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Letter: Don't listen to special interests - support Oberloh
I have known Alan Oberloh for many years. I know him as an honest and hardworking, hands-on owner of a successful auto body shop. I know him as a family man who helped raise great kids. And, I know him as a mayor who stands up for his community and Greater Minnesota.
Special interests are spending big dollars to tell us who to vote for. To sway us, they are spreading misinformation and some outright lies about Alan. I happen to have received one of the calls. Don't listen to them.
Talk to people who know Alan. They will tell you that Alan Oberloh will be an independent voice in the state senate. As mayor, he has listened to the people of Worthington. Alan stood up for us against special interests while serving as president of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities.
Alan Oberloh is a proven independent voice for our region. On Nov. 6, I encourage you to stand up against big dollar special interests and vote for Alan Oberloh.


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More SSDs popping out, this time Transcend is taking the lead. The latest Transcend SSD is called SSD720, a SATA 6Gbps Solid state drive that uses several technologies like SandForce SF-281 controller, DuraClass and DuraWrite to boost its overall performance (both write and read speed).
According to Transcend, SSD720 could run at 550MB/s read speed and 500MB/s write speed. It sounds pretty cool, but it's still not a world's record breaker yet.
Transcend will release this SSD in three capacity of 64GB, 128GB and 256GB for the price of $149, $249, and $449, respectively. I really wish the price for SSD could be lowered down. No idea why it still won't budge from the high price…
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Roxas opposes tax reduction proposal
PRESIDENTIAL candidate Manuel Roxas II said Monday he opposes proposals in Congress to lower income tax rates, echoing the views of President Benigno Aquino III, and signaling that Filipino workers who pay the highest taxes in Southeast Asia would get no relief under a Roxas administration
"It's easy for us to grandstand, for us to say that we should not collect taxes, that taxes should be zeroed-in. But what are the programs that will be sacrificed?" Roxas said. "How many youths will not have their classrooms? How many of our countrymen will not benefit from PhilHealth? How many will be slashed from the 4Ps [the government's dole program]?"
"Having come from the legislature and the executive, I think it's responsible to be always reviewing all taxes and all impositions of the government. But at the same time, we should weight in where do these taxes go? And what will be slashed if these will not continue," Roxas added.
Despite a rising clamor from business and labor groups, the President has rejected calls to lower income tax rates, saying he is not convinced that doing so would benefit the majority of Filipinos.
In testimony before the Senate, Socio-Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan admitted that the country's tax system is regressive, and that middle- and low-income groups bear the brunt of the cost of government.
Last week, 18 major business groups urged the President to reconsider his position, saying that reducing personal and corporate income tax rates would make the Philippine workforce and corporations more competitive with their Asean neighbors; broaden the tax base by encouraging tax compliance; and increase disposable income for domestic purchase of goods and services that, in turn, would increase the government tax take on consumption taxes.
The statement was supported by TMAP, most major international chambers of commerce, the Management Association of the Philippines, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines and the Makati Business Club.
Marikina Rep. Miro Quimbo, who has filed a bill to lower tax rates, said revising tax brackets would help fixed-wage earners by increasing their take-home pay and encourage tax compliance.
The latest Pulse Asia Research Survey said Monday that inflation and improving workers' pay are the most urgent national concerns among Filipinos.
The Ulat ng Bayan Survey showed 47 percent of respondents said inflation was most urgent, while 46 percent cited the need to improve workers' pay.
A second cluster of national issues deemed urgent by Filipinos were corruption in government (39 percent), employment (36 percent), and poverty (35 percent).
The survey said four issues make up a third group of urgent national concerns—peace (21 percent), criminality (20 percent), rule of law (16 percent), and environmental destruction (15 percent).
Filipinos were least concerned about rapid population growth (9 percent), national territorial integrity (7 percent), charter change (4 percent), and terrorism (4 percent), the survey also said.
Across geographic areas and socio-economic classes, the only issues deemed urgent by majorities were workers' pay (53 percent in Metro Manila), employment (51 percent in the Visayas), and inflation (53 percent in Mindanao and 52 percent in Class E).
The survey involved face-to-face interviews with 1,200 adults from May 30 to June 5, 2015. The margin of error was ± 3 percent at the 95 percent confidence level.
Pulse Asia said the respondents were asked to pick three issues from a list that they think the Aquino government should act on immediately. They were also told they can add other concerns not on the list.
Reacting to the survey, Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma said the government was exerting "maximum efforts" to preserve the purchasing power of the peso.


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New York, August 14, 2013--More than two years after the revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak, a deeply polarized Egyptian press has been battered by an array of repressive tactics, from the legal and physical intimidation of Mohamed Morsi's tenure to the wide censorship of the new military-backed government, the Committee to Protect Journalists said in a report released today.
"With each new stage of political transition in Egypt, hopes soar for a new era of freedom of speech," said Sherif Mansour, CPJ's Middle East and North Africa coordinator and the author of the report. "But Egypt's move from the Mubarak era, to Morsi's presidency, and now to the military-backed transitional government has not been mirrored by a transition from the repressive media policies of the past."
CPJ's report, "On the Divide: Press Freedom at Risk in Egypt," details the intolerance of dissent that marked Morsi's rule and helped lead to his downfall. CPJ found that Morsi and his supporters used politicized laws and regulations to retaliate against critical journalists. In the first nine months of his presidency, hundreds of criminal defamation cases were brought against reporters. CPJ also documented at least 78 assaults against journalists from August 2012 until Morsi's fall, including the fatal shooting of critical reporter Al-Hosseiny Abou Deif.
Within minutes of the military's July 3 takeover, authorities imposed wide censorship against pro-Morsi news outlets and restricted coverage of Muslim Brotherhood activities. The military and the transitional government have said they want to create a journalistic code of ethics, and have conditioned the lifting of existing censorship on its adoption. Amid the tumult, a deep partisan divide has emerged within the Egyptian media that has prevented journalists from speaking out as one.
In its recommendations, CPJ called on Egyptian authorities to immediately end all censorship without condition, develop clear and unequivocal constitutional articles that enshrine press freedom, and undertake thorough statutory reform to bring all laws in conformance with international standards for freedom of expression. In particular, authorities should repeal insult laws in the penal code and eliminate all prison penalties for perceived press offenses. CPJ also called on authorities, political parties, and the press corps to respect the role of all journalists and to condemn all attacks on press freedom.
"Egyptian democracy will not flourish without a diverse, vibrant, and secure media environment," Mansour said. "The interim government must be held to its pledge of protecting freedom of press and expression, not least to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past."
CPJ is an independent, nonprofit organization that works to safeguard press freedom worldwide.
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Olympic Dam copper production dips
BHP Billiton has released its half-yearly report, showing a drop in copper production at Olympic Dam.
Overall, BHP Billiton's copper production improved by 14 per cent but operations at Olympic Dam saw a 26 per cent drop.
The company attributes this to a smelter closure and expects production to pick up again when the smelter comes back online within the next quarter.
More equipment was in place at the Olympic Dam mine for uranium production, which saw an 8 per cent increase.
Refined gold production at the site dropped by nearly 11,000 fine ounces in the past year.
Topics: copper, company-news, mining-industry, olympic-dam-5725, port-augusta-5700


