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Bernanke: Baby Boomers Will Strain U.S.
Wednesday, October 4, 2006; 7:34 PM
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday the burden from retiring baby boomers will strain the nation's budget and economy, unless Social Security and Medicare are revamped.
"Reform of our unsustainable entitlement programs" should be a priority, Bernanke told the Washington Economic Club. "The imperative to undertake reform earlier rather than later is great."
It was his strongest warning yet about the potential perils and tough decisions that will confront the United States with the looming retirement of 78 million baby boomers. Bernanke did not recommend any specific changes, however, that Congress and the Bush administration could make to entitlement programs.
President Bush once made his efforts to overhaul Social Security a centerpiece of his second-term agenda. But those efforts sputtered last year due to resistance from Republicans and Democrats alike.
Bernanke said that as the population ages, the United States will have to choose among higher taxes, fewer dollars for other programs, lower spending on entitlement programs, and a sharply higher budget deficit _ or some combination of all those.
Government spending for Social Security and Medicare alone will increase from about 7 percent of the U.S. economy to almost 13 percent by 2030, and to more than 15 percent by 2050, he said.
"The fiscal consequences of these trends are large and unavoidable," Bernanke said.
The government had a budget deficit of $319 billion last year, which the White House believes will fall to $296 billion this year.
Shoring up the finances of Social Security and Medicare will make for difficult choices, Bernanke said.
For instance, if the government tried to finance projected entitlement spending entirely by revenue increases, the taxes collected would have to rise from about 18 percent of the total size of the economy to about 24 percent in 2030, he said.
If the government attempted a fix through spending cuts, spending for programs other than Social Security and Medicare would need to fall sharply _ the equivalent of "a budget cut of approximately $700 billion in nonentitlement spending," he said.
With an aging population collecting Social Security and Medicare benefits, he said, it will "create severe fiscal challenges, as the cost of entitlement programs rises sharply."


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Thursday 15 August 1957
It was Thursday, under the sign of Leo. The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Zeljko Ivanek and Bob Shell.
In that special week of August people in US were listening to (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear by Elvis Presley.
In UK All Shook Up by Elvis Presley was in the top 5 hits.
Band of Angels, directed by Raoul Walsh, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1957
while The Nun'S Story by Kathryn Hulme was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching The New Adventures of Charlie Chan.
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- Hawaii ? Toro Nagashi (Floating Lantern Ceremony) to commemorate the end of the second world war
- Poland ? Polish Armed Forces Day
- Eastern Orthodoxy ? Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, the commemoration of the death of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
- RC Saints ? Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, Holy Day of Obligation. Public Holiday in: Austria, Belgium, Cameroon, Chile, C(te d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, East Timor, France, Greece, India, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malta, Mauritius, Poland, Portugal, Seychelles, Slovenia and Spain.
- Acadie ? National Day
- Egypt ? Flooding of the Nile Day
- India ? Independence Day (from the United Kingdom, 1947)
- Korea ? Liberation Day
- Italy ? "Ferragosto", remembrance of an ancient Roman holiday in honor of Augustus (Feriae Augusti)
- Liechtenstein ? Liechtenstein Day
- Tuva ? Tuva Republic Day, Naadym
- Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 3 saints: St. Alipius
- St. Arnoul/Arnulphus
- St. MacCartin/Ard/Aed
- The Assumption of Mary - a holy day of obligation
- Ancient Latvia ? M?ras
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- Zeljko Ivanek: Lujubljana, Yugoslavia -- Actor (Mass Appeal).
- Bob Shell: American pedophile, sentenced to 18-20 years in prison on 9/15/1992 for sexually assaulting two little girls.
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- David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon
- USAF Captain Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter
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The work of Ger Dekkers (Dutch photographer, living and working in Giethoorn, the Netherlands) is characterized by landscape photographs carefully orchestrated in linear or grid sequences. The abstraction results from a conceptual approach in the representation of Dutch landscape.
As accurately explained by Graham Dew, in the works whose approach is based upon linear sequences, Dekkers tries to capture the repetitive geometry of Dutch man-made territory in a cinematic fashion: as the landscape unfolds in patterns of fields lined with trees and fences, the eye of the camera moves and crystallizes similar views from different positions. "The baseline concept is to place distant landmarks (farmhouses, the horizon) in exactly the same position in each frame, whilst using strong graphical entities (plough lines, stands of trees) to move through subsequent frames. Dekker uses a medium format camera frequently with a widish lens to further emphasise convergent lines." (Graham Dew)
The visible results of this technique are both a faux-panoramic effect, and a set of movie frames.
In the grid approach, Dekkers points the camera to a fixed viewpoint and then moves the direction of the view by regular increments. To quote Graham Dew, again: "Whilst I prefer the narrative of his linear compositions, these grid patterns work, again, by repetition and reinforcement, this time achieved by multiple framings."
Although the photographer was quite renowned during the 70's, with many albums published in his own name, his work seems today to lack a deserved reconnaissance, as no personal website or Wikipedia entry in English language exist.
So here's our little contribution.
Further readings and images sources:
Ger Dekkers: Postcards From Holland, by Graham Dew
Ger Dekkers, by Peggie Breitbarth (in Dutch)
De horizon van Ger Dekkers, in Kunstenaarsboeken (artists' books) uit Nederland en België deel 1: de jaren '70 en '80.
Ger Dekkers: New Dutch Landscape-Poster, in Aiga Design Archives
Ger Dekkers, Nordhorn New Dutch Landscape 1980
Ger Dekkers books in Amazon


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The Present Situation of Armenian-Turkish Relations and the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Resolution: Is There Shared Commitment to Settlement?
The Russo-Georgian war in August 2008 underlined the vulnerability of the existing routes for transportation of hydrocarbons from the South Caucasus to Western markets. The war, lasting for five days, interrupted the operation of the railway and pipelines running via Georgia (Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan, Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum and Baku-Supsa), so hydrocarbons produced in Azerbaijan could not be transported. The war and Russia's cutting of gas supplies via Ukraine in January 2009 also stimulated the US and European Union to accelerate the negotiations on the Nabucco pipeline project and to intensify the mediation efforts in Armenian-Turkish relations and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution. Eor the Nabucco pipeline's successful development, it is crucial that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict be solved and Armenian-Turkish relations be normalized as soon as possible, so Armenia would not represent a potential source of instability.
So, after the Russo-Georgian war Turkey's President Abdullah Gül accepted Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan's invitation to visit Armenia and attend the soccer World Cup qualifier match between the national teams. Many Armenian observers were skeptical about the so-called "soccer diplomacy.": In their view, Sargsyan had been advised to propose it by Russian officials. After the seriously flawed presidential elections on February 19, 2008 and the following violent crackdown on opposition protesters on March 1, 2008 that elevated Sargsyan to power, with continuing oppression against political opponents, Sargsyan badly needed to secure international support for the regime.
However, Western actors became enthusiastic about the prospect for Armenian-Turkish reconciliation. The US and EU viewed the soccer diplomacy favorably, as an opportunity to promote rapprochement between Armenia and Turkey. Indeed, Armenian-Turkish negotiations that followed, with mediation by the Swiss, seemed to be fruitful. In October 2009, the Armenian-Turkish protocols were signed, supposedly opening the way for normalization of bilateral relations, including establishment of diplomatic relations. Meanwhile, the Armenian government was meeting little international criticism for its non-democratic practices.
