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San Diego - Phil Mickelson has described his "insensitive" public comments about his tax concerns as "dumb", and on a par with the last-hole gaffe that cost him the chance to win the 2006 US Open at Winged Foot.
The four-time major champion hinted after last week's Humana Challenge he was considering making "drastic changes" because of soaring federal and state tax rates but has since said he should have kept his thoughts to himself.
"This reminds me a lot of Winged Foot in 2006, where I hit a drive way left off the tents," Mickelson told reporters on Wednesday on the eve of this week's Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.
"So this happened to be way right, but way off the tents. You know, I've made some dumb, dumb mistakes, and, obviously, talking about this stuff was one of them."
Mickelson led the 2006 US Open by two shots with three holes remaining but fell back into a three-way tie for second after an aggressive approach at the last led to a double-bogey.
The American left-hander had hit the roof of a hospitality tent with his drive on 18, then bounced backwards off a tree with a three-iron for his second shot on the way to a closing 74.
"Seven years later, I realised I should have just wedged back," a smiling Mickelson said of his second shot on the final hole. "I could have tried to make a par from the fairway, and maybe made a bogey and at worst be in a Monday playoff."
"Like Winged Foot, where I tried to carve a three-iron around a tree and get it up by the green, I make double bogey and lose the US Open, I think I'm going to learn my lesson and take a wedge and get it back in play.
"I made a big mistake talking about this stuff publicly, and I shouldn't have done that," he added, again apologising for publicly venting his feelings about soaring tax rates for millionaires in his native California.
One of the most popular figures in the game, Mickelson signs more autographs for fans than most of his peers and is nicknamed "Phil the Thrill" because of his bold and, at times, outrageous shot-making.
However, he accepts that the comments he made on Sunday after he tied for 37th place at the Humana Challenge in his first PGA Tour event of the season were, at best, polarising.
"It was insensitive to talk about it publicly to those people who are not able to find a job, that are struggling paycheck to paycheck," the 42-year-old said.
"I think that was insensitive to discuss it in that forum."
Mickelson, a 40-time winner on the PGA Tour, has piled up career earnings of more than $67 million and considerably more via corporate endorsements and his golf course design company.
According to Forbes magazine, the American left-hander earned $43 million in endorsements in 2012, second only to Tiger Woods among golfers and seventh among all athletes.
"Well, it's been an interesting off-season," Mickelson said on Sunday. "I'm not going to jump the gun and do it right away, but I will be making some drastic changes.
"I happen to be in that zone that has been targeted both federally and by the state and it doesn't work for me right now."
California voters in November approved Proposition 30, which raised state income tax to 13.3 percent on earnings of $1 million or more, a 29.13 percent increase over the previous "millionaires" tax of 10.3 percent.
Mickelson will also be affected by the rise in the top bracket of the federal tax code where rates have gone up from 35 percent to 39.6.
Asked whether he might leave California for a state such as Florida or Texas which does not charge state income tax, he replied: "I don't have a plan formulated yet on what I'm going to do.
"And when I do come up with a plan, and (his wife) Amy and I have talked about it, and we've been working through this for a while, and I'll be able to talk more about it publicly then."
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When I read the article "Evangelizing to Jews" in The A-J, Christianity appeared fragmented. Who would want to join an orchestra whose members are out of tune with the music and one another?
Many Christians' teachings abut heaven, hell, life after death, resurrection, millennium, God, baptism, earthly Jerusalem, Lord's day, mark of the beast, and tribulation differ.
Facing a new millennium, it seems that Christians would study the Scriptures to find true Bible teachings. When the Bercans heard Paul's message, they searched the Scriptures to see if what Paul taught them was biblical.
Every Christian can get a Bible concordance and look up the Bible teachings listed above and read every text given on the subject, not only one.
Some preachers teach beliefs contrary to Scriptures and their conscience because their salary is paid by denominations that mix tradition with truth. Individuals who will stand for the truth though the heavens fall are needed now.
Christians need to approach other religions on commonality points first. If Christians want the Jews to accept "the Lord of the Sabbath," Christians might want to accept the "Sabbath."
Jews will not trade the biblical Sabbath for a pagan day. Pagan Rome worshiped the sun on Sunday. When Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity, he ordered his empire to worship God on Sunday not the sun.
When Christianity is united on what is biblical truth, then they can offer the world a true religion free of pagan and cultural traditions.
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Overcome Your Fear of Needles on World Blood Donor Day
Unfortunately, fear can stop us being the hero that we want to be. Phobia of needles, blood and all things medical is more common than you think and these phobias can have a big impact on our lives.
Now I know giving blood is voluntary so for those with a fear of needles, they simply avoid the process. However at some point in our lives we will need necessary medical intervention such as blood tests and vaccinations which we can't "opt out" of. Again, some people may avoid these essential procedures because of their fears, putting themselves at risk of ill health, while others go ahead with it although feeling very scared and anxious. But there is another option - Ditch the fear!
Our brain has the ability to learn when new things are dangerous. Unfortunately, our brain can sometimes learn that some things are dangerous to us when they are not. The good news is that in addition to being able to learn that something is dangerous, we can also unlearn it, which is where hypnotherapy comes in.
Hypnotherapy first off works to reduce general anxiety levels in a person. When we feel more stressed and anxious, our fears are heightened so this reduction of general anxiety is necessary to help get rid of the phobia for good. Hypnotherapy then addresses the current templates that are stored on how to react to needles, blood or whatever the phobia is. Our brain will always refer to previous patterns of behaviour in any given situation. So for example, if you reacted to a blood test in an anxious way last time you had one, then your brain will encourage you to do the same again. With hypnosis, we create a new template for your brain to refer back to which is much more helpful to you, allowing you to deal with the situation calmly. You're never going to "love" needles or blood – that isn't the point; but you will be able to be in control of the situation and feel calm and relaxed.
Find out more information on how hypnotherapy can help you overcome phobias and fears.
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ATLANTA -- Andrelton Simmons returned to the Braves' lineup on Friday night after proving his mobility would not be limited by the right ankle sprain he suffered in Tuesday night's loss to the Brewers.
While taking ground balls and running the bases before batting practice on Friday, Simmons did enough to convince Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez to put him back in the lineup. The 23-year-old shortstop was activated from the disabled list on Monday after missing a little more than two months with a fractured fifth metacarpal on his right hand.
Simmons sprained his ankle as he returned to second base during Brewers right-hander Marco Estrada's pickoff attempt on Tuesday night. The rookie shortstop's foot got stuck in the dirt as he suddenly stopped himself from attempting a head-first slide that might have led him to reinjure his hand.


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Yes – a long shot, but a shot nonetheless. "It would be a mistake to rule her out completely," warns Mr. Jacobs.
Bachmann's supporters are ardent, and they have shown their enthusiasm by donating impressive piles of cash. In her last reelection effort, she raised more money than any other House member – more than $13 million, with much of the money coming from small donors outside her home state. In the first quarter of 2011 she outraised every other potential Republican presidential candidate, pulling in $2.2 million.
