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On Wednesday the House Foreign Affairs Committee marked up the State Department Reauthorization bill, which contained several provisions advancing abortion and homosexual political priorities. After receiving assurances from the Obama Administration that it would change the current policies, Committee Chairman Howard L. Berman (D-CA) removed his provision granting domestic partnership benefits for same-sex couples.
The State Dept. Reauthorization bill, H.R. 2410, would have established same-sex domestic partnership benefits, funded by taxpayers, for Foreign Service Officers and Peace Corps volunteers.
The bill would have mandated that the Secretary of State work through government employees at U.S. diplomatic and consular missions to encourage foreign governments to reform or repeal laws that criminalize "homosexuality or consensual homosexual conduct" or restrict "the enjoyment of fundamental freedoms, consistent with U.S. law, by homosexual individuals or organizations."
H.R. 2410 would also have required the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to track violence or restrictions based on "perceived sexual orientation and gender identity." According to Smith, the terms are undefined in the bill. The American Psychological Association has broadly defined the terms to include exhibitionism, prostitution and pedophilia.
Additionally, the bill would have required the annual human rights report to include information about violence or discrimination based on "perceived sexual orientation or gender identity."
Rep. Berman spoke on Wednesday about removing his provision granting partner benefits to homosexual diplomats.
"I am deeply committed to ending the long-standing practice of treating the committed partners of gay and lesbian Foreign Service officers like second-class citizens," Berman said. "I would not agree to strike a provision in my own bill if I did not feel confident that this would be taken care of by the Administration."
A separate measure in H.R. 2410 establishes an Office for Global Women's Issues, which critics suspect might be used to promote the legalization of abortion abroad.
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), a senior House Foreign Affairs Committee member, sought to strike the original language authorizing the Office of Global Women's Issues and identify positive means to help women with regard to education, job training, health care and equal pay for equal work. His amendment also specifically added a clarifying statement of policy intended to prevent the office from being used to lobby for the legalization of abortion in pro-life nations.
Chairman Berman opposed the Smith amendment and it was blocked on a party line vote. Thus the original authorization for an Office of Global Women's Issues without any pro-life clarifying language remains in the bill that will likely go to the full House of Representatives for consideration in the coming weeks.


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Never work with animals or children….that's what some say….but that statement couldn't be further from the truth for us at Oxfam. Archie the Goat is our pin up for our Unwrapped Christmas presents range and well as for children Oxfam Sparks Action programme is all about the young ones!
Oxfam Sparks Action is our school speaker scheme which provides schools with the opportunity for students to learn about global issues. Fully trained volunteers are able to deliver workshops and assemblies on a range of global topics including education, health and climate change. I applied to become a school speaker because, having spent some time as a teaching assistant in the past, I was really keen to discuss world issues with young people, hear their opinions and solutions and broaden their minds (as well as my own!)
After the fun and comprehensive School Speaker training run by Oxfam in September, I was really excited about getting into some of the local schools and speaking to young people about Oxfam's work and global citizenship. Oxfam are currently working with the Co-operative to educate students about smallholder farmers and the important role they play in creating a more sustainable global food system with the Farmers Feeding Our World workshops. I was contacted by Ysgol Gyfun Bro Morgannwg in Barry asking to present to a group of sixth-formers who are
planning a Fairtrade event in their school as part of the Welsh Baccalaureate.
Despite my classroom experience, I was a tad daunted by the idea of standing in front of and talking to a hundred or so 17 and 18 year olds! Luckily, a lot of volunteers in Wales had been trained up in September, so I was able to deliver my first presentation together with Laura, another School Speaker based in Cardiff- meaning my first-presentation nerves were reduced a bit.
Young people are often dismissed as being apathetic about or disinterested in world issues, but the group of sixth formers we worked with were alert and engaged- pretty impressive at 9am on a wet November morning! They got involved with all the activities and asked some thoughtful questions, making sure that Laura and I knew our stuff! They successfully identified the main problems facing smallholder farmers across the globe, demonstrating their excellent critical thinking skills- an important part of the Education for Sustainable Development and Global
Citizenship (ESDGC) framework, which the Oxfam School Speaker scheme in Wales can help to support.
There are currently 500 million smallholder farms across the world who feed up to 2 billion people on our planet: nearly one third of the world's population. However, climate change, high food prices and a lack of resources mean these farmers are constantly faced with erratic weather conditions, little access to trade and competition with large-scale farms. Oxfam and the Co-Operative have joined together to champion these smallholder farmers and are asking governments to invest in training and resources so the food co-operatives can grow and feed
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To find out more about this, visit https://www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-us/find-an-action/small-scale-farming-coop Oxfam is working with the Co-operative's Green School Revolution in schools across the UK to educate students about a sustainable food system. If you would like to register your school to the Green School Revolution programme, visit https://www.co-operative.coop/green-schools-revolution/ If you would like to book an Oxfam School Speaker for a workshop or an assembly, or you are interested in other topics that are offered, visit the Oxfam Education website https://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/teachersupport/school_speakers/ or ring Vicky Leech at the Oxfam Cymru office on 0300 200 1269
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One of the challenges of being an interfaith Jewish family is that at times we find ourselves without a large Jewish family gathering to attend. (Full disclosure: Even with my Irish Catholic upbringing I have long held a fantasy of large, warm, boisterous Jewish family gatherings. I'm not sure where it comes from—movies? books?—but there you go.) A few years ago we were trying to figure out how to celebrate Rosh Hashanah with just the five of us, when our middle child suggested making our favorite pies and inviting a few friends, in keeping with the whole sweet New Year theme. At first she wanted to make it an anti-cake rally, too, complete with a poster of a cake in a red circle with a line through it (she isn't too fond of cakes, obviously) but we decided in the end to keep it positive and focus on our love of pies. And thus our first annual Rosh Hashanah Pie Fest was born.
After going to morning services and Tashlich on the shores of Lake Michigan, we turned our kitchen into a veritable pie factory. Along with covering our kitchen in flour, smears of butter, and sugar we churned out a fair number of pies, among them apple, lemon meringue, pumpkin, key lime, cherry and blueberry. I have to admit we cheated on the chocolate French silk, buying it from Bakers Square. The hardest part turned out to be the crust, and I ended up buying pre-made crusts from the grocery store after a few failed attempts. I felt a little guilty about doing this, as my mother was an expert baker, who had learned the art of making pastry crust from her mother, whose own mother was a cook in the Duke of Norfolk's kitchen (more on that in later blogs). We laid out the pies on tables in our backyard and had about ten people over, most of whom brought even more pies. It was lovely. The kids ran around, laughing and playing (and hyped up on sugar!), a wonderful sound. We ended up sitting around our outdoor fire pit, stuffed with all the different pies and feeling that we had done our part to start the New Year off as sweetly as possible. Every year Pie Fest has grown a little larger, and this year—our fourth—we're expecting about thirty guests. I'm going to try my hand at the crust once again, this time using a recipe that our cantor suggested. We'll see how it goes. L'Shana Tova!
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University of Hawaii at Hilo's Erika Morihiro was tied for third place heading into today's second round at the Sonoma State Women's Spring Golf Invitational in Rohnert Park, Calif.
