" (in the April 1997 issue). In the story, a gorilla named Mr. Kong moves next door to Goofy and Max. Max and P.J. think that Mr. Kong is a monster, and his constant snoring prevents Max from getting any rest. When Max shows up late for his movie date with Roxanne and explains his problem to her, Roxanne goes over to Mr. Kong's house and tells him that he needs to stop making the loud snoring noises. Upon hearing Roxanne telling him this, Mr. Kong politely apologizes for the inconvenience, thus revealing to Max that he's actually a nice guy.
House of Mouse
Roxanne appears in the episode "Max's Embarrassing Date", taking place at some point after at least A Goofy Movie. On Max's night off from work, he takes Roxanne on a date to the House of Mouse. The actions of Mickey and his friends serve to embarrass them both until Goofy intervenes to let the couple have some privacy. At the end of their date, Roxanne says that despite all of the commotion and embarrassments, she had the time of her life, and could not wait to come back again.
- In A Goofy Movie, Roxanne has four fingers like normal, but in House of Mouse, she has five.
- When Roxanne gets excited or nervous, she plays with her hair.
- Although Roxanne's father looks like a bulldog, she does not resemble him in any way, therefore she might resemble her mother.
- Both of Roxanne's voice actresses (Kellie Martin and Grey DeLisle) share another role together: Daphne Blake in the Scooby-Doo franchise. Martin (Roxanne's debut voice) voiced Daphne (as a pre-teen) in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, while DeLisle (who voiced Roxanne in House of Mouse) has served as the primary voice for the character since 2001. Coincidentally, both Daphne and Roxanne have red hair.
- Although Roxanne does not appear or referenced in the "Christmas Maximus" segment of Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas, the new character Mona almost physically resembles her (except for short brunette hair instead of long red hair), and both characters share the same voice actress: Kellie Martin. The reason why Roxanne was replaced by Mona in that film remains unknown, though it might be because in these early days of CGI, animating a character with long hair (such as Roxanne) was more difficult than animating one with short hair (such as Mona).
- A background character resembling Roxanne appears a a recurring extra in DuckTales (2017).
- In "Woo-oo!", she appears in Flintheart Glomgold's waiting room and later as a reporter.
- In "Daytrip of Doom!", she is seen on a bus reading a book called The Joy of Personal Space and is annoyed when Webby attempts to help her by turning the page for her.
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Over 100 PBS stations have carried the award winning Germans From Russia documentaries that have been produced by Prairie Public and the North Dakota State University Libraries' Germans From Russia Heritage Collection. Many of them scheduled it because of phone or email contacts made by people just like you who contacted their local PBS stations and following the tips listed below. Let's create a similar success for the newest documentary "It's All Earth and Sky." Will you please help us get broadcast carriage by contacting your local PBS station and providing them with the "Feed for Record" information.
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1) Have the information contained in "The Feed for Record" paragraph (program title, satellite feed information etc.) in front of you when you call or email your local PBS station. We get offered well over 100 programs each month and it is hard for us to recognize every title.
2) When you call ask to talk to the person who schedules the stations programs. Mention that you have either seen or have heard about the documentary "It's All Earth and Sky " and that it are available free of charge to PBS stations via "NETA". That it is an important work of great interest to your heritage as well as general audiences and that you would like your local PBS station to consider broadcasting it. If you or someone else from the stations coverage area is featured in the documentary be sure to mention that to your PBS station.
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4) If you are a member of the PBS station, do mention that in your conversation, but never threaten to pull your membership if they don't schedule the documentary, this is always counterproductive with programmers!
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DHS science fair showcases bright minds
The commons area of De Soto High School was home to a slew of snakes, a pneumatic cannon capable of firing rounds 53 meters and robotic machines capable of sorting colored marbles, all part of the school's annual science fair. Students from all the DHS science classes, as well as a few students from Mize Elementary, showed their hard work to teachers, parents and community members on Wednesday, April 27.
"It's obvious the kids put a lot of hard work into their projects," said attendee Darla Stevens. "They all seem to know what they're talking about, too."
