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Top of the 2nd, the Mets broadcast abruptly went to commercial. The first thing I thought, what did Ron Darling touch? The second thing I thought, Thank God! Chris Young totally does not have his stuff tonight. Finally, my ESPN ScoreCenter app informed me it was a blackout.
That got me thinking about other famous blackouts around Major League Baseball. Major League Baseball did not grow into an eight billion dollar business over the last two decades without cracking some serious eggs. There's Iowa and Las Vegas. There's North Carolina and all of Hawaii. Don't forget Buffalo, and don't get me started on Canada. Fans who want to watch a ballgame can't. They are blacked out.
What kind of blackout did you think I was going to talk about?
Is this the price fans of the National Pastime have to pay as baseball reaps the profits of their television agreements? I know it's hard to believe, especially for folks like myself. I live in the northeast, which has frankly never met a regional sports channel it didn't like.
Come on! It's 2012. Can't we watch anything we want anywhere we want on any device we want at any time we want? Apparently, that doesn't exactly hold true for Major League Baseball.
Television-based revenue has become baseball's lifeblood. It brings in far more than ticket sales, merchandising, concessions and sponsorships. Live sports programming is DVR-proof and immensely valuable to advertisers. Television rights essentially saved the bankrupt Los Angeles Dodgers. They nabbed $2.15 billion when sold in April.
If you live in Iowa, you can't see the Brewers, Cardinals, Cubs, Royals, Twins or White Sox. I was in Italy once and watched a Cubs game on television. Vegas? Forget about rooting for the A's, Angels, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Giants or Padres, because you aren't going to see them on television.
Baseball continues to black out televised games in areas like these because of territorial-rights. Please note. These rules were conceived when television was black and white. People actually watched commercials back then.
So why does baseball do it? They are protecting relationships with the regional sports networks that are paying billions of dollars for the exclusive rights to broadcast games in demarcated territories. This business deal enriches Major League Baseball, the networks and cable companies while passing on every last dime to fans. In my neck of the woods, we saw this during the basketball season. Time Warner cable pulled MSG, blacking out most Knicks fans in the midst of "Linsanity."
So, why are Bud Selig and Major League Baseball willing to pay a premium to keep blackouts intact? When did leaving tens of millions unable to see their favorite team play make good business sense? The Associated Press says that preying on the very consumer who wants to buy your product seems like the antithesis of good business sense. Yet baseball has done nothing to change its tactics.
Commissioner Bud Selig commented: "We'll figure it out. … We have to do something about it." That was six years ago.
The lights are back on and the game has resumed. The Mets are now losing 5 to nothing. Geez. I wonder what the good folks of Iowa are doing right now.


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Dewey Jackson (1900-1966), a trumpet player and contemporary of Louis Armstrong, specialized in the hot, swinging, New Orleans-style jazz of the Twenties and Thirties that Armstrong made famous.
Though Jackson tried the New York scene, then the pinnacle of the jazz world, he eventually opted to return back home to St. Louis. It was there in 1952 that future Delmark Records founder Bob Koester recorded one of Jackson's rowdy shows at The Barrel, a local jazz haunt.
While this isn't a groundbreaking release, it adds considerably to the catalog of Jackson, who made few recordings during his lifetime, despite a healthy performing schedule. On this particular night, Jackson and company' featuring Don Ewell on piano' ripped through a number of tunes familiar to any lover of classic New Orleans jazz, including many that were played by Satchmo himself during his career.
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During a much-hyped episode of his show The Colbert Report on Thursday night, the comedian formally transferred a super PAC in his name to friend and comedy cohort Jon Stewart, paving the way for a presidential bid.
Campaigning politicians are prohibited from simultaneously running super PACs.
Mr Colbert, who will run in character if he makes a bid, beat Jon Huntsman in a poll earlier this week after winning 5 per cent of the vote to Mr Huntsman's 4 per cent. Ron Paul and Rick Perry were not far ahead with only 8 per cent and 7 per cent respectively.
The Colbert Report is a US political satire show featuring a fictional right-wing anchorman called Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake.
On the show, the comic had been agonising over which "non-Mitt Romney" candidate to endorse ahead of the South Carolina primary, his home state.
Then he jested to the audience: "Oh my God" It's me!
"It all makes so much sense. My heart always leads to me. And I am so not Mitt!"
After revelling in the audience's applause, he said: "But wait, wait, wait, wait… that's crazy! These guys have been running for a year now. How can I ever compete with an established candidate like Jon Huntsman?"
Realising he had beaten Mr Huntsman in the polls, he said: "This just got real. Nation, should I run for president in South Carolina?"
Jon Huntsman laughed off the poll defeat, saying: "When I was on his show recently, he promised me the 'Colbert bump'."
This is not the first time the comedian has considered running on the South Carolina ballot. In 2007, he attempted to run in the South Carolina primary but was hindered by filing fees.
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Step back into time with a tour that will take you along the path of Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright and their quest for flying!!
Humble Beginnings...
1 hour & 15 min. Wright-Dunbar Int. Center & Wright Cycle Company 937-225-7705 Free
- Watch the 30 minute movie, narrated by Dayton's own Martin Sheen, on how Orville and Wilbur Wright first became actively interested in the idea of flying at the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center.
- See where the Wright Brother's childhood home stood, which could have been seen from the Wright Cycle Company.
- Explore how the Brothers ran a bicycle business and a print shop while developing the first practical airplane. A National Park Service ranger will give an inspiring presentation and demonstrate the workings of a historical printing press.
- Visit the Wright Cycle Company, where in 1892, the Wrights opened a bicycle repair shop in addition to their printing business. Also, tour through their preserved print shop!
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- Visit THE site where the Wright brothers soared above Dayton, testing their new invention and perfecting its ability to fly.
- Known as "the world's first airport," Huffman Prairie was leased to the Wrights by a local farmer under one condition – don't hit any of his cows.
- Visit a replica of the Wright's 1905 hangar. In the nearby Interpretive Center, test your own flying ability in a Wright Flyer simulator – just watch out for the cows!
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- Completed in 1914, this stately home opened for tours in 2007 for the first time ever – it has long been closed to the public and used only to host distinguished visitors.
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- Have lunch in the Museum's cafeteria and browse the enormous gift shop for souvenirs.
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Pride's parents Merritt and Barbara ranched and outfitted in the Madison Valley when she was young. Her childhood spurred her desire to care for animals. She attended the University of Idaho and was accepted to veterinary school at Louisiana State University after three years. Pride graduated with her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine and moved to Alaska to begin a private practice. While in Alaska she pursued her Masters of Public Health from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
"I am fascinated with the interface between humans and animals," Pride said of her public health work.
Her work will bring Pride back to Montana in June. Pride will work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Montana Public Health, collaborating with the Montana Department of Livestock to evaluate public health programs, their functionality, and community involvement.
After she earned her Masters' degree, Pride applied and was accepted into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Epidemic Intelligence Service and started work in Wyoming at the Wyoming Department of Health, which is where she will finish her work before returning to Montana.
