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Teachers take part in rotating strike action at Florence Nightingale Elementary in Vancouver, B.C. on Monday May 26, 2014. (CARMINE MARINELLI/ 24 HOURS)
Teachers began rotating strikes across the province Monday as their contract dispute with the BC Public School Employers' Association and province was elevated to more severe job action.
Outside Florence Nightingale Elementary in Vancouver, teachers rallied at picket lines for what they said is a "fair deal."
Provincial Education Minister Peter Fassbender took a swing at the teachers for going on strike.
"Parents and students don't deserve this disruption," said Fassbender. "We should be resolving this dispute at the negotiating table, not in the classroom or on the picket line."
But the BC Teachers' Federation said it's the provincial government that has caused the empty classrooms to happen due to a lockout and salary rollbacks.
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For most of my life, I lived in Ontario — and for most of that time, I lived in the bedroom communities just east of Toronto. Of course, for all of that time, there were really only a couple of choices when it came to purchasing beer. Either I went to The Beer Store, where the selection was mostly limited to products from only the largest brewers, or I went to the LCBO, where the selection has grown significantly in the last decade but still only has small amounts of shelf space set aside for homegrown and specialty beers.
If I was really lucky, I had the opportunity to purchase directly from one of the many micro-breweries that have popped up in the province over the last 20 years. Living near Toronto, that wasn't necessarily a chore, as it seems 80% of the micro-breweries in Ontario are within pissing distance of the country's largest metropolitan centre.
To most beer drinkers in Ontario, the selection available at The Beer Store and LCBO are perfectly fine. Let's face it. Most people who drink beer select brands from the likes of Molson, Labatt, Anheuser-Busch and other multi-national brewing companies. There's nothing wrong with that. Former Beer In Canada contributor Rawl Chan will tell you to this day that his absolute most favourite beer of all time is Labatt 50. And there is certainly a large portion of the beer drinking population that has given its brand loyalty to one of the top-selling macro-lagers.
But for those with more, shall we say, refined tastes, the choice between a privately-owned, foreign monopoly and a government-owned all-in-one store for alcohol doesn't cut it. It wasn't until I "discovered" craft beer that I started to see the flaws in the system — and its unfairness. And for years now, I have been one of the many voices in the crowd asking for a third option, preferably one that either allowed for another beer store geared toward micro-brewed beers or an out-and-out privatization of the system.
These days, I make my home in the North, although I make several trips a year into Alberta — usually to Edmonton. Privatization of alcohol in Alberta has its good and bad points, but none of the big fears those opposed to Ontario liquor law changes seem to have come true in the western province.
As Ontario gears up to start pushing beer and wine into grocery stores, perhaps the only real concern is for the fans of micro-brewed beer. Only 300 of the more than 2,000 grocery stores in Ontario will be able to sell beer and wine, and that likely means it will be some of the largest stores in the province that end up doing so. And what are they going to sell? Why, the brands with the fastest turnover, of course. Canadian, Blue, Budweiser, you name it — those will be the brands appearing on grocery store shelves later this year; not Black Oak, Beau's, Clifford and the like.
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I was arrested for domestic violence after being accused by Vietnam Vet Marine boyfriend of ''hitting'' him with a plastic bottle on the shoulder. I was honest when I admitted I had done it ''in jest''. I was kidding and had tapped him on the head or socked him on the arm many times when kidding him. A day later he filed an injunction. He began drinking heavily after finding out his best friend was dying of cancer due to Agent Orange. He was charged with dom violence 4 yrs ago by his ex-wife. I can't understand why he has done this but have determined the incident was pre-plannned.
I am a Federal Employee of 14 yrs working with vets. I am now staying with a friend, have no home and the atty I contacted wants $3000. I make too much money for a PD but have only $600 in savings. I have no choice but to defend myself. I have never been to jail, had any charges filed against me and my friends & family can't believe that he can just say I hit him & I go to jail. How can this happen?
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For those of you sports buffs, you should know the Sony Ericsson tennis tournament has nothing on two blonde, talented tennis players acing each other with their eyes in the Miami Beach heat. And we're talking off the court.
Anna Kournikova and Maria Sharapova were both having dinner at Zuma at the EPIC Hotel with different groups in downtown Miami Monday night, and they we not playing friendly.
Turns out the only thing these two have in common are the Russian blond locks and tennis rackets.
Anna was loving herself a good time, and Maria was lying low. This explains why their games aren't necessarily the same either!
Our source says that Anna was at the trendy restaurant with a handful of friends, including another foreign tennis babe Svetlana Kuznetsova, having a wild time. Maria was in a more low-key and focused mood—probably mentally prepping for the tournament like a true athlete.
The two beauties didn't interact at all. Partying with the competition? Maria was obviously so above that. We sense tension, no?
Either way, Kournikova, otherwise known as Enrique Iglesias' main play thing, was looking über hot and casual chic in an army green dress under a jacket. Her goody-two-shoes dinnertime opponent was wearing a floral blouse and black skinny pants.
Trust us, if their eyes could serve, it would have been brutal. Gunning for the grapefruit across the country was...
Marcia Cross, who was spotted picking her way through produce at Trader Joe's in the Valley, near where Desperate Housewives tapes.
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Wizards of Waverly Place star David Henrie, who was spending some dough at Lacoste in Beverly Hills.
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I realize that this probably looks like a bloody mary from a distance so I apologize to those of you who thought it was an alcoholic beverage. I guess you could throw some vodka in or whatever goes in those drinks. I've never had a desire to drink tomato juice and alcohol so I don't even know what goes in to making them.I bought a juicer last summer and it was probably one of the best decisions I have ever made. I use it all the time and it is worth all of the many….many… many pennies I spent on it. I have never been one of those juicers who uses four ingredients and that is it. I literally throw everything but the kitchen sink in it and as long as it has a lot of ginger than I am good. I also am not one of those avid juice cleanse people. I really have tried it and have wanted to like it but I hate it. It makes me a mean person. Its not even that I am hungry or anything. I just feel this desperation to chew some food. So what usually happens is I just refuse to drink anymore juice and I starve until my husband forces me to either drink the juice or stop the fast. I usually stop and then eat way more food than I normally would to make up for all my days without chewing. Then that probably defeats the purpose of juicing. Its a vicious cycle!
