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By Lorry Schoenly, PhD, RN
Emergency Room (ER) nurses, also called Emergency Department (ED) nurses, provide nursing care in a variety of emergency and pre-hospital settings. They rapidly assess and stabilize patients in life-threatening situations such as heart attacks, strokes and traumatic injury. ER nurses also care for less critical illnesses and injuries such as sore throats, abdominal pain and broken bones. Care is delivered to patients along the full age continuum - from infants to elderly.
Nurses who enjoy this specialty usually like variety and an ever-changing environment. Some shifts may be extremely hectic and others may be very slow. The situation can change in a moment so that within any given shift you may have a serious motorcycle trauma in one room and a baby with a stuffy nose in the next. ER nurses must know how to triage their time so that they give the most critical and time-sensitive actions priority.
In addition, ER nurses must have excellent assessment skills and most know how to perform and read cardiac rhythms and 12-lead EKGs. These nurses assist in minor operative procedures performed in the emergency room such as suturing, chest tube placement, casting broken bones and intubation. ER nurses also spend much time educating patients about their conditions and explaining instructions for discharge. They must be kind and comforting to fearful patients and their families during uncomfortable or uncertain situations.
Although most ER nurses work in hospital emergency rooms, their skills are also needed in urgent care centers, poison control centers, telephone triage, military settings, prisons and cruise ships. ER Nurses assist at sporting events, camps, and colleges. Some emergency nursing positions require background in the field, especially during economic downturns when positions may be few. Nurses wishing to enter the specialty might gain needed experience through volunteering with local fire and emergency squads or requesting to 'float' to the emergency department while working another hospital unit.
Useful Resources
ER Nursing - Interview with Dr. Elda Ramirez
Below, BestNursingDegree.com interviews Dr. Elda Ramirez, PhD, RN. Dr. Ramirez is the director of the Simulation and Clinical Performance Laboratory at UTHealth School of Nursing as well as a nurse practitioner in emergency medicine. In the video she discusses ER nursing.


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It opens in cinemas on Friday August 9, and RTÉ TEN is giving you the chance to watch clips from The Lone Ranger.
Directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean), The Lone Ranger stars Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, Barry Pepper, James Badge Dale, Ruth Wilson and Helena Bonham Carter.
In the movie, Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Depp) tells the story of how John Reid (Hammer) was transformed into the Lone Ranger and how they joined forces to fight greed and corruption.
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by Jonathan Berr | April 18, 2013 9:13 am
We are pleased to bring you a new feature on InvestorPlace.com. Our Stock of the Week will explore a hot stock from all the angles — fundamental, technical, options, you name it. And we'll dive deep into its industry to lay out the competitive landscape. This week we'll be looking at search titan Google. Check back all week for more coverage — click on the icon below for our full roundup.
[1]Yahoo's (NASDAQ:YHOO[2]) mediocre earnings report[3] does not bode well for Google (NASDAQ:GOOG[4]), which reports earnings later today.
Though Google is best known as the leading search engine, display advertising is becoming increasingly important to the Mountain View, Calif., company as its core business becomes increasingly squeezed by rivals.
Google's display business, which includes network ads and YouTube, generated about $5 billion in annual revenue in 2012, double from the $2.5 billion it earned in 2010. Based on current trends, the business should post gains in 2013 as well.
eMarketer estimates that Google's share of the display market will rise to 18% this year, edging out Facebook (NASDAQ:FB[5]), which will hit 16%. Yahoo, for its part, will see its portion of the market slip to 7.7% from 9%, the researcher said. That trend was evident in the company's most recent quarter.
Yahoo's display revenue fell 11% to $455 million in the latest quarter, which was worse than what analysts had expected (which wasn't all that much). Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer could make life tough for her former bosses at Google by keeping advertising rates low. That could also hurt other web publishers such as AOL (NYSE:AOL[6]), which is in the midst of a surprising turnaround under CEO Tim Armstrong.
Yahoo's search business continues to languish as well. Search revenue excluding fees Yahoo paid to its partners plunged 10% to $425 million. Yahoo's search partnership with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT[7]) is underperforming, according to Yahoo. To make matters worse, Microsoft's Bing.com is gaining share at Yahoo's expense. This raises the question of whether Yahoo will invest more in search to address this trend, or throw in the towel and cede the business to Google.
Though Google remains the undisputed king of search, the value of its kingdom is eroding. During the fourth quarter, the average cost per click — the fees that Google charges advertisers for ads served on Google sites and its network — fell 4% on a year-over year basis. Soft pricing for search hurt Yahoo in the just-reported quarter and no doubt affected Google as well.
The trends in the mobile advertising sector are just as depressing for Google. As IDC recently noted, mobile publishers such as Twitter, Facebook and Pandora (NYSE:P[8]) are "rapidly taking over the mobile display advertising market in the United States." Google and rivals such as Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL[9]) no longer control the segment, the market researcher says.
Shares of Google have gained 10.6% this year, underperforming those of Yahoo, which have surged more than 19%. Yahoo's outperformance is attributable to the rock-star status investors have given new CEO Marissa Mayer. She is young and full of ideas on how to bring Yahoo back to its former glory. Unfortunately, shaking away the mismanagement of the past decade or so isn't going to be easy — and investor sentiment can turn on her in an instant.
Google has the opposite problem. For most of its history, the search engine giant could do no wrong. And expectations are subsequently high for the current quarter. Net income is expected to surge 23% to $3.5 billion, or $10.69 a share. Revenue is expected to surge 31% to $14 billion. Though Google's Android operating system powers nearly three-quarters of the world's smartphones, the company still earns most of its profits from advertising … and therein lies the problem. As digital advertising takes an ever-larger part of overall spending, its growth rates are expected to slow. The ramifications of this trend will be felt for years to come.
Many on Wall Street still have faith in Google. The average 52-week price target on the shares is $879.94. Its trailing price-to-earnings multiple of around 24 is near a five-year low. Despite its challenges, the stock is worth investors adding to investors' portfolios provided that they have a high tolerance for risk and an iron constitution.
At the time of publication, Jonathan Berr did not own shares of the aforementioned stocks.
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The Ontario government came under fire from opposition members on Wednesday for failing to tell the public about elevated levels of radiation detected in the province following Japan's nuclear disaster.
But Premier Dalton McGuinty said the last thing he wants to do is "alarm" families in Ontario, especially when the radiation levels detected in this country as a result of Japan's stricken nuclear reactors are too small to pose a health risk to Canadians.
"There is no danger associated with their food," he said in Question Period. "There's no danger associated with their water, there's no danger associated with their milk, there's no danger associated with the air, there's no danger associated with the environment."
However, New Democrats questioned government ministers for the second straight day on why they have not been more transparent with the public by publishing information on radiation levels in the air, water and food supply.
"This government totally dropped the ball," NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said in Question Period.
Federal and provincial authorities released a flurry of news releases on Tuesday, after the New Democrats said the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States reported last weekend that milk from Little Rock, Ark. and drinking water from Philadelphia contained the highest levels of radioactive isotope iodine-131.
Health Canada initially detected that some radioactive material had travelled thousands of kilometres from Japan to Canada's west coast on March 18, spokeswoman Leslie Meerburg said in an e-mail response to questions from The Globe and Mail. This was one week after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan, killing more than 10,000 people and crippling the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Health Canada said in a news release that the amount of radioactivity released into this country's environment from Japan is too small to pose a health risk to Canadians.
A five-hour airplane flight from Montreal to Vancouver exposes an individual to 50,000 times more radiation than the level detected in Canada as a result of the earthquake in Japan, the agency said. And those levels also pose no health risks for air travellers, Ms. Meerburg said.
The agency routinely monitors radiation levels and provides updated information every Monday, Wednesday and Friday on its website.
France Gélinas, health critic for the NDP, asked government ministers on Tuesday if they were testing the province's milk supply for radiation in the wake of the EPA report. Instead of answering the question, Energy Minister Brad Duguid accused her of "fearmongering."
In fact, Greg Dennis, a spokesman for the Labour Minister, confirmed to The Globe that the government began testing milk for radiation levels on a weekly basis shortly after the earthquake in Japan. Previously, it conducted monthly testing.
The Ministry of Labour's Radiation Protection Services has also increased the frequency of testing - to weekly from monthly - for drinking water, precipitation and seasonal fruits and vegetables, Mr. Dennis said.
