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The Isle of Wight woke up to sun on the Saturday, and it was a relaxed, possibly hung-over crowd which made the effort to see The Yeah Yeahs. Oh wait, no, that's The Yeah You's. Glad that's not confusing. The Yeah You's are a duo comprising of Nick Ingram and Mike Kintish, and their summery, easy listening rock was a great way to start the day. They didn't get the crowd on their feet, but new debut single '15 minutes', their finale, went down well.
Next up on the main stage, and a well known face emerges by the name of Sharon Corr. She plays a good set, mixing a few of her new solo tracks with a few classic Corrs tunes. The sun is hot, an Irish fiddle plays over the speakers, the father christmas' have arrived (most notably the one who forgot to pack everything apart from his hat and g-string) and the festival is in a mellow, chilled out mood. The night before seems a long time ago.
This reviewer shamefully admits to not really knowing much about the Zombies, next on stage. And that is the beauty of the Isle Of Wight Festival, something you won't find at, say, Reading and Leeds. The chance to learn about and to experience bands the younger generation wouldn't necessarily know about. Best known for their 1968 album 'Odyssey and Oracle', which was #80 in The Rolling Stones Top 500 albums of all time, they departed ways the same year, only for their album to become popular in the 80's, and to begin being name-checked in the 90's and 00's by artists such as Ok Go, Of Montreal, The Beautiful South, the late Elliot Smith, and Paul Weller, who often covers their songs. They played a mixed set of old and new tracks, including three in a row from Odyssey....,talked to the crowd giving the history of the tracks, and slowly won the crowd around with their summery, classic sounding pop music.
Over in the Big Top however, things are a bit more frantic. The Maccabees have arrived, and it's a large crowd which greets them. I liked their first album, Colour it in, but I always thought it was missing a little....grit. It had the tunes, but it was as if the band didn't have the confidence to match them. With their new album, Wall of Arms, the still young members have triumphed, and their sound is more confident, mature, slightly darker, it is as if the band want to be taken more seriously. And after their performance at the IoW, they should be. Walking onstage to moody 'No Kind Words', they played a frantic, sharp set, comprised of songs from both albums. It was songs from their second album which really grabbed you though, 'Can You Give it', 'Dinosaurs', and 'Seventeen Hands' all getting the crowd in a frenzy. "Give them a good review please, they're awesome" says the guy standing next to me, and as 'Love You better' comes to a close, I assure him that that will not be a problem. Performance of the weekend so far.
Back on the main stage, the View played to an appreciative audience, who loved the tracks off their debut album, dancing and singing with the band, but were less sure about the more subtle songs of their second album. Though they might not have been on fire, they were smokin'..
In complete contrast to the View, in every way possible, Mercury Rev were playing in the Big Top. With a massive, epic sound which takes you on a journey, and a front man in Jonathan Donahue who captivates your attention, they are always a band worth seeing. I had my doubts whether they would fit in on a hot sunny afternoon, but the outside world was soon forgotten as they played tracks from their most recent album, 'Snowflake Midnight', Jonathan leaping around the stage, miming his band members, arms flailing in time with the music. It was couple of oldies, though, which captured this reviewer. 'Holes', from 'Deserter's Songs', sounded desolate but so powerful under the big canopy, and 'The Dark is Rising', from the album 'All Is Dream', filled the tent, silencing the crowd who clung on to every word. It brought a tear to this reviewer's eye, and the world seemed a very different place when we walked into the bright sunshine afterwards. Amazing stuff.
Razorlight. Now here's a band who many people would say have seriously fallen from grace since their fantastic album 'Up All Night'. The past arrogance of Johnny Borrell, and his seeming obsession with America, led to a lacklustre reception to their 3rd album, and it was interesting to see how they would fair after a long absence from a big festival appearance. But all credit to them, they performed. Coming on to 'In the Morning', they played a set comprised of songs from all their albums. It was songs from their debut which got best reaction, songs such as 'Vice' and 'Somewhere Else' getting the crowd moving, and 'Golden Touch' gaining a big singalong. 'America' also found the crowd in good voice, and a cut down 'Wire to Wire' echoed out beautifully around the arena. Johnny,
maybe, just maybe, all is forgiven.
Somewhere, in the last couple of years, Stereophonics have gone from a good band to a headlining band, and for good reason...Their armoury of songs.
Thoughts on them headlining were mixed before they played, but I don't think anybody had any doubts on their position on the bill by the end of their set. With so many good songs to choose from, so many well known tracks, it was easy for them to win this crowd over which wanted to end the day on a high. Ripping into 'The Bartender and The Thief', they never slowed, playing songs such as 'More Life in A Tramp's Vest', 'A Thousand Trees', 'Have a Nice Day', 'Same Size Feet', 'Traffic', and 'Just Looking', which got the whole crowd chanting. Their cover of Mike d'Abo's 'Handbags and Gladrags' drew a huge applause and the audience knew every word. They also played a couple of newbies, one called 'Innocent', and it has to be noted that they fitted in well and were warmly received by the hits hungry audience. For an encore, a solo Kelly Jones appeared in a spotlight, surrounded by darkness, to perform a stunning version of Maybe Tomorrow to an eerily silent crowd, a song which took on a whole new meaning as his distinctive voice travelled around the arena. And then to finish, a stomping version of Dakota to send the crowd back to their tents happy and high on simply good music. A great close to the Saturday.
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March 8, 2006 - Merle "Duane" Wetherbee has his suspicions on why someone would steal his plane and fly it to Mexico.
"It's a drug runners airplane of choice," said Wetherbee, whose 4-door, 1966 Cessna 182 plane was taken from Marana Regional Airport the morning of Feb. 28.
Wetherbee rented one of the newer hangars on the airport's west side. He and pilot Bill Thrown locked the plane and hangar on Feb. 27 after fueling the plane for a business trip scheduled for Feb. 28.
The following consists of a version of events, taken from a police report and interviews with Wetherbee and Thrown:
About 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 28, Thrown arrived at the airport and noticed the hangar door open about three feet. The combination padlock used to lock the door the day before was gone.
Thrown called Wetherbee, who notified the Marana Police Department.