Morihiro's first round 3-over-par 75 was five strokes behind the tourney leader, Cal State East Bay's Andrea Castellanos, who shot a 2-under-par 70 on Monday.
UHH's Nyssa Aoki was tied for 11th at 6-over-par 78 while teammate Dayna Bersamin was a stroke behind and tied for 14th place. Kristen Sawada was at 9-over-par 81 and tied for 23rd place, followed by Kacie Harada (T29, 82) and Jade Salvador (T44, 87).
Cal State East Bay leads the tournament with a 303 total, followed by Sonoma State (312), Cal State Monterey Bay (318), UHH (320), Point Loma (321), Academy of Art and Texas Wesleyan (324), Newman (327), Sonoma State-Blue (328) and Dominican (341).
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Even most casual fight fans have heard of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legend Rickson Gracie, for good reason, and according to a report his 25 year-old son Kron plans to make his MMA debut soon.
Gracie is a first degree BJJ Black Belt, a Judo Black Belt, and has won world championships as a purple belt and brown belt. At the 2011 ADCC's he placed third in the under 77KG (170 pounds) division. So, clearly he's got the grappling side of MMA covered. While speaking to the Brazilian outlet Tatame Magazine recently, here's what Gracie to say about transitioning into MMA and his father's legacy as a fighter (comments via MMA Fighting.com):
"I believe I'll make my MMA debut next year, that's my next step," Gracie said. "I would move away from jiu-jitsu competitions for a while to focus on that. It's a truer fight, there's no guard… It's you and another man going to war. It's truer than jiu-jitsu."
"I want to be way better than my father was," said the Brazilian. "There's no other option for me. I will be better than him or I won't even try. If I see him as a parameter, I see him as someone to surpass. If there were some other people, the best in the world, I would train to be better than him."
"I always think of Pride and want to be recognized for maintaining this line of my family. I won't fight with strategy or (to win by) points. I'm curious, I think it would be nice."
Gracie, who lives in California now, reportedly added that training with Jake Shields, Gilbert Melendez and the Diaz brothers has furthered his desire to fight. It's going to be fascinating to see how he does.
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In an effort to help our friends just starting out in the great sport of RC Aviation, we are getting back to the basics with this 136th installment of our show. Our "Intro to RC Flight" series will most likely span a few shows, with this first show covering some of the things you'll want to think about before even making that first purchase. As seasoned pilots, it is easy to overlook some of the basic answers you guys may be looking for, so please feel free to drop us an email if there is anything in particular that you are needing.
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J. Cole
Rapper J. Cole found success with his debut album, "Cole World: The Sideline Story," in September of 2011, and he believes his rise to fame is allowing him to create an even better second LP. He's admitted he's looking to hone in on his sound and be true to himself, rather than make more mainstream music just for ratings. His first single, "Miss America," shows off his talent.
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Seasoned rapper Lil Wayne has been in the game since he was in single digits and although he recently discussed ditching music for a career in skateboarding, it seems he can't get enough of making sweet beats. His latest project, "I Am Not a Human Being 2," is a follow up to his 2010 album, "I Am Not a Human Being."
Some fans might think Wayne is not as committed to music as he once was, but based on his heavy-hitting lineup of producers and guest spots, the album may shape up to be one of his better creations. Juicy J, David Banner, Cool and Dr. Dre are all in talks to produce the album, while Kanye West and 2 Chainz are scheduled to lend their talents on various tracks, the news outlet reports.
This hard-working artist has yet to slow down since giving birth to daughter Blue Ivy almost a year ago. Aside from performing during this year's Super Bowl halftime show, Bey is also putting out a documentary and a new album in 2013. She will reportedly be showcasing some of her new songs during the Super Bowl, along with a few of her classics.
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The New York-based rapper is at it again. This time, the artist, who is loved by both famed fashion designers and big time musicians, is bringing the heat. Banks will release her mix of sassy and classy with her latest album "Broke With Expensive Taste," sometime in 2013. The CD is set to showcase Banks' abilities to mix dance music and hip hop with more fun club sounds.
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BlackBerrys, the mobile devices favored by government agencies worldwide, are not manufactured in China because that would compromise their much-vaunted security advantage, according to the CEO of Research in Motion (RIM), which makes them.
"Very frankly, that is why we are not building or manufacturing in China, as many of our competitors do, to really protect our [software] code and make sure the [intellectual property] of RIM is protected," said Thorsten Heins, president and CEO of RIM at the company's annual shareholder meeting in Waterloo, Ontario.
His comments Tuesday are the latest to highlight growing concern in the United States and elsewhere about the security of the globalized electronics supply chain, and especially about possible back doors or Trojan horses in Chinese-made mobile phones or telecommunications components.
Earlier this week, The Washington Times reported that Rep. Frank R. Wolf had warned his congressional colleagues against buying phones or other equipment from two major Chinese telecommunications suppliers, Huawei and ZTE.
Security specialists say that, in many countries, it is hard for foreign businesses to be confident about the security of communications and computing because of local laws and practice.
"It is untenable for RIM" to be based in China, said David Aitel, a former computer scientist for the National Security Agency. "That is a bed they just can't get into. … How would their government clients react?"
"The reality is that RIM and other companies are being aggressively targeted by Chinese hackers," probably working for the government, said Mr. Aitel, now CEO of computing firm Immunity Inc.
RIM spokesman Nick Manning told The Times that many of the company's government clients around the world have legal restrictions against buying products made in countries with which they do not have a trade agreement.
"RIM has manufactured BlackBerry globally through contract suppliers, mostly based in Mexico, for many years, and we are further narrowing our supply chain to enhance cost efficiency," he said.
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Planning permission has been granted for a new housing development in Lisburn.
The go ahead has been given for a development by Lagan Homes Ltd on land to the east of Magheralave Meadows.
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In 2011, companies worldwide announced 27,668 mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, bringing the total transaction value to USD2.22 trillion. Two major up-cycles in corporate dealmaking have occurred in the 12 years. Check out this graph of quarterly deal flow.
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The 2000-02 technology bust and the collapse of the high-flying Nasdaq halted the late 1990s boom in merger and acquisitions (M&A). The technology sector drove much of this deal flow, with aggressive large-capitalization acquirers such as Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) leading the way.
M&A activity bottomed in 2003-04, following the economy's lead. But dealmaking boomed during the subsequent three years, bolstered by robust economic growth and benign credit conditions. Private-equity firms fueled much of the surge in mergers and acquisitions, taking advantage of low interest rates to borrow vast sums of money for their war chests.
The intensifying financial crisis ended this historic M&A boom in 2008.
Since deal flow bottomed in 2009, M&A activity has accelerated substantially, with the energy sector leading the way. In 2011 takeovers of oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) firms totaled more than $105 billion. The pipeline industry ranks third in the 2011 M&A league table, with more than $57 billion in announced deals. The midstream sector also furnished the biggest deal of 2011, Kinder Morgan Inc.'s (KMI) takeover of El Paso Corp (EP) for $39 billion in cash, stock and assumed debt.
More important, the stage is set for the M&A boom to continue in 2012.