The average Canadian is exposed to between two and three millisieverts of radiation a year from elements in the environment, including rocks and soil. Canadians are also exposed to artificial sources of radiation. A CT scan, for example, can expose a person to between 5 and 30 millisieverts, levels that do not pose a health risk. However, chronic exposure to radiation over long periods can increase a person's risk of getting cancer.


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In February 2012, I was working at my former paper in McComb, Miss.
McComb is in the southwestern part of the state, right on top of the "foot" portion of the boot-shaped state of Louisiana, and about 90 minutes from New Orleans.
The first day of the month, I noticed something odd as I took a smoke break. Mosquitos. Yep, Feb. 1, and the temperature was roughly 75 degrees with mosquitos already out and about.
However, the weather was expected. In Mississippi, winters tend to be mild and the weather is fairly consistent, with relatively small differences between lows and highs. So when I moved west, I kind of expected the weather to remain the same way.
That kind of changed when I stopped off at a gas station after arriving in Lubbock, and a wind like I've never experienced greeted me.
Christmas marked my first-ever white Christmas.
A recent dust storm caused wrecks and limited visibility to such an extent - and altered the sky's color to such an extent as well - that an outsider might've assumed the apocalypse was upon us.
When it snowed the other night, lighting and thunder joined the party. I think comedian Lewis Black put it best when he said, "They didn't write about that kind of weather in the Bible."
And now, after months of very little rain (yes, the Mississippian in me is accustomed to showers and storms that hang around for days), Lubbock has experienced far more rain than expected at this point in 2013, and will likely receive up to 4 inches of snow Sunday night.
As I type this, it is 63 degrees and sunny outside. By midnight, the temperature is expected to hit the 30s and cars will trade in their factory colors for pillowy clouds of white.
Be careful Monday, and hang on to your hats folks. There's no telling what's next.


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U.S. investigators bedeviled by fake terror threats since September 11 attacks
By TOM HAYS
Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK- Since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, an untold number of hoaxers have preyed on fears of terrorism on U.S. soil with schemes designed to win favors from the government, settle personal scores or simply cause mischief, authorities say.
A tip last year from would-be FBI informant Tanveer Choudhry sounded frightening. The Pakistani immigrant told agents two "brothers" planned to hijack a pair of gasoline trucks and turn New York's Verrazano Narrows Bridge into an inferno that would "kill Jews." Before New Yorkers knew anything about it, investigators came to a familiar conclusion: He was lying.
Most of the terror threats have been quickly and quietly discounted. But an alleged al-Qaida plot to bomb the New York subway system highlighted the potential for possible threats to spread fear and tie up investigators before they prove to be false alarms.
"Hoaxes waste resources that are needed to chase down real tips," said Dean Boyd, spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security.
Choudhry was deported after admitting he lied about the bridge plot in a bid to win asylum _ a common motive. Other tipsters make false accusations "to get back at their ex-wives or someone they were in car accident with. ... You name it," Boyd said.
Hoping to discourage phony threats, Congress passed a law last year making it a crime for anyone to convey false or misleading information about a terrorist attack or possible terrorist attack. If convicted, a defendant can get up to five years in prison; if the hoax causes injury or death, the maximum term would be 20 years to life.
The recent subway threat apparently was more a case of bad information than pure fabrication.
Based on a tip by a paid informant in Baghdad, city officials and the FBI last week issued a public warning. Thousands of police officers were deployed, turning the subway into an underground armed camp.
Four days later, the protection was lifted after investigators found no evidence to support his story that a team of terrorists would use briefcases and baby strollers packed with explosives to attack the subway system.
Despite scattered news reports that the threat was a hoax, some federal officials have said it's more likely the informant was passing along false information he believed was true.
Local officials also have steadfastly stood by their decision to boost security, saying the informant had passed a lie detector test and had a good track record, and that his warning was too detailed and dire to be ignored.
"This was a planned attack that had a specific time and target and method," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said this week after the threat unraveled. "It was the first really serious allegation of a direct attack on this city since 9/11."
Less serious threats _ some chilling, yet bogus _ usually have come and gone without becoming full-blown scares.
Last December in upstate New York, Danian Terzi alarmed the state troopers who arrested him for purse snatching by claiming he and other conspirators had smuggled C-4 explosives from St. Louis to New York with intentions of detonating a bomb in Times Square on New Year's Eve.
Court papers say that after the FBI was called in, Terzi "recanted the story and admitted the story was an elaborate hoax."
In another case last year, Ahmed Allali _ an Algerian immigrant and Indianapolis gas station owner facing deportation for having a fraudulent passport _ claimed he had traveled to the United States in 1998 with al-Qaida operatives, and provided extensive details about a sleeper cell that was planning to set off bombs in five major cities. The scare tied up scores of investigators before Allali admitted making up the tale to avoid being kicked out of the country.
Earlier this year, a suspected immigrant smuggler in Mexico sent investigators scrambling again when he called in a threat alleging that a pair of Iraqis had crossed the border and were plotting to strike Boston with a dirty bomb.
Authorities concluded the caller, Jose Ernesto Beltran Quinones, possibly made up the story to frame another smuggler.
Mexican officials said Beltran was under the influence of alcohol and drugs. He told them the call "was only a joke."


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New orders - delivery times
New orders - delivery times
This is easy to find out simply by going to the "Design" page here. Teslas says 1 month for a P85, two months for an S85, and three months for a 60.
Recent U.S. delivery periods have been closer to:
85kw: 4-5 weeks
60kw: 6-8 weeks
Not sure if European deliveries have slowed this down in recent weeks...
Times are down. Used to be measured in years.
I was at the factory monday. Dozens and dozens of finished cars waiting to ship. Rows of racks full of body panels. A huge section of factory floor full of finished drive modules.
It was great to see the factory in production cranking out cars.
I haven't seen as much of a difference between P85/85/60 as advertised.
I finalized my 60kWh order on June 16th. The car arrived at the local service center (SoCal) on July 18th. And that's with the week of no/less production after EOQ to retool the line for the Euro cars.
my P85 order finalized 7/1 and delivered to my home in Midwest on 8/1.
Finalized my 60 on 6/26 delivered on 7/26
Confirmed order for P85 on 8/5 and my pickup date at the factory is 9/10. This config included the parking sensors, pano roof, etc.
I order my S85 end of August was originally told October than November. Than D rolled out, I upgraded now late February
I ordered and confirmed at the end of August. I had originally had a late October delivery date then November then December then late November, and now confirmed for 4th of December. My car just went into production this morning :D :D :D. So just over 3 months from order to delivery it seems.
A friend called me yesterday to announce that he had ordered an S60. Don't know when but in the last few days.
Sarasota, FL delivery date: Dec. 27. About 6 weeks.
On the website it looks like 5 to 6 weeks order-to-delivery now for 60, 85, and P85D. 85D is longer.
Wait times could go down if the new manufacturing line has more room to ramp up. We'll see!
Order times shorten IN THE US toward the end of the quarter.
How long are deliveries taking to Europe and China?
can any folks report how accurate recent (last 4 weeks) deliveries have been? They have a LOT of cars scheduled for delivery in December, per VIN numbers, it looks like over 5k through end of Dec. Wondering if their estimates are reliable. Tesla order page is still showing December for S85 deliveries, I put in my order about 2 weeks ago and mine is expected to be delivered during the last week of December. Curious how they're still able to meet end of December delivery dates for vehicles ordered now.
I just saw one for Switzerland that was ordered mid-Oct and promised delivery in late Dec. I believe that Swiss cars are shipped direct and do not go through Tilburg.
There is a ton of inventory. Apparently a buyer can walk into virtually any Tesla showroom, at least in the U.S., and have a choice of discounted cars to drive home today, some with demo or loaner miles, some new, most without the new features.
Not here. They were going to "try" to get me a loaner for my second annual service. No guarantees.
In that post, better then than than.
I wonder if the Model X will have been opened for orders by then.
