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The Jubilee USA Network says it is gaining strength in San Diego where a local chapter is working to convince the federal government to drop the debt owed the U.S. by the world's poorest countries.
Local Jubilee chapter leaders the Rev. Bill Harman and Jean O'Leary said more than 1 billion people are living on less than a dollar a day and yet poor countries are forced to pay wealthy countries $100 million a day for debt service. It's the Jubilee movement's goal to cancel countries' debts to the U.S. by passing the Jubilee Act in Congress.
Harman became involved in the Jubilee movement in 1998 and said he began to understand why countries were unable to pull themselves out of poverty— for every $1 of aid received, countries were having to send back $1.50 in interest payments.
"It made no sense," said Harman. "It reminded me of the song from my youth 'There's a Hole in the Bucket.' All the money going in the top was going out the interest hole in the bottom. With all the debt, they will never see progress."
By wiping out debt, it allows poor countries to access their own resources to work on poverty problems and build their nation, according to Jubilee. Since 2005, 26 countries have had their debt canceled.
The bill Jubilee is working to pass is officially titled the "Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation." In San Diego, the local chapter has extensively lobbied the city's five members of Congress. Bob Filner and Susan Davis have given their support, but three have not: Duncan D. Hunter, Darrell Issa and Brian Bilbray.
The group will rally at Bilbray's office in Solana Beach at noon on Feb. 15.
O'Leary said they've been trying very hard to get Bilbray on board. "We just keep on going," he said. "We have nothing to lose."
The origins of the Jubilee movement are in the Old Testament of the Bible, where in the year of Jubilee, people enslaved because of debts were released. The Jubilee Network takes on that theme of debt-cancellation, and, because of its religious roots, it draws a lot of support from churches and synagogues, O'Leary said.
"Yes, it's a political issue, but it's a personal faith and justice issue for most," O'Leary said.
The local chapter meets from noon to 2 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at the Fish Market restaurant in Del Mar.
Harman was influential in bringing Jubilee to San Diego. He has done missionary and international development work for 35 years, spending time in East Africa, Haiti, Indonesia, India and the Caribbean islands, focusing on issues surrounding extreme poverty.
"We had been successful on a micro level but not a macro level," Harman said. "There is a perpetual slice of the world stuck in extreme poverty."
Harman gives the timely example of Haiti. When it became an independent country from France in 1805, it started out in debt. Harman said the country was only able to repay that 1805 debt to France in 1947. That longtime debt has led to a very underdeveloped Haiti, he said.
Haiti still has a significant amount of debt. The country was scheduled to repay
$50 million to the United States this year, a debt that has since been cancelled, he said. After January's destructive earthquake, Jubilee USA called on the Obama administration to provide massive assistance for relief and reconstruction in the form of grants, not loans.
"Before I die," said Harman. "I want to see results for my anti-poverty efforts."
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As the light faded, Ven knew it was too late. Two members of the welcoming committee had vanished, while the man who'd caused their disappearance was even now trying to back away.
"Oh no you don't..." Ven dived across the landing pad, but even as she tackled him to the ground, she realised there was something drastically wrong.
Over and over he was saying, "What've I done?" It didn't fit the picture.
"What the hell just happened here?" demanded Lucas.
"Where's Katie?" Al yelled. "What the hell have you done to her, you bastard..."
It was only Rob's intervention that prevented Al from launching himself at Ven's captive even as she was hauling him back to his feet.
"Al -- if you kill him now, you're not gonna be any closer to knowing what's happened," Rob warned.
"Ven?" prompted Lucas. "You seemed to know what's going on. What has Mr Carmen done?"
"It's called Temporal Abduction," Ven answered, pinioning Carmen's arms firmly behind his back.
"I didn't do it!" Carmen yelped.
"And there's a temporal transmitter in your hand, plus eyewitnesses that say you did," Ven snapped.
"OK -- let's get this inside," Lucas ordered before anyone could say anything else. "Hawking..."
"I'm already on it," Hawking answered, rapidly heading into the base.
Wes hit the ground with a thud that jarred every tooth, bone, muscle, sinew and tendon he owned. His stomach was in turmoil and he was sweating like a pig. And he thought he'd bitten his tongue, only he was fairly numb just at the moment. He lay on his back, staring up at the blue and cloudless sky.
He knew what had happened. This was the second time he'd been dragged through a time portal without protection. It wasn't a sensation one forgot easily.
"Goddammit," he muttered when feeling returned to his face. "I'm too old for this shit."
The second thing he did was look around for Katie. They'd been standing together, waiting for their kids to come home. Wes had draped an arm around her shoulders as reassurance for both of them.
And then Joshua Carmen had stumbled against them, and the bizarre slow-motion effect of travelling though time had begun.
Katie was curled in a heap, groaning and making retching sounds. Wes sat up slowly, the world spun crazily, and he remembered the other thing he hated about time travel as he emptied his stomach onto the sand.
From the corner of his streaming eye he could see Katie crawling over to him. He scooted away from the mess he'd made and lay back again, wiping his forearm over his mouth. "Ack," he said.
Katie gave him a tired nod and collapsed next to him, her head on his chest. Wes curled an arm around her.
"I thought I'd gotten used to that," Wes said, after sucking in a few deep breaths. "Didn't get sick the last time I time-hopped."
Katie held up a finger. "One, you were in a time ship. Two," a second finger went up, "you were expecting it. And three," her hand flopped back on his chest, "that was no hop. Took too long. We've jumped millennia, is my guess."
Wes sighed. "I hate number three."
"They'll be looking for us," she said. "All we have to do is not mess with the time line, not interact with anybody."
The sound of drumming hooves caught Wes' attention. He sat up and squinted. Sure enough, on the horizon was a group of silhouettes, black against the bright sun, riding some sort of huge creatures directly at their position. "I think," he said, hurriedly pulling Katie to her feet, "that's going to be something of a challenge."
John looked at Lexia and inwardly grimaced. They were sitting in the canteen, cups of coffee on the table between them, and so far, neither had said a word. Facing dad when he's angry with me would be better than this, he mused. About the only good thing was that JJ had rapidly absented himself from the meeting. John had a suspicion that the other man had every idea what this conversation was likely to be about and had decided it wasn't a conversation he needed to be a part of.
"John," Lexia finally began, "what's wrong?"
John froze, startled. "Huh?"
"I thought we were friends, but in the last two weeks you've been avoiding me."
"Well -- you've been out on patrol, I've been in the admin office." And the beauty of that statement was it was perfectly true -- Jackson had still to sign him back to active duty. It just wasn't the whole truth.
The look on Lexia's face told John she wasn't buying that. "John, I've seen you do it." She sounded hurt. "You see me coming and dive into the nearest room or...or go the other way or..." She shrugged. "I'd just like to know what I've done."
Started going out with someone else. But he could hardly say that. "You haven't..."
"Don't lie to me," she cut in. More gently, she said, "I know there's something wrong."
John sighed. He could say that he was worried about his father, but he had a feeling Lexia wouldn't buy that. Which left him with the uncomfortable alternative of somehow putting her off -- and great job he was doing of that so far -- or telling her the truth.
"John?" Lexia was now looking worried. "What is it?"
"Look -- I didn't...don't wanna tread on anyone's toes," John finally managed.
Lexia blinked slowly. "Oh." She looked down at her coffee cup.
"Oh?" John wondered what that was supposed to mean.
"I...sorta thought..." Lexia trailed off. "JJ and I aren't dating, if that's what you're thinking."
"But he wants to," said John. "And I sorta think you do too...an' I don't wanna get in the way."
Lexia snorted. "Might want to practice the sincerity before you say that one again."
"OK, I wanna beat his brains out," John snapped. "That any better?"
"Well it's honest," Lexia shot back. "Beats lying."
John said nothing, and did his best to swallow back the surge of anger. Yelling was not going to make this conversation the mature discussion it probably needed to be.
"Now that I have your attention," Lexia continued, her own voice moderating back to quiet tones, "let me tell you something. I'm not out to meet Mr Right. I'm not looking for love. I'm..." She paused and swallowed. "There's stuff going on that...I'm dealing with. On top of the craziness that's going on around here, with your dad an' this virus that's doing the rounds...it's too nuts. All I'm looking for right now is friendship."
For a second, the full import of the words didn't register with John. Then the truth finally trickled through his mind. "You mean...you're not interested in JJ?"
Lexia rolled her eyes. "That's what I've just said."
"John, he's a friend. Just a friend," she emphasised. "A good friend, and a nice guy, but that's all."
John could hear the unspoken 'at the moment', but it did nothing to kill off the renewed feeling of hope that maybe everything wasn't screwed up to hell.
"Think you can be the same?" Lexia continued softly.
"If it let me be a part of her circle of friends, I'd take what I could get." Suddenly, John understood what Rocky had been trying to tell him in the bar, and it dawned with him just how stupid he'd been in the past two weeks. "Of course," he found himself answering. "Whatever you need from me, Lex."
Lexia smiled at that. "OK, then." There was a bleep from her headset. "Oops -- gotta go; sorry."
John chuckled a bit. "See you later, huh?"
"Count on it!"
"Crap," said Wes, running toward the only cover he could see, Katie on his heels. "Crap crap crap." It was a wall of rocks, spiring into the sky, bare and unforgiving. Not a stellar hiding place. He looked around the cliff face, trying to determine which overhang to futilely dive under, when Katie smacked his butt.
"UP!" she said, suiting action to words by leaping for a sandy outcropping and pulling herself up. "Come on!"
Wes huffed out a short breath. "Definitely too old for this shit," he muttered, then grasped the edge of a boulder.
A hand at the back of his collar dragged him wholesale up the rocky shelter, and between them they scrambled to the top. Wes nodded his thanks at his companion, and the two of them played what he privately termed the "nothing to see here, move along" game as the riders approached.
The creatures they rode were huge, lumbering, shaggy, looking for all the world like the drawings Wes had seen in school of woolly mammoths. They stank too, even at this distance. Wes made a face. At least he and Katie were downwind, he thought wryly, breathing through his mouth.
They'd found the piles of sick, Wes thought as the group drew up, one of the riders dismounting and studying the ground. He could see them better now. They wore light coloured clothing, loose enough to allow air to circulate, but covering every inch of skin from sun exposure. Even their heads and faces were swathed. Wes mentally acknowledged that this was probably smart. Already he could feel the part in his hair and the backs of his hands and neck burning in the scorching desert sun.
The rider on the ground hollered something undecipherable, and the attention of the party swivelled toward the rocks. Wes ducked back, mentally running through every swear word he'd ever heard. Then he made some up.
Fifteen minutes later, most of the group were gathered in Ops. Carmen -- more for his own safety than anything else -- was safely secured in a holding cell elsewhere in the facility; Hawking was busily engaged in temporal readings and the beginnings of the hunt for the missing pair while Alice and Namir had both been sent to bed in no uncertain terms. Alice hadn't protested; Namir had tried, but his protests had been undermined by the jaw-cracking yawns that punctuated them.
Looking around the table, Ven realised that she probably ought to have also ordered Rick and Eric off as well. Both looked exhausted -- and in Rick's case, shell shocked. But then it wasn't everyday that you witnessed your father literally vanish into thin air. Elsewhere around the table, Al looked absolutely wild. Only the fact that Carmen was in secure holding was preventing him from committing murder, Ven suspected. Rob and Lucas both looked grim, although disturbingly, Rob was also casting her knowing looks. The final person seated at the table, Kimberly also looked grim and concerned.
Like we needed anything more going wrong.
"OK," said Lucas. "What do we know?"
"Carmen's kidnapped my wife!" Al snapped.
"Not just your wife," put in Kimberly before anyone else could say a word. "Wes is missing too."
Al opened his mouth to say something in response, but Lucas got in first: "OK. Why?"
"To keep up the pressure on us," Rob offered. "I don't know what Kim said in her testimony today..."
"Testimony?" Eric whispered.
"Fill you in later," Kimberly answered, giving his hand a squeeze.
"...but it's a pretty safe bet it screwed up Kerin's case even better than we did!" Rob finished, paying the minor interruption no heed.
"Right." Lucas nodded. "So was Carmen stringing us along this morning? Or is he just trying to prevent lynching now?"
That prompted silence. Either answer was ridiculous. That fact was killing Al, from his expression.
"Anyone?" Lucas appealed.
"Mind control," said Eric softly.
"Weak-willed..." Al muttered.
"Not necessarily," said Ven, shooting Al with a shut-up glare.
"Ven? Eric?" Lucas enquired. "Either of you wanna explain?"
A brief smile crossed Eric's face. "Can't speak for Ven, but mind control's been tried on at least one Guardian since all this shit started."
For a fraction of a second, Ven thought Kimberly was going to say something, but whatever it was, she decided otherwise.
"Ven?" Lucas prompted. "What were you thinking?"
Ven dragged her wayward attention back to the current situation. "Something he was saying when I grabbed him," she said. At Lucas' raised eyebrow, she continued, "He was saying he didn't do it."
"Which was dumb," commented Kimberly.
Rob nodded. "Yeah. But, as he was put into the holding cell he said, I couldn't stop -- I didn't want to do it."
Al opened his mouth to say something, but Lucas got in first: "Sounds like some form of memory tech." Lucas frowned. "Which means we need to track down the who, where, when and why of that. Ven, you're not a mem-spec, are you?"
Ven shook her head. "No -- gen-prac."
"What about Alicia Roberts?" suggested Rob.
Ven was a little surprised by Lucas' answering grimace. "If at all possible, I didn't want to involve anyone else in this." He sighed. "On the other hand, The Master already knows so frighteningly much about us that the chances are she's already a target..." Lucas shook his head. "I'll contact her in the morning -- it's too late to do anything about it now." He grimaced again. "Anyone got any other thoughts?"
"I don't think this was part of the original plan," said Kimberly thoughtfully.
That provoked a stunned silence.
"Honey?" Eric finally managed.
"Well...think about this," said Kimberly. "The Master, via Carmen, has had plenty of opportunities to do...what was it?"
"Temporal abduction," supplied Ven.
"Thanks. He could have abducted Lucas, or any of us, for that matter, during the trial. Let's face it, he could have easily abducted me when he took me over to the TOI -- and that would have been 'that' as far as the case in Eric's defence. But he didn't..."
"Thank God," Eric murmured.
"...so why suddenly, now decide to abduct Wes and Katie?"
"You think The Master's improvising?" queried Rob.
Kimberly shrugged. "You don't?"
"It's a theory," said Lucas.
"If he's improvising," said Eric quietly, "am I the only one wondering why he needs to keep us here?"
A long pause greeted the question.
"What do you mean, Eric?" Ven asked eventually.
Eric shrugged stiffly. "I don't know -- I just..." He hesitated. "If Wes is missing, someone needs to tell Jen, right?"
"First thing tomorrow morning," Lucas agreed. "I'm giving Hawking twelve hours to see if he can pull a miracle out of the hat -- no need to worry Jen if I don't have to."
"Couldn't hurt to tell her to keep her eyes open, then."
Lucas sighed and shook his head. "No. It couldn't."
Wes watched the riders carefully. Once or twice they seemed to be peering upward at his and Katie's position, but no shouts of recognition or sounds of pursuit came. Finally, they drifted off, the great beasts lumbering away toward the yellow horizon.
They seemed to have gone, whatever they were, leaving only a whiff of stink behind. Wes sagged in relief.
Katie scooted back from the edge of the cliff and turned to say something, but what it was, Wes never knew as one of the desert people suddenly appeared behind her, hitting at her with some kind of staff. To Wes' horror, Katie gave a shriek and rolled off the edge of the precipice.
"KATIE!" Wes shouted, lashing out at the being with a kick to the midsection and scrambling to the edge. He could see a flash of white below, on a ledge. He strained toward it in a panic, his arms and fingers stretched to their limit. "KATIE!"
There was a flash of pain from the back of his skull. And then everything went black.