Sargsyan's predecessor, Robert Kocharyan, criticized the soccer diplomacy, while the nationalist ARF-Dashnaktsutiun party left the governmental coalition and tried to launch mass protests. The opponents of Armenian-Turkish reconciliation, who also favored keeping the status quo in Nagorno-Karabakh, could be viewed as acting as "bad cops," improving Sargsyan's international image of a realistic politician trying to put an end to a decades-long enmity. On the other hand, the main opposition force, the Armenian National Congress (ANC) led by former president Levon Ter-Petrossian, Sargsyan's principal rival in the 2008 election round, also criticized the soccer diplomacy. Ter-Petrossian warned that Turkey would not normalize relations unless Armenian forces are withdrawn from Azerbaijan's territory and blamed Sargsyan for his alleged intention to make unilateral concessions in exchange for external legitimacy. In their public statements, ANC leaders denounced Western actors, treating them with bitter sarcasm for backing Sargsyan. This also unintentionally contributed to improving Sargsyan's image.
Soon after the signing of the protocols, Turkish officials, indeed, asserted that the ratification would depend on progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution process, in other words the return of territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijani control. But then, during the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Moscow in January 2010, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin declared that attempts to normalize Armenian-Turkish relations and solve the Nagorno-Karabakh issue simultaneously should be abandoned. It became quite clear that conflict resolution depends on Russia's will to exercise pressure on Armenia, and that, in turn, depends on Azerbaijan's readiness to make certain concessions. If Azerbaijan agreed to sell produced natural gas to Russia, pressure on Armenia might lead to a deal on Nagorno-Karabakh, but that would result in stronger Russian dominance in the South Caucasus and might endanger Europe's energy security.
Keeping the status quo in the region might be preferred by Russia, as Azerbaijan insisted on diversifying its gas exports. In June 2010, during a working meeting in Turkey with Erdoğan, Putin stated that no pressure should be applied to the parties conflicting over Nagorno-Karabakh. It is hardly a coincidence that soon afterwards Russian managers of the Armenian railway decided to dismantle four non-operational railway stations, including Ijevan station near the border with Azerbaijan. That station would have crucial significance if traffic could be resumed. It may be concluded that despite all speculations about progress in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution, Russia has affirmed that the issue may not be solved by means of negotiations and set a dilemma for Azerbaijan: either to tolerate keeping the status quo for an indefinite amount of time, probably decades, or to attempt to solve the issue by force.
Recently, since June 2010, the number of violations of the cease-fire agreement on the line of contact has been unusually high. Possible large-scale fighting presents serious danger, as it would lead to a severe deterioration of the situation. Besides potential bloodshed, fighting could result in interruption of hydrocarbons exports from Azerbaijan and, consequently, a sharp rise in oil and gas prices — realization of the Nabucco project would be postponed for an indefinite time in that case. Therefore, besides being disastrous for both Armenia and Azerbaijan, fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh would have dire consequences for the international markets. At the same time, Russia and Iran would benefit, either politically or economically.
Peace and stability in the region, as well as reliability of hydrocarbons transportation projects, largely depend on the readiness of the US and EU to suggest such a comprehensive deal that both Armenia and Azerbaijan may feel safe to settle their dispute and to cooperate with the West and each other. However, with the West's relatively minimal involvement in the region (particularly because it is occupied with solving other problematic issues), the hopes to "reset" relations with Russia (although Russian authorities, apparently, continue to view the relations with the West as a zero-sum game) and, last but not least, preference for engaging mostly the Armenian and Azerbaijani authorities rather than promoting democracy, do not allow the building of mutual trust and confidence among citizens of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Trust and confidence are irreplaceable components of peaceful conflict resolution.
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My primary focus for 2017 is cultivating a sense of peace and inner harmony. The DC Metro area is a high-pressure environment–work is competitive, traffic is abysmal, wide open spaces are few and far between. There is little control I can exert over my commute at the moment, apart from looking for a new job, and… Continue reading A note on hygge


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Irrepressible heiress and intrepid sleuth Francesca Cahill moves from her own glittering world of Fifth Avenue to the teeming underbelly of society, a place of pride, passions…and sometimes deadly perversion.
Despite the misgivings of her fiancé, Calder Hart, Francesca cannot turn away from a threat that is terrorizing the tenement neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. A madman has attacked three women, but while the first two victims survived, the third is found dead. All the victims are impoverished but beautiful Irishwomen - and Francesca fears that her dear friends Maggie Kennedy and Gwen O'Neil could be next.
Soon she is working with her former love, police commissioner Rick Bragg - Calder's half brother and worst rival. But even as Calder's jealous passions leave his relationship with Francesca teetering on the brink, Francesca is frantically on the killer's trail, certain the Slasher will strike again, afraid she will be too late.…
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As a longtime WPC / Inspire-observer with a perspective geared toward Microsoft Dynamics, I'd like to share some of my initial impressions on this year's Inspire 2017 in Washington DC. And highlight some of the important trends you'll find more detailed analysis of in this year's Inspire Business Report for Dynamics partners.
So these are among the most important stories - and questions - coming out of Microsoft Inspire 2017:
Guus Krabbenborg's thirteenth annual Business Report from WPC / Inspire will become available mid-August. You can download the 2016 report here and order 2017 edition.
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News & Fairs Previews
The 8th LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair opened in dazzling fashion on the evening of 12 September 2016, with a champagne reception in the stunning surroundings of Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London.
The 113 exhibitor stands had been under scrutiny from the judges of the LAPADA Stand & Object Awards 2016 who deliberated on the overall winning stand and the 6 winning objects to be selected in the categories of Silver, Ceramics & Glass, Furniture, Jewellery, Objects, Fine Art & Sculpture, and Textiles & Rugs. The Selction Committee included museum directors, politicians, interior designers, editors and collectors.
The eagerly awaited results contained at least one major surprise when ArtAncient took the Best Stand award for the second year running.
The Selection Committee made the following awards:
Category: Best Stand
For the second year in a row ArtAncient has taken the prize for Best Stand. The museum-quality display, which still allows visitor to get close to the pieces, impressed The Selection Committee.
Category: Silver, Ceramics & Glass
Gold-mounted Meissen snuff box, circa 1750-60
Serhat Ahmet - first time exhibitor at the fair and a member of Antiques Young Guns
The inside cover is superbly painted, using a fine stippling technique, with a half-length portrait of Maria Josepha Carolina Eleonore Franziska Xaveria (1731 - 1767). The daughter of Augustus III, a Duchess of Saxony, Maria Josepha became the Dauphine of France when she married son and heir of Louis XV, Louis de France.
The Selection Committee agreed that it was historically important, a rare and fine example of its kind and that the painting was meticulously executed.
Category: Furniture
An 18th century Neapolitan commode c1760
Wakelin & Linfield
An exceptional and unusually large bombe and serpentine fronted commode with original marble top. The Selection Committee noted that it was a particularly fine example of its type in quality and condition, and felt that it was representative of the exceptional standard of furniture on display at the LAPADA Fair.