Knowing what they were talking about was no easy task given the caliber of many of the projects. Students in Scott Sharp's Kansas Natural History class spent the evening caring for live snakes and explaining their habits and behaviors to passers-by, even if the students themselves were terrified of snakes themselves just a few months ago.
"I'm definitely a big-city girl so when I walked in this class and saw a snake I flipped out," said senior Olivea Guzicki, who at the beginning of the year moved to De Soto from Reno, Nev. "I've gotten a lot better and now I think Bones (a class snake) is pretty cute."
High school students weren't the only ones impressing those at the fair. Elementary students from Mize Elementary also showcased projects, which were judged by students from DHS.
"These kids are way too smart," said junior Tiffany Adkins. "I don't think I was anywhere near this smart at their age."
"I think it's really brave of them (the elementary kids) to come present to us," said senior Ryan Thies. "I know I couldn't have spoken to a senior when I was in fifth grade, let alone speak so well about something so difficult."
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Mobile phone companies want everyone to know you can use cellphones for more than talk. The message is becoming loud and clear as competition...
Mobile phone companies want everyone to know you can use cellphones for more than talk.
The message is becoming loud and clear as competition drives down the price of a voice minute and carriers look to fill the revenue gap with new data services, including e-mail, video games, music, TV and Internet access. So far, the plan is working.
With quarterly reports of the top four U.S. wireless carriers now in, it's evident that each saw revenue from data services grow substantially, compared to the same period last year.
Lewis Ward, an analyst with IDC, the market-research company, said the trend is accelerating.
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In 2003, he said the average U.S. wireless subscriber dished out $50 a month on wireless service, with 97 percent spent on voice and the remainder on data. By the end of next year, Ward predicts consumers will spend $51 a month, with 90 percent for voice and 10 percent for data.
"While data grows from 3 percent to 10 percent, it's filling the gap and then some," he said.
Revenue from voice usage continues to fall because of competitive price pressures, Ward said. Because the top four carriers essentially all offer the same service — minus a few dropped calls — price differences have become the primary way to lure customers. That is reflected in the number of specialized calling plans each carrier offers these days, from family rates to free incoming calls.
"There is a clear sense that data services and nonvoice services are where the revenue growth is as you see the carriers continue to compete with brutal pricing for voice plans," said Mark Donovan, an analyst with M:Metrics, a Seattle-based research firm.
Still, data revenue has a long way to go, though the upward growth curve is attractive to carriers.
Cingular Wireless, the largest U.S. carrier, said 22 million of its customers spent $689 million on data in the third quarter. That works out to $4.33 a month for each customer, compared with $1.75 a month a year ago.
No. 2 Verizon Wireless said 21.6 million customers spent $613 million, or $4.23 a month on data, up from $2.44 a year ago.
The growth has been equally dramatic for both Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA (see accompanying chart).
Although the revenues are still modest — overall, each carrier brings in billions each quarter in revenue for its services — Donovan said the signs are encouraging.
"It represents hooking subscribers up to a recurring charge to watch TV, and it represents their repositioning of their companies to be something more than a voice provider, but into a provider of an enterprise tool or an entertainment platform," he said.
One difficulty in getting more insight into this growth is that none of the carriers defines what a data customer is, or how each data service contributes to the revenue stream. It does appear that much of the money comes from text messaging, one of the oldest and least complex data applications carriers offer.
Cingular said customers sent 5.2 billion text messages during the third quarter. Verizon Wireless customers sent slightly more, about 5.9 billion. (Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA did not report how many text messages were sent in the quarter.)
The push to sell more data is coming at a price. All the carriers are spending billions upgrading their networks to handle higher speeds. The new networks, called 3G for third-generation wireless technology, make surfing the Internet or replying to e-mail more tolerable.
"People are now expecting to not just get a call, but to do e-mail, download music, games and ringers," said Nick Sweers, a spokesman for Sprint Nextel, which plans to spend $5.6 billion on upgrading its wireless and long-distance networks next year.
Kelley Kurtzman, president of the Pacific Northwest region at Verizon Wireless, said customers are demanding data services at a time voice has become a staple.
"It's growing in popularity as we launched our broadband network, and it has become accessible to a lot more customers," she said.