With their bulletproof balance sheets, blue chips such as Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) and ExxonMobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) have enough cash on hand to close major deals regardless of conditions in global credit markets. However, smaller companies usually need to fund a portion of their acquisitions through borrowing. Private-equity outfits often borrow heavily to finance their deals.
When the credit is readily available, the universe of potential acquirers expands and deal premiums rise.
Despite ongoing concerns that the EU sovereign-debt crisis could spark a 2008-style credit crunch, capital markets remain open for business in the US. In fact, energy firms of all sizes continue to enjoy access to relatively inexpensive capital, a testament to the sector's favorable long-term growth prospects.
Check out this graph of the yield spreads between 10-year US corporate bonds that Standard & Poor's rates BBB and B- (several notches into junk territory) and Treasury bonds of the same duration. Note that a rising yield spread indicates that companies face a tightening credit market and higher borrowing costs.
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Yield spreads between corporate bonds and US Treasuries spiked during the 2008-09 credit crunch. At the height of the crisis, companies with a B- credit rating from Standard & Poor's paid about 1,500 basis points (15 percent) more to borrow money than the US government-a prohibitive cost of borrowing that effectively closed the bond markets to these firms. Today, this yield spread sits at slightly less than 7 percent, in line with prevailing rates about a decade ago and an improvement from last summer's high of more than 8 percent.
Investors should also remember that the yield spread also hinges on 10-year Treasury bonds, which currently yield less than 2 percent. The extraordinarily low yield on US government debt reflects investors' flight to safety amid heightened concern about the EU sovereign-debt crisis and global economic growth. Depressed yields on US government debt have also inflated this spread.
In absolute terms, the current average yield on 10-year bonds issued by companies rated B- is less than 8.75 percent. That's only slightly higher than the 7.5 to 8 percent that such a corporation would have paid at the height of the credit boom.
Companies rated BBB can borrow money for 10 years at roughly 2.5 percent more than what the US government would pay. The yield spread on bonds issued by companies with a BBB credit grade ticked up slightly during the summer and has declined steadily since early October. In absolute terms, BBB-rated credits currently pay an average interest rate of 4.4 percent, much less than the 6 percent a company of equivalent credit standing paid to borrow money during the boom years.
Despite the negative headlines about Europe, credit market conditions should continue to support M&A activity.


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Brussels, Belgium – The European Commission (EC) has concluded that a revised grant to support employee training at Volvo Cars Gent is compatible with EC Treaty state aid rules, following an in-depth investigation over concerns that part of the aid might finance activities which the company would have carried out anyway.
In May 2007, the Flemish Regional Government announced a grant of €6.02 million for a training program at Volvo Cars Gent, part of the Ford Motor Company. The plant employs 4,800 workers and produced 240,000 Volvo cars in 2006. The company had announced a new product platform that will become standard for midsize vehicles, and will also be used for Ford and Jaguar vehicles. Part of the training program related directly to this investment.
The Commission opened an in-depth investigation in September 2007, expressing doubts about the compatibility of the grants with the European Union's rules on state aid for training. To introduce a new production platform, a plant's workforce must be trained in the new techniques and work methods; the Commission therefore questioned whether the aid would lead to Volvo incurring additional training activities that would qualify for training aid, or if the aid would simply subsidize costs that the company would have had to incur in any event in the course of its daily operations.
Belgium acknowledged that part of the training would be carried out even without aid, but submitted that part of the program would go beyond what was necessary to operate the new platform and would not be otherwise carried out without the aid. Consequently, Belgium reduced the project's budget to €3.54 million to support only the latter training. With the endorsement from the European Commission, the Flemish Region will authorize the training aid to Volvo Cars Gent.


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LEARN ABOUT GIRL SCOUTS—Leaders and Scouts of Cadet Girl Scout Troop No. 8711 will present an evening of Girl Scout Camp Traditions, the second meeting in the Juliette & Me Seris Pathway" program planned by the Sunrise Valley Service Unit, from 6:30 to 8, Aug. 13, in the Ramona Library Community Room, 1275 Main St. The meeting is open to registered Girl Scout Juliettes (girls not affiliated with a troop), girls on the service unit waiting list, and anyone interested in becoming a Girl Scout. The Girl Scout year begins on Oct. 1 and this program is a way to preview Girl Scouts to see if the program is right for parent and daughter. Parents are needed to assist with the crafts and games. Cost is $2 per Scout. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP to Danielle Shaw, firstname.lastname@example.com or 760-535-8055.
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" Brand: Lulu Guiness / Type: Purse "
I've owned a couple of Lulu Guinness handbags over the years (see my reviews) and have wanted a matching purse for absolutely ages. It was my birthday recently and so I asked my parents for a purse from this fabulous designer.
Having looked at the selection on the website and also having visited the store last year I knew this was the one for me. I wanted one that was quite a decent size, classic design and versatile in terms of colour if I change the handbag I own at some point.
This purse is a black patent lather large frame design. It is 20cm in width, 12.5 in height and 3 cm in depth. The dimensions of it make it the perfect fit for my handbag though if you preferred small bags then it probably would be a little large (though they do a smaller version). The size makes it great for storing everything I need when out and about and it looks totally fabulous too.
The purse is rectangular and the black patent leather is lovely and shiny. It does get a little marked by fingers/water etc so I do find myself giving it a wipe down every now and then. It is super easy to clean and the black makes it a great versatile piece that I'm sure I'll keep for a very long time. On the outside of the purse there is a small leather plate with 'Lulu Guinness' on it which embellishes the side. The purse opens with a clip top which pulls apart easily. This is made from a silver metal and each clip has a little LG engraved on it which adds another lovely embellishment.
The purse is lined by the beautiful black and cream striped lining fabric. My handbag is actually lined with a similar fabric that is black and has cream lips on it. I like the fact that the two fabrics use the same colours and material and yet have different designs. My previous handbag from the designer has the same lining as the purse does and I found it wears really well.
There is a central part which separates the sides of the purse with a compartment with a zip. The zip is silver metal and has a pully which is a tiny little model of a vanity mirror with a LG engraved in the middle. I have the same pully on my handbag and I think they are super cute. My only irritating with this is that it is slightly near the top of the purse where it closes and sometimes it gets in the way. I tend to keep coins in this middle compartment which is really useful, you just have to remember to keep it zipped up otherwise they go everywhere!
One side of the middle compartment has a open space where I tend to put notes and vouchers/coupons. It also has an inside pocket which I keep documents in like a photocopy of my birth certificate. The other size of the middle compartment has 6 card slots and then a pocket behind where I keep additional cards. I think the design is nice and very slimline which is great because I tend to keep a lot of other stuff in my handbag.
The purse costs £135 and you really get what you pay for as far as I am concerned. You probably do pay a premium for the name, but the quality of materials is really great. I imagine I'll be holding onto this one for a very long time and it is unlikely it will need replacing for at least another 3-4 years. My previous handbag lasted a good 4 years and was still in a pretty good state by the time I got a new one so I am optimistic about the longevity of the purse.
Overall, I am extremely happy with my purse. I know it is a high price to pay but I definitely think it is worth the extra money to get something timeless and great quality.