"My work concentrates on the diseases between animals and humans. The areas I work on include zoonotic disease, environmental health, vaccine preventable diseases and tuberculosis," Pride said. "I think I bring an important perspective in regards to understanding the importance of animals, agriculture and where our food comes from."
As if that wasn't enough, she also joined the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps around the time she began working in Wyoming. Overseen by the Surgeon General, the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps is an elite team of more than 6,500 public health professionals including physicians, dentists, dietitians, nurses, pharmacists and veterinarians.
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Editor's Note: With the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States coming up this weekend, Spencer Magnet staff members were asked to share their memories from that tragic day.
Sept. 11, 2001, started out as a typical Tuesday morning at The Spencer Magnet office. As typical as a production day can be at a newspaper.
Nick and Christi Davis of Taylorsville announce the birth of their son, Elijah Nicholas Davis, on July 26, 2011, at 1:51 a.m. at Baptist Hospital East.
He weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces, and was 18.5 inches long.
His grandparents are John and Belinda Shindlebower and Mike and Joanie Davis. His great-grandparents are Loraine Baker, Ben and Linda Rake, and Robert and Virginia Davis.
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Kentucky State Police Post 12, which provides police coverage for Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Shelby, Spencer and Woodford counties, will conduct periodic traffic safety checkpoints at locations approved by the Kentucky State Police Policy and Procedures Manual, according to a news release.
There will also be special traffic enforcement in high collision areas using radar, laser and saturation patrols.
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We are in the process of detailing the recycling trailer to prevent the mixing of the metal, plastic and paper products we collect.
It isn't officially fall in Spencer County until the Octoberfest/Homecoming festival – and it's less than a month until the annual event that attracts hundreds of locals into the streets of downtown Taylorsville to celebrate the perks of small-town living.
The 2011 Octoberfest is scheduled for Sept. 30-Oct. 1 and the theme is "Down Memory Lane." This year's festival will pay tribute to Spencer County's rich history.
The Spencer County Board of Education voted at its August meeting to create the position of Alternative School Director, but what exactly that position would entail is still being determined.
Sunday marks the 10th anniversary since four commercial airplanes changed the course of American history. Two flew into the World Trade Center, one hit the Pentagon and another went down in Pennsylvania.
While Spencer County wasn't among the cities directly struck by tragedy, its citizens and leaders – along with Americans across the nation – banded together, and can still recall the almost unbelievable details.
Roy Brewer was known for a lot of things in Spencer County.
Whether it was for driving around in his 1972 Chevy Malibu or taking photos at local sporting events, Brewer touched the lives of many people.
"I just enjoy being around the people of Spencer County," Brewer told The Spencer Magnet in 2003. "I just know so many people, and everybody knows me. I've always been known for my smile."
William Roy Brewer died last Tuesday at the age of 70.
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Job-hunting tips from the November 13, 2000 issue of QuintZine.
One of the most dreaded interview questions (and it's not even really a question) is "Tell me about yourself." Eric Schlesinger of PFPC, a company that puts on career fairs for college students, provides this helpful template for responding (it's geared to college students but can be adapted by others):
"My name is —–. I will be graduating from —- with a degree in ——. I have had some experience in ———- (industry/function) doing ——-. Most recently, I ——-. Before that I was ———–. My areas of expertise (core transferable skills) are ————. My particular strengths are (relate to the specific opportunity you are interviewing for) ——————. I am interested in how I might contribute to your organization."
- According the U.S. Department of Labor figures, December, January and February are actually the three BEST hiring months. Thus, holiday networking is well-timed to pay off by the first of the new year.
- Since most people assume the winter holidays are terrible for job-seeking, you have less competition than at other times. Legions of workers wait until January to seek a new job for the same reason that people wait until the new year to lose weight – they want to get a fresh start.
- Lots of parties are held during the holidays. These soirees can provide wonderful opportunities to network in a festive and relaxed setting. The generosity of spirit that marks the season may dispose managers more favorably to hiring you.
- Those with hiring power are less likely to travel over the holidays, so they are more accessible.
- Hiring managers know that anyone who is networking during the holidays must be very serious about obtaining a job.
- At Christmastime, you often see contacts you haven't seen in awhile. Many high schools hold class reunions during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.
- The U.S. population is becoming larger and more diverse
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I'm kinda new to the taxidermy, but am really starting to get into it. I have done a couple pheasants and really liked how they turned out. Now I'd like to try a couple of skulls. I found a nice 3-point mule deer on the hunt, brought it home and its finishing up right now. I'm interested in trying pretty much any small mammal or deer/elk/proghorn skull. If you have anything that I could hone my sills on I'd appreciate it if you'd get in touch with me. I live in the central Utah area. Also, the way I did this one was by boiling it removing as much of the gristle as I could, then wrapping it up in hydrogen-peroxide (3%) soaked cheescloth and hanging it on a fence in the sun. Any other ideas as to how to do this, good experiences, bad experiences would be helpful! Thanks all!
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This will sound odd, but my fave way to find skulls and skeletal remnants is like so: In your area, if you know where the animals cross roads frequently, trek around the sides of the road (sometimes inward of up to a mile) and you may find some animal not fortunate enough to make it far from the site of it's road injury.
Also, go where the water is. I can't tell you how many animals I have sourced from streamsides and pond shores.
If you are not the sort that is faint, I also recommend fresh roadkill. It involves a bit of stomach, but there is plenty of material to train on.
Outside of the many professional tomes on prepping skeletal remains, the simplest prep is like so:
boil and clean (as you did, boil too long: heat makes the bones brittle); salt the heck out of the inside; lots of even sun for a week. A final brushing should clear off any remaining 'matter.' A quick exposure to bleach will give it a sun-bleached look, but beware: bleach breaks organics down. If you immerse too long, it will jelly-up on you or become way brittle when dry.


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All he has to do is look at his scorecard from last year.
After a record-setting performance at rain-softened Congressional, the defending champion is counting on the U.S. Open to truly return to "golf's toughest test" on the San Francisco shoreline. Just listening to USGA executive director Mike Davis explain the Lake Course's layout Monday from three time zones away made McIlroy chuckle.
"I feel like I just played a practice round listening to Mike," McIlroy said on a conference call from Charlotte, North Carolina, where he is playing in the Wells Fargo Championship this week. "I'm expecting this to be a tough and tricky test."
|Rory McIlroy finished at 16-under 268 last year in Bethesda, Maryland. (AP-Yonhap News)
So is everybody else.
McIlroy finished at 16-under 268 last year in Bethesda, Maryland, where rains dampened the course and created conditions that befuddled USGA officials. Twenty players turned in scores under par; seven total finished under par in the previous six national championships.
A repeat of those low numbers is unlikely.
At least that's the USGA's goal.