Officers talked to a handful of people, including a fuel maintenance worker, a janitor and a medic present at the airport during the hours the plane went missing. All three saw nothing suspicious, they said.
About 6 a.m. on Feb. 28, a flight professor arrived at the airport and noticed the runway lights were on. The lights come on when a pilot punches a button seven times from inside a plane. The lights shut off automatically 20 minutes later.
A plane took off from the airport on Avra Valley Road about 5:50 a.m., according to a police report. The Federal Aviation Administration tracked the plane - which police believe to be Wetherbee's - on radar before it disappeared behind the Tucson Mountains.
The FAA picked up the flight's pattern again around Ryan Airfield, where the plane continued heading south. The FAA lost the plane again five miles north of Nogales.
Officers notified the FBI and the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center, who continue to investigate.
So far, they have no plane and no suspects, Marana Police Sgt. Jose Alvarez said.
Detectives hope fingerprints lifted from a tow bar and the hangar door will lead them to the culprit, Sgt. Alvarez said.
"That's all we have," he said.
The tow bar, found inside the hangar, had been connected to the plane the last time Thrown and Wetherbee saw the aircraft - about 11 a.m. on Feb. 27.
One other plane has been stolen from the Marana airport in the past decade, authorities said. The theft occurred before Airport Director Charles Mangum was hired in 2004.
Mangum saw three planes stolen in the early 1990s as an employee with Mesa's Falcon Field Airport.
"The most likely suspect was that they were used for drug smuggling," Mangum said.
To steal Wetherbee's plane, a thief had to pass through a coded gate, a secured hangar and into a locked plane. He would have had to start the plane without a key, something pilots say is not difficult.
A plane can easily be "hotwired," explained Wetherbee, who has flight training himself.
"Any jiggle key that gets in the ignition would start the aircraft," he said. "Then you turn the master switch on and hit the prop."
However, it happens rarely.
Full moons appear more than airplanes go missing. Last year saw 12 full moons and just 11 airplanes reported stolen in the United States and Mexico, according to the Aviation Crime Prevention Institute.
Two of the 11 happened to be Cessna 182s stolen from Arizona airports.
"I have no idea how to make an airplane more secure," Wetherbee said.
Anyone who enters the Marana airport must enter through one of three security gates, all with different electronic codes. An 8-foot-high wall surrounds the main business portion of the airport.
Plane owners supply their own combination padlocks for the hangar doors.
Besides himself, only Thrown and airport maintenance workers knew the combination to his lock and had a copy of the plane's key, Wetherbee said.
Five years ago, he founded Arizona Fine Aggregate Business, which makes equipment to process sand and gravel. In January 2005, Wetherbee hired Thrown to be the company's full-time pilot.
Thrown previously worked as a flight instructor at the Marana airport.
Wetherbee usually took business trips in the plane about three times a week, flying to Idado, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington, among other places. Thrown flew Wetherbee to Phoenix for a business meeting five days before the plane disappeared.
Others also flew in the plane, including Dan McQuade, a private contractor who does work for Wetherbee.
Marana's airport employs about 150 people and has more than 300 planes stored in its hangars.
While the business office closes at 7 p.m., the airport remains active 24 hours a day. Marana Police officers, Border Patrol and Pima County Sheriff's deputies come in and out of the airport at all hours to check on things.
Someone could take off from the airport and not notify anyone, Mangum said.
"It's no different than driving on the street or in a parking lot," he said. "It's courtesy to get on the radio and announce it, but you don't have to."
If a pilot takes off without giving notification, "you're not breaking any laws, you're breaking etiquette," Wetherbee added.
In the coming weeks, Mangum plans to change the security code on each of the airport's three gates. He continues to have conversations with federal and local investigators, he said.
Wetherbee had only partial insurance on his $120,000 plane. He will lose about $40,000 to $50,000 because of the theft, he estimated.
"The recovery rate on an airplane is nil to none," he said.
It takes 30 minutes to fly from Marana to Nogales. Wetherbee's plane had a full tank of fuel and could go about six hours in the air, he said.
"I'm pretty comfortable (saying) that it went to Mexico and will be used in some sort of illegal activity," Wetherbee said.


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RADNOR, Pa., Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Brandywine Realty Trust (the "Company") (NYSE:BDN) announced today that its operating partnership, Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P., has priced the underwritten public offering of $250 million of 3.95% senior unsecured guaranteed notes due 2023. Interest on the notes will be payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 commencing August 15, 2013. The notes are being offered to investors at a price of 99.273% of principal amount with a yield to maturity of 4.037%, representing a spread at pricing of 235 basis points to the yield on the 1.625% Treasury note due November 15, 2022. The net proceeds of the offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $246.1 million and will be used to fund the previously announced tender offers intended to be commenced for $216.8 million in outstanding principal amount of the 7.5% Guaranteed Notes due May 15, 2015 and $250 million in outstanding principal amount of the 6.0% Guaranteed Notes due April 1, 2016 of Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P. Any net proceeds not used to fund these tender offers will be used for general corporate purposes and for the repayment, repurchase or other retirement of existing indebtedness. The sale of the notes is expected to close on December 18, 2012.
The joint book-running managers for the offering are J.P. Morgan Securities LLC; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and RBS Securities Inc. The senior co-managers for the offering are Capital One Southcoast; Inc.; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. The co-managers for the offering are BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC; BMO Capital Markets Corp.; BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC; Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.; Comerica Securities, Inc.; The Huntington Investment Company; Janney Montgomery Scott LLC; Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.; Santander Investment Securities Inc.; TD Securities (USA) LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
This offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement and related prospectus and preliminary prospectus supplement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities nor will there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
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After what seems like ages, Lionsgate has finally gotten off their butts and debuted the official trailer for "The Expendables". Without further ado, check out the explosions, tough guy banter, and mayhem below! And yeah, showing off Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger up front was definitely a smart move.
THE EXPENDABLES is a hard-hitting action/thriller about a group of mercenaries hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator. Written, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, THE EXPENDABLES brings together a dynamic cast including Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Terry Crews and Mickey Rourke for a high-octane thrill ride! See the fact sheet below for full synopsis, cast and crew information in addition to the poster and stills.
Starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Terry Crews and Mickey Rourke, with appearances by fellow tough guys Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, with Stallone calling the shots.
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If you look at the votes over the last two years, almost 87 percent are unanimous! Only 13 percent are split votes. That does not sound dysfunctional to me. I also believe we elected board members who have the best interests of the kids at the core of their decisions. Disagreements occur, but that does not mean certain members have an agenda.
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Guns were reported stolen in a Monroe County burglary. The break-in and a theft incidents were investigated by state police at Lehighton.
Troopers said the residence of Joseph Patrick Mchsane, of 4589 Sherwood Drive, Robinhood Lakes, Kunkletown, Polk Township, was discovered entered. Entry occurred sometime between Monday, March 26, at 11 a.m. and Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Removed from the home was 30/6 Springfield rifle, a 50/Cal Flint Lock Hawkin, an Ithaca 12-gauge shotgun, and a 22-caliber rifle, with no serial numbers. Also taken was a 42-inch Sylvania flat screen television.
Vicky Lee Sestok, 44, of 1180 Hickory Rd., Towamensing Township, Carbon County, reported a pair of earrings, a ring, and an Ipod were removed from her home. The theft occurred sometime between March 23 at 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 25, at 10:30 a.m.


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Washington is buzzing with the news! Even liberal prognosticators now admit Republicans can pick up six seats to take the U.S. Senate in 2014. [...]
Even the Obama campaign's favorite number-cruncher, Nate Silver, admits this moves a GOP majority within reach. Silver wrote last week in the New York Times that, "Our best guess… is that Republicans will end up with somewhere between 50 and 51 Senate seats after 2014, putting them right on the threshold of a majority." That must hurt him to say.


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Egypt Reportedly Mulling Buffer Zone on Israel Border in Wake of Recent Bloodshed
Egyptian daily says Egyptian security agencies poised to start demolishing tunnels used in smuggling arms and goods, due to heavy digging equipment spotted for removing the tunnels.
Egypt is considering setting up a buffer zone on its border with the Gaza Strip following recent bloodshed, the independent newspaper Al Masry Al Youm reported Sunday.
The plan includes removing smuggling tunnels running across the 14-kilometer-long border with Gaza.
Security agencies are poised to start demolishing the tunnels used in smuggling arms and goods, said the report - citing heavy digging equipment spotted for removing the tunnels.
Five Egyptian policemen were killed by Israel on August 19 during a hunt for militants near the border with Egypt who committed a multi-staged attack in southern Israel, which left eight dead.
The deaths have triggered outrage in Egypt, causing the worst crisis between the two countries since they signed a peace treaty in 1979.
The Egyptian army and security troops have recently launched a campaign in the Sinai Peninsula to restore central government control and track down those behind attacks on police stations, as well as on pipeline transporting gas to Israel.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he does not believe Israel should rush to amend the peace treaty with Israel.
"If we are going to alter the peace treaty with Egypt – and I don't think that it is something we need to rush into – it must be approved by the cabinet," Netanyahu said Sunday during a meeting with Likud ministers.
Recently, senior Israel Defense Forces officials said that Israel should consider amending its peace treaty with Egypt so as to allow the Egyptian Army to increase its presence in Sinai in light of the deteriorating security situation there.
Netanyahu, however, stressed that Israel must first take care of its security issues and also examine more closely the situation in Sinai.
"We must take care of security, terror problems in particular, and we need to invest more resources in tackling obstacles," Netanyahu pressed. "We are in continued contacts with the Egyptian government and we are trying to navigate these contacts intelligently."
On Saturday, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that Israel does not intend to approve additional Egyptian troops in the eastern Sinai Peninsula, despite reports in Haaretz and the British weekly The Economist on Friday in which the defense minister said it was in Israel's interest to allow Egypt to bring in larger forces to overcome the ongoing anarchy along the border with Israel.
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Now commercial property experts in Hampshire are muscling in on the 'group selfie' trend to celebrate moving into a new office.
This picture was taken by Southampton-based chartered surveyors Hughes Ellard, who have moved into Enterprise House in Ocean Village.
Taking the 'selfie' was Solent business space director at Hughes Ellard, Russell Mogridge.
He said: "This is our A-list line-up in Southampton, although we appreciate we are unlikely to attract a record-breaking 3.2 million retweets like the Oscars selfie taken by actor Bradley Cooper on behalf of Ellen DeGeneres.
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Since starting off his career as a sick kid fighting over some Yankee autographs with Michael Richards on an episode of Seinfeld, Thomas Dekker's career has slowly moving forward. Starting with roles on shows like Heroes and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, he's now started making his way into films, appearing in the A Nightmare on Elm Street remake and having a part in the Sundance film Kaboom - and he's not done yet.
THR reports that Dekker, Juliette Lewis, Laurence Laboeuf and Max Thieriot have all been cast in Maxwell McGuire's Foreverland. In the film, Thieriot plays a young man named Will Rankin who suffers from cystic fibrosis. After the death of his friend's sister, they decide to take a road trip down to Mexico to visit a healing shrine. Already in production, the film is shooting in British Columbia and Mexico through next month.
While the film's genre isn't explicitly said in the article, is it weird that whenever I hear the suffix -land on a movie title (a la Zombieland, Adventureland, et al.) I expect it to be a comedy? Road movies are typically fun affairs, but the fact that there is death and a debilitating disease also at play, I have my doubts that this is going to be a laugh-out-loud riot.
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A Chilling Effect on the Free Press
Among the myriad of scandals currently rippling throughout the Obama administration, one has been particularly jarring to the U.S. press corps due to its potential to impact the work of reporters themselves. Fox News reporter James Rosen was named a "co-conspirator" by the Justice Department for, essentially, doing the job of a reporter – investigating information, following leads and asking questions.
"The big threat here is that ultimately it is the reporters themselves who are seen as the ones who are breaking the law and there could be prosecutions," The New York Times' Mark Mazzetti said Sunday on ABC's "This Week."