The overloaded stores can send inventory to any other store. I am hearing that every pre-October color and model is currently available for sale at any showroom, with near immediate delivery. This is probably not the case for service loaners, as some of the cars were never loaners, instead were undelivered customer orders from people who chose to upgrade instead. Apparently some are available using the standard Tesla discounting formula of $1,000 per month and $1 per mile. Now that's modified to add another 10% discount. So if you select a $100k MS with 6,000 miles and five months in service, the old price would have been $89k. Now it's $80k. May explain the complaints about trade offers - Tesla itself may be suppressing value on pre-auto-pilot cars to clear the deck.
I live in Virginia, USA. I finalized my order for an S85D on 10/15/14.
My projected delivery date is "Late February, 2015". That's more than a 4-month delay. As far as I can tell, Tesla isn't even assigning VIN numbers to any S85D orders yet -- more than a month after they were finalized.
Orders for P85Ds have been expedited while S85D orders have been pushed back for some mysterious reason. Has anyone received an explanation from Tesla why they are treating S85D buyers this way?
@griinin, when trying to decide between the P85D and the S85D, I was told the delay relates to the rear drive parts availability. Although similar to the new front drive motor, the new smaller rear drive motor on that car is unique and is apparently supply-constrained. It is also the magic that makes the car more efficient than any other MS. The bright side is that your car will have the most range of any MS.
P_D - pretty good discounts there. Did they let you know how many were available in your area? I know my local spot has a few on their sales lot and couple on the floor. Also a nice MS60 about 7 months old which is worth considering.
The discounts won't be applicable to customer orders but does this set a precedent on future sales in terms of discount availability and deeper discounts as the year ends? They just raised prices in Europe while US customers are getting some really great deals.
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I was told the delay relates to the rear drive parts availability. ... It is also the magic that makes the car more efficient than any other MS. The bright side is that your car will have the most range of any MS.
Yes! The increased range was an important part of why I ordered the S85D.


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What I want is atleast full html content gets loaded as fast as possible and data from php could be loading slowly without any problem. Since, everything is written in single index.php page, page is getting loaded slowly one by one after executing each line, making my website to load around 1 min in a broadband connection. what should I do such that full html website get loaded and php could be loaded slowly.
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Supreme Court Justice David Souter plans to retire from his seat on the country's highest court when it completes its current term, according to news reports. Hearing the announcement, some pro-life groups are promising to vigorously oppose any Obama appointee that does not support the right to life of the unborn.
Souter's retirement comes as a bit of a surprise since he is 69—younger than both of the other liberal Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and John Paul Stevens, who are 76 and 89 respectively.
Currently, the court has finished hearing oral arguments for the term and will spend the time between now and June issuing rulings and opinions.
Almost as soon as news of Souter's retirement hit the wires, speculation began about who President Obama would appoint to replace him.
At a speech to Planned Parenthood in July of 2007, then-Senator Obama explained to the crowd what his ideal Supreme Court justice looked like.
"And then there's another vision of the court that says that the courts are the refuge of the powerless. .... And we need somebody who's got the heart -- the empathy -- to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom. The empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old -- and that's the criteria by which I'll be selecting my judges."
Later, while on the campaign trail in Ohio in 2008, Obama further described this type of justice, saying, "I want people on the bench who have enough empathy, enough feeling, for what ordinary people are going through."
Observers note that since the president is likely to appoint a liberal to replace Souter, the ideological balance of the court will not likely change from its current makeup.
Troy Newman, president of the pro-life group Operation Rescue, argued that recent polling data showing a slip in public support for legal abortion means that Obama will have to be careful about where his nominee stands on the issue.
"Obama has been spanked over the past 100 days on the issue of abortion. There has been a growing grassroots opposition to his invitation to speak at Notre Dame, along with the Sebelius fiasco. On Wednesday he backed away from the Freedom of Choice Act, something he promised to sign as his first act as president, saying it was 'not the highest legislative priority,'" Newman stated in a press release.
Marjorie Dannenfelser of the Susan B. Anthony List pointed to President Obama's promise to seek "common ground" to work to reduce abortions and stated that choosing a nominee "who wants to enshrine the right to an unrestricted abortion in the United States Constitution would certainly be a step in the wrong direction."


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Terry Anderson, Donald Leal
Wed, 01/14/2015
Packed with examples, rather than theory, Free Market Environmentalism for the Next Generation offers new chapters, new authors, and compelling new stories of environmental entrepreneurs at work.
Bruce Yandle
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Roger Sedjo
Thu, 07/27/2017
Do we need a new mission for our national forests?
Brian Yablonski, Melinda Harm Benson
Thu, 07/27/2017
Lessons learned from one of the largest public land experiments in the United States.
Tate Watkins
Wed, 07/26/2017
As locals clash with elk reintroduced to the Smokies, can strategies from the West serve as a blueprint to mitigate conflicts?
Tim Fitzgerald, Randy Rucker
Wed, 07/26/2017
How to rein in the costs of the federal government's wild horse program.
Laura Huggins
Wed, 07/26/2017
As public land battles simmer, a new private model emerges to pay ranchers to conserve wildlife.
Robert Nelson
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An in-depth look at the past and future of U.S. federal coal policy.
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Informal tenure and rights-based fishing in nearshore waters offer a more positive outcome to the no-longer-tragic "commons" of the ocean.
Tate Watkins
Fri, 12/23/2016
What Haiti reveals about the adaptation challenges that face the global coffee sector.


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About the Disaster: Tragedy in the Himalayas
In the tragic flooding in Uttarakhand mid-June, innumerable people (estimates report in the thousands) lost their lives. They couldn't escape as Mother Ganga's waters rose to heights unseen in over 100 years, flowing brown and fast: with forces greater than a speeding train.
The official death toll from the Uttarakhand flood has surpassed 1,000, but most believe it will be probably several times that by the time the waters recede and the mud and sludge is removed from the roads and hillsides. Tragically, every day, more and more bodies are being found along the river's banks, in rubble, or smothered by avalanches.
When Mother Ganga's waters rose, the roads, homes, towns and villages lining Her banks were no match. One after the other, buildings collapsed into rubble or into the rushing waters. Others were soon completely underwater or crushed by landslides.
Nearly 100 dharmshalas (guest houses), packed full of pilgrims fell into the river. Hundreds of cars toppled off foundation-less roads. Roads were destroyed. Bridges collapsed. Countless lives were lost, as were property, possessions and hopes.
It was the month of June, the summer vacation season of India when millions of devotees flock from their homes to the sacred Char Dham Yatra pilgrimage of the Uttarakhand Himalayas to offer their prayers in the four holy temples. After the disaster, many of these pilgrims were stranded in the high Himalayas. An estimated 11,000 are missing and likely dead.
In so many tragic cases, large families traveled together on this holy journey. Only one or two may have survived, having watched their loved ones being brutally taken by rushing waters, mud and rocks.
Led by Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President of Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh and Founder of Ganga Action Parivar, our Project Hope team has been working continuously since the first day after the tragic Uttarakhand floods of June 2013, when the rivers rose higher than they had in over 100 years. The sight of families searching desperately for their loved ones, the knowledge that so many thousands are living without bare necessities, the memory of the thousands who have perished – these propel us to continue and expand our seva day by day.
Pujya Swamiji has inspired individuals, organizations, NGOS, administration, volunteers and doctors to come together as one team with one theme—serving to first rescue and relieve the stranded pilgrims and now to provide both emergency/immediate assistance and also permanent eco-friendly rehabilitation and reconstruction for the surviving villagers.
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June 29, 2013
WAYNE RYAN served for 21 years in the active-duty Air Force and Air National Guard. His family is seeking to have the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs acknowledge that his death by alcoholism was related to trauma from that service.
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Diesel Technology Manufacturing, Jobs and Wages
The economy moves on clean diesel and the industry is responsible for generating employment opportunities for millions of Americans.
November 17, 2016 | Diesel Technology Forum
Clean diesel power will be the technology of choice delivering on infrastructure promises.
Following the election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President, there is growing discussion in policy circles about uniting behind a common legislative and policy agenda, and the topic that keeps emerging is "infrastructure" – that is revitalizing, refurbishing and renewing the nation's built environment that facilities our mobility and economy. In its broadest sense, this includes aviation, bridges, dams, waterways, levee systems, ports, schools, solid waste, transit and wastewater and the transmission of energy.
As bi-partisan support appears to be developing around a national public works program to upgrade our infrastructure, regardless of political affiliation, most Americans can agree that our infrastructure is in decline... and they are right.