When players tee off June 14 in the serene setting across the street from the Pacific Ocean, weather should be dry in Northern California and the narrow fairways should be fast and fickle. That could turn an already demanding course known for its unleveled lies and tiny greens into a stress machine.
"We are incredibly bullish on how good a test this is going to be," Davis said. "This is going to be a great shot-making course."
The par-70, 7,170-yard course is 373 yards longer than the last time it hosted the national championship in 1998 ― including the 670-yard 16th hole that will be the longest par 5 in the event's 112-year history.
Windy conditions and the threat of the city's famous fog ― especially unpredictable along the coast ― also could make the thick, tree-lined course even trickier. Davis, who is adamant that the first six holes will "absolutely be the toughest start to a U.S. Open," still wants to reward well-executed shots while penalizing poor ones.
"It will be a firm and fast golf course. Length will not be as much of an issue this year," Davis said.
The only repeating Davis couldn't care about is the champion.
That seems something he shouldn't worry about.
Not since Curtis Strange in 1988-89 has there been a back-to-back U.S. Open winner. And Olympic, historically more famous for the legends who lost than those who won, figures to give McIlroy its latest run.
A graveyard for champions, Olympic has hosted the national championship four times previously. It's where Jack Fleck, Billy Casper, Scott Simpson and Lee Janzen were crowned; the runner-ups those years were Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Payne Stewart.


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Where INR is the functional currency of the refiner and/or retained earnings are held in rupees, after managing mismatch risk, dollarized refining margins are exposed to risk of appreciation in INR vis-à-vis the US$.
Given potential correlation between oil and US$-INR movements, it is important to quantify risk at a portfolio level and determine risk reduction levels on a holistic basis.
Traditionally, refiners have been skeptical about locking in the INR value of refining margins due to the following:
Uncertainty in dollarized value of earnings due to volatile cracks may be partially addressed through an effective oil price risk management program. However, the most important reason to lock in rupee value of cash flows is to ensure that servicing of rupee debt obligations is not adversely affected by movements in US$-INR rates.
Further, volatile rupee earnings of refiners have dented investor confidence. Giving up the opportunity gain merely acts as an insurance against unprecedented rupee appreciation. Refiners have not put in place appropriate risk quantification techniques to measure the risk-return from not insuring against such appreciation.
Managing cash flow stability through locking in rupee value of refining margins can be effected in the following manner:
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text: The most significant change in the Seventh Edition deals with the revolution in Confrontation Clause jurisprudence occasioned by the Supreme Court's decisions in Crawford v. Washington (2004) and Davis v. Washington (2006). The confrontation section of the book in Chapter 13 is completely revised and substantially expanded. Extensive notes describe the operation of the earlier system of confrontation analysis, the immediate impact, and the areas of continuing uncertainty under Crawford and Davis. The new edition also continues the trend in the Sixth Edition, which dramatically revamped the book's treatment of scientific evidence, and includes a number of new cases and notes regarding scientific evidence because of the dynamic nature of that particular area of evidence law.


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WELCOME TO THE PRO REPORT, where we lead with the latest transpo news on the collapsed Washington state bridge. With Congress out next week, policy chatter will be sluggish, so now is the perfect time to email your Pro Reporter about what's coming down the pipeline for your boss or on your beat. Check in, anytime: email@example.com. Or tweet me @ RachaelMBade and follow @ POLITICOPro.
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BEHIND THE COLLAPSE: OVERSIZED TRUCK? The AP looks at what caused last night's Interstate 5 bridge-crumbling an hour north of Seattle: "A truck hauling a too-tall load hit an overhead girder of a bridge on the major thoroughfare between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span and two vehicles into the Skagit River below, though all three occupants suffered only minor injuries. … Initially, it wasn't clear if the bridge just gave way on its own. But at an overnight news conference, Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste blamed it on a tractor-trailer carrying an oversize load that hit an upper part of the span. The vertical clearance from the roadway to the beam is 14.6 feet." Alberta-based Mullen Trucking owned the vehicle carrying drilling equipment, according to the newswire. http://wapo.st/11enhLr
NOT SO FAST. Despite state trooper claims that the Alberta-based Mullen Trucking vehicle was to blame for the destruction, Washington state's DOT has yet to attribute cause, Pro's Kathryn A. Wolfe reports. WADOT spokesman Noel Brady says they're waiting for the National Transportation Safety Board to do an investigation. "Brady said WADOT is 'closely investigating the reports of an oversized load striking a part of the bridge structure' but had no further details," Wolfe writes. "The bridge was last inspected in November, when the state gave it a 'sufficiency rating' of 47 out of 100, Brady said. 'This is a bridge that's nearing the end of its lifespan. It's ready to be replaced,' Brady said, but added that the last inspection report deemed it 'sound for continued use' with some restrictions such as weight."
TRAFFIC JAM. The bridge accident didn't exactly occur at the best of times, but our Adam Snider reports it actually "could tie up traffic in the region for months." Snider: "The I-5 bridge in carries nearly 77,000 vehicles a day, according to the state DOT. And finding alternative routes might not be an easy task — there are no other major bridges in the immediate vicinity, and several local media outlets have reported that one of the alternative routes has a train crossing that could further slow traffic."
HILL IMPLICATIONS. Snider and Burgess Everett in Morning Transportation hypothesize that this accident will have some legislative implications — just like the I-35 bridge collapse did in 2007. Great insight: "There's a number of options already floating around — recently, Sen. Rand Paul dropped a bill to fund bridge repairs with a 5 percent tax on repatriated funds. Six years ago, former House T&I Chairman Jim Oberstar sought a 5-cent gas tax hike for bridges in the wake of the Minneapolis collapse, but it went nowhere in Congress."
Wolfe writes that the collapse has already "sent infrastructure boosters scrambling for a megaphone to call for greater federal infrastructure funding. ... [I]nfrastructure advocates say even though the bridge was inspected on time and got a clean bill of health from state inspectors roughly six months ago, the collapse points to the fragility of aging infrastructure and the dire need to pump money into rebuilding."
OBAMA, COMFORTER IN CHIEF. It's a role he's played all too often these days — after the Boston bombings, Sandy Hook shootings and Hurricane Sandy. President Barack Obama on Sunday and Monday will walk the wreckage from the twister that tore through Oklahoma earlier this week, meeting with victims who lost homes or loved ones.
—What he'll see: A few days after the storm, the Sooner State is still stupefied. Two dozen people have been pronounced dead, hospitals are still treating injured survivors and the rubble roundup continues. But recovery signs are popping up, too. The Oklahoman's Friday edition was speckled with tales of storm survivors reuniting with their families or rescuers and businesses re-opening their doors. In the paper: A kindergarten teacher who had huddled over six of her students when a car crashed over them saw her kids for the first time since Monday, and a national guard technician who helped a bed-ridden woman whose house collapsed visited her in the hospital.