Anyway, back to my recipe. I created this juice with the desire to incorporate several different anti-inflammatory ingredients. I have been working hard for the past six months to decrease a lot of the inflammation that was built up in my body. Celery, ginger, and turmeric are what I chose for this recipe. I must admit that I don't always love to juice celery. It has an extremely potent taste and almost lingering salty flavor. However, I did discover a while back that if I paired it with carrots and an orange then I loved it!! For those of you who don't want that much sugar and can tolerate the celery taste, you can just sub something else in.
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Alex girls' basketball: Depth, desire drive Fergus Falls
The Otters finished off the season sweep
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By Eric Morken
The Fergus Falls girls' basketball team showed last Friday night why the Otters are considered the clear favorites in the Section 8AAA field by running their winning streak to 13 games in a 55-39 contest in Alexandria.
These two teams have battled back and forth in the last two section finals with each team winning once. Those Otters' teams featured young players who are now loaded with experience. The result of that is a group that currently sits at the top of the Class 3A state rankings.
"They're really good," Alexandria junior guard Amanda Christianson said. "I don't know; we just need to cut down on our turnovers and rebound better and I think we can get them. We just need to be stronger with the ball and be more confident."
That's easier said than done against an Otters' defense that likes to get up and pressure teams near midcourt. Their length and athleticism, the staples of what has made Alexandria so dominant on defense in years past, made it tough on the Cardinals to find any consistency on offense. Both teams worked hard on that end of the floor as Alexandria and Fergus Falls each forced 21 turnovers.
Kalli Bowser took advantage of her touches down low as she finished with a team-high 16 points for the Cardinals. Christianson added 12 points as she battled through some soreness caused by a sprained thumb that she suffered against St. Cloud Tech on January 4. No other player finished in double figures for Alexandria.
"We put a tremendous emphasis on [defense] in practice," Fergus Falls head coach Brad Strand said. "Just because I've coached enough years that I know there are nights when the ball just doesn't go in the basket. We got to be able to get stops."
That defense helped the Otters keep Alexandria at an arm's length all night, despite the Cardinals holding them to their second lowest point total of the season. The only senior in the starting lineup for Fergus Falls had a big night as 6'2" post Hanna Swenson finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds. She forms a big and athletic front line with 6'1" junior Anna Monke, who chipped in 10 points and had five steals.
Junior Brianna Rasmusson is the steady lead guard that ties everything together on this team. Strand thought his star point guard might have broken a finger in practice the day before their game against Alexandria. After some treatment, she came out 24 hours later and put up 15 points. Included in that were a couple big threes in the second half that thwarted the Cardinals' attempt at a comeback.
"She's dynamite," Strand said. "For her to come out and play like this, it just shows how tough she is. I'm sure you get a little adrenaline pumping, but she's a quality player, no doubt about it."
Alexandria is left trying to figure out a way to slow down Rasmusson and the rest of her teammates if they should meet for a third time in the playoffs. That's something Strand said he could definitely see happening.
The Otters and Cardinals have met in the tournament each of the last three seasons. Alexandria won 4-of-6 games with Fergus Falls from 2009-2011. Since then, the Otters have won five straight against their conference and section rivals.
"I think it's big just because coach [Wendy] Kohler has such a good program," Strand said of the significance of another regular-season sweep this year. "We knew coming here it was going to be a tough place to play and her kids were going to be prepared, which obviously they were. So for us to get two wins against a team like that, it's big for our program. I think it's going to prep us and make us a better team as we enter March."
That's when the Otters hope to make their biggest statement. A year after finishing third at the state tournament, this team has its sights set on getting back to Minneapolis and finishing the job. Alexandria hopes it has one more opportunity to derail those plans.
"I think they're very motivated," Strand said of his team. "They work hard in practice every night. They want to learn, and they want to learn new things. Obviously, on a night like this the Alexandria Cardinals make us turn the ball over a few more times than we should, so it's not like we're polished by any means. Our job is to continue to get better. [Alexandria] showed some weaknesses that we have but our girls are very driven and very motivated to get back."
ALEXANDRIA LEADERS - Bowser - 16 points; Christianson - 12 points; Karly Betterman - 5 points; Sarah Bruzek - 4 points, Amanda Gould - 2 points
FERGUS FALLS - Rasmusson - 15 points; Swenson - 17 points, 11 rebounds; Bailey Strand - 9 points; Monke - 10 points


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NHL takeaways: Rangers fly spirit of St. Louis to OT win
If there is a more powerful storyline in the 2014 NHL playoffs than New York Rangers forward Martin St. Louis, we're all ears.
Since suffering the loss of his mom three days before Mother's Day, St. Louis has four goals and seven points in his last six games. None was bigger than Sunday's game-winner in overtime that gave the Rangers a 3-2 win at Madison Square Garden and 3-1 lead over the Montreal Canadiens in the Eastern Conference Final.
"I've jumped on him a couple times in overtime, and it never gets old," Rangers center Brad Richards said.
Sunday's win moved the Rangers within a game of their first Stanley Cup Final since 1994 — and it came exactly 20 years after Rangers captain Mark Messier guaranteed his team would win Game 6 of the conference finals against the New Jersey Devils and then delivered three goals as New York went on to win its first Cup since 1940.
"That's good motivation right there," goalie Henrik Lundqvist said.
Martin St. Louis goes top shelf: The New York forward was robbed earlier in the game when Montreal goalie Dustin Tokarski snared a shot ticketed for the upper half of the net with his glove. So when St. Louis got another chance alone at the left side of the net in overtime, he elected to go just a little higher, ripping a shot over Tokarski's shoulder and just under the crossbar to give the Rangers a commanding 3-1 series lead.
Failure to clear the zone: Coaches will tell you it's the simple, safe plays that give teams consistent chances to win. Montreal's David Desharnais and Andre Markov both had chances to clear the zone before St. Louis's game-winning goal, but soft attempts up the boards were held in and Rangers forward Carl Hagelin eventually got the puck across to St. Louis all alone.
1. RW Martin St. Louis, New York: With a goal on Sunday, St. Louis has three goals and five points in four games against the Canadiens.
2. LW Carl Hagelin, New York: Hagelin had a shorthanded goal to open the scoring and set up St. Louis to close the scoring.