Category: Jewellery
Enamel, opal, emerald and ruby serpent pendant, by Gustave Roger Sandoz, 1901
Lucas Rarities
The Selection Committee choose this piece because of its exquisite combination of design, materials and superb condition. It is a statement piece that is imbued with hidden meaning and symbolism. The piece has a French assay for 18 karat gold, an indistinct maker's mark and is signed on the reverse with 'GR SANDOZ'. It comes with its original case and is on a chain.
Category: Objet d'Art
Pair of George III papier mache oval tea caddies, attributed to Henry Clay
Mark Goodger at Hampton Antiques
The caddies originally formed part of the display in the Etruscan Dressing Room at the famous 'palace of palaces' Osterley Park in Isleworth. Decorated using the grisaille method, with classical figures in the Etruscan style. Each caddy is decorated with bands of classical anthemions, one has a chevron pattern, the other a floral decoration on the lid. This was done purposely, probably to enable the caddies' owners to distinguish between the two. The Selection Committee was impressed with the caddies' provenance and craftsmanship.
Category: Fine Art & Sculpture
Robert Adams Plane, Curve and Circle, 1960, bronzed steel sculpture
Jenna Burlingham Fine Art
A historically important piece from the artist that was exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1962. The Selection Committee felt that the dealer displayed it very sympathetically and in a relevant context, despite the spatial limitations of a fair stand.
Category: Textiles & Rugs
An exceptionally fine and extravagantly worked mid-17th century raised work panel
Witney Antiques
The Selection Committee noted the panel's rarity and condition, only a few are known to exist of this standard, other examples are held in The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Windsor Castle. It was clearly a revered piece that has been perfectly preserved as a result. It is rich in symbolism and the quality of the workmanship is unparalleled.
The Selection Committee
Lord Chadlington – Co-Chair
Dr Thomas Marks (Editor, Apollo) – Co-Chair
Dr Alexander Sturgis (Director, The Ashmolean Museum)
Dr Francesca Leoni (Yousef Jameel Curator of Islamic Art, The Ashmolean Museum)
Lady Victoria Borwick (MP for Kensington)
Mr David Nicholls (Features Director, House & Garden)
Councillor Jonathan Glanz (Member for West End Ward)
Dr. Holly Trusted FSA (Senior Curator of Sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum)
Ms Sophie Ashby (Creative Director, Studio Ashby)
Ms Catriona Gray (Commissioning Editor, Harper's Bazaar and Town & Country)
Ms Kathleen Soriano (Chair, Liverpool Biennial)
Ms Judith Miller (Antiques Expert, Writer and Broadcaster)
Ms Roksana Ciurysek-Gedir (Artist & Collector)
Ms Samantha Scott-Jeffries (Editor, Homes & Antiques)
Ms Noelle McElhatton (Editor, Antiques Trade Gazette)
Ms Maia Morgenzstern- (Freelance Broadcaster and Culture Journalist)
Rebecca Davies, LAPADA's Chief Executive, commented: "We were thrilled to have such a knowledgeable panel of judges on board and are grateful for their level of engagement and consideration throughout the selection process. It made the exercise all the more rewarding and interesting. Every year, LAPADA dealers bring an array of fascinating works in excellent-quality to the Fair, which we hope to demonstrate through these awards."
The LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair 2016 is taking place from 13-18 September 2016 at Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London, W1.


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Decisions are taken from Lawtel's legal database. LTL: Lawtel report; TLR: Times Law Reports; ILR: Independent Law Report
Lawson v Tower Hamlets Health Authority – QBD 21 July 1997
Claimant: Jamie Lawson, eight years.
Incident: Medical negligence
Injuries: Claimant born with severe athetoid cerebral palsy following hypoxia in final stages of delivery at the London Hospital in August 1989. Claimant's mother's uterus ruptured during labour. Alleged hospital staff were at fault in failing to carry out emergency Caesarean section operation. Claimant, though above average intelligence, severely physically handicapped and will always need some form of care.
Award: £1.2m, agreed damages.
Judge: Judge Garland, sitting as a deputy High Court judge.
Plaintiff's counsel: Sally Smith QC.
Plaintiff's solicitors: Irwin Mitchell, Sheffield.
Parnell v Duguid – QBD 21 July 1997
Claimant: Oliver Parnell, 13 years.
Incident: Fire injuries.
Injuries: Claimant, aged two at time of incident and left in car by mother, managed to wriggle free from straps of car seat, found box of matches and struck one which set fire to inflammable car seat cover. Car burst into flames and claimant suffered burns over 18 per cent of his body, necessitating skin grafting over the whole of his face and other parts of his body. He has endured 32 operations and is said to need "many more" in the future. Claim against mother and to be met by mother's insurers.
Award: 90 per cent liability found against defendants. Damages to be assessed.
Judge: Mr Justice Kay
Plaintiff's counsel: William Coley.
Plaintiff's solicitors: Stewarts, Taunton.
Lamberton v Bayliss – QBD 23 July 1997
Claimant: Hayley Lamberton, 23 years
Incident: Road traffic accident
Injuries: Claimant, 14, car passenger at time of accident. As result of head injuries she was left with major brain damage which severely impaired her short-term memory, concentration and executive judgement.
Award: £335,000 agreed damages.
Judge: Judge Andrew Tyrell QC sitting as a deputy High Court judge.
Plaintiff's counsel: Gary Burrell QC and Andrew Ritchie


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Thursday, February 4, 2010
Uluwatu Temple, Bali
Uluwatu temple can be found at the southern tip of Bali in Badung Regency. It is one of the oldest temple in Bali. Located at the edge of a plateau 250 feet above the legendary surf break of the Bukit Peninsula, it is no doubt one of the top list majestic view Bali has to offer. The reason why the temple was built on the south westernmost part of the island is to protect the Balinese from the evil spirit of the ocean.
It is beautiful to see the temple during a sunny day or even on rainy days but at sunset, the view takes your breath away.
Below the steep cliff of Uluwatu, the beach is famous amongst very experienced surfers for its tides and swells.
Organized parties rage the beach of Uluwatu during full moon, everyone is invited and welcome but only those who are lucky enough to know and hear about it so ask the locals when you know a full moon is comming up.
Travel Tips:
One of the best kecak dance shows in Bali is held in Uluwatu and it is highly recommended to see the kecak dance there. It is an open air show so the view of the sunset on the background is unbelievable. When it rains, the show is held indoors. While it is not necessary to have a tour guide to see the temple and the show, a car with or without paying a driver is necessary to get to Uluwatu. It takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes from Kuta area and about 45 minutes from Nusa Dua. Hostels are amongst young tourists means of accommodation near the beach of Uluwatu especially amongst surfers. There are lots of varieties of food selection but seafood is the most ordered menu.
Warning, there are lots of monkeys around the temple, although some are considered cute and calm others can be mischievous so I suggest take off your glasses, earrings, necklaces, cameras and ladies, hold on tight to your hand bags because once the monkey get a hold on something, it is a very hard task to chase after them. Some just wants you to feed them fruits that you can buy at the entrance.