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LOS ANGELES - Aaron Baddeley played 22 holes Saturday in just about every kind of weather, and it hardly mattered. He hit just about every shot where he was aiming and wound up with a one-shot lead in the Northern Trust Open.
Baddeley birdied the 18th hole in the chill of the morning for a 69, then ran off three straight birdies around the turn just as the afternoon rain arrived. That led to a 4-under 67, giving him a 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour for the first time in five years.
Now he just has to hold off a couple of guys nearly old enough to be his father.
Fred Couples and his 51-year-old aching back managed well enough in the cold and rain. Couples made only one blunder when he chipped too strong off the back of the 10th green for his lone bogey. He shot a 1-under 70 and was one shot behind as he tries to become the oldest PGA Tour winner in more than 35 years.
Kevin Na, who grew up in these parts and first came to Riviera as an 11-year-old in 1995, plodded along to a 67. He also was one back.
Baddeley, winless in four years, is back with his old swing coach and starting to see some results. He was at 10-under 203 and will be in the final group Sunday with Couples and Na.
Baddeley, whose career once held so much promise when he won the Australian Open as an 18-year-old amateur, is starting to hit his stride since returning to longtime swing coach Dale Lynch.
► CHAMPIONS TOUR: At Naples, Fla., Bernhard Langer shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday and leads the ACE Group Classic by four strokes heading into the final round.
Langer matched the tournament's 36-hole record at 14-under 130. Mark O'Meara, Russ Cochran, Fred Funk and Mark Calcavecchia are tied for second.
The 53-year-old Langer has failed to win only once in 10 tournaments he's either shared or been in the lead after two rounds. That was in the 2009 Toshiba Classic, when he was tied for the lead.
► LPGA TOUR: At Pattaya, Thailand, the top-ranked Yani Tseng shot a 2-under 70 for a one-shot lead after the third round in the LPGA Thailand on Saturday.
She is trying for her third tournament victory in three weeks. A 4-foot eagle putt on her finishing hole lifted the Taiwanese star to a 9-under 207 total, one better than American Michelle Wie (71) and second-round leader I.K. Kim (72).
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Dare to call it vote fraud
Smile, Organizing for America. You're on O'Keefe Camera!
Videographer James O'Keefe's Project Veritas caught an official for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign helping who she thought was an Obama supporter set herself up to vote more than once in November.
Stephanie Caballero is the regional field director for Obama's Organizing For America in Houston, Texas. Federal Election Commission documents show, according to Project Veritas, that Caballero is a "salaried employee of the DNC [Democratic National Committee]."
Caballero is caught on camera helping the young woman try to vote in Florida and Texas in the upcoming election.
I'm sure Caballero didn't really understand the person was planning to vote twice, right? Right?
After Caballero sets the videographer up to vote in Florida, she asked the Project Veritas investigator: "Are you going to do what I think you're going do?"
The videographer responded: "Well, I mean, if no one's gonna know…"
Caballero audibly laughed, then said: "You're so hilarious!"
"Okay I'm just going to print this out for you," Caballero then said.
"Yeah, because I have several friends who have done that and they said that 'it's no problem,'" the Project Veritas videographer said next.
Caballero then offers the videographer an excuse to get out of trouble is she gets caught committing voter fraud: "Come up with like if anyone checks say 'I don't know.'"
Even Wisconsin Jobs Now, with its history, is able to recognize trouble when it sees it.
This seems bad bit.ly/UIr9I1
— Wisconsin Jobs Now (@WiscJobsNow) October 10, 2012
Yeah, it seems bad. But it could be worse, right? It's not like this happened more than once.
O'Keefe claims in video that "wasn't the only exchange we recorded."
"We visited Organizing For America voter registration tables around New York and Organizing For America headquarters around the country," he said.
The video then cuts to a montage of different clips of Obama campaign volunteers and staffers all over the country helping O'Keefe's Project Veritas activists get set up to vote twice, a sign there's likely more to come.
Democrats behaving badly.
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I was a Clear Channel sales assistant at a large NYC radio station- it was a typical administrative assistant position, but it was great for someone who is just out of college and still living with their parents. I learned so much from this job, and now i am working in Advertising sales. They usually want you to be interested in moving up into sales.
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It's one of my favorite times of the month when we feature one of our clients in our program.
This month we have a very special spotlight. Carlos Vega served our country for over 21 years in the Marines.
After sustaining multiple injuries after serving, he was told by his doctors to limit his physical activity.
He's not only running and lifting weights again in camp, but he's transformed his health. He works hard and doesn't stop. He inspires and motivates everyone in his classes to give that extra 1% because he leads by example.
We're so proud of everything he has achieved and continues to work for.
Here's a story you don't want to miss (in his own words)….
"I joined the Marine Corps at age 17 and spent the next 21 and a half years serving.
Throughout my career my assignments and personal goals required that I maintain a high standard of fitness.
After my retirement, I suffered a serious back injury and herniated two lower discs. Just as I began to improve from that injury, I injured my right shoulder and required surgery, then came my left shoulder, which is still pending surgery.
I was told by the doctors to limit my physical activity and to discontinue running, lifting weights, and high impact exercises.
Well, after 14 years it slowly led to an increase of 4 inches in my waist line and over 30 pounds on the scale.
I joined Forte Fitness In June to try to get myself back in shape, and did not know what to expect. I knew that being on the receiving end of fitness training would push me much more than doing it on my own.
However, I have surpassed even my own expectations.
In six months I have been able to lose over 27 pounds and much to the demise of my closet, have gone down four sizes in pants.
I have not done any dieting, but I have began eating healthier and staying committed to the training.
Each day I feel better physically and continue to get healthier, thanks to the challenges of the well prepared training programs and coaches of Forte.
I still have further to go on my goals, but I know that I can count on the motivation from my fellow campers who give me the strength each morning to keep going!
To those thinking of committing, I say, this is the best commitment that you can make to yourself.
I have been through lots of physical training during my Marine Corps career and I will admit that this is second to none of them. Go hard or go home.
Remember that pain is only weakness leaving the body! Go for it…"
Thank you Carlos, for sharing your story!
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It's official. The Chargers have decreased their contract tenderoffers to receiver Vincent Jackson and left tackle Marcus McNeill.
The offers were reduced by nearly $2.5 million per player, and guarantees that they won't report until November at the earliest.
Both Jackson and McNeill remained firm in their desire for a long-term contract or a one-year deal worth fair market value for their recent production.
The Chargers did not bow to such demands, as is their character. Now that the deadline has passed and the offers have been decreased, don't expect a compromise to come. What's done is done. The Chargers are prepared to move on without the players, while Jackson and McNeill are ready to withhold services for an extended period.
There weren't negotiations to speak of. The Chargers made their offer. The players didn't accept it. It's as a simple as that.
The decreases didn't become official until the end of business on Tuesday, and Chargers general manager A.J. Smith waited by the phone for his players to come in for roughly $3 million originally offered, but the calls never came.
While the Chargers could increase their offer again or work out an increased contract, but that won't happen. The players won't budge either.
More than two months remain before the regular season, but that won't help matters at all. The Chargers will move on without two of their best offensive players after an odd stalemate that few saw coming.