3. G Henrik Lundqvist, New York: By his standards, this was a ho-hum, 27-save performance, but Lundqvist shouldn't be penalized for setting the bar so high.
New York 3, Montreal 2 (OT)
Series: New York leads 3-1.
Key stat: Montreal defenseman P.K. Subban's third-period, power-play goal ended a 27-for-27 penalty-killing streak for New York.
Key player: C Derick Brassard, New York. After missing the last two games with an injury, Brassard returned to the lineup and scored the Rangers' second goal on a partial breakaway that he blew past goalie Dustin Tokarski.
What we learned: Nothing is going to derail these Rangers from their first Stanley Cup Final in 20 years. New York blew two leads, surrendered its first power-play goal in nine games and the Rangers were continually thwarted by Tokarski, whose glove save on Martin St. Louis was the best of several gems. None of that mattered. The Rangers kept applying pressure to Montreal's beleaguered defense, goalie Henrik Lundqvist rescued the Rangers whenever necessary and St. Louis was on the money when it counted in overtime. It's too early to write off Montreal in a playoff season in which L.A. has erased a 3-0 series deficit and the Rangers rallied from down 3-1 against Pittsburgh. Yet while the smart money says the Rangers would be overmatched against Chicago or Los Angeles in the Stanley Cup Final due to the season-long superiority of the Western Conference and the experience those two teams have as recent Cup winners, this New York team is a wild card because it is playing its best hockey of the season when it matters most and it has the key ingredients for playoff success: balanced scoring, depth at the center position, a terrific penalty-killing unit and that guy in net, who tied Mike Richter for the franchise lead with his 41st playoff win.
Next game: Tuesday at Montreal, 8 p.m. ET
Final thought: If Chicago was ticked off after a Game 2 collapse against L.A. in the Western Conference Final, how is it feeling after a Game 3 collapse? Resigned? L.A. is getting stronger and stronger as this series progresses, and that had been a quality the Blackhawks thought they could claim over any team in the league.
"It's time to bring it," captain Jonathan Toews said Saturday. "It's time to play our best hockey. No more waiting. I think everyone knows and understands we can bring more. We know how good of a team we're up against and what it's going to take to beat them."
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Dec 04, 2012 Ida Torres Educations 2
It's already common knowledge that an English education is necessary to succeed in the global market and most Japanese parents believe that. However, a study by Rakuten Research shows that nearly 90% of respondents are not happy with Japan's english education.
In a poll conducted with 1,000 parents with young children, 86.6 of them are dissatisfied with the way English is being taught in the country, and only 13.4 are quite happy with it. The survey's multiple answer questions reveal that parents are unhappy mostly with the fact that most of the classes do not improve practical English skills and that there is a lack of opportunity for the students to actually speak the language. There is also discrepancy between entrance-exam English and practical English.
But the good news is that 93.6 of parents want their children to have a global viewpoint and 83.3% want their children to be globally competitive. Some solutions that they have to combat their dissatisfaction is to hire native English speakers, full-time teachers and teachers that have had global experience. 52.8% believe in switching from exam English to practical English and 51.5% emphasised the need to have constant English conversation for practice. The conductor of the study is the research arm of Rakuten Inc, a shopping site operator that switched to English as the official site language.
I think it's funny that not all parents want their kids to be globally competitive or want their children to have a global viewpoint. Also, it's not surprising to me that parents are unhappy with the results. This can probably be said for pretty much any parent in any country studying any language. The 'methods' stink. Make it practical and conversational, not exam-driven.
Lots of blame to spread around here. Mostly:
Exams that emphasize reading and grammar over listening & speaking.
Allowing anybody with a degree in English literature to teach the English language (knowing how to read a language is not the same as knowing how to teach it)
Things will get better when the practical consequences start to hit home. Japan will soon find that Korea, Taiwan and China have have already passed them in English language education.
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Integrins are cell-surface receptors that are pivotal for human health, and defects in integrins or integrin-associated proteins underlie a variety of pathological conditions including skin blistering, kidney failure, fibrosis, cancer, immunodeficiency, and bleeding disorders. It is therefore essential to tightly control integrin expression and activation, as well as their dynamic regulation by endo-exocytic shuttling (trafficking). My research focuses on how integrin function is regulated, and how the transport machinery of the cell coordinates trafficking of integrins and other cell-surface receptors to dictate cell behaviour.
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After obtaining my degree in Molecular Cell Biology from Utrecht University, I have been working at several laboratories including Cell Biology (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), the Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research (Utrecht, The Netherlands), the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research (Glasgow, UK), and the Netherlands Cancer Institute (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). I received my PhD-degree (cum laude) from the University of Amsterdam for my work on integrin function and trafficking.
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Gautrot JE, Malmström J, Sundh M, Margadant C, Sonnenberg A, Sutherland DS.The nanoscale geometrical maturation of focal adhesions controls stem cell differentiation and mechanotransduction. Nano Lett 2014; 14(7):3945-52.
Margadant C, Kreft M, Zambruno G, Sonnenberg A. Kindlin-1 regulates integrin dynamics and adhesion turnover. PLOS ONE 2013; 8(6):e65341.
Postel R*, Margadant C*, Kreft M, Janssen H, Secades P, Zambruno G, Sonnenberg A. Kindlin-1 mutant zebrafish as an in vivo model sytem to study adhesion mechanisms in the epidermis. J Invest Dermatol 2013; 133(9):2180-90.
Margadant C, Cremers L, Sonnenberg A, Boonstra J. MAPK uncouples cell cycle progression from cell spreading and cytoskeletal organization in cycling cells. Cell Mol Life Sci 2013; 70(2):293-307.
Margadant C*, van den Bout I*, van Boxtel AL*, Thijssen VL, Sonnenberg A. Epigenetic regulation of galectin-3 expression by ß1 integrins promotes cell adhesion and migration. J Biol Chem 2012; 287(53):44684-93.
Nicolaou N*, Margadant C*, Kevelam SH, Lilien MR, Oosterveld MJS, Kreft M, van Eerde AM, Pfundt R, Terhal PA, van der Zwaag B, Nikkels PGJ, Sachs N, Goldschmeding R, Knoers NV, Renkema KY, Sonnenberg A. Gain-of-glycosylation in integrin a3b1 causes lung disease and nephrotic syndrome. J Clin Invest 2012; 122(12):4375-87.