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), in their most recent report card on the infrastructure, determined that failure to act on ensuring adequate investment in infrastructure will cost us dearly. ASCE found that by 2020 we will spend triple the amount of time spent in traffic, earn on average $700 a year less and spend more than $360 on transportation and repairs. Higher infrastructure investment would prevent losses in productivity that cost businesses $240 billion a year. At the ports, about 76 percent of America's international exports accessed global markets by water, in 2010 valued at over $460 billion, and 70 percent of U.S. imports arrived by water, valued at over $940 billion. Dredging of ports and maintenance of the nation's waterways will enable more efficient shipping access and productivity gains for importers and exporters alike. Enhanced rail connections to ports help improve cargo handling efficiency and reduce traffic congestion.
But what does upgrading infrastructure look like in practice? It's the hard and disruptive work of repairing or replacing old roads and crumbling bridges, dredging harbors, upgrading wastewater treatment systems and much more. Envision workers and heavy-duty machines and equipment like cranes, road graders, bulldozers and dump trucks working in concert to move dirt, haul materials, rig overhead structures, dig trenches, lay pavement, pour concrete and more.
Making this infrastructure upgrade happen will call into action the nation's fleet of contractors small and large and their tools of choice are nearly all reliant on diesel technology, because of its unmatched combination of power, performance, efficiency and durability. Today, the latest generation of this clean diesel equipment also gets the job done with near-zero emissions, and the machines are more productive. While more hybrid diesel machine choices are available, it is the new high tech GPS and advanced telemetry that enables a new generation of "smart iron" - connected jobsites enabling meaningful efficiency gains that save fuel and precious time and money that also minimizes disruption and making the most of public works investments. It also means fewer emissions and less fuel consumption lowering the environmental impact of the construction itself.
While clean diesel power will be the technology of choice delivering on infrastructure promises, diesel technology is also an important component of fifteen sectors of the economy that rely almost exclusively on diesel power to get the job done. Diesel technology and fuel generated more than $455 billion of economic activity, according to our latest data.
And workers in this field are among the highest paid, earning on average, weekly wages that are 60 percent higher than the national average. Taken together, the production and servicing of diesel technology directly generated more than $183 billion in economic activity and provided 1.25 million jobs.
If the new Administration and Congress unite together in 2017 behind a national infrastructure renewal and revitalization effort, we've got the modern tools and technology to get it done; now more efficiently than ever before thanks in part to a new generation of clean diesel-powered heavy equipment and the industries that make it.
Ezra Finkin
Director, Policy
Policy Insider | 11/13/17
The economy moves on clean diesel and the industry is responsible for generating employment opportunities for millions of Americans.
Policy Insider | 11/13/17
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Ware wins five straight lacrosse games
On April 30, the team hosted the 4th annual Ware Academy Lacrosse Invitational, which consisted of six teams from throughout the Commonwealth. The Ware boys finished the spectacular day of lacrosse with 3 wins and a tie.
05.11.2011Moore no-hits West Point
Senior lefty Harley Moore pitched a 5-inning game no-hitter Tuesday as Middlesex routed West Point 13-0 in Deltaville. Moore (5-1) struck out 8 and walked 2. At the plate, he had 2 singles and an RBI. The Chargers (4-0, 6-3) had only 6 hits in the game but took advantage of 6 hit batters and 8 walks.
05.04.2011Lady Chargers remain undefeated in district
Middlesex High's Megan Payne (7-2) hurled her fourth shutout of the season in Tuesday's 10-0 varsity win over visiting West Point. It was the Lady Chargers' fourth win in a row against West Point. Two of those games were non-district contests, that Middlesex won 14-0 and 8-5 on April 19.
05.04.2011Walsh brothers to run cross-country at Seton Hall
John and Kevin Walsh of Middlesex High School have signed National Letters of Intent with Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J. Both received partial athletic scholarships to run for the Pirates' cross-country team this fall.
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I am married 10 years this year and I am contemplating divorce. We just don't get along and haven't for a long time. I have been asking him to go to marriage counciling for a long time and he won't go saying its a waste of money.he is also out of work right now for the 4th time in our 12 years together. We have a 3 year old son and I am trying to understand how custody might likely play out -I would never prevent him from seeing our son and he is a great father but my son is very attached to me and I cannot imagine not seeing him - any thoughts on this?
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All custody decisions are made "in the best interests of the child". If he is a great father and you are a great mother, it is likely that you will share joint legal custody (meaning that you will jointly make all important life-time decisions concerning the child) and parenting time will be divided in some fair manner. Since neither of you will then be with the child 24/7 or as much as you had been when you were together as husband and wife, there will be times when you will not see him. But children tend to adjust to any type of parenting time situation as long as the parents remain cooperative and positive and say nothing bad about the other parent. The best situation for the child is for both parents to be encouraging to the child and speak positively to the child about how good it is for the child to have alone time with the other parent.
Keep in mind that this advice is based purely on the little bit of information that you have given to me. There certainly may be other factors that would change my opinion. Further, no one can rely on advice from an attorney who has not been retained. Since it appears that you have not retained an attorney, you should contact a family law attorney to discuss your matter in more detail. Only then will you be able to rely on the advice. Good luck! Rob Gleaner
Custody depends on a lot of things. Questions that I would ask you: if you have primary custody, what will your child's life look like? Who will take care of him and when? Daycare before school and after school? what would it be like if your spouse took primary custody? why is it better for your child to be with you instead of his father as primary care-giver?
You want to set this up carefully and then go to court to make your best argument.
There is a lot at risk here, and you do not want to lose all of that.
You need a lawyer to sit down with you and give you some advice.
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Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) on Monday joined about 50 other members of Congress and endorsed Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential primary.
"What a difference four years makes when the successor to Barack Obama is a Republican and is endorsing Mitt Romney for president in 2012," Kirk said.
The junior senator described Romney as a competent manager, an economic expert and someone who can fix the state of the economy.
"I'm making this endorsement because Mitt Romney is a fiscal conservative and a national security hawk," Kirk said. "Those are two values I think are critical for the future of the United States going forward."
Kirk took some time to decide who he'd back and did so Monday not without taking cracks at Obama's first term.
"The story of the Obama administration is about economics," Kirk said, adding Obama inherited a bad economic situation that he then made worse. His administration's lasting legacy, Kirk said, is a "crushing debt" that future generations will have to repay.
Romney, who won in-person voting during the Illinois Republican Party's first online straw poll, can fix it, he said.
"As a Republican governor for a very blue state, Massachusetts, he has the record to reach across the aisle and especially fix this economy which is why I'm endorsing him today."


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Ninth-inning shuffle: Young delivers walk-off
Ninth-inning shuffle: Young delivers walk-off
If not for Chris Young.
Arizona's center fielder made up for his club's 12th blown save of the season on Sunday afternoon by lifting a bottom-of-the-ninth Kyle McClellan fastball just beyond the left-center-field fence. The club's first walk-off home run since Chad Tracy accomplished the feat in June 2008 cemented a 7-5 comeback win over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals.
"I knew it had a chance," Young said of his third career walk-off blast; the other two came in 2007. "I was yelling at it, hoping it would get up, and luckily it did."
With its second consecutive victory, Arizona clinched a winning (6-4) homestand entering a stiff six-game test that begins at Fenway Park on Tuesday. The D-backs haven't won a road game since May 17, but Sunday's stylish finish can only prove positive.
And you-know-who was the cause. About four hours after unofficially ranking Young fourth among his team's All-Star candidates, manager A.J. Hinch discussed Young's climb back from the Minor Leagues a season ago and his marked improvement this year (.277 batting average, 12 home runs, 44 RBIs).
"He's getting good pitches, and he's not missing them," Hinch said. "He's put a lot on his shoulders, and he's responded well, so I'm very happy for him for this moment."
There was a string of tense moments Sunday afternoon.
Edwin Jackson and his defense provided many of them early on, including a pair of double plays that halted early would-be Cardinals rallies. In the first, Mark Reynolds grabbed Albert Pujols' popup behind third base then threw across the diamond to pick off Colby Rasmus. And, in the third, right fielder Gerardo Parra charged in to capture Felipe Lopez's liner before throwing a dart behind Chris Carpenter, who had reached via single.