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs is having a Grammy after party at the Playboy mansion. The party guest list will consist of a very select group of A-list celebrities that can afford the enormous entry fee. TMZ reports that tickets are being sold from $1,500 to $50,000 dollars.
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Woman charged with stealing from RF computer business
Charges were filed last week against a Hammond woman accused of stealing $3,705 from a River Falls business while she worked there in early 2009.
Kimberly A. Arnold, 27, allegedly made unauthorized debit card charges and wrote unauthorized checks from accounts belonging to Quality Computer Services, 408 Kennedy St.
She faces one felony count of theft in a business setting and is scheduled to make her first appearance in Pierce County Court at 10 a.m. Monday, March 29.
The charge is a Class 1 felony and carries a maximum penalty of 3 ½ years in prison and a fine of $10,000.
The apparent thefts were first reported by Quality Computer owner Isaac A. Grover, 32, April 28, 2009. When he made the initial report, Grover told police he thought Arnold had been using the company credit card for non-company purchases but he didn't know how much money had been taken or how many items had been charged.
Two months later Grover provided 200 pages of financial transactions that he thought were fraudulent.
In January of this year, River Falls Police Sgt. Jonathan Aubart met with Grover with regard to the April 2009 report.
According to Aubart's report, Grover, who said he had had a personal relationship with Arnold before hiring her in January 2009, provided debit card receipts and payroll records documenting the alleged thefts.
According to Grover, Arnold took $1,499 in unauthorized debit card transactions, $1,082 through unauthorized checks and $1,224 in unauthorized payroll checks during the approximately four months she worked for him.
He said he discovered the transactions near the end of April and ended both Arnold's employment and their personal relationship at about the same time.
Receipts indicate Arnold used the company credit card to make purchases at a day spa, convenience stores and restaurants in River Falls, Ellsworth and Baldwin.


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It has been over 25 years since the Alabama Legislature last increased the maximum weekly benefit payable under Alabama's Workers' Compensation Act to a worker with a partial disability. At that time, the weekly maximum allowed an injured worker's family to survive slightly above the poverty level. Fast forward 25 years and the same maximum payment places a family of four at only 50% of the Federal poverty level. Times have changed but the law has not kept pace. That's a shameful way to treat families trying to survive a disabling injury. My article, The Alabama Legislature Needs to Address Permanent Partial Disability Benefits in a Fair and Just Manner, addresses the history of Alabama's arbitrary limit on partial disability benefits.
Now, a State Senator has proposed increasing the maximum benefit by only $20 a week. That's still shameful. Before you say that any increase is a positive step toward the minimum poverty level, it's important to know what the same bill before our legislature seeks to take from injured workers in return for this minimal increase.
In return for this small increase, the same bill seeks to:
- Impose a cut off date on medical benefits that could deny treatment for valid work-related injuries; and,
- Cut off benefits for total disability at age 65. Partially disabled workers only receive benefits for a maximum of 300 weeks as they are expected to return to some employment. However, totally disabled workers are unable to work in any gainful employment at all and receive necessary benefits as long as they are totally disabled.
These arbitrary limits would have a devastating impact for workers seeking the medical care needed to get better. Even more, they would further harm the families of those workers who are totally disabled. Families of those totally disabled already suffer the most due to work-related accidents. Why choose to stop total disability benefits at age 65? For workers my age, the full retirement age for Social Security is 67, two years beyond that date. By the time I turn 67, the social security retirement age will probably be much higher. For someone who is totally disabled, a couple years is a long time without needed benefits. Regardless, by the time the disabled worker reaches his/her mid-60s, they have often lost years of potential payments into the social security system (as well as into private pensions) that further reduce their post-retirement benefits.
When it comes to injured and disabled workers, we really only have 3 choices of action. We can:
- Do nothing. Let the injured worker and his/her family suffer to the point of complete poverty and starvation;
- Put the burden on the government. Let taxpayers shoulder the burden through programs like Medicare, Social Security benefits, etc.
- Use a system that allows employers to insure against disabling injuries by providing medical care and, at least, subsistence level benefits.
The first choice is simply unacceptable in a caring society. Additionally, the financial cost to society of options one and two is much too great. Yet, that is the exact direction proposals like the present one take us. I hope that any changes in benefits adopted by our legislature do not increase the burdens of disability upon our local communities and government to the benefit of the private insurance companies who accepted premiums for this coverage.


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You can play with the Beautify Facebook CR Edit options from the Tools > Extensions > Beautify facebook options. You can change the options menu position, change background color, you can keep standard color or gradient colors or have an custom background image. There is public gallery, if you don't like the public gallery, you can upload your own image and keep it as Facebook background image.
Every update in the Facebook feed is separated with columns and bars which gives you a decent look. You can set the transparency level and also fix the navigation bar, left column and right column in your Facebook account. You can also tweak your facebook account by adding keyboard shortcuts, emoticons bar, favicon alerts and also hide sidebar elements such as advertisements, requests, pokes, connections, event messages, suggestions and online chat on the left sidebar.
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The oldest of the world's major faiths, Judaism as practiced today represents a tradition that goes back nearly 6,000 years. Accessible and wide-ranging, Judaism: The Basics is a must-have resource covering the stories, beliefs and expressions of that tradition.
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With a glossary of terms and extensive suggestions for further reading, Judaism: The Basics is an essential guide through the rich intricacies of the Jewish faith and people.


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QUOTES of the DAY
The gift bag from the Politico holiday party last night sponsored by Coca Cola at the Corcoran.
Please, no
"Can we all just agree not to say 'hanging up his suspenders' re: end of Larry King show?" — The Hill's Erica Niedowksi in a Wednesday tweet.
Here's to you HuffPost's Jason Linkins
"Dear email commenters: all caps generally does not lend your thoughts the ring of sanity. Smooches, Lizzie." — Bloomberg TV's Lizzie O'Leary in a Wednesday tweet. To which MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan replied, " Is that so wrong?" (Linkins continually commits the crime of all-caps. And yes, Dylan it is so wrong. Maybe one's words need to be louder, bigger to overcompensate for a lack of thought.)