Photography Tips:
It is important to arrive at a potential amazing sunset or sunrise spots like Uluwatu about half an hour to 45 minutes before it actually happens. The duration of sunset generally is more or less half an hour so if you don´t come early enough you might miss out the take your breath moment so bare this in mind. Another general tips about sunset and sunrise is to know the weather. I prefer a little bit of clouds to get the dramatic effects of the patterns in the sky or even smokes and dusts to give that Marlboro Country advertisement look. Which lenses to use? personally I use either my normal 35mm or my zoom to concentrate more on one magical scene. Don´t forget to bring your tripod if you are planning to use your zoom to avoid shaking. Taking sunsets is very easy and there is no right or wrong but also pay attention on your shutter priority mode to get different exposure shots of your sunset for you to choose which of the light effects you like the most.
Don´t go home without having a beautiful sunset photo to add up in your album especially the sunset of the Uluwatu temple.
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A nasty accident in the Austrian Alps in the past few days. Dutch Prince Johan Friso, second Son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands was caught in a sudden avalanche in the ski resort of Lech. He was rescued after being covered by snow for around 15-20 minutes and now is fighting for his life in hospital.
The accident occurred at around midday on 17th February, a bad time for the 43 year old prince. Notice that transiting Uranus was opposite to his natal Sun Uranus conjunction as well as being trine to his Leo Midheaven. Transiting Pluto was square to the Nodal Axis which was also receiving a close conjunction from Venus the chart ruler. Of course the avalanche was a happening that he could not predict, which is where Pluto's square to the Nodal Axis comes in. Aspects involving the Nodes often bring events to pass over which one has no control. With an avalanche you do not have any control, unless of course you venture into an area which was known to be dangerous at the time. To add to this picture, Neptune through Pisces rules the Prince's 5th house of sports and leisure and was trine to his ascendant and inconjunct to the Prince's Sun Uranus conjunction which is nasty and could well have clouded his judgement on where to ski on the day. Add to this Mercury the ruler of the 9th house thorough Gemini inconjunct to his Midheaven; the accident took place while he was on holiday and propelled him into the headlines.
Finally, we have transiting Saturn that was just into the Prince's first house and conjunct natal Venus (the chart ruler) ruling his physical state and Mercury, again highlighting of international angel of this tragedy. Saturn on his natal chart is at the point of a natal Yod, completed by a sextile between Pluto and Neptune. This Saturn was charged from his birth as being significant, and proving a turning point in his life. That Saturn was conjunct his ascendant and chart ruler does explain a reason of why this tragic event happened now as well as heralding a new period in the Prince's life.
One hopes he will recover, and will make a full recovery.
**** Update 24th February 2012 ****
News reports out of Austria say that the Prince is in a coma after suffering huge brain damage and may never regain consciousness. Initially today I looked at the chart and I couldn't find any link to why the Prince had suffered brain damage. Then I decided to look at Chiron, the Wounded Healer and add it into the picture. Suddenly everything became clearer.
Look at Chrion right at the end of Pisces and at the cusp of Aries. It is on the Aries Point, a sensitive place on the chart that you may be seen in the public eye. Unfortunately for the Prince, this notoriety came as a result of the accident he suffered. It makes a multitude of aspects to many of the planets on the chart including crucially a triple opposition to Sun, Uranus and Pluto. Here was a huge problem, potential wounds sitting on the chart waiting to be activated. With Chiron affecting most of the planets on the chart, the effect of a nasty transit to this position could be devastating to his very being.
Moving forward to the accident date transiting Saturn conjunct to the Prince's Mercury, the planet ruling the mind and the brain was making an inconjunct aspect to Chiron and transiting Chiron and Mercury were inconjunct to the Prince's Midheaven. With the accident and the deprivation of oxygen in being covered by snow, the Prince's brain may have been irreparably damaged. Inconjunct aspects can be really nasty and often cause pain or loss. There is one more which I will highlight, one I missed first time around. Transiting Uranus conjunct to natal Chiron was inconjunct to the Prince's Mercury which as you know was under pressure from Saturn. You can see through this aspect the accident (Uranus) causing great suffering and wounding (Chrion) having a debilitating (Saturn) effect on the Prince's body (1st house) as well as on his brain (Mercury). With Saturn starting a new cycle in being conjunct to his ascendant, this may well have signalled the end of his active life and the start of a difficult period of recovery, if he does. All in all, a sad incident and now he will require all the best medical help available.


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Boxing was the ancient street salvation, where kids with a good hook took it to the gym and some avuncular graybeard adopted the class chump and chiseled him into world champ. It happened often on the streets of Brooklyn in the late 1970s, to a battalion of gifted young men like
Leon "Cat" Taylor, the greatest fighter never known, more
Now, at 47, with two decades between his prime and pasture, Taylor talks in a deep boom, as though the lone remnant from a violent past, a warning to potential predators. He speaks in an odd lisp, his tongue dwelling in a two-finger gap in his lower teeth, courtesy of a bullet that shredded his face. His incisors jut like goal posts from his gums.
His eyes are alert, though the left is in an eternal squint covered by bushy eyebrows penciled with gray. Though Taylor hasn't fought professionally in over 15 years, he shares none of the retired athlete's enmity for fitness. He looks like he can bang. He walks down streets with a slight street bop, like someone who doesn't need to kick ass because he already has.
When presented with the conga line of champions who crown him, he says, "Aw, I was all right."
And that's how you know it's true. There's no hubris, no fantasies -- only a savant's humility and reticence to parade his brilliance. And since he won't tell you how good he was, let those who dared to dance on canvas with him paint the montage.
* * * * *
Many of Taylor's troubadours reside in Gleason's Gym, the home and soundtrack of pugilism, run to the percussion of speed bags, the hard whip of jump rope, the staccato squeak of sneakers, and the leathery thud of heavy bags tougher than the men hitting them.
It is so violent and visually fertile that it's easy for an overly refined white boy to be intimidated by the scene, respecting the ethos of manhood only in theory. Perhaps he sees these men as discarded crooks for whom the gym is a pseudo cell, framed by these blood-red walls, trucked from jail to gym, the only place that will have men who leaned on physical brutality to survive. An amalgam of convicts resting between crimes.
Look again. Out of the ring they are far more likely to hug than harm. In truth, these men are much like us sans the corporate refinements, walking microcosms of the human condition. They live. They bleed. They cry, and they die.
Every gym has a stoic.
When he speaks his eyes pivot across the room, eyes sharpened by darkness. Keitt walks and talks with a scowl, yet he may have the best sense of humor in the room.
He is the first to echo Taylor's gifts. "Leon got caught up in the drugs the way I did. He had everything. But after the Golden Gloves, he just went in a different direction. Leon was a Hall of Fame talent. He came out of prison, hadn't fought in years, and beat up
That is no small matter. Stewart was 24-0 with 24 knockouts at the time. Taylor reluctantly acknowledges the event. "The only thing that could beat Leon Taylor," Keitt says, "was the street."
Keitt pauses to say hello to one of his fighters, then invokes a 12-Step maxim. "I saw Leon a few weeks ago. It's always great to see him. I don't want him back in Gleason's. It's about people, places, and things for him."