The first baseman on the receiving end of those two well-executed plays again provided much of the lineup's output. On a hanging 1-2 Carpenter curveball in the second, LaRoche, who busted out of an 0-for-14 skid with six hits and seven RBIs in the three-game series, doubled home Kelly Johnson (single) and Reynolds (double) for Arizona's early 2-0 lead.
And Young added a third run in the fourth with a solo blast, his third this month.
"I was talking to Justin [Upton] in the first inning, and I felt terrible," Young recalled of facing Cardinals' starter Chris Carpenter. "He went into the video room, looked up something for me, and I tried to make an adjustment as the game went on."
Of course, that 3-0 lead was far from safe.
Jackson exited with two outs in the seventh and St. Louis runners on second and third base, leaving reliever Aaron Heilman to face Pujols. Three pitches later, a broken-bat blooper past third base plated two. Then Heilman induced Matt Holliday's groundout to short, protecting his club's one-run lead.
"I felt like I made a good pitch," Heilman said. "Not much more you can do when the ball falls right on the line. He's a pretty good hitter."
One pitch after Montero's two-out poke in the bottom of the ultimate inning came the moment that made all the others moot.
"You try to forget about what happened before, go into the inning like it was 5-5 the entire time, and when you're the home team, you have the advantage because you get to hit last," Young summed up. "And have a chance to walk 'em off -- and that's always exciting."
Andrew Pentis is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The first race meeting of the Simpson Desert Racing Carnival, Betoota Races on Saturday 27th August - A country race meeting which prides itself on being family oriented. The weekend starts with a live music on Friday night and a 6 event race meeting on Saturday. A children's entertainer keeps the children amused from 1pm to 8pm. Meals, refreshments and camping available. For more information phone (07) 4656 4949.
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On Wednesday 31st August 2016, it's Windorah's night for a party. Have a ball at the Windorah International Yabby Races at the Western Star Hotel. By the end of the night you may be leading your yabby around the winners circle. The racing is held on the main street in front of the Western Star Hotel. For more information phone (07) 4656 3063.
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Today Big Blue announced new servers built around its Power8 architecture that it designed for big data and cloud computing data centers — key areas of opportunity for the company.
And the tech giant wants to be open about these servers. It's releasing specs for the servers to the OpenPower Consortium it launched last year alongside Mellanox, Nvidia, and Tyan. Google has jumped aboard that initiative, just as it has shown interest in ARM-based chips for servers.
By making these moves, IBM is showing it doesn't want to be left out as cloud computing takes hold and companies move toward scaling out big data number-crunching projects across lots and lots of servers, increasingly in the cloud.
The chips inside these new servers from IBM, and the company's campaign toward openness, could shake up the chip market.
"IBM typically claims that new POWER chips offer superior performance than Intel Xeon, the industry leader, and this chip is no exception. POWER8 will be well received by IBM's traditional scale-up AIX installed base," technology analyst Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights & Strategy wrote in a white paper on the news.
But it's unclear how much IBM will be able to catch up to the excitement around ARM-based chips in data centers, when big companies like Facebook have been curious.
"OpenPOWER success will be critical if IBM is to transition from Big Unix Iron to the Big Linux Datacenter," Moorhead wrote. "We applaud IBM's strategy and efforts, but it will take significant investments and time to approach the level ARM enjoys today as an open architecture."
And the fact that IBM ditched its indistinct x86 server lines might node bode well. Other manufacturers might be able to provide more streamlined solutions going forward.
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Highest floor high-school bat: Nick Gordon, SS, Olympia HS (Orlando)
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"Harry Potter" director David Yates will not direct "Your Voice in My Head" for Warner Bros, his representatives confirmed.
This would have been Yates' first project since helming the final four "Potter" flicks and would have reunited him with Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the "Potter" series.
Yates has issued the following statement on his decision:
"Unfortunately, due to conflicting schedules and ongoing commitments in the narrow window I was hoping to make this film, it has become no longer possible for me to direct 'Your Voice in My Head' I am sincerely sorry to be leaving such a fantastic project, and I wish producer Alison Owen and everyone involved the very best for what I am sure will be a distinctive film."
The film, written by Emma Forrest and based on her memoir, chronicles a young woman who faces serious psychological problems upon moving to New York City. Watson signed on to play that part.
The woman's eventual turnaround is due in large part to a dying psychologist, a part Stanley Tucci has been linked to.
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The films of Akira Kurosawa, one of the cinema's greatest auteurs, have had a profound effect on audiences around the world, and his acclaimed samurai epics - featuring international star Toshirô Mifune - have inspired filmmakers a diverse as George Lucas and Sergio Leone. This collection marks the first time all these seminal films have been available on High Definition blu-ray in the UK.
Seven Samurai (1954)
When the residents of a small Japanese village seek protection they hire seven unemployed "ronin' (masterless samurai). Paid only in handfuls of rice, the samurai remain distant from the villagers, knowing that their assignment may prove to be fatal. Unanimously hailed as one of cinema's greatest masterpieces, Seven Samurai has inspired countless films, including The Magnificent Seven.
Japan | 1954 | 190 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1
Throne of Blood (1957)
In this brilliant re-imagining of Shakespeare's Macbeth Toshirô Mifune plays a samurai fated to betray his friend and master in exchange for the prestige of nobility. Kurosawa's bloody tale is a triumph of economic style, and the climactic battle scene is full of remarkable, and brutal, imagery.
Japan | 1957 | 104 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
In this classic collaboration between Kurosawa and star Mifune, a warrior and a princess try against all odds to return to their homeland with their fortune. Acknowledged by George Lucas as the inspiration for Star Wars, The Hidden Fortress combines an epic tale of struggle and honour with modern comic sensibilities to masterful effect.
Japan | 1958 | 138 minutes | Original aspect ratio 2.35:1 (16x9 enhanced)
Yojimbo (1961)
A drifting samurai for hire plays both ends against the middle with two warring factions, surviving on his wits and his ability to outrun his own bad luck. Eventually the samurai seeks to eliminate both sides for his own gain and to define his own sense of honour. Yojimbo provided inspiration for A Fistful of Dollars.
Japan | 1961 | 106 minutes | Widecreen 4:3 format
Sanjuro (1962)
After the success of Yojimbo, Kurosawa teamed up once again with Mifune one year later to make this comedy of manners. The film, which follows a man fighting corruption in local government, offers a twist on the classic Samurai tale by gently, but perfectly parodying the conventions of the Japanese period action movie tradition.
Japan | 1962 | 95 minutes | Original aspect ratio 2.35:1 (16x9 enhanced)
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I was at Melbourne for a week to attend the ESOMAR Asia Pacific 2011 conference. The conference theme was "Increasing Value Through Simplicity". Sometime last year I had submitted an abstract for consideration titled – "Smart MR using Dumb Phones". Lo and behold I was asked to submit a paper and speak at the conference in March.


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Lew Gets More GOP Votes Than Geithner in Treasury Confirmation
Jack Lew was confirmed by the Senate yesterday to be the next Treasury secretary by a wider margin of victory than Tim Geithner in 2009.
That vote was 60-34. Lew, President Obama's trusted former chief of staff, slipped by on a 71-26 vote.
Leading Obama, naturally, to praise the bipartisan nature of his pick.
"At this critical time for our economy and our country, there is no one more qualified for this position than Jack. As my Chief of Staff, Jack was by my side as we confronted our nation's toughest challenges," Obama said in a statement. "His reputation as a master of fiscal issues who can work with leaders on both sides of the aisle has already helped him succeed in some of the toughest jobs in Washington."
Twenty Republicans voted for Lew and 25 opposed the nomination.
"I'm voting against Mr. Lew solely because of his indifference and that of the Obama administration to our nation's biggest challenge: out-of-control automatic spending increases that continue to create a massive federal debt," said Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.).
Fifty Democrats and Independent Angus King (Maine) voted for Lew. Two didn't vote, Sens. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.).
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was the lone "no" vote against Lew in the Democratic caucus.
"We need a secretary of the Treasury who does not come from Wall Street but is prepared to stand up to the enormous power of Wall Street. We need a Treasury secretary who will end the current Wall Street business model of operating the largest gambling casino the world has ever seen and demand that Wall Street start investing in the job-creating productive economy. Do I believe that Jack Lew is that person? No, I do not," Sanders said.
Sanders said he is "extremely concerned that virtually all of his [Obama's] key economic advisers have come from Wall Street."