Margadant C, Kreft M, de Groot DJ, Norman JC, Sonnenberg A. Distinct roles of talin and kindlin in regulating integrin a5b1 function and trafficking. Curr Biol 2012; 22(17):1-10.
Margadant C, Monsuur HN, Norman JC, Sonnenberg A. Mechanisms of integrin activation and trafficking. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2011; 23(5):607-14.
Margadant C, Charafeddine RA, Sonnenberg A. Unique and redundant functions of integrins in the epidermis. FASEB J 2010; 24(11):4133-52.
Margadant C, Sonnenberg A. Integrin-TGF-b crosstalk in fibrosis, cancer and wound healing. EMBO Rep 2010; 11(2):97-105.
Margadant C, Raymond K, Kreft M, Sachs N, Janssen H, Sonnenberg A. Integrin a3b1 inhibits directional migration and wound re-epithelialization in the skin. J Cell Sci 2009; 122(Pt 2):278-88.
Margadant C, Frijns E, Wilhelmsen K, Sonnenberg A. Regulation of hemidesmosome disassembly by growth factor receptors. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2008; 20(5):589-96.
Wilhelmsen K, Litjens SH, Kuikman I, Margadant C, van Rheenen J, Sonnenberg A. Serine phosphorylation of the integrin b4-subunit is necessary for epidermal growth factor receptor-induced hemidesmosome disruption. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 18(9):3512-22.
Margadant C, van Opstal A, Boonstra J. Focal adhesion signaling and actin stress fibers are dispensable for progression through the ongoing cell cycle. J Cell Sci 2007; 120(Pt 1):66-76.
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SECTION 1301. Purposes of Meetings
A meeting of the Holders may be called at any time, from time to time, pursuant to this Article XIII for any of the following purposes:
(i) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee, or to consent to the waiving of any default hereunder and its consequence, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to Article IX hereof;
(ii) to remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee pursuant to Article VI hereof; and
(iii) to consent to the execution of an supplemental indenture hereto pursuant to Section 902 hereof.
SECTION 1302. Place of Meetings
(a) The Trustee may at any time (upon not less than 21 days' notice) call a meeting of Holders to be held at such time and at such place as determined by the Trustee. Notice of every meeting of Holders, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be mailed to each Holder and published in the manner contemplated by Section 106 hereof.
(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first giving of the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or the Holders in the amount above specified may determine the time (not less than 21 days after notice is given) and the place for such meeting, and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 1301 hereof by giving notice thereof as provided in Section 1302(a) hereof.
SECTION 1303. Voting at Meetings
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders, a Person shall be (i) a Holder or (ii) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons so entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel, and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 1304. Voting Rights, Conduct and Adjournment
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders in regard to (i) proof of the holding of Securities of a series and of the appointment of proxies (ii) the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates, and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities of a series shall be proved in the manner specified in Article II hereof, and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in such manner as is deemed appropriate by the Trustee or by having the signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any bank, banker or trust company customarily authorized to certify to the holding of a security such as a Global Security.
(b) At any meeting of Holders, the representative of Persons holding or representing Securities of a series in an aggregate principal amount sufficient under the appropriate provision of this Indenture to take action upon the business for the transaction of which such meeting was called shall constitute a quorum. Any meetings of Holders duly called pursuant to Section 1302 hereof may be adjourned from time to time by vote of the Holders (or proxies for the Holders) of a majority of the Securities of a series represented at the meeting and entitled to vote, whether or not a quorum shall be present; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice. No action at a meeting of Holders shall be effective unless approved by Persons holding or representing Securities of a series in the aggregate principal amount required by the provision of this Indenture pursuant to which such action is being taken.
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At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee of the taking of any action at a meeting of Holders by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Security, the serial number of which is included in the Securities the Holders of which have consented to such action, may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its principal corporate trust office and upon proof of holding as provided herein, revoke such consent so far as concerns such Securities. Except as aforesaid, any such consent given by the Holder of any Securities shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Securities and of any Securities issued in exchange therefor, in lieu thereof or upon transfer thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Securities. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Holders specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee, and the Holders of all the Securities.


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Here's a way to think about class sizes. You're teaching a year 9 English class, and you want to spend some time with each student discussing their writing and offering advice. From a 50 minute period, subtract 5 minutes for settling in and getting started, and 5 minutes for tidying up, setting homework, etc. Assuming nobody causes a distraction that takes some of your time, you have 40 working minutes. Anything over 20 kids will mean that your 1:1 contact will be less than 2 minutes per student. How do you teach anything useful in 2 minutes?
[The government reversed its teacher-student ratio policy shortly after this column was written. Read Matthew Hooton's take on that development here - Editor.]
"Fiasco" is charitable.
Hekia Parata's mishandling of school staffing has given the 2014 advantage to the Labour/Green alliance, over the Key/Peters alternative.
Ms Parata of course has a point. Seeing ever-smaller class sizes as a holy grail is comparatively new.
Reviewing my own primary classes at King's Prep in the late 1970s and early 1980s, there were 19 in J1 but 33 to 34 thereafter. At Auckland Grammar, classes averaged 35. These are exactly the schools that unions say promote themselves as having smaller classes than elsewhere.
Meanwhile, Treasury boss Gabriel Makhlouf highlights research suggesting that moving from a class with an average teacher to one with a high-performing teacher is equivalent to reducing a student's class size by 10 – far more plausible than arguing a class of 24 is always better than one of 27.
But all this is irrelevant. Even Mr Makhlouf agrees class sizes matter, a belief that has been drummed into parents.
It is a mystery that a government so petrified of touching big spending items like superannuation, Working for Families or interest-free student loans was so cavalier about such a sensitive issue, all to save $43 million, just 0.5% of this year's $8.4 billion deficit.
Transparency is best
As it happens, I was press secretary to then education minister Lockwood Smith when National last changed teacher:student ratios, in 1995.
To develop the policy, the minister chaired a Ministerial Reference Group of the School Trustees Association, principals groups and even the teacher unions, with all working collaboratively with officials to model different formulae.
The minister personally did much of the maths.
For the announcement, regional reporters were flown to Wellington for a seminar on all the detail, followed by a ministerial press conference in the cabinet committee room as the prime minister announced the initiative in parliament.