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I've just finished appliquéing this wall hanging and (of course) don't have enough of of the inner border to do a folded binding. It was only a FQ and I thought I'd be able to get another one easily......
Anyway - Plan a) Do a flanged binding with the inner in the green and the pink outer (not done one before) or;
Plan b) Cut the binding from the green at 1 1/2 sew to back, press 'hem' and fold over to the front. I've only done this way once before on a pocket and the corners weren't mitred.
Plan c) a different coloured border
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Got myself a Sperm Whale. It's a fun looking board designed by Dane Reynolds, shaped by Channel Islands. I rode my bike down to the beach on Saturday and picked it up from Wise. Had a nice conversation about funky shaped boards with the guy who works there, but the wind that day stopped me from trying the board out.
Dane Reynolds on the Sperm Whale showing how it's done.


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Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) can move to Rs 960 and Bharti Airtel may fall to Rs 280, says Manoj Murlidharan Vayalar, IIFL.
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) can move to Rs 960 and Bharti Airtel may fall to Rs 280, says Manoj Murlidharan Vayalar, IIFL.
Murlidharan told CNBC-TV18, "Auto is one sector where money has pumped in and if you see this month we had the expiry at 5705. More or less the Nifty is flat, it is almost 100 points and it is trading in the range. Autos was one where there was money coming in and capital goods, these are the two sectors where money has come in."
He further added, "Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is one script, the delivery based buying is a cumulative one. We are not only seeing the distribution happening. So that is one script which you can still hold long. Now if I have to simply say we are expecting longs which might come into that and some into the capital goods. So M&M if you are holding it should be with a weighted average price or stop loss close to Rs 916 because below that you will see that derivative hedge which is the shorting in the stock which has to play and then we would see the stock tanking. So Rs 916 should be a good stop loss, we should hold it on. Possible an Rs 960 can come in."
"Bharti Airtel would be a sell. I feel that is one script, Rs 267 was the average pricing almost I guess some 68-70 days before when the average pricing in delivery had come in. So that stock is a sell because I don't feel, there is good resistance as per the weighted average price accumulation that has happened somewhere close to a Rs 314-316. It is almost at that level, we can short it rather, keep a stop loss at Rs 316, I am expecting close to Rs 280 on that."


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The Price. In Lower Hutt, New Zealand, faced with a manpower shortage at her Saturday-night party, a 19-year-old girl telephoned the local fire house, was told that the firemen were on duty and could not come, turned in a fire alarm, got her men and a $14 fine.
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The brief counters interference allegations by broadcasters that have stalled a May 2004 initiative by the Federal Communications Commission to open up spectrum by allowing new wireless device such as Wi-Fi to operate in broadcast TV bands.
Long coveted for their long-range and building-penetration characteristics, the TV bands have often been referred to as a vast wasteland of underused spectrum.
According to the brief authored by two former FCC officials and a university researcher, even after the transition to digital broadcasts and the reallocation of TV channels 52 to 69, an average of only seven full-power DTV stations will be operating on channels 2 to 51 in the nation's 210 local TV markets. As a result, only a fraction of the 294 MHz of prime spectrum allocated to DTV services will actually be used in most markets, the brief concluded.
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FREMONT — Investigators need the public's help identifying a man who robbed two stores in two days of merchandise and cash, police said.
At about 10:45 p.m. Monday , the man entered a Walgreens store at Decoto Road and Fremont Boulevard, took a lone soft drink to the cashier and gave the clerk a note that said he had a gun and wanted money. The clerked complied and the man left the store.
At 4:44 a.m. Wednesday, the same man went into a 7-Eleven on Central Avenue, brought a soda to the cashier and then — after covering his face with a black and white cloth — passed a note that said he had a gun and wanted money.
The cashier handed over the money and the man left, police said.
No one was injured in either incident, and no witnesses saw a gun in the man's possession in either robbery.
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2013 Winner — Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award — Grand Prize and Young Adult Fiction Winner.
When Kate Pierce-Keller's grandmother gives her a strange blue medallion and speaks of time travel, sixteen-year-old Kate assumes the old woman is delusional. But it all becomes horrifyingly real when a murder in the past destroys the foundation of Kate's present-day life. Suddenly, that medallion is the only thing protecting Kate from blinking out of existence.