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Bitcoin Tracker | Week 16
Oh, there they are! We found those missing bitcoins! Well, at least $116M of them. But since the Feds froze the assets of Mt. Gox as it unravels its legal issues around its bankruptcy, they are merely coins on the ledger. More states issued warnings to consumers to stand clear while industry players beef up their security ranks as the see their business expands. But, villas in Bali are bought using bitcoin and new currencies are in the mix to buy all kinds of things legal and otherwise. All in all, sort of a quiet week.
Hope you enjoy, and if you have any news you'd like to share, please send it our way at email@example.com.
On the Plus Side …
Some of those lost bitcoins may have been found, and developers have fixed the bug that created all those problems in the first place. The biggest purchase yet using BTC took place and Coinbase just scooped up Facebook's head of security.
- March 21, 2014 – $116 million bitcoins, or nearly a quarter of what went missing, were "found" in a Mt. Gox wallet, in which the CEO said he "thought no longer contained any bitcoins." Hiding in plain sight?
- March 21, 2014 – Bitcoin developers say they have fixed the bug that created the "transaction malleability-related" issues that led to the crash of Mt. Gox at the end of February with an update for the cryptocurrency's main wallet.
- March 20, 2014 – At the 2014 PYMNTS Awards Dinner, Bitcoin was the Gold Medal Winner of the 2014 PYMNTS.com Most Disruptive Innovation category, edging out Chase Merchant Services – the only closed loop network to launch in more than two decades – who took home the Silver Medal.
- March 20, 2014 – The director of security at Facebook, Ryan McGeehan, has left to take up a security role at Coinbase.
- March 20, 2014 – A villa in Bali was sold in what is the largest purchase ever made with cryptocurrency. One way to avoid paying taxes on BTC profits is to buy stuff with the appreciated value. Could this be a way to stimulate acceptance?
- March 20, 2014 – The price of Bitcoin has been relatively stable, but it experienced a blip this date. An analyst at Wedbush Securities explained that there are going to be these types of movements in this field due to supply and demand and that it is nothing to worry about.
- March 20, 2014 – Bobby Lee, the founder of BTC China, went on Bloomberg TV to quash the rumor that Bitcoin is banned in China; it was just a warning from the government!
- March 19, 2014 – In Hong Kong, people have been placing their bets on Bitcoin in hopes that they can absorb some of the Bitcoin market from China, where the government has regulated the cryptocurrency heavily.
- March 19, 2014 – Fortress Investment Group has bought a stake in hedge fund operator Pantera Bitcoin Partners, which buys and sells virtual currencies.
- March 19, 2014 – Two cryptocurrencies were launched to solve the issue of how to pay drugs, both illegal and legal.
On the Dark Side …
Massachusetts joined in on the warnings, and the SEC began an investigation into a Bitcoin gambling site. There seems to be some deja vu for the Winkelvoss twins as well. Their attempt to launch the first Bitcoin exchange-trade fund is going to be beat.
- March 21, 2014 – Visa's global head of innovation, Jim McCarthy, told investors this month that, while there are things to be learned about Bitcoin, he doesn't "see those as the things that are going to tip the apple cart anytime soon."
- March 20, 2014 – The Winklevosses are about to be beat in the Bitcoin game and, rather than being the first to launch a publically traded Bitcoin EFT, they will be the second after Barry Silber's SecondMarket.
- March 19, 2014 – Massachusetts regulators urged consumers "to proceed with caution" around Bitcoin.
- March 19, 2014 – The SEC is conducting a formal investigation into an online gambling Bitcoin site SatoshiDice.com. (gotta love the name..)
- March 19, 2014 – Canadian Bitcoins blamed Rodgers for being defrauded from $100,000.
- March 18, 2014 – The Guardian has tracked all the Bitcoin hacks since 2011. As the saying goes, "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."


text: Got PSN ID Well just a few mins ago me & my mom went to gamecrazy to get a ps3 but I have to wait til X-Mas. Anyways I was wondering on the ps3 market thing can you download any demos ? If so are there any demos that are online & that are actualy good ? We also rented Rachet & Clank. Also leave your PSN id thing if you want me to add you . Mc_Evan=PSN


text: MM I had some issues in the past with IE regarding setting a Autoproxy URL, which I easily resolved by moving the GPO to a User OU rather than Computer [long story]. If you are still having issues feel free to reply back and I will see if I can help. Craig ________________________________ From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matthew McComas Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 3:08 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] IE maintenance policy question... Greetings: This is my first time to address this list. The question I have regards the IE maintenance policies...specifically those related to proxy settings. I have setup a policy and am applying it to my user OU in my domain. Oddly, when I run RSOP on a few clients it shows the policy is applied successfully and there are no issues related to this policy reported by RSOP, however when I check the browser settings the proxy settings have not been applied. Further, the system has been logging this in the applog: Event Type: Error Event Source: Userenv Event Category: None Event ID: 1030 Date: 8/15/2007 Time: 6:09:53 AM User: DOMAIN\user Computer: COMPUTERNAME Description: Windows cannot query for the list of Group Policy objects. A message that describes the reason for this was previously logged by the policy engine. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Finally, I was told that if there were folders "custom#" in this path the policy was being applied...particularly if there was an *.ins file in one of these folders w/ the proxy settings in it. If found the folders and the file w/ the proxy settings yet it is still not being applied: \\%computername%\c$\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Custom Settings\ Reboots, adjusting the policy priority order, checking scope, deleting and recreating "custom settings" folder in the profile...nothing has worked so far. Any clues as to what I might need to check would be great. Thanks, MM


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Pelosi: Today's Report on Economy's Contraction Underscores Need to Pass Economic Recovery Package
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the economy's contraction in the fourth quarter of last year. The nation's gross domestic product shrank by 3.8 percent in the final quarter of 2008, which is the largest contraction since the steep recession of the early 1980s.
"This morning's dire economic news underscores why Congress and President Obama are committed to rapid action to create new jobs and put our nation on more solid economic footing. We can expect months of economic fallout from the failed policies, and failure to address urgent challenges, of the last eight years.
"Only eight days after the President took the oath of office, the House passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that will create and save 3 to 4 million jobs, cut taxes for 95 percent of American workers and make smart investments that will strengthen our economy for the long-term.
"In his Inaugural Address, President Obama pledged, 'action, bold and swift…not only to create new jobs, but to lay a foundation for growth.' Congress will deliver on the President's pledge by quickly sending the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to his desk."


text: I've been happily using the Silver Palate Butterball cookie recipe for years, but I really liked (and now can't find) a variation The Boston Globe printed last December. It called for melted butter, and perhaps there was confectioner's sugar in the dough (as well as on the outside of the cookie). Does anyone have a similar recipe, or do you think it's ok to use the same amount of (melted instead of softened) butter? TIA!


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The lounging lions in Kenya's Masai Mara game reserve looked harmless. They rolled on their backs in low-lying bushes. They rubbed their faces on branches as if trying to comb their magnificent manes. They drank leisurely from a stream. They strode slowly across dry, scrubby terrain as if they had all the time in the world. The only time I saw their teeth was when one of them yawned.
Their serene appearance is deceiving, however. The reason they can be so relaxed is that they have nothing to fear—no shortage of food and no natural predators. The lions look lazy and listless, but they are the strongest and fiercest of all. One roar sends all other animals running for their lives.
Sometimes it seems as if God is lounging. When we don't see Him at work, we conclude that He's not doing anything. We hear people mock God and deny His existence, and we anxiously wonder why He doesn't defend Himself. But God "will not be afraid of their voice nor be disturbed by their noise" (Isa. 31:4). He has nothing to fear. One roar from Him, and His detractors will scatter like rodents.
If you wonder why God isn't anxious when you are, it's because He has everything under control. He knows that Jesus, the Lion of Judah, will triumph.