Funny line from a party: One partygoer was discussing logging onto Grindr at the Pentagon — he said the whole thing blew up there ( no pun intended). (Grindr is a gay men's website that allows gay or "bi-curious" men to find one another in any location.)
Words to live by
"Rule:Just because you *can* walk around naked in the men's locker room, doesn't mean you *should.*" — Politico's Patrick Gavin in a Wednesday tweet.
Weingarten addresses women's eyelids
"Women's eyelids are really ugly, so it's great when they paint them the color of eggplants. #Idontactuallythinkthat." — WaPo's Gene Weingarten in a Thursday morning tweet.
Meghan McCain on Don't Ask Don't Tell
"I just think if you can go and die for this country, it doesn't matter what you do in your home in your private time." — The Daily Beast columnist and daughter to Sen. John McCain, Meghan McCain, on "The Last Word" with Lawrence O'Donnell.
Tis the season to be…
"Tis the season to be jolly and in Washington it's always the season to be hyperbolic." — Former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) on MSNBC's "The Ed Show" Wednesday in a segment called "National Buffoons, Christmas Vacation."


text: Human Rights Observatory US Lawmakers Begin Work on Long-term Budget Compromises U.S. lawmakers are moving on from the crisis of the government shutdown to talks aimed at resolving deep budget differences between Democrats and Republicans. A congressional panel has convened to address issues such as the size of the government and the level of federal taxation. The talks were mandated by the last-minute compromise bill that ended the federal shutdown this week. The panel, which began its work on Thursday, is scheduled to produce some kind of compromise budget plan by ...Read complete article© Voice of America - Friday, October 18, 2013


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Salman Khan has taken two more actresses under his wing. In his forthcoming movie, he has signed on two actresses to star opposite him. The two new debutants are Sana Khan and Daisy Shah.
Incidentally both are quite popular in the southern industries. Sana Khan has acted in few Tamil movies and Daisy Shah has worked in Kannada movies. Sana Khan was a contestant of reality show "Bigg Boss 6" in which Salman Khan played the host. Even though she did not win the reality show, she surely has won the heart of Salman Khan. Manager of Sana Khan has confirmed that she has been selected for the movie. She is going on March 25th for the shoot.
Daisy Shah was an assistant to choreographer Ganesh Acharya. Daisy was also seen in the item number in the movie "Bloody Ishq". Sources say that she already has left for Dubai to shoot alongside Sallu for the movie.
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Sneering attack on critics of Israel pitiful
LINDY McDowell's article (July 23) starts with an accusation of "clever manipulation" levelled against those who would criticise Israel's self-defeating actions, but if you want a lesson in manipulation then re-read her article.
She pretends to be speaking about anti-Semitism but cleverly turns this into a defence of Israel and a sneering attack on those who will not remain silent while a civilised country with which many of us used to identify, fires tank shells in an area as built-up as Belfast.
She ends with the same question the IDF use: what would other countries do? Does she imply that we would respond as Israel has done?
Lindy should know how this country would respond in the face of years of repeated terrorist attacks; she knows we would not fire tank shells on west Belfast or wipe out Londonderry. The world would not tolerate this, because the world expects better.
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So, I have a good bikeshop down the road from me. Big bike manufacturer linked up with a local sports/triathlon shop.
They have done loads of service work for me with reasonable charges and really excellent work. The mechanic in there is really good and very honest - for instance when I booked my Pitch in for complete bearing change, he wouldn't let me and instead showed me how to open them up and use chain lube to give a new lease of life to them (which actually made them like new), so this saved me a fair amount of money - a more unscrupulous mechanic would have just booked it in and done the work.
I noticed that my rear hub was loose and so booked it in for a bearing change yesterday. The isntructions that the guy on the desk wrote down was to open up the hub and advise me which bearings needed changing and a price before doing any work.
I called up the mechanic this morning and he apologised because he had done the work before calling me and only realised afterwards. Knowing that a full Hope bearing kit is around £25 on Chainreaction I said this was no problem. He said that three of the bearings were shot and two of them were an odd size, so he had got them from their sister shop but they were a bit pricey.
Turns out that the two bearings he put in were £25 EACH!!! The other was £9 + £15 labour. So they want £70 odd quid off me when I go down to collect it.
To be honest, I'm rather stunned. I was expecting a £40 bill tops. I want to go and complain but it probably means gettinga mechanic who has done loads of good work for me in the past into trouble. There is no way I'm paying that bill though.
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Tigers 'thrilled' by Scherzer's progress
Tigers 'thrilled' by Scherzer's progress
"We like him a lot," he said, "but I think it just goes to show you. Sometimes it's not a popular move at the time with the player, but sometimes it's the best thing to do. Scherzer's going to be back, and I'm not going to jump up and down and get all crazy for one outing. I want to see what happens the next time out, see how he looks. But we're thrilled."
Scherzer threw eight innings of one-hit ball for the Mud Hens on Thursday with only one walk and 10 strikeouts against a Durham lineup that has no shortage of hitting talent, including outfield prospect Desmond Jennings and former Major Leaguer Dan Johnson. It was Scherzer's first outing since the Tigers optioned him out last Saturday and called up Armando Galarraga.
Tigers pitching coach Rick Knapp said Friday they felt Scherzer had been close to figuring out the mechanical issues that had led to his struggles in Detroit, having given up 27 runs on 33 hits over 18 innings in his last four starts. Scherzer's stuff, as well as his remarks to reporters afterward, suggested he had found what was wrong. Knapp gave credit to Mud Hens pitching coach A.J. Sager for working with him and to Scherzer translating adjustments into performance.
"It's good to see he went down and had those kind of results," Leyland said. "The report was actually, to me, better than the results, because you're talking with people who saw and they explain to you that he was pretty electric and everything. He got glowing reports on everything last night. He had his arm up in the right slot, had better velocity. But I think it's just kind of a little wait-and-see [situation] a little bit longer. We made it perfectly clear to him we need him, obviously, and we're counting on him."
Scherzer's next start for the Mud Hens will likely come Tuesday at Syracuse.


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ATA Leaders Congratulate EPA SmartWay Excellence Award Winners
Oct 22, 2013, 14:00 ET from American Trucking Associations
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, American Trucking Associations leaders congratulated several members who were named Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay Excellence Award winners.