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The buzz has begun over Simon Cowell's replacement when the iconic judge steps away from American Idol after this season — and legendary music executive Tommy Mottola is a possibility to fill his spot, a source tells PEOPLE.
Mottola, a longtime fixture in the music industry and Mariah Carey's first husband, could also be working with Cowell on X Factor, which he is launching as his next step after Idol.
"Both X Factor and Idol are interested in working with Tommy," the source said. "Nothing has been decided but they are talking. He's a shrewd negotiator and a legendary music impresario who has a great ear and instinctively knows talent. He is the perfect person for something like this."
But a source from Idol tells PEOPLE, "No one has been offered a judging position on American Idol yet and there are no front-runners either. They have a lot of time to go over their options."
Mottola, 60, has long been a heavy hitter in the music industry with knack for discovering talent. A former executive head of Sony Music Entertainment, he plucked Carey from relative obscurity (and eventually married her). Mottola is also credited with shaping stars including Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson and Diana Ross. He's currently married to Mexican pop superstar Thal a. –Blane Bachelor with reporting by Marisa Laudadio and Cynthia Wang
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September is National Emergency Preparedness Month, and Vanderbilt has launched a new emergency preparedness website to offer resources for both university and medical center faculty and staff.
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- Commonwealth or Empire Games Gold Medalist and Track and Field Athlete
Howland, Suzanne
- 1982
- Gold Medalist at Brisbane Commonwealth Games - Athletics - Javelin Throw
Published resources
The Australian Women's Register Exhibitions
- She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2007, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html. Details
Online Resources
- 'Howland, Suzanne', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-701073. Details
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Education dominates legislative breakfast
Education is a hot topic in the Iowa Legislature this session, Sen. Mark Chelgren told participants at Saturday's Legislative Breakfast hosted by Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce.
"It's a challenge," he said. "The governor has a plan how to run our schools to change and improve, and it comes with a $2 million-plus price tag.
"I personally don't like the plan," said Chelgren, an Ottumwa resident representing District 41, who like Gov. Terry Branstad, is a Republican.
He said the Senate wants to give a 4 percent allowable growth to Iowa's school districts, "with no expectations of changes."
"We have a limited pool and to do what we want, I predict going with a 2 percent allowable growth," said Chelgren. "We'll end up with a hybrid plan. The governor's plan gives no choices for private education.
"Iowa spends $6,000-plus per student, which isn't the highest or lowest in the country. I think we should allow school districts to decide how to educate our kids. The Legislature doesn't know the students more than you do."
Sen. Rich Taylor, a resident of Mount Pleasant, representing District 42 and a Democrat, said the Senate passing a 4 percent allowable growth for school districts is the right thing to do, so districts can know what to plan.
"Districts need to know what they're working with," he said.
Rep. Curt Hanson, a Fairfield resident representing District 90 and a Democrat, said education is one of the state's fundamental services.
Rep. David Heaton, a resident of Mount Pleasant representing District 84 and a Republican, said education reform is needed but it needs to be sustainable.
"The governor proposed paying the fees for high school students to take college entrance exams, including the ACT or tech school exams," he said. "That would add up to a large amount. We had strong feelings if a student is going on to college, they could pay for the test."
Chelgren said he's interested in a tuition set-aside program at Iowa's regent universities.
"Tuition-paying students could elect to have 20 percent set aside to provide for scholarships to other students," he said. "It could help lower tuition fees."
Heaton replied the Legislature has no control of tuition prices at the universities.
"There's no way the Legislature can lower tuition," said Heaton. "It's a board of regents decision."
Chelgren said the Legislature could encourage a set-aside program.
Funds of Funds, created in 2002 to attract venture capital investment and help emerging, expanding, and restructuring Iowa companies, has $5 million to manage tax credits, said Chelgren.
"So, we're trying to change its incentivize to bring investments to Iowa companies," he said. "We're trying to streamline and encourage people to headquarter in Iowa."
Breakfast attendee Ken Ross, CEO of The Global ID Group in Fairfield, asked about Iowa's 7 percent tax on laboratory work when other states have no taxes.
Chelgren said Iowa is among the worst for dis-incentivizing businesses with its tax rates.
"Last year we tried working on property tax deductions and it didn't go," he said. "Years ago, the state lowered property taxes for individuals and farms, but commercial stayed at 100 percent valuation. It's a burden to economic development."
Health care
Heaton said the transition money funding has been passed for mental health reform in the counties.
"We have $11.6 million going to 26 counties," said Heaton. "The amounts for each county were determined by auditing. I serve on the Health and Human Services sub-committee, and there's a lot of concern about Medicaid. I'm waiting to see the governor's plan for extension. But I will decide independently.
"We heard from Iowa's major hospitals this week," said Heaton. "They are looking to become the state's main health care deliverers. It's kind of scary. Jefferson County Health Center would still be here, but it would work through one of the four big health care providers — a way to keep costs in line, according to proponents."
A question about mental health care and the state's plan for counties to merge as regions came from the audience.
"Jefferson County can go on its own if it qualifies," said Chelgren. "The mental health system here in the county runs well. The system does a very good job. But the decision is yours. I see this as the state usurping the counties' powers."
Taylor said if a county doesn't or isn't able to provide the same services as other counties, or regions, it won't qualify to stand alone as a mental health care provider.
"I researched this week and for four straight years, the funding was squeezed and squeezed and the state lost 28 beds for mental health treatment," said Heaton.
"The government needs to go back to doing what it needs to do — not grow government bigger — but get it to do what it does, providing services."
Hanson said all of the county supervisors he represents are against mental health care regionalization.
"I'd like to see mental health care more accessible and without stigma in accessing it," said Hanson.
The third and final Legislative Breakfast this session is at 7:30 a.m. March 16 at Best Western Fairfield Inn. Reservations can be made at the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce by calling 472-2111.