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This summer, rumors of potential NHL expansion are reaching a high point. As expansion appears to become a distinct possibility, as part of Insider's 2013-14 NHL preseason coverage, we're running a mock expansion draft. If the NHL were to expand instead of relocate for its next new team -- be it in Seattle, Quebec City or elsewhere -- by what rules would the expansion draft be bound, which players would be protected and which players (out of the unprotected) would the new teams select?
Over the next three days, we're running through the answers to all of those questions, with the help of Insiders Craig Custance and former assistant GM Frank Provenzano, starting with the protected lists. Wednesday, Provenzano breaks down the Western Conference -- which players teams would protect and the thought process behind those decisions.
On Tuesday, my colleague (and fellow expansion team GM) Craig Custance ran through his list of protected players for teams in the East. Likewise, I was tasked with coming up with a list of protected players for teams in the West, and what follows are those selections along with my analysis, including which decisions gave me particular trouble.
For those who want to refresh themselves on the rules of this expansion draft, there's a full rules breakdown found here, but here's a brief summary:
Teams that protect one goalie are allowed to keep five defensemen and nine forwards. Teams that protect two goalies can keep only three defensemen and seven forwards. In the two-goalie scenario, teams must expose a third goalie who played either six games last season or 20 in the previous two seasons. As you'll see below, that becomes an important distinction.
All players with a no-move clause active for the current season are automatically on a team's protected list.
Teams must expose one defenseman and two forwards who played either 23 games last season or a total of 55 games the previous two seasons.
The following players are exempt from the draft: All first- and second-year professionals and all unsigned draft choices. So if you notice a key, young player on a team not protected, chances are he's exempt.
We ran through this exercise using the current NHL rosters. If an expansion like this were coming down the pike, it's likely that teams would make some additions that would help to protect them from exposing key veterans.
Note: A full list of the unprotected players -- the pool from which we'll be drafting -- will be published along with Thursday's draft results, although I do mention a number of the prominent unprotected players in the notes below.
The protected lists: Western Conference
F: Ryan Getzlaf (NMC), Corey Perry (NMC), Saku Koivu (NMC), Teemu Selanne (NMC), Andrew Cogliano, Daniel Winnik, Kyle Palmieri, Matt Beleskey, Dustin Penner
D: Sheldon Souray (NMC), Francois Beachemin (NMC), Cam Fowler, Luca Sbisa, Ben Lovejoy
G: Jonas Hiller
Notes: Not many tough calls here. The core players were easily protectable, and the players satisfying the experience requirement will not have a significant negative impact if they are lost in the draft. Two notable players exempted are forward Peter Holland and netminder Viktor Fasth.


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I have DVD Movie Factory 6. Under Multi-trim Video I don't understand Invert Selection. The dvd I am editing has two clips (original negative) that are reverse image so need to invert it to the positive image.
The original 16 mm movie consisted of outtakes clips. An outake is the positive image and the original film is a negative.
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invert selection normally changes everything in an image that had been selected to unselected and doing the opposite with the previously unselected parts.
there may be an invert in mf6 that would do it, but it wouldn't be in trim video. vegas has it in video FX.
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So what you're saying is that in Ulead MovieFactory 6 I can't turn a reverse image into a positive. Sure bothers me that my favorite guitar player in the existing dvd image is playing lefty rather than right handed. Thanks for the reply.
You are misusing the terms "negative" and "invert". If it's a left/right or up/down thing, what you want to look for is probably "FLIP" (might be included in "Rotate").
I don't use Ulead Products since ~2001, so can't help you there, but I'm guessing it's in your manual. Would have looked at the manual online, but seems Corel doesn't have easy links to it.


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Idaho Scientists Discover Traffic Impacts Bird Migration
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Scientists who built a "phantom road" high on an Idaho ridgeline say they've demonstrated how traffic noise can interrupt songbird migration.
Boise State University professor Jesse Barber and his team erected a half-mile string of tree-top loud speakers above Idaho's Snake River Plain in 2012.
When a tape played sounds of cars and trucks barreling along, the number of songbirds declined by more than a quarter, with some species disappearing almost completely, they found.
Funded by the National Park Service and published recently in a respected British scientific journal, the team's work could eventually guide wildlife managers trying to balance the interests of visitors driving through America's preserves and with the concerns of the wildlife they have come to see.


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Pop art employs aspects of mass culture, such as advertising, comic books and mundane cultural objects. Andy Warhol is probably the most famous figure in Pop Art
The painting will consist of 4 panes with bright pop art colors. Not only will you paint this personalized painting in class, but I will show you the simple steps to make more later.
Send us an image of your pet 72 hours prior to the class for your own pop art outline of your own pet to complete in class.
Proceeds benefit Duncan's vet and surgery bills (pictured in the sample painting).
Everyone brings their own "partakables". (wine, beer, cocktails, etc...)
BYOB class.
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Create Studios
3613 Perkins Road
Baton Rouge,
Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (CDT)
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Create Studios is a creative arts and carafes teaching space in Baton Rouge, LA. You will leave each class with the ability to create more!
Right now, all of Create Studios' classes are considered Make and Partake/ Arts and Carafes TM classes. This means you can bring food or beverages (of your choice) to the classes.
Each class will run 2-4 hours, depending on subject matter and may take place in Create Studios or at your private residence. For scheduling a private party email me.


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Coopers Celebrates 150 Years of Brewing
Australia's iconic Coopers Brewery is celebrating 150 years of brewing quality ales this year. It was in May 1862 that Thomas Cooper brewed his first commercial brew. One and a half centuries later, the world has changed considerably and so has the beer market in Australia. However, Coopers is still a family owned company, noted for brewing fine ales.
It was just over ten years ago that Coopers moved brewing operations to Regency Park in South Australia. Despite regular improvements, the old site at Leabrook, used by Coopers for 120 years, was simply no longer suitable. They now produce 63 million litres of beer a year and recent upgrades to the brewery will allow them to increase production by about 50%. Coopers currently have a 4% share of the Australian market place. However, they intend to increase this because of the recent upgrade and the market instability brought about by the sale of Fosters to SAB Miller.
To celebrate the 150 Year Anniversary, Coopers will be brewing a special Anniversary Ale. While we don't have any details, if the Vintage Ales are anything to go by, this will be something to look forward to. A number of celebratory events will also be announced as we get closer to the May anniversary date.
The full press release is shown below.
Coopers Brewery celebrates its 150th anniversary this year and is already setting its sights on the future.
Now the largest remaining Australian owned brewer, Coopers has been in family hands since its founder Thomas Cooper, a former stonemason and shoemaker, produced his first commercial brew in May 1862.
Coopers' Managing Director, Dr Tim Cooper, said Coopers currently produced about 63 million litres of beer a year to hold 4% of the Australian beer market, but was expecting to continue to increase its market share in coming years.
"We have been on a steady growth path for the past 15 years, during which time we have averaged 10% compound annual growth in beer volumes," he said.
"In 2001 we commissioned a modern, efficient brewery at Regency Park which we planned for ongoing growth, and we have subsequently expanded our presence throughout Australia, particularly in the Eastern States.