"Do I believe that Mr. Lew will aggressively crack down on offshore tax havens as Treasury secretary and help us bring in the substantial revenue that we need to reduce the deficit and create jobs? No, I do not," the senator continued.
"In my view, we need a Treasury secretary who will stand up to Republicans and some Democrats in Washington and tell them we will not cut Social Security or Medicare benefits. In fact, we need a Treasury secretary who has the courage to say that to the president as well. Do I believe that Mr. Lew is that person? No, I do not."


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ATLANTA -- Tom Glavine isn't sure how he'll be received by the fans at Turner Field on Saturday, when he faces the Atlanta Braves for the first time as a member of the New York Mets.
He's more worried about his own emotions.
"It's going to be strange," Glavine said Friday.
"As a pitcher, you always look forward to pitching against good clubs. But I'm leaning now toward just get it over with."
Glavine spent 16 years with the Braves, helping them win 11 straight division titles and the 1995 World Series.
He signed as a free agent with the Mets, who gave him a three-year contract with an option for a fourth season that could make the deal worth $42.5 million.
Atlanta only offered three years.
His departure was the start of an offseason of retooling for the Braves, who also traded pitcher Kevin Millwood to NL East rival Philadelphia for minor league catcher Johnny Estrada. Still, Atlanta has the best record in baseball -- 32-15 entering Friday night's game -- and the Mets are 11 games back and in fourth place at 21-26.
"You can't be surprised by it," Glavine said of the Braves' start.
"I don't think I left this team thinking it was going to fall into disarray. They've got too many good players for that to happen."
Glavine has been solid in his first year in New York, going 5-3 with a 3.41 ERA. The team around him has struggled, though, with injuries decimating the lineup, and Glavine might miss the playoffs for the first time since 1990.
"It's different, but it doesn't diminish what you try to do," he said. "There's no more desire in the Braves' clubhouse than there is in ours.
"I hate to say it's been a disappointment. When I signed, there was a lot of questions about our club. There were a lot of 'ifs.'"
His first trip back got off to a bit of a rocky start.
He's staying at his house in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, so he drove to the ballpark Friday. But he got stuck in some of the city's infamous traffic, arriving about 25 minutes late for a news conference.
"If you guys would get your guys off the road, I could get here," he quipped when he finally walked in.
He parked in the visitor's lot, fighting off the urge to pull into the Braves' players lot.
"They probably would've let me park there, but I'm not a member of this team anymore," Glavine said.
"So I went across the street."
During batting practice, he appeared to purposely stay away from Atlanta's side of the field, calmly going through stretching exercises with his teammates and then sitting down for a TV interview.
Even though he played with many of the batters he'll face Saturday, Glavine plans to prepare for this start just like any other.
He'll study video and scouting reports, and go over the lineup with his new coaching staff.
"I'm going to do my best to treat it as any other road start," he said.
His old teammates know what to expect.
"I'm sure he'll have the same basic package he's always had, and he'll pitch just like he's always pitched," Atlanta center fielder Andruw Jones said.
"I'm sure he won't be doing anything different."
Glavine's counterpart Saturday will be Atlanta rookie Horacio Ramirez, who pitched his way onto the roster with a strong spring. Just as he has most of the year, Ramirez was going to study tape of Glavine before taking the mound; only this time, it would be footage of Glavine facing the Mets.
"It's kind of weird," Ramirez said. "I've always watched him, the way he approaches hitters. He knew his strength and he stuck to it."
While Ramirez spoke, Atlanta reliever Ray King, in the adjacent locker, shouted out, "Just drill him when he comes to the plate."
Ramirez laughed.
"No, I can't do that. I'd be gone in like two days," he said.
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Take the structure of a haunted house movie, toss it onto a plane, and you've got "The Grudge" director Takashi Shimizu's "7500" in a nutshell. I might be underselling the film just a bit with that simplistic synopsis, but, for some bizarre reason, I'm a little skeptical about this one. Will I watch it? Of course I'll watch it. I'm a Shimizu fanboy. And I'm pathetic.
"7500" stars Jamie Chung, Nicky Whelan, Amy Smart, Leslie Bibb, Ryan Kwanten, Scout Taylor-Compton, Johnathon Schaech, Christian Serratos, and Jerry Ferrara. Check your luggage on August 31st, 2012. When you're ready, investigate the trailer below.
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Knowing his best chance of 2015 Blue Diamond Stakes success lies in Fontiton, local horseman Robert Smerdon may opt to bypass the Melbourne Autumn Racing Carnival Group 1 and target the Breeders Stakes with fellow filly Thurlow instead.
Undefeated Turffontein filly Fontition won the Inglis Banner by six lengths on debut in late October before returning at Sandown-Hillside on Australia Day to take out the Group 3 Blue Diamond Fillies Preview (1000m) by a narrower margin.
Her form so far has the bookies taking no chances and she sits as the $5 second favourite through Ladbrokes.com.au to win the $1 million Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield Racecourse on February 28.
She was the former favourite but Secret Agenda ($4.80) has slipped into top spot, Mick Price's Not A Single Doubt filly a three and a half-length winner on debut in December at Moonee Valley.
The top fancies will face off in the $200,000 Group 2 Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude (1100m) Saturday week, the favourite of that race to also jump favourite in the BD Stakes.
Smerdon's other hopeful, the Sheikh Fahad al Thani-raced Thurlow meanwhile is an $81 roughie shot in the latest Blue Diamond Stakes odds.
The improving daughter of Sebring has had two starts for one win to date and returns to racing this Saturday at Sandown.
On debut she ran a close second to Antelucan in the Group 3 Ottawa Stakes (1000m) on Melbourne Cup Day before a win at Sandown in the Listed Merson Cooper Stakes (1000m) where she nosed out Miss Gidget for the win.
After a fourth in a Cranbourne trial over 800m on January 29, Thurlow resumes at the home of her maiden win taking on eight rivals in the $150,000 Group 3 Chairman's Stakes (1000m).
Chairman's Stakes betting has Danny O'Brien's Maribyrnong Plate winner Prompt Return as the $3.10 favourite, the Beneteau colt last seen running second to Carriages in the Magic Millions Clockwise Classic at Ballarat.
Thurlow meanwhile is the $4 second pic followed closely by Blue Diamond Fillies Preview runner-up Haybah ($4.40) in a race that also includes her well-supported but unraced stablemate More Than Most and the Wez Hunter-trained Parcel.
Should Thurlow step up and win the Chairman's Stakes then Smerdon will be seriously considering a Blue Diamond bid.
If she's not quite up to the class then he will rely on Fontition in the Group 1 and instead set Thurlow on an easier autumn path targeting something like the $150,000 Group 3 Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on Super Saturday, March 14, instead.
"Whether she's good enough (for the Blue Diamond), I don't know," Smerdon told Racing Victoria this week.
"Things can change – track conditions, barriers and all those sort of things – but Fontiton has always been the superior of the two.
"Based on that, Thurlow might be better off going for an easier target, the Breeders Stakes or something like that.
"But she's going along really well. She trialled last week and she went OK and Saturday's run will tell us where we sit."
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The Changed are on the move. The Spared are out of time. The End…is now. When her parents died, Alex thought things couldn't get much worse - until the doctors found the monster in her head. She headed into the wilderness as a good-bye, to leave everything behind. But then the end of the world happened, and Alex took the first step down a treacherous road of betrayal and terror and death. Now, with no hope of rescue - on the brink of starvation in a winter that just won't quit - she discovers a new and horrifying truth. The Change isn't over. The Changed are still evolving. And…they've had help. With this final volume of The Ashes Trilogy, Ilsa J. Bick delivers a riveting, blockbuster finish, returning listeners to a brutal, post-apocalyptic world where no one is safe and hope is in short supply. A world where, from these ashes, the monsters may rise.
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"EMP causes all kinds of trouble."
This is the third book in the series. An EMP wipes out modern technology, and also zaps the higher brain functions of a certain percentage of humanity. The "changed" are not zombies. Most of the higher brain functions are gone, but they are more dangerous than you might think, because they retain the ability to think, plan, work together, and use simple tools. Up to a point, they can even use weapons. Fortunately, they can feel pain, they retain the instinct of self-preservation, unlike the traditional zombie, and they are susceptible to injury and death.