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Robert Altman, one of America's most distinctive filmmakers, journeys to England for the first time to create a unique film mosaic with an outstanding ensemble cast. Set in the 1930's, ``Gosford Park'' brings a group of pretentious rich and famous together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.


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February 7, 2014
Guest Blog by our very own Dr. Greg Pauly: For local wildlife, living in the big city can be rough. Encounters with people and their dogs, cats, and cars all present threats not experienced by critters living outside of urban areas. Plus, these city dwellers still have to contend with many of the usual threats like predators and weather extremes. Here are two photos celebrating the scrappiness it takes to be a city dwelling reptile, and also celebrating the incredible opportunities to observe urban nature in action.
"David A." sent this photo to theeastsiderla.com of an adult San Diego Gopher Snake, Pituophis catenifer, schooling a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, near Elysian Park. There are so many cool things going on in this photo. Cool factoid 1: Elysian Park! Smack dab in the middle of Los Angeles, just minutes from downtown, are two big native vertebrates in a life or death struggle. Cool factoid 2: The where. This photo was taken in the middle of Scott Avenue in Echo Park. Scott Avenue runs through Elysian Park, which this gopher snake likely called home. David stated that the hawk "...just came down with the snake in the street." The likely scenario is that this juvenile hawk spotted the snake and thought it would be a tasty meal. However, while tasty, a snake of this size is not necessarily an easy meal for a young hawk. A big snake means a big defense. Any misplaced grab by the hawk, in which the talons are far back on the snake means that the snake gets multiple loops around the bird to constrict it. This appears to be what is happening here with the gopher snake constricting the hawk's abdomen and apparently pinning back one talon. The defense was enough to impair flight and the pair ended up in the middle of the street. David observed the pair for five minutes, during which time the snake slowly freed itself, and both eventually departed the area. Cool factoid 3: The when. The photo was taken Friday, Dec 27. That's right, winter. Or at least what the calendar tells us is winter. With our unseasonably warm weather, the temp that day was 82 in Echo Park after multiple days of warm weather and mild evenings. So while the calendar says it is winter, that doesn't mean our local reptiles are not active. Cool factoid 4: Added bonus coolness—Look closely at the snake's neck. It is dramatically flattening its neck. This is a common, stereotyped defensive display used by gopher snakes and other snakes to look bigger. Cool factoid 5: there's more! Here's another recent attempted predation event on a reptile, this time by a California Striped Racer, Masticophis (Coluber) lateralis, on a Southern Alligator Lizard, Elgaria multicarinata.
This photo was taken by hiker Rainer Standke on January 22 at Hollywood Reservoir. He gave the photo to Gerry Hans, President of Friends of Griffith Park, who submitted it to the Museum's Reptiles and Amphibians of Southern Calfifornia (RASCals) project. Striped Racers are huge lizard predators and certainly eat a good number of alligator lizards. But it is hard to eat an alligator lizard when the lizard is clamping your jaws shut! We don't know the outcome of this interaction. Maybe the lizard lived, or maybe the snake made a comeback and ended up with a big meal. Again, this is a "wintertime" observation, in which the snake was warm enough to be actively hunting and assured enough of warm temperatures over the next few days to think that it could digest a large lizard meal. And as with the hawk-gopher snake interaction, this observation was made right here in urbanized areas of Los Angeles. If you make your own local reptile or amphibian observations, please share them with us by participating in the RASCals project either by visiting the project page or emailing your photo and date and location observed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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We've had another visitor at the pond. Since it's a bird, Kimball was kind enough to write this week's post!
"Cooper's Hawks, Accipiter cooperii, such as this adult, have frequently been recorded by Sam Easterson's "camera traps" as they drink and bathe at the Natural History Museum's North Campus pond. These hawks are among the most conspicuous vertebrate predators in urban Los Angeles – a significant turn of events given that this species was on the National Audubon Society's "Blue List" as recently as the 1970s. The "Blue List" – a sort of early warning list of potential endangerment – included species "suffering population declines or range diminution in all or parts of their range." Cooper's Hawk populations have rebounded spectacularly in part because of reductions in the use of certain pesticides, but also because they are now rarely persecuted as the pest their nickname "chicken hawk" alludes to. But the increasing population of Cooper's Hawks in our region is not without ecological consequences. These hawks, and other species in the genus Accipiter, are bird-eaters – they catch songbirds, doves, and many other kinds of birds by ambushing them with short flights over and through vegetation. We don't know the extent to which declines in populations of some urban bird species (such as the introduced Spotted Dove, which is now virtually gone from southern California, or the Inca Dove, whose population in the Tucson, Arizona region has plummeted) can be attributed by increased predation pressures by Cooper's Hawks. Careful observations by scientists and citizens – and Sam's technological wizardry – may help us better understand the role of predators such as the Cooper's Hawk in regulating populations of their prey species."Thanks Kimball! Finally, here's some footage Sam's trap captured of the hawk taking a bath in the pond!
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Herb Rudoy, the agent for Manu Ginobili, doesn't know where the Spurs guard will wind up playing next season. He does, however, know where Ginobili will not be playing.
He won't be playing in Europe, or anywhere else that isn't the NBA.
Rudoy called reports that Spanish power Real Madrid was prepared to offer Ginobili 10 million euros — or roughly $13.5 million — to play next season "flattering," but reiterated that Ginobili has no desire to play overseas.
"I expect we are going to hear from two or three of the biggest European teams," Rudoy told the Express-News on Thursday, "but we are not interested, in the near term, in negotiating with them. Manu's intent is to stay in the NBA."
Ginobili seemed amused by rumors of the potential offer, first floated by a Spanish journalist Tuesday via Twitter,
"I saw the same report you saw," Ginobili said. "That's an enormous amount of money, but I don't believe it."
Ginobili is in the final year of his Spurs contract that pays him $10.7 million this season. The Spurs have until July 1 to work out an extension to that contract, or Ginobili will become an unrestricted free agent.