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Will the latest Tamil daily be able to make an impact in an already crowded market?
A new Tamil daily Nam Naadu backed by prominent businessman and president of the Malaysian Association of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Maicci) Kenneth Eswaran was launched on July 15. It aims to battle it out for a market share with four other existing Tamil newspapers.
As of February this year, there were only three Tamil newspapers, Malaysia Nanban, Makkal Osai and Tamil Nesan which were fiercely competing with each other since the Tamil newspapers' market share is rather small with only a small percentage of the Indian community buying and reading Tamil newspapers.
However, politically, Tamil newspapers play a powerful role in shaping the public opinion of the Indian community.
Most of the MIC leaders and other Indian political leaders are ardent followers of the Tamil press and most of the key NGOs and their leaders rely on the Tamil dailies to disseminate information about their activities.
The leadership across the political parties and Indian NGOs are invariably former Tamil school students who keenly follow the developments in the Indian community through the Tamil dailies.
The Tamil dailies have also become the literary platform for Tamil writers and poets.
Malaysian Tamil literature has evolved over the years and today boasts of a wide collection of literary writings rich in language and unique to Malaysian culture and stands out independent of modern literature that has evolved in Tamil Nadu, India.
Such an achievement was only made possible because of the contribution and leading role played by the Tamil newspapers.
A lucrative market?
The Tamil newspaper industry is said to be lucrative from the commercial point of view provided a new paper is able to sustain financially for the first two years during which time they may have to spend some RM2 million. Only then the advertisement revenue would begin to pour in and the readership could be strengthened.
In recent times due to the change in political thinking and increase in the number of Indian political groups, the Tamil dailies have become the most important source of information and competing political stories as far as the Indian community is concerned.
In February this year Thinakural was launched by the son of the late Athi Kumanan, a prolific writer and a well-known former editor of Tamil dailies Tamil Osai and Malaysia Nanban.
Now, Nam Naadu has joined the fray and is expected to give a tough fight to other Tamil dailies as it is backed by a strong financial group.
Eswaran is known to be a close confidante of Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's family and therefore the paper is expected to be a mouthpiece of the government and Barisan Nasional policies.
There are also rumours that Nam Naadu would be eventually merged with or taken over by ABN Media group Sdn Bhd, in which Eswaran recently bought a 55% stake.
Which paper will survive?
With the entry of Nam Naadu, the Tamil newspaper market has become overcrowded.
Among the Tamil dailies, Malaysia Nanban is the top selling paper which is run by the family of the late Sikkander Batcha.
Makkal Osai comes next in terms of sales and is closely connected to former MIC deputy president S Subramaniam's family.
Tamil Nesan which is one of the oldest Tamil dailies in the world, comes third in terms of sales and is controlled by former MIC president S Samy Vellu's family.
It would be interesting to watch from now onwards how these dailies would compete with each other for a share of the limited Tamil newspaper readership market.
Editorial policies changed
Some of the papers have already changed their editorial policies and stand to meet the current demands of the Indian community and to be in line with the new political thinking in the country.
For example, Thinakural has already taken a pro-opposition stand by widely publishing stories and statements from Pakatan Rakyat leaders.
A series of articles by the paper on the small number of Indian staff in each and every government department compared to the total existing staff have become an instant hit and a popular talking-point in the Indian community. These statistical figures published by Thinakural created a bad impression for the BN government.
Even Tamil Nesan, once the mouth-piece of Samy Vellu has become an ardent supporter of Bersih 3.0 leader Ambiga Seenivasan with its managing director S Vell Paari frequently condemning the actions targeted against Ambiga.
Malaysia Nanban and Makkal Osai have been traditionally pro-BN papers but lately they are also publishing more stories about Indian opposition leaders.
The opposition parties have a higher number of Indian elected representatives than BN and therefore it has become inevitable that their stories are also published frequently to keep the readers intact.
In this context, Nam Naadu is expected to remain a pro-BN daily.
The small Tamil newspaper industry cannot afford to support all the five Tamil dailies. So, it would be interesting to watch which of these papers would be able to survive in the near future.
RJ Rajah is an observer and writer on politics and social issues with a keen interest particularly in Malaysian Indian affairs.


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Senna insightful and capable, says Williams
17 January 2012 – Sir Frank Williams has expressed his excitement over the Senna name returning to Williams-Renault, with the French engine partner also making a comeback for the 2012 F1 season. As Bruno Senna switches from Lotus Renault GP, he will compete with the team for which late uncle and three-time Champion Ayrton drove in 1994.
"The circumstances of Bruno's two seasons in Formula 1 have not given him an ideal opportunity to deliver consistently, so it was essential that we spent as much time with him as possible to understand and evaluate him as a driver. We have done this both on-track and in our simulator and he has proven quick, technically insightful and above all capable of learning and applying his learning quickly and consistently. Now we are looking forward to seeing that talent in our race car."
Senna will join Venezuela's Pastor Maldonado, who had already been confirmed for a second season of F1. 2011 driver Rubens Barrichello is therefore left on the sidelines, as is Adrian Sutil who was also a candidate for the position.


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There's something a little bit off with "Admission," though it's hard to put a finger on exactly what. It might be that it's three different movies that don't go especially well together.
"Admission" is a comedy that isn't especially funny, it's a romance in which two of the more likable actors around have zero chemistry with each other, and it's a satire of the college admissions culture that has little to say about the topic that isn't either well-trodden or crushingly obvious.
The one big thing the movie has going for it is rapidly undone by a late, nonsensical plot twist, while multiple strands of the plot are meant to be sympathetic, but really come across as creepy, unethical or both.
Fey plays a Princeton admissions officer about to tackle the application season while angling for a promotion, while Rudd is the dean of an experimental high school- which looks more like a kibbutz than any high school I've ever seen- in New Hampshire. During a college visit, Rudd introduces Fey to his favorite charge (Nat Wolff), who by the way wants to go to Princeton. Oh, and by the way, Rudd went to college with Fey and remembers her- OH, and by the way, Wolff may be the son she gave up for adoption years ago.
A big problem here is that Rudd's character is all over the map- he's an international mensch who's spent years being a do-gooder all over the world and even has an adopted son from Uganda who looks like a 12-year-old Don Cheadle. We're supposed to see him as a good Samaritan wanting to help out a kid at his school, and while he admits to selfishness, it's the kind easily forgiven in a typical romcom.
However, he also came up with this strange, unethical scheme to get in touch with a girl he knew and probably had a crush on in college, ambush her with the news of her long-lost son, and get her to perhaps use her influence in an illegal manner to get him into college. That's the kind of shadiness that this movie isn't remotely prepared to deal with.
Meanwhile, Fey performs what we're supposed to think is a heroic sacrifice, but the situation's resolution is both completely unbelievable and way too easy.
"Admission" also takes a big swing and miss when it comes to the academic stuff. The cutthroat world of college admissions is actually sort of ripe for an incisive satire, but this isn't it. The movie repeatedly makes the point that college admissions are tough and super-achieving applicants are clawing at each to get in. Doesn't everyone know that? And a subplot about Fey's feud with an office rival (Gloria Reuben) goes nowhere.
Other little things just feel wrong. The characters seem to drive back and forth between Princeton (New Jersey) and New Hampshire, which is several states and four or five hours away, roughly every other day; at one point, when it appears to be the afternoon, one character invites another to come to the other state "tonight."
One of the best things about the movie is Lily Tomlin as Fey's radical feminist mom, who lives in a rural cabin and cautions her daughter about not needing a man. Tomlin's character is revealed to have an arm tattoo of Bella Abzug, which was one of just two things in the movie that made me laugh (though I don't think anyone else in the theater got the Abzug reference.) But do radical feminist academic types usually own shotguns?
Michael Sheen, meanwhile, plays Fey's boyfriend who ditches her early on in the movie; the running gag in which Fey keeps running into Sheen and new beau Sonia Walger is amusing, although Sheen's turn as a cartoonishly pretentious twit isn't nearly as amusing as when he did the same thing in "Midnight in Paris."
"Admission" is based on a novel; I'm not really sure why anyone thought this strange story would make the ideal basis for a Hollywood romcom. Rudd and Fey really need to start choosing better roles, because both are on losing streaks of late.


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Eight of New Zealand's top ski fields have joined forces to create the largest commercial ski network in New Zealand in a bid to capture more of the international tourist dollar.
Skiing, snowboarding, dining and other attractions will all be part and parcel of OnePassNZ, providing visitors with access to 2230 hectares of lift-serviced terrain and some of the South Island's biggest tourist attractions from skydiving to jet boating and wine trails. .
The new pass will be loaded with snow dollars, which can be used to gain
unlimited access to lifts at participating ski fields.
Passholders can also use it to rent gear, buy lessons, buy food or book other local off-mountain activities.
Operators taking part in the scheme include Cardrona Alpine Resort, Treble Cone, Snowpark, Snowfarm, Ohau, Mt Dobson, Roundhill and the Porters Ski Area.
Treble Cone marketing manager Nigel Kerr says the programme will boost group profitability.
"Coming together in a joint marketing venture means that both the ski fields and the tourists win. Participating ski areas will share marketing costs while tourists will have access to some of the best ski areas that mid-Canterbury, Queenstown, Wanaka and the McKenzie District has to offer.
Lake Wanaka Tourism general nanager James Helmore reckons the OnePassNZ cooperative will be "huge" for the area.
"From a destination standpoint, having a ski and activity pass that offers both snow and off-mountain activities is brilliant and is just what consumers need to enjoy everything the central South Island has to offer, not just great skiing," said Helmore.