Separating the myth from the man. Taylor remembers everything that happened but can't tell you when. There are plenty who will.
* * * * *
When boxing was an important sport,
Breland, amateur nonpareil, is the only boxer to win five consecutive Golden Gloves titles and an Olympic gold medal. The laconic, former welterweight champion has the respect of everyone in the room. He had a stable of fighters he has since forgone to concentrate on heavyweight
The other trainers tease Breland by strolling across the room and start conversations with him, knowing that his whisper will never reach them. Breland often responds with a grin and a middle digit.
Breland recalls being with Leon Taylor in the back of classrooms as freshmen at Alexander Hamilton High School practicing combinations when the teacher was scribbling on the board, then scuttling back to their seats and writing notes about ring tactics, passing them back and forth. It was the genesis of Taylor's boxing journey.
Cat: a nickname given Taylor by a cousin and later stuck because of his quickness in the ring. Taylor won the only Golden Gloves tournament he entered, in 1979, fighting as a middleweight in Madison Square Garden. Sadly it's also the only title he ever won.
"Honestly, I didn't want to fight Leon," Breland says. "We'd slip each other's punches or hit each other and the crowd would go 'ooh' and 'aah'. So then we had to slug it out because our instincts kicked in. Once we got too good they wouldn't let us fight anymore.
Taylor won the Golden Gloves without Breland in '79 because Breland was too young to enter at the time. "I expected Leon to become champion before I did," Breland says. "We were going to win the Olympics together." Once Taylor turned pro he moved up to light heavyweight, though he was about to become a heavyweight on the street.
Two years removed from his last fight, a rusty Taylor lost his pro debut in 1981. Then he won his next eight fights -- most of which on autopilot. "I took my talent for granted," Taylor says. "I stopped training. I knew I could just win without working at it. I just fought for the money, to get high."
It's a story told over generations. At a certain age life forks and some go straight (Breland) and some bend (Taylor).
"Of all the people I grew up with," says Taylor, "I think I hurt Mark the most. We were supposed to do great things together. But Mark did good. Really good. I'm proud of him."
When Taylor began to tumble, Breland drove around Brooklyn looking for his friend. "I'd find Leon somewhere and be like, 'What are you doin', man?' and he'd be embarrassed, like, 'Aw, man, you know how it goes.'"
With his own career blooming, Breland focused more on himself. By the time he won the gold in 1984, Taylor was well into disappearances his friends diplomatically coined "vacations" -- a euphemism for drug binges. "I'd call his pops or his brother," Breland says, concluding with stunning humility. "Leon was a better fighter than I was. He beat up all of us -- Riddick, Harry, me ..."
* * * * *
Sparring people he could have beaten, dazzling and puzzling, a thousand contradictions -- the thematic river that runs through Taylor's life.
Taylor's talent and torment is astonishing, but it's not the most compelling component about him or his life. The most baffling paradox in Taylor is that no matter the wreckage he created, nearly everyone still loves him. He is that impossible hybrid of menace and kindness.
Because he is so biologically daunting you are able to imagine him tearing through a town on savage coke binges. Then you speak to him and watch him help so many people for so little money. Since we're all imbibed on Original Sin, it is easy to brand every man a contradiction -- but few have been as good and bad as Taylor.
Leon Taylor was born on Jan. 2, 1963, in Brooklyn. Raised by Steve and Betty Taylor, there was nothing abnormal about his rearing.
"He was a little mischievous," his father says, a near-universal fatherly refrain. Steve took Leon to a gym when he was 14, to get both father and son in shape. And Leon took to boxing instantly.
Taylor first trained under
Washington dispensed the renowned "Cherry Tree Special" -- a three-punch combination designed to put the enemy to sleep.
"Two jabs and a right," says Breland.
"A jab, left hook, and a right," says Keitt.
"A jab, left, and right," confirms Riddick Bowe. "And when you got it right, George said, 'That's my baby!'"
Taylor says he applied a mutation of said special to
Spinks doesn't recall the moment, but he doesn't deny it. "Leon gave me hell," Spinks says. The pair often fought at Spinks' camp in the Catskill section of New York. "I couldn't catch him, couldn't hit him. No lie. We had hellish fights in sparring."
Hellish -- a fitting metaphor for a man who spent many days in scalding spiritual water. "Leon got shot in the neck," Spinks says, "and was sparring with me a week later."
Taylor remembers. He was standing at the corner of Kingston and Bergen in 1984 when the stray bullet hit. He lifted his shirt to show the wound. "It hit me in the right shoulder and came out of my neck. I can't believe Mike remembers that." It was one of four times Taylor was shot.
Taylor says he first tried cocaine on March 18, 1983, after fighting in Atlantic City on a card headlined by Spinks. During the post-fight party a fellow fighter dropped a pack of cigarettes next to Taylor. "I'd never seen that," Taylor recalls, referring to a pack of smokes from a colleague.
If the former was a surprise, the latter is a stunner. "I walked into the bathroom and the guy comes out of the toilet, sniffing off his fist." Taylor shakes his head in amazement. "I asked him what that was. He says, 'You don't want any of this.'"
But he did. Taylor shared the powder with the fellow boxer, igniting a swath of destruction normally reserved for artistic expression.
Taylor's addiction was predictably linear -- going from powder to pipe when sniffing wasn't enough -- though his means of procuring drugs were atypical. Once he guzzled his fight purses he needed other means to obtain money. He operated in a criminal element otherwise seen on
"I used to go into nightclubs," Taylor says. "They'd have bottles of Moet waiting for me, and I'd start to party. And if anyone started talking [trash] to me or one of my boys I'd start knocking people out. I mean, several at a time. They'd just get in line and I'd knock 'em out."
The leeches who saw this talent in Taylor thought he'd be good for armed robberies. "They had guns, but they didn't want to shoot anyone. So I'd be the muscle. If the cashier acted up, I'd just knock him out. We did that a lot. I had fast hands."
His hands. You can look at them for hours. A fighter's fists serve as a form of human archeology, each scar and bump a bookmark. His gnarled knuckles and meaty palms have been put to great and galling use. They belong to a bear more than a man.
By the time Taylor was fully addicted and entirely uninterested in boxing, he was arrested and convicted of three counts of armed robbery. He spent about two years (1988-89) in prison.
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Then there's former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe, who fondly calls Taylor "Country Boy" because of a twang Taylor acquired during summers he spent in North Carolina as a kid. Bowe dove into superlatives. "He was the greatest thing on two feet," Bowe says of Taylor. "He could slip, roll, parry ... he could box, he could bang, he could do it all.
Bowe says he squatted ringside for hours watching Taylor and Breland and brands himself a quasi-combination of the two.
"I'm gonna tell you something," Bowe continued. "Leon could leave the gym for six months, come back and whip every ass in there. He's better than me and Mark Breland put together. It's the God's honest truth. If I could've had Leon's hands I would've cut mine off."
Toward the end of Taylor's pro career he sparred with Bowe, following him from the Catskills to Oregon to Las Vegas, preparing him to defeat
Then Bowe departed with a numbing declaration. "Leon Taylor had the greatest talent of anyone I've ever seen in boxing."