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Love that Diamond Head riff in Under the Oak :D
Digging: Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream
Nah just heard and saw the video for bewitch from Nightfall, starting to get into this band after i saw them live (damn good performance)
Theres Diamond Head riffs in a lot of things
Album Rating: 4.5It makes sense, since Lightning to the Nations riffs are the best riffs.
Album Rating: 4.5^Now this is a great discussion.
Digging: Travelin Jack - Commencing Countdown
borrowed time is better though : P
nah jk
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffI've read once (I can't remember where) a statement from Leif Edling, saying that his primal influence came from european metal bands, not from the american counterparts. So that riff in "under the oak" doesn't surprise me at all. Although I don't believe that the band was trying to "copy and paste" the riff from "am i evil". It just came out that way.
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffYep, definitely one of their best songs.
Digging: Sorcerer - The Crowning of the Fire King
Album Rating: 4.5Classic.
Album Rating: 5.0agreement, accordance, correspondence, concurred and all that wibbiy frizz stixx
Album Rating: 4.5Amen.
Album Rating: 5.0I gave this a listen after the review and abosultley love it. This album has now made more interested in doom metal. My personal Favorite Tracks probably Soltuide, Demons Gate and Under The Oak and Black Stone Wielder. But anyways great review.
Album Rating: 5.0FOR EVERY SINNERR WILL MEET HIS FATEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Album Rating: 4.5DEMONS GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE
Album Rating: 5.0good qualie jets this is amazing m//
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffAlthough these bands bear some musical resemblence to Candlemass, it is very difficult to spot the same vocal awesomeness that this record has.
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffDon't mention it man.
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WASHINGTON Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Tuesday announced a set of proposals that in part would make it illegal to sell dehydroepiandrosterone, a supplement touted for both its anti-aging and muscle mass boosting claims, without a prescription.
Specifically, the bill, S. 2470, or the Dehydroepiandrosterone Abuse Reduction Act of 2007 proposes to amend the Controlled Substances Act to prevent the access of DHEA to minors and create penalties to those who would provide DHEA to minors.
"DHEA is a precursor steroid hormone to testosterone that is banned by all professional sports leagues, except Major League Baseball," Grassley told reporters at a press conference Tuesday. "The opponents of my legislation will tell you that DHEA does nothing to kids, but studies reveal this isn't the case. When taken in high doses over time, DHEA, like its relatives in the steroid family, may cause liver damage and cancer," he said. "What is even more disturbing is the fact that DHEA is being marketed online to kids. One bodybuilding website, directed towards teenagers, features a teen bodybuilder of the week to promote performance-enhancing drugs. The person you see in this chart is a former Junior National Champion bodybuilder. When asked what supplement gave him the greatest gains for his competition this teenager replied 'DHEA.'"
"We strongly oppose the attempt to restrict access to a legal and safe supplement product—DHEA—under the guise of protecting consumers from 'performance-enhancing drugs,'" countered Steve Mister, president and chief executive officer of the Council of Responsible Nutrition. "There is no evidence that DHEA is being abused by minors nor is there evidence that DHEA works as a performance-enhancing product in young healthy adults," he said. "This bill would in no way address the problem of illegal anabolic steroid use. In short, this proposed legislation is a solution in search of a problem."
Many manufacturers of DHEA supplements already recommend on their labels that children under the age of 18 not use the supplements, Mister added.
Unlike anabolic steroids, DHEA is naturally produced and is the most common steroid hormone in the body, CRN noted. The body tightly regulates the conversion of DHEA, preventing excess production of testosterone—essentially the body recognizes when it is already achieving normal hormone levels and thus 'ignores' the additional DHEA.
Hundreds of thousands of older adults safely and responsibly use DHEA due to their bodies' inability to effectively produce healthy hormone levels on their own. According to CRN, DHEA has promising use to help support immune function, maintain cognitive function and elevate mood, improve sleep patterns, maintain strong bones and normalize glucose metabolism.
But Grassley has singled out DHEA before, calling for an out-and-out ban of the supplement, and this latest bill seems to be a compromise. "I have introduced two bills in the past that would make DHEA a controlled substance, but I realize that many people use this product legitimately," Grassley said. "I think it's important that we at least make sure that our children do not have access to DHEA. So, the bill I introduced just last week will make the sale of DHEA to individuals under the age of 18 a civil offense."
The need for the series of regulations was prompted by the release last week of the Mitchell Report, a report that identified several prominent professional Major League Baseball players who allegedly cheated by taking performance-enhancing anabolic steroids and/or human growth hormone supplements.
"The real tragedy of the Mitchell Report is that it shows how easy it is to beat the system," Schumer stated. "The majority of players named in the report are accused of taking human growth hormone, a drug for which there is currently no reliable test. We have to do everything we can to keep dangerous substances out of young hands. Together, these two bills [the second bill would classify HGH as a Schedule III controlled substance] are a big step in that direction."


text: Like The Grateful Dead, The eternally jamming Phish are best judged by their concerts. Proof is on Slip Stitch and Pass, the group's second live outing in just two years. Recorded in Germany this past March, it has less wank and more groove than usual, with a chunky cover of Talking Heads' "Cities" and a wild ride through their own "Weekapaug Groove" and "Mike's Song." At one point during the latter, the group goofs on pretentious psychedelia with quotes from the Doors ("The End") and early Pink Floyd. It's pretty funny, but because Phish's trip soundtracks always lacked the heft and menace of their best models, it's also a telling moment — a reminder that their lightheartedness can be as much an Achilles' heel as it can be a saving grace.


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An international group of scientists, including those from the University of California, Davis, and Korea, have sequenced the genome of a hot pepper.
The reference genome, akin to a genetic roadmap, provides information crucial to improving the agronomic, nutritional and medicinal qualities of hot peppers, according to a news release.
Global production of hot peppers, the most widely used spice, has grown 40-fold during the past two decades and now exceeds $14.4 billion annually.
The genetic map sheds light on the biology of the pepper's pungency, or spiciness, as well as fruit-ripening and disease-resistance mechanisms.
The researchers chose a domesticated variety, Criolo de Morelos 334, for their work.
The variety from the Mexican state of Morelos, has consistently show high levels of disease resistance and has been used extensively in research and breeding.
The project revealed that blocks of genes appear in much the same chromosomal position in hot pepper as they do in its closest relative, the tomato. But the pepper genome was 3.5 times larger than the tomato genome.
Researchers already knew that pepper pungency was caused by the accumulation of naturally occurring chemicals called capsaicinoids. More than 22 of these compounds already have been isolated from peppers, and many have shown health benefits, such as inhibiting tumor growth, arthritis pain relief, appetite suppression and weight-loss promotion.
"The whole genome assembly of pepper and comparative genomics to the closely-related tomato species, with its nearly four-fold smaller genome, provides new insights into evolutionary aspects of genome expansion in acquiring newly developed genetic function," Ryan W. Kim, research co-author with the UC Davis Genome Center, said in the release.


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, Hand-Haying
The rhythm of the scythe plume
In the summer heat.
The step-by, step-by cadence
Of the old man's steady feet.
The zip-saw of the whet-stone
Against the metal blade.
The wizened hands like leather
That never knew the shade.
And I am just a child again
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Summary: Grub2: Prevent ugly back screen from popping up when
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Platform: x86-64
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Status: NEW
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Grub2 when themed (install grub2-branding-openSUSE) looks fine now. The only
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text: BANGKOK, March 20 (Reuters) - Most major Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Friday as investors booked profits a day after a rally on easing concerns about an imminent Fed rate hike, but Thai retailers outperformed after a plan to maintain the value-added tax rate. Late buying in shares such as Home Product and Big C Supercenter helped trim losses in the broader market. The SET index ended the day down 0.14 percent, with a weekly loss of 0.75 percent, its fifth straight week. Thai Deputy Prime Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula said on Friday the government plans to keep the value-added tax at 7 percent for another year from the end of September to support the economy. Malaysia and Indonesia retreated but still ended the week up 1.2 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively. The Philippines closed nearly unchanged after early losses, with a weekly rise of 0.1 percent. Vietnam closed up 0.3 percent on the day, declining 1.8 percent on the week. Asian stocks dipped as Federal Reserve-inspired gains petered out. The Fed on Wednesday opened the door further for an interest rate hike but signalled a more cautious outlook for U.S. growth, cooling speculation for tightening in June. Bucking the trend, Singapore was up 0.8 percent, advancing 1.5 percent on the week. Shares of Noble Group jumped 3 percent after it said Prudential Plc has increased its stake in the company to more than 5 pct and become a substantial shareholder For Asian Companies click; For South East Asia Hot Stock reports, click; SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS Change on day Market Current Prev Close Pct Move Singapore 3412.44 3386.16 +0.78 Kuala Lumpur 1803.65 1809.13 -0.30 Bangkok 1529.96 1532.13 -0.14 Jakarta 5443.06 5453.85 -0.20 Manila 7818.38 7814.55 +0.05 Ho Chi Minh 575.44 573.74 +0.30 Change on year Market Current End 2014 Pct Move Singapore 3412.44 3365.15 +1.41 Kuala Lumpur 1803.65 1761.25 +2.41 Bangkok 1529.96 1497.67 +2.16 Jakarta 5443.06 5226.95 +4.13 Manila 7818.38 7230.57 +8.13 Ho Chi Minh 575.44 545.63 +5.46 (Reporting by Viparat Jantraprap; Editing by Sunil Nair)