"We are confident of further significant growth as our beers become more available in club, pubs and retail outlets across Australia and overseas." The survival of the company also owes much to the development of Home Brew kits of which Coopers is now the largest manufacturer in the world.
Coopers' Regency Park brewery currently has the capacity to brew up to 90 million litres a year.
Coopers Chairman and Marketing Director, Glenn Cooper, said that Coopers had planned a series of events across the nation to celebrate the 150th anniversary, including the release of a special new celebratory beer.
Details of the new beer are still under wraps, but in keeping with the Coopers' tradition, it will be a bottle conditioned ale. Coopers most popular products continue to be its traditional top fermented ales.
Details of celebratory events will be unveiled from May onwards, the anniversary of when Thomas Cooper made his first commercial brew in 1862.
Today Coopers has 143 shareholders, mostly descendents of Thomas, and some 130 employees within the brewery, which operates over three shifts. There are an additional 65 employees working outside of SA in subsidiary companies.
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In order to compete with China-based vendors Inspur and Sugon Information Industry for data center server orders from Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, Lenovo will strengthen its partnership with Taiwan-based ODM Inventec, with the latter to be specifically responsible for R&D and ODM production, according to industry sources.
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Inventec achieves major improvement in server orders for 2017
Digi Times — With Intel expected to launch its next-generation server platform Purley in the second half of 2017, vendors such as Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell and Lenovo have recently started finishing their request for quotation (RFQ) processes for server orders for 2017 and Inventec reportedly has landed a majority of server orders from HP, while its orders from Dell and Lenovo also increased dramatically, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
Digitimes Research: Taiwan server revenues to rise 4.7% in 2015; global server shipments to drop 6.3%
Digi Times — Taiwan's revenues for server motherboards, servers, storage devices and related network equipment are expected to rise 4.7% on year to reach NT$494.3 billion (US$15.28 billion) in 2015. The growth will be weaker than that seen in 2014 and 2013, as enterprises have not invested in server products as much as expected. Global server shipments are also expected to drop 6.3% from the 2014 level to reach only 9.71 million units in 2015, according to Digitimes Research's new report on the server sector.
Commentary: Taiwan notebook ODMs may not see profitability improve in 2H15
Digi Times — The top-four Taiwan-based notebook ODMs all saw their profits decline significantly in the second quarter of 2015, and it still remains unclear if they can turn around in the second half of the year amid slowing economic growth globally. Wistron, a front-runner in terms of profitability, saw its net profits sink 89.4% sequentially to NT$77 million in the second quarter of 2015. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$0.03, the lowest quarterly earnings since the third quarter of 2004.
Xiaomi said to release notebook in 2016 with help from Inventec and Foxconn
Digi Times — China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi reportedly is planning to launch a notebook in 2016 and is currently developing the device jointly with its ODM partners Inventec and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry). So far, the notebook's mass production schedule has yet to be confirmed, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
Inventec to set up smart factory in Southeast Asia in 2016
Focus Taiwan — Taipei, Aug. 26 (CNA) Inventec Corp. (英業達), a major Taiwanese supplier of Chinese phone brand Xiaomi Inc., is thinking of setting up an intelligent manufacturing plant in Indonesia or the Philippines next year as part of its global expansion. The new facility would initially manufacture smartphones and PC-related products such as all-in-one computers, commercial tablets and mini-desktop computers based on customer demand, Inventec Chairman Richard Lee (李詩欽) said during a break at an event marking a cloud partnership between Microsoft Corp. and Chunghwa Telecom Co. (中華電信).
Inventec inks 5-year partnership with Siemens for Industry 4.0
Digi Times — Notebook ODM Inventec has signed an MoU with Siemens PLM Software, Siemens AG's subsidiary, for a 5-year strategic partnership to promote Germany Industry 4.0 in Taiwan, according to the company. Siemens PLM Software will provide its software solutions to help Inventec boot Germany Industry 4.0 in Taiwan, Inventec indicated. While many Taiwan-based enterprises have sought partnership with Siemens PLM Software, Inventec has become the first partner, Inventec said.
Digitimes Research: Taiwan 3Q15 notebook shipments expected to drop 12.2% on year
Digi Times — Taiwan-based ODMs will ship an estimated 32.067 million notebooks (not including detachable hybrid models) during the third quarter of 2015, accounting for 81.6% of the global total and increasing 2.4% on quarter but decreasing 12.2% on year, according to Digitimes Research. There will be 39.288 million notebooks shipped globally in the third quarter, growing 2.5% on quarter but slipping 12% on year, Digitimes Research indicated.
Taiwan notebook ODMs face growing competition from China-based LCFC, Uniwill
Digi Times — China-based ODMs LCFC (Hefei) Electronics Technology and Uniwill Technology are expected to have notebook shipments in 2015 significantly increasing on year, posing increasing competitive pressure on Taiwan-based notebook ODMs, mainly Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Inventec to expand cloud business unit for IoT development
Taiwan's Inventec, one of the world's largest contract laptop makers, is taking steps to expand its cloud business unit this year to cash in on the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) market. Inventec chairman Richard Lee said after a meeting with shareholders that the company will restructure its cloud business department into an "IoT and cloud business group" starting this year, with the plan to be formally announced at a later date.
China data center server standard project 3.0 to announce at year-end 2015
The third version of China's data center server technology standard project led by China-based Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent are set to be announced at the end of 2015 and the project will cover more standards and adopt a modularized design to help reduce China data centers' server purchasing costs, according to sources from the upstream supply chain. China launched the first version of the project in 2012 and the second in 2014 and the project is rather similar to the Open Compute Project (OCP) that Facebook has been aggressively promoting.
Inventec considering setting up factories in Japan, Singapore
Inventec is considering setting up factories in Japan and Singapore in 2015, according to company chairman Richard Lee. Japan-based clients, due to depreciation of the Japanese yen against the US dollar, have recently asked Inventec to set up assembly lines locally, Lee indicated. In view of business opportunities arising from the 2020 Olympic Games to take place in Tokyo, it is necessary to set up a factory for assembling products in Japan, Lee said.
Inventec to build server plants in Southeast Asia and Japan, says chairman
In addition to India, Inventec is also planning to establish plants in Southeast Asia and Japan for server production, mainly to serve its clients' demand, according to company chairman Richard Lee. Inventec's main server clients are Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell, bu the ODM has seen the majority of server orders come from HP, which has made aggressive moves in the server market.
Xiaomi seeking to set up India production plant jointly with Foxconn, Inventec
Xiaomi Technology is currently in talks with its Taiwan-based production partners Foxconn Electronics and Inventec for the possibility of jointly setting up a smartphone plant in India, according to Xiaomi's co-founder and president Lin Bin. The establishment of a production base in India will be instrumental to Xiaomi's future growth as the India government is currently promoting the production of industrial products in India, Lin noted.
Inventec to set up production lines in India
Inventec plans to set up production lines at a leased factory in Chennai, southern India, with production to begin at the end of the second or beginning of the third quarter of 2015, according to the company. While Inventec is reluctant to reveal what kinds of products it intends to produce at the Chennai factory, the production lines are likely to roll out smartphones and other devices for China-based Xiaomi Technology initially, according to industry watchers.