BACK TO THE JERSEY SHORE. The day after Memorial Day, Obama will walk the eastern coastline with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to showcase improvements made to the area since Sandy. On Friday, Christie, the cast of MTV's "Jersey Shore," and the band Fun. hosted a sort-of grand opening on the beach with one central message: We're back and ready to roll this summer.
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OBAMA TALKS TOUGH ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT. Obama used his commencement address to U.S. Naval Academy grads donning white uniforms to scold those who have allowed sexual assault to prevail in the military. "Even more than physical courage, we need your moral courage — the strength to do what's right, even when it's unpopular," Obama said in drizzling rain at the Annapolis, Md., school. A recent avalanche of news about the exorbitant rate of sexual assault in the military has put the issue in the spotlight. "We have to be determined to stop these crimes," the president said. "They have no place in the greatest military on earth." Jennifer Epstein has a story: http://politi.co/11frCOp
— To be continued … Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is expected to pick up the topic where Obama left off at West Point's graduation tomorrow. Sexual assault has recently scarred the campus. Just two days ago, an Army soldier was charged with secretly videotaping women in school bathrooms.
— Today's 'oops': Obama forgot to salute the Marine guarding his helicopter before boarding the aircraft, a presidential tradition. All over the news: http://politi.co/12SDJp0
IMMIGRATION + OBAMACARE = BIPARTISANSHIP? Apparently, yes. Paige Winfield Cunningham and Kyle Cheney for Pros: "What do you get when you cross immigration reform and Obamacare, two of the most bitterly politicized issues in the nation? Turns out, you get bipartisanship. So unwilling are Senate Democrats to get bogged down in Obamacare battles in their quest for immigration reform that they're teaming up with Republicans to make it clear that none of the health law's benefits will be available to undocumented immigrants on a path to legalization." http://politico.pro/13Qq7f3
GOP SEEKS TO SCALE BACK FHA CRISIS ROLE. And you can guess Democrats won't like the idea. But House Financial Services Committee Republicans are prepping to roll out legislation this year to reduce the Federal Housing Administration's role in the mortgage market, reports Pro's Jon Prior. Here's what they want, per Prior: "[T]o ensure that in the future FHA cannot step in to insure more loans during a downturn in the housing market as private lending dries up, which exposes the agency to more losses on the mortgages it insures. … Among the options being discussed is setting caps on the level of market share FHA can have or requiring the agency to raise its insurance premiums higher the further home prices slip in order to pad the agency with cash if losses mount, [Chairman Randy] Neugebauer said. He added they could go another route by providing enough flexibility to the Housing and Urban Development or Treasury secretaries to more quickly scale back programs if they find the FHA has overreached." http://politico.pro/19aDKIp
MORE CYBER (POLICY) WARS. It may be a national security issue that everyone and their mothers agree should be addressed, but that doesn't seem to make writing cybersecurity laws any easier. Today, Pro's Tony Romm reports out the latest discrepancies between what GOP lawmakers want — per their cyber legislation dropped this week — and what Obama has been doing through his executive order: "As it stands, the White House has tasked the government to guide private industry in developing voluntary cybersecurity standards. Once finished, federal agencies are supposed to compare the guidelines to their current authorities — and, if necessary, consider whether to make them mandatory. The discussion draft circulated this week by the House Homeland Security Committee … leaves it up to industry to call the shots — and there's no directive that federal agencies proffer any new regulations at all." http://politico.pro/11iHWDW
E&C CALLS ON K STREET, INDUSTRIES FOR MEDICARE MEETING. The House Energy and Commerce Committee staff is striving to be productive over recess. It's gathering with lobbyists and health industry stakeholders in an 11 a.m. meeting Tuesday to talk about fixing the SGR formula — with an eye toward actually writing legislation, reports Pro's Kyle Cheney.
— Fear in flight, but not a terror plot. Laura Smith-Spark, Shaan Khan and Claudia Rebaza for CNN, London: "Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom was diverted to Stansted Airport, outside of London. A U.K. fighter jet was scrambled to escort the Pakistan International Airlines flight as it was diverted from northwestern England's Manchester Airport to Stansted. Essex Police, which cover the area near Stansted airport, said officers had arrested the men and removed them from the plane, which had 297 passengers aboard. An unruly passenger prompted the plane's diversion, a top official with the airline said. http://bit.ly/Z57YIy
— 'Saferoom' requirements rare in tornado areas. AP's David Lieb has a story up today analyzing the politics of "saferooms" now that some in Oklahoma are asking for them. "Despite the life-saving potential of personal storm shelters, the cost remains a deterrent. So, too, does a general resistance to government mandates in politically conservative states such as Oklahoma, where tornadoes are most prevalent. Even the director of an association of storm shelter manufacturers, based in Texas, is opposed to a storm shelter mandate for new homes." http://apne.ws/13Q0bwE
— Talks, not settlements. When State Secretary John Kerry sat down with Israeli and Palestinian leaders over the past two days, he stressed a return to direct negotiations rather than emphasizing a stop to Israeli settlement expansion into Palestinian territories, the AP reports. This isn't likely to sit well with Palestinians, whose main grievance with the Jewish state is over land. http://apne.ws/124l6Sq
— Exercise overdose. The Wall Street Journal today highlights new health research showing that too much exercise is unhealthy. "That extra six years of longevity running has been shown to confer? That benefit may disappear beyond 30 miles of running a week, suggests recent research. The improved blood pressure, cholesterol levels and robust cardiac health that exercise has been proven to bestow? Among extreme exercisers, those blessings may be offset partially by an increased vulnerability to atrial fibrillation and coronary-artery plaque, suggests other recent studies." http://on.wsj.com/16eHdXN
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The Sounders FC acquired O'Brian White in a trade with the Vancouver Whitecaps after the expansion club selected the Jamaican forward in the expansion draft on November 24, 2010.
From the moment he landed on the Seattle roster, head coach Sigi Schmi said the Sounders would have a lot of joy with White in the lineup.
On Saturday, many found out why, as White had a goal and an assist in Seattle's 2-1 win over the Chicago Fire at Qwest Field.
He snuck a wily pass to Steve Zakuani up the left side that led to Zakuani's second goal of the season. However, the most telling sign of why Schmid had such confidence was when he finished his second goal of the season.
Mauro Rosales crossed the ball from 30 yards out on the right sideline, leaving it just a bit behind White, who was making a move into the middle of the box between two defenders. White stopped his progress, stepped back to hold off Jalil Anibaba at his back and smashed a header after the ball got past Dasan Robinson in front of him, catching a stunned Sean Johnson completely unprepared to stop his shot from finding the net inside the near post.
"It's magnificent!" Arlo White shouted on the television broadcast on KING-5. "Absolutely magnificent!"
Schmid used a different word – special.
"When you really look at his goal, that's a pretty special goal," Schmid said. "It might not get goal of the week, but to generate that amount of power on a header from that far out in between two guys is kind of special."
With two goals through five matches – both coming in the last two matches – he equals his total from 2010 with Toronto FC.
Given a consistent role and some capable players around him, White has shown his ability to score, but also his strength at holding up the ball.