Dr Smith was so over the detail that he forgot his sound bites.
This meant, however, that he could tell Prliament that Turakina Maori Girls College would be worst affected, losing 2.6 teachers, while Cockle Bay School was the biggest winner, gaining 3.9 teachers. Their new teacher:student ratios would be 1:13 and 1: 23.1 respectively.
Unlike Ms Parata, Dr Smith had some money to play with but, in both cases, most schools won while only a minority lost out. All hell still broke loose of course, but the government was proud of what it was doing, transparent and had the sector groups onside.
Bolger vs Key
What can explain Dr Smith's superior handling of a difficult announcement?
Having cut student allowances, dissembled over tertiary fees, promoted bulk-funding and trialled vouchers, he was number 3 only to Ruth Richardson and Jenny Shipley on the public enemies list.
Ms Parata, in contrast, is seen as a political star and potential party leader.
The first factor is the experience of being unpopular. Dr Smith assumed a negative response to his announcements and prepared accordingly.
The second is the relative political skills of the prime minister. Jim Bolger focused on things like bold economic and social reforms, eliminating the deficit in his first term, achieving 6.2% economic growth in 1994 and 5.3% in 1995, and winning three elections – meaning he never developed the stage talent of John Key.
That meant Dr Smith knew he didn't have the backup of a popular prime minister to ride to his rescue if things went wrong.
Third is the intellectual climate around Mr Key's Beehive. Previous prime ministers held all-day cabinet meetings and encouraged vicious cross-examination of ministers at caucus.
According to those with experience with both, Mr Key's cabinet meetings are far more laid back. Backbenchers are now discouraged from asking questions at caucus, which tends to focus on the latest polls.
The fourth factor is Murray McCully, the chairman of Mr Bolger's communications apparatus. As an electorate MP, Mr McCully knew to ask how any education announcement would affect Long Bay College. Failing to answer meant postponing the planned announcement.
Mr McCully's role is now held by Steven Joyce who has never stood for an electorate, let alone been upbraided by principals after local prize-givings. Ms Parata has no electorate either.
These factors meant the Beehive thought it could hide the announcement in the bottom half of a pre-budget press release.
Now, on advice, Ms Parata refuses to meet the groups that even the arch anti-unionist Dr Smith worked with. And all this is to raise $43 million for teacher quality programmes.
If Mr Joyce, as tertiary education minister, would just inflation-adjust his student loan portfolio, Ms Parata could have teacher quality programmes ten times bigger than envisaged, without changing teacher:student ratios at all.
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Here's one clue: spread your individual advice over two periods.
Even better: give the class a lesson on how to critique their own writing, then have them critique their own and their partner's. Then mark their critiques.
The damage done by the Government back down on this issue, right or wrong is immense.
My confidence in the Key lead Government to deliver the essential savings and corrections to avoid net external Government and private debt turning NZ into another Spain, Greece etc has been severely altered. The teachers may have won, but the country has lost. Government must say what it means and do what it says.
"The teachers may have won, but the country has lost. Government must say what it means and do what it says." The teachers haven't won, all that has happened is that our high achieving education system didn't lose.
@ R.J. Robert | Saturday, June 9, 2012 - 4:24pm "matthew Hooten. If this is an arrogant government; HOW would you describe the Clark Cullen government???"
Answer: successful.
Best thing you can do, is learn how to spell.
gr8 u spotted this weekes deiberat mistake.
At least you read it. Hope JK acts on it.
Now, if we could just get rid of the millions of tax payer dollars being carved from New Zealand schools and poured into private schools, and dump the Charter school nonsense, then we can get moving on improving on the 6th place in the OECD that our education system enjoys at present.
Matthew rightly points to the superannuation issue (that cowardly Key won't touch "as long as he's PM") and working for families etc. But surely it is Joyces billion dollar white Elephant roading projects that we should be rethinking in these harsh days of massive government borrowing to address the zero growth government policies?
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Cycling the Parliament
What you see here is the Austrian Parliament building. The entrance is up on a big winding hill, and we decided that what better way to test the Retrovelo's gearing and brakes than to cycle up and down it.
After briefly considering whether this was "allowed", we decided that such a trifling thing hardly mattered, and went for it. Anna went for it, that is - while I photographed her.
I mean, that hill looks like it was made for cycling, doesn't it?
Upon making it back down, Anna reported that the brakes on the Retrovelo worked just fine, which was a much-needed piece of information for the remainder of our trip. Going uphill was a bit of a challenge, but she did that with flying colours as well.
This heroic feat did not go unnoticed: We were immediately surrounded by a group of Chinese tourists, who were interested in the Retrovelo (for the record, I was riding a Specialized Globe, but they were not nearly as taken by it).
It was not clear what exactly about the bike appealed to the tourists: More than anything, they seemed to be interested in the headlight, but we could not understand each other as they spoke neither German nor English. We posed graciously for many, many photos, and finally parted ways.
Such was the beginning of our adventure. Stay tuned for more. And for the record - cycling with Anna is great fun. Visit her on Cycling Is Good For You!
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Perhaps they were industrial spies looking for the next great leap forward for Flying Pigeon brand. I imagine that the Retrovelo was closer to what they could relate to from back home.ReplyDelete
As always, a very interesting post. Now I'll go see Anna's perspective.
That did occur to me afterward : )ReplyDelete
Though how can one possibly hope to improve the legendary Flying Pigeon!
You look great, we (cats + myself) love the new green hat.ReplyDelete
They were wondering if you are bringing those Napa leather cycling gloves with buttons home.
I was so excited about your Retrovelo tryout that I went ahead and browsed their website and also the US importer's site + blog. I learned that Schwalbe introduced their Fat Frank tyres for Retrovelo and named them after their designer--Frank Patitz. Also, Retrovelo is playing with all sorts of modern gadgets, for example the Swiss bottom bracket shifting mechanism (in addition to a rear hub) that switches from high to low with a tap from your heel. They also have a bike with the Alfine group (with disc brakes) and one with a Rohloff 14-speed hub.
What fun you two must be having! I'm looking forward to the rest of the story. Oh yikes, brakes...where could this story be leading??! :oReplyDelete
That was such a fun ride, thanks a lot!ReplyDelete
I've just checked out Anna's blog with the pics of your test bike. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on the tyres. They look like Fat Franks ?? Easier or harder to pedal along with than thinner tyres?ReplyDelete
It sounds like you had a fun morning!