Katherine Kellgren is one of the best narrators I have ever listened too. She has a clear, pleasant voice, and an expressive style that carries you right into the story with her. I hope she will read more books like this.
"Terrific story"
Haven't read a book, that made me feel so many emotions since Stephen King. Great story.
"Better Than Zombies!"
Absolutely Loved the series & this book the best of the series. Great multiple story lines finley woven together. Good characters. Never a dull moment! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!!
"Loved it! One of the best Zombie Romances ever"
I have no complaints of this series, it had me turning pages from start to finish. I love the plot, twists and turns that leave you reeling with excitement, and the love interests truly compete for the heroine's attention.
"good series"
One of the best narrations I've listened to. This trilogy was thought provoking and intriguing.
"This is not a book, its a poor play"
Way too over the top for my taste. I like to absorb and consider the story as it unfolds. This style of writing, in my opinion, is distracting. I know a good author paints a picture but this carries the premise to the extreme. Sadly the story is lost with long winded, blow by blow descriptions which (for me) stop the story in its tracks. It seemed to take 30 minutes to describe a body falling down a hole...irritating. When a piece becomes too wordy my focus shifts to the narrator and given the dramatic emphasis on every sentence I just couldn't cope. Finally gave up.
"Monsters was AWESOME!!!"
Don't let the other reviews stop you from getting this book. I think it finished the series off awesome. it was intense it had lots of twists and it was an sit on the edge of your seat book. I am glad that I got this book.
"Glad it was over, too many shifts......."
I really enjoyed book 1 & 2, saying that 3 had 120+ chapters, it went back and forth between characters: Alex, Chris, Peter, Ellie until you didn't really know where you were then dang if there wasn't the beginning of another chapter, and all there was to this book was fighting, the plot picked up toward the end but just felt like it dropped off all of a sudden. I didn't really enjoy this book due to narration was constant urgency, it felt redundant, there were too many chapters, the characters didn't move on, the end was great but it should have been drawn out more than the middle, like 17 hours of middle. Seriously was glad it was over, didn't think it was EVER going to be over. So I'm middle of the road in recommending. If the above doesn't bother you try it.
"Loved the first two but gave up on this one"
After having the narrator scream at me for 45 minutes I gave up on this book couldn't tell you if it's any good or not. I'm thinking I will just have to pick up the physical book and read it on my own. It really is sad that this book is completely ruined by all of the screaming.
"Too busy and difficult to follow"
I kept listening to this series in the hope that something significant would happen in the plot, or that the ending would be memorable.... I was disappointed both ways. There were too many characters and twists to follow and too many plot developments that seemed to go nowhere. Honestly, I don't even know what the main plot was supposed to be.
This series was especially hard to listen to because of the narrator. When listening without headphones I sometimes muted the sound in embarrassment at the narrator's shrieking and shouting.... there was a lot of shrieking....
I just feel like I wasted a lot of time and money; and I can't believe that I actually listened to all three books - had I not been laid up in bed from surgery I never would have listened to more than the first book.
yes, i have read all three in this series and there was no point that i became uninterested......the characters are really good
hard to choose as the whole book had me hooked again......as did the other two books. although in this book i have to admit....a tear or two were shed by me
mostly the final battle but also the gathering of them all...coming back together. these books had you waiting for this and many times i thought...ah, this is it....but it wasnt...which just added to the suspense. i must say, i am so impressed by katherines reading of all three books. never have i come across such an eager, enthrauling, enthusiastic reader. she is amazing and exciting....she perfected this story.
yes, near the end when goodbyes were being said.
amazing writer, fabulous narrator and i am hoping, theres a follow up to this book.
"Not for the faint hearted"
Much better than the written word! The narrator does brilliantly and brings it all to life (death)?
This is the first of this type I have read (The trilogy). It brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "Body parts"! Not bedtime reading for some.
Wow what an adrenalin rush again & again... It's the way she tell's 'em!
I would of loved the time to listen from start to finish.
I think I will recover soon but first I will check the colour of the moon.
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The 84 credit unions that face fines for late call reports can sign a consent form and pay fines. Or, they can fight them and pay dearly.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Watch those who attended the NCUA's listening session share their worries about risk-based capital.
Eighty-four credit unions face fines up to $106K for late call reports. Fighting the NCUA could cost them.
While directors should be continually asking why, they should also stay out of daily operations.
In response to questions raised by an investigation into the FDIC's Operation Choke Point, NCUA Board Chairman Debbie Matz said the NCUA does not directly consider reputation risk in its supervisory actions.
Watch NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz discuss proposed rules approved Thursday by the board.
Proposed rules approved by the NCUA board would make credit union securitized loans more marketable.
An employee tells Congress CFPB officials direct examiners to find violations even if none occur.
NCUA chairman tells Congress the agency measures reputation risk using objective qualitative assessment factors.
Operation Choke Point investigation could result in better transparency for all financial regulators.


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VALLEJO (CBS SF) – A longtime resident bottlenose dolphin at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo passed away Saturday. She was 51 years old, park officials said.
Terry, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, died late Saturday night, far exceeding the expected dolphin lifespan of 25 years.
Park officials said she was the park's oldest dolphin of her kind and one of the oldest dolphins living in a North American marine mammal facility.
Terry had been with the park since its Redwood City days, before it moved to its Vallejo site in 1985. Park staff said visitors didn't notice that Terry was older than other dolphins except that she had lost most of her teeth.
Her training staff said in the past few years she slowed down but stayed active, keeping up with her favorite activities such as sleeping and swimming with her fin holding a small hoop.
Staff said she stayed agile and friendly, continuing through old age to wave, kiss and hug the audience and wow them with her air spin and squirt gun moves.
Her cause of death is pending a necropsy, but her caretakers predict old age was the only thing stopping Terry.
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is located at 1001 Fairgrounds Drive in Vallejo.
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About Girasole Ristorante
Girasole brings the charm of the old world to Atlantic City. From the moment you enter this bright, airy restaurant, you are whisked away to a Mediterranean café. The aroma of handmade pasta dishes, fresh seafood & gourmet brick oven pizza fills the air. Dine in the impeccably decorated restaurant or, in the warmer months, enjoy lunch or dinner on the lush garden patio. Indulge in a specialty cocktail from the bar & enjoy hors d'oeuvres, carpaccios & much more, all in sunny ambience.
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Dining Style:
Casual Elegant
Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Monday - Friday: 12:00pm - 2:00pm; Dinner: Monday - Friday: 5:30pm - 9:30pm, Saturday: 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Cross Street:
Dress Code:
Smart Casual
Price Range:
$31 to $50
Payment Options
AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Phone Number:
(609) 345-5554
Please call for details.
Parking Details:
valet parking is complimentary from 5pm to 11 pm. Street parking & a public lot are also available.
Executive Chef:
Cosimo Cassano & Rosalba Morici
Private Party Facilities:
With personal attention & the finest cuisine, your party will have an experience they'll never forget. Whether in a convention group, a company party or a birthday celebration, Girasole will make your occasion extra special.
Private Party Contact:
Carmine Covino: (609) 345-5554
Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, BYO Wine, Corkage Fee, Fireplace, Full Bar, Late Night, Outdoor dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
Girasole Ristorante Ratings and Reviews
Our waitress was phenomenal. We had several special diet requests and she handled each concern and question with kindness and professionalism. This is a fantastic place to have an intimate meal. The ambiance is perfect and the food has been great each time I've dined here. The waitstaff is the key element in putting together the memorable dining experience and we were very impressed.
Fortunately we got here early; small place with crowded seating that would NOT have been enjoyable at the noise level when we were finished. Pricing is not for the faint hearted but you receive value for monies spent. We had the Iberico ham appetizer special which was $35 but well worth the price for the quality of the product. Two of the carpaccios; the pulpo & combination of salmon & sea bass were fantastic whereas the pasta tasting menu was "OK" but paled compared to the appetizers. The wine list is outrageous & surprisingly reasonably priced for the quality & selection offered. Dinner for two was close to $400 but my wife & I considered it very fair for the food & experience.