Kate learns that the 1893 killing is part of something much more sinister, and her genetic ability to time travel makes Kate the only one who can fix the future. Risking everything, she travels back in time to the Chicago World's Fair to try to prevent the murder and the chain of events that follows.
Changing the timeline comes with a personal cost — if Kate succeeds, the boy she loves will have no memory of her existence. And regardless of her motives, does Kate have the right to manipulate the fate of the entire world?
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I think time-travel stories typically have elements that if thought about too hard, or considered too closely, logic problems can be found. In my opinion the trick for the author is to tell the story in such a way so that there are not only as few of these as possible, but so that those that remain don't stick out like sore thumbs. In this regard I think this story delivers admirably. If there were any logic issues I didn't want to look for them, I enjoyed being caught up in a very good story that was very well told. I quickly became a very willing and pleased participant in the suspension of disbelief.
The writing is masterful. Enough detail and description so that I felt immersed in the story, but not so much that it slowed the plot. Provided naturally and seamlessly within the telling of the story.
I found Kate to be a believable and likable teenager. Some of her choices are questionable as far as being sensible, but I thought were still genuine for her age.
I enjoyed how the story developed and how the time-travel elements were handled. I found the story unique and imaginative.
There is a bit of a not-really-but-sort-of love triangle, but it fit nicely within the plot.
There's action, danger, and enough playing with time to keep me guessing and twist my brain a bit, but not so much as to become hopelessly lost and confused. It's not easy to write a time-travel story this well, and I am highly impressed.
I listened to the audio version, and the narrator was excellent.
I'll definitely read the next in the series when it comes out.
Other reviewers have commented in more detail regarding the story, and I hate to give much away. So I will end here.
My advice to a reader: if this looks at all like your kind of story don't delay, read it!
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ATLANTA --- The number of private companies running public schools in Georgia could jump next month.
There are 34 applications for charter schools awaiting approval, 19 that would be run by private companies, and many would enroll students from anywhere in the state via the Internet. The Georgia Charter Schools Commission is interviewing the applicants and hearing from local school districts that oppose them.
The debate revolves around profits. Advocates say the aim to make a profit gives the companies incentive to perform well, especially since enrollment is voluntary.
"People don't have to come here; we'd better do a good job or they won't chose to come here," said Tony Roberts, the president of the Georgia Charter Schools Association.
Critics say profits can tempt the companies to skimp on quality by hiring weak teachers and offering fewer resources.
"They see public education as a windfall for their bottom line, and they are taking what is an education crisis in Georgia and the nation and trying to make a buck," said Jeff Hubbard, the president of the Georgia Association of Educators. "They see children as profit margins."
Legislation enacted this year created the commission and the authority to grant charters over the objection of local boards.
The law also gives the commission power to withhold some of a local district's state funding and direct it to a charter school to ensure students receive the same funding they would be eligible for in a traditional district school. The withholding of funds is the subject of a lawsuit that's pending in Fulton County Superior Court.
National companies often have more experience than most community leaders or parents who typically hope to start charter schools. And the companies also have a track record that allows them to get funding from banks, a critical element in the success of startup schools, experts say.
Those company procedures might get new schools off to a smooth start, but they also tend to limit flexibility, the very reason for starting a charter school. A charter exempts public schools from state and local rules in exchange for promised goals for student performance.
Performance in established charter schools has been high, state statistics show.
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Netanyahu: Peace Drive Is One-sided
Anyone who checks the facts can see that Israel wants peace, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday, adding that he did not see the Palestinians also pursuing a solution.
Speaking at the annual Eilat Journalists Conference, Netanyahu said his aspiration was to complete the peace process, and his government has made great strides toward advancing the process, but that he did not see "the same determination on the other side."
"I see the presentation of preconditions that were not there before from the first minute. I see going to the International Court to promote this absurd thing called the Goldstone report. You can't reach peace if the horizon is moving away, and it is moving away because of the stereotype," Netanyahu said, referring to common perceptions of him being a hawk.
