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LANDOVER, Md. (CBSDC) – A moment of silence will be held before the Washington Redskins next preseason game in honor of the fallen police officer killed in the crash on I-95.
Officer Adrian Morris, 23, of Prince George's County was killed Monday in a crash on I-95 while in pursuit of a vehicle involved in a theft. The officer was thrown from his cruiser when he suddenly veered from the road just past the Powder Mill Road exit on I-95.
The Redskins say when they play the Indianapolis Colts at FedEx Field on Saturday they will hold a moment of silence for the fallen officer before kickoff.
Flags in Maryland are also flying at half-staff in honor of Morris.


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Monoppix 1.1.8 - New Release
Monoppix 1.1.8 is live!
This is a big release, featuring WinForms support. Here are some screenshots of the exact same .NET WinForm EXE running on Linux and Windows (the same binary file no recompile required)[1]:
See Roiy's post on C# WinForms on Linux (using Monoppix) for more details on Monoppix WinForms. Mono's System.Windows.Forms support is pretty impressive - it no longer runs on Wine; rather it directly implements drawing functions through System.Drawing.
Release notes (via the Monoppix download page):
Latest release: Monoppix v220.127.116.11 stable [ Torrent ]
The main new features of v1.1.8 are:
- mono 1.1.8
- libgdiplus 1.1.8
- xsp 1.0.9
- monodevelop 0.7
- Mplayer to allow viewing our tutorials from Monoppix
- Hello world video tutorial included in the image
Native mono Windows.Forms class libraries are available without wine thanks to Mono's v1.1.8 implementation.
This version is for now availabile only through torrent network but we expect our mirrors to be updated within next 24 hours. We would appreciate it if you can continue seeding the image for a while after you completed the download (we're bandwidth challenged!).
Feedback is always welcome, if you found bug, have ideas for improvements or need help then check our forum.
Direct download links will be available on our download page once the mirrors are ready (within 24 hours).
Until then, grab the torrent here: Monoppix 1.1.8 Torrent
[1] I think there is a widespread misconception that Mono can only compile .NET source. It can, but it can also execute .NET compiled code (MSIL). That means you can compile an application on Windows under Visual Studio, copy the EXE onto a Linux box with Mono installed, and run it under Mono. There are of course other requirements, like you can't be making Windows native PInvoke calls, Mono needs to have implemented all features you're using, etc., but there's no need to compile under Mono to run on Mono.

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The freed children
The Anti Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service in conjunction with the Eastern Regional Police Command, the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, and Challenging Height, a non-governmental organisation, have organised a successful operation in Bunso to rescue some trafficked children.
The children, numbering over 30, were onboard four buses unaccompanied, with the youngest being seven years old. They were picked from Ningo, Pampram and Ada in the Greater Accra Region and were being trafficked to Yeji, a fishing community in the Brong-Ahafo which has gained notoriety in human trafficking and child labour.
Drivers of the vehicles, whose registration numbers were GW 9455 X, ES 7734-12, GR 4253 D and GW 2664 T, claimed they did not know anything about the children even though they were onboard their vehicles when their buses were intercepted by the police at Bunso on Sunday.
No passenger also claimed any of the children as relative(s).
Deputy Regional Commander, ACP James Azumah Abass-Abaah, who briefed DAILY GUIDE after the operation, said the drivers had been asked to report to the Head of Anti-Human Trafficking Unit, Superintendent Mrs. Patience Quaye, at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the Police Headquarters, Accra or the Eastern Regional Police Headquarters to assist in investigation.
He gave the names of some of the children as Favour Korley, 17; Pascal Agbugleu, 7; Osmond Agbagbley, 7; Mawuli Agbugbley, 12; Tei Uyrai, 13; Mawulawoe Ayewuri, 8; Newton Agawuri, 10; Solomon Anasa, 17; Patience Otumfuo, 13; Bernice Anyawuri, 12; Abigail Agregyam, 10 and Doris Ametore, 12.
The police chief also pleaded with parents, guardians or relatives who might know the children to call at the above Police Stations to help reunite the trafficked children with their families by assisting police in the screening process.
FROM Rocklyn Antonio, Bunso
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text: I don't know much about this issue. What are all the differences between Emotion Engine and software emulation? How much hard drive space does software emulation take? Will emulation really limit the amount pf PS1/2 games that can be played on the system? Also, as I recall didn't the PS3 in NA need a software update to play PS1/2 games earlier this year? If so, then why is the Emotion Engine needed?