I am jealous! How can I get my picture taken with you? (ChipSeal slips into a pleasant daydream...)ReplyDelete
I think that the combination of the dark tires with the white frame on the Retrovelo is really sharp.ReplyDelete
Got to love the statues all over the frieze and the roofline- so Neo-classic... The proportion of the windows to the columns to the wall is really odd- like they were shoehorned in with an odd blank space above- sorry architecture on the brain....
It looks cold there- perhaps just grey. It was 60 today here in Cambridge.
cycler - out of the 9 days I have been here so far, 7.5 have been overcast like this! I have loads to say regarding Vienna's Historicist architecture, but will save it for when we meet for coffee lest I bore everyone to death! I am so happy that you understand this stuff though!ReplyDelete
Carinthia - Yes, those are black Fat Franks. Anna says they were at least as fast as her mountain bike tires, and handled better on cobblestones.
MDI - I vaguely remember now reading about the Fat Frank tires having been made for Retrovelo. Interesting that they have gotten so popular. Don't worry, I will not be buying the 35Eur gloves, I promise.
ChipSeal - become a Chinese tourist? : )


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A handful of Total Transportation Services, Inc. drivers told the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners about the lack of dust control and personal protective equipment and unsanitary and inadequate restrooms and water supply at the company's truck yard.
One of the drivers, Alejandro Paz, said that there are not enough bathrooms for the 150 or so truckers working there, and that the bathrooms that are there are filthy and rarely have toilet paper.
"I would literally hold it and wait until I get out of there and go somewhere where it's safe and where it's clean," said Paz, a five-year TTSI driver who hauls goods to retailers such as Target, Walmart and Best Buy.
They asked the board to look into their concerns.
"We want them to take action, to see what's going on with this company," said driver Dennis Martinez, who worked for TTSI for 2 ½ years. "As drivers, we are tired of this."
The company, a logistics provider that distributes imports within North America, declined to comment.
The drivers' issues have been detailed in a complaint filed with the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health by the drivers and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which has been advocating on behalf of the truckers. (In November, the Teamsters supported Green Fleet Systems drivers during a 36-hour strike at the company's facility. In March, the union helped port truck drivers for Pacific 9 Transportation win a National Labor Relations Board settlement with the Carson-based company after allegations surfaced that drivers were threatened and interrogated over union organizing.)
TTSI drivers also submitted a petition to the company officials two weeks earlier, asking them to clean up the yard.
Commissioner Patricia Castellanos on Thursday thanked the drivers for their comments and asked if there was a way to monitor the situation.
Acting Executive Director Gary Lee Moore said he will talk to his team and report back to the commission.
Barb Maynard, spokeswoman for the drivers, said she was encouraged by the commission's willingness to look into the issue.
"It's very empowering for the drivers to be able to come here and speak out and to have their voices heard because for a very long time they've been disrespected," she said. "No longer will these filthy working conditions be accepted."
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firstname.lastname@example.com wrote: > Star guying substantially reduces the twist on a tower. Torque arms are > much less effective. I agree on both points. > According to K7LXC : When Rohn implemented one of the > early EIA/TIA-222 tower standards, they found that the torque arms added > nothing to the torque resistance of the tower but they do help stabilize > the tower as it's being climbed. > With this I disagree to a point. Much depends on how the torque arms are installed, but at best they are no where near as good as star guying. On my tower I found that following the instructions added little if any resistance to turning, but mounting the torque arms *rigidly* made a noticeable difference in the tendency for the top of the tower to rotate in high winds. However, it's not nearly as effective as star guying which I'd much prefer. There's an interesting PP presentation at www.yccc.org/Articles/KE1IH_Dayton.ppt showing forces on the tower with regular and star guying as well as the force when using elevated guy anchors. If possible I'm going to change the top level on mine from torque arms to star guying. I have a lot of steel and aluminum up there. 73 Roger (K8RI - ARRL Life Member) www.rogerhalstead.com N833R (World's oldest Debonair) _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list email@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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There is a secret rule somewhere that bloggers are supposed to own certain things. One of those things is a Michael Kors oversized statement watch. I think I might be one of the only bloggers who DON'T actually own one of these. I mean it's a really nice statement piece and even at its $250 price tag, it's still affordable. However, I honestly didn't jump on the bandwagon because, well, just about everyone has one. I think this feed the hunger campaign that he launched with the United Nations might give me enough incentive to at least add it to my wish list this year though.
Next month (March 2013) Kors will launch two unisex watch styles for the "Watch Hunger Stop" campaign. Each watch sold will allow the World Food Program to feed 100 children. The two styles will retail for $295 – $325. There will also be a text-to-donate initiative as another way for individuals to support the campaign if they don't want to purchase the watch.
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Öhlins have announced a brand new Suspension Control Unit, or SCU, upgrade for the Ducati Multistrada S to give the machine semi-active suspension. Available for models equipped with OEM EC Suspension, the already highly acclaimed Adventure bike will gain even more comfort, grip and improved agility, as well as an extended adjustment range.
Able to be installed very quickly, the SCU can be simply fitted by removing the ECU under the seat and installing the 'plug and play' new unit. Loaded with smart algorithms, the SCU changes the suspension from a passive system to a semi-active system, giving the rider continuous benefits.
Derived straight from the Öhlins R&D team in World Superbikes, the SCU changes the suspension to the best possible set up depending on riding style, speed, acceleration and other various parameters. When a change of damping levels is justified, the Öhlins SCU will change the rebound and/or the compression damping.
Utilising the Ducati dashboard, the rider can still select the different riding mode (Sport, Touring, Urban or Enduro) and the Suspension Control Unit will monitor what is happening with the bike to continuously change to the best solution along the ride, resulting in a seamless riding experience. The new control unit also allows for almost double the adjustment range compared to the standard system.
Available for Ducati Multistrada 1200 S models from 2010-2012, the new SCU will be available from May with an expected cost of 300 EUR.
"We're very happy to bring out this upgrade now for Ducati owners already enjoying the bike with Öhlins OEM EC suspension," Öhlins Product Manager MC Peter Andersson says. "It gives us an opportunity to improve and upgrade an already great bike and give the owner a true semi-active suspension system for very little money. We have spent a long time testing this product to find the best software and algorithms and we have arrived at what we believe is a very impressive suspension upgrade for the Ducati Multistrada S."