"An agreement will be difficult. We will have to make concessions. That will mean overcoming, abandoning tactical moves to a great extent, and that is a strategic decision," said Netanyahu, who also spoke at last year's conference. "It is not clear to me that the head of the [Palestinian] Authority has decided [to move ahead on the peace process.] They have to make the move because only someone who starts - finishes. There is an opportunity here, from an economic perspective too, and because an international coalition is coming together against Iran and its proxies, and because the people in Israel and the Palestinians themselves are tired and want to reach peace already. I hope the Palestinians will decide to advance peace."
Netanyahu reminded his audience that last year he discussed the deep economic crisis the country was in. Yesterday, he pledged to implement a number of steps, including the building of roads, freeing up land for construction and "a revolution in the planning and construction committees."
"The combination of land, fast transportation and simplifying planning will allow the Israeli economy to grow," the premier said.
Netanyahu also focused on the creation of an international front against the Iranian nuclear program, which he said the government was working "tirelessly" to promote. He noted that last week's strongly worded decision by the International Atomic Energy Agency against Iran, made as a result of U.S. President Barack Obama's efforts, was "important progress, especially as Russia and China had signed on against the Islamic Republic.
"Efforts must continue to focus real pressure and real sanctions," Netanyahu said.
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The nation's switch-over to digital-only TV broadcasts has been postponed several times over the years. And the challenge that the transition poses for some people has prompted some parodies of the confusion.
Even now, not everyone is ready. But the Nielsen research organization estimates 97 percent of households in the greater Twin Cities are ready. They have at least one TV set somehow capable of viewing digital TV signals.
Maybe that's why Drew Koppe isn't too busy. Koppe staffs a kiosk at the Maplewood Mall where confused consumers can get guidance about the switch-over to digital-only TV broadcasts.
Koppe suspects most people know exactly what to do. That's based on how many people ask him for help in a typical day.
"It hasn't been too busy--like four people a day, maybe" he said.
Koppe notes people with digital TV sets are ready for the transition, and don't need a special converter. And Koppe said all TVs connected to cable or satellite TV services are also ready.
"Hopefully on June 12, the transition will be at least a relative non-event -- and certainly not Armageddon."Jim du Bois, Minnesota Broadcasters Association
"If you have cable or satellite, you won't even need this box or anything. You just continue with your satellite or cable," Koppe said. "I think we've had more customers wondering about coupons than anything really."
Those government-issued $40 coupons are good toward the purchase of digital-to-analog converter boxes. Boxes typically sell for $40 to $60.
Consumers who do not subscribe to pay television services and have older, analog televisions need converter boxes if they want view over-the-air TV broadcasts. The boxes convert digital broadcasts into signals that are viewable on old sets.
Every household is entitled to two coupons. Coupons can be requested by phone or over the Internet.
Residents of the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area have ordered nearly 1.2 million coupons. But as of the end of May, only about 700,000, roughly 60 percent, had been redeemed.
Jim du Bois, president of the Minnesota Broadcasters Association expects a smooth change. He notes that a third of Minnesota TV stations have already stopped analog broadcasts and gone digital-only. Their early switch-over to digital probably nudged some TV viewers into getting ready.
"It was definitely a wake-up call for people and got them to do what they need to do," du Bois said. "So, hopefully on June 12, the transition will be at least a relative non-event -- and certainly not Armageddon."
du Bois suspects the biggest problem may be with antennas. He said some people receiving over-the-air broadcasts may find they need a better antenna to get a good digital signal.
Preparedness for the switch may be lagging in some minority communities, especially those with large non-English speaking populations.
Txong Pao Lee, executive director of the Hmong Cultural Center in St. Paul, estimates half of the Hmong in St. Paul gets their TV over the air. And Lee believes many of them are not ready for June 12.
"A lot of people out there don't know what's coming soon. This will be a problem we can solve. But it might take time," he said.
There's concern, too, about senior citizens. Seniors who need assistance with the transition can get free help from Volunteers of America Minnesota. The group will even send a technician out to a senior's home to hook up converter boxes and resolve reception issues.
Spokeswoman Nancy Christianson said her organization has been getting a few dozen calls a day lately.