She's also got some geographic advantages. Born in Waterloo, Iowa, Bachmann has a good chance of doing well in – or even winning – that state's first-in-the-nation GOP caucuses, where evangelicals tend to have an outsized influence. She's building a serious organization, with veteran strategist Ed Rollins on board. And her outspokenness – and penchant for controversial comments – means she's unlikely to lack for media attention.


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wikiHow to Get out of the Torture Chair in the Black Ops Main Menu
The main menu of the mega-hit shooting game Call of Duty: Black Ops, is shown from the first person, with the character strapped to a chair in a dark room. Most players breeze by this to get to the game, but a few curious players realized that you could actually get out of the chair -- and unlock some goodies on the way.
1Instead of selecting Campaign, Multiplayer, Zombies, or Options, look down at the chair. Use the right stick on Xbox 360 or PS3, or use the mouse on a PC to look down. You'll see your character's hands strapped into the chair.
2Rapidly tap your "hand" buttons until your hands break free. You'll watch your character struggle briefly before jumping out of the seat a free man. The controls are:
- Xbox 360: Rapidly pull back and forth on the right and left triggers.
- PS3: Rapidly tap R2 and L2.
- PC: Rapidly press the space bar and click the right click on your mouse.
- Wii: Shake the nunchuck and stick back and forth rapidly.
3Walk around the room to find the computer. Freeing yourself from the chair allows you to explore the room you've been trapped in, and input some interesting codes into a small black computer behind your chair. You can press the select button, labeled in the bottom right corner of the screen, to return to the menu at any time.
4Insert several codes into the computer to unlock special secrets and hidden games. There are two special games hidden in Black Ops, as well as a few other secrets. To find them, type the following codes.
- 3ARC INTEL will get you all of the Intel in the game.
- DOA unlocks the top-down, 4-player zombie shooter Dead-Ops Arcade.
- ZORK unlocks an 80's style text adventure game.
- 3ARC UNLOCK gets you the Presidential Zombies mode.
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Is the code on the computer?wikiHow ContributorYes, once you exit the torture chair you turn and activate the computer and can put in a variety of codes, unlocking the zombie maps 5 and dead ops arcade.
- If you want to play, simply sit back down.
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Men Don't Think About Sex Every Seven Seconds . . . A New Survey Says It's Really More Like Once Every Two Hours
You know that old catchphrase that men think about sex every seven seconds? According to a new survey, men are a LOT less perverted than that. I mean . . . it's not even close.Head & Shoulders surveyed 5,000 men and they found that men actually only think about sex every TWO HOURS. Here's how the average guy's day breaks down . . .He spends 177 minutes a day worrying about his job. If he's single, he spends 126 minutes thinking about finding a woman. If he's married, he spends 118 minutes thinking about his wife. He also spends 101 minutes worrying about money . . .Almost an hour thinking about sports. 33 minutes worrying about how he looks and whether he's going bald. 30 minutes thinking about his mom. And about 15 minutes thinking about sex. They didn't say what men are thinking about for their other six or seven waking hours.


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General Motors is investing $131 million in the Kentucky plant that assembles the Corvette, creating 250 new jobs.
Mark Reuss (ROYCE), GM's North America president, made the announcement Wednesday at the south-central Kentucky plant with Gov. Steve Beshear and local officials.
GM says the investment will support production of the next-generation Corvette. The Bowling Green plant will continue building the current Corvette for at least the next two model years.
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Action on voting rights in 2016 looks very similar to last year. On the whole, states are passing less restrictive election laws, and even better, more and more states are reforming their election process to help voters.
Ninety-five years ago, a single vote in the Tennessee legislature guaranteed that the 19th Amendment, securing women the right to vote would, at last, become law.
I worked with the Election Protection Hotline to help many voters rectify the issues they were facing when attempting to exercise their right to vote. But it also illuminated how far we have to go to have fair, free and accessible elections for all eligible citizens.
Now is the time to start thinking about how and when you'll vote. In addition to getting ready to vote as you have in years past, voters in many states may also need to show voter identification in order to cast a ballot.
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Will Washington Politics Kill the U.S. Energy Revival?
August 30, 2013
Although there is no gas yet being mined in New Jersey, it's been one of the major beneficiaries from the economic revival that has rippled across the country. New Jersey is home to the world's largest industrial gas company, Linde, which little more than a decade ago was facing a bleak future. It supplies carbon dioxide and nitrogen to companies that are developing shale through waterless hydraulic fracturing. Since the fracking technique was perfected, Linde has added hundreds of new jobs and now employs more than 1,000 people, says Jon Entine, executive director of the Genetic Literacy Project.
This is just one story among many around the country, as once moribund industrial manufacturing, petrochemical and steel companies have experienced a business resurgence. That's all happened under the radar -- one of the many unexpected benefits as the combination of fracking and horizontal drilling has freed up formerly untapped gas deposits.
- The economic benefits from the increased supply of shale gas in the Northeast are tangible and growing.
- Home and industrial energy costs are at an all-time low.
- But while Pennsylvania has embraced its reserves, adding an estimated 250,000 shale related jobs in recent years, New York is entering its sixth year of a fracking moratorium.
- Although the science community has urged that the moratorium be lifted, Governor Cuomo now finds himself trying to deal with a radioactive issue driven by dedicated ideologues.
The debate over shale gas has intensified in recent weeks in the wake of the release of activist filmmaker Josh Fox's latest anti-shale gas "docu-prop," Gasland II. Like the original Gasland film, it revolves around iconic images of homeowners setting ablaze or otherwise getting sick from hydrocarbon-tainted tapwater -- brazenly implying that it's caused by methane and other chemicals leaked as the result of hydraulic fracturing.
What Fox does not tell you is that methane leaks naturally at the locations where he filmed. Pictures of flaming faucets and springs caused by leaking methane have been around for decades, well before fracking arrived on the scene -- one of dozens of factual missteps in Fox's films.
Considering how politicized this issue has become, can the public be sure that Washington will resist the pressures and environmental interest group lobbying that often drives policy into an ideological ditch? If not, the shale gas revolution and the energy and economic boom that it has sparked could easily be derailed.
Source: Jon Entine, "Will Washington Politics Kill the U.S. Energy Revival and Shale Gas Revolution?" Forbes, August 22, 2013.
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It is the most bizarre of sagas, a spasmodically woven tale of speculation, innuendo, litigation and public feuding, and boxing awaits its outcome with feverish anticipation. The political, legal and tactical wrangling that has overshadowed what is supposed to be 2010s greatest battle, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, has often been so outlandish that it could not have been scripted.
Yet the emergence of Paulie Malignaggi as Pacquiaos proposed next opponent, as the Filipinos promoter, Bob Arum tries to take a step back from what is rapidly degenerating into a twisted mess with Mayweather, is merely serving to provide the greatest contradiction and irony of the entire story.
It was late on Christmas Eve that Pacquiaos publicist revealed his client would seek legal action against Mayweather and Mayweathers father Floyd Sr. for actions and comments which suggested Pacquiao had used performance-enhancing drugs.
Hours earlier, Arum had already instigated moves for a substitute bout for his star, assuming that his group and Mayweathers would never reach common ground on the type of drug testing to be implemented for the proposed March 13 showdown.