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All-WNY boys volleyball team
Pos. Player School Yr. Fast fact
S Brian Costello Canisius 12 Repeat pick, Msgr. Martin Player of Year, team MVP, had 957 assists, made 3 all-tournament teams.
OH Dylan Durni Frontier 12 Up from second team, Falcons MVP, made 2 all-tournament teams, 92.8 GPA, kills leader.
M Jason Donorovich Lockport 11 Averaged 11 kills and led team in blocks, led Lions to Class A and NFL titles, 92 GPA.
OH Trevor Gooch Canisius 11 Has 32 kills in playoff final vs. St. Joe's, had 518 kills, .378 hitting percentage, two-time All-Catholic.
MH Zachary Yerington Hamburg 11 MVP of OP tourney and all-tourney three other times, more than 600 kills, 95 GPA.
OH Evan Koehler W.S. West 12 His 310 kills rank him second in school history behind Olympian Matt Anderson, 92 GPA.
OH Patrick Stroh Hamburg 12 MVP of Sweet Home tourney and all-tourney three other times, led team in kills, 92 GPA.
OH Anthony Podgorsak Wmsv. South 12 Up from second team, 4-year starter, two-time team MVP, led Billies to Sectional finals.


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Marcia Meirowitz is the former president of the Bayport-Blue Point Teachers Association. Her status was incorrect in a story Thursday.
Route 25A was mislabeled in a map locating Home Depot stores yesterday.
In a newsday.com reader poll, 54 percent said President Obama won the Hofstra debate, while 37 percent said Mitt Romney won. A pie chart yesterday was incorrect.


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2011/9/13 kang hua <email@example.com> > Hi Master: > can you explain more detail --- "The only way to avoid this is to > make the data much more cacheable and to have a viable cache coherency > strategy. Cache coherency at the meta-data level is difficult. Cache > coherency at the block level is also difficult (but not as difficult) > because many blocks get moved for balance purposes" > why "Cache coherency at the meta-data level is difficult" ? > I said this because meta-data is updated often. Caching in the presence of high updates requires some sort of coherency model. For meta-data, it is difficult to detect stale information on use and use of stale information can be disastrous. Thus, caching is difficult. > why "Cache coherency at the block level is also difficult (but not as > difficult) because many blocks get moved for balance purposes" > The basic problem here is update rate. Late detection of stale information is much easier however since you can just note that the block isn't where you thought it was and update your cache. There are still problems and the fact that race conditions are still being found in the HDFS lease management code is an indicator that this isn't a completely trivial problem.
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2013 athlete Gabe Myles (Starkville, Miss.) has committed to play at home for the Bulldogs and follow in the footsteps of his father, Eddie, who played defensive back for Mississippi State from 1987 -90, the Clarion Ledger reports.
The 6-foot, 175-pound prospect plays quarterback for Starkville High School but will likely move to the defensive backfield in college. "I want to be happy at the school and not just love the position," Myles, who entertained the idea of waiting for a quarterback offer, said. "Being a Mississippi State Bulldog is more important."
Myles threw for 1,837 yards, 19 touchdowns and six interceptions while also rushing for 849 yards and seven more scores last fall.
The Bulldogs now have eight pledges for 2013, including six in June.


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Hundreds of Nurses Slated to Picket UMass Memorial Today
The nurses are members of the Massachusetts Nursing Association, which has been in labor contract negotiations with UMMC for nearly a year, according to the report. The union claims the hospital has gone from having excellent staffing levels to the worst in the city for some units.
The union is also highlighting a federal report released by CMS last month that showed UMMC was among 10 hospitals in the state to receive the highest penalties for patient readmissions post-discharge, according to the report.
The union is asking UMMC to retract its demands for benefits concessions and agree to nurse-to-patient ratios that are contractually guaranteed.
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Philadelphia police say a newborn infant was found dead on the porch of a north Philadelphia home - and they are concerned about the condition of the mother.
Police say medics were called shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday to a home on the 4900 block of N. Marvine Street in the Logan section of the city, where they found the baby girl's body on the front porch. They say the infant still had the umbilical cord attached and was wrapped in a brown blanket.
Residents rushed outside to see the baby.
"A lot of children don't know that you can leave a child at a fire station or hospital and nothing can happen to you," Demetrius Chisholm said.
In Pennsylvania, the Safe Haven Law says newborns under 28 days of age may be left with hospital staff. The mother won't be prosecuted if the baby is unharmed. But in some states, like NJ, the statute includes police stations.
Police say they are concerned about the well-being of the unknown mother, who they say may be in need of medical assistance.
Police say the baby may have been alive when she was abandoned.
Authorities are asking anyone with information about the case to call the police Special Victims Unit or 911.
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"It's basically a business decision for Microsoft. Like any other company, we have business priorities. Our focus really is in delivering the best experience to Windows customers."
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Gasoline Prices Still Climbing
The statewide gasoline price has hit the three-dollar mark — exactly three-dollars. But, locally, it's not quite there yet. AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report says we're paying, on average, $2.98 for a gallon of regular unleaded in Shreveport/Bossier this Monday morning. Nationwide, AAA says the average is up to $3.13.


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Adelsons reportedly heading to Tampa
Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam, who aren't reliant on commercial air travel, are heading to Tampa, according to CNN:
The couple will take in much of the convention activity and are expected to listen to many of the speeches, especially ones by Mitt and Ann Romney.
Another possible stop for them is the "Woman Up!" Pavilion here in Tampa named in honor of Miriam Adelson. The pavilion will be the scene for a series of events and policy discussions this week and is sponsored by the YG Network, a non-profit organization aimed at supporting conservative political positions and those politicians who support them. The Woman Up! effort was launched to emphasize issues key to women.
Adelson has company in the super PAC funder department, as David Koch is bound for the convention as a delegate from New York.
Adelson has alternately sought out attention and bristled at it this cycle. Most of it has come after the millions of donations he's made to super PACs in 2012.