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JACKSONVILLE, NC (WWAY) — The East Columbus Gators dominated the first half of Monday's game against the SW Onslow Stallions. The home team trailed East Columbus 20-10 at the half, but Shak Pershey scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter for SW Onslow. The final touchdown scored with 22 seconds to go.
Note: SW Onslow actually tied the game late in the fourth quarter at 20-20, but the Stallions chose to take the points off the board after an East Columbus roughing the kicker penalty. East Columbus drops to 3-2 with the loss. SW Onslow improves to 4-1.
Click play video to see game action from this Monday night affair.
WILMINGTON, NC (UNCW sports release) — UNCW head baseball coach Mark Scalf has announced the 2013 schedule for the Seahawks, one that includes 32 home games including contests against College World Series participants Kent State and Stony Brook.
Included in that total of 32 games at Brooks Field are nine games against teams that played in the NCAA tournament. The Seahawks will play a total of 14 games against 2012 NCAA participants including College of Charleston, San Diego, Coastal Carolina, East Carolina, NC State and UNC Chapel Hill.
The Seahawks open the season with 14 their first 16 games at Brooks Field.
In Colonial Athletic Association play, the Seahawks open at James Madison on March 15 and host Georgia State the following week on March 22 to open the home conference slate. In a rematch of the 2012 CAA Championship, UNCW hosts Delaware on Apr. 12-14.
Kent State and Stony Brook made magical runs to Omaha by winning the Gary and Coral Cables Regionals, respectively. KSU then bounced Oregon in three games in Eugene, Ore., while USB eliminated Louisiana State, also in three games, in Baton Rouge. NC State, meanwhile, eliminated the Seahawks in the Raleigh Regional before ending Vanderbilt's season. The Wolfpack was then knocked out in the Gainesville Super Regional by Florida.
UNCW will also face off with Lehigh, Elon, Davidson, Charleston Southern and VCU in non-conference games.
HAMPSTEAD, NC (WWAY) — Ryan Morris has resigned as the Topsail baseball head coach. Topsail High School sported a 20-5 record in 2012. The Pirates lost in the second round of the state playoff against North Brunswick.
CHAPEL HILL, NC (WWAY) — The UNC Tar Heels will host East Carolina on the gridiron on Saturday. Click play video to see what Hoggard grad Jonathan Cooper had to say on Monday about playing the Pirates.
RALEIGH, NC (NC State sports release) — NC State freshman basketball player Rodney Purvis has been granted permission to compete immediately for the Wolfpack in a decision handed down by the NCAA Committee on Initial Eligibility Waivers on Monday.
The committee, comprised of campus administrators from across the nation, reviewed an appeal submitted by NC State on Purvis' behalf to determine his competition status. The committee had previously determined that Purvis could attend classes with athletics aid and practice with the Wolfpack during the upcoming season.
"I'm really happy for Rodney," said head coach Mark Gottfried. "It's been a difficult situation and he's handled the entire matter with class. Now he can move forward. I'd also like to thank the NCAA for its thoughtful consideration on this decision."
Purvis echoed his coach's sentiment.
"I'm really excited about the decision that the NCAA came to today," said Purvis. "I appreciate the hard work of everybody involved and I'm looking forward to focusing on school and basketball."
NC State opens the season on Nov. 3 with an exhibition game at PNC Arena against Belmont Abbey.
ATLANTA, GA (AP) — Matt Ryan threw his 100th career touchdown pass, Roddy White had 102 yards receiving and the Atlanta Falcons defeated the Denver Broncos and error-prone quarterback Peyton Manning 27-21 on Monday night.
The Falcons (2-0) took advantage of three interceptions by Manning in the first quarter and raced to a 20-0 lead. Manning brought the Broncos (1-1) back with two fourth-quarter scoring drives, but it wasn't enough to make up for his awful start.
The only other time he's been intercepted three times in the opening quarter was with the Colts in a 2007 game at San Diego.
Ryan was much more efficient, completing 24 of 36 for 219 yards. He hooked up with Tony Gonzalez for a 1-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter, then went to White on a 4-yard score in the third period.
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The fires in Israel will help to extinguish the Ukrainian aircraft
To help in extinguishing the fire in Haifa will go two Ukrainian aircraft an-32.
President Petro Poroshenko instructed the head of the interior Ministry Arsen Avakov to send Ukrainian airplanes to help to extinguish fires in Israel.
About this he wrote in Facebook.
"Instructed the Minister of internal Affairs Arsen Avakov to send two Ukrainian aircraft an-32 for fire fighting around Haifa in Israel", – wrote Poroshenko.
In turn Avakov wrote on Facebook that the aircraft in Israel will be sent immediately. The Minister also attached a photo of the aircraft.
We will remind, today in Haifa started fires. Later they spread to the center and North of the country.
The Israeli authorities said the attacks. The police believe that some of the fires in Haifa and other parts of the country was the result of deliberate burning, perhaps on nationalist grounds.
Photo of fire in Israel
Video of the fire in Israel


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In honor of National Poetry Month, we dug up an animated video of children's author Lewis Carroll reading his poem, "Jabberwocky."
The poem originated in Carroll's novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, the sequel to Alice in Wonderland.
The poetryreincarnations channel on YouTube features videos where great poets are "reincarnated" through animation to read some of the most celebrated poetry of all time. Check it out and you'll find clips with Sylvia Plath, Walt Whitman, and Emily Dickinson.


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Moody's Investors Service fulfilled a warning on Wednesday it had issued in May and further downgraded Japan's credit rating, although its reasons had shifted just a bit since then. The move brought the country's rating to Aa3, on a par with China, and a notch below Spain and Italy, and the company's statement cited the political situation as a substantial contributor to the decision.
Citing not only high debt levels and the destruction wrought by the Fukushima disaster, the statement also turned its attention to the state of the countrys government as one reason its recovery would be prolonged and its rating worthy of a cut: "… [A] divided Diet and tensions within the ruling Democratic Party of Japan risk both the timing and implementation of the reform plan. Indeed, the imminent change in the party's presidency and the election of a new prime minister reflect the factious nature of the country's politics."
The New York Times reported that the downgrade comes as Japan prepares for its fifth prime minister in six years, with Naoto Kan expected to step down by the end of this month. He has been roundly criticized for his handling of the disaster earlier this year.
One of his potential successors is Yoshihiko Noda, the current finance minister, who has been a supporter of aggressive moves to contain the country's debt. Within hours of the downgrade announcement, the Japanese government revealed a $100 billion credit facility that it is hoped will assist the country in getting through the recent spike in the value of the yen, previously reported by AdvisorOne.
The currency's soaring value has caused problems for the country's economy, as dependent as it is on exports. In the report, Noda said of the move, "Taking into account that there is a lopsided rise in the yen, I felt that swift measures were needed."