"He did a really good job, especially the first 45 minutes, shielding and holding up play for us," Schmid said. "We've got to be pleased with what he's done over the last two games."
That all-important confidence could snowball into even more success, Schmid says.
"Forwards sometimes are a little bit streaky and for him to find his confidence … if he'd had these games under his belt maybe some of the opportunities he had against LA in game one he might have been a little better with his final touch," Schmid said.
White is getting more and more acquainted with his teammates – as is Rosales, who has two assists in the last two matches while providing consistent service in the absence of injured forward Fredy Montero – and with that comes even more confidence.
His success couldn't come at a better time, personally, as Nate Jaqua is beginning to battle for the starting role now that he's recovered from off-season hip surgery and nearing the fitness to start matches and play extended minutes.
"He knows Nate is about ready to go and if that's what's motivating him, that's fine," Schmid said.


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Q: I was wondering how do you deal with a client who doesn't want to or think that they have to pay shipping on a product or dvd if they want me to ship it to them?
I have a standard fee that if I ship a DVD it costs $7 (for packaging and actual shipping costs) they seem to think that there are much cheaper ways and that it should only cost me 50 cents as that is what it costs them to ship. (One client said that to me.) How do I say that I am a legit company and these are my pricing standards for shipping in a nice way?
There are two answers to this question:
1) The price is the price is the price.
It costs you X to package and Y to ship, period. So if you're firm about having them pay the shipping separately, then I would just email back and keep it very simple: "In order to make sure the DVD gets to you safely and undamaged (and remains secure as you store it in your house), it costs $X to package it. My business's shipping source charges $Y to ship it, totaling the standard shipping cost of $7. Once you send the payment, I'll have it to you in a jiffy! Thanks again!" You can also mention any alternatives: "You're also welcome to pick up the DVD at my studio M-W, 9am-5pm." No need to feel defensive or argue the point – it is what it is, thanks (smile)!!
If the client persists in disputing the price, call them on the phone and repeat the above sentence in a cheerful voice. And do listen to what they have to say – if they have a great idea for an alternative source (i.e. they know about some media mail deal that you weren't aware of), you can consider whether that would work for you. You may learn something new! But just explain where the cost comes from and have that be the end of it.
It's okay for them to ask questions, but it's also ok to let them know that you are not pricing your shipping for profit – that's just what it costs, and you're eager to get them their products when they're ready!
2) Personally, I'd stop charging separately for shipping.
It's too big of a pain, and not worth making your clients feel nickel and dimed. Paying separately for shipping is a downer – no one likes doing it, which is why places with free shipping like Zappos do so well. Zappos doesn't really have "free" shipping – the customers are paying for it, it's just not a separate charge. If someone is already spending hundreds of dollars for a disc of images (or other products), do them the courtesy of having already covered any extra charges in the original total. It's the mark of a fine brand to think of and include everything ahead of time.
And doesn't it just make you happier to see signs like "Free Shipping" or "Complimentary Gift Wrap"? It makes you feel taken care of – which is exactly how we want our clients to feel.
The pricing of your products should account for the cost of goods sold, as well as an allowance for the cost of doing business. Maybe it does only cost that client 50 cents to ship something, but the actual cost to you is larger than just the packaging and whatever FedEx charges – there's your time, gas, and wear and tear on your car of going back and forth to the post office. Factor all that into the pricing of your products to start with. My pricing includes a "delivery" allowance. It's a reasonable amount that covers me whether I deliver it myself (packaging, gas, time), or whether I drive it somewhere to ship it (packaging, gas, time), or whether I drop ship it (which costs more because I'm paying someone else to handle the packaging, gas, and time). Any extra charges are for optional upgrades (i.e. overnight delivery), so they feel like the extra money is justified because it was an option that they "chose" to add on.
When you charge separately, you're only opening yourself to scrutiny as to the cost of what you're doing. My product packaging is high end, and it's part of the overall Jenika's Lens experience. You can bet, though, that if I started telling people "Okay, that'll be an extra $20 for packaging and shipping" that they'd tell me they'd rather I just put their DVD in a Ziploc bag and slow boat ship it to them. But that's not the experience I want them to have, or the face I want to put on my brand. So it all gets rolled in, and they're happy.
If you charge extra for shipping because the majority of your clients pick up their products at your studio, and only a few opt for shipping, then when you tell people the total you can say "There are two options for delivery: You can pick it up here M-W from 9-5, or I can ship it right to your front door for an additional $7." That way you're framing the shipping as a convenience to them – if they want it for free they can swing by, or you can save them the trip at a small cost. However, if you do ship or deliver most of your products, then I recommend including it in the overall pricing.
People attach themselves to original totals and go nuts when they have to pay extra for anything – no matter how small. This is why people generally hate airlines, and why people love the few airlines that don't "charge extra." The more you factor extra costs into the original pricing, the less hassle you'll have, and the less of your life you'll spend dealing with hagglers. They can't argue a separate charge when there isn't one! 🙂


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Golf involves more variables than any other sport. Wind, weather and turf conditions – to name just a few things – change from round to round, and sometimes hole to hole.
Good players are able to accept different conditions (rather than complaining and succumbing) and adapt accordingly. They size up the situation early on, then adjust their strategies and tactics to meet the day's demands.
Green conditioning is one of golf's most unpredictable variables. The greens are affected not only by rain, wind and dry weather, but by maintenance practices such as aerification and overseeding. If you find the greens on your golf course playing softer and slower than usual, you'll have to do more than hit your putts harder. Your entire short game will need a temporary overhaul.
The bad news is, adapting from fast greens to slow ones can be mentally challenging. The good news is, you'll enjoy more scoring opportunities if you're able to adjust.
First and foremost, you must adopt a more aggressive mentality. On soft, slow greens, chips, pitches and bunker shots will stop more quickly and roll a shorter distance. If you have trouble assuming an aggressive mindset, consider this:
On slow greens, the penalty for over-aggressiveness is greatly diminished. For one thing, the ball won't roll too far past the hole. And if you leave yourself a downhill putt, no worries – in fact, putting downhill is often preferable on slower greens, when getting the ball to the cup is the biggest challenge.
Here are some tips to help you stick chips, pitches and bunker shots within gimme range on soft, slow greens:
- Use more loft, fly the ball farther: Normally, it's best to get the ball rolling as soon as possible when playing a greenside chip. The opposite is true when greens are slow and soggy. Instead of playing a chip-and-run with, say, a 7-iron, grab a pitching wedge and aim for a spot within 5-10 feet of the hole. The ball will fly higher and stop after a bounce or two.
- Take dead aim: Slow greens break less sharply than fast ones. Plus, you're less likely to get a hard sideways bounce on a soft surface vs. a firm one. Aim directly at the flag and reduce your margin of error.
- Play offense, not defense: The hardest part of adjusting to slow greens is switching from a defensive approach to attack mode. Manage this trick and a big payoff awaits. Rather than trying to cozy up every chip or pitch next to the flag, your last thought before pulling the trigger should be, "Knock it in."