"Most of the people look at the converter box and the directions and they just can't do it," Christianson said. "Or once they do it, the reception is so bad that they can't really use it. So, they kind of give up."
But those folks who succeed in setting themselves up for the digital switch-over may find the effort is well worth it. With the transition to digital TV, consumers eventually could see a doubling or tripling of the stations available to them free of charge from local broadcasters.
Some stations, including TPT, Twin Cities Public Television, have already added additional channels.


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When I use this translation with night mode I see problems with text. If text that should be white is within a paragraph that is red it shows up as black (and unreadable in night mode). If you open the NLT (2nd ed.), set night mode, and go to John 9:37 you will see what I mean. The words, "Jesus Said," are in black instead of white.
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Growing up in the country, a broad vocabulary was not a key performance indicator for a lad. "Have you swallowed a dictionary?" was the common accusation at Mildura High if a slightly unusual word inadvertently slipped out. God knows what one's fellows in the nets would have made of "misogynist".
However, our school dictionary, the palm-sized Pocket Collins, could almost literally be swallowed. Basic, but remarkable for the sternness of its definitions. Brevity, of course, was one reason but another, one suspects, was empathy for teachers with roomfuls of instinctively predatory kids waiting for the merest hint of uncertainty from the pedagogue. Ambiguity? Nuance? Flashing neons: "teacher doesn't know".
At university I was introduced to the then 12-volume Oxford English Dictionary (with four supplementary volumes) on historical principles. A revelation, not least for the collapse of certainty there contained.
The history of the OED is fascinating and it records an incessant battle to outflank a language growing and shifting every day. What is directly relevant to the confected outrage about the Macquarie Dictionary and the definition of misogyny is those historical principles of the OED.
Definitions draw from the use of a word, they don't mandate its use. There is change over time, over geography, over population. There is nothing Orwellian about this, it is how English works.
This is Wittgenstein's "for a large class of cases in which we employ the word 'meaning' it can be defined thus: the meaning of a word is its use in the language". It's not Humpty Dumpty's "when I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less".
Take "like" and "lust". In Chaucer's age, the meaning of those words began to switch. In Old English "like" had the stronger meaning of desire and lasciviousness. Lust was benign.
Davis, Gray, Ingham and Wallace-Hadrill's A Chaucer Glossary already has a range of meanings but still there was much stronger passion in liking (the more sordid edge helped by the word being pronounced "lick" in those days). Hence "likerously" was wantonly – related to "lecherous". Lust, meanwhile, simply meant pleasant. "Lusty" was cheerful, "lusteth", pleases.
Fulsome, a word beloved of the hectoring media, means precisely the opposite to how it is usually misused. "Fulsome", as the Oxford tells us, means "cloying, excessive, disgusting by excess". No hint of the presumed meaning of complete or heartfelt.
Dictionaries are like balance sheets, a snapshot of a constantly moving ecosystem at one point in time. Check out urbandictionary.com to see English at its most modern and fluid. In recognising a broadening of meaning, dictionaries don't suggest one word is now a synonym of another, rather that usage has expanded to accommodate a broader range of synonyms.
Others attempted to reject the Macquarie's definition with specious argument. That Abbott couldn't be misogynist because he has a wife and daughters and a bitch (female dog). Absence of female adjacency is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for misogyny. Or perhaps the psychological literature – just like the climate change literature – is wrong. The research, as opposed to the opinion, suggests misogynists are more likely to be exposed to powerful females, not less.
Some go on about a "real hatred" of women. There are false hatreds? The Taliban example furnished by Liberal women is horrific. It is institutionalised. But so too is the historical thread of misogyny in the Catholic church. Both are wrong. Neither undermines the change in usage the Macquarie recognises – it hasn't "altered" a meaning.
Shakespeare of course was one of the worst offenders for altering meaning and is justly celebrated for enriching the descriptive potential of English by making us see something differently. He even made up words.
Much has been made of Gillard's distraction from the Slipper affair, and it's true in years to come her speech and the accompanying footage of Abbott's shrinkage will remain while Slipper is forgotten.
Clearly there were political tactics. But let's not ignore another tactical dimension: the fantastic marketing for the Macquarie.