Inventec sets up innovation incubation fund
Notebook ODM Inventec has established an innovation incubation fund and aims to invest in 20 innovation teams in 2015, according to company chairman Richard Lee. The fund has NT$30 million (US$945,000) in the first phase, and 10 of the planned 20 teams will be selected from finalists at an innovation competition to be held by the Cloud Computing Association in Taiwan (CCAT) for which Lee is president.
Facebook planning to give network switch orders to Taiwan ODMs
Optimistic about software defined network (SDN) development, Facebook is planning to shift its network switch orders from existing brand partners to Taiwan's white-box suppliers in 2015 and both Quanta Computer and Wiwynn, a white-box server subsidiary of Wistron, are already preparing aggressively to strive for related orders.
Inventec automating production lines in eastern China
Taiwan-based notebook ODM Inventec, in order to reduce impact of continued wage hikes and tight supply of labor, started trial automation of production lines at factories in Shanghai, eastern China, in late November 2014 and expects to decrease labor input by 30% when the first phase of trial automation is completed at the end of the first quarter of 2015.
Wistron, Quanta, Inventec to enhance software R&D capability
Notebook ODM Wistron will set up a software R&D center with 200 engineers initially in southern Taiwan, while fellow maker Quanta Computer will expand software R&D manpower to support production of data center servers to compete for orders for setting up private or private/public hybrid cloud computing platforms, according to the companies. Inventec will also expand R&D center by recruiting 1,000 software engineers in 2015.
Taiwan server ODMs expanding services
Taiwan-based server ODMs have been aggressively expanding their services worldwide. Quanta Computer's server centers in Japan, and in China's Hangzhou and Beijing have recently started operating, while its office in Germany will also begin operation by the end of 2014. Inventec is also set to establish a cloud computing server center in Europe to better serve its clients in the region.
Tango CTO: "Alibaba investment gave us wings"
In May 2014, Alibaba led messaging app Tango's $280M financing round, during a period when the mobile messaging space saw giant movements with acquisitions from Facebook (Whatsapp) and Rakuten (Viber) also hitting the headlines. It's apparent that Alibaba didn't want to miss out. It has been trying hard to push its own Laiwang app, but has had little success.
Inventec plans to launch cloud computing services via cooperation with Microsoft
Inventec is talking with Microsoft about cooperation to integrate Microsoft-developed cloud computing software with Inventec hardware to launch related services in 2015, with target users to be small-to-medium-size enterprises in Taiwan and China, according to the company, adding that Inventec is setting up a data center in Taipei which, in addition to its in-house needs, will host an extra 20 server racks available for outside users.
Inventec targeting 2015 business growth from non-notebook product lines
Notebook ODM Inventec saw consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2014 decrease on quarter and on year mainly due to shrinking shipments of notebooks, and hopes that non-notebook product lines, including AIO (all-in-one) PCs, tablets, servers and hand-held devices, will drive business growth in 2015, the company said at an investors conference on November 7. Inventec has received fewer ODM orders for consumer notebooks to be shipped in 2015 from Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba, the company said.
Inventec posts 2Q14 net EPS of NT$0.41
Inventec has released its financial report for the second quarter of 2014, recording consolidated revenues of NT$104.9 (US$3.5 billion), gross margin of 5.3%, net operating profit of NT$1.68 billion, net profit of NT$1.48 billion and net EPS of NT$0.41. Commenting on the reduced profits in the second quarter compared to the first, Inventec pointed out that the drop mainly resulted from exchange losses, but the company's gross margin in the second quarter was better than the first and is expected to stay at around the same level in the second half.
Inventec expects 2-digit growth in 2014 server shipments
Inventec expects 2-digit on-year growth in ODM server shipments in 2014 and more than 10% on-year growth in the corresponding revenue, the company said at a May 13 investors conference. Due to declining demand for consumer notebooks, Inventec said its total notebook shipments in first-quarter 2014 slipped sequentially. However, first-quarter shipments of servers, smart handheld devices and PV products all rose significantly, Inventec said.
Wistron, Inventec to start ODM production of ARM-architecture servers for HP in 2H14
Wistron and Inventec will begin ODM production of ARM-architecture servers for Hewlett-Packard (HP) in the second half of 2014, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers. Some component makers will start shipping products for HP's ARM-based servers in May. Although ARM solutions are unlikely to become an immediate threat to Intel, the sources believe the extra option should provide clients more leverage to bargain for better prices and more resources from Intel.
As Apple rumours arise, Inventec posts stellar NT$1.97 EPS in 2013
TAIPEI – Original design manufacturer Inventec Co. yesterday held the company's earnings conference, reporting earnings-per-share performance of NT$1.97 over the course of 2013. Most notably, net income for the company last year improved by 251 per cent from the previous period, reaching NT$6.209 billion (S$258 million), profit margins of 4.9 per cent. Revenues for the company also saw a 12 per cent year-on-year growth at NT$461.092 billion.
Inventec to launch cloud computing-based storage solutions in Southeast Asia
Inventec will launch cloud computing-based storage solutions for SMBs in the Southeast Asia market in the third quarter of 2014 through cooperation with the Taiwan government-sponsored Institute for Information Industry and independent software developers, according to company senior advisor George Wang. In addition to Southeast Asia, Inventec will also extend its reaches to markets such as China, North America and Japan and expects to see some results by the second half of 2014. As for the plan to spin off its cloud computing application business into an independent subsidiary, Wang noted that it is a long-term plan, but the company so far has not yet had a firm schedule for it.


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SALT LAKE CITY — At-risk students would have the opportunity to participate in two hours of additional schooling each day under the terms of a bill formally supported Thursday by the State School Board.
The unnumbered bill, sponsored by Sen. Stuart Reid, R-Ogden, calls for $5 million to create a program that would allow elementary schools to apply for a grant to provide extended-day services to the children of families affected by intergenerational poverty.
"We focus primarily on adults, believing that it will trickle down, but it doesn't work," Reid said of the ongoing war on poverty. "The approach I thought we would venture out into is to have a data-driven approach so it's based on facts, based on the data, with a focus on children."
Reid said children from economically challenged families too often get trapped in a cycle of poverty, becoming discouraged while falling behind their peers and eventually dropping out of school. That leads to statistically higher instances of teen pregnancy, drug use and crime, he said.
Breaking that cycle requires interventions, Reid said, adding that ideally he would like to see state agencies working with educators to both provide help at home while offering additional resources at school.
"We have an obligation as adults to intervene," he said. "We have an obligation to do it another way."
The bill, which was prepared with help from the Utah State Office of Education, calls for teachers to be paid their hourly rate to extend their workday by 2 ½ hours, allowing 30 minutes of preparation and two hours of classroom time for all 180 days of the school year.
Participation in the after-school program would be voluntary and targeted at children whose families are affected by intergenerational poverty.
State Superintendent Martell Menlove said the intent is to have the same teachers students are engaged with during the day teaching the after-hours program. The $5 million would allow for 250 classrooms at roughly $20,000 each, he said.
Reid said that while initially limited to 250 classrooms, he expects the program to yield results that generate support to be extend throughout the state.
"I'd like to have every child, where it's manageable, that's part of this (at-risk) population to be able to get the additional help and training in school to help them be competitive and successful in life," he said.