For more info on Öhlins products visit www.ohlins.com and to learn more about the stories behind the products see new interactive magazine Performance at www.ohlinsnews.com.
Öhlins Racing has been an integrated part of the motorsport industry for more than 35 years and our focus has always been on service and support, all the way from the MotoGP circuits to the trackdays in over 50 distributing countries.
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What does Module mean?
Definitions for Moduleˈmɒdʒ ul
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Module.
Princeton's WordNet
faculty, mental faculty, module(noun)
one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
detachable compartment of a spacecraft
computer circuit consisting of an assembly of electronic components (as of computer hardware)
a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components
A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the other components.
A standard unit of measure used for determining the proportions of a building.
A section of a program; a subroutine.
A unit of education covering a single topic.
A pre-prepared adventure scenario with related materials for a role-playing game.
An abelian group.
K-module, module over K
An algebraic structure which behaves just like a vector space over a field F, except that F is replaced by K, a commutative ring with unit.
Any module extends easily into a uE000133009uE001-module.
A file containing a music sequence that can be played in a tracker (called also mod or music module).
(hydraulics) A contrivance for regulating the supply of water from an irrigation channel.
Origin: From module, from modulus, diminutive of modus; see mode.
Webster Dictionary
a model or measure
the size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated. Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided into a certain number of parts, called minutes (see Minute), though often the diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so many modules and minutes in height, breadth, or projection
to model; also, to modulate
Origin: [See module, n., Modulate.]
In abstract algebra, the concept of a module over a ring is a generalization of the notion of vector space over a field, wherein the corresponding scalars are the elements of an arbitrary ring. Modules also generalize the notion of abelian groups, which are modules over the ring of integers. Thus, a module, like a vector space, is an additive abelian group; a product is defined between elements of the ring and elements of the module that is distributive over both parameters and is compatible with the ring multiplication. Modules are very closely related to the representation theory of groups. They are also one of the central notions of commutative algebra and homological algebra, and are used widely in algebraic geometry and algebraic topology.
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The numerical value of Module in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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HOT-prospect Callum Saunders is expected to pledge his future to Crewe Alexandra this week.
Likely to be unleashed on League One defences next season, the 18-year-old will end any speculation of a move by putting pen to paper on a three-year professional deal.
Premier League clubs are reportedly monitoring the son of former Wales and Liverpool striker Dean after he netted more than 30 goals during the Academy 2013/14 campaign.
The striker will join fellow graduates Fraser Murdoch, Perry Ng, James Baillie and James Jones in signing long-term contracts with the Alex.
Saunders scored within a minute of coming off the bench in Wales under 19s' 3-0 win over Greece.
And boss Steve Davis is hopeful he can follow in the footsteps of former Academy graduates Dean Ashton and Nicky Maynard.
"Callum is a mature lad who knows what he wants and where he is going as a young player," said Davis.
"He's a great goalscorer but still has to develop physically. It's still early in the development of all the lads. They all have a long way to go but we're excited about their potential."
While the graduates have all played ball, Davis will have to wait on decisions from Max Clayton and Byron Moore, as expected.
"We've not set a deadline but they understand that we cannot wait forever because I need to know if I have to bring in replacements," he added.
"I think they would benefit from being here and I hope to have them in my plans for next season, but it is out of our hands until they reach a decision."
Regardless of the duo's decision, Davis will look to sign at least another striker and a winger, while a midfielder is also on his wish list.
"I need to replace some of the lads we let go," he added. "Some can come from within and we have a decent sized squad already.
"But if I can find three more quality players to help us, that would be a real plus. We know what we want and what we need but it's important that we get the right characters into the club.
"Unless you speak to a lot of people about a player and get an honest assessment, you don't really know until they are in your environment."


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Cracked Dyed Eggs
I love dying eggs, but at some point, my egg always falls off of the dipper and cracks. And it's always the one of the bunch that is actually turning out good for once. (Grrrrrrrr.) So, for that reason, I LOVED this process. As soon as you're ready to start the dying process, you get to crack them, ON PURPOSE! WAHOOOOOOOOO- that part was fun. This doesn't really take much talent or concentration either- another reason I'm a fan 😉
- 4 white eggs
- 2 teabags, colored (example: Raspberry for red!)
- Hard boil some eggs and let them cool. Tap them with a knife to create cracks, don't peel the egg.
- Place eggs in a saucepan and cover them in water.
- Add 2 tea bags (I used raspberry herbal tea for pink!).
- Bring to a boil and then simmer for 20 minutes, covered.
- Turn off the heat and once the pot is cooled, place it in the fridge for 3 hours (or overnight.)
- Peel to reveal the pattern!
*You can color these using gel food color in water as well, OR, juices, (like blueberry concentrate for blue!)
What's your favorite thing to make for Easter?! Share your thoughts below!!
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Pry That Scan Away At Your Own Risk
You wait in potential terror for the results. Either you or your child goes through a CT or an MRI, and wait to know whether or not the physician will see something that should not be there.
Luckily in my case, the news has always been good. "Everything looks normal," the doctor says, and the diagnosis is altered to reflect what is actually seen versus what is suspected.
To physician and patient, this scan served a purpose: elimination and peace of mind, respectively. To payers, that scan may have been an unnecessary expense, a "cover-your-behind" test by the doctor and an uneducated and expensive reassurance for the patient. Right now, the proliferation of advanced diagnostic imaging is in the cross-hairs of state and federal politicians, as well as health plans, as the dollars become tight in healthcare and fat becomes vulnerable.
Recent weeks have seen renewed chatter in the imaging debate, starting with a GAO report that tracked an increase in Medicare Part B imaging expenditures that rose from $6.89 billion in 2000 to $14.11 billion in 2006. While rising expenditures may be the symptom, Sen. Chuck Grassley sees the relative ease of physician self-referral as the illness, so he has introduced a bill that would amend the in-office ancillary services exception to the Stark self-referral rule by, among other things, requiring physicians to disclose any financial ties in imaging centers to patients, and to even provide a list of conveniently located alternative locations.