The choice of Malignaggi, however, is the ultimate paradox in this extraordinary situation, one which looks increasingly likely to rob the sport of a once-in-a-generation contest between the men widely acclaimed as the finest two pound-for-pound boxers on the planet.
Malignaggi, who re-entered the world title picture by defeating Juan Diaz in a rematch earlier this month, spoke out vigorously recently, using an interview with Boxing Truth Radio to publicly insinuate that Pacquiao had taken performance-enhancing drugs.
Look at what Manny is doing, said Malignaggi on the program. He is absolutely crushing world-class killers. And here he is, this little midget.
He gets a broken eardrum and he is walking around afterwards like he was dodging spitballs. There are things out there that can do that.
You are hiding under a rock if you cant see what I am talking about. This is a guy who was life and death with Juan Manuel Marquez at 120 pounds, and now he has got 15 -17 pounds of muscle on him. Look at how short he is. He didnt get taller, did he?
With the chance to make millions by fighting Pacquiao now on the table, it is highly unlikely Malignaggi will be so outspoken in the future.
But, in a telephone interview with Yahoo! Sports on Wednesday, the 29-year-old reiterated his position on the subject.
At that time, Pacquiao had not yet issued his legal writ and despite the ongoing dispute, it still appeared the Mayweather fight would probably be made.
When I questioned him about the response his initial comments during the radio interview had generated, Malignaggi responded emphatically.
Money generates greed, he said. Manny Pacquiao makes a lot of money for a lot of people. This is an issue that people dont address because there is too much money to be made. When discussions turned to how rumors that linked Pacquiao with drugs had started because of the way the pound-for-pound king had retained his power while climbing through the weight divisions, Malignaggi said: I think it is pretty obvious.
People dont like what I said, but I tried to educate people. But they dont want to hear it.
People get killed in boxing, literally not symbolically, so this is an issue that has to be taken seriously. Records are getting destroyed.
I never knew people could be so stupid. I say what people are scared to say. Why doesnt boxing want to talk about this?
Instead I get people coming after me for it, vilifying me, asking why I am doing this. Money always talks. But this is something we should be talking about as well.
The argument between Pacquiao and Mayweather has centered upon the drug-testing methods to be used in the lead-up to the fight.
Mayweathers team demanded Olympic-style United States Anti-Doping Agency guidelines that would allow for random blood testing up until two days before the bout.
Pacquiaos advisors agreed to unlimited urine tests, but did not want blood testing within a month of the fight for fear it would weaken their boxer who is also said to be frightened of needles.
Malignaggi spoke of a cover up and likened the way Pacquiao has remained clear of implication to the Major League Baseball scandal of the late 1990s.
Major League Baseball knew that more home runs equaled more fans, said Malignaggi. Boxing knows Manny Pacquiao destroying bigger guys is a phenomenon. But it is too good to be true, like all those home runs were.
So it is all covered up and it wont be addressed.
We probably wont hear too much more from Malignaggi on the topic of drugs, not unless he wants to risk legal action and the collapse of what would be the biggest payday of his career.
Yet as the latest chapter of boxings biggest drama passes, more twists and turns will surely follow.
Whether each jagged development is merely a precursor to an eventual resolution between Pacquiao and Mayweather and the biggest fight in recent memory, or the latest example of the sport shooting itself in the foot, only time will tell.
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Arum made mistake on offering to Malignaggi as replacement
Pac doesn't want him
Pac wants to sue him also together with the Mayweather demolition team. They were waiting for good timing then suddenly Arum made his move.
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Hes not a good fighter nor a fighter who brings any PPV viewers.
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May 29, 2009 Ukiah, Mendocino County, North California
A View From Afar
Here I sit in outer space, occasionally intercepting so-called information broadcast by dying print media and internet blogs of unknown origins. Some are reporting that the recession will be over in a couple of months, but jobs and house prices will continue shrinking until sometime next year. Anyhow, though individual debt is at al all time high, consumer confidence is increasing – but, wait, their purchasing isn't. A lot of this just doesn't compute, but there is more.
The really big news that isn't headlined by the popular media is that the Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill is on the House floor. As with all such legislation, as far as I can tell from discussions, it is likely so convoluted that no one truly understands it. "Plenty of folks are horrified—for entirely opposite reasons." Keith Johnson wrote in the Wall Street Journal, "Even with all the compromises, conservatives are still aghast at the costs of what they call a giant 'energy tax.'
Thanks to all the compromises, some environmentalists are aghast at what they see as a toothless bill. You could drive yourself insane plowing through the nearly 1,000 pages and try to work out how all the overlapping policies, regulators, giveaways, exemptions, and mandates actually affect U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions over the next four decades."
Not to worry. The White House assures us, in a statement released May 22, 2009, "Coupled with the announcement about setting a new national policy to both increase fuel economy and reduce greenhouse gas pollution, the legislation that passed out of House Energy and Commerce Committee is a historic leap towards providing clean energy incentives that will reduce our dependence on foreign oil and create millions of new jobs all across America. The President has been clear that if there are disparate impacts on consumers and business during the transition period, they should be compensated. Make no mistake – this bill sets aggressive emissions reductions targets and provides for a program that invests in the technologies needed to bring about a clean energy future."
Waxman-Markey projects that implementation of the bill will reduce carbon dioxide emissions 4 percent below 1996 figures by 2020. Geoscientists are projecting that emissions must be reduced in this period by at least 25 percent to arguably 40 percent to have a significant effect in alleviating global warming. Analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency shows that if the United States implemented a 60 percent reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050, the global temperature would be reduced by 0.1-0.2 degrees Celsius in "prevented: warming by 2095, which would be insignificant given the current and projected increases of between 6 and 11 degrees Celsius if we continue as we are.
Europe had sought a 30 percent reduction target for the U.S.. China says it wants developed nations to cut their greenhouse-gas emissions by at least 40 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels. It is also asking rich countries to donate at least 0.5 to 1 percent of annual gross domestic product to help poorer countries cope with climate change and greenhouse-gas emissions.
As reported by Jing Yang and Shai Oster in the Wall Street Journal, "India has also refused to accept any carbon caps, arguing like China that they would limit economic growth and unfairly penalize late-developing nations. Europe and the U.S. generated the bulk of the carbon gas already in the atmosphere, they argue, and should bear a greater burden of the cost to fix it."
House Republicans have ineffectively been sniping, but the fun begins when it gets to the Senate Republicans and coal state Democrats get their teeth into it. Any guesses how many pages it will have when it reaches the conference committee? The coal industry is the killer. Surely oil is fading away, but world coal reserves are huge. If we are truly honest about the industrial world's energy future, coal is the central player, nearly the only one. Much of American electrical generation depends upon coal. China also relies on coal as does Australia. The problem is that "clean coal" is nonsense.
The heart of Waxman-Markey bill is cap-and-trade, an idea promoted fifteen years ago by the Kyoto Accord, and often mentioned with approval by Mr. Obama. In rough terms, industries are restricted, capped, as to the amount of greenhouse gasses they may release – with one escape hatch. If someone has an idea for an anti-polluting industry, i.e. one that sequesters greenhouse gasses, the polluting industry can "purchase" the amount the clean industry removes from the atmosphere, which will allow the polluter to increase its emissions by that amount. The money so received will allow the clean industry to begin business, so it is selling something that it only promises to deliver sometime. Thus, someone may offer to plant a forest. The amount of carbon dioxide collected by the trees after they are planted and grown sufficiently large is the amount the green company has for sale. The collecting industry must be new; no one with an old forest need apply.