The specifics of the grant program's management and design is left undefined to allow educators to create what they deem to be the most effective model, Reid said. From now until the bill goes up for debate, any changes to the language will be made by the State School Board, he said.
"I'm trying to get the Legislature out of the business of telling you how to do things," Reid told board members.
Board member David Thomas commented that Reid's bill aligns with the board's legislative priorities for the year, which include early intervention initiatives.
"We were talking about having a menu of options where schools could come in and ask for grants," Thomas said. "This could be one of those key components of that initiative."
Sen. Aaron Osmond, R-South Jordan, also presented to the board some of his proposed bills for the 2014 session, including several pieces of legislation that represent altered versions of bills that failed to gain support last year.
Among those bills is a funding request for high-quality public preschool as a way to target economically disadvantaged students. Osmond described the bill as the most important piece of legislation he will sponsor this year. Like Reid, he presented his plan as a tool for disrupting families caught in a cycle of poverty.
"We need to unify behind this issue, and that's the issue of early education for our most at-risk students in the state," Osmond said.
In last year's version of the bill, Osmond called for the creation of public-private funding partnerships where private investors would loan money to the state for preschool expansion with the understanding that they would be repaid with interest if the interventions proved successful.
Osmond said Thursday he did a poor job managing the politics of the bill, which ultimately failed to clear the Senate.
"I did not anticipate the reaction that we had from both inside and outside the Legislature," he said.
The year, Osmond said he is proposing a simplified bill that calls for a direct funding request of $6 million from the Education Fund in place of a private loan structure.
But while investment in early education is a priority of the State School Board, several members expressed concern that the funding for Osmond's bill would ultimately draw money away from the amount of per-pupil funding schools receive.
Board member Leslie Castle asked if there is any other way to fund the preschool services, saying pulling from the Education Fund would undermine years of work to increase the level of per-pupil funding.
"It makes a statement that I think is really disheartening to me," Castle said.
Osmond said it is not his intention to threaten per-pupil funding, but that targeted early childhood interventions are critical to improving the performance of at-risk students.
"I don't know where else to pull it from," he said. "At the end of the day, this is an incremental revenue (request), and it's an education program."
Osmond also presented a bill aimed at addressing the disparity between school district property tax revenue, a frequent talking point among lawmakers that has been the focus of several bills, including one sponsored by Osmond last year that failed to reach the House.
Under current law, property value increases are met with coinciding decreases in tax rates to maintain revenue neutrality. But Osmond's bill would freeze the basic tax rates, allowing schools to collect additional funds that result from an increase in property values.
Those funds would be distributed through school land trust accounts, he said, under the discretion of school community councils and local administrators.
"Any increase becomes new money," Osmond said. "Now it's actually new money that would be brought into the system."
Osmond said the bill he sponsored last year — pejoratively dubbed a "Robin Hood" bill for potentially moving money from affluent districts to cash-strapped areas of the state — gained "zero support" from school districts and a divided response from lawmakers.
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"It's not increasing the tax rate, but it is increasing new revenue," Osmond said. "It is, I believe, a bill that many of my colleagues will support."
As of Thursday, roughly 65 bills or bill requests had been filed for the 2014 Legislature on the subject of education.
Among those bills are three that would alter the way State School Board members are elected, revisions to suicide prevention statutes, a resolution recognizing the 100th anniversary of Davis High School and two bills dealing with religious freedom in the classroom.
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''There's something happening in this nation,'' Barnes told the crowd at the $25-a-plate breakfast. The event collected $7,000 for local Democratic candidates, according to Chairman John Jeffreys, money that will be contributed to general election campaigns.
''People have lost trust in the people who govern them,'' Barnes said.
Americans are defensive, Barnes said, and disguise their nationality when they travel overseas.
''We are in deep trouble,'' he said.
The 80th governor of Georgia, Barnes lost his 2002 re-election campaign in a sweeping victory for Republicans, who took the governorship for the first time since Reconstruction and unseated incumbent Sen. Max Cleland. Since then, Barnes has returned to practicing law. He currently practices with his daughter and son-in-law, Allison and John Salter.
Athens remains a Democrat stronghold, bucking the trend of much of the Republican-leaning state.
Barnes urged local party members to keep the faith and reminded them that for many of his 22 years in the state legislature, he was sent to the Capitol by staunchly Republican voters in Cobb County.
''I was there when they took the courthouse and I'll be there when we take it back,'' he said.
Republicans on the national level have made disastrous foreign policy and free-trade policies, and, on the state level, rolled back progress on education reforms, he said.
''History is going to be a harsh judge and a harsh jurist over what has happened in the past few years of the Bush administration,'' he said, criticizing tax rules that he said encourage companies to move jobs overseas.
And, he called plans to cut state education spending by $536 million over two years ''appalling.''
''I would have scraped the gold off the dome of the Capitol before I would cut education,'' he said.
Only six of 10 Georgia first-graders will graduate high school and only one of 10 will graduate college, odds that can be improved by smaller class sizes in the earliest grades, Barnes said.
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Sussex return to The BrightonandHoveJobs.com County Ground, Hove and play their penultimate match this season when they entertain Yorkshire in the LV=County Championship Division One, from tomorrow (10.30am start).
It's five months since Sussex last met Yorkshire in any competition following victory over them at Headingley on the opening day of the season, and they will be hoping for a repeat performance this time around, as they lie 16 points shy of their visitors in the Division One table.
The hosts can welcome back skipper Ed Joyce from Ireland duty whilst Matt Machan also returns from playing for Scotland against his captain in the One-Day International series. Matt Prior returns to the Sussex squad following the successful Ashes series this summer. Luke Wright and Chris Jordan are missing though with the England One-Day International squad currently taking on Australia.
Left-arm spinner Ashar Zaidi is included in the squad on non-contract terms following his trial with the Second Eleven. Andy Miller boosts the seam-bowling options, whilst Sussex are hoping that leading wicket-taker Steve Magoffin shakes off a virus and is fit to play.
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It was an honor and a pleasure sitting down backstage and talking with Robert"Kool"Bell original founder of [lastfm]Kool And The Gang![/lastfm]
As a disc jockey over the last 35 years these are the kind of defining moments you embrace for years to come. In a brief interview I asked Robert Bell about those early days in Jersey City, New Jersey starting with high school, which we graduated the same year, putting the band"The Jazziacs"together with five of his friends. In 1967, upon graduation, they changed their name to "Kool And The Flames". That lasted two years until 1969 when the name "James Brown's Famous Flames" caused too much confusion. Robert decided on the name[lastfm]"Kool And The Gang"[/lastfm]. No confusion there, but a contract with Gene Redd and his new record label De-Lite Records gave [lastfm]Kool And The Gang[/lastfm] their first hit on the pop charts with the release of their first album"Eponymous! In 1973 came the album "Wild And Peaceful" with the hits "Jungle Boogie" and "Hollywood Swinging". The 1974 album"Light Of Worlds" and the album "Spirit Of The Boogie" in 1975 were seen as the greatest achievements of the band with the single "Summer Madness" gaining much attention.The late 70's saw a lull in [lastfm]Kool And The Gang.[/lastfm] In 1979 "J.T."Taylor joined the group and the hits began to roll. "Ladies Night" in 1979 and "Celebration" in 1980 with other hits like "Big Fun", "Get Down On It", "Joanna" and in 1984The Emergency album produced four top 20 hits including "Fresh" and "Cherish". Their song "Jungle Boogie" was featured in the Quentin Tarantino move "Pulp Fiction" All I know is [lastfm]Kool And The Gang[/lastfm] still rocks after forty plus years. I asked Robert about family and he smiled and said"I have two". I replied "two kids" and he said yes two grand kids..a boy and a girl and both have musical talent! Portions of my interview with Robert Bell will be on koolradio.com soon!