While the government wants to provide information in the imaging decision process, the health plan industry wants to be more directly imbedded. WellPoint, Anthem and other commercial insurers are turning to pre-screening, and reporting significant drops in radiology growth trends. AHIP has upped the rhetoric coming from the health plan side, with a report—none-too-subtly titled "Ensuring Quality Through Appropriate Use of Diagnostic Imaging"—quoted studies that found 20% to 50% of advanced diagnostic imaging procedures failed to provide information that was helpful to the diagnosis, and that unnecessary tests add $26.5 billion to healthcare costs. The American College of Radiology agrees with the conclusion that financial incentives for in-office referral are a driver of imaging costs, but they oppose the use of pre-authorization intermediaries because they "would take medical decisions out of the hands of doctors."
The ACR instead recommends mandatory accreditation of all advanced imaging services providers who would follow guidelines for the appropriate use of scans.
While the national players compete for the policy and funding pie, the issues of growth and duplication of services pop up in markets like St. Louis and Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Behind all the rhetoric, studies, numbers, and dire threats being pushed around is the central question: When should the healthcare industry tell a patient "no"? It's hidden in a layer of clutter, but it is the very type of cost-versus-benefit question that the industry and country will have to face in the coming years. This is where high-technology, high-cost, and high-diagnostic value intersect. Can you tell me what tests I can't have? Will I pay for it anyway?
As one leading radiologist told me this week, "advanced imaging enables the modern practice of medicine." The potential for these modalities to see disease at its earliest stages has enormous potential for saving lives. So while no patient ever looks forward to a CT or an MRI, telling me that I can't have one is a different line to cross.
Jim Molpus is Editor-in-Chief of HealthLeaders Media. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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Warning! IRS Scam Working in Lake Charles
If you get a collection call from the IRS, hang up. The IRS doesn't operate like that.
If you get a collection call from the IRS, hang up. The IRS doesn't operate like that.
The Better Business Bureau warns of a scam working the Lake Area. Callers are claiming to be from the IRS
Carmen Million, with the Better Business Bureau is warning residents of a phone scam being used in the Lake Area.
The latest scam involves calling people and telling them they are going to be arrested unless they pay their taxes.
It's called 'spoofing' and here's the truth behind such phone calls.
Here's round two of the 12 nastiest tax scams out there. Be aware of what the crooks will try to pull over on you!
It seems that the folks who manage the estate of the late 'King of Pop' have represented his estate as belonging more to a pauper than a king and the IRS isn't buying the story.
You won't believe what the folks on the Jackson team are claiming about the late singers net worth.
First of all, and this bears repeating, the IRS is not going to notify you of any situation by e-mail. Ever. Nor will the IRS send you a text message. So if you get a text message that says, "OMG, Yur like all behind on yer taxes...hit us back asap", it's probably not the IRS
Unfortunately, the latest IRS scam is a little more subtle. If you know what to look for, you won't get taken.
Benjamin Franklin once wrote, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." And the two may be even more closely linked than we thought — a new study shows fatal car crashes rise on April's annual tax deadline day.
Remember the kids who always sat in the front of the classroom, the ones who reminded the teacher when she forgot to hand out homework? Those kids grew up into adults who get their oil changed every 3,000 miles, visit the dentist every six months like clockwork and file their taxes as soon as they can.
Then there were the back of the class kids. They're now the reasons dentists send those "we've missed you" cards and cars have low oil lights. If you're a "back of the classroom" kid, don't worry — there's still time to get those taxes filed. Here are a few handy tips for the procrastinators of the world.
If you filed your taxes electronically, you may be wondering where your refund is. And, if you visited the IRS website's "Where's my refund?" page, you may have been given an error message that says the IRS has no information about your return.


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Message from the Director-General
Sixty years ago, when WHO was founded, public health faced the daunting task of restoring basic health services in a world badly damaged by war. Some of the earliest activities were urgent responses to emergencies: the delivery of medicines and vaccines, the containment of outbreaks, and the provision of relief to refugees. At the same time, WHO was fully aware of the broader role foreseen by its founders: to provide a mechanism through which all countries of the world could collaborate in the pursuit of better health.
WHO quickly established the foundations for such collaboration and demonstrated the multiple benefits. Collaboration brought uniform quality standards for medicines and biologicals, a system of generic names for pharmaceutical products, internationally comparable research data and statistics, and a universal system for classifying the causes of diseases, injuries, and deaths. It also brought protection against the international spread of disease, and expert agreement on best practices for managing a host of health problems.
A commitment to the principles of equity and social justice was present at the outset. Through international collaboration for better health, WHO intended to build common understanding and good will. As noted in the earliest days by the first Director-General of the World Health Organization, Brock Chisholm, "Political, social, and economic differences have no meaning when the health of people is at stake." That, too, was the foundation for an overriding objective: to extend the advantages of good health care to poor and marginalized populations. A way forward was clearly articulated in the Declaration of Alma-Ata, which launched the Health for All movement 30 years ago.
The challenges confronting public health have changed in profound ways. In today's closely interdependent and interconnected world, health problems are increasingly shaped by the same powerful forces, creating universal threats. Changes in the way humanity inhabits the planet have spurred the emergence of new diseases and accelerated their international spread. Lifestyle changes have fuelled an alarming global rise of chronic diseases. The climate is changing, with profound consequences for health. High-mortality diseases, like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, are not yet under control. Advances in medicine have raced ahead, yet too many people have been left behind. Gaps in health outcomes, both within and between countries, continue to grow wider. The potential gains of international collaboration have never been so great.
Over the years, WHO has consistently demonstrated the power of collaboration, with successes ranging from the eradication of smallpox to the development of tools that have simplified and rationalized the job of protecting public health. Success has led to more ambitious goals. Above all, the health-related Millennium Development Goals express the collective will to see the benefits of medical progress more evenly distributed – an ambition that reflects the spirit of the Declaration of Alma-Ata.
As a mature institution, WHO enters its seventh decade fully aware of the challenges, yet bolstered by the optimism that has characterized this Organization since its inception. WHO enjoys unprecedented support, from the ministers of health in 193 countries, its regional and country offices, and a host of dedicated partners. It is my personal view that WHO is well-equipped to excel in the unique role envisioned 60 years ago, serving as a mechanism through which all countries collaborate in a shared quest for better health, motivated by common understanding and good will.
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