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Beat Hôtel in Cambridge's Harvard Square Celebrates Valentine's Day with a Weekend-Long Celebration of Food, Cocktails and PerformancesThis year don't be tied down by only one night of Valentine's Day celebrations. Beat Hôtel brasserie, located in Cambridge's Harvard Square, will indulge lovers with "Four Days of Heart Beats" - a four-day long love fest featuring its scrumptious Bohemian menu, live music and special Valentine's Day inspired dishes. Special cupid's day dishes including Buckwheat Blinis with Crab Salad, Crème Fraiche & Caviar, "My Heart Beets" Salad with Hearts of Palm, Artichoke Hearts and Beets, Traditional Lobster Paella, and Braised Beef Short Ribs with Parsnip Mashed Potatoes and Grilled Frisee. Lovers can spice things up with one of Beat's Valentine's Day libations like the Chocolate-Covered Cherry Martini made with vodka, Dorda Double Chocolate liquor and Cherry Herring ($12), the Willy Wonka ($12.50) made with Jim Beam, Dorda Double Chocolate liquor, Campari, fresh orange juice, and finally The Heart Beat ($12.50) featuring Rose water topped with Domain Chandon Brut and garnished with a chocolate strawberry. Wine enthusiasts will appreciate Beat Hôtel's acclaimed wine list featuring over 24 small-crafter, high-quality American artisanal wines on tap and an exceptional sparkling and reserve wine list. Make your plans early for Four Days of Heart Beats by calling 617.499.0001. Reservations are highly recommended.Performance Schedule:Thursday, February 13th, 2014 � Early Jazz Set: Gabriela Martina from 6:30PM - 8:30PM � Vocab Band from 10PM- 2AMFriday, February 14th, 2014 � Early Jazz Set: Vanisha Gould from 5PM - 9:30PM � Karma Exchange from 10PM - 1:30AMSaturday, February 15th, 2014 � Saturday Jazz Brunch: 10AM to 3PM � Early Jazz Set: Nando Michelin: 6:30PM - 8:30PM � Latimbop from 10PM - 2AMSunday, February 16th 2014 � Sunday Jazz Brunch: 10AM to 3PM � Sarah Brindel from 8PM-12AMWHERE: Beat Hôtel, 13 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 WHEN: Thursday, February 13th, 2014 - Sunday, February 16th, 2014 INFO: Reservations are highly recommended by calling 617.499.0001About Beat Hôtel Beat Hôtel is an American brasserie and bar located in the heart of Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA. Inspired by the hippie and beat movements of the mid-twentieth century, Beat caters to all walks of life. Their mission is to satisfy the local community as well as vagabonds passing through. With an always fresh, seasonal, and wholesome menu, enjoyable for carnivores and vegetarians alike, Executive Chef Rebecca Newell's dishes draw influence and flavors from around the world. The bar celebrates American spirits and American artisanal wines crafted by small batch winemakers with heart and soul. To heighten the senses further, Beat features daily live music by cutting edge musicians in jazz, blues and world music, bringing eclectic artistry to their stage in Cambridge. For more information visit www.beathotel.com.
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May 2004
Finch and Nathan walk in the park and Nathan talks about he and his wife are still in a trial separation but don't want to talk divorce. He wonders how anyone knows when they've found the one special person in their life and Finch admits that he has no idea. They sit down at a bench and Finch uses a laptop to check in with the Machine and use it to provide a demonstration. He shows Nathan how the Machine has determined that a nearby man, an apparent homeless person, is actually a former violin prodigy with the Philharmonic who gave into drink. Finch explains that he has programmed the Machine to search for outliers. Nathan doesn't believe that level of programming is possible and Finch shows his partner that the Machine has detected that Nathan is dating a graduate student during his separation from his wife. He explains that he has programmed the Machine to understand human behavior by watching everyone, even its creators.
The Machine suddenly brings up a file on a nearby woman, Grace Hendricks, who is painting by the river. Finch can't find any anomalies in her history and suspects that there's a bug in the Machine's programming. Nathan comments that the Machine has good taste and Finch gives the woman a second look.
The Present
At the library, Bear licks the doughnuts that Finch has brought in for breakfast. Reese comes in and unwittingly eats one, and Finch avoids telling him what happened. He does tell Reese that they have a new number, Graham Wyler. Graham lives in the suburb of Far Rockaway with his wife Connie and daughter Izzy, and the couple owns a hardware store. Reese heads out to Far Rockaway and advises Finch not to buy doughnuts from the same bakery.
As Reese parks near the Wyler home and begins surveillance, Finch tells him that Graham lived in Fort Wayne, IN until 1997 and married his wife Connie in 1998. Their daughter Izzy plays soccer and is a junior high honor student. There's no suspicious financial activity in Graham's background and Reese figures that the Wylers are the most boring family in New York. He goes to the Wylers' hardware store and clones Graham's cell phone. A shady looking biker comes in and Graham secretly pays him off. However, later, Graham gives Izzy the envelope, which contains tickets to a Bruce Springsteen concert. Reese tells Finch that Graham truly is a good guy, but is interrupted when a police officer comes by and points out that he's in a no-parking zone. Reese tries to talk his way out of it but the officer gives him a ticket. Meanwhile, Finch checks Graham's past in Fort Wayne and discovers that "Graham" died in 1997. The man they know as Graham Wyler took the man's death certificate and made a new identity for himself.
Reese returns to NYC and goes to the library, and suggests that Finch pay for the ticket. Realizing that Reese's usual surveillance tactics won't work, Finch buys a house across the street from the Wylers and tells Reese that he's moving in the next day. However, he points out that his partner will have to put together one part of his new cover for himself. Reese makes a call to Zoe Morgan, arranges a meeting, and asks her to marry him.
The next day, Reese, Zoe, and bear move into their new house. As they go in, Finch calls and thanks Zoe for helping them out. Reese comes up with a plan to get close to the Wylers, but is interrupted when the Wylers show up at their doorstep to welcome them to the neighborhood. Once Reese puts away the gun that he instinctively drew, he and Zoe welcome the couple. Graham invites them over for a barbeque and leaves, and Reese is surprised at how easily the initial infiltration occurred.
At the barbeque, Graham makes small talk with Reese, who claims that he provides private security systems. He offers to set up Graham with a system but the hardware owner declines, saying he has enough security. As Graham talks about how his business is hanging on, Reese makes a veiled comment about how it's hard for an honest man to make a living but Graham doesn't react. Meanwhile, Zoe chats with Connie and makes up a story about how she met Reese when her car broke down in a bad part of town and he came to her rescue.
Izzy comes out and asks Graham if he's seen the necklace he fixed. He says that he hasn't and then gives him a postcard with a Philadelphia postmark. It's addressed to the Wylers but has no writing or return address. Izzy spots Bear and goes over to pet the dog, while Graham asks Reese to take over on the grill. As Graham goes inside, Reese takes the man's beer bottle.
That night, Zoe watches the Wyler house and sees Graham nervously come out and look around. Meanwhile, Reese uses gunpowder from some of his cartridges to make fingerprint powder and dust the bottle for Graham's prints. He gets a partial and sends it to Carter to check against records. The couple wonders what to do in the suburbs and Zoe suggests that they play poker. She ends up winning most of the hands.
The next day, Reese follows Graham and Connie into town on a shopping trip. A man bumps into Graham and calls him Lloyd, and apologizes. Graham dismisses it as a mistake to his wife, while Reese watches the man, Chris Vaughn, gets into a truck with another man and drives away. Later, Reese is watching Graham at his daughter' soccer game when Carter calls with an ID. She confirms that the prints actually belong to Lloyd Pruitt, a safecracker wanted for a series of robberies back in the 1990s. Graham worked with a crew consisting of Vaughn and Daniel Burnside. Burnside and Vaughn were caught in a jewelry store heist in 1997 but Lloyd wasn't with them and hasn't turned up since. Vaughn shot a guard and both he and Burnside went to prison for 12 years. She sends Reese photos confirming that Vaughn and the truck drive with him are the two thieves.
After the soccer game ends, Vaughn comes out onto the field and looks at Graham, making sure that his former partner sees him. Reese follows Vaughn out but loses him in the post-game crowd. When the Wylers come out, they discover that their SUV is on fire. As Graham and his family stare in horror, he gets a call from Vaughn telling him to meet them at their former hangout in NYC the next day so they can catch up.
Later, Graham asks Reese to put in a security system, and Reese calls in Finch to pose as a repairman and do the work. Finch then joins Reese and Zoe at their house and they watch the Wylers on the new cameras. As they watch, Finch explains that Graham was the safecracker on the job and opened safes by touch. When Graham didn't show up at the last robbery, Vaughn had to shoot the guard to intimidate the manager into opening the safe. Meanwhile, a suspicious-acting Graham tells Connie that he's going to run some errands but refuses to provide details. When she questions his new attitude, he snaps at her and walks out. As Graham walks down the street, Reese pulls up next to him, says that he's heading into NYC, and offers the ex-thief a lift. Graham accepts and as they drive out of town, Reese makes small talk. The conversation turns to past history and Graham says that he used to only care about himself but now he dedicates his life to watching out for his wife and daughter.
Finch and Zoe continue watching the Wyler house and see Connie lose her temper. Realizing the woman needs a sympathetic ear, Zoe goes over and Finch watches with interest as the two women talk. Connie admits that she doesn't know what Graham has become and talks about how they met at a concert when Graham stepped in and pretended to be her boyfriend when a creep started hitting on her. The couple were attracted to each other and soon married. Zoe sympathizes, commenting that it's rare to find someone to depend on. Finch watches the entire conversation, fascinated.
Finch goes out into the streets of NYC and checks in with the Machine via his laptop. As the next step in its "education," he wants it to find out correlations between random strangers. As it works, it flags Grace as an anomaly again as she walks by. Finch assumes that it's a bug and checks her record, confirming that she has no dark or sinister past. He realizes that's the anomaly and that she has an interest in Charles Dickens just like he does.
The Present
Reese drops Graham off at the bar and then meets with carter, who is nearby following Vaughn and Burnside. In the bar, Vaughn explains that he found Graham when he saw his photo on Facebook with his daughter. He figures that Graham has had an easy life while they rotted in prison, and Graham points out that he warned them the job was too dangerous. Vaughn and Burnside don't see it that way and tell him that he's going to help them break into an Everhold safe for a new robbery that they have planned. Once the job is over and they collect the big score, they're heading out of the country and are taking Graham with them so he can't go to the authorities later. When he threatens to call the police now, Vaughn shows him Izzy's missing necklace.
Reese, listening in, draws his gun and prepares to go in. Carter points out that he can't start a shootout in broad daylight and that they have nothing on Vaughn and Burnside except conspiracy to commit a crime. Reese wants to give them a message anyone but Carter points out that he can't watch over the Wylers forever. Conceding the point, Reese goes over to Vaughn's truck and tosses a cell phone burner with a GPS tracking app into the back and then leaves in his car.
After Vaughn and Burnside leave, Graham looks at Izzy's necklace and wonders what to do. He catches a cab back to Far Rockaway and Reese watches him as he goes about his day. That night, Graham puts Izzy's necklace on her dresser when she isn't looking, writes a letter to Connie, and leaves it by the phone.
As Zoe and Reese watch the Wyler house, Finch wonders what they're going to do. Reese suggests turning Graham in on the outstanding charges to get him and his family out of harm's way. However, Finch points out that Connie and Izzy will never forgive Graham if he goes to jail. When they hear Connie call to Graham without success, they realize that he's slipped out while avoiding the security cameras. They figure that he's going to meet Vaughn to do the job, and that Vaughn will kill him once they get the loot.
Reese and Zoe drive into NYC while Finch checks the GPS and discovers that it's at an impound lot. They figure that the thieves are pulling up stakes to leave the country after the robbery. Finch gets a list of companies using Everhold safes and cross-checks it against the locations that the GPS locators stopped at that day. They come up with a residential high-rise belonging to a gem dealer, Enver Clerik. Zoe has a client there, Rupert, who has a crush on him and she knows the building security. While Zoe and Reese go in, Finch accesses the building security and calls Carter to have her meet the others there.
Vaughn and his men go in dressed as caterers and take Graham with them. When Graham sees that they have guns, Vaughn explains that Clerik is out of his town and Atay is using the penthouse for a party. They have masks for everyone except Graham, who realizes that they're setting him up but has no choice except to go with them. The thieves break into the apartment and hold the partygoers at gunpoint. When Atay says that he doesn't have the combination, Vaughn punches him in the gut and has Graham go to work.
Carter meets Reese and Zoe outside and is shocked when Zoe jokingly introduces herself as Reese's wife. Reese says that he's going to get Graham out and that then Carter should move in and arrest the thieves. Zoe calls Rupert and sets up a meeting, telling him that she has an exotic dancer with him. The security guard lets her and Reese in, and Rupert isn't happy to see that Reese is not an exotic dancer. Reese sets up a line and rappels down the side of the building to Clerik's penthouse, while Finch accesses the video camera inside.
Reese comes down hard on the patio and Vaughn sends a man to check out the noise. After Reese takes the man out, he puts on his caterer's uniform and mask and rejoins the rest of the gang. Atay hits a hidden panic button before the crooks can stop him and the signal goes out before Finch can stop it. Carter warns them that they only have a few minutes until the police respond. Graham insists that they have to go but Vaughn says that Graham needs to focus on getting the safe open in the next three minutes. The safecracker refuses until Vaughn threatens to shoot him and then go after his family.
As the sirens approach, Carter warns Finch that she can't stall for long. Reese tells Finch over the earbud to give him a distraction as Graham gets the safe open. Vaughn takes Clerik's gems while Finch sends a sound file over the penthouse sound system on full volume. Reese and Graham take down the thieves and Graham prepares to shoot Vaughn. Reese pulls off his mask and tells Graham that he doesn't want to do it.
Outside, Carte tells the arriving officers that she's been working the case and takes them in... the long way.
Vaughn insists that it has to end and says that he has no choice, but Reese warns him that if he kills Vaughn then he'll end up in prison and Connie will be on her own. Graham lowers the gun and Vaughn smugly says that he knew his former partner couldn't do it. Reese slugs him unconscious and receives a text message from Carter giving him a clear way out. As Reese and Vaughn reach the street, Graham tells his rescuer about the letter he left for Connie. He wonders how he can go back like nothing ever happened and Reese reassures him that they know how feels about them. Despite that, Graham says that he has to pay for his crimes and turns himself into the police.
In the next few days, Graham testifies against Vaughn and his gang for a reduced sentence. Reese visits the Wylers and Connie comes out. She thanks Reese for helping her husband, even though she's not sure exactly what he did. Graham comes out wearing an electronic restraint bracelet and explains that the judge confined him to house arrest. He's surprised that Connie stayed with him as he walks with Reese to the edge of his property. The two men shake hands and Graham thanks Reese for his help. Reese walks over to the house where Zoe is waiting and says that it was fun while it lasted. Zoe suggests that since they have the house for one more night, they should play another all-night poker game.
At the library, Finch closes out the Wyler case and look at the photos of Graham and Connie together.
Finch goes to the park and buys his usual ice cream cone from the vendor despite the fact it's winter. The vendor has been keeping some ice cream just for Finch, his regular customer, and points out that Finch doesn't deny himself small pleasures. Surprised and pleased at the man's perception, Finch receives a text message from the Machine. It simply mentions Grace's name, and Finch goes over to talk to the woman.