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"Since its launch, SmartWay has been a great example of the government working with private industry toward a common goal," ATA President and CEO Bill Graves said. "So congratulations to these deserving winners and thanks to our partners at EPA for their support."
ATA member companies receiving SmartWay Excellence Awards include: Menlo Worldwide Logistics; Ryder Integrated Logistics Inc.; Transplace; YRC Worldwide Inc.; Marten Transport LTD; Lowe's Companies Inc.; Toyota Logistics Services; Tennessee Express Inc.; P & S Transportation; System Transport Inc.; Con-way Freight; Penske Logistics LLC; Tennant Truck Lines Inc.; JBS Carriers Inc.; Prime Inc.; Keen Transport Inc.; Con-way Truckload; Covenant Transport; CRST Van Expedited Inc.; Knight Transportation Inc.; Swift Transportation Co.; Werner Enterprises; Mesilla Valley Transportation and NFI Industries Inc.
"An important part of improving our image as an industry is changing the public perception that our industry belches the black smoke of the 1970s into the air," said outgoing ATA Chairman Mike Card, president of Combined Transport. "These companies are at the vanguard of doing that by showing just how green and responsible trucking can be and they should be commended for their efforts."
American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight. Follow ATA on Twitter or on Facebook. Good stuff. Trucks Bring It!
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When Justin Bieber first hit the scene with Baby Baby Baby Oh… I didn't love it. I thought he was a cute kid and it was a catchy song. As you know Baby blew up and the rest is history.
So I'm checkin' out the Biebs, I got ahold of his album and heard the song Somebody to Love and instantly LOVED it! Having Usher on it didn't hurt but seriously Somebody To Love is a jam!
We are days away from Justin Bieber coming back to Detroit this Sunday at The Joe! Beliebers are ready to dance the night away with their favorite singer!


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I'm not in love with this slate. There are too many games like TB-NO, ATL-IND and CHI-PHI where the favorite is clearly the better team, and I expect them to win, but I still took the points. The idea is even if they don't win, maybe they cover. And who knows, I could be wrong, and maybe the dog wins outright. It's not as if just because I think something, there's a zero percent chance the opposite happens. In fact, the chance that I'm wrong is substantial. But it puts you in an uncomfortable place, taking the points with a team you expect to lose.
The other games I don't like are ones like CIN-TEN, NYJ-BUF and SF-WAS where I know where the value is, and I don't like it. It's always hard to fade your own inclinations out of principle. And sometimes even though the principled play is correct from the macro/historical perspective, your inclination would have been correct in this instance.
The only games I actually like are San Diego getting points at home, Seattle in Dallas and maybe the Rams gettng more than a field goal.
Dolphins +4 at Chiefs
The Chiefs look like a real team these days, and the addition of Jonathan Baldwin gives them a more versatile passing game. But the Dolphins show up more often than not, and the desperation factor is on their side. Expect a close game. Back Miami.
Chiefs 20 - 19
Buccaneers +9 at Saints
It's possible the Saints will dominate now after their embarrassing loss to the Rams last week, but Tampa won the first meeting between these teams, and nine strikes me as a big line in the rematch. Back the Bucs.
Saints 24 - 23
Falcons -7 at Colts
The Colts are in my opinion the worst team in the NFL, thanks in large part to their coach - who kicks a FG on 4th and goal from the 4, down 20 on the road (with an 0-7 team, no less)? But Atlanta typically travels poorly, and this is a lot of points for an average team to part with on the road. Back Indy.
Falcons 23 - 17
Browns +11 at Texans
The Texans have played surprisingly well the last couple weeks even without Andre Johnson, and the Browns look more or less like a doormat. But I'm not ready to be laying double-digits here. Back the Browns.
Texans 27 - 17
Jets +1 at Bills
The Bills have been the better team so far this year, and they're being treated as the lesser one by this line (home field advantage is typically worth three). Is there some hidden value here? If there is, I can't find it. Back the Bills.
Bills 19 - 16
49ers -3.5 at Redskins
I don't know how the Redskins allowed nine sacks to a Bills team that had gotten just five all year prior to that. It's odd that this line isn't even bigger given the disparity between these two teams, and that makes me wonder a bit. The sharp money has got to be on Washington because if left up to the squares this line would be seven or eight. Back the Redskins.
49ers 13 - 10
Seahawks +11.5 at Cowboys
This line strikes me as too large, given that Dallas just lost top cover corner Mike Jenkins and could be without top interior tackler Sean Lee. Tarvaris Jackson has been okay this year, and Seattle's receiving corps is capable of making plays. Back the Seahawks who keep it close.
Cowboys 24 - 21
Bengals +2 at Titans
The sharp angle has got to be the Titans who look terrible and are still laying two points against a Bengals team that's been fairly consistent. I don't see it, but I'll take it on faith. Back the Titans.
Titans 20 - 16
Broncos +8.5 at Raiders
Both teams are so volatile with Tim Tebow capable of horrible stretches and also frantic comebacks, and the Raiders trying to break in a rusty Carson Palmer. I could see this game going any number of ways, but given the uncertainty, I'll take the points. Back Denver.
Raiders 17 - 16
Giants +9 at Patriots
Full disclosure, I'm a Giants fan, so you might want to ignore this pick. But this strikes me as an awfully big line in a game between two teams that throw the ball well and have struggled on defense. In fact, both average 8.4 YPA, but the Pats have allowed a full yard per attempt more than the Giants on defense (7.8 to 6.8). The Giants can't run the ball, and Hakeem Nicks' status for the game is in question, but I expect the Giants pass rush to get to Tom Brady and this game to be pretty close. Back the Giants.
Patriots 34 - 31
Rams +3.5* at Cardinals
With the status of both starting quarterbacks in question, it was hard to find a line for this game. But as long as it's more than three (and that's what I'm seeing now), I don't see how I can take the Cardinals. They haven't developed a reliable second target in the passing game, they don't defend the pass and they just collapsed in Baltimore this week. Back St. Louis.