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Medics criticise study that finds overweight people live longer
It was, given its timing, unexpectedly good news: as thousands began new year diets, US researchers reported that being overweight could extend your life.
But rather than celebrate, medical experts yesterday tried to pour cold water on the findings -- exactly as the chief author of the study, Katherine Flegal, predicted they would.
Dr Flegal, from the National Centre for Health Statistics in Maryland, and her team reviewed almost 100 studies of the link between weight and mortality, involving nearly three million people.
Their findings, published in the 'Journal of the American Medical Association' (JAMA), showed those who were overweight (with a Body Mass Index of 25 to 30) and those who were mildly obese (with a BMI up to 35) had a 5 to 6pc lower chance of dying prematurely than "normal weight" individuals (18.5 to 25 BMI).
Professor Nick Finer, of University College Hospital, said BMI was an "imperfect measure" which depended on additional factors such as blood pressure and cholesterol.
Professor Stephen O'Rahilly, of the University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, said: "The lack of adverse effects on mortality of mild obesity and the apparent slight reduction in death rate . . . should not be taken to mean that such states are not likely to be harmful to health."
The results show only the severely obese have a significantly increased mortality, up by 29pc. Otherwise, extra weight appears to be protective. Underweight people, meanwhile, have a 10pc higher rate of premature death than those of normal size, according to earlier research.
"There is already a lot of literature showing that being overweight is linked with lower mortality," said Dr Flegal.
"It is not an unusual finding. But authors tend to shy away from it. They tend to underplay it or try to explain it away."
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England in the 11th century wave of migration that was set off by the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Perry family lived in Hampshire. Their name, however, is a reference to the Old English word perie, meaning pear tree, and indicates that the original bearer of the name lived near such a landmark. [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6) "A branch came to England [in] 1066, and Matilda de Perer was mother of Hugo Parcarius, who lived temp Henry I." [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
Perry Early Origins
Hampshire where they were originally descended from Norman Perree who was granted lands in Hampshire and recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as a tenant in chief [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8), the name also appeared on the Roll of Battell Abbey. [4]CITATION[CLOSE]
Burke, John Bernard, The Roll of Battle Abbey. London: Edward Churton, 26, Holles Street, 1848, Print. From this earliest record, the family moved throughout Britain. Henry de Peri (de Piri) was listed in the Pipe Rolls of Staffordshire in 1176 and then in the Assize Rolls of Staffordshire in 1199. Richard Pirie was listed in the Pipe Rolls of Kent in 1198 and William de la Purie was listed in the Assize Rolls of Somerset in 1243. The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 list: Walter atte-Pyrie in Oxfordshire; Roger de la Peyre in Cambridgeshire; and Richard de la Pirie in Oxfordshire. [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6) By the 16th century, some of the family had moved to Scotland as seen by Donal Pery who was tenant of Uthircloy, Ardmanoch in 1504. [5]CITATION[CLOSE]
Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
Perry Spelling Variations
Perry Spelling Variations
The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries. For that reason, spelling variations are common among many Anglo-Norman names. The shape of the English language was frequently changed with the introduction of elements of Norman French, Latin, and other European languages; even the spelling of literate people's names were subsequently modified. Perry has been recorded under many different variations, including Perry, Perrie and others.
Perry Early History
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Perry research. Another 177 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1381, 1392 and 1327 are included under the topic Early Perry History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Perry Early Notables (pre 1700)
Perry Early Notables (pre 1700)
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Perry In Ireland
Perry In Ireland
Some of the Perry family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 151 words (11 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
The Great Migration
The Great Migration
To escape the uncertainty of the political and religious uncertainty found in England, many English families boarded ships at great expense to sail for the colonies held by Britain. The passages were expensive, though, and the boats were unsafe, overcrowded, and ridden with disease. Those who were hardy and lucky enough to make the passage intact were rewarded with land, opportunity, and social environment less prone to religious and political persecution. Many of these families went on to be important contributors to the young nations of Canada and the United States where they settled. Perrys were some of the first of the immigrants to arrive in North America:
Perry Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
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Contemporary Notables of the name Perry (post 1700)
Contemporary Notables of the name Perry (post 1700)
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Suggested Readings for the name Perry
Suggested Readings for the name Perry
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Recte agens confido
Motto Translation: While acting uprightly I am confident.
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A 'gustnado'
A: A "gustnado," which is actually a slang term, is a short lived, low-level rotating cloud that can form as a result of the outflow, or gust front, from a severe thunderstorm, said Dion DeLao of Texas A&M University. The term is a blend of the words "gust front tornado" and they usually last just a few seconds to a minute or so.
" The outflow is a product of strong downdraft winds that spread outwards when hitting the ground, causing intense winds at the surface," he said. "A gustnado can form in an unstable environment. They typically range in height from 30-300 feet and unlike tornadoes, are not connected with the cloud base of the thunderstorm."
Q: If I see a gustnado, should I be worried?
A: As mentioned, gustnadoes are not tornadoes, although they can be mistaken for one, DeLao added.
"Gustnadoes typically pick up dust and toss small debris in the air, similar to a dust devil, just on a larger scale," he said. "However, some become relatively strong and cause damage to homes and property. With winds that can sometimes reach 60-80 mph, the damage can be similar to that of an EF-0 or EF-1 tornado."
Although "gustnado" is not a common weather term, the word is popular in the Great Plains and Midwest of the United States, where they form frequently.


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May 30, 2008. The first thing you notice about Brooklyn Van Skoyck is how beautiful her eyes are. The second thing you notice is how loved the 4-year-old is.
She sits in her wheelchair at the kitchen table of her grandparents' home in Miamisburg, Ohio.
Brooklyn's parents, Elizabeth and Frank Van Skoyck, sit down to tell their family's story as their almost 3-year-old son, Xander, plays.
"She was born prematurely, 3 lbs. at birth," Elizabeth begins. "We started to notice that she wasn't able to hold up her head or roll over or anything when she was a baby. And the doctor kept telling us she was premature, she'll catch up."
Frank adds, "He just wrote us off that we were over-concerned parents: basically we had no reason to be worried, she was premature."
But the Van Skoycks knew something was wrong. A physical therapist referred Brooklyn to the Cleveland Clinic.
"Her head was starting to get misshapen and they had to do a CT scan before they could fit her with a shaping helmet," Elizabeth says."
The CT scan confirmed there was a problem with Brooklyn's brain.
|(L-R) Elizabeth, Brooklyn and Frank van Skoyk.
Following five months of testing through the Cleveland Clinic, when Brooklyn was 10 months old, the Van Skoycks learned that their daughter had Canavan disease.
Canavan is a debilitating neurological disorder in which the brain deteriorates because of a defective inherited gene.
Children born with Canavan rarely if ever survive their first decade. They become blind, paralyzed and prone to seizures. There is no cure.
Elizabeth says her reaction was "devastation."
"We thought for sure they were going to tell us she had CP," she says. "We hadn't heard of it before."
A rare disease, Canavan is more commonly found in people of Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jewish descent. One in 40 Ashkenazi Jews is a carrier for Canavan. One in 5,000 Jews is born with Canavan.
But Canavan--and the other genetic disorders more commonly seen in and associated with Ashkenazi Jews--is also found in the general population, albeit at an microscopically small rate.
The Van Skoycks never gave genetic testing a thought. Elizabeth's father, Al Friedman, is Jewish; her mother, Rosetta, is not. Frank's ancestry is Dutch and German.
When they received Brooklyn's diagnosis, Elizabeth was pregnant with their second child.
They went for genetic testing through Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, and found that Elizabeth carried an Ashkenazi mutation of Canavan and Frank carried a non-Jewish mutation.
To their relief, they also learned that their unborn child was not a carrier.
If both parents carry a Canavan mutation, the chances of their child having the disease are one in four.
"Unfortunately, it's partly misconception that you do not see Canavan's in non-Jewish population," says Dr. Neil Friedman, Brooklyn's pediatric neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic.
"One is essentially trained to look for it (Canavan) among Ashkenazi Jews," Friedman says. "To be honest, when I saw the original name, Van Skoyck, it wasn't top of my list. But we know that these disorders are certainly not exclusive among Ashkenazi Jews."
Once they received Brooklyn's diagnosis, Elizabeth and Frank changed pediatricians. But their second pediatrician, part of a teaching clinic, treated Brooklyn like a guinea pig.
"When we were there," Elizabeth says, "he would bring in all the other doctors, all the other nurses: 'Now come look at this. You'll never see this again. Look at how her eyes react. Look at how her head reacts.' I wasn't comfortable with him."
Elizabeth and Frank then turned to Dr. Gregory Eberhardt in Springboro, Ohio, as their third pediatrician. They've been with him for two years.
"He's great," Elizabeth says. "He takes his time, he makes sure if we have any questions, he'll look them up on the computer."
Eberhardt says that Canavan is so rarely seen in Ohio, it would be easy for doctors to misdiagnose or overlook.
|The Jewish Community Federation of Dayton and an anonymous donor arranged to provide the van Skoyk family with a van to transport Brooklyn in her wheelchair.
"Early on, it's going to be, at least in many cases, kind of vague symptoms that aren't that specific, so unless you take a broad look at things, you may not find it," he says. "I could see how they went through that frustrating process."
Though Eberhardt says he saw a patient with Canavan during his residency, Brooklyn is the first patient in his practice with Canavan. And there is a learning curve.
"It definitely required some refreshment that honestly they (the parents) provided a lot of."
Eberhardt says he also relied on Dr. Marvin Miller, head of the Department of Medical Genetics at Dayton Children's Medical Center, in Dayton, Ohio and affiliated professor in the Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering at Wright State University, also in Dayton.
"Even though we think of Canavan's disease as not existing in the non-Ashkenazi Jewish population, it certainly can," says Miller. "It's just that the likelihood of that happening is much, much less likely."
Miller says he sees very little Jewish genetic disease in Dayton. "If you are in New York City, it's prevalent," he says. "But here, it's much less so."
Elizabeth knows of only one other child in Ohio diagnosed with Canavan. Friedman has no other patients with the disease currently. Miller recalls one child from the Dayton area with Canavan about a decade ago.
In the Van Skoyck's small two-bedroom apartment next to her parents' home, Elizabeth cares for both children. Frank works two jobs to make ends meet. Nights are busy. Brooklyn wakes up frequently with leg cramps.
"We can't have her in the bedroom with Xander because it will keep him up all night," Elizabeth says. "So she sleeps in our bed, because there's no room in our bedroom for a hospital crib."
A Miamisburg School District physical therapist comes out once a week for itinerant services through its preschool program.
Brooklyn goes for physical therapy twice a week, occupational and speech therapy once a week.
"She'll be 5 in December and is doing fantastic," Elizabeth says. "She understands a lot. She can't tell you back, but she answers some questions yes or no: she shakes her head."
Brooklyn is even learning to walk a little bit. She now has a walker.
"They've been trying for probably two years and she's just gotten where she's strong enough to push it," Elizabeth says.
The walker is too big to fit through the doorways of the apartment or even her grandparents' house. The physical therapists suggest Elizabeth and Frank take Brooklyn to a mall to use it.
"And we just ordered her a talking device too," Elizabeth says. "They did an evaluation and she's able to pick the pictures she wants, to tell you what she wants to do."
The touch-screen computer device--used for those with CP, autism, hearing and speech problems--will help Brooklyn communicate her wants and needs.
"That, as far as I know, is unheard of for any of these Canavan kids," Elizabeth says.
"What I have seen more in her generally is not a progression over these two years," Eberhardt says. "I think she's not regressed significantly, but in that period of time from 15 months to 3½, most kids have an explosion of development--speaking and running and climbing--and she has just kind of plateaued. She's a happy kid."
"Definitely have genetic testing," Elizabeth urges. "If you know you have Jewish background, it's very smart to get tested. You want your family to know. It's a simple blood test."
Friedman says he would have the Jewish partner go first, to be screened for genetic disorders most commonly found in Ashkenazi Jews.
"I think when risks run high within a population as it does with certain things in the Ashkenazi Jews, that potentially awareness and screening for it early on would be appropriate," Friedman says. "If they don't carry it (the most frequent Ashkenazi Canavan mutation), it doesn't eliminate the risk because there's a very small risk they could be carrying the other gene (a less frequent Ashkenazi Canavan mutation). But I think you reduce the risk significantly. And if they (Ashkenazi Jewish partners) do have it, then I think the other partner should be tested, just so that there's an awareness."
"I would screen the Jewish partner first," Miller agrees. "The reason is that you know what the common mutations are and it's relatively inexpensive. In order to screen the non-Ashkenazi Jewish partner, that panel of mutations is not going to be relevant. You really need to sequence the whole gene," which Miller says may cost $1,500-$2,000.
"Now, if you did the 10 or 12 tests that are offered to an Ashkenazi Jewish individual, and the Ashkenazi Jewish potential parent all turned out negative for all of them, you would stop there," he says.
"Let's say for Tay-Sachs it turned out positive, you might consider offering to the family having the non-Ashkenazi Jewish partner tested just for that one. That might be an approach."
Miller offers a caveat: genetic testing isn't foolproof. If one carries a disease's mutation that isn't common, testing can miss it. Testing, he says, "significantly decreases the risk, but it's important to recognize it doesn't take it down to zero."
Brooklyn had a check-up at the Cleveland Clinic on May 9.
"She seems to be doing pretty well," Friedman says. "She seems to be holding her own at the moment without obvious decline, although I suspect it will come."