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Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Thursday, March 06, 2008
Owners, vet think coyotes killed dog in back yard When Candelario and Jessica Gabaldon adopted Sophie, a small and friendly corgi, three years ago from a Florida rescue shelter, they saved her life. But last week, the couple couldn't save her from what they and their veterinarian believe was a pack of coyotes. The Gabaldons, who live on Amistad Drive just off Sichler Road, had just returned home from dinner last Wednesday evening when they realized that 8-year-old Sophie, who was in their backyard with her playmate, a young boxer, had been brutally attacked. "She was in mad pain," Candelario said. "Her right front leg was almost ripped right off. You could see muscles and tendons and bone." "The best way I could describe it was someone ripping off the drumstick of a turkey on Thanksgiving," Jessica said. "We just couldn't believe it." Van Otten said that, as he began to shave the dog for surgery, he found many more puncture wounds and actual tears on the animal's neck and back. He found that the dog's other leg had also sustained considerable damage. The ligaments holding the animal's elbow together were displaced and a bone was broken.Van Otten said, from what he observed of Sophie's wounds, it looked as if she was pulled apart from each limb. He said he felt that her injuries were beyond his capabilities to repair and he suggested that the Gabaldons put their beloved corgi to sleep. They agreed. "Based on the teeth marks I saw, I do suspect coyotes, but I can't be 100 percent certain," Van Otten said. "I've never seen an arm torn off like that. These corgis don't back down; they're tenacious little dogs." Van Otten, whose office is down the road from where the Gabaldons live, said he has seen coyotes in the area as recently as a month ago....
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Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 726080, 4 pages
Influence of Sulfurization Temperature on Photoelectric Properties Cu2SnS3 Thin Films Deposited by Magnetron Sputtering
Institute of Micro/Nano Devices and Solar Cells, School of Physics & Information Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
Received 19 May 2013; Accepted 31 July 2013
Academic Editor: Seung Hwan Ko
Copyright © 2013 Pengyi Zhao and Shuying Cheng. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Cu2SnS3 is a narrow-band-gap semiconductor material. It has suitable optical and electrical properties which make it a potential absorber layer of solar cells. In this paper, Cu2SnS3 thin films were successfully obtained by sulfurizing CuSnS2 thin films deposited by RF magnetron sputtering at temperatures of 350–425°C for 2 h in an atmosphere of hydrogen sulfide and nitrogen. The influence of the sulfurization temperature on the electrical and optical properties of the Cu2SnS3 thin films was investigated. The experimental results show that the Cu2SnS3 thin films sulfurized at a temperature of 425°C exhibit better properties than others. The mobility and resistivity of the Cu2SnS3 films are 9 cm2/V·s and 3 Ω·cm, respectively. And its optical band gap is estimated to be about 1.77 eV.
1. Introduction
Thin film solar cells with low cost and little pollution have attracted much attention. Cu2SnS3 (CTS) is a p-type narrow-band-gap semiconductor and its elements are abundant and nontoxic. Its band gap is ~1.1 eV and exhibits high optical absorption coefficient (>104 cm−1) [1]. Several research groups have attempted to make use of CTS thin films as absorbers of thin film solar cells. Koike et al. reported the solar cells with CTS absorbers prepared by coelectrodeposition and showed a conversion efficiency of 2.84% [2]. Chino et al. deposited the CTS thin films by electron beam evaporation and fabricated a solar cell with an open-circuit voltage of 211 mV, a short-circuit current of 28.0 mA/cm2, a fill factor of 0.43, and a conversion efficiency of 2.54% [3]. Therefore, CTS is a potential candidate for thin film solar cells. In this paper, we studied the electrical and optical properties of Cu2SnS3 thin films sulfurized at temperatures of 350–425°C in order to obtain CTS films with good properties.
2. Experimental
The glass substrates were cleaned by deionized water, acetone, ethanol, and deionized water in turn and then dried by ovens. CTS thin films were successfully prepared onto glass substrates via sulfurization of CuSnS2 films deposited by an RF magnetron sputtering system. The target was CuSnS2 ceramic with a purity of 99.9%. The substrates were mounted on a holder, and the distance of the target substrate was 3.5 cm. The base pressure was about 5 × 10−4 Pa. The work pressure and power were 1.5 Pa and 65 W, respectively. The flow rate of Ar (99.99%) was kept at a constant value of 60 sccm controlled by a mass flow controller. Before sputtering the CuSnS2 thin films on the substrates, the target was presputtered for about 10 min with a shutter covering the target in order to remove the surface oxide layer. Thicknesses of the CuSnS2 thin films were about 440 nm. The CTS thin films were obtained by sulfurizing the CuSnS2 thin films at temperatures of 350–425°C for 2 h in an atmosphere of hydrogen sulfide and nitrogen. Four CTS thin films samples were fabricated by changing the sulfurization temperatures. Table 1 lists the sample names and their sulfurization conditions.
The crystalline status of the CTS thin films was characterized using an X-ray diffractometer (XRD) with Cu K radiation . The compositions were obtained from an energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX). The morphologies were measured by a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (XL30 ESEM-TMP). Film thickness was measured with a stylus surface profiler (TENCOR D100). The optical properties were measured by a spectrometer (Varian Cary 5000) in the wavelength range 400–1800 nm. The electrical properties were measured using a Hall measurement system (Ecopia HMS-3000).
3. Result and Discussion
3.1. Structure and Morphology
Figure 1 shows the SEM images of samples CTS-3 and CTS-4. On the surface of sample CTS-3, there are nubby grains with the average size of 1 m. However the grains of sample CTS-4 present linear shape with the average length of about 1 m. The morphology of the samples varies significantly with the sulfurization temperature. Therefore, it is obvious that the sulfurization temperature has a great influence on the morphologies of the CTS thin films. P. A. Fernandes and P. M. P. Salomé reported that the Cu2SnS3 thin films were sensitive to the temperature [4]. Table 2 shows the EDX of the samples (CTS-3 and CTS-4, resp.). The EDX indicates that samples CTS-3 and CTS-4 are Cu poor and S rich.
Figure 2 depicts the XRD patterns of the CTS thin films sulfurized at different temperatures. The films exhibit several obvious XRD peaks. Sharp and intense peak at 28.34° followed by other peaks at 47.34° and 56.03° is attributed to the diffraction of planes (112), (220), and (312) of CTS with the tetragonal structure of JCPDS 089-4714. With the increasing of the sulfurization temperature, many new peaks that do not belong to Cu2SnS3 appear. There are also a few weak peaks corresponding to those of Sn2S3 and SnS. The deterioration of the XRD peaks may be due to the diffusion of Sn atoms to the surface of the Cu2SnS3 thin film by high temperature [5, 6] and the reaction of Sn atoms with hydrogen sulfide.
3.2. Optical Characterization
The transmission and reflection spectra of the CTS thin films were measured in the wavelength range 400–1800 nm at room temperature. Figure 3(a) shows the plot of absorptance versus hv of the CTS-3 thin film. At the beginning, the absorptance is rapidly increased with the increase of hv and then it almost reaches a constant value. It indicates that the CTS thin film is a direct band gap semiconductor which is in agreement with the report of Zhai et al. [7]. The absorption coefficient of the films was estimated by the transmittance and reflectance measurements at room temperature. Figure 3(b) shows the plots of (hν)2 versus hν to deduce the direct band gap of the CTS thin films. The direct band gap values of the samples (CTS-1 to CTS-4) were estimated to be 2.19 eV, 2.16 eV, 2.03 eV, and 1.77 eV, respectively. Fernandes et al. [8]. reported a direct band gap of 1.35 eV for tetragonal Cu2SnS3 and 0.96 eV for cubic Cu2SnS3. The band gap of CTS-4 thin film is close to that of the reported tetragonal Cu2SnS3. The band gap of the samples is reduced gradually with the increasing of the sulfurization temperature, which may be related to the existence of a secondary phase.
3.3. Electrical Properties
The electrical properties of the CTS thin films were measured by a Hall measurement system at room temperature. Table 3 exhibits the electrical properties of the CTS thin films sulfurized at different temperatures. The mobilities of the CTS thin films are varied with the increasing of the sulfurization temperature, which might attribute to the existence of the impurities. The films were not intentionally doped; therefore, it is very likely that the observed defect acceptor state is native and originated from the deviations from the ideal stoichiometry. The result of EDX indicates that the samples are S-rich and Cu-poor. The samples might contain dominant defects species: sulfur interstitials S1, copper vacancies VCu, and atoms in copper sites SnCu. The S1 and VCu are acceptor states, but SnCu is a donor state. According to Hall measurement, the Cu2SnS3 thin films show p-type conductivity. Therefore, the SnCu is probably the compensating donor state. The defects of S1 and VCu play a dominant role in the Cu2SnS3 thin films and may form impurity band in the forbidden band. When the acceptor impurity band exists in the films, the mobility is related to the hole mobility in the valence band and the mobility in the impurity band which was reported by Emelyanenko et al. [9]. The can be related to the scattering by the ionized impurities, acoustic-lattice modes, optical-lattice modes, neutral impurities, and space-charge effects, respectively [10]. As a function of temperature, at low temperature, the increases with increasing the temperature, which is related to the scattering by the ionized impurities. However, at high temperature, the decreases with the increasing of the temperature. Therefore, it indicates that the acoustic phonon scattering is a dominant process [10]. This can be the reason why the mobilities of the CTS thin films change with increasing the sulfurization temperature. The resistivities of the CTS thin films are also varied as the sulfurization temperature increases from 350°C to 425°C, and it might attribute to the secondary phase.uctivitys (a)sample ution have been paid much attention.
4. Conclusion
The electrical and optical properties of the CTS thin films sulfurized at the temperatures of 350–425°C have been studied. It is confirmed that the electrical and optical properties of the CTS thin films strongly depend on the sulfurization temperature. According to the requirement of photoelectrical properties of solar cell absorbers, sample CTS-4 has better properties than others. It has a band gap of ~1.77 eV and an absorption coefficient of ~105 cm−1. The carrier concentration, mobility, and resistivity of sample CTS-4 are ~2.3 × 1017 cm−3, ~9 cm2/Vs, and ~3 Ωcm, respectively. According to those properties, the CTS thin films will be good an absorbing layers of thin film solar cells.
This work was supported by the National Nature Sciences Funding of China (61076063), Fujian Provincial Department of Science & Technology, China (2012J01266), and Fuzhou University (2010-xy-24).
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text: [JURIST] A nonpartisan group that tracks the records of federal government personnel has sued the Bush administration for withholding the names and job information of about 900,000 civilian employees. The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) [official website] filed a complaint [PDF text] Tuesday under the Freedom of Information Act [text; OPM FOIA website]. TRAC alleged that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) [official website] has failed to provide the names of civilian employees of the Defense Department and some 150,000 other employees since October 2004 and has also failed to explain why. Since 1989 TRAC, a research group based out of Syracuse University, has posted information online about the 2.7 million federal civilian employees, including work location, salary and job description; the data is used by reporters and watchdog groups to monitor government policies and abuses. An OPM spokesperson refused to comment on the lawsuit. Information about government employees has been publicly available since a register was first developed in 1816. TRAC has a news release on the suit and its correspondence with OPM [PDF text]. AP has more.