"Leon was hanging with Mark Breland, and many people thought he was better than Mark," he says. "Leon had potential, but did not realize his potential. I've seen it many, many times. If you're talented as a junior you far exceed your peers, and that's a terrible thing, because what happens is you win without training hard. You rely on natural talent, until your peers mature and they've trained hard. Then you lose."
Silverglade endured a botched business transaction with Taylor in 1999. "I was doing a lot of agent work, matchmaking for fighters. I got a call late on a Thursday from someone in Madrid who needed a fighter that weekend. I called Leon into my office and asked if he was interested in the fight. He said he was. I gave him $100 to take a cab home, get his passport and some clothes, and then go to the airport.
Silverglade paused. "Instead of going to the airport," he says, "Leon robbed a liquor store, got arrested, and went to prison."
"Whenever you see Bruce," Taylor says, chuckling, "he'll ask for that $100."
Despite his disapproval, Silverglade makes a salient distinction. "It's easy for me to sit here and be critical," he says. "But I'm not in his shoes. It's very difficult for people who don't know that environment to understand the mentality. I'm a white, Jewish guy with money in my pocket. I haven't lived in the projects, particularly in the 1970s and '80s when it was much more of a zoo. I can tell them to save money for a rainy day, but many of them think they'll be dead by 30."
The result of that robbery landed Taylor in prison from 1999 until 2004. He has been crime-free since. "I didn't smoke, drink or do drugs while I was away," Taylor says. By then his boxing career was long over, with an incongruous record of 13-6.
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It is a solemn Sunday in Brooklyn, the latest in a string of sunless days.
We emerge from the subway onto the corner of Nostrand and Fulton, before a rainbow of dollar stores, bodegas, and fast-food shacks. Taylor points left to the avenue climbing up to the clouds. "You could get anything you wanted there back in the day," he says, "and I did."
People instantly float to Taylor, giving pounds and bumping shoulders. Brooklyn knows Leon Taylor, and his name still rings like Paul Revere through the streets.
Five minutes later, a dark SUV rolls past us and stops across the street. We pluck open the doors and Taylor greets Breland with a handshake. "What up, boy?" he says.
"Not hard to find a white guy with a black guy on Fulton," Breland retorts.
We park on Pacific Street, walk a few yards and bend right into an alley that has been converted into a courtyard. Taylor's parents are holding court. On the left is
Behind them are eight grills with tarps wrapped over them and a few concrete blocks stuffed with soil and popping evergreens. Steve did all of the work to make it a home. Steve is a man who cares about things -- most of all, his son. "We'd like him to call us more," says Steve Taylor, who works in commercial real estate. "Even once a day is not too much."
Taylor's parents live in the same apartment in which they raised him: a humble home of hardwood floors and French doors. The Taylors sit and gaze warmly upon their son. Steve is smiling. Betty is smiling. Frankly, these are parents any child would want. So you wonder how Leon came from them. It is understandable. But Taylor is just a glaring emblem of the male dynamic, who acted out on things most men leave to the imagination.
To his credit, Taylor does not sing the expected ghetto hymn of parental abandonment, does not see his failure as the shards of shattered home, a rap lyric as pretext for destruction. "My parents loved me," says Taylor, "and I loved them."
* * * * *
Taylor says he's been clean for over three years. He trains over a dozen people (nearly none of whom pay him) at Mendez Gym in the Chelsea section of Manhattan. By all accounts, he is always on time and on point.
"Super guy," says
"I think I hit him once. You know you've done something special when you hit him."
Taylor works at Mendez from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and then jumps on a bus from Port Authority to New Jersey to train other fighters. No more "vacations" for Cat. "He calls himself 'Cat' now because he said he's crawling back to the good life," says Betty Taylor. Leon recently trained heavyweight hopeful
On this June afternoon, Leon Taylor presides ringside, his swollen elbows folded on the edge of the sky blue canvas. He springs up when he disapproves of his fighter's approach, his hoarse baritone drowning the room.
You must sit still in a gym to absorb its rhythms. Its inhabitants are very territorial, if not provincial. You will not find one person in one gym who compliments another. "I don't like Gleason's," they will say, without giving a valid reason.
Envy? Maybe. Mendez has all the bona fides of a boxing gym. Six heavy bags hang like sausage from rusty chains, the walls lathered with pictures and posters, and the requisite hangnails of vanilla paint dangle by the ceiling.
It is not Gleason's. It can't be. But it's home. And it's safe. And sometimes safe is best. We need Leon Taylor safe. He is the good after the bad, the American dream in retrograde, a man to be measured beyond the rigid words on a rap sheet. This Cat has more lives.


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In our process of transformation, we were supposed to move away from the Apartheid mentality. Instead, we have doubled down on many of the same policies: the so-called Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill of 2016 is perhaps the gravest threat to freedom of expression which South Africans have ever faced; at least since the Suppression of Communism Act was repealed.
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The bill, which is still being debated in Parliament, provides that someone guilty of hate speech can be imprisoned for up to three years, and, if they are convicted of it again, up to 10 years. Given the serious punitive nature of this sanction, you would imagine the bill has a strict definition of "hate speech." But you would be wrong.
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Recently, the former leader of the opposition tweeted that "not all" of the legacies of colonialism have had detrimental results in South Africa. The ruling party subsequently called on Parliament to fast-track the Hate Speech Bill so instances like that can be dealt with. This signifies that political persecution is not off the table, and that the ruling party has shown its interest in using the proposed law against opponents.
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If NCIX doesn't carry them, will they order the parts from somewhere else when I go to their stores for them to order online?
If a part is out of stock, NCIX will order it in.
NCIX wont order online for you? All can be done yourself online and select payment method and store you want to pick up at.
If item is not in stock, either replace with a similar item or wait for more to come in.
Do you have a budget for a build you want to do? Are you going to built it yourself or is NCIX will?
What is the purpose of the system?
Is it gaming or productivity? If gaming, which games?
Do you have an OS and accessories (keyboard/Mouse)
Monitor which one you have?
If NCIX doesn't have the part I want, will they order it from some where else, like new egg?
If they have the part listed on their website, they can get it in if it's not in stock. They don't order from competitors.
Go to a Ford dealership and ask if they can order a Toyota for you


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According to the "Fourth Quarter and Annual Industry Report," released this week by WarmlyYours, the future looks bright for both the company and the remodeling industry as a whole.
The report, which is compiled from both internal documents and the leading industry sources, described the reflective correlation between WarmlyYours's fiscal growth and national remodeling trends.
The report analyzes how the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) released by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University very nearly mirrors the upward trajectory of WarmlyYours's fiscal performance in 2015.
According to the report, "The LIRA showcases nearly stationary growth for the first quarter of 2015, which is then supplanted by continual growth throughout the remaining quarters and into the first three quarters of FY 2016."
Or in other words, the future looks pretty bright for remodeling activity.
The projections put forth by the LIRA are very sunny indeed. Chris Herbert, the managing director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, said that 2016 is on pace to be a strong year for remodeling activity for a variety of reasons.