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Schwimer doesn't report to Triple-A after demotion
Schwimer doesn't report to Triple-A after demotion
The Phillies optioned him to Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Thursday, but he never reported to the IronPigs within the required 72-hour window. He remained AWOL as of Tuesday afternoon. Schwimer was plenty steamed when the Phillies optioned him, insisting he has an arm injury and should have been placed on the 15-day disabled list.
The Phillies do not think he is injured.
Schwimer got a second opinion on his arm Monday by a doctor from an approved list agreed upon by the league and the Players Association, but Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said Tuesday he still did not know if Schwimer planned to report to Triple-A.
He also said the Phillies have not placed him on the restricted or suspended list.
Amaro declined to say anything more. An attempt to reach Schwimer's representation was unsuccessful.
A big issue here is money. By optioning Schwimer instead of placing him on the disabled list, Schwimer no longer makes the big league minimum salary or earns big league service time. But by fighting the Phillies in this matter, he could be burning bridges with the organization because the Phillies seemed likely to recall him Saturday, when rosters expand. Schwimer apparently is willing to take that chance.
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The new generation of the 2015 Land Rover Freelander has been recently caught on camera by our spy photographers while it was being tested in Germany.
The model in question has been completely redesigned and it's significantly larger than the vehicle it's replacing. The new Land Rover Freelander generation will ride on the same platform which will underpin the five-door Range Rover Evoque and, as you can see from the images posted below, it has been heavily influenced by the Evoque and also by the new Range Rover Sport generation. There is a sloping roofline, a dual exhaust system and a tailgate mounted spoiler to highlight its sporty profile.
As far as the engine lineup goes, rumors are saying that the units can be carried over from the Evoque. This basically means that we will see a 150 HP 2.2 liter diesel engine, a 190 HP 2.2 liter diesel engine and a 240 HP 2.0 liter petrol burner. Additional details on the new Land Rover Freelander generation are limited for the moment and will probably be announced during the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, in March, when the model is believed to make its public debut.


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A 33-year-old employee of El Potro Mexican Cafe, 2351 W. 31st St., was ticketed for reckless driving after he crashed his truck into the restaurant Tuesday afternoon.
Sgt. Trent McKinley, a Lawrence police spokesman, said no one was injured but the building sustained damage. An employee said the restaurant remained open.
Police determined Marcos Guevara Hernandez of Lawrence was traveling at a high rate of speed through the parking lot about 2 p.m. when he lost control on a patch of sand and debris and crashed into the west side of the building. An off-duty police officer was in a booth at the restaurant during the crash.
McKinley said Hernandez told officers he was arriving for work when he lost control of the vehicle. He also said he had consumed a small amount of alcohol prior to the crash, but police were not able to determine he had consumed more than the legal limit to drive, the sergeant said.
Police also cited Hernandez for not having a valid driver's license, and he has a notice to appear in municipal court July 11.
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Jewish Journal writer talks Calif. redistricting on KCRW
Last night, I spoke with KCRW's Warren Olney on "Which Way, L.A.?" about California's citizen-led redistricting process.
The program included observations from journalists and consultants who have been watching the work of the Golden State's new commission, which unveiled its final draft maps of Congressional, State Senate, Assembly and Board of Equalization lines on Friday, July 29.
I talked to Olney about the developing competition between two long-time Jewish, Democratic Congressmen, Reps. Brad Sherman and Howard Berman.
Though Friday's maps did include some changes to district boundaries in earlier versions, the Congressional districts in the San Fernando Valley remained functionally unchanged.
As outlined in a recent Jewish Journal cover story, the two incumbents have both laid claim to the West San Fernando Valley District in which they live, now called the 30th district. And though the 2012 election is more than a year away, the battle for that district has already effectively begun.
Rep. Henry Waxman, a long-time friend of Berman's, has said that he would, if push came to shove, support the ranking Democrat. Berman's office released a statement on Friday, after the lines were made public, saying that he intended to run in the 30th district.
Sherman, meanwhile, told me yesterday that no one aside from Waxman and Berman is telling him not to run in the 30th district, and said he is preparing to publicize a list within the next week of elected and community officials—including some "extremely prominent Democrats—who will support his reelection bid there.
Sherman also said he had received endorsements from Los Angeles City Councilmen Paul Koretz, Dennis Zine and Mitchell Englander.
Redistricting consultant Paul Mitchell and Rosalind Gold of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) also appeared on Olney's show last night. It's worth a listen, and can be found here.


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Republican leaders in the Minnesota Senate are proposing a 10 percent cut in legislators' daily expense payments.
Senators can currently claim up to $96 a day in per diem when the Legislature is in session. The House expense payment is $77 a day.
Republican Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch of Buffalo says she'll formally propose the reduction Monday to members of the Senate Rules Committee. With the state facing a projected $6.2 billion budget deficit, Koch estimates the per diem cut will save about $100,000 a year.
"We know that there are going to be difficult decisions to be made throughout session, and that this budget solution is not going to be without some pain. And we felt it was extremely important, our caucus felt it was very, very important to start with us first," said Koch.
House GOP leaders say they're proposing a 25 percent reduction in the lodging allowance their members receive.
Assistant DFL Senate Minority Leader Terri Bonoff of Minnetonka said the cuts are political symbolism, not meaningful cost reductions.