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Lil Wayne Signs Soccer Player Cristiano Ronaldo
Just in case you forgot about Lil Wayne's entrepreneurial spirit, the multi-platinum rap superstar has just made a big announcement. According to TMZ, the YMCMB rapper is launching his own sports management company and his first client will be none other than Portugal's star soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo.
Wayne has already proven himself to be a successful music executive, by being instrumental in the success of artists such as Nicki Minaj and Drake, and now he's taking his business to a new level with this new endeavor. Now, it almost seems as if he's following Jay-Z's lead with this move into sports management.
Weezy's company is teaming up with PolarisSports, an already existing sports agency affiliated with CAA and GestiFute. Ronaldo's current agent, Jorge Mendes, operates out of the agency. But now that he's teamed up with his friend Weezy, Ronaldo hopes to up his branding, marketing, modeling and endorsements. Ronaldo is already throwing up the YMCMB sign.
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Education inspectors condemned a £2bn government drive to improve basic literacy and numeracy levels among adults as a "depressing" failure today.
Ministers have hailed the Skills for Life scheme, which aimed to encourage more adults to take basic qualifications and develop their abilities in English and maths.
But the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) said the programme was failing, despite the "extraordinary" amount of money the government had spent.
The findings came just 48 hours after a government review warned Britain's economic prosperity was at risk because so many adults cannot read, write or add up properly.
The ALI said Skills for Life was not achieving its key aim of helping people from the poorest backgrounds.
In its annual report, the ALI said: "There has been a depressing lack of improvement and a failure to effectively tackle weaknesses over the past four years.
"This is despite an extraordinary injection of funds and capacity building from the government's Skills for Life campaign.
"All this is most disappointing."
Last year, ministers hailed the success of the scheme as one of the few high profile education initiatives that had met its key targets.
But the ALI report said the achievement was of "debatable" value.
"Last year, Skills for Life met its initial target of three-quarters of a million new qualifications achieved in numeracy or literacy.
"Half these were gained by 16 to 18-year-olds already enrolled on college courses.
"It is debatable how much extra value was added by the programme in that context."
The report said the amount of good quality work on literacy and numeracy in colleges has fallen.
The ALI's chief inspector, David Sherlock, said adult education colleges were being forced to make up for the shortcomings of state schools.
"We cannot get away from the fact that the adult learning sector is distorted to deal with the shortcomings of our schools system," he said.
"Until we deal with our failure to properly equip so many young people for adulthood, let alone successful careers, we cannot hope to build a world-beating adult skills strategy."
On Monday, Lord Leitch published the interim findings of his review into the UK's skills requirements for the 21st century.
Half of adults do not have the maths abilities expected of primary school children and one in six does not have the literacy skills of an 11-year-old, he said.
Lord Leitch warned that current targets for improving skills levels will be "difficult" to achieve.
And even then, they will not be enough to improve Britain's "poor" standing on the world stage, he said.
The skills minister Phil Hope acknowledged that there was much more to be done, stressing that the ALI report had highlighted major improvements in the quality of training.
"However, we acknowledge that there is still more for us to do if we are to improve basic skills," he said.
"The report will be a spur to help us identify what needs to be done to raise the quality of provision across the board.
"More than a million adults have improved their skills and gained a first qualification since we launched the Skills for Life programme.
"We are on course to meet our target of improving the skills of 2.25 million adults by 2010."


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Historic Heartland Catholic church celebrates homecoming
Mon, 23 Sep 2013 04:23:12 GMT —
St. Maryâ??s Catholic Church in Adair, Missouri, just 12 miles east of Kirksville, celebrated its homecoming, Sunday.
The church was built during 1904-1905 period, and only cost $10,000.
Church-goers say they have been working to restore the look of the church, and thanks to generous donations, they have.
â??We've been trying for years trying to restore it and as funds were available we did it,â?? said Rita Ludden, a church member. â??This year we got some unexpected donations and we have been working ever since the first of the year restoring on it and we're very proud of what we've done.â??
Church-goers say they love the number of generations represented within the historic Catholic Church. Theyâ??ve added statues to help restore the look of the church.
Members say they hold this homecoming the last Sunday in September, every year.


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TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey is under a winter storm watch from the National Weather Service.
Forecasters say the snow will begin falling on the Garden State on Tuesday afternoon and continue into Wednesday.
The southern part of the state is expected to get at least four inches — and it could be heavier in northern New Jersey.