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Warren Buffett and Donald Trump are two of the most famous and successful businessman in both the United States and the world. Both are billionaires and share many similarities, including business acumen, power and celebrity. Both also have nicknames, with Buffett known as the Sage/Oracle of Omaha and Trump simply known as the Donald. But overall, their rise to the top has come from different avenues, with Buffett steadily accumulating wealth over decades and Trump preferring to capitalize on his boldness and celebrity to strike it rich. Below is a more detailed comparison of these two business moguls.
TUTORIAL: The Greatest Investors
In terms of wealth, Buffett is far richer than Trump. Trump recently was tied for 153rd place in the Forbes annual ranking of the richest people in America, as of September 2010, with an estimated net worth of $2.4 billion. This is still obviously an impressive figure for a single individual, but paled in comparison to Buffett's estimated net worth of $45 billion, second in the United States after Bill Gates at $54 billion. Internationally, Carlos Slim slipped into the top space with a worth of $74 billion to shift Gates and Buffett to second and third, respectively. Trump ties for 488 in the world ranking. Although this is much lower than Buffett, it places Trump in good company as one of the richest individuals on the planet. (For related reading, see The Value Investor's Handbook.)
Power is a more subjective term, but Buffett's business influence is clearly more considerable given that his vast net worth is tied up mostly in Berkshire Hathaway. Fortune magazine recently ranked Berkshire as the seventh largest firm in the United States, with sales north of $136 billion. In terms of market capitalization, it ranked fifth at nearly $211 billion on March 25, 2011, and was 14th by employees with more than 260,000 individuals technically under Buffett's watch. (For more, see Build A Baby Berkshire.)
Trump presides over a formidable empire the includes the Trump Organization, Trump Plaza Associates and Trump Atlantic City Associates, and focuses on owning and managing a wide array of real estate properties that span casinos, hotels and related businesses and buildings. Further details on Trump are challenging to certify given his businesses are privately held.
Both Buffett and Trump are certainly famous, but Trump's interest in owning the limelight sets him apart from his more successful and wealthy business rival. Trump has written numerous books that started with "Trump: The Art of the Deal" and have progressed with "Trump: Surviving at the Top," "Trump: The Art of Survival," "Trump: The Art of the Comeback," "Trump: How to Get Rich" and, more recently, "Trump Never Give Up: How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success." (If there is one thing Trump knows better than Buffett, it's bankruptcies. For more, see Life After Bankruptcy.)
Trump's television career first started when he became involved with World Wrestling Entertainment and hosted Wrestle Mania events in the early 1990s. He has since starred in the Apprentice on the NBC network, famously firing people as they compete to run one of his businesses. Trump is reportedly paid millions of dollars per episode now that the show has become very successful. More recently, in what could have just been a publicity stunt, it was speculated he would announce a run for the U.S. presidency. However, no official statement was made and Trump later admitted he wouldn't be running.
Buffett has been placed into the limelight as he has grown older, but is still best known for his annual Berkshire shareholder letters and for hosting the Berkshire annual meeting. The annual meeting has come to be known as "Woodstock for Capitalists." He has had some television exposure and is set to have a cameo appearance the Office, which also happens to be on NBC. (For more, see Warren Buffett: How He Does It.)
TUTORIAL: Value Investing
The Bottom Line
Despite Buffett's insurmountable lead when it comes to net worth, many individuals would probably rather be Trump given his celebrity and fact he has enough money to last for generations. While Buffett has an uncanny knack to compound wealth steadily, Trump has seen his fair share of ups and downs and a net worth that has stagnated between $2 billion and $3 billion. Although neither man would likely be elected as President, both have used their respective gifts to become successful businessmen. (For related reading, see Why Warren Buffett Envies You.)


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Updated and upgraded to the hilt!12 PINE HILL BEND -
Open house cancelled.....offer has been signed.
This home has it all on the inside and out! Updates galore--pool, shed, landscape wall, pavers, fence, perennials/landscaping, windows, doors, tile, kitchen cabinets w/soft close, dovetail drawers, granite, tile backsplash, appliances, led lighting, roof, In-Ground heated pool. Energy audit and state of the Natrual Gas Triangle Tube Pretige Excellence heat and hot water system with 98% efficiency (water is on demand!) Spray foam was done also! Escape onto the screened porch with tiled floor for a nice summer night. Need room to play or expand--escape to the basement where it's finished as nice as the 1st & 2nd floor! Tons of HW Fresh paint & new runner on stairs. Quality products such as Harvey Windows.
Listing information
- Year Built: 1971
- Status: Sold on 11/22/2016
- Fireplaces: 1
- Total Square Footage: 2,310 ($151.47 per sq. foot)
- Estimated Annual Taxes: $5,000
- School District: Shenendehowa
- Property ID: 103962152
- Beds: 5
- Total Rooms: 10
- Parking Type Description: Attached 2 cars
- Lot Area: 0.56
- County: Saratoga
- Style: Colonial
- Baths: 3 (Full: 3 3/4: 0 1/2: 0 Other: 0)
- Stories: 2
- New Construction: No
- Lot Size: 125X195
- Neighborhood: Ushers Road/Parkside Trail


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What endangered species live in the chaparral?
The Chaparral contains many endangered species, including the Costa's hummingbird, the Coast horned lizard, the Rosy boa, the Heermann kangaroo rat, the Santa Cruz kangaroo rat, the White-eared pocket mouse, and the California gnatcatcher. Every single one of these species are endangered and need to be saved in order to prevent extinction.
What factors are causing these species to become endangered?
There are three main factors that cause species to become endangered within the chaparral. These reasons are exotic plants and animals, overgrazing by cattle, and the disruption of the natural fire regime. The exotic plants and animals are not supposed to be found in this biome. They multiply at extremely fast rates and are sometimes able to kill native species, completely throwing the food web off balance. Considering that there are many farms surrounding the chaparral area, cattle are able to graze on the land in which wild species may need to use. Finally, in most cases, fires are actually very beneficial towards the organisms in the chaparral. Some plants even need the extreme heat to open their seeds to grow, but efforts to put out these fires are often practiced. These fires should be allowed to spread at a reasonable distance from human civilization.


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Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Armed guards surround Bundy, supporters fear imminent threat
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"Hug a Tortuous"
Bundy is a criminal should have been locked up years ago. Why the heck government wait so long to take action on this issue. Asshat Bundy rather die along with his family and friends fellow ranchers because Bundy family refuse to pay their taxes. pathetic! No win situation for the Bundys. Uncle Sugar will massacre the whole lot in a matter of minutes and take all the land and cattle. Funny the clown ranchers so narrow minded they think they won Victory! LOL
- Frank DuBois said...
Even if the Bundy family eventually lose their cattle and their grazing permit, watching the feds back off and leave, even if only temporary, was a victory that you can't take away.
Oh yeah... Bundy is a criminal. Never mind the fact he is a rancher that has legally utilized PUBLIC land, secured surface rights for that use to include building of roads and water stations. Never mind the fact that the property in dispute has been designated as a transmission line route for a $5 billion dollar Chinese Solar energy project coordinated by Harry Reid.
Never mind the fact that Public Land use is SUPPOSED to be for the Public, not a high dollar Political kick-back for Washington insiders.
It's time people woke up and objected to the corruption and quit blaming the victims of a Federal Government that is out of control with greed.
The Federal Governemtn may have a legitimate Court Order as deemed legitimate my questionable people ... but they have no right to exert excessive and potentially lethal force to enforce the order in order to facilitate the construction of yet another Pork Project using public assets. It's all about money. It's all about greed. It's all about Reid.


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As others have noted in recent days, while the government is shut down, a special congressional gym for Members of Congress remains open. Some lawmakers have noted that the gym serves a particularly important purpose beyond exercise: for a small cadre of representatives who live in their office, the gym provides a shower to use every morning.
But while the Members' gym is open, another gym for congressional staffers, in the bowels of the Rayburn building, has been closed. That's provoking some anger from aides. Not only is it unequal treatment from the members they work long hours to serve, but staffers actually pay to use their gym.
"I'm at work but not getting paid, will lose my health care at the end of the year, probably pay double for it, and I can't even take it out on gym equipment I pay for," says one GOP House aide.


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Stage and screen favorite Matthew Broderick is a two-time Tony Award winner for Brighton Beach Memoirs and the 1995 revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Broderick struck gold at the Broadway box office opposite Nathan Lane in The Producers and later in The Odd Couple. He returned to the Broadway musical stage in 2012 opposite Kelli O'Hara in Nice Work if You Can Get It..
How Many Stars Can We Cram into One Video?! Meet the Cast of It's Only a Play
Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Rupert Grint, Stockard Channing and the rest of the super starry cast of It's Only a Play talk about opening nights, theater people and the comedy, which begins previews at the Schoenfeld Theatre on August 28.
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Nice Work Star Matthew Broderick on Fighting with Harvey Fierstein, Drawing Attention with Nathan Lane and Pulling a Muscle While Sitting
Nice Work's Kelli O'Hara Punches Kittens?! Matthew Broderick, Matthew Morrison & More Send Up the Beloved Star in Exclusive Video


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D. Alan Heslop
LOCATION: Claremont, CA, United States
Former Director, Rose Institute of State and Local Government, Claremont McKenna College, California. Editor of Californians in Congress.
Primary Contributions (1)
the set of formal legal institutions that constitute a "government" or a " state." This is the definition adopted by many studies of the legal or constitutional arrangements of advanced political orders. More broadly defined, however, the term comprehends actual as well as prescribed forms of political behaviour, not only the legal organization of the state but also the reality of how the state functions. Still more broadly defined, the political system is seen as a set of "processes of interaction" or as a subsystem of the social system interacting with other nonpolitical subsystems, such as the economic system. This points to the importance of informal sociopolitical processes and emphasizes the study of political development. Traditional legal or constitutional analysis, using the first definition, has produced a huge body of literature on governmental structures, many of the specialized terms that are a part of the traditional vocabulary of political science, and several...