"2016 is looking to be a stronger year for home renovation activity compared to 2015 thanks to the continued recovery in the owner-occupied housing market," said Herbert, one of several experts quoted in the report. "In most markets across the country, rising house prices are bringing more homes to the market and increasing sales, which is a large driver of home improvement activity."
While the "Fourth Quarter and Annual Industry Report" analyzes industry trends and projections, it also assesses the growth and performance of WarmlyYours. Of particular note was the solid and continual growth of our outdoor products, like our systems for snow melting and roof and gutter deicing. This product category grew 68 percent over the last quarter and 47.2 percent over the entire year. We can also report that the most popular category of flooring type in 2015 was "tile, marble, and stone." This was the most popular flooring type by a wide margin, making up nearly 85 percent of all flooring projects processed by WarmlyYours.
Due to sluggish existing home sales, continual labor shortages, and exacerbating weather conditions, the first quarter was a slow start for WarmlyYours in terms of overall sales. This was quickly turned around by the second quarter which saw U.S. sales breaking double digits and consolidated gross sales at 8.2 percent. The third and fourth quarters continued the upswing in consolidated gross sales with increases of 2.5 percent and 6.5 percent, respectively.
Some geographic trends also came to light after analyzing the year's data. The fastest growing metropolitan market for WarmlyYours was Chicago at growth of 23 percent in sales. This was followed by Boston and New York at 22 percent and 19 percent, respectively. The two North American regions which showed the greatest growth in consolidated sales were the Mideast at 25 percent and the Great Lakes at 20 percent.
WarmlyYours expects 2016 to be a year of solid and continued growth and we're not the only ones. Metrostudy's Residential Remodeling Index is expecting that future quarters to 2018 will post year-over-year gains ranging from 2 percent to 4.1 percent. With these increases in remodeling activity, WarmlyYours is confident that we will continue to see significant increases in the sales of our floor heating systems, outdoor heating systems, and other radiant products.
"It's an exciting time for the industry," said Julia Billen, the president and owner of WarmlyYours, "We haven't seen projections like this in a very long time. We are ready to take full advantage of this up-swell in remodeling activity. We expect significant growth in 2016."
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Hi friends,
I came across a shocking new that,the temple authority confirms that the Makara Jyothi at Sabarimala is man-made. Surely, this would be disgusting news to all the devotees of Lord Ayyappa, who visits the temple with great devotion every year.
I would like to know, is Makara Jyothi nand Makara Vilakku is one and the same. Please someone explain the exact truth behind this Makara Jyothi at Sabarimala?


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Monday, September 08, 2008
More support from conservative moms!
From Anna in Alaska:
As the Mom of 2 Marines, and MIL of a soldier - all of whom have been to Iraq (& back, thank God) - I relate deeply to Sarah Palin. She has joined a huge sisterhood as a military mom. A sisterhood that overcomes all political lines for the sake of the mission... to see our loved ones through and back... all the way back.
The McCailin ticket is the BEST one, bar none, for the best interests of our military, and of ending this war in a way that we won't have to go back again in the next decade. I know they want it done... but they want it done RIGHT.
From Jen in Texas:
I, too, am a Christian, proud mom & wife and conservative republican and I have been HORRIFIED by the treatment of this amazing woman by the left-wing media and others... thank you for taking the time to get this information together - I plan on letting all my mommy friends know about your blog so we can get the truth out! We NEED Sarah Palin as VP (prior to her nomination I was pretty apathetic towards Mccain - he hasn't been the best representative for conservatives lately...) BUT I so love Sarah! :) The hypocrisy of the left is staggering and, in addition to emailing Us Weekly and cancelling my subscription, I will in turn NEVER have Oprah on in my house again!!!...I wholeheartedly agree with you about Sally Quinn and others (did you hear Howard Gutman the other day on Laura Ingraham's show? I almost crashed my mini-van I was so ticked!!) :) Conservative women haven't ever had a REAL woman representing us - one who believes in the sanctity of life, in smaller government, in working hard and yet raising a family... I've been thinking all day about the Proverbs 31 woman - she was a BUSY LADY!! :) She worked with her hands, sold her wares, clothed & fed her family - she was a shrewd business woman who provided for her family, in every way - spiritually, emotionally and physically! Just like Sarah Palin! I am blessed by the fact that I have been able to stay home with my babies and be involved in every aspect of their daily lives - but I hold nothing against those who financially cannot, or who feel called to a career outside the home! There were several days when I would have given my left arm for a career outside the home, away from diapers, snotty noses, etc. :) I am outraged by the hypocrisy of those who are claiming she's not a good mother and that she needs to be home - I am so impressed with Todd Palin and the obvious love their kids have for each other and their parents (Piper Palin is the cutest little thing!!) I was sad to hear about Bristol's pregnancy, but SO PROUD of her for choosing to keep the baby and take responsibility for their actions - something of which the left has no concept!! It says nothing about Sarah and her ability to parent or her ability to govern! Kids make mistakes! Mine sure do! :) But, I love them and support them no matter what and it is wonderful to see Sarah Palin do the same!!
I couldn't say it better myself. I thought the comparison to the Proverbs 31 lady was brilliant! When Sarah lost her first race for a state governmental position (Lt. Governor), she went home and resumed her position as mommy, hockey mom and wife. To quote Kaylene Johnson in "Sarah", "she [Sarah] believed that all things happen for a reason, and that there was a greater plan at work." I thought that was very telling...it isn't that she is unhappy being an at-home wife and mommy. Sarah "believes that every life has a higher purpose. She holds that life's meaning is found in serving something larger than one's self." (from "Sarah")
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EM Microelectronic announces the EMTCG176-3G, a flash memory-based smart card IC designed for use in SIM and Java cards for GSM mobile phones, as well as for healthcare and loyalty card applications. The EMTCG176-3G is compatible with the ISO7816-3 Integrated Circuit Card (smart card) specification, and operates with high speed communication baud rates. The EMTCG176-3G contains 176 kB of flash memory. The 176 kB non-volatile memory is organized in two sectors of different granularities: 48 kB in pages of 8 B (1 B programmable), and 128 kB in pages of 512 B. The user can decide what amount of code is allocated to the OS and use the remaining space for data. The EMTCG176-3G features an enhanced 8051 microcontroller core compatible with industry standards and implemented in hardware. An internal tamper-proof clock operates at up to 30 MHz. Security is also enhanced by the EMTCG176-3G's built-in analog, triple hardware DES encryption algorithms, hardware-protected memory partitioning and tamper notification.
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Hi there everyone,
I am trying to build a Spring MVC application I have some problem when I try to include the following classes:
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
1) I am trying to build my first Spring MVC application.
2) This application is being built with the help of Ant build script.
3) While trying to compile the HelloController.java servlet, I find that the IDE gives the error that it could not resolve the following packages:
a) org.springframework.
b) javax.servlet.
c) org.apache.
I have followed the steps prescribed in the tutorial: Developing a Spring Framework MVC application
4) Which can be found in http://reference.googlecode.com/svn-history/r42/springapp-enhanced/branches/springapp-dwr/spring-mvc-step-by-step.pdf
5) The follwing tools that I am using,
a) apache-tomcat-5.5.30.zip
b) spring-framework-2.5-rc1-with-dependencies.zip
c) apache-ant-1.8.1
6) I have tried setting the classpath too, but is still has errors.