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I friend of mine, Nancy Ahlrichs with Flashpoint HR, just wrote a good article about whining in the workplace. You can find the article here. We have all been in meetings, or around colleagues, where they have a list a mile long of all of the things wrong with the company, the project, the team, etc. However, rarely do these individuals offer solutions, or if they do offer solutions, they would be impossible to implement because they do not have a good grasp of the situation. Now we all have bad days, but I am not talking about that, I am talking about those that you know in every meeting are going to be the one being critical and draining the life out of those around them. Nancy provides five ways to help these whiners below (she provides more insight into each of these into her article).
1. Hold one-on-one meetings weekly or every other week with each staff member.
2. Resist rescuing the whiner.
3. Set ground rules for all meetings.
4. Teach high Emotional Intelligence (EI) communication.
5. Follow through. If the ground rules say, "No complaints without solutions," stick to it. Remember, no whining!
Basically what it boils down to is a manager issue. The manager needs to ensure there is an opportunity for open and honest dialogue between the employees so if they have a complaint, they can bring it up to them, and not feel as though their only option is to bring it up the complaints in meetings. If they have someone who is continually negative, they need to have that difficult conversation with the employee about their attitude and what the real problem is.
What are your thoughts? Do you deal with a lot of whiners in your workplace? If so, does it get dealt with or ignored?
Also, to learn more about Nancy or Flashpoint HR, you can click here.


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Super-fast broadband available at half of Cornish exchanges within 18 months
Early roll-out plan focuses on East Cornwall with communities such as Liskeard, Callington, Gunnislake and Launceston included with St Austell, Truro, Bodmin, Falmouth, Penryn, Camborne and Redruth.
St Austell will have some of the first areas in the UK to get the latest 'fibre to the premises' broadband technology.
Super-fast broadband is expected to be available at half of Cornwall's telephone exchanges by the autumn of next year, it was announced today.
Around 50 of the 100 exchanges in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are due to have been upgraded within 18 months as part of the Superfast Cornwall partnership between BT, the European Union, Cornwall Council and Cornwall Development Company.
The early stages of the roll-out will see a particular emphasis on East Cornwall with Liskeard, Callington, Gunnislake and Launceston among the next 17 exchanges to be upgraded. Also included are St Austell, Bodmin, Truro, Falmouth, Penryn, Camborne and Redruth.
Super-fast broadband is expected to have started to become available at all of the 17 exchanges by the end of March 2012, while a further 26 exchanges2 are due to be upgraded by autumn 2012.
St Austell, which will be upgraded this summer, will also have the distinction of having some of the first areas in the UK to use the latest 'fibre to the premises' (FTTP) super-fast broadband. FTTP, offering the fastest speeds available in the UK of up to 100Mbps, will be available in parts of the town this summer.
Details of the next major steps in the roll-out programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly were revealed today at a conference for business leaders held by the Superfast Cornwall partnership at Cornwall's Eden Project.
The announcement follows the success of a pilot scheme which has already made super-fast broadband available to more than 15,000 customers in eight Cornish communities. The new network is available on an equal basis to all firms offering super-fast broadband services.
Up to Ł53.5 million of the funding for Superfast Cornwall is coming from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Convergence programme, the largest ever single European investment in broadband infrastructure, with BT investing up to Ł78.5 million. The scheme is managed by Cornwall Development Company, which is Cornwall Council's economic development firm.
The roll-out is expected to create 4,000 new jobs and to protect a further 2,000 existing jobs and will make Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly one of the best connected places in the world. By the end of 2014 at least 80 per cent of homes and businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are due to have access to super-fast broadband with alternative technologies being used to boost speeds in those locations where super-fast broadband is not currently viable.
Carolyn Rule, cabinet member for Cornwall Council, said: "This is an ambitious and visionary programme that will put Cornwall at the forefront of super-fast broadband connectivity. It will create new opportunities for everyone in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, giving our businesses a competitive edge as well as opening new doors for people of every age and background. Super-fast broadband has the power to transform every aspect of life in Cornwall, including healthcare, lifelong learning and the way we all work and play."
Sally Davis, chief executive of BT Wholesale, said: "The Superfast Cornwall partnership is setting the standard for rural areas in the UK and across Europe. This is a hugely complex undertaking, but we are rolling-out super-fast broadband at pace and to schedule. Early interest and take-up from homes and businesses across the county has been very encouraging. In the short time since the first communities were upgraded there are already about 700 hundred homes and businesses using and benefiting from super-fast broadband."
Nigel Ashcroft, programme director of Superfast Cornwall for Cornwall Development Company, said: "The scale of the engineering challenge is immense. A broadband infrastructure of this scale and complexity has never previously been tackled in Europe so Cornwall really is at the cutting edge with this programme. Superfast Cornwall is set to put Cornwall on the world map, expanding the horizons of all our businesses as well as acting as a magnet to high value businesses from elsewhere."
Ed Vaizey, Minister for Communication, Culture and the Creative Industries, said: "The availability of high speed broadband is a key enabler for economic recovery, business efficiency and an inclusive, digital society. These are principles at the heart of this Government's commitment to delivering broadband ambitions. The mix between public and private investment that is delivering the open 'Superfast Cornwall' network is a model that should be encouraged and used as the basis to ensure that everyone, wherever they live or work in the UK, has access to 21st century communications infrastructure and choice of services."
Cornish households and businesses are getting a head start with access to some of the best broadband speeds in the world. The super-fast service is boosting the competitiveness of local firms and offering new ways of flexible working, entertainment and learning opportunities for local residents. Super-fast broadband benefits include users being able to send and receive large amounts of data much more quickly and efficiently and having the ability to run multiple bandwidth-hungry applications at the same time.
Carleen Kelemen, director of the Convergence Partnership Office for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, said: "Super-fast broadband is the glue that joins all other Convergence investments together, providing the platform for a high value knowledge based economy."
One of the first Cornish customers connected was Orbiss Ltd of Greenbottom, near Truro, with more than 20 years experience in providing telecommunications and entertainment systems for the hospitality industry. It recently doubled its workforce to 11 and has further expansion plans for the future. Directors Karen McGowan and Karen Patterson will be speaking at the conference
Karen Patterson said: "First class internet and electronic communications are a vital part of our business so the arrival of super-fast broadband could not have come at a better time.
"It is a massive leap forward, helping us to operate more efficiently and effectively and making an important contribution to the service we provide for our customers. To take just one example, we are now using super-fast broadband to distribute the latest movies to our hotel customers around the UK faster than ever before.
"The technology and expertise we have available allows us to operate on a national scale here in Cornwall and compete successfully with very big companies."
While most premises in upgraded areas will be able to access super-fast broadband, a minority will not be able to do so. People not able to benefit will in future receive faster speeds than today through a mixture of technologies expected to include wireless, satellite broadband, advanced copper and a further extension of the fibre network.
Super-fast broadband will be delivered as 'fibre to the cabinet' (FTTC) and 'fibre to the premises' (FTTP). BT recently announced that it expected during 2012 to roughly double the download speeds of FTTC to up to 80Mbps. Upload speeds will also improve with up to 20Mbps being likely.
Customers can find out more about the programme at www.superfastcornwall.org The roll-out is due to run until the end of 2014.


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New TV Ad: Tell Obama to Say No to More Offshore Drilling
Since BP's oil rig exploded last month, millions of gallons of oil have leaked into the Gulf of Mexico.
And in that same time, President Obama's administration has approved 27 new offshore drilling operations, exempting all but one from environmental review, including two for BP. They were approved by the same agency that exempted BP's doomed offshore drilling rig from environmental review.
We're launching a TV ad against expanded offshore drilling featuring images of the destruction in the Gulf, using President Obama's own words, to say no to more offshore drilling.
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text: A good Chef knows that the key to excellent food is high-quality ingredients. One vital ingredient in the Mediterranean diet is olive oil; it is the heart of Mediterranean cuisine! At Mediterrano we don't compromise on olive oil because we know it makes all the difference in the flavor of our dishes. The owner, John Roumanis, takes great measures to bring his customers high-quality extra-virgin olive oil from his very own olive groves in Greece. In addition to using this Greek olive oil in our menu items, we've bottled it up and offer it for sale. You can find it at Mediterrano or Carlyle Grill. We welcome you to try it in your own dishes! We'd love to hear from you.