Remember, a well-struck shot won't get away from you when the greens are soft and slow. Besides, wouldn't you rather be five feet past the hole than five feet short?


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Xabi Alonso and Luis García are the two surprises in Spain coach Iñaki Sáez's squad for the friendly against Ecuador next Wednesday at Club Atlético de Madrid's Vicente Calderón stadium.
Key figure
Xabi Alonso, who is promoted from the Under-21s, has been a key figure in Real Sociedad's success this season, impressing in the role of playmaker. Luis García also receives his first call-up for the match on his home stadium in Madrid. He has scored nine goals from left midfield for Atlético this season.
No Raúl
Raúl González is absent from the squad following his appendix operation but there are two Real Madrid CF forwards in the squad in Guti and Fernando Morientes. The match is a warm-up for Spain's next UEFA EURO 2004™ qualifier at home against Greece on 7 June. Spain are top of Group 6 with ten points from four games.
Spain squad
Casillas, Cañizares, Puyol, Helguera, Salgado, Marchena, Aranzabal, Raúl Bravo, Xavi, Joaquín, Luis García, Albelda, Vicente, Baraja, Xabi Alonso, Etxeberría, José Mari, Guti, Morientes.
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To arrange a funeral in England or Wales you will need:
- an authenticated translation of a Death Certificate showing the cause of death and
- a Certificate of No Liability to Register from the registrar in England and Wales. This certificate must be obtained from the registrar in whose area it is intended to bury or cremate the deceased.
To arrange a cremation, a cremation order from the Home Office or a form E from the coroner will be required. If the death was from natural causes, the Home Office will require the following documentation;
- application for cremation (form A)
- all original documentation from the country where death occurred
- translation of documents if necessary
If the death was not natural it will be referred to the coroner who will open an inquest to investigate the cause and circumstances of death. In this case the coroner will issue form E for cremation.
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First it was Hilary Mantel who dug her claws into Kate Middleton; now it's the classicist Professor Mary Beard.
Bemoaning the way women in the public eye are judged on their looks, Beard has described the Duchess of Cambridge's carefully constructed image as that of "an admirable, maternal, doll-like precious vessel".
It's not nearly as unkind as Mantel's remarks, in which she said that Middleton, "a jointed doll on which certain clothes are hung", appeared to have been "designed by a committee". Yet, mild though Beard's description is by comparison, it is still unflattering, suggesting Kate is a blank canvas on which her duties and our expectations can be projected; as, indeed, is the case.
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More fascinating than Mantel's and Beard's comments, however, is that neither is likely ever to be asked on to a catwalk, and well they know it. Indeed, in Beard's case, far from intending to denigrate those more beautiful than she is, the academic is not merely defending women's right to be less than gorgeous but actively advocating they break out of the straitjacket in which public expectation confines them.
Beard, who must qualify as one of the least glamorous intellectuals to grace our TV screens since Malcolm Muggeridge, is a refreshing and inspirational media presence for those of us who squirm at the procession of Barbie dolls presenting news bulletins and games shows. We all know these immaculate young women are hanging by a thread. It's like watching Anne Boleyn and seeing the spectre of the executioner close behind, ready to swing his axe at the first hint of a dewlap or bingo-wing. Thus, while the careers of wrinklies like John Simpson, John Humphrys and David Attenborough seem only to improve with age - and nobody comments on their liver spots - most women on TV melt discreetly away in middle age, to save everyone's blushes.
Beard's comments were made ahead of a lecture she is giving on Friday on The Public Voice of Women. They coincide neatly with the revelation that the Conservative Party is not only haemorrhageing women, but excluding them. Six cabinet committees have not a single woman member, women accounting for only 14% across all such committees. Meanwhile, Hollywood has admitted it is digitally enhancing actresses without their knowledge, lengthening limbs, nipping in waists and adding expression to those who have been botoxed until they can barely blink, let alone emote.
In the face of such insane expectations of perfection, who would take on a high-profile job or batter down the door of the Tory HQ? One can blame women's lack of ambition, or the difficulties of juggling home life, childcare and a demanding career, but it seems to me that in other professions (the law, medicine, or business) many women are reaching the top and are comfortable there. The difference is they do so away from the public eye. Those who opt for politics or television subject themselves to intense scrutiny, examined under a magnifying glass as if they were specimens in a lab.
Who among us could cope with the remarks Beard has had to suffer? Only someone with great strength of mind could endure being called "too ugly for TV" with equanimity, let alone humour. Yet, sadly, it is a terrible hidden truth that, just as women's equal status is gradually acknowledged, the piranha fish of social media, gutter press and celebrity magazines are cutting the ground from beneath our feet. It would take a rhinoceros hide and armour-plated sense of self-worth willingly to enter the lion's den of trial by public ordeal, knowing full well that even those with a complexion like a peach will be picked apart.
Women, says Beard, pay a higher price than men for being in a public position. In terms of the gratuitous criticism they attract, she's right; not that I wish men were subjected to such harassment. On the contrary. The sooner the public grows less bitchy, the better for everyone. The more plain and older women are given positions in the media or in prominent jobs, the faster society will broaden its horizons. With her insistence on being herself, Beard is that rarest of beings: an academic who has stepped out of her ivory tower and who might just improve life for ordinary women as a consequence.


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A newspaper's lighthearted spoof offering suggestions for casting of a planned movie about Tampa Bay Devil Rays pitcher Jim Morris didn't leave team officials laughing.
Instead, five St. Petersburg Times newspaper racks were moved from the fan concourse at Tropicana Field to a loading dock area last Sunday, an act the Times said violated a multimillion dollar marketing agreement with the team.
Devils Rays managing general partner Vince Naimoli apparently was unhappy the spoof, featuring photographs of ''lighthearted suggestions'' for casting for the film, paired him with actor James Gandolfini, who plays a mob boss in the HBO series ''The Sopranos.''
In a letter to Andrew Barnes, Times chairman and chief executive, Naimoli requested a front-page apology.
''This supposed attempt at 'lighthearted' humor is not only insensitive and highly offensive to me and to all Italian-Americans,'' Naimoli wrote, ''but I believe is damaging and defamatory and subject to possible litigation.''
George Rahdert, a lawyer for the newspaper, sent a letter to the team stating the Times' position that moving the newspaper racks and denying Times carriers access to the stadium violated a marketing agreement.
Part of the deal allows the newspaper to be sold at the stadium, and Rahdert said the agreement prohibits the team from violating the contract if it disagrees with something the newspaper runs in its sports or editorial pages.
Morris is a major league rookie even though he's 36. He was coaching high school baseball in Texas when he impressed the Devil Rays during a tryout camp the team held in Brownwood, Texas, and was offered a contract.
He sold the movie rights to his story to The Walt Disney Co.