7) I understand that I would have to add the javax.servlet classes, but what I cant understand is that I am still getting errors despite adding the commons-logging.jar, spring.jar and spring-webmvc.jar to the application classpath as you can see from the directory structure(refer to attached jpg files for more info).
Thank you in advance to everyone.Code:package springapp.web; import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.Controller; import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView; import javax.servlet.ServletException; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; import org.apache.commons.logging.Log; import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory; import java.io.IOException; public class HelloController implements Controller { protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass()); public ModelAndView handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { logger.info("Returning hello view"); return new ModelAndView("hello.jsp"); } }


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Located in Drogheda, Louth, this radio station serves Louth and Meath. LMFM is a contemporary independent radio station that currently reaches around 300,000 listeners. This is a very popular radio broadcaster.
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Reuters Staff
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Dec 22 (Reuters) - Shanghai Chinafortune :
* Says Cao Yu resigned from general manager on Dec. 21
Source text in Chinese: goo.gl/E9cVWR
Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News)
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Glad you had a good day FW. I always feel bad when I send out those announcements, my numbers are much larger then everyone but I know they'd be butt hurt if I didn't.
My friend house is a loss, the picture of the girls room, with only the bunk beds standing really his home (impressive bunk beds though). Even her pups are okay. They hid in the bathtub, she and her one DD went to the neighbors who had a storm shelter and her DD was at school....the Tower Plaza school that's the focus right now. Ask I can think is wow when I look at her pics.
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*Evelyn Lozada says she's loving her new fuller frame since giving birth to her second child in March.
Although, the former "Basketball Wives" star shed 55 pounds following the delivery, she says her body has changed. Yet, she's embraced her new figure.
"I kept reminding myself that I just had a baby and went through a beautiful experience and this is what matters the most. When I had [my 21-year-old daughter] Shaniece, I was a teenager and I bounced back within 24 hours, but as you get older, your body changes and I didn't bounce back as fast," she told ABC News. "I'm very satisfied with my appearance now! I'm a bit more curvier and I love it."
A few months after Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Carl Crawford put a ring on it, they welcomed their son, Carl Leo, in March. The New York native said her daughter helped her a great deal after the birth.
"Shaniece was and still is super positive," Lozada said. "She would actually take the role of big sister and do the night shift sometimes when I wanted to go work out. She was my lifesaver."
The mother and daughter, whose close bond was often shown on "Basketball Wives," are also the faces of youthH20's new campaign. The campaign aims to empower women and make them feel comfortable in their skin.
"We only speak in a positive manner when it comes to our appearance and I'm her biggest cheerleader," Lozada said. "I make certain to recognize her when she excels and I support her on all of her projects. As a mom, it's important to encourage your child, this helps them to build confidence and we hope to help so many women do the same."


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This week's corporate law news roundup includes discussions of the G20 Task Force December 14, 2016 release of recommendations for disclosures by companies as to climate-related financial risks and opportunities, with public comment due February 12, 2017; the publication by the European Union's Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) of regulations effective January 1, 2017 requiring certain reporting obligations as to environmental and social issues (including diversity policies) by certain large public interest entities and large credit and insurance institutions (toward improved transparency for international investors); and the publication by the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) of its "Frequently Asked Question: Majority Voting for Directors" (FAQ) Guide advocating meaningful consequential majority voting for directors.
In connection with the 2015 Paris Accord, on December 14, 2016, the G20 Financial Stability Board Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (G20 Task Force) issued voluntary climate-related disclosure guidance for investors, lenders and insurance underwriters to facilitate the correct pricing of the financial impact of global climate change though consistent global disclosure standards. In most G20 jurisdictions, companies with public debt or equity have legal obligations to disclose material risks (including material climate-related risks) in their financial reports. Because the rules in such jurisdictions lack consistency (as a result of which there is no standardized disclosure framework in place), the G20 Task Force has developed recommendations that apply to financial-sector organizations including banks, insurance companies, asset managers and asset owners, including recommendations with regard to: (a) governance and board oversight of climate-related risks and opportunities, (b) short, medium and long-term strategies, (c) risk management and (d) metrics and targets used to assess climate-related risks and opportunities. The 60-day public consultation period for procuring public views on the G20 Task Force's recommendations ends February 12, 2017; an updated G20 Task Force report is anticipated to be delivered in June 2017. For more information, see https://www.fsb-tcfd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/16_1221_TCFD_Report_Letter.pdf.
Toward improving the transparency of certain European Union companies with regard to non-financial and diversity information (and to implement the EU Non-Financial (NF) Directive approved by the EU in September 2014), the EU's Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published regulations effective January 1, 2017 imposing on certain large public interest entities reporting obligations as to environmental and social issues. Companies with securities admitted to a regulated EU market (called large public interest companies), and credit and insurance institutions with more than 500 employees, will be required to provide a non-financial statement that discloses items such as material environmental and social information, employee matters, respect for human rights and anti-corruption and bribery in their annual reports published beginning 2018. The EU NF Directive also requires disclosures relating to business models, principal non-financial risks and non-financial key performance indicators, as well as additional information in such companies' corporate governance statements (including as to their diversity policy, covering age, gender, geographical diversity and educational and professional background). The new rules complement the U.K.'s narrative reporting regulations, although they may cover certain U.K. entities that previously were not subject to the U.K. regulations. For more information, see https://www.iasplus.com/en-gb/news/2016/12/regulations-implementing-eu-non-financial-reporting-directive-published.
COUNCIL OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS (CII) PUBLISHES FAQs ADVOCATING CONSEQUENTIAL MAJORITY VOTING FOR DIRECTORS
On January 5, 2017, the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) addressed the issue of varying majority voting standards across corporations by publishing a guide entitled Frequently Asked Question: Majority Voting for Directors (FAQs) advocating meaningful consequential majority voting for directors. Under the FAQs, meaningful consequential majority voting means that directors must depart when they receive more "against" than "for" votes. The CII noted that according to FactSet, almost 90% of S&P 500 companies have a traditional form of majority voting, compared with only 29% of Russell 2000 companies that use a majority voting standard in uncontested elections. The CII also reported that only a handful of U.S. companies provide for consequential majority voting. The CII released the FAQs to encourage companies to adopt strict majority voting instead of one of three other iterations of voting, including (a) plurality voting, whereby board nominees who receive the most "for" votes are elected until all Board seats are filled, (b) a "plurality-plus" voting standard in which a nominee who fails to receive majority support is legally elected to another term subject to Board acceptance of such nominee's resignation (and in which a nominee may be elected with one vote in an uncontested election), and (c) majority voting with a resignation that the Board may refuse to accept. The CII sees consequential majority voting for directors as very significant to (and desired by) shareholders: the CII noted that according to FactSet, between 2013 and 2016, 89 management proposals for a strict majority vote standard received the support of 98% of shareholders. For more information, see http://www.cii.org/files/issues_and_advocacy/board_accountability/majority_voting_directors/CII%20Majority%20Voting%20FAQ%201-4-17.pdf.
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