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CUMMING, Ga. – The American Legion, Cumming Post 307, announced its annual High School Oratorical Scholarship Program for 2013-14.
This oratorical program is a four-level state contest with winners receiving cash awards at every level.
The program starts at the local American Legion Post level and the winner may progress to compete at the district, area and state contests.
Eligible participants are high school students who will be under the age of 20 years by April 4-6, 2014, which is the date of the national contest.
The contestants must also be citizens of or lawful permanent residents of the United States. Students of public, religious, military, private schools or a state-accredited home school may participate.
Each contestant is requested to deliver an eight- to 10-minute prepared oration, using some aspect of the U.S. Constitution, with emphasis on the duties and obligations of a citizen to our government.
Additionally, an extemporaneous three- to five-minute oration will be given by each contestant, based on one of four published constitutional amendments. The amendment is selected at the time of the contest and each contestant speaks on the same amendment.
The Cumming Post 307 contest will be held on Monday, Feb. 10 at the Georgia Army National Guard Readiness Center, 100 Aquatic Circle in Cumming.
The state contest will be held on Saturday, March 1, 2014, location to be announced.
Cash prizes through the state championship can total as much as $2,500 and the national contestants are awarded $1,500 in scholarship money for each level he or she attains as well as scholarships of $18,000, $16,000 and $14,000 for first, second and third place finishes.
Participant's expenses are paid by the American Legion.
For information, contact John Arant, Post 307 contest chairman, at 770-887-5708 or at email@example.com


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Kieth Code explains how the The Streets of Willow Springs California Superbike School came about and why its known by many as "The Cornering School".
The first time I rode The Streets of Willow Springs it was one mile long with 8 turns to it. I was doing a new model release with Motorcyclist magazine and I fell in love with the flow of the short little thing.
A few years later I started a Sunday afternoon event where riders could come out and ride the 1 mile track, get their laps timed and do a sort of Superpole set of laps, five at a time for about $25. It was fun. The only thing I thought was missing was a few extra turns and the track owner, Bill Huth, kindly agreed to add three tight turns by the skid pad section and we began running our California Superbike School sessions on the "new" track. That worked out pretty well but I wanted more length so Bill again agreed to add some more to the track and I designed another section which added about 2/10ths mile and another 2 turns.
OK, it was getting better and we had great schools but still, at 1.2 miles it needed something really special and a little more straight. One more time Bill Huth stepped up to the plate and gave me ½ mile more of asphalt to play with. Presto, changeo, the new turn 6, 7, 8 and 9 were born and I had a ball designing that section of the track. The new turn 8 is one of the most fun turns on the West Coast. I kind of knew what I wanted but it wasn't until I spoke with the guy running the road grader that the real spirit of that turn was born. I asked him how much tilt he could get on his blade and he said 20 degrees, I just grinned at that and said, OK, this turn will have a 20 degree banking and it does, making it the steepest banked turn west of the Mississippi. Now we were up to 14 exciting, technical and challenging corners and I was finally happy.
Since that time we've run about 150 school days at The Streets and the particularly good thing about it is students experience anywhere from 500 to 800 corners in a single day. Well, since we are known as "The Cornering School" that all makes perfect sense. Even though we've run over 90 tracks worldwide, The Streets holds a special place in my heart and has become our favorite track for training and I'm willing to bet that once you get some coaching with us, it will become one of your favorites too.
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To access the GarageBand loops installed on your computer, please do the following:
- Make sure GarageBand is open and you have the loop browser open:
- Click the Finder icon in the Dock.
- Choose Go > Go to Folder.
- Type the directory location:
- Find the Apple Loops folder, and drag it into the GarageBand loop browser.
- Wait for Reindexing to complete.
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Not all loops listed in the GarageBand loop browser will be installed on your computer by default. Selecting a loop with an arrow icon next to its name should bring up a dialog prompting for an installation source. The fastest method of installing these loops is to select Install from DVD in this dialog, then inserting your computer's original install disc when prompted to do so.


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Not too long ago, here, we described the easiest-on-the-senses methods of modern TV sports viewing — that is, watching as an "O" or a "Q".
Watching as an O entails dropping your jaw to form an O with your mouth while blankly accepting anything that is told to you or appears. O's are expected to consider save stats, red-zone percentages and phrases such as "ability to score the basketball" as flat, factual matter, like state capitals.
Still, O's know how to read — and remember. It's not as easy to fool an O as it is a Q.
Q's are one step — the last one — beyond. After dropping their jaws to form an O, they extend their tongues out either side of their lower mouths to form a Q. Despite their designation, "Q's," as were Bernie Madoff clients, are not allowed to ask questions — not even about the FOX Robot.
To that end, the NCAA, in confederation with CBS and Turner this week, made history: Even the four NCAA Tournament "play-in" games, dubbed the First Four, were so afflicted by academic, financial and moral compromise — if not corruption — they were unfit for even O's.
Wednesday on Turner's oddly named truTV — it is almost totally reliant on bogus, Q-targeting "reality" programming — James Madison played LIU.
Sunday, into Monday morning hours, after JMU was selected, an off-campus NCAA party inspired this report from the Harrisonburg, Va., Police Department:
"When officers arrived they were informed by private security personnel that the party was too big. They asked for everyone to leave. As officers were attempting to disperse the more than 200 people from the premises, one individual began yelling obscenities at the officers and enticing the crowd.
"He was told to leave several times by the officers, and eventually was taken away by acquaintances. Due to the officers knowing who the individual was and the concern for the safety of the public should the crowd turn riotous, a decision was made not to arrest the individual at the time."
The police, however, later arrested that "individual," Rayshawn Goins, 24, JMU's leading scorer and rebounder.
JMU next demanded that the Q emerge in all of us: It suspended Goins for the first half of Wednesday's play-in vs. LIU Brooklyn. Sure, that's harsh, but you know what they say: Spare the rod, spoil the 24-year-old star power forward.
After all, the only thing harsher would have been JMU suspending him for the second half.
Not that LIU didn't demand some Q-time, too.
LIU had a nice thing going this past September, a "Welcome Back Students" dance, when four members of the basketball team began flexing their bad-ass muscles. They started a brawl. And when the DJ appealed for peace, they went after him, too.
Five student complaints were filed with police. The four student-athletes were arrested.
Defending NEC champs — the Blackbirds were automatic qualifiers for last year's other Big Dance — LIU suspended each player for two early-season games.
Tuesday on truTV, St. Mary's won its play-in. On March 1, the California college was hit with a pile of penalties for recruiting sins, which may have been because St. Mary's' rosters annually read like the guest book at the Paris Hilton (or Missy Hyatt).
This year's includes four from Australia, one from Trinidad, one from Lithuania. In the none-of-your-business tradition of John Thompson the Elder, players' birthdates go unlisted.
And that, my fellow O's and Q's, is all it takes to make it to a nationally televised, student-athlete NCAA play-in games. Last one to the library is a rotten egg!
Technically, LeBron dunk was not that great
ESPN's destruction of sports is as mindless as it is relentless. Monday in Boston, the Heat, trying to extend their win streak to 23, were down eight in the second quarter when LeBron James dunked — but then was hit with a technical for taunting. The Celtics made the free throw.
Tuesday morning, the No. 1 Play of the Day on "SportsCenter" was that LeBron James slam and technical. Essentially, James had scored a one-point field goal, and the geniuses at ESPN identified that as especially good!
* Yep, it was all StubHub's fault the Yankees priced tickets to games in new Yankee Stadium as if people would rather be at a Yankees game than sleep indoors. And now "Bottom Line" Bud Selig, MLB and the Yankees have TicketMaster (aka Tack-on-Master) handling their re-sales.
* Helen Kutsher, the First Lady of the Catskills — known by generations of New York athletes and sports media as the most gracious, regal woman to have asked if you wanted more pot roast — died Tuesday at 89.
* CBS's Clark Kellogg now makes with those transparently forced holler-guy routines en route to commercials. Why do networks figure they need to hype what we already are watching?
* Now Rory McIlroy has ticked off Arnold Palmer. Seems that in adding Nike millions and Nike clubs — he thus far seems comfortable with only the former — he has been inoculated with that Nike "attitude."
* Apparently done with his TV endorsements of Weight Watchers, Charles Barkley now appears (and on the heavy side) in a commercial co-starring his tent-sized undies. Yesterday on CBS, Barkley's studio wisdoms included, "I actually think that [teams seeded] three, four, five and six can lose in the first round of the Tournament." Imagine that!
* Jim Kaat, asked by WFAN's Evan Roberts and Joe Benigno on Monday what he thought of the Yankees' spring training, said that in his last start of the 1975 preseason he allowed nine runs in 1 2/3 innings, "then began the season 8-0." (In '75, with the White Sox, he began 8-1, but who's counting?)
* The only way the Knicks could snap that road losing streak is exactly how it was done: Mike Francesa declared the Knicks would lose their fifth straight that night in Utah. Final: Knicks 90, Jazz 83.
* New Mexico State, school colors crimson and white, yesterday wore its black unis vs. St. Louis. … Any stat, any time: CBS/Turner yesterday noted Tuesday's play-in wins as schools' "first NCAA Tournament win in X-years." As if!
* Bad enough that Taylor-Made has come out with a crude crotch ad sales slogan for its new golf ball, NBC golf host Dan Hicks is handed that slogan to read on air — and he complies!
* Reader Eddie Rabin wonders if Stephen A. Smith feels empowered to be a fast-talking basketball expert because he sounds as if he is identifying himself as "Stephen Naismith."