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Factory owner pledges $10 million to Madison medical college
One of Wisconsin's two medical schools has received its largest private gift ever. Robert and Patricia Kern pledged $10 million to the Medical College of Wisconsin.
The former owners of Generac Power Systems will help the suburban Milwaukee school hire researchers, and help buy equipment that finds tiny concentrations of molecules which can reveal major diseases like cancer and heart problems.
It's all part of an innovation cluster the Medical College is developing in its bio-technology center.
College president Michael Bolger says the Kerns' gift will help move the school into "the next echelon of research in molecular biology and cellular biology and genetics."
Physiology professor Andrew Greene says the grant will provide some bolder research which the National Institutes of Health may be too conservative to provide.


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I have been looking through some law reports for a paper I am writing on discharge in personal insolvency. By chance I came across a judgment in the early 1970s that reminded me of the long running connection between the Cork family and insolvency law. There have been four generations of Cork men who have been involved in the area. Let's have a brief tour through their respective careers.
WH Cork - where it all began
The Worshipful Company of Bowyers has the following information on the founder of Cork Gully:
"Roger's grandfather, WH Cork, had built up an insolvency practice largely on the provisions trade, in which in the early part of the last century many small operators were driven out of business by the growth of multiple grocers. The key to success according to WH, was the ability to dominate a creditors meeting by force of personality: this he did in style arriving in a Rolls-Royce which, struck fear into his competitors before the meeting had even begun.
In 1935 WH Cork formed a partnership with his newly qualified son Kenneth and another accountant, Harry Gully. After WH's death and a period of war service, Kenneth became the sole owner of the firm and built it up in the 1950s and 1960s to lead the field in the City insolvency work. It handled cases such as the Rolls Razor washing machine company and of Emil Savundra the insurance fraudster."
Sir Kenneth Cork - "the great liquidator"
The chairman of the Cork Report (The Report of the Review Committee, Insolvency Law and Practice. 1982. Cmnd 8558) needs no introduction. A full biographical exposition of Sir Kenneth's life and times can be seen in: Cork, K. Cork on Cork: Sir Kenneth Cork Takes Stock. Macmillan, London. 1988. A couple of additional points can be made however. First, Mr Norman Barrington Cork also played a role in building up Cork Gully after the war but is not so well known to the public or the insolvency profession as his brother. Secondly, in Professor David Graham QC's day (1957-1992) barristers had little training in financial accounting and David will always be grateful to Sir Kenneth for teaching him how to read a balance sheet, particularly from an insolvency point of view.
Sir Roger William Cork
A potted biography of Sir Kenneth's son, Sir Roger, is contained in: In re Icknield Development Ltd [1973] 1 W.L.R. 537. This deals with some aspects of his early career and hinges around Sir Roger's experience. Plowman, J notes:
"Mr. Roger Cork is very junior in his profession. He served four years' articles in the City of London with Messrs. Moore Stephens & Co., passing his final examination in May 1969. During his articles he received a general accountancy training. He was admitted an associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in November 1969, and in the same month joined Messrs. W. H. Cork, Gully & Co., a firm which includes a number of well-known and experienced liquidators, among them Mr. Roger Cork's own father, Mr. Kenneth Cork. Mr. Roger Cork became a partner in his father's firm on April 1, 1971."
There are some interesting passages on judicial perceptions of nepotism in the case. Plowman, J notes:
"Ought an exception to be made in this case? On the one hand, to do so might create a false impression that Mr. Roger Cork was being singled out for favourable treatment because he was the son of his father. On the other hand, I have had evidence, which the registrar did not have, of the impressive and extensive experience which Mr. Roger Cork has had since he joined his present firm in relation to bankruptcies, voluntary liquidations, receiverships and trusteeships of deeds of arrangement, many of them involving considerable sums of money. I am satisfied that Mr. Roger Cork has had sufficient experience of insolvency matters in the last three years or so to match the average chartered accountant's experience of those matters over a considerably longer period, and strictly on his own merits, I propose to appoint him liquidator."
An interesting biography of Sir Roger appears at the Worshipful Company of Bowyers' website:
"Sir Roger Cork died on October the 21st 2002 at the age of 55. He was a expert in corporate insolvency work and an ebullient Lord Mayor of London.
In both his professional and civic careers, Roger followed in the footsteps of his formidable father, Sir Kenneth known as "the great liquidator", who was also Lord Mayor. Their firm, Cork Gully in which Roger became a partner in 1970, was the pre-eminent name in insolvency for four decades, and had its finest hour in the property crash crisis of 1973 to 1975, when it backed the Bank of England to prevent a wide spread collapse of "secondary banks", which had lent heavily in the property sector. A scheme to hold at bay the City creditors of the Stern Group - which was Britain's biggest bankruptcy case - while its properties were sold in an orderly manner became known as "Cork's Dam."
Despite his relative youth, Roger Cork worked alongside his father on their most sensitive assignments. In 1973 he had to go to the High Court to overturn a decision that he was too young, at 25, to be a liquidator to one collapsed property company, Ickfield Development. [see Plowman, J's comments above!!] Roger's style was more approachable that Sir Kenneth's, which verged on frightening; but he could be just as effective.
When the two were appointed joint receivers to the former Fisher Bendix factory on Mersyside, it was Roger who negotiated with Tony Benn, as industry minister, an injection of state cash to keep the plant alive as a workers co-operative. "We have just consented to Roger Cork's rather arrogant conditions for refinancing the company". Harold Wilson told Sir Kenneth over lunch "who is he, your uncle?."
Roger Cork became the 669th Lord Mayor of London in 1996 - his father having held office in 1978-79 - taking as his motto "making Britain ever Greater" and declaring he wanted to "restore the pride in being British". Though his wife Barbara had died of cancer only four months earlier he was tireless in his role as spokesman for the City.
He relished the pageantry of Office, but added elements of informality: his daughters acted as hostesses at Mansion House Parties, at which the guest lists included names such as Sir Cliff Richard and Dame Edna Everidge. Nor was he afraid of controversy, making his views very plain on the inadequacy of London's transport infrastructure.
He raised £1.3 million for cancer research during his mayoral year, not least by completing a sponsored cycle ride from John o' Groats to Lands End. He averaged 75 miles a day, no small achievement for one with the proportions of a City trencherman, and called the experience "the best cure for a hangover."
Roger William Cork was born on March 31st 1947 and was educated at Uppingham. In 1965 he joined the firm of Moore Stephens, where he was articled to the senior partner Hobart Moore, a friend of his father, who told him it was better to make useful mistakes away from the family firm. Roger qualified as an accountant in 1969, and moved to Cork Gully the same year...
In 1980, as Sir Kenneth approached retirement, father and son decided to merge Cork Gully into the larger firm of Coopers & Lybrand. High profile failures such as the De Lorean car project continued to come into their hands, but the merger arrangement was not an entirely happy one. After Sir Kenneth's death in 1991, Roger returned to Moore Stephens where he built up the corporate recovery practice and was a partner from 1994 - 1999. The name of Cork Gully was expunged within Coopers, now part of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Roger Cork followed his father as Alderman for Tower Ward in 1983, and was Sheriff of the City in 1992-93. An enthusiastic member of many City livery guilds he was a past master of the Bowyer's Company and the World Traders Company. He was president of the Institute of Credit Management. He was knighted in 1997.
Having taken early retirement from business in 1999, Cork remained active in support of the Cancer Research campaign and other medical charities, and in City affairs. In May 2002 he presided as Lord Mayor locum tenens at the unveiling of the Guildhall of a controversial statue of Margaret Thatcher, which had been commissioned for the Palace of Westminster.
Roger Cork enjoyed sailing in the South of France. He married in 1970 Barbara Harper who had been a colleague at Moore Stephens: they had a son, Christopher and two daughters: Melissa and Georgina."
Mr Stephen Cork - the latest Cork
The fourth generation of Cork men who are involved in the insolvency industry is represented by Smith and Williamson's Mr Stephen Cork. As Mr Cork's website entry notes:
"Stephen follows his Great Grandfather who established the specialist
insolvency firm of Cork Gully and his Uncle Sir Kenneth Cork, Lord
Mayor of London, in advising businesses."
Mr Malcolm Cork was also involved in the insolvency industry but my investigations to date have yet to reveal how and where he sits within the Cork clan. I will amend this blog entry when I have more information.
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Design notes: the 2012 Fellowship Poster
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I want to share some notes on the 2012 Summer Design Fellowship poster and some thoughts on design communication. But before I do here's just a brief introduction for those who are new to the program. Years ago the firm established a ten-week paid Design Fellowship for an exceptional architecture student to work with us over the summer. The application is open to all students who are, at date of submission, enrolled in an accredited professional degree program in the field of architecture.
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So she's seen the changes I've made. She has all my pw's to everything. I have my phone with parental locks and on her plan so she can see who I'm texting and calling. And before I was on her plan she still had my password to my phone bill. I have gotten rid of all my toxic friends and rarely go anywhere without her. I go to work and call her every chance I get. And come straight home unless asked to pick something up. Stopped watching porn and don't masturbate. Made her my everything. I talk to only her and no one else about my problems. I have explained to friends where I'm going with my life. And have no female friends and make every attempt to have no contact with females. Among other things.
But I keep hearing that this is what I should have been doing all along and this isn't fixing anything. And it's like that child making sure he won't drop another vase again and doing the thing he should have been doing from the beginning. But how do you fix the already dropped vase? Where's the "glue" in all this. What more do I need to do. I feel like I know but don't I don't cuz I would be doing it.
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I have explained to friends where I'm going with my life. And have no female friends and make every attempt to have no contact with females. Among other things.
Have you read the book, "Not Just Friends?" I am reading it right now and it really is helping me with a lot of my questions and realizing the what is healthy for my relationship (friends, lifestyle, etc.) It might help you with those boundaries and to see areas you need to work on.
While I'm putting in the work and still not disclosing the full truths about things like conversations at work with a woman I work with. I'm not flirting or crossing boundaries. But if she asks a question I would answer and would usually be a quick exchange "hey I have to leave for a little bit longer for lunch tomorrow for a kids ceremony" "oh how many kids do you have" "X amount but they are my girlfriends" "oh wow " "I love them like they are my own" *end conversation*. I guess I'm afraid of what my GF will think or afraid of hurting my GF. But 99% of our exchange is about work. And I could smell who she was a mile away when I first started.
She deserves to know everything.
As for anyone who isn't a friend of the marriage, it's ok to discuss that with your GF and get suggestions on how she would like you to approach the situation with the OW at work who clearly makes you uncomfortable or any future women that give you that "Don't do it. Run away" vibe.
And I have read halfway through not just friends. That's why I got rid of my female friends and put up boundaries. But there's so much of that book that's pointless in my situation. Then others that are spot on. I know I should finish it I may do that today. But the book that captivated me more was every mans battle.
I was a fool and dropped our relationship vase like a child with butterfingers.
This kind of statement kinda downplays the seriousness of an A. An A isn't "oops, I dropped it" and A is deliberately picking it up and smashing it against the wall. Then stomping on the pieces.
In Japan, when a vase is broken, they don't use glue. Glue becomes brittle, doesn't hold strong all the time and leaves the vase less valuable and useful than it was.
They use gold to repair the cracks in Japan. Its called kintsugi. The gold makes the pottery stronger where the breaks are and leaves the whole vase more resilient and beautiful than before, not in spite of the cracks, but because of them, and the care and effort it took to repair them.
Don't look for glue, look for gold. Its harder to come by, but much better in the end.
It is counterintuitive really... the less we defend our well-being, the more well we feel. ~ Nancy Colier