Lots of questions. Who sets the price? Is there bidding? Who verifies how much any industry is polluting and how much remediation a green industry may have to offer? Who then verifies that both are holding to their agreement? If the polluting industry increases its rate of pollution after a purchase and continues at this new rate indefinitely, the green industry likewise must meet its end of the bargain indefinitely. What if the green industry fails or otherwise doesn't deliver? Companies that reduce emissions by investing in efficiency or renewable power can also sell permits to others. But, who will be checking? It appears there would be a gigantic bureaucratic overhead. Who pays for this?
Europe instituted cap-and-trade several years ago. According to the Wall Street Journal, European "emissions have risen instead of fallen (by 1 percent per year since 2005)." In fact, "European regulators note that the program just completed its pilot phase, but they acknowledge that changes are needed." There have been regular reports of fraud and abuse.
Caps on industries will be set somewhat higher than their present pollution levels to give them time to adjust; after they have reached the cap, they must find carbon credits for sale, invest in pollution control equipment, or stop growing. Over time, their caps will be reduced.
In effect, as cap-and-trade was originally conceived, companies would be indirectly taxed for growth, ultimately to remain the same, which will require them to raise prices. Since energy companies will be the most impacted, prices will rise across the board. The EPA noted that "lower income households are disproportionately affected by a GHG (Green House Gas) cap-and-trade policy because they spend a higher fraction of their incomes on energy-intensive goods." EPA estimated a 22 percent increase in electricity prices and gas prices over $4 per gallon by 2030 – we're likely, it seems, to reach that $4 goal much sooner, as quickly as the price of oil is now rising.
Were the U.S. to impose caps like those recommended by China, Europe, and geoscientists, it would appear its economy would quickly shrivel and drag much of the world's economy down with it. Mr. Obama is faced with a dilemma.
Mr. Obama's 2010 budget assumed $78.7 billion in revenue in 2012 from auctioning off those emission credits to companies (and $645.7 billion by 2019), but according to the Wall Street Journal the Waxman-Markey bill will give away 85 percent of those permits until 2026. Budget director Peter Orszag said in March that if the permits weren't auctioned "it would represent the largest corporate welfare program that has ever been enacted in the history of the United States." "How one gives them away, what restrictions are on that gift, makes all the difference in the world for the economic effects," Douglas Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office, reportedly counseled, which promises to make the bill all the more contorted and EPA's task that much harder. Mr. Obama's budget proposal projected more than $75 billion a year from the auction, much of which was supposed to go to his "making work pay" tax break. So, Waxman-Markey effectively adds $75 billion to the federal debt.
The U.S. is now acquiring a huge financial deficit, which it must fund by selling U.S. Treasury bonds. Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac are also running multiple billion dollar debts, which are being funded by bonds. China had been a big investor in both in long term bonds. It is now selling its Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac bonds and investing the money in short term Treasury bonds. It is also selling its long term Treasury bonds and otherwise investing the money.
Japan's central bank, the second big investor, has also been rethink bond investment. For this and other reasons, the price of these bonds are falling and, hence, their yields of, i.e., interests earned are rising. The rising yields on these bonds affects interest rates throughout the economy, such as mortgage rates, and thus housing recovery. The Federal Reserve Bank is attempting to control interest rates by buying these bonds at higher prices – and lower yields. In order to do this, it is printing bundles of bogus dollars, the expenditure of which by the U.S. government also puts pressure on the value of the dollar, inflation, and compensating interest rates. The question many are asking is what happens when the Fed no longer buys bonds and everyone else decides to take their money elsewhere. Must I remind you again that the Fed is owned by a cartel of international bankers, some of the same ones the Fed and U.S. government bailed out. Sticky stuff there.
It appears is that the climate change bill that finally comes out of Congress will not reduce American greenhouse gas emissions and will greatly tempt many developing nations to not make an effort. Further, it will swell the federal debt, necessitating the sales of even more U.S. Treasury bonds. So, why bother?
If this were the end of the bad news, we should be sufficiently alarmed. While a handful of large banks may or may not be surviving, the FDIC reports many smaller ones are increasingly in danger; because their mortgage security reserves are shrinking away and they are afraid to make loans, their primary income from interest payments is disappearing – they're going broke. In addition, General Motors will shortly go bankrupt, which seems likely will cascade company failures and unemployment throughout the country and world. California has no budget and none is expected in the near future. A California bankruptcy is much worse than that of General Motors and I doubt Mr. Obama will permit it. But, any salvation will increase the federal debt even higher. The recession is in no sense over nor can an end even be projected.
Geoscientists have means to investigate how the Earth's atmosphere and temperature has behaved over tens of millions of years. Other than during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum fifty five million years ago, when temperatures reached heights similar that which is being predicted for our time, the Earth's temperature has varied little for almost all of this time with maximum temperatures somewhat lower than those current. This was true even though the sun has been constantly warming. Then, a bit over fifteen million years ago, an ice age occurred. This was followed by a shorter interglacial, i.e. warmer, period that was warmer than that of previous ages. Since that time, the Earth has been subject to a series of ice ages with warm separations.
James Lovelock, the originator of the Gaia hypothesis, has proposed a metaphor: When a top is spun, it initially repeatedly rotates in the same spot even though it is slowing down. Then, it begins to wobble. Lovelock surmises that as the sun has continued to warm, the chemical/biological processes that maintained even Earth temperatures have become erratic; in effect, they are wobbling. How long can this continue?
During prior interglacial periods, atmospheric carbon dioxide reached levels of about 280 parts per million. This was also the level of the current period before the beginning of the industrial age. In 2005, the level exploded to 379 parts per million; it has now nearly topped 390 and is rising steeply. Some scientists are calculating that anything above 350 parts per million is beyond the tipping point. Some conjecture that the Earth began moving toward the next ice age right on time in the fifteenth century, but the trend was interrupted beginning in the mid-eighteenth century with the arrival of the industrial age.
We are well on our way to burning up, beginning with drying up. Given that the United States government can't take the steps that must be made implies, to me, that our best hope is that U.S. Treasury bond sales fail, that this country's economy and capitalism suffer a general collapse unrecoverably into deep depression, and that the government goes broke and falls into ineffectiveness. What are your odds? That will surely reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Of course, if the U.S, made the cuts others are demanding, a crash would likely occur as well.
Where am I wrong? Doubt me, but do the research. Given such prognoses, what, then, shall we do?
See also Global Warming Already Causes 300,000 Deaths a Year, Says Kofi Annan Thinktank
Climate change is greatest humanitarian challenge facing the world as heatwaves, floods and forest fires become more severe. Global Warming is already responsible for 300,000 deaths a year and is affecting 300 million people, according to the first comprehensive study of the human impact of global warming.