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These excerpts taken from the FLXS 8-K filed Mar 31, 2009.
Applicable Margin means with respect to any CB Floating Rate Advance, 0.25% per annum and with respect to any LIBOR Rate Advance, 3.00% per annum.
Applicable Margin means with respect to any CB Floating Rate Advance, 0.00% per annum and with respect to any LIBOR Rate Advance, 2.25% per annum.
This excerpt taken from the FLXS 8-K filed Jun 27, 2008.
Applicable Margin is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
2.4 Each of the Related Documents is modified to provide that it shall be a default or an event of default thereunder if the Borrower shall fail to comply with any of the covenants of the Borrower herein or if any representation or warranty by the Borrower herein or by any guarantor in any Related Documents is materially incomplete, incorrect, or misleading as of the date hereof. As used in this agreement, the Related Documents shall include the Note and all loan agreements, credit agreements, reimbursement agreements, security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, pledge agreements, assignments, guaranties, or any other instrument or document executed in connection with the Note or in connection with any other obligations of the Borrower to the Bank.
2.5 Each reference in the Related Documents to any of the Related Documents shall be a reference to such document as modified herein.
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As we noted earlier this week, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is revamping his daytime talk show, including taking it live every day. That does not mean his CNN will be getting any short shrift however. "AC360" still airs live every night at 8 PM, and last month was CNN's number one show in the key advertising demo of adults 25-54.
Now, we are getting a little taste of Cooper's juggling abilities even before his talk show returns. Tonight Cooper will interview Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), to talk the situation in Syria, and President Obama's authorization to assist the rebels there. Tomorrow the show will interview Jason Puracal, and American currently imprisoned in Nicaragua on charges that he says are specious.
And even with having to prepare for the hard news interviews, Cooper has still found time to join photo-sharing social network Instagram, which will play a big part in the talk show. How will he hold up when he has to go live in the morning and the evening? We will find out come September.


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Corporate Crime Investigations is a reference tool for internal auditors, in-house counsel and corporate security professionals who handle crimes, torts, and breaches of contract. The crimes involved may include employee fraud, theft, embezzlement, forgery, commercial bribery and property destruction. Breaches of ethical codes, fiduciary duties, and company policies incidental to these acts are also included. Corporate Crime Investigations also includes important information on privacy rights of the suspected individuals.
Security professionals, certified fraud examiners, internal auditors.
*Introduction - Preventing, detecting and investigating corporate crime *A primer on corporate fraud detection *Lying, cheating and stealing - is is still the same? *A taxonomy of fraud *Checklists of fraud indicators *Fraud in, fraud out *The legal language of fraud *On the job thievery - common schemes of the working man *How to detect embezzlement *Corporate and financial fraud *The evolution of a corporate crime *Celebrated cases of corporate accounting improprieties *Investigating crimes for and against the corporation *Reporting fraud *Internal corporate compliance investigations *Financial crimes law *Sentencing guidelines - individuals *Sentencing guidelines - organisations *Internal controls and safeguards to prevent and detect fraud *Information access and control strategies *Internal corporate investigations - an outline and checklist of legal issues *Bibliography
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Orb will follow up his Kentucky Derby victory Saturday by running in the Preakness on May 18, trainer Shug McGaughey said Sunday.
The colt splashed through the slop to win at Churchill Downs by 2¼ lengths under Joel Rosario.
"I don't think we've bottomed out. He's still learning how to run a little bit," McGaughey said of Orb.
Trainer D. Wayne Lukas said his Derby duo of Oxbow (sixth place) and Will Take Charge (eighth) are heading to the second leg of the Triple Crown. Derby also-rans Itsmyluckyday (15th), Goldencents (16th) are being considered to run at Pimlico (Md.). New horses expected to run are Departing, Govenor Charlie, Fear the Kitten and Bellarmine.
Lionel Messi scored twice as a substitute to reach 60 goals for the second straight season, helping first-place Barcelona (28-2-4) to a 4-2 Spanish league win over Real Betis.
Serena Williams won her opening match on the red clay at the Madrid Open, 7-6 (5), 6-1 over Yulia Putintseva. Venus Williams withdrew before her match because of back problems. In 2012, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer were among the players critical of the slippery blue clay surface at this tournament.
Former Pro Bowl tackle Tyson Clabo signed with Miami. He's expected to play right tackle, with former Stanford star Jonathan Martin moving from the right side to left tackle, where he'll replace Jake Long. Clabo spent the past seven seasons with Atlanta. Long left via free agency for St. Louis.


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My general interests are in community ecology, seed bank dynamics and germination response -especially of plants in semi-arid systems. I am particularly interested in patterns of biodiversity at species and phylogenetic levels, and all of the processes that create these patterns, from small scale plant-plant interactions to human-induced landscape alterations.
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EDMONTON - The worst passing team in the CFL can't wait to add another star running back.
To some, that might seem like topping off the gas tank to fix a flat tire, but head coach Kavis Reed believes in strength in numbers.
Especially when the newest numbers are those of a 6-4, 248 pounder who can rush for 1,000 yards and comes from north of the 49th parallel.
Jerome Messam is the kind of impact player CFL teams make room for no matter what their backfield situation, so even though the Eskimos ground attack is flush already, they want the 2011 Outstanding Canadian back in Edmonton.
Messam, fresh from his ill-fated tryout with the Miami Dolphins, is here already, but as of Monday afternoon was not an Eskimo yet. He and the organization are still trying to hammer out a contract.
"He's in town, that's pretty much it, we don't know whether he's going to be a part of practice (Thursday) or not," said Reed. "Eric (Tillman) is working on that, but there are no guarantees. He might decide he wants to go to Toronto."
That fact he's in town says the Esks are his first choice, and Reed "anticipates" Messam will eventually sign, but the coach has been around the game long enough to know that nothing is done until the ink is dry.
"We're confident he will probably be a part of this team, it's just premature to say when."
If the deal gets done, Edmonton's backfield will be the envy of the league, featuring the three-headed attack of Messam, Hugh Charles and Cory Boyd.
Charles and Boyd, recently acquired from the Toronto Argos, are currently third and fourth in league rushing.
"It's a good problem to have," said Reed. "We have depth at that position where a couple of weeks ago we only had one person. It's a good situation going down the stretch. Given our injury situation throughout the year, we'll probably need to call on that."
The question now is whether Messam will be ready straight out of the box or whether he'll need time to rediscover his CFL timing.
He was the first Canadian to rush for 1,000 yards in 11 years and gave Edmonton some excellent ratio flexibility last season, but that was then and this is now.
"Jerome was a big part of our team last year, but this team has morphed a bit," said Reed. "Jerome decided he wanted to try the NFL and we moved on. Right now he has to be re-integrated.
"All too often when players leave and come back from the NFL they're not the same person. We're hoping and praying that Jerome is the same individual who left here, but we don't know that.
"He hasn't played football in almost a calendar year. He hasn't gone through a training camp. The quality of reps he got in Miami might not have been sufficient to put him back into football shape. There are a lot of unanswered questions."
Then there's the question of just how eager is Reed to shake up what is already a pretty solid backfield coming off a win?
The answer to that one is easy: Not very.
"We don't have an injury situation, so there is nothing pressing," said Reed. "Our backs had a very good game against Toronto. We're not going to break something for the sake of breaking it. So for us it's going to be about prudence … whether or not we feel we can get the productivity and quality reps out of him right now.
"This is a critical game. We need to execute at a very high level to have a chance at winning. For that reason we want to make certain we're not upsetting the chemistry."
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Frequently asked Questions
City Of River Oaks Animal Control
817-626-1991 Ext. 333
Office hours: Mon-Fri 8 am to 4 pm
After hours issues may be reported to the Police Department at 817-626-1991 Ext. 301
Q: My pet is missing. What should I do?
A: The City of River Oaks works in conjunction with the City of Sansom Park to provide shelter services for stray or impounded animals. The Animal Shelter is located at: 2303 Beverly Hills Drive Fort Worth Texas 76114
If your pet is missing you should call the River Oaks Police Department at 817-626-1991 to see if your pet might have been impounded or picked up. If you would like to give your contact information and a description of your missing and/or found pet you may.
Q: Does my pet have to wear his/hers Tags All the Times?
A: Yes, if your pet gets out this is the easiest way for you to be notified. Additionally, River Oaks City Ordinance No. 537, Sec 3-7, (2) states "The owner of a dog/cat shall attach the metal tag to a collar or harness that is worn at all times by the animal."
Q: My pet was picked up by Animal Control. What do I do now?
A: You will need to come to the River Oaks Police Department at 4900 River Oaks Blvd. and pay the required fee(s) to obtain a release for your pet. The fees are: $35.00 impound fee plus $5.00 per day that the animal is confined up to a maximum of $50.00. You must also show proof of a current rabies vaccination and city license. If your pet has not been vaccinated within the last twelve (12) months and/or does not have a current city license, you may be issued a citation for the violations and be required to obtain the vaccination and city registration within five days.
Q: How long will you hold my pet?
A: The City of River Oaks holds impounded unclaimed animals for three (3) days ONLY.
Q: What about cats? Do they get picked up like dogs?
A: River Oaks Animal Control DOES NOT pick up cats as a general rule. The exceptions are: if the cat is sick, injured or has bitten someone then we will pick it up.
Q: If I feed the stray cats in my neighborhood, can I get a citation for anything?
A: Yes, even if you don't "own" the cats and you are feeding them you are technically Harboring or owning them. If the cats have not been vaccinated and/or licensed and you are feeding them you can receive a citation for each cat witnessed on the property for failure to vaccinate and/or license without proof of such vaccination or licensing. Owner and Harboring are defined as: Owner means any person, firm, corporation, association, partnership, or trust who has a property right or interest in an animal or who harbors an animal or who allows an animal to remain on a premise for a period of 72 hours or more. Harboring means the act of keeping and caring for an animal or providing a premise to which the animal returns for food, shelter, or care for a period of 72 hours. For more information about feral or stray cats please go to: http://www.feralfriends.org
Q: I was bitten by an animal (or my pet bit someone). What should I do?
A: Call the River Oaks Police Department at 817-626-1991 to file a report. By State Law, ALL animal bites must be reported, and failure to report a bite could result in a citation being issued. All animals involved in a bite incident with a human MUST be quarantined or have the brain submitted to the Texas Department of Health laboratory in Austin for a rabies examination. We recommend that if you are involved in a bite incident, no matter how minor it may appear, that you contact your health care provider to determine what actions should be taken, then contact us within twenty-four (24) hours to file a report.
Q: I'm having a problem with "wild" animals. What can I do?
A: River Oaks Animal Control has live traps available for citizens to use if they are having problems with squirrels, possums, etc. We will also lend traps to citizens if they are having a problem with feral felines (cats). Contact the Police Department at 817-626-1991 for more information.
Q: How many animals or pets can I have?
A: Please check out City Ordinance #537, Animals and Fowl. This is the primary Animal Control Ordinance for River Oaks and will answer any questions you might have.
Q: Under what circumstances will Animal Control issue someone a citation?
A: Again, City Ordinance #537, Animals and Fowl contains this information. Briefly, Animal Control will issue citations for "Dog at Large", "No Rabies Vaccination", "No City License", "Too Many Animals Housed on Property", "Livestock Violations", "Noisy Animals", etc.
Q: What about the Low-Cost rabies vaccination that I see occasionally at the Fire Department or other locations in the city?
A: River Oaks Animal Control is not associated with these vaccination clinics that are held periodically in the city. They are done by private veterinarians.
Additional Information:
Did you know that the City of River Oaks requires that Every Dog and Cat that resides within the City Limits be Registered with them? Did you know that the City of River Oaks also has a Leash Law?
(14) Running at Large means an animal not completely confined by a building, cage, container, wall, leash, rope, chain, vehicle, or fence of sufficient construction to restrain the animal, whether on or off the owners premises.
(1) Required. The owner of a dog/cat that is four months of age or older must register each dog/cat with the city.
Sec. 3-21. REGISTRATION FEES
(1) The annual registration fee for animals residing in River Oaks is as follows:
Animal Annual Registration Fee:
Dog/Cat $ 8.00
Dog/Cat Neutered/Spayed $ 3.00
Duplicate Tag $ 3.00
Livestock $ 5.00
(1) An animal can be impounded for any of the following reasons
(A) Dogs not wearing a current metal registration tag;
(H) Any animal found in violation of this ordinance.
(2) Citations. Any police officer, the animal control officer, ordinance officer, and the local rabies control officer shall have authority to issue citations for violation of the provisions of this chapter.
The Registration and tag can be purchased at the City Hall location at 4900 River Oaks Blvd. River Oaks, 76114. Please make sure you bring your rabies certificate with you when going to purchase the Registration. You will not be able to obtain the registration without the rabies certificate.
You may obtain a complete copy of the animal city ordinances online at www.riveroakspd.com or at the City Hall.
Once again, welcome to the City Of River Oaks!!