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Taking on routines set to famous movie music, the couples on Dancing With The Stars let loose with their themed dancing Monday night, but that wasn't the major draw of last night's episode. Everyone of course is talking about the audience appearance from the one and only Cher, who cheered on like a proud mama for her son Chaz Bono!
First up taking on a Tango set to the Mission Impossible theme song was blond bombshell Chynna Phillips, who found her dancing mission pretty impossible because she lost her way and blew the routine. David Arquette whipped the crowd in shape as Indian Jones and got everyone to their feet with his paso doble routine to the Raiders of the Lost Ark theme.
Carson Kressley danced a Viennese Waltz to the theme of Pirate of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and it looks like his routine was just that — cursed. He came in last place for the night with the judges liking his entertainment, but not his technique.
Nancy Grace danced a paso doble to the theme of Flash Gordon, but the judges thought it lacked expression and she could be in jeopardy this week. Hope Solo was up next with an energetic fox trot to Toy Story, but the judges think she needs to spend a little more time in rehearsal.
Rob Kardashian took his routine up a notch this week with a paso doble to the Superman theme song, but it was Ricki Lake up next who really blew the competition out of the water. Lake scored the season's first 10's with her tango to the Psycho theme song.
Then it was Chaz Bono's turn up next to impress his superstar mother Cher in the audience. His paso doble to the Rocky theme song moved his proud mama to tears and performed his best dance to date, but it still needs a little work if he wants to stay in the competition long.
Last up was J.R. Martinez, who's coming off an emotional week last week, and did a fox trot to the Pink Panther theme song. Carrie Ann said the routine fell flat for her, but Len and Bruno agreed he was the best male dancer of the night.
Tonight's results show will feature performances by Susan Boyle and Blake Shelton, plus Julianne Hough returns to the dance floor! Listen to the full recap in the Entertainment Report below!


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There's a double bass renaissance going on these days, and two fine young performers are riding the wave of the instrument's popularity.
At 6 feet 5 inches and 6 feet 7 inches, Nate Farrington and Blake Hinson are as physically suited for their instrument as they are passionate about music making.
Farrington is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, and has begun his career as both a soloist and a chamber player. He's spent several summers at the Marlboro Festival and has soloed with both the Philadelphia Orchestra and Aspen Music Festival Orchestra. He's also been a guest on A Prairie Home Companion.
Blake Hinson is just 19 years old and is currently a student at Curtis. He has spent several summers at the Aspen Music Festival, where he was the winner of the low strings competition in 2006, the first double bass player to win in 10 years.
Both are in the Twin Cities to perform with the Minnesota Sinfonia this weekend. They joined Minnesota Public Radio host Steve Staruch in the Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio.


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Ex-Guns N' Roses and current Velvet Revolver drummer Matt Sorum and a bunch of his rocker peers are teaming up to speak out about cruelty against Asian bears.
With the guidance of Animals Asia, Sorum, Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott, ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke, current Velvet Revolver/former GNR bassist Duff McKagan, ex-Skid Row vocalist Sebastian Bach, Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens, and Deep Purple vocalist Glenn Hughes have recorded a minute-long PSA to protest the practice of Asian bear bile farming.
More than 10,000 bears--mainly moon bears, but also sun bears and brown bears--are kept on farms in China, and around 2,400 more are farmed in Vietnam. The bears are milked regularly for their bile, which is used in traditional Chinese medicine and is believed by many to help reduce fever, protect the liver, improve eyesight, break down gallstones, and act as an anti-inflammatory. But the animals are kept in cages, and the brutal process involves using catheters through open wounds.
"Watching the Animals Asia movies was a shock and an education for me," says Sorum, who was recently appointed the Animals Asia Ambassador for the United States. "I previously had no idea of the issue but felt compelled to do anything I could to help. I was inspired further when I met [Animals Asia founder and CEO] Jill [Robinson], and when she later asked me to be the U.S. Ambassador for Animals Asia, I was honored to accept. This is all about those of us in the West standing up, alongside those who inspire positive change in China. We must continue to grow the number of voices in opposition to this cruel, horrific industry."