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About Me
- Hope Foley
- Born in Atmore, United States
- Wife & Mommy. I have a wonderful husband who loves me deeply and three great kids. I believe in my Creator who guides me everyday. My favorite interest are stage/theatre, music/singing, antiques and art.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Ugh! Does anybody hear me?
2 comments:
- cropnmom70 said...
I love you, Foley family. I'm sorry that you are among the ranks of parents who have to worry with this nasty disease. I realize that you already know this, but I support you, and I tell everyone who will listen that kids get cancer, and there isn't any funding, and that too many people turn a blind eye. I won't stop doing that until things change. I plan on supporting your St. Jude walk -just need to get through September/football and school expenses first. You can always count on me. Rant away - I'm more than happy to listen. xo
- Wednesday, September 18, 2013 1:31:00 PM
- Emily Walsh said...
Hi there Hope! I was actually just checking out a few of your posts and had a quick question about your blog. I was hoping you could email me back when you get the chance -emilywalsh688 (at) gmail.com- Thanks : )
- Monday, October 21, 2013 1:18:00 PM


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Pillsbury is looking for the best amateur recipes in America for the 42nd Pillsbury Bake-Off competition.
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Contestants with winning recipes compete for a cool $1 million prize, and a trip to the competition finals in Miami next year. The contest boasts six categories for entries, including Dinner Made Easy, Cooking for Two and Wake Up to Breakfast. The only catch: Recipe ingredients must include two eligible products named by Pillsbury. Deadline for entries is May 31. For more information on the bake-off or for a list of eligible products, visit www.pillsbury.com/bakeoff.
Here's the recipe from last year's winner, Suzanne Conrad, Findlay, Ohio.
SUBHEAD:Oats 'n' Honey Granola Pie
Preparation 15 minutes, ready in 1 hour, 35 minutes
1 refrigerated pie crust (from 15-oz box), softened as directed on box
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup corn syrup
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs, lightly beaten
4 Oats 'n' Honey crunchy granola bars (2 pouches from 8.9-oz. box), crushed (3/4 cup)*
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats
1/4 cup chocolate chips
Whipped cream or ice cream, if desired
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place pie crust in 9-inch glass pie pan as directed on box for One-Crust Filled Pie. In large microwavable bowl, microwave butter on high 50 to 60 seconds or until melted. Stir in brown sugar and corn syrup until blended. Beat in salt, vanilla and eggs. Stir crushed granola bars, walnuts, oats and chocolate chips into brown sugar mixture. Pour into crust-lined pan. Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until filling is set and crust is golden brown. During last 15 to 20 minutes of baking, cover crust edge with strips of foil to prevent excessive browning. Cool at least 30 minutes before serving. Serve warm, at room temperature or chilled with whipped cream or ice cream. Store in refrigerator.
Makes 8 servings.
*To easily crush granola bars, do not unwrap. Use rolling pin to crush bars.
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Most homeowners think building their own house is exciting — and it is. But the process also has its surprises, the biggest of which might be how much it actually ends up costing.
There's a difference between hard costs and soft costs when it comes to a new build. Contractors talk about the hard costs — that's the cost of the actual build, things like materials, equipment and trades. They don't usually include taxes in their quotes so you need to add that in yourself.
But there are also soft costs, which you don't think about if you've never built your own home. Expenses like building application fees, architect fees, engineer fees, municipal permits, soil tests, appraisals and inspections.
And what about the land you're building on? Do you already own it or do you have to buy it? Has it been surveyed? Does it need to be graded? Does it need servicing, like hydro, gas, or connecting it to a water source and sewer system?
What about the soil? Is it rocky or is it more like clay? Getting the site prepared for the contractor to start building can boost the price another $20,000. I've seen it happen.
Building your own home can get expensive quickly, which is why most people turn to construction financing, or construction loans. Some homeowners might even use construction financing if they're doing a major renovation, such as an addition. But construction financing is different from a mortgage.
With a mortgage, you receive all the money you're borrowing from the bank in one lump sum. This happens when you get the title to your property. But with construction financing, most banks don't hand over a bunch of money for you to start building your home. They give it to you in parts at different stages of the build. These payments are called advances, and, depending on the bank, the terms of the loan might be different.
The first advance is given to you at the end of the "rough-in" stage — usually that means the foundation, subfloor, framing, sheathing and roof are done, and all the electrical and plumbing has been roughed in.
The second advance is given at the end of the "drywall" stage — that's when the exterior is finished, all the windows are in and the heating systems have been installed.
The third and last advance is handed over at the end of the "completed" stage. That's when all the finished interior doors and flooring have been installed, and all the carpentry, heating, electrical and plumbing is done. It's at this point that your house can qualify for an occupancy permit.
A portion of the advance is kept as a lien holdback, in case there are any deficiencies or unfinished work. How much that is depends on the province you live in. But most lien holdbacks are about 10% — in Manitoba it's 7.5%, in New Brunswick and P.E.I. it's 20%.
But if the first advance is given only at the end of the rough-in stage, who pays for everything up to that point? You do.
One of the first things homeowners learn about construction financing is that you need your own money to get the project started, which is often a big surprise.
You're expected to cover all costs incurred up to the rough-in stage, including all land costs; getting the area serviced; getting the foundation, subfloor, framing, sheathing and roof done; and getting all the electrical and plumbing roughed in. That's about 35% of the total cost of the build.
On top of that, some banks will recommend you have another 15% to cover unexpected costs. So you should have close to 50% of the total cost in your bank account before a shovel hits the ground. That's a lot.
Building your own home is rewarding but it's also a ton of work. You need to take your time and do it right to avoid a financial and construction nightmare. Construction
financing is a great tool. But make no mistake — it's not a handout. Use it wisely.
Catch Mike Holmes in his new series, Holmes Makes It Right Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on HGTV. For more information, visit hgtv.ca. For more information on home renovations, visit makeitright.ca.


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Formula E car to feature in Forza 5
13 August 2014 – Formula E has revealed that its all-electric car is to feature in video game Forza Motorsport 5.
During this week's gamescom conference in Cologne, Germany, it was confirmed that players will be able to add the car to the game, available exclusively on the Xbox One, via a free download in the Xbox Live marketplace.
"It's fantastic that gaming fans will be able to drive our Formula E car and experience electric racing for the first time in their own homes," Jaume Sallares, Sales & Marketing Director at Formula E, said of the development.
The inaugural Formula E season kicks off in Beijing next month, and finishes in London next June.


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Saddleworth has softened since I knocked on the last of thousands of doors back in 1979 with the urgent message that only Richard Wainwright could staunch the tide of conservative self-interest, be it clad in blue or red.
Fewer local people now work in textile mills or other heavy industry, and many more in clean hi-techery or craft and teashops. But two features of the lovely Pennine landscape and its distinctive politics are far from dead.
One is the element of faith in the area's brand of Liberalism, which unnerved Labour neighbours by matching their own. Socialists were not the only idealists marching to a new Jerusalem; the Liberal Club and chapel, seldom far apart, were blueprints here on Earth. In the pews was another feature of the party which has survived, indeed prospered: local councillors who fought pavement politics in the spirit of prime minister Harold Wilson's father. A West Riding Liberal, Wilson senior greeted the party's few victories in his day by singing, accompanying himself on the piano: "Sound the loud trumpet o'er land and o'er sea, Jeshurun hath triumphed, his children are free."
Stereotypes of the Lib-Lab, boss-worker relationship were muddled in other ways; one of Labour's panjandrums, Lord Rhodes of Saddleworth, owned a mill in Delph whose staff, only partly in jest, included a whip in his retirement gifts.
The other lasting political feature is tactical voting, key to each of the slender majorities – 856, 719 and 187 – which almost always saw the seat go against the national grain. In the Holme and Colne valleys, we spoke with foreboding about the supposed number of Tories in Saddleworth; in Saddleworth, the ploy was the other way round.
My most extreme experience was mopping up a "possible Tory nest" of barn conversions in Running Hill Gate and topping talk of Labour's might in Holmfirth and Meltham, with a promise to send a postcard from my honeymoon if the Libs won. They did and I did, to remarkable understanding from Penny, my bride, who, also in the tradition of Saddleworth politics, has stuck with it for 32 years.


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