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Bring 8 [Murloc Fin] to Dockmaster Baren in Lakeshire.
Murlocs are becoming a problem. Larger groups of the fishmen are dropping anchor along the shores of Lake Everstill and fishing up a storm! We need them gone before they eat all the fish in the lake!
Hunt murlocs! Bring me eight of their fins and I might have something for you...
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- [Dwarven Fishing Pole]
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- When you initially get the quest, the reward is listed as "Unknown Reward." Once you complete the quest, you will get the fishing pole.
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- Murloc Poachers can best be done together with the Selling Fish quest, also attained from Dockmaster Baren.
- [Murloc Fin] can also be found on other murlocs or traded from other players. This doesn't help much for level 20s on their first character, but those going for Loremaster or who have obtained extras from questing on other characters can trade it to a character who has not yet done it and complete the quest for free. In addition, the Selling Fish quest is usually skipped due to the frustration this quest can provide (swimming, them running away in fear, pulling four at a time, and low drop rate compared to the fins).


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IMO I thought Kalan did great on Painted black....we were there rock n roll night.... And I got to meet him and the rest of the top 8 that night.......And I can tell you right now, he is way more cuter in person and is basically a very sweet kid.
IMO I thought Kalan did great on Painted black....we were there rock n roll night.... And I got to meet him and the rest of the top 8 that night.......And I can tell you right now, he is way more cuter in person and is basically a very sweet kid.
Thought the judges were unnecessarily harsh on Kalan after his 'Long Train Running' song by the Doobie Brothers. I'm not sure if this is because he has such a massive voting lead that they're trying to bring him back to the pack or not.
He's still the clear favourite to win this thing outright.
Where are all his fans . I hope you vote like crazy for him to win Canadian Idol. He is an amazing sing.
Watched Canada AM this morning and Kalan was talking about his girlfriend. I sure didn't know he had one before. Must be lots of little girls with their hearts breaking.
That is surprising news. She was never in the audience (at least the camera never panned to her). What else did Kalan say? I woke up too late to watch it this morning.
It was a really short interview. Basically two audience members asked questions. One was what went through his head right after the announcement and he said it was "oh no, now I have to sing". The second was the girlfriend question, something about if he had one was she bothered by him hugging Theresa. He said that she was very supportive of the whole thing and wasn't bothered by him singing and hugging Theresa.
Then a couple of questions from Seamus which basically just were the stock stuff. He was in college last year and was unhappy so decided to pursue music this year and he guessed he was doing that. He was happy to win and that Theresa had said she loved him after he won. Talked about how Theresa and him had talked and said they would be happy for the other no matter what.
Then he sang his new single. And that was that.
The Canada Am interview is already posted on the Idol site I'm just about to watch it now!
There was a very cute little blonde girl that's been sitting beside Kalan's mom during the show...I assumed it was a sister but maybe that was the girlfriend?
All my life, I have felt destiny tugging at my sleeve.~ Thursday Next
I don't want to "go with the flow". The flow just washes you down the drain. I want to fight the flow.- Henry Rollins
All this spiritual talk is great and everything...but at the end of the day, there's nothing like a pair of skinny jeans. - Jillian Michaels
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There were two girls there for the finale last night. Maybe both are sisters though.Originally Posted by AJane


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Filmmakers Took a Camera to Greenland, and What They Captured is Frightening!
They took a camera to a remote area in Greenland and ended up capturing the LARGEST glacial calving ever filmed.
As divided as the world is regarding the theory of global warming and its accuracy or not, climate change has been affirmed in many ways. From arctic wildlife dying off to massive earthquakes and tsunamis taking place, evidence of a world increasing in temperature is available for review… but are humans to blame for the shift?
Science would deem so: Since the industrial revolution began in 1750, human beings have pumped 40% more CO2 and other heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere. In effect, gases in the Earth's own atmosphere – like water vapor (H2), carbon dioxide (CO2), and methane (CH4) which absorb energy to slow or prevent the loss of heat to space – are retaining more heat than before, and in effect contributing to a hotter planet. This (in simple explanation) is the "greenhouse effect".
One effect of a hotter world means that glaciers and ice caps are breaking off and melting into the ocean. And for the first time in history, a recording of the largest glacier doing just this was recorded:
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3VTgIPoGU]
Shot on May 28, 2008, Adam LeWinter and Director Jeff Orlowki caught a historic breakup at the Ilulissat Glacier in Western Greenland. The entire calving event lasted for 75 minutes, and over that period of time the glacier retreated a full mile across a calving face three miles wide. Nothing like this has ever been recorded on camera to date.
If process of this video does not leave your mouth gaping in shock, then likely no other protest from nature will.
Whether the theory of global warming is legitimate or not is not really the concern, the lack of awareness and refusal to change unsustainable habits is. Every person has the opportunity to participate in positive or negative change every day, and it is for this reason that the individual must be educated and inspired to participate in intelligent, co-creative development.
There are simple ways everyone, everyday, can reduce their carbon footprint and help slow climate change. In effect, a more positive world outlook may result, as our actions today shape our future tomorrow and the world for generations to come.


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Britain to Israel: Reverse Settlement Expansion or Europe Will Consider Further Steps
British Foreign Secretary Hague says Europe unlikely to open economic sanctions against Israel; Ireland, Finland, Australia, Brazil join other countries in summoning Israeli ambassador; State Department: Neither Palestinian UN vote nor Israel response brings us closer to two-state solution.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Tuesday that European sanctions against Israel in response to its latest plans to build more settlements on...
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