Rams 20 - 17
*provisional line
Packers -5.5 at Chargers
I'm not going to lie � I despise the Chargers and absolutely hate backing them. But after their embarrassing debacles the last two games, this is the perfect time to buy low, especially against the league's only undefeated team and defending Super Bowl champs. I'm sure Norv Turner will make me regret this, but I'm saying Chargers not only cover, but win outright at home. Back San Diego.
Chargers 27 - 24
Ravens +3 at Steelers
The Ravens destroyed the Steelers the first time around, but since then Pittsburgh's been the better team, shoring up its pass defense and realizing its strength is throwing the ball. Maybe Joe Flacco plays a better game, or maybe Baltimore's excellent defense levels the playing field, but for now the Steelers have a huge advantage at quarterback. Back the Steelers.
Steelers 24 - 17
Bears +8.5 at Eagles
I've been back and forth on this game a few times. On the one hand, the Eagles looked unstoppable Sunday night, and Chicago's defense is pretty weak. On the other, that was Andy Reid off the bye week (where he's 13-0), and the Bears, a team that figured out how to beat Michael Vick last year, are coming off the bye this week. In the end, it's probably smart to sell the Eagles high and take the points. Back the Bears.
Eagles 31 - 24
We were 5-7-1 last week to put us at 56-55-5 on the season. From 1999-2010 we've gone 1565-1387 (53%, not including ties).
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Can I Make a Sponge Cake Without Eggs or Dairy?
Q: I have a party coming up and I need to make a sponge cake that is egg- and dairy-free since one of my friends is intolerant. I want a chiffon type cake (or angel food-like) that is very light and airy. Usually these batters are only made with eggs, flour and sugar.
I have tried several vegan recipes that just turned out way too heavy and moist. I am really frustrated and hoping to get some help from you.
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Minnesota OSHA investigating violent attack of security hospital staffer
Minnesota OSHA officials are investigating the violent assault of a mental illness division hospital staffer in St. Peter.
A 16-year-old patient at the Minnesota Security Hospital bashed the female staff member's head into a brick wall and kicked her repeatedly on July 13 at 7:23 p.m., the Department of Human Services confirmed.
The woman reportedly started having seizures on the ground and was brought to Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, Minn.
BACKSTORY - Minnesota Security Hospital staff member assaulted by patient
"He ended up grabbing a female staff by her hair, bashing her head up against a brick wall and then either kneeing or kicking her in the face while she was down," said Matt Stenger the day after the attack, the hospital union's spokesperson.
The union contends the security hospital policy is to blame, which bans patient restraints and other proactive techniques when the mentally ill get out of control, and has been asking the Minnesota legislature to increase funding to boost staffing. On Tuesday, Gov. Dayton's chief of staff, Jaime Tincher will be at the facility with several lawmakers.
An OSHA injury log says 68 staff have been injured by violent patients at the hospital from January through June 2015.


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Five Points: Mexico impresses again, Netherlands shows mettle
Mexico manager Miguel Herrera established a quarterfinal berth as the objective for El Tri heading into the World Cup. Herrera thought he could steer a team that needed to navigate through an intercontinental playoff against New Zealand to qualify into the last eight in Brazil.
It appeared a lofty and somewhat foolish goal at the outset. Ambition is nice and all, but Mexico needed to meander through a group including Brazil, Cameroon and Croatia and overcome one of Chile, Netherlands and Spain to meet it.
Fantasy is one step away from reality now, though. The impending round of 16 tie against the Dutch is a testament to Herrera's work over the past six months and the willingness of his players to conform to his philosophy and his system. This edition of Five Points starts with the latest step forward for El Tri in Recife.
Mexico turns the screws to dump Croatia out
Herrera and his players adjust their level of pressure and tailor their attacking approach to suit the situation. Balance — often an issue for this group — is now one of the strengths of the side. It showed once again in the impressive 3-1 victory over Croatia.
Mexico entrenched in the early stages to establish its footing against a Croatian side worthy of respect. Herrera did not want his team to concede early or permit the Croatians to establish its rhythm or play quickly through midfield. El Tri focused on its shape — it worked well enough to force Niko Kovac to add a third player to help the anonymous Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic in central midfield — and waited for the right time to take the initiative.
The plan evolved as Croatia showed its creative and physical limitations on the day. Mexico pressed higher up the field with the Croatian threat largely neutralized and started to ask more questions in the Croatian half. The interplay improved with Andrés Guardado and Héctor Herrera particularly impressive as the match progressed. The tempo increased to a point where the Croatians simply ran out of steam.
Once the Croatians started to flail after the interval, Mexico pinned them back and put them away. Rafa Márquez nodded home the first from a Herrera corner kick to break the deadlock. Guardado completed a tidy sequence for the second — Javier Hernández charged out of midfield and played intelligently to Oribe Peralta for the square pass to prompt the first-time finish — to show Mexico at its best. Chicharito added a third in the final 10 minutes to end his drought and secure the result beyond any doubt.
The final whistle confirmed a third excellent performance in succession. Mexico has proven relatively adaptable in its application, if not its overall structure. The impending date against the Netherlands on Sunday will prove the biggest test to date because Mexico will play against a side with a largely similar 5-3-2 shape. It is a fitting test for a side that has hurdled every obstacle so far at this World Cup.
Netherlands highlights its defensive core against Chile
The state of play in Group B allowed Netherlands to approach its final match with Chile with a fair bit of caution. Louis van Gaal's side needed only a point to avoid Brazil in the round of 16. It gained all three points by nullifying an unimpressive Chile side and securing a 2-0 victory in Sao Paulo.
Van Gaal returned to his seemingly preferred 5-3-2 setup against a stronger opponent and watched his players submit a diligent defensive performance. They ceded control of the ball, coped with Chile's intermittent pressure and established control over the cadence of the game. Nigel de Jong halted any attempts to combine through the middle of the park, while the excellent Ron Vlaar cut out service after service into the penalty area.
All of the defensive work once again paved the way for Netherlands to counter effectively. As the Chileans tired (and they did so noticeably after the break), the Dutch exploited the space allotted. The buildup to Leroy Fer's opener included a nine-pass sequence to swing from a Arjen Robben throw on the right to a buildup on the left to a Memphis Depay shot to win the decisive corner. The second goal stemmed from a lovely de Jong service off a defensive corner kick, a Robben square and a Depay finish.