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Israel ''successfully'' carries out test launch of four Arrow interceptor missiles
The Israeli army on Sunday "successfully" launched four Arrow interceptor missiles nearly simultaneously from a base near Tel Aviv. The approximately $10 million test launching was the first time Israel fired more than one Arrow missile in the same attempt, Haaretz reported.
The attempt was meant to test the missile launcher's ability to dispatch four missiles - one of them armed with a warhead - to different targets.
Israel's Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz was informed by the commanders of the test launch that the operation was fully satisfactory, Israel Radio added.
Israeli sources have said they are convinced that the Arrow can intercept any Iraqi missile, including Scuds.
However, Israeli sources denied the test launch was in any way connected to the recent tensions with Iraq. (Albawaba.com)
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Thread: Mabel for sister Olivia??
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Mabel for sister Olivia??
Hi everyone,
We are very keen on Mabel for our next child, but we are a little worried how it fits with our other children's names. I know some people are not fussed about sibsets, but personally I would like my children's names to flow nicely with each other and fit together as a family.
So my question is does Mabel work with Olivia?? Is Olivia too pretty and Mabel to plain?
I'm so confused and would love to hear some thoughts!
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What about using Amabel nn Mabel? I think Amabel and Olivia definately sound like sisters and Amabel is gorgeous! What are your other children's names do you mind me asking? I think Mabel and Olivia could work particularly if you work to coordinate middles... Something like Mabel Charlotte may tie her to her sister a little more... But It depends on Olivia's middle too...
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We are thinking Josephine as a middle name as it is my grandmother's MN.
Olivia is Olivia Grace... (hand hits forehead!). I don't know what we were thinking! Both Olivia's names have special significance to my Husband and I and honour family, but seriously we had our heads in the sand on that one!! Luckily Olivia is not too common in our area of Australia and we are yet to meet another our daughters age.
Our son is Henry James, again both honour family and Henry is only now becoming more popular in Aus.
Anyway we would have
Olivia Grace
Henry James
Mabel Josephine
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MOTHER'S DAY: Celine has tapped Japan's answer to Kate Moss, Ai Tominaga, to design a bag. The stunner, who teamed a Japanese kimono with a Celine clutch at the show Thursday, said it's a hospital bag, intended to be the perfect size for expectant moms to take to hospital. "I'm so glad to help mothers having babies by making something useful," Tominaga said, adding having a baby herself inspired her. "And it's a really pretty bag." Meanwhile, it was a teary farewell moment for outgoing designer Ivana Omazic, who will be succeeded by Phoebe Philo. "I have lots of other projects, but today is for Celine" she said, receiving well-wishers backstage including actress Emmanuelle Seigner, who recently finished "Giallo," a film by Dario Argento. "Ivana is a friend, but change is always good," she said.
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(AP) - Paleontologists are roaring over a decision by the University of Wyoming to close its Geological Museum to save money. The museum is small but has significant dinosaur specimens.
University officials say closing the museum and laying off its director and a part-time employee is expected to save about $80,000 a year. It's part of $18 million in cuts at the university amid declining state revenue.
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The warm weather is here at last and with them, out door activities such as picnics and barbeques. For many of us these activities provide an opportunity to wear casual, comfortable clothing such as shorts and t-shirts. Although these casual dress items can work well for social gatherings, expectations for the company picnic may require a little more thought.
Sexy & frumpy have no place in the workplace. They also have no place at business gatherings, even at the park. When dressing for work or any work related activity it's important to appear credible. Consider style, fabric and appropriateness.
How casual is too casual? Just because it's comfortable it doesn't mean it's suitable for a picnic. If it is a business function, consider the condition of the garment as well. Well worn, wrinkled, stained or dirty clothing appears sloppy, unprofessional and can reflect on your personality.
Although shorts may be appropriate for the occasion, it's important to recognise that not all shorts are created equal. Cut offs and short shorts may be worn for socializing with friends, but not business acquaintances. Opt for walking shorts, Bermudas or Capri's instead.
More skin less credibility. For women, sleeveless tops may be warranted by the heat. However tanks, cropped tops, backless and halters are not. Appropriate styles for men include quality t-shirts and polo's.
Lightweight fabrics are cool sheer is not Always be aware of what is showing under the clothing.
Fabric can dramatically alter the look of a garment making it appear casual, professional, sexy or dressy. When choosing fabrics for any business related activity consider how credible you appear.
Watch what you say! Advertising and novelty slogans on clothing can say a lot about you and your personality. The wrong logo or slogan speaks louder than words and may damage your company's reputation and yours. Your company's logo proudly displayed advertises the company and you as its representative.
Choose clothing that fits. Clothing that is too small will emphasize your body shape, diminishing your credibility; Clothing that is too big adds bulk and makes the wearer look frumpy. Well fitted clothing looks more expensive and well put together.
To 'dress for success' at the company picnic, credibility is the key. Use these tips and choose your business attire for casual gatherings accordingly.
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