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Sandrin took ownership of Sandrin Services Inc. in 2010 making it a third generation family owned Machine, Welding, Service Maintenance and Electric Motor Overhaul shop. Sanding is an active entrepreneur and has been a vital Owner/Director and Officer in a number of companies, she possesses strong Marketing and Management skills that have led to her success. Sandrin is also actively involved in a number of local organizations.
The goals of The Lions' Den are to promote the new Sarnia-Lambton Economic Development Strategy, encourage the spirit of entrepreneurialism in Sarnia-Lambton, help stimulate new business ideas for Sarnia-Lambton and contribute to the Lambton College student scholarship fund. Other prizes such as a business account bank package and business mentoring may be awarded. Each Lion may invest a minimum of $5,000 to any business proposal he/she deems to have merit. There is no obligation for any Lion to contribute to any business proposal. Just like the Dragons, the Lions only invest in businesses they deem worthy and similar to the CBC show the Lions may also be critical of a business proposal.
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Speed Racer wasn't just a kid's cartoon to me. It was a stroke of genius. Every episode spent just as much time showing cars revving, racing, and crashing as it did on the human drama within. It's what made Speed Racer such a captivating show. The storylines were fairly intricate, and the intoxicating automotive adventures were just the right fuel to get young boys watching faithfully.
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The show first aired on American television in 1967, and it quickly proved the most potent automotive outlet for boys in the U.S. It was actually based on a Manga (Japanese for "comic") titled MachGoGoGo, though it grew far more popular as a TV series than as a comic. The protagonist, Speed Racer (whose Japanese name was Go Mifune, after famous Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune of Rashomon and Yojimbo fame), was a young man whose only drive in life was to be a racecar driver. The intense plots, fast-paced racing scenes and villains who wouldn't be out of place in a Bond movie were far more enticing than anything Scooby-Doo and his gang ever encountered. Yes, Speed Racer had it all: the bonds of family and brotherly love, romance, good versus evil, conspiracies, et al. But the most important part, to me at least, was the racing.
Speed Racer's car, the Mach 5, was the most innovative ride on the show and embodied every car-loving boy's dream. Contrary to popular belief, the M on the car and on Speed's helmet didn't represent the "Mach": it stood for "Mifune Motors", Pops Racer's company. A two-seater with a red leather interior, sleek lines and awesome gadgets, the Mach 5 was the kind of car that I wanted to drive when I grew up. I didn't care if it wasn't real. I would find a way to get one. But I was also conflicted, because Speed's mysterious older brother, Racer X (Rex Racer) drove the throaty and menacing Shooting Star, a capable car in its own right with a black and yellow color scheme and top mounted exhaust pipes coming from its mid-mounted engine.
It wasn't just the heroes' rides that were fascinating. Virtually every other car on the show was cause for giddiness. There was the GRX, a car built around an otherworldly engine, which could supposedly push the car close to the speed of sound — it's something that could've inspired the Bugatti Veyron. Then there were the cars driven by Speed's enemies and rivals, like Snake Oiler's car, the T-180, similar to a Jaguar D-Type; the Mammoth Car, a blend of an angry RV and a freight train; and Flash Marker's Melange, likely inspired by a vintage Ferrari Testarossa. Just about every car on the show was a star in its own right.
Speed Racer had it all: the bonds of family and brotherly love, romance, good versus evil, conspiracies. But the most important part was the racing.
As men in our forties, my brother and I still make reference to the show, and we'll even watch an episode on Youtube now and then. Yes, by modern animation standards, Speed Racer is admittedly pretty terrible; watch an episode today and you'll laugh your ass off — automotive feats that defy the laws of physics, mentions of a new car engine that spools up to 30,000 rpm and fight scenes that make tai chi look cutthroat abound. But what it managed to stir up in a car-crazy five-year-old boy was nothing short of magical. It opened up an imaginary world of auto racing dreams, one where getting through a day of school meant that I could immerse myself in the cartoon tire smoke and checkered flags. The writers of Speed Racer did more than just put together a fun TV show for kids. If you need proof, consider that my love of cars will always be attributed to a cartoon driver who actually looked cool wearing a red scarf and white pants.


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National Board Certified Teachers
Official Letter
Official Letter
April 8, 2011
Dear County and District Superintendents and Charter School Administrators:
I am writing to ask you to encourage teachers to accept the challenge of advanced certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). National Board certification provides high quality professional development for experienced teachers and allows teachers to gauge their skills and knowledge against objective standards of advanced practice.
In December 2010, the NBPTS announced the names of 349 California teachers who joined the ranks of California's National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs), bringing the state's total to 4,913, approximately two percent of our teaching force. A searchable directory of NBCTs is available to help you identify which teachers in your district(s) have achieved National Board Certification. For access to the directory, please visit the NBCT Directory Search Web page at http://www.nbpts.org/nbct-search.
It is my hope that you will work to increase the number of candidates in your district(s) and publicize the variety of support that is available for teachers throughout the state.
California is fortunate to have multiple layers of support for NBCT candidates. Information about the following programs is available on the California Department of Education National Certification for Teachers Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/ps/te/nbpts.asp.
- A federal fee subsidy program of $1,250 to offset 50 percent of the candidate fees
- District support for candidates and incentives for NBCTs
- Higher Education support (including master's programs)
- Regional support programs
The goal in California is to ensure that all California schools have a cadre of NBCTs to provide teacher leadership in support of excellent teaching. Your teachers may also be interested in a new program called Take One, which gives teachers the option to try one component of the NBPTS program.
If you have questions regarding the National Board certification, or if you would like to schedule an information session in your area, please contact
Jim Miller, Educational Research and Evaluation Consultant, Mathematics and Science Leadership Office, by phone at 916-319-0600 or by e-mail at email@example.com [Note: Prior contact no longer available. For further information regarding this subject, please contact the
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Office by phone at 916-323-5847 or by e-mail at
Tom Torlakson


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Members of the City Council are:
Back Row (left to right): Council Member TJ Thomson, Council Member Ben Quintana, Council President Pro Tem Lauren McLean, Council Member Scot LudwigFront Row (left to right): Council President Elaine Clegg, Mayor David H. Bieter, Council Member Maryanne Jordan
Phone: (208) 384-4422
Email the Mayor
Email the City Council
150 N Capitol Blvd
Boise, ID 83702
Neighborhood planning is a collaboration between the City and Neighborhood Associations to guide the future of Boise's neighborhoods. Boise uses a Geographic Area Planning (GAP) program that assigns City planners to specific neighborhoods so they are familiar with the unique issues facing each area.
Planners help neighborhoods understand development applications, interpret Blueprint Boise (the City's Comprehensive Plan), develop neighborhood plans and prepare Neighborhood Reinvestment Grant applications. They also participate in National Night Out, annual meetings and other neighborhood events.


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Violet Winters
Pyro-Manic - Poem by Violet Winters
Oh, Hots,
0 for 2.
And here I though
I could love you.
Why do I bother
to say anything
at all?
Every word falls,
like feathers
drifting down
from the sky.
And any hope
for sweet moments
are gone before the ink dries.
Your capacity for romance,
I should have known,
is much further below
what I had first guessed.
I should have realized
your tenderness
dries up once you're dressed.
And you
should have seen
that a woman like me
her own satisfaction
over petty loyalties.
When I wander (and I will)
my spicy blood.