This counterattacking style ripped Spain apart and subdued Chile. It is exactly the sort of method often rewarded in the knockout stage of the World Cup. This team doesn't need to keep the ball much or pass it particularly well as long as the shape remains firm. If the Dutch can cope with the Mexicans on the ball and the man-versus-man battles likely to ensue off of it, then they stand in good stead to reach the last eight.
Chile confronts the limitations of its ambitious approach
The absence of the active and influential Arturo Vidal hindered Chile in its quest to sidestep a date with Brazil, but the overall display raised questions about the suitability of this side against a resolute side.
Chile lacked its usual invention and struggled to break down Netherlands when granted license to do so. Alexis Sánchez floated around and through the lines a bid to alter the calculus, but he could only do so much against the organized Dutch with Vidal out and Jorge Valdivia limited to a cameo off the bench. His teammates fluttered around futilely to devise alternatives against a side unlikely to concede the ball in poor area.
Those forays and the declining pressure in the second half left Chile exposed. There is no aerial presence to cope with set pieces. There are no measures to protect the defense if the pressure breaks or drops. Unless Chile can match its usual energy levels and protect those frailties against another robust and organized opponent, it faces yet another Round of 16 exit.
Brazil must lean on its shape and its star to navigate through Chile
There are few tangible developments to take from the 4-1 victory against Cameroon in the Group A final. Brazil grasps how it wants to play and selects the familiar figures accustomed to delivering in its 4-2-3-1 shape. Fred's goal might provide Luiz Felipe Scolari with some cover to continue selecting him (and he doesn't have any alternatives anyways), but there are really few things to divine from this sort of exercise.
Brazil enters this knockout stage with a firm idea of what it needs to do to defeat Chile. It must cope with the pressure – both from Chile and from an expectant public – and play out of it. It must retain its diligent shape under scrutiny. And it must rely on Neymar to provide the inspiration to ensure those efforts yield the desired end product.
Italy and Uruguay take the stage in Group D
Uruguay must defeat Italy (12 p.m. ET) in order to reach the Round of 16. It places the Uruguayans in the rather unenviable situation of trying to chase the game. It isn't their default preference, but the revamped deportment against England – particular the inclusion of the more ambitious Nicolas Lodeiro in central midfield and the roving menace of Luis Suarez — offers some encouragement for those efforts. Italy must keep its shape tight and lean on Andrea Pirlo to find space and supply Mario Balotelli in order to relieve the pressure. Costa Rica will hope to gain a point against a revamped England (12 p.m. ET) in the other match to guarantee top spot in the group.
Côte d'Ivoire faces the unenviable task of trying to break down Greece (4 p.m. ET) to guarantee a place in the round of 16 out of Group C. The lack of creativity within the Ivorian ranks could pose a concern or two in those endeavors. Expect Serge Aurier to join the attack to provide service and width on the right to stretch the shape. If the Ivorians can create a crack or two, then Gervinho (on the left) or Yaya Touré (through the middle) could slice through it.
Colombia needs only a point against Japan (4 p.m. ET) to claim top spot in Group C and dispatch the Japanese from the tournament. Japan can play at a high tempo in midfield to match the Colombians in that department, but the Colombian attack may prove too mobile and potent for them to handle with that rickety central defense.


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Alexander Pyatenko
Pyatenko A. was born in Russia in 1955. He graduated Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (University) in 1978. He had his PhD degree in Chemical Physics in 1981 at the same University. Worked as researcher, senior researcher at Institute of High Temperatures Russian Academy of Science (IVTAN). Since 1993 worked as researcher, senior researcher at National Institute of Advance Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan (1993 to 2009 at Hokkaido brunch of AIST in Sapporo, since 2009 at AIST Central in Tsukuba). Research activity in Russia: mass spectrometry of inorganic negative ions, high temperature thermodynamics, coal combustion and gasification. Research activity in Japan: heat and mass transfer in moving and fluidized beds, heat and mass transfer under microgravity, study of fine powder dispersion under microgravity, study of microencapsulated phase change materials and MC PCM slurry. Since 2001 main research interests are nanotechnology and laser processing. Specialist in nanoparticle synthesis, modification and resizing using laser technique. Area of expertise: nanoparticle synthesis, processing and characterization. Laser interaction with nanoparticles. Light absorption and scattering by nanoparticles. Processes of Nanoparticles aggregation, agglomeration and dispersion.
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And it has saved £217,000 since re-using materials instead of bringing in new resources at the beginning of the year.
The council's commercial director Mark Kemp said: "While all new roads are manufactured using bitumen, up until the mid-1980s many of our roads used tar in their construction.
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Bitumen is a substance similar to tar but does not possess carcinogenic qualities.
He added the "in-situ technique" recycled the material within the site while the so-called "ex-situ technique" saw material containing tar removed from site, taken to a depot for recycling and then relaid elsewhere.
And at a meeting of the council's growth and infrastructure committee on Monday, councillors praised the scheme.
Conservative Kidlington councillor Michael Gibbard said: "Certainly on the face of it it does seem to be very worthwhile and encouraging."
He raised concerns that workmen who dug up the relaid roads in years to come could be affected by the harmful material, but Mr Kemp said the use of the material was logged.
Workmen have to wear protective clothing when dealing with the materials, but people aren't ordinarily exposed to the dangers if they simply walk on the tar.
The "in-situ technique" was recently used in the resurfacing of Yarnell's Hill in North Hinksey.
Referring to that scheme, Mr Kemp said: "The recycling option reduced the cost from £313,000 to £166,000, while shortening the construction period by half, to just two weeks.
"It also reduced the 'carbon footprint' of the work by reducing waste and the movement of heavy vehicles for the disposal and replacement of materials."
The "ex-situ" method was recently successful in Lew, near Witney. Eight hundred tonnes of bituminous material containing tar was used in the scheme in Lower Farm Road, saving £70,000.
The council said the process wouldn't lead to more roads being resurfaced, but would save money.