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Born in Fort Worth and raised in Burleson, Kelly Clarkson captured our hearts in 2002 when she won the inaugural season of American Idol. Just weeks after her win, Kelly's coronation single, "A Moment Like This," made history when it jumped from No. 52 to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, breaking the record previously held by the [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Beatles[/lastfm] for the biggest leap to the top.
In April '03, Kelly Clarkson released Thankful. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and sold two million copies in the U.S. The single "Miss Independent," co-written by [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Christina Aguilera[/lastfm], was a Top 10 hit, and it earned Kelly a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Wanting to distance herself from the Idol label, Kelly parted ways with her management company and adopted a more pop-rock sound for her sophomore album, Breakaway. Released in the fall of 2004, Breakaway was a huge critical and commercial success. It debuted at No. 3 and spent 61 consecutive weeks in Billboard's Top 20. Twelve million copies were sold around the world, and it remains Kelly's best-selling album to date. Breakaway also produced five hit singles: "Breakway," the Grammy-winning "Since U Been Gone," "Behind These Hazel Eyes," "Because of You" and "Walk Away."
After the underwhelming performance of her third album, the dark and rock-oriented My December, Kelly Clarkson returned to her pop roots for 2009's All I Ever Wanted. The move paid off. All I Ever Wanted debuted atop the Billboard 200, her second album to do so. Again, Kelly made Billboard history when her single "My Life Would Suck Without You" went from No. 97 to No. 1 in just one week. The song was also a No. 1 smash in Canada, Hungary and the U.K., while "I Do Not Hook Up" and "Already Gone" were both Top 20 hits on the Hot 100 chart.
In October 2011, the Burleson native released Stronger, her fifth studio album. Mixing elements of pop, rock, country and soul, Stronger landed at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and has already been certified gold in the U.S. The album has produced two singles so far: "Mr. Know It All" and "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)." The latter recently became Kelly's third No. 1 hit.
Following her concert tonight in Grand Prairie, Kelly Clarkson heads to L.A. for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. She and country star [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Jason Aldean [/lastfm] will perform their nominated duet, "Don't You Wanna Stay." The Grammys air Sunday night on CBS.
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SOUND MODULES What's a Double Piano? Two pianos stacked on top of each other? Of course not, Silly; in fact they are not pianos at all, they are just sound modules. But what's a sound module? If we consider the Midi system to be analogous to musical notation; that is, it has the notes and how to play them, then the sound modules are the equivalent of musical instruments. The modules receive on a specific channel like a TV set, and they accept an order to play one instrument per channel; not so bad, there are sixteen channels. These sound modules are all over the place (I have twelve), they are even inside the keyboards. (Four more) The sounds in these modules are usually made in one of two ways; from scratch using sine waves and their ilk, and by recording the actual sounds of the instrument, called sampling. Sampling is done by recording each and every note separately, and usually loud and soft versions of each note as well, and then mapping them out on the keyboard so that when you press a key a specific recorded sound comes out. However, these sounds are not equally good, in fact some of them are pretty bad. One module will have pretty good violin sounds; another will have a good trumpet; still another's flute sounds will be O.K. Most of the rest of the sounds will be unusable. Supposedly these sounds can be tweaked to make them sound better, but it has been my experience to find that after diddling with a sound for several weeks, the original sound was better than what I finally came up with. In other words except for very minor changes, if a sound is no good, the best thing is to abandon it and look elsewhere. For some reason, piano sounds are the hardest to capture. The sounds on my Roland were better than on my entry level Yamaha, but I remained unsatisfied with them, and most of my music was for the piano. Finally in desperation, I decided to layer two pianos by sending the same music to two different modules. By accident, I chose the pianos from Roland and Alessis; still not authentic piano, but interesting nevertheless. The Roland was pitched an octave lower than the Alessis, which gave the sound a nice growl. Shortly after that, I got my Kawai piano, which was satisfactory enough so that I never used this combination again.


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Ion Torrent Hits 400bp Read Length Mark...Why we're excited.Posted by Justin Johnson on Jun 04, 2012
It's been a while since I have blogged on Ion Torrent data. There are several reasons for this.
First and foremost is that my head has been buried in The Archon Genomics XPrize Validation Protocol in which we were contracted to execute staring at the end of last year. The AGXP is an ambitious, incentivized prize competition that will award $10 million to the first team to rapidly, accurately, and economically sequence 100 whole human genomes to a level of accuracy never before achieved. The VP provides an opportunity to test and score current WGS technologies, assist the scientific community in establishing the reference genome(s) for this Competition and the means for analyzing the results of the Competition.
Second, it was with great anticipation and excitement that we received our Certificate of Compliance recently from the US Dept. of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This means we have been deemed a CLIA lab and can begin to offer our Clinical Exome test under CLIA guidelines. No small feat.
But, here I am, again, knocking the dust off the blogging boots, and wading into another data set Ion Torrent has publically released.
Ion Torrent PGM Changes Sequencing Turnaround from Weeks to Days - VideoPosted by Steven Davis on May 25, 2012
The Life Technologie's Ion Torrnet Bus stoped at EdgeBio in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Here they talked with President and CEO Dean Gaalaas about how EdgeBio has successfully been using the Ion PGM Sequencer in their service lab for over a year now. The Ion Torrent PGM Sequencer's speed has enabled EdgeBio to dramatically increase sequencing turnaround times, from weeks to days.
Clinical Exome Sequencing Services for Labs and Hospitals for in-House InterpretationPosted by Steven Davis on May 09, 2012
We would like to thank Genomeweb for their recent articles regarding the announcement of our CLIA status. If you missed the articles from Genomeweb you can view them here: Clinical Exome Sequencing and EdgeBio Recieves CLIA Certification
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A few weeks ago we received our CLIA certification for next generation sequencing and will offer clinical exome sequencing for large labs and hospitals that can do their own in-house analysis. We will supply aligned sequencing data and leave the interpretation to the customers themselves.
Recieving CLIA StatusPosted by Dean Gaalaas on Apr 24, 2012
It was with great anticipation and excitement that we received our Certificate of Compliance yesterday from the US Dept. of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This, paired with our compliance letter from the State of Maryland, means we have been deemed a CLIA lab and can begin to offer our Clinical Exome test under CLIA guidelines. It's been quite a journey to get here and everyone is quite excited to receive this designation and achieve this milestone.
AmpliSeq Cancer Panel for Detection of Somatic MutationsPosted by Justin Johnson on Apr 01, 2012
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