And blame your own inhibitions
for not being
Long days in bed,
on the forehead,
Talks about nothing,
and unprovoked touching
are what
feeds a soul.
I suppose you
didn't know.
I said
I'd stop writing for you.
I can't be inspired
by an un-enthused muse.
I 'll get what I'm craving,
you'll be none the wiser,
I'll play with my matches
and start my own fire.
You didn't know that I miss him,
or that some nights,
I wish for him,
You didn't know
that he means
a world of poetry
to me.
You didn't know
that he darkens
the doors of my dreams.
And it's fitting he's tall,
to fill a door frame and all,
with his
And when he comes for me, know,
that's what you get.
Our chemistry
on sight
and you're only a placeholder
for these lonely nights.
I can see
we won't make it past winter.
I can tell
that this love muck
we're stuck in
is thinner.
And when I go (and I will)
you should understand this;
you can't love me
with a fire
to ever
rival his.
Blame our
spicy blood
if that's want you want,
but your perception
of us
and the cogs that we're lacing
can't be enough;
and love should be amazing.
He's why my heart races.
While you're cautiously testing this
he's lazily besting us
through sheer existence,
because he makes me sweat,
piping hot, cherry red.
You're the dense action figure
lacking all natural charm,
that I let warm my bed,
And don't you ever
forget it.
Im a born pyro-manic.
Topic(s) of this poem: love
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Schock, West Fargo beat Valley City
The Packer boys basketball team picked up its second win of the season on Tuesday, Dec. 18, in a 65-54 road victory over the Valley City Hi-Liners.
The Packers were relatively consistent throughout the game. They were up by 19 points at halftime and maintained the lead through the second half.
The team was led by junior guard Tyler Schock, who had a team-high 17 points.
Forward Nick Eisenzimmer added 13 points of his own and center Derek Hogenson had 12 points.
The Packers (2-1) will host the Fargo North Spartans on Friday night at 7:30 p.m.


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***Restaurant permanently closed…replaced by DOME Cafe***
Entertainment Card: 25% off the total bill
Farrell's Cafe is located along the busy Albany Highway cafe strip in Victoria Park and is a very popular dining joint – they serve breakfast, lunch and dinner 7 days a week and are frequented by a lot of regular customers (I found this out listening to the conversations between the manager and some of the customers). They have both an inside dining area as well as a big alfresco area which is a nice place to have food in during good weather.
I have been here numerous times as this is always a favourite choice with my friends if we ever wanted to eat in Vic Park. Most of them think the food is great. As usual, the food did not disappoint us but this time round the service was really, really poor. It started with the restaurant not being able to move our lunch booking to an earlier time – fair enough if they can't do it if the restaurant was fully booked, BUT to our amazement when we got there, the restaurant was empty! We couldn't figure out why they would not let us in earlier since they were not busy at all?! Mind boggling stuff. While we were there, the impression we got of the staff got even worse – they did not show us much attention, did not bother to take our order (I had to get their attention to place our orher) and at the end of the meal, left the plates on the table without offering dessert or the bill. They were also very unfriendly when I went to pay the bill! Talk about making people feel unwelcomed…
In terms of food (only two of us ordered that day as the other two had to leave), we had the following that day:
- The usual Lemon Lime & Bitters and Iced Coffee
- Thai lemon-grass Mussels with crusty bread
- Atlantic Salmon with broccolini
- Fries
To my surprise, the Thai Mussels turned out absolutely brilliant which was quite unexpected. The mussels came with crusty bread and butter which filled us up but the most amazing part of the dish was the sauce – it was thick and had the right amount of tang to make it so yummy! We couldn't get enough of it!
The Atlantic Salmon dish came with a coriander, parsley and cumin mash, decorated with broccolini and served with a pesto cream sauce. The salmon was grilled nicely and the sauce went very well with it. The broccolini was fresh and crunchy and was a good side complement to the salmon, something different too – rather than the usual salad we get.
The Fries came with aioli and sweet chilli sauce – they were crunchy and delicious, you can't go wrong when you have fries with aioli sauce, it's a plus every time.
Overall, I thought the food were great but due to the poor service we got that day, I will probably not return there for a meal unless strongly suggested by my friend(s). Hopefully on the day I do return, it would have improved!
Note: Scoring will be low due to the service (it is by no means based on the quality and tastiness of the food)
Rating by: N.L.
Farrell's Cafe
Telephone: 08 9472 7227
Address: 293 Albany Highway, Victoria Park


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Smart Card Resource Manager Service
Published: February 18, 2010
Updated: February 18, 2010
Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2
The smart card resource manager provides the basic infrastructure for all other smart card components. The smart card resource manager manages smart card readers and application interactions on the computer. It is fully PC/SC 1.0 compliant.
The smart card resource manager runs in the context of a local service and is implemented as a shared service of the svchost process. The smart card resource manager service has the following service description:
<serviceData dependOnService="PlugPlay" description="@%SystemRoot%\System32\SCardSvr.dll,-5" displayName="@%SystemRoot%\System32\SCardSvr.dll,-1" errorControl="normal" group="SmartCardGroup" imagePath="%SystemRoot%\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceAndNoImpersonation" name="SCardSvr" objectName="NT AUTHORITY\LocalService" requiredPrivileges="SeCreateGlobalPrivilege,SeChangeNotifyPrivilege" sidType="unrestricted" start="demand" type="win32ShareProcess" > <failureActions resetPeriod="900"> <actions> <action delay="120000" type="restartService" /> <action delay="300000" type="restartService" /> <action delay="0" type="none" /> </actions> </failureActions> <securityDescriptor name="ServiceXSecurity"/> </serviceData> <registryKeys buildFilter=""> <registryKey keyName="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\SCardSvr\Parameters"> <registryValue name="ServiceDll" value="%SystemRoot%\System32\SCardSvr.dll" valueType="REG_EXPAND_SZ" /> <registryValue name="ServiceMain" value="CalaisMain" valueType="REG_SZ" /> <registryValue name="ServiceDllUnloadOnStop" value="1" valueType="REG_DWORD" /> </registryKey> </registryKeys>
For winscard.dll to be invoked as the proper class installer, the INF file for a smart card reader must specify the following for the Class and ClassGUID:
By default, the service is configured for manual mode. Creators of smart card reader drivers must configure their INFs to start the service automatically and winscard.dll files to call a predefined entry point to start the service during installation. The entry point is defined as part of the SmartCardReader class and is not called directly. If a device advertises itself as part of this class, the entry point is automatically invoked to start the service when the device is inserted. Using this method ensures that the service is enabled when it is needed but is also disabled for users that do not use smart cards.
When the service is started, it performs several functions:
The service first registers itself for service notifications.
It registers itself for Plug and Play (PnP) notifications for device removal and additions.
It initializes its data cache and a global event that signals that the service has started.
We strongly recommend that you send all communications in Windows with smart card readers through the smart card resource manager, which provides an interface to track, select, and communicate with all drivers that declare themselves members of the smart card reader device group. The smart card resource manager categorizes each smart card reader slot as a unique reader, and each slot is also managed separately, regardless of the device's physical characteristics. The smart card resource manager handles the following high-level actions:
Device introduction
Reader initialization
Notifying clients of new readers
Serializing access to readers
Smart card access
Tunneling of reader-specific commands


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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Real estate agents in Las Vegas say there were more homes sold in November compared with the year before, but home prices have dropped 7.3 percent in that time.