I've been coming to this place for 15 years and it never disappoints. The food is truly authentic Italian cuisine. The place is run by a really nice family from Napoli and they are super hospitable. I'm my opinion this is the only place worth eating at if you come to Atlantic City. Buon appetito
Great food and wonderful service! We were a party of 2 adult couples for dinner and everyone loved their meals. Procuitto appetizer was fabulous! Osso buco and seafood pasta entres were absolutely delicious!! Do yourself a favor visit here for a lovely dinner experience soon. We can't wait to return!
Made reservation through open table indicating that it was for our anniversary. This was never acknowledged, we were never offered desert. A couple came in after us and left before us. Reservations were at 7 we ate dinner at 9 and only had a cheese plate as an appetizer. There was an air about the place that they were doing us a favor rather than the other way around.
Service was very poor. They brought the wrong drink and then left it on our table all night, never bringing the right drink even though they were told more than once. We had to request silverware. They were so inattentive to our needs. The food was average. The server never came back to our table to see if everything was OK. We didn't know that there were specials until we herd another server describing them to other customers after we got our food. Our server forgot to go over that with us. We had a wobbly table that they were to incompetent to fix. The whole dining experience was terrible. Obviously we will not be going back.
Got there and No one took our name/reservation. Didn't seem to matter. Everyone in line said they had reservations but you could have come off the street and said anything. Room was very noisy and cramped. Waited about 25 minutes after our reservation time and decided to leave. Won't be back.
My cousin accompanied me on a recent visit. He asked me to recommend a dish from the menu. I told him to close his eyes and point at something then open your eyes. Regardless of what it is it will be terrific. If you have not experienced this restaurant do yourself a favor. Girasole is the best restaurant in Atlantic City bar none.
Surprised by the good reviews. I guess it's good when you compare to some of the other dining choices in town, but not a spectacular meal by any means.
The experience started poorly when the hostess was not at her station. We crowded the door but even the waiters and bartenders who saw us didn't acknowledge we were there. Finally a guest with another party had to track her down.
From a food standpoint , we were underwhelmed by everything from the bread (cold and overcooked, served with plain olive oil only) to the main courses (not memorable enough for the prices they are trying to command). Service was also slow and sporadic, although courteous once seated.
Overall I wouldn't recommend, but isn't the worst place to wind up in a town with limited options.
Overall I was disappointed by the slow service, day old bread and incredibly small portions. We waited almost 1 hour for our second plates of Pasta which was good but not much more than half a cup of Pasta. The Bronzino was good but also on the small side. We spent over $160 for two without any wine or liquor. I am still trying to understand why this is such a highly rated restaurant given the slow service, day old bread, and incredibly small portions given the price. Not a restaurant I would recommend given the numerous options in Atlantic City.
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A £16,000-a-year SNP councillor has apologised and is to consider resigning after he missed 40 council meetings because he lives and works in Austria.
Arthur Morrison has come under pressure to quit Fife Council's Kirkcaldy East ward, having spent four out of five weeks abroad.
The project consultant said yesterday he had spent longer working in the country than expected and admitted it was not ideal.
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Speaking from Austria, Mr Morrison said: "Not being full-time in the constituency was not something I had anticipated when first elected or for the first year. I do not feel it is strictly necessary a lot of the time. But you have to be back full-time every few weeks to really move things on.
"I realise I need to create value and justify myself and through my full-time weeks back in Scotland. I feel I do that. This situation will not be permanent."
He said he prioritised attendance at community meetings, but complained his presence at main meetings would make little difference as the ruling Labour group is able to push plans through. He added he would reconsider his position after the independence referendum on September 18.


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If you don't know, you should probably get familiar. Mac Miller may be known for his friendship with fellow Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa, but he's been rapping since he was 15 and released his first mix tape in August 2010.
Now Mac Miller is being named one of MTV Jams' 2011 Fab 5 artists, a collection of the most outstanding new hip-hop artists of the year who have made a visible impact on the road to releasing their debut albums. He is now putting the finishing touches on his debut album Blue Slide Park, to be released this fall.


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It's not unusual that the Charlotte women's basketball team set five goals for its 2002-03 season.
Saturday's Games
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No. 4 Rutgers vs. No. 13 Western Kentucky, 11:18 a.m. (ESPN)
No. 5 Georgia vs. No. 12 Charlotte, 30 minutes after first game
And some of the things the 49ers set out to accomplish - win 20 games, win their conference's regular-season title and earn a bid to the NCAA tournament - are identical to what nearly every program had in its sights when the season started last October.
What is different is how many teams realized those goals, and Charlotte coach Katie Meier hasn't been surprised by her players' ability to back up their words.
''People asked me if I was surprised (by the team's goals), but it doesn't matter what I think,'' Meier said of the goals the players set at the beginning of the season. ''At the first team meeting I said, 'All right, you better start working.''
Meier admitted that her players' goals, which also included winning the Conference USA tournament and being ranked in the top 25, were the goals of a ''big-time program.''
But that doesn't mean the 49ers haven't delivered. In fact, the 49ers (21-8) have checked off three things on their preseason wish list. And even though it is not on this list, no one in the Charlotte program would complain if the team added won a few NCAA tournament games.
No. 12 Charlotte will try to realize that unwritten goal Saturday (approximately 1:18 p.m.) when it faces No. 5 Georgia (19-9) in the first round of the NCAA tournament at Stegeman Coliseum. No. 4 Rutgers will play No. 13 Western Kentucky in the first game at 11:18 a.m.
Charlotte will be making just its second postseason appearance in the program's history, and first under Meier, who is in her second season. The 49ers played in the WNIT in 1990.
The 49ers went 12-2 to win the CUSA regular-season title. Meier also was named CUSA Coach of the Year, and junior guard Peaches Harris was named second-team All-CUSA and the league's sixth player of the year.
Meier said the team and individual awards may be a byproduct of the team's mind set at the beginning of the season.
''They said some of the same things in my first year,'' said Meier, who went 16-13 in her first season and helped the 49ers to their first winning season in eight years. ''This year I really felt like they believed it and they weren't just talking to an audience.''
Charlotte's mind set may be even more impressive considering seven of the team's 13 players were new to the program. Meier said a class of five freshmen - Pam Brown, Sakellie Daniels and Andrea Davidson were named to CUSA's all-freshman team - helped bring ''an expectation of winning'' to the program that has produced results.
''I don't think I had a reaction (to the players' goals),'' Meier said. ''We had done individual workouts, I was impressed with the poise of the new players and I extremely impressed with the five freshmen. I felt real good that our six returning players had enough success last season and that we had the potential that if we had won a couple of more games we would have been in the NIT last year.''
Meier credited the upperclassmen for helping making Charlotte's chemistry work. She also said her team regrouped from a 23-point loss at Vanderbilt on New Year's Eve and refocused in time to start the conference season 8-0.
''We played very young (against Vanderbilt),'' Meier said. ''That was the last time we played hopeful. The loss was not OK. It was a tough and painful and it hurt. We had a couple of kids trying to adjust to the next level and thinking, 'How am I doing?' All of that stuff sort of stopped. They quit hoping and talking and just got in the gym and worked.''
Meier said that hard-work approach mirrors her attitude and that of her assistants, whom she credited for helping the team realize some of its goals this season.
Now Charlotte will see if it can add a few more things to that list.
''We're a very aggressive team on both ends of the court,'' Meier said. ''It's really a fun style to coach and a fun style to play, and the kids really enjoy the opportunity to practice and to play games. It's a lot of fun, and I love the way Georgia plays. I think you will see two teams that get after it. I am looking forward to it.''
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Wednesday, March 19, 2003.
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Fly Fishing Knots
I was reading an article recently about the fly fishing knots and the topic came up of what is the best knot to use when tying fly line to leader. It got me thinking and in the past I almost always used the nail knot. I used that for a couple of reasons:
- Less bulky and smooth transition from line to leader.
- Easier ride through the guides on my fly pole.
- I got to carry a cool tool to help me make it.
- Strength of the nail knot.
But over the last 2 years I've almost exclusively used the loop to loop knot for my connections. Probably because I've gotten lazy in my old age, but these are the advantages I came up with:
- It's convenient and fast.
- Attaching a welded loop to an existing loop on a leader takes seconds rather than minutes and rarely needs to be re done.
- Many claim the loop to loop is stronger than a nail knot. (I'd love feedback here)
So, with the facts (some of them) laid out I still leaning on the loop to loop fence, but I'd love to hear your argument either way.
What say ye?
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