Times officials said the feature, which ran in Sunday's sports section, was clearly a spoof. Rahdert asked the Devil Rays to abide by the contract.
''We don't let our news report be tailored to anybody's business interest,'' Paul C. Tash, the Times' editor and president, said in Tuesday's editions. ''To borrow a phrase from baseball, we call 'em like we see 'em.''
John Higgins, Devil Rays senior vice president and general counsel, did not return a phone call Tuesday from The Associated Press.
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A little-noticed rule change for restaurants and similar establishments could have a big impact next year. Beginning in 2014, automatic gratuities charged for large parties will be treated as "service charges," triggering new payroll requirements.
Initially, the IRS intended the rule to take effect in 2013, but it was persuaded to postpone implementation for a year. (IRS Revenue Ruling 2012-18, Announcement 2012-50) Now it says it's going full steam ahead in 2014. Because automatic gratuities will be treated as wages, employers will be required to withhold income tax on the payments, as well as adjusting hourly pay rates of employees to reflect the change. Also, the rules might cause conflicts with state tax laws. Consult with a tax pro if this affects your business.
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Shenandoah Spring 1862Dave Cook - Scripture Release
Publisher Desc. The orchestral work, Shenandoah Spring 1862, is a remembrance of that Spring in 1862. The piece begins with the melancholy sound of a cornet playing The Battle Cry of Freedom. After a short crescendo that touches upon the old Southern song Lorena, the cellos settle into the featured melody, Shenandoah. A thoughtful appearance of Aura Lee floats reflectively above the theme and remains nearby throughout much of the piece. The rattle of drums and distant bugle announce the ominous approach of the struggle. Tension mounts and the entire orchestra slides into the unavoidable "fog of war." Suspended above the confusion and fury, Aura Lee is now accompanied by bugle and battle terrors. The ensemble plunges into a frenzied remembrance of the Shenandoah theme, this time with the trumpets pleading in a searing minor key. The battle subsides. The bugle calls "Retreat" and the armies disengage. A hopeful peace returns to the valley. The Battle Cry of Freedom is re-stated. The reminder that Freedom has always been accompanied by a profound cost.
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General Henri Giraud has always had what the Arabs call the baraka, an uncanny ability to escape death and disaster. He is tall (6 ft. 4 in.), physically powerful, deeply religious, politically conservative, morally self-righteous. He has been wounded six times, cited for bravery 13 times.
No one has ever impugned Giraud's honor, nor had reason to doubt his military valor and his love of France. But when he became High Commissioner of North Africa, succeeding the assassinated Admiral Jean Darlan, the world knew very little else about him.
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There are a number of places in England called Darley, including Darley Dale in Derbyshire, Darley Bridge in the same county, Darley Hall in Hertfordshire, and Darley Head in Yorkshire. Curiously the Dictionary of English Places Names, a book which omits almost as many names as it includes, refers only to Darley village in Derbyshire and Darley Abbey, also in Derbyshire. This place is recorded in 1199 as Derlega, which means deer wood or possibly deer farm, whilst Darley village is first recorded in Dooms day Book in 1086, and has the same meaning. Indeed as far as we have been able to research all places called Darley have the meaning of the deer wood or possibly in some cases 'Dear's wood', with Dear being an early English personal name.
Locational surnames with usually names given to the local lord of the manor and his descendants or to people who left their original home and moved somewhere else. In so doing they took, or were given, as easy identification, the name of their former village or town. It is unclear as to when the name was first recorded but it is a regular in the surviving poll tax rolls of the year 1379. These recordings include John de Derlye of Yorkshire and Richard de Derleg of Derbyshire whilst in the church registers of the diocese of Greater London we have the recording of Elizabeth Darley at St James Clerkenwell in 1587.
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he Darley family is one which can trace its ancestry back to the days before the Norman Conquest. During the last 900 years it has spread to many parts of the British Isles, Australia, the United States and Canada, and almost certainly has acknowledged relatives in all the former British Dominions, The tracing of the family history has not been easy, for the Darleys have taken no major part in the newsworthy happenings of the day, and when they have been engaged in matters of importance, they have left no written material on this involvement. At only a few places in this country are they well known -at Darley Dale where the 14th century church tower built by a member of the family stands as his memorial and guards his effigy; at Buttercrambe, York, where the Darley Arabian was brought in 1704; at Thorne, Doncaster, where the family still brews good beer as it has done for the last 200 years; at Itchenor, Hampshire, where Capt. John Darley landed Louise, Duchess of Portsmouth, in 1661; at Ipswich where they are reputed to have built the Mayflower in 1620, and in Dublin where the Darleys are closely associated with the Guinnesses.
According to Miss Erma Darley of California, Sir Edmond d'Erle was the founder of the family, being born in Normandy in 1033 and, as a follower of Neville, created Earl of Westmorland, came to England in 1066. After the Northern Rebellion of about 1087 he was seised of a knight's fee at Wistow, near Selby, Yorkshire. The family pedi�gree in the Darley family papers deposited in the North Yorkshire Record Office, begins with Sir John Darley, probably grandson of Sir Edmond, resident at Wistow in 1099. He married Armetrude Brailsforth and had a family of two sons and five daughters. From then on the pedigree remains unbroken in the direct line of descent until 1720, but there are many younger sons missing from it which is unfortunate as some of the more notable members of the family were descended from the younger sons and their place in the pedigree is not clear. It is therefore impossible to say which of the English Darleys was the founder of the Irish family or which of the Cornish branch was the first American Darley.
From the beginning the Darleys were connec�ted with Derbyshire families. Thomas (1117) married the daughter of Edmond Linacre; John (1139) married Maud Sacheverell; Edmond married Jane Fitzherbert. Other well-known Derbyshire families such as Bradbourne, Radbourfle, Babington of Dethick, Cockayne of Ashbourne, Columbell of Derby and Lowe of Alderwasley are all represented in the Darley pedigree.
Name Variations:
Darley, Darleigh, Darligh, Darly, Darlee, Darlington, Derbyshire, Derby, Derlye, Derleg.
One or more of the following publications has been referenced for this article.
The General Armory; Sir Bernard Burke - 1842.
A Handbook of Mottoes; C.N. Elvin - 1860.
English Surnames; C.M. Matthews - 1966.
A Dictionary of English Surnames; P.H. Reaney - 1958.
Surname Database: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/darley
Gen UKI: http://www.genuki.org.uk
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Pair of ladies' off-white or cream heavy satin wedding shoes. Designed with rounded toes, the slip-in shoes had an embellishment across vamp of an applied white satin bow or pouch. One survives in part. Lined in white fabric. Sole of natural brown leather, heel covered in white satin. Medium-height heel with rounded sides and back, curving inwards and then straight down to base, similar to a modern continental heel. Stamped inside shoe in gilt: "Boston Shoe Store / New Orleans, LA" Stamped inside shoe in green: "350 19664" Worn by Elsie Gauthreaux at her wedding to Robert Iler, 1913.