The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reports Thursday that 3,883 homes, condos and townhomes were sold last month, up from 3,510 sales in November 2010.
The median price of $125,000 is down from last November's median price of $134,900.
There were just two more home sales in November than October. But prices showed a 3.3 percent month-to-month gain.
Realtors association president Paul Bell says the modest price gain indicates a strong demand for housing in Southern Nevada, and fewer homes on the market. He says home sales especially are picking up in master-planned communities near large employment centers.
(© Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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|Sumit Roy
|Alhussein Abouzeid
|Graduate Students
|Matt Adams
|Linda Bai
|Eiman Alotaibi
|Hamad Firooz
|Daniel Daoura
|Rohit Gupta
|Martin Duke
|Newell Jensen
|Joseph L. Garrison
|Lou Ling
|Ching-Ling Huang
|Chris Lydick
|Eui Seok Huang
|Hui Ma
|Hyunjin Kim
|Nathan Parrish
|You-Chang Ko
|Leonard Tracy
|Chengyang Li
|Fei Ye
|Hui Ma
|Anna Margolis
|Xudong Wang
|Ilango Purushothaman
|Iyappan Ramachandran
|Lei Shao
|Wei Shi
|Soo Young Shin
|Tommy Shing
|Xueyuan Su
|Rajiv Vijaykumar
|Hongbo Yan
|Jing Zhu
Sumit Roy received the B. Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur) in 1983, and the M. S. and Ph. D. degrees from the University of California (Santa Barbara), all in Electrical Engineering in 1985 and 1988 respectively, as well as an M. A. in Statistics and Applied Probability in 1988. Presently he is Prof. of Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Washington where his research interests include analysis/design of wireless communication and sensor network systems with a current emphasis on wireless LANs (802.11) and wireless MANs (802.16), multi-standard wireless inter-networking and cognitive radio platforms, and sensor networking involving RFID technology. He is also exploring applications and extensions of networking technologies and principles to new domains such as social, energy and biological networks.
He spent 2001-03 on academic leave at Intel Wireless Technology Lab as a Senior Researcher engaged in systems architecture and standards development for ultra-wideband systems (Wireless PANs) and next generation high-speed wireless LANs. His activities for the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) includes membership of several technical and conference program committees (most recently, Vice Chair of Technical Program Committee for IEEE WCNC05 conference). He has served as Associate Editor for IEEE Trans. Communications and IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications and currently serves on the Editorial Board for IEEE Trans. Communications, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems and Wiley J. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. He was elevated to IEEE Fellow by Communications Society in 2007 for his "contributions to multi-user communications theory and cross-layer design of wireless networking standards."
Linda Bai is a Ph.D. candidate at the Electrical Engineering Dept., Univ. of Washington. She received her B.E. degree from the Electronic Engineering Dept., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China, in 2008. Her current research focuses on network tomography.
Rohit Gupta received a BTech in Electronics and Communications from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India in 2002, and MS in electrical engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2003. He worked at STMicroelectronics, Singapore in research position for two years on the development of MAC protocols for GPRS networks. He is currently working towards his PhD to develop a testbed for ad hoc networks using StarEast boards from Intel. His research interests include high density 802.11 AP deployments and MAC/PHY optimization for wireless ad hoc networks.
Leonard Tracy is a PhD student at the University of Washington. He received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the UW in June of 2007. His current research interest is the development of energy efficient protocols for underwater acoustic networks.
Nathan Parrish is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington. He received his BS degree in electrical engineering from West Point in June of 2001. After graduation, he served as a signal officer in the Army for five years. His current research interests are in ad-hoc networks and underwater acoustic networks.
Luo Ling received his B.S and M.S. degrees both in Information Science and Electronic Engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 2003 and 2006 respectively. He is at present working towards his Ph.D degree in the field of Cognitive Radio. His interests are Next Generation Network, Dynamic Spectrum Access and Resource Allocation. His current work focuses on searching algorithm design. He loves fictions, art and soccer in the spare time.
|Wei Shi received his B.S. degree in automation, and M.S. degree in pattern recognition and intelligent systems, both from Tsinghua Univsersity, Beijing, China, in 2004 and 2007 respectively. Since September 2007, he is a PhD student at the University of Washington. His current research interests are cooperative/relay networks, and signal processing for wireless communications.
Fei Ye is a Ph.D. candidate at the Electrical Engineering Dept, Univ. of Washington. He received his B.E. and M.S. degrees both from the Electronic Engineering Dept., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China, in 2005 and 2007 respectively. His current research interests are MAC design in vehicular network, channel assignment and routing in multi-radio multi-channel wireless mesh.
Mohammad Hamed Firooz received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, in 2004, his M.Sc. degree in Communication Systems from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, in 2007. As a research assistant, he worked in Electrical and Computer Engineering department of University of Utah in 2007-2008. Since September 2008, Hamed is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington, Seattle. His current research interest is cooperative networks, network coding, and network management for ad-hoc and sensor networks.
Chris Lydick received his BS in Computer Engineering and MS in Electrical Engineering at Kansas State University in 2006 and 2008, respectively. As a research assistant at Kansas State University he worked on routing within high performance computers. He is now currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington, and has a research focus of wireless network tomography.
Newell Jensen is an electrical engineering MS student at the University of Washington. He received his BS in Applied Math and a Minor in Physics from the University of California-Davis. Newell has 3+ years experience as a software engineer. He has many research interests ranging from circuit design to software defined radio.


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The Sugarless Tour is Over!
After an incredible 2 weeks touring all over Canada, the "Sugarless Tour 2010" is over. Thanks to all the promoters, organizers, fans, and everyone we met along the way. We had an amazing time, culminating with three incredible performances at Sunfest, and MOSAIC Festival! Look for more hilarious "on-the-road" video blogs, and a TON of pictures and HD video….. In fact, I think the final two performances were completely recorded in HD, so I guess we have some editing to do! We have a few days in the studio where we will begin mixing the new album….so stay tuned and keeping checking here, and Facebook for all the latest! Thanks, Canada! Swami xxx
P.S We have some ultra limited edition "Sugarless Tour" merchandise left….. who wants some??


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Hip hip hoorah for a meat coupon! Head over and grab the new Perdue Ground Chicken coupon and pick up a nice deal at Publix!
You can get a pound of fresh ground chicken for $2.99 after the coupon ($3.99/lb at Publix). I love using this as a change of pace from ground beef.


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I knew I had been exposed to gold fever the moment my helper at Crisson Gold Mine rocked back on his heels, lifted his cap and scratched his head.
I knew I had been exposed to gold fever the moment my helper at Crisson Gold Mine rocked back on his heels, lifted his cap and scratched his head.
"Yes, ma'am," he said to my inquiry. "It's real. That's a nice little nugget."
My husband and daughter had gone up the hill and inside the storefront that faces the road. They recognized the "wa-hoo!" and came rushing back.
Too late.
A full-blown case of gold fever was coursing through my veins, much the way I imagined it to be coursing through the veins of quartz and clay inside the nearby stamp mill.
We had found our way to Crisson, the oldest gold mine in Northern Georgia, by way of the Welcome Center in downtown Dahlonega. The volunteer staffing the center recommended the Gold Fever Package, and it definitely is the way to learn about the history of the nation's first gold rush and to experience firsthand some of the top attractions.
Start by crossing the street to the Dahlonega Gold Museum, which sits in the town square. In addition to a 17-minute high-definition film, visitors can see some of the coins minted in Dahlonega. The U.S. Branch Mint operated there from 1838 to 1861, coining more than $6 million in gold.
A nugget weighing more than 5 ounces is exhibited, as are antique tools used to mine gold.
Georgia State Parks describes the home of the museum on its website.
"The museum is housed inside the 1836 Lumpkin County Courthouse, the oldest courthouse in Georgia," according to the site. "Visitors can also explore the courthouse features, including beautiful wooden chapel seats from 1889 and the judge's chambers."
Next, head to Consolidated Gold Mine — but stop first for closed-toe shoes, preferably sneakers, because a 40-minute, underground, walking tour is part of the package. Pets, strollers and flip-flops are barred. Guests enter the mine by way of three flights of stairs and two ramps.
Even if the underground tour is not appealing for some in your group, don't skip this stop. Many of the panners compete regularly and offer expert instruction. Consolidated also has a gift shop as well as a picnic area.
(Aside: It's good form to tip a panner, especially if you work your way through more than one pan.)
I recommend saving Crisson Gold Mine for last for two reasons: It's the farthest from your starting point, and it offers the most things to do as part of the Gold Fever Package.
Stop on the way for some cheap paper towels, and if you have on a shirt you really like, consider switching to something you don't mind getting dirty.
Crisson is an open-pit gold mine established in 1847. It was worked commercially until the early 1980s. It has been open to the public since 1969 and is owned and operated by Tony and Tammy Ray.
Crisson has a 125-year-old stamp mill that still is used to crush quartz rock that contains gold. It and other antique gold mining machines can be seen during a visit.
Once the self-directed tour is over, it's time to get your hands wet. Each person gets a pan of ore for gold panning; a 2-gallon bucket of ore for gemstone grubbing; and a glass vial to hold gold.
With any luck, you'll find enough gold on your visit to catch a chronic case of the fever, too.
Gold Fever Packages are $24.95 per person for those 13 and older and $19.95 for those 12 and younger. Visit Dahlonega.org or call the visitors center, 706-864-3513. ∫


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Hangar 13 and 3vo Presents
PULSE FRIDAYS: Feat. Resident DJ's RROID DRAZR and SNOW
Kidd Love, Party Monster
Hangar 13
1511 South Rendon St.
New Orleans, LA, 70125
Doors 1:00 AM / Show 1:30 AM
This event is 18 and over
EDM Producer, BASS Enthusiast, Hardcore Mutha Shut Your Mouth
Chad Blancas is an electronic music producer from New Orleans, La. In 2012, Chad created the Alia Rroid Drazr. Shortly after that, Chad paired up with well known Vocalist Sue Cho, and together they collaborated on a Dubstep single, entitled I'm Free, which released on well known recording Label powerhouse Royal One Records & Charted to the #12 spot on Beatport Top 100 Dubstep. After pairing up with Sue, Chad wasted no time in picking up a remix for "Fight Club Is Closed" which was originally produced by world renown artist Dada Life. Not long later, after not letting off the gas, Chad picked up remix honors from well Known Dance Music Producers, Darth & Vader, for there upcoming release entitled "The Empire Strikes Back", Set to release Oct 14th, 2013. Chad's blatant disregard for musical genre's has opened up a new window for limitless opportunity in the EDM scene. Having several tracks released, or set to release on Beatport.com & all major music download sites, there seems to be no end, nor EDM genre thats safe for this Bass Music Junkie.
Artists We Also Like
Disco Fries, Showtek,Carnage, Mutrix, Kevin Drew, Kill The Noise, Party Favors, MAKJ, Mikkis, IYFFE, Bassjackers, Pegboard Nerds, Adventure Club, Dada Life
Twitter : @thekiddlove
Instagram: @thekiddlove
First laying his hands on his first turntables at the age of only 12, Kidd had no idea the journey he was about to
embark on. For that touch was he needed to know that this is what he wanted to do with his life.This New Orleans
native kidd loved digging through his uncles milk crates of records, and constantly wanting to find out more about
this art he has been struck by. This drove him to dedicate his time and effort to become one of the best. Looking
up to DJ's such as Mix Master Mike, Qbert, Beat Junkies, Jazzy Jeff, Jam Master Jay, Roc Raida, his technique,
style, and knowledge of music grew greater.While most kids where playing football, or soccer at the park, Kidd was
at home scratching records. Following his dream. At the age of 17 he then got introduced into the late night scene
of New Orleans. First it was a taste of the Progressive and Funky Breaks that were played at Club Ampersand. Then
he was brought to Escapades Afterhours, and knew he had once again found love. Opening up at 4am and hearing
nothing but Great Electro and Breakbeats that were played all the way to 1pm the next day, he could not help but
be captivated by this music. Being introduced to Music Production Software by a best friend Xuptour, he then took
on another great art. Not long after he was pushing out Funky and Bass heavy Breaks and electro of his own. With
some of his favorite Break, and electro artist like : Johnny Cage, DJ Scrub, Malicious Mike, Dynamixx II, Debonaire,
Hydraulix, Darxid, Plump DJs, Jackal & Hyde he was dropping big bombs for young cat. Taking on some late slots at escapades, Playing some underground gigs at the mecca of underground in New Orleans The Dragons Den and progressing his skills he then put his talent to the test. Stepping out into the world. Holding his first Residency at Escapades and winning his first DJ Battle (IRON DJ 2011) kidd knew he had no choice but to keep pushing. Now at 21 he is a familiar face on The-Lost-Art.com and also Hold a Radio show once a week live, has placed 3rd in DMC Reg. battle, Holds a Residency DJ spot at one of the Hottest clubs in New Orleans on Bourbon St. (Bourbon Heat) Also holding many Bi-Monthly Res.DJ positions. Kidd has played in every top of the line nightclub in southern Louisiana, and out-of-state 2
times. From Hole in the wall bars, too million dollar night clubs, he is in the mix. For such a young kidd and
being in the game not a day over 6 years he is not affraid to run witht the veterans of this scene. Doing 3 way
scratch battles with Legends such as Doc Roc & DJ Magic Mike. He is always looking for ways to improve and test
his skills in anyway he can. Constantly practicing day in and day out and also training with his close friend and
also one of his mentors, Local Legend Tony Skratchere Kidd is always on the grind. Doing homework, Training,
Getting new music, writing new music, and working on his plan to take over the world. What can be said about Kidd
that has not already been said? Young, Dedicated, and a Contender. Lookout for the name, coming to a city near you
one day.
Party Monster
Mainly play EDM. Dubstep, drumstep, moombahton, moombahcore, electro, house, dnb, ect.
$5.00 - $300.00
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