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An Application of Chance Constrained Programming to Portfolio Selection in a Casualty Insurance Firm
The problem of portfolio selection is discussed with special emphasis on the casualty insurance firm. A single period optimisation model is developed in which expected return is maximized subject to a chance constraint requiring return to be greater than some lower bound with a stipulated probability. It is demonstrated that this approach provides an operational means of selecting a Baumol efficient portfolio. Additional chance constraints are used to maintain the firm's liquidity. The evaluation of optimal portfolios is discussed and the evaluators for the portfolio model are developed. Finally, an example is provided.
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While most people focus their Memorial Day weekends around barbeques and swimming pools, the terrain park crew at Mount Snow is working hard to change the yearly routine of its freestyle guests. Over 300 skiers and riders took to snow on Saturday May 29th for the 3rd Annual Peace Pipe Jam. The event featured eight freestyle features, including two jumps, at the base of Carinthia – Mount Snow's all mountain-face terrain park. In all, attendance between skiers, riders, skateboarders and those just taking in the atmosphere was nearly 500 people.
The Peace Pipe Jam is a free event at the bottom of the Inferno terrain park. A massive pile of snow was amassed at the end of the season and was flattened out two days prior to the event and shaped into its final form. Event day also featured music, a barbeque, free food samplings, retail sales and product giveaways.
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Malcolm Shabazz, the 17-year-old grandson of Malcolm X, was sentenced Thursday to three and a half years in prison for his role in the beating and robbery of another teenager in Middletown, N.Y., in January. The sentence is 18 months longer than the term a judge had planned for Mr. Shabazz before he missed his original sentencing hearing earlier this month.
In a plea arrangement last month, Mr. Shabazz pleaded guilty to attempted robbery in the case, in which the victim was robbed of $100, and Judge Nicholas DeRosa of Orange County Court in Goshen said then that he would impose a two-year sentence, according to the Orange County district attorney, Frank Phillips. But Mr. Shabazz did not appear in court on his scheduled sentencing date, Aug. 13.
On Thursday, Judge DeRosa added one and a half years to the sentence. Mr. Shabazz must serve 85 percent of the full sentence before he is eligible for release, Mr. Phillips said.
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Butterflies and moths are well known for their striking metamorphosis from crawling caterpillars to winged adults. In light of this radical change, not just in body form, but also in lifestyle, diet and dependence on particular sensory cues, it would seem unlikely that learned associations or memories formed at the larval or caterpillar stage could be accessible to the adult moth or butterfly.
However, scientists at Georgetown University recently discovered that a moth can indeed remember what it learned as a caterpillar. Their findings are published in the March 5, 2008 edition of the journal PLoS ONE.
The Georgetown researchers found that tobacco hornworm caterpillars could be trained to avoid particular odors delivered in association with a mild shock. When adult moths emerged from the pupae of trained caterpillars, they also avoided the odors, showing that they retained their larval memory.
The Georgetown University study is the first to demonstrate conclusively that associative memory can survive metamorphosis in Lepidoptera-the order of insects that includes moths and butterflies-and provokes new questions about the organization and persistence of the central nervous system during metamorphosis.
"The intriguing idea that a caterpillar's experiences can persist in the adult butterfly or moth captures the imagination, as it challenges a broadly-held view of metamorphosis -- that the larva essentially turns to soup and its components are entirely rebuilt as a butterfly," says senior author Martha Weiss, an associate professor of Biology at Georgetown University.
"Scientists have been interested in whether memory can survive metamorphosis for over a hundred years," says first author Doug Blackiston, who completed the interdisciplinary research while earning a PhD in Biology from Georgetown University in the labs of developmental biologist Elena Casey and behavioral ecologist Martha Weiss. The brain and nervous system of caterpillars is dramatically reorganized during the pupal stage and it has not been clear whether memory could survive such drastic changes.
The findings of the Georgetown researchers suggest the retention of memory is dependent on the maturity of the developing caterpillars' brains. Caterpillars younger than three weeks of age learned to avoid an odor, but could not recall the information as adults, whereas older caterpillars, conditioned in the final larval stage before pupation, learned to avoid the odor and recalled the information as adults.
In addition, the results have both ecological and evolutionary implications, as retention of memory through metamorphosis could allow a female butterfly or other insect to lay her eggs on the type of host plant that she herself had fed on as a larva, a behavior that could shape habitat selection and eventually lead to development of a new species.
While most research on learning and memory in insects has centered on social insects, such as honeybees or ants, Weiss' lab is particularly interested in solitary insects, such as butterflies, praying mantids, and mud-dauber wasps. Weiss and her colleagues will continue to study how these self-sufficient, multitasking insects use learning and memory skills to adapt to their environments.
This study was farther afield from the neural cell specification research that is ongoing in Casey's lab. Casey, associate professor of Biology at Georgetown, focuses on identifying the signals that are required to direct a cell to develop into a neuron and determining how the complex human central nervous system evolved.
Blackiston, now conducting postdoctoral work at the Forsyth Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology and the Department of Developmental Biology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, is currently examining learning and memory in aquatic vertebrates.
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Memorial Day Special on Power 92.3 FM: Atty Jeffery Leving Dedicates His Fathers' Rights Legal Hour to Our Service Men and Women
May 25, 2012, 08:07 ET from Law Offices of Jeffery Leving
CHICAGO, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of Memorial Day, Attorney Jeffery M. Leving (http://dadsrights.com) dedicates his show to the soldiers and sailors that have given their lives in defense of our country. Listeners can tune into the Fathers' Rights Legal Hour this Saturday, May 26, at 9:00AM (CT) on Power 92.3 FM or stream live at http://power92chicago.com.
"We need to ensure the protection of the rights of our veterans as they have protected ours," said Leving. "We owe our freedoms to the brave soldiers that survived combat and returned home and an even greater debt to those who sacrificed all to protect our freedoms."
Many disabled veterans face significant hurdles in the path to obtain veterans' benefits. Disability claims from returning Afghanistan and Iraq War veterans have increased nearly 38% over veterans of earlier wars. Moreover, the most prevalent claims from Afghanistan and Iraqi War veterans – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, major depression, and Traumatic Brain Injury – are much different from the war wounds of earlier veterans. These new disabilities are much more difficult to manage and take more time and resources for recovery.
There is a strong need for advocacy and outreach as only half of the veterans who are disabled apply for VA benefits. A recent VA survey demonstrated that only 50% of veterans even know that they might be eligible for VA income benefits or for other VA benefits, such as education and health care. Just providing this critical information to veterans could, in itself, increase their quality of life.
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The Fathers' Rights Legal Hour was founded in early 2009 to educate fathers about their rights and the well being of their families and children; it has evolved into a highly regarded resource for family advocacy and fathers' rights. The show airs every Saturday from 9:00AM to 10:00AM (CT) LIVE on Power 92.3 FM or streaming live at http://power92chicago.com. Listeners are invited to call into the studio with their legal questions at